(October 16, 2003) Iraq’s interim trade minister says at least 65 per cent of his country’s outstanding debt should be forgiven. Ali Abdul-Amir Allawi says Iraq’s debts were incurred by what he calls a "brutal, authoritarian, dictatorial regime.

(October 16, 2003) The Coalition Provisional Authority’s chief fundraiser Marek Belka says he expects that some countries would contribute by writing off Iraq’s foreign debt incurred under the deposed Hussein regime.

(October 13, 2003) "How do you become a liberator? Make them truly free" by forgiving foreign debt and working with the rest of the world to build a sound democratic structure, said former New York governor Mario Cuomo.

(October 9, 2003) The council will operate independently of the Iraqi Justice Ministry, and will "investigate allegations of professional misconduct and incompetence . . . and nominate lawyers to fill judicial and prosecutorial vacancies."

(October 9, 2003) Without a resolution, only those who already have troops in Iraq will want to put in much money," one EU diplomat said.

(October 8, 2003) Iraq can’t finance its own reconstruction because it has a debt of $200 billion and can’t borrow against future oil profits. More than half is commercial debt owed to a number of countries and the rest is war reparations owed from the first Gulf War.

(October 5, 2003) "We pay old Soviet Union debts, though it is not clear why we have to. . . . Iraq, in terms of its parameters – its potential – is not among the poorest countries of the world. . . . And it is capable of paying its debts." – President Putin of Russia.

(October 3, 2003) Islamist MP Khaled al-Adwa said: "The Iraqi occupation happened, so the past political leadership or the one that follows it must bear responsibility for that occupation.

(October 3, 2003) Kuwait says demands for billions of dollars in war reparations owed by Iraq for losses caused by the deposed Iraqi regime is an "non-negotiable" issue.