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Escalated wide world opposition to a war on Iraq
French President Jacque Chirac and his Chinese counter part Jiang Zemin stressed their countries opposition to war against Iraq and called the international community to exert efforts to solve the Iraqi crisis peacefully.
Iraq-Regional, Politics, 3/8/2003

Syria's speech at the Security Council meeting on Iraq and Kuwait
Al-Shara: These appeals were crowned by the message the emissary of the Holy Sea (Vatican) carried two days ago to the American President in which he, without any vagueness, considered the war against Iraq illegitimate and unjust.... If this is the case, then, are we before a just cause or before an armed robbery, no more or less ?
Syria-Iraq, Politics, 3/8/2003

Security Council members speak on the Iraqi crisis
Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin said France, as a permanent member of the Security Council, would not allow passage of a resolution that automatically authorized use of force. He proposed a three-point plan for continued inspections: that inspectors set a priority list of disarmament tasks, that they give a progress report every three weeks and that full implementation be assessed after 120 days as prescribed by Council resolution 1284, or even sooner if inspectors deem it feasible.
Iraq-UN, Politics, 3/8/2003

Nuclear agency sees progress in identifying Iraq's nuclear capabilities
"After three months of intrusive inspections, we have to date found no evidence or plausible indication of the revival of a nuclear weapons programme in Iraq," IAEA Director-General said.
Iraq-UN, Politics, 3/8/2003

Blix welcomes accelerated cooperation by Iraq, but says unresolved issues remain
Top United Nations weapons inspector Hans Blix told the Security Council today that over the past month Iraq has displayed "active" or even "proactive" cooperation, which has allowed the inspection process to make significant progress, although a number of key disarmament tasks remained to be resolved.
Iraq-UN, Politics, 3/8/2003

Iraqi national congress wants peace with Israel
Iraq-Israel, Politics, 3/8/2003

UK proposes 17 March deadline for Iraq to comply with UN disarmament demands
The United Kingdom, along with Spain and the United States, yesterday introduced a revised draft of a resolution that presents Iraq with a 17 March deadline to cooperate fully with Security Council demands to rid itself of weapons of mass destruction.
Iraq-UK, Politics, 3/8/2003

World rejection of War On Iraq
Pointing out that the Iraqi issue is better solved peacefully, France, Germany and Russia have stressed their refusal to any new resolution that allows the United States to use military forces against Iraq.
Regional-Iraq, Politics, 3/7/2003

Arab summit committee heads for the UN concerning Iraq
An official at the Arab League (AL) announced yesterday that members of the committee stemmed from the recent Arab summit headed to New York to meet with the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan.
Regional-Iraq, Politics, 3/7/2003

Saudi scholar forbids taking part in attacking Iraq
The Saudi Arabian scholar Sheikh Salman Bin Fahd al- Ouda has issued a Fatwa banning any individual, group or a country from taking part in attacking Iraq " in words, nor action, nor supplies and support."
Saudi Arabia-Iraq, Politics, 3/7/2003

Japan against military acts on Iraq
The Director of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Middle East Department, Arata Fuji, voiced his country's support for Syria's stand of refusal to launch any aggression on Iraq, reiterating the necessity of seriously seeking a peaceful settlement of the Iraqi issue that avert the war.
Iraq-Japan, Politics, 3/7/2003

Despite hardened positions on Iraq in Security Council, Annan looks for 'calm' discussion
Although positions in the Security Council are "hard," Secretary-General Kofi Annan said yesterday, the 15-nation body will have a chance to discuss how to proceed with the disarmament of Iraq "calmly" at a meeting today to hear an update by top United Nations weapons inspector Hans Blix.
Iraq-UN, Politics, 3/7/2003

Washington wants 300 Iraqis out of 60 countries
Washington has called some 60 countries to expel several Iraqi diplomats working in them, this, after the US had taken a similar step on Wednesday by expelling two Iraqis out of 16 Iraqis working at the Iraqi mission at the UN in New York, considering they constitute "a danger" to US national security.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 3/7/2003

Islamic summit rejects any military acts against Iraq
The special summit of the Organization of the Islamic Conference announced in its final session in Doha its categorical rejection to launching a war against Iraq. It called in a statement on the Arab states not to take part in any military action aimed at Iraq or any Islamic country.
Regional-Iraq, Politics, 3/6/2003

El-Sherif leads one-million march
Egypt-Iraq, Politics, 3/6/2003

Al-Assad, Chirac hold telephone talks
Iraq-France, Politics, 3/6/2003

Ivanov: Russia will vote against attacking Iraq
Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov stressed on Wednesday that Russia will not allow issuing any new resolution that authorizes directly or indirectly use of force against Iraq.
Iraq-Russia, Politics, 3/6/2003

