6 November – A delegation in support of listing the sanctions on Iraq lead by British MPGeorge Galloway arrives in Baghdad. The delegation, which left London using a double-decker bus on September 2, 1999, passed through few countries on its route, raising funds for cancer treatment for Iraqi children and highlighting the humanitarian cost of the sanctions.[3][4]
Eighteen Thousand Iraqis are turned down at the Iraqi-Saudi border and not allowed to performHajj, due to the UN not releasing Iraqi funds designated for their travel expenses.[6]
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