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DATE: WEDNESDAY, July 18, 1990                   TAG: 9007180490
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-2   EDITION: EVENING 
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DATELINE: BAGHDAD, IRAQ                                LENGTH: Short

IRAQ ACCUSES KUWAIT OF STEALING ITS OIL

Iraq's foreign minister today accused neighboring Kuwait of violating Iraq's border and stealing $2.4 billion worth of its oil.

The accusation by Foreign Minister Tareq Aziz marked a sharp escalation in Baghdad's campaign against fellow OPEC members who have been producing more oil than allowed by the oil cartel's quotas. Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates have been the main targets of the Iraqi campaign.

In Kuwait City, the emirate's capital, the crown prince and prime minister, Sheik Saad al-Abdullah al-Sabah, called the 75-member National Council to a special session to discuss the Iraqi allegations. During the Iran-Iraq war, Kuwait was one of Iraq's staunchest allies.

-Associated Press 


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