Speaking on the ABC program, Abdul Amir al-Anbari, Iraq's ambassador to the U.N., asserted that an embargo on Iraq could plunge the U.S. into a " depression " and the rest of the world into an economic " crisis. " Iraq clearly is trying to woo back more Arab support in case the conflict drags on, (hoping) that its neighbors eventually will help it survive a prolonged war of economic attrition with the West.  
 Verb: hoping
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