Saddam Hussein has announced Iraq will stop oil exports for 30 days or until Israel withdraws from Palestinian territories.
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A view of the entrance to an oil refinery near Baghdad. Photograph: Reuters
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The oil minister said the move took effect as Saddam spoke during a nationally televised speech.
Libya has come out in support of Iran's call for oil-producing nations to halt supplies to Israel's Western allies.
The official news agency, JANA, reports a government official as saying: "The great Jamahiriya [Libyan republic] supports Iran's call to stop oil supplies to countries that back the Zionist entity."
The report said that such a step, if supported by other Arab and Islamic oil-producers, would "stop the Zionist train of death in Palestine".
On Friday, Iranian supreme leader Mr Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Islamic countries should stop supplying oil for one month to countries with close relations with Israel.
But two other oil producers, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, have opposed the idea of using oil as a weapon.
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