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References
- ↑ "Message to the Congress on the Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Stabilization of Iraq". whitehouse.gov. May 20, 2024.
- ↑ "Iraq-Related Sanctions". Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
- ↑ Davis, Patty (March 21, 2003). "U.S. seizes $1.4 billion in Iraqi assets". CNN. Archived from the original on 24 March 2022.
- ↑ "U.S. Announces It Will Seize Iraqi Assets". PBS News. March 20, 2003.
Online versions of EO 13303
- Executive Order 13303: Protecting the Development Fund for Iraq and Certain Other Property in Which Iraq Has An Interest, May 22, 2003, the White House Archives
- AkamaiTech.net (pdf) - 'Executive Order 13303: Protecting the Development Fund for Iraq and Certain Other Property in Which Iraq Has an Interest' signed May 22, 2003, Federal Register
- ReclaimDemocracy.org - 'Executive Order 13303: Protecting the Development Fund for Iraq and Certain Other Property in Which Iraq Has an Interest' signed May 22, 2003, the Federal Register (May 28, 2003)
