Journal" Revealed .. How the Minister of Transport Zubaidi Iraq debt "hidden" with Ireland?

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Journal" Revealed .. How the Minister of Transport Zubaidi Iraq debt "hidden" with Ireland?
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A 1987 document showed Iraq owes Ireland five million pounds from export payments, the Irish newspaper The Journal reported.
"The Irish government intends to continue with plans to commit to increasing export credit in the Iraqi market in secret by the Iraqi government so that it can exert pressure to get £ 5 million owed to Ireland in export payments," the paper said in a report.
"In an administrative memorandum before Ireland's visit by then Minister of Transport and Communications Mohamed Hamza al-Zubaidi, the Irish prime minister told the Iraqis that he was on a global tour to obtain additional lines of credit from their international suppliers," she said.
"Zubaidi was known to be one of Saddam's dirty arms and among the 55 wanted figures who are largely responsible for human rights violations and served as prime minister under Saddam from 1991 to 1993 and played a key role in suppressing the Shiite uprising in 1991," she said.
"Ireland is keen to increase trade with Iraq, but there were difficulties in paying and Iraq's debt was five million pounds. They do not default but take a long credit period, which creates difficulties for Irish exporters," the memo continued.
"The Irish government intends to increase the amount of credit with regard to the Iraqi market to facilitate large contracts of beef, but the Minister of Trade and Marketing at the time preferred to keep that do not know the Iraqis for tactical reasons because it will undermine the efforts to make the amounts owed to the country."
"The Irish prime minister has certainly advised that Iraq is an important market for Ireland, but the delay of money is causing them difficulties and he welcomes a solution to this problem," the memo noted.
The memorandum referred to export services to Iraq, including a contract awarded to Park, a subsidiary of Airlingos at that time, to manage the Ibn al-Bitar hospital in Baghdad, which used about 230 doctors, nurses and secretarial staff. The contract was worth £ 14 million, "It is hoped that there will be an extension of the contract period."
The memo also suggested to the prime minister that he should make it clear to Mohamed Hamza al-Zubaidi that Ireland was neutral in the Iraq-Iran war and that Ireland Expresses concern about its continuation in this way and the consequent situation in the Gulf.
Another memorandum of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs dating back to the same period has been strongly condemned for the use of chemical weapons and it is a matter of deep concern that these violations and the repeated calls by the international community to stop their use continue. "
Zubaidi arrived in Dublin for a three-day visit on September 20, 1987, after the fall of Saddam's regime. He was arrested in 2003 and died of natural causes two years later at Askar American Hospital.
 

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