1.   American companies are allowed to sell food, medicine and other humanitarian goods to Iraq under the so-called oil-for-food program overseen by the United Nations.

2.   But in an attempt to win international support for its containment policy, Washington said it would allow Iraq to sell more oil to buy food and humanitarian goods.

3.   On the contrary, the international community is committed to ensuring that Iraqis have access to the primary humanitarian goods they need.

4.   Only basic humanitarian goods are allowed in.

5.   The plan would involve allowing Iraq to sell more oil in exchange for food, medicine, and other humanitarian goods for the economically ravaged Iraqi populace.

6.   The regime smuggles humanitarian goods out of Iraq to sell on the black market.

7.   A Jordanian-Iraqi trade protocol allows Jordan to export food and other humanitarian goods to Iraq in exchange for oil.

8.   A trade protocol allows Jordan to export food and other humanitarian goods to Iraq in exchange for oil.

9.   Alipour told IRNA that he repeatedly tried to convince the Taliban he was transporting humanitarian goods.

10.   All other humanitarian goods can be freely imported by Iraq.