UN to define remaining tasks for complete Iraqi disarmament
Top United Nations weapons inspector Hans Blix said yesterday that he expects to release by the end of the week a list of 29 remaining issues that Iraq needs to resolve in order to be in compliance with UN demands that it rid itself of banned weapons of mass destruction.
Iraq-UN, Politics, 3/6/2003

Palestinian demonstration in Damascus in support of Iraq
Syria-Iraq, Politics, 3/6/2003

New York Times: Mexico would not accept any unilateral U.S. action to disarm Iraq
Iraq-Mexico, Politics, 3/5/2003

Arab message to New York in rejection of war option
It was announced in Damascus yesterday that the Syrian foreign minister Farouk al-Shara will take part in the Arab- 6- member committee which will start tomorrow a tour on world capitals to convey the message of the recent Arab summit in Sharm Esh Sheikh in rejecting war against Iraq and confirming support for the stances of European states in supporting for a peaceful solution to the Iraqi crisis.
Regional-Iraq, Politics, 3/5/2003

Iraqi Shiite opposition conference in Tehran is expected to fail
Member of the political bureau of the Islamic Call party, Jawad al-Malki, has expected that the "unifying of ranks" conference which is organized by the "preliminary committee" of the Shiite Iraqi opposition parties in Tehran will not succeed.
Iraq-Iran, Politics, 3/5/2003

Iraq's destruction of missiles 'positive' but still much more to be done, Annan
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan yesterday called Iraq's destruction of banned Al Samoud 2 missiles and its offer to provide more details on its VX nerve gas and anthrax a "positive development" but repeated the views of UN weapons inspectors that "there's much more to be done."
Iraq-UN, Politics, 3/5/2003

Iraq destroys six more banned missiles, to give UN VX and anthrax details
The UN said yesterday: Iraq destroyed six more banned Al Samoud 2 missiles today, bringing the total to 16 since the 1 March deadline set by United Nations chief weapons inspector Hans Blix for starting the destruction.
Iraq-UN, Politics, 3/4/2003

American- British raids on Iraq kill 6 Iraqis, 15 wounded
While an Iraqi military spokesman said yesterday that 6 Iraqis were killed and 15 wounded in an American- British bombardment targeted al-Basra area to the south of Iraq, news reports stressed that the US seeks with certain East European states to deploy American forces in these countries after the Turkish parliament had refused a government memorandum to deploy 64,000 American troops on the Turkish lands.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 3/4/2003

Al-Shara reviews issues on Iraq with Straw
Iraq-UK, Politics, 3/4/2003

Destruction of Iraqi missiles continues under UN supervision
The UN said yesterday: The destruction of prohibited Iraqi missiles continued today under United Nations supervision, a spokesman for the world body reported in Baghdad.
Iraq-UN, Politics, 3/3/2003

Saudi Arabia vows to have no part in war against Iraq
"The Arab-Israeli conflict erupted more than half a century ago. If we are thinking of a solution, we should be looking at toppling Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and not Iraqi President Saddam Hussein," Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister said.
Saudi Arabia-Iraq, Politics, 3/3/2003

UAE: The Arabs will remember Zayed's initiative after invasion of Iraq
Minister of information and culture in the United Arab Republic Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan has extended criticism to the Arab leaders and to the Arab League because the AL did not discuss in Sharm esh Sheikh Arab summit on Saturday a proposal from his country for the Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to step down to avoid a possible war against Iraq.
Regional-Iraq, Politics, 3/3/2003

Moussa: UAE initiative was not on summit agenda
Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa affirmed late Saturday that the UAE's initiative, on Iraqi President Saddam Hussein stepping down, was not on the agenda of the Arab summit that wound up work earlier this evening.
Regional-Iraq, Politics, 3/3/2003

Iraqi Republican guards completes preparations
The Iraqi President Saddam Hussein said on Saturday that Iraq will come out of the fighting with the USA "victorious" and that "Iraq is rightful, and the enemy is not."
Iraq-USA, Politics, 3/3/2003

Al-Barazani warns against a Kurdish revolution
Zalmai Khalil told US that Iraq will be ruled by a military ruler because we are not ready for this mission, and Washington also pressured them to accept giving great responsibilities for certain members who support Israel, preparing for protecting the oil wells for the USA and alleviate the Islamic influence in the new Islamic system.
Iraq, Politics, 3/3/2003

American military deployment map in the region
The American force deployed in the American region and in Afghanistan in the context of preparations for a possible war against Iraq tolled 225,000 troops provided with planes, helicopters, ships and tanks, to be joined by 48,000 British troops.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 3/3/2003


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