Russia Sees Iraqi Debt Relief As Link to Oil, U.s. Aides Say.

Reports that Russia is hoping to leverage its plans for debt relief for Iraq to win the revival of oil development projects signed under Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and suspended by the occupation authorities. U.S. government's consideration of changing its decision to bar countries that opposed the war in Iraq from bidding on primary contracts; Ways in which debt relief is in the economic interest of Russia.