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UPPLANDS VASBY, Sweden — Iraqi officials appealed Thursday to escape nearly $100 billion in debt and war reparationsowed mostly to Arab nations reluctant to forgive Iraq’s belligerence during Saddam Hussein’s regime.
Iraq’s plea for debt relief, made before nearly 500 delegates at a U.N. conference to assess Iraq’s reconstruction, was echoed at the highest diplomatic levels including U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki received no firm commitments. Iraq has at least $67 billion in foreign debt.
