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An explanation to Syria's abstention from voting UN resolution 1500
The Syrian Arab news Agency SANA said the following: Syria's abstention from voting in favor of the UN Security Council resolution 1500 came in the framework of Syria's commitment to the Arab position adopted by the foreign ministers members of the Arab Follow up Committee which met in Cairo on Aug 5th, 2003.
Syria-Iraq, Politics, 8/16/2003

Increased Shiite rejection of occupation
The Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sader has strongly denounced the position of the American- British occupation forces concerning the clashes which erupted this week in al-Sader city in the outskirts of Baghdad.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 8/16/2003

Two American soldiers and three Iraqi civilians were wounded
Two American soldiers and three Iraqi civilians were wounded in an attack by shells carried out by the Iraqi resistance in the center of the country yesterday morning.
Iraq-USA, Military, 8/16/2003

Iraqi intellectuals call for freezing Iraq's membership to the Arab league
Hundreds of Iraqi intellectuals yesterday addressed a message to the transitional governing council to "freeze Iraq's membership at the Arab league" for an indefinite time until the AL admits its tremendous mistake against the Iraqi people, apologize for that, and correct its bad stances towards the council and Iraq."
Iraq-Regional, Politics, 8/16/2003

Shiite rejection to Saddam's call to declare Jihad against occupation forces
The Shiite religious "Hawza" in al-Najaf has rejected the call made by the toppled Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in a message to the Shiite population on Wednesday in which he called for the armed struggle against the occupation forces.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 8/15/2003

Washington says arrest of Saddam Hussein is soon; occupation apologize to Shiites
The American occupation forces detained 10 Iraqis during campaigns of arrest and inspection in the city of Tikrit, the birthplace of the toppled Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. The search operations for Saddam Hussein and his supporters resulted in killing 6 Iraqis during the past 24 hours in Beji and Baqouba cities.
Iraq-USA, Military, 