(April 8, 2003) The prospect of a regime change in Baghdad that could pave the way for debt restructuring talks between a new government and the country’s long-suffering creditors, has triggered a rally in Iraq’s traded debt.

(April 7, 2003) A liberated Baghdad shouldn’t have to pay Saddam’s French debts.

(April 4, 2003) Every vanquished Iraqi Republican Guard division is a hopeful sign for investors who have bought up Iraqi debt.

(April 3, 2003) Will the consequences resemble the tragedy of Germany after World War I or the success of Germany after World War II?

(April 3, 2003) Already, traders say, the secondary-market price of two big Iraqi loans has doubled, to around 19 cents on the dollar.

(April 2, 2003) A reporter questioning Ari Fleischer about the Iraq situation, asked: "Does the President have a feeling on what should be done with Iraq’s debt?

(April 2, 2003) Russia’s Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov is quoted to the thorny issue of Iraq’s $7.5 billion debt to Russia, admitting for the first time that "Saddam is neither friend nor brother to us, and he will never repay (Iraq’s) debts to us."

(March 31, 2003) A recent New Yorker article endorsed Probe International’s position on Iraq’s odious debts, articulated in a National Post opinion piece on Feb. 12, 2003, by Larry Solomon and Probe International’s Pat Adams.