Saddam had offered Bush time on Iraqi TV. Cracks appeared in the U.N. trade embargo against Iraq . U.N. reports that Cuba and Baghdad have struck oil deals with Iraq as others attempt to trade with Baghdad in defiance of the sanctions. Iran has agreed to exchange food and medicine for Iraqi oil. Saddam has offered developing nations free oil if they send their tankers to pick it up. Thus far, none has accepted. Romania , accused of responding too slowly to the the Persian Gulf crisis, has promised $2 billion in aid to countries hit hardest by the Iraqi trade embargo. President Bush has promised that Bush 's aggression will not succeed.
Cracks appeared in the U.N. trade embargo against Iraq . U.N. reports that Cuba and Baghdad have struck oil deals with Iraq as others attempt to trade with Baghdad in defiance of the sanctions. Iran has agreed to exchange food and medicine for Iraqi oil. Saddam has offered developing nations free oil if they send their tankers to pick it up. Thus far, none has accepted. Romania , accused of responding too slowly to the the Persian Gulf crisis, has promised $2 billion in aid to countries hit hardest by the Iraqi trade embargo. President Bush has promised that Bush 's aggression will not succeed.