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This Washington hypocrisy is bipartisan: Congress is eager to vote for sanctions on Cuba and reluctant to vote for sanctions on China.
On financial relations, see CIA analytic report, "Ariana Afghan Airlines: Assets and Activities,"OTI IR 1999-170CX, July 29, 1999; CIA, NID,"Near East: UAE: Imposition of Sanctions Could Disrupt Bin Ladin's Finances," June 9, 1999.
The Times lead is spurred by the latest report from the U.N. chief arms inspector to Kofi Annan concluding that Iraq is no closer now to meeting U.N. requirements for the lifting of sanctions than it was last fall, when Saddam Hussein went to the brink to prevent further arms inspections.
According to the U.N. chief weapons inspector, Richard Butler, the Iraqis had asked for an accelerated schedule of inspections so that sanctions could be lifted immediately.
The Post reports that the U.N.'s resolution reiterates the intention to consider ending the economic sanctions on Iraq once its weapons of mass destruction have been eliminated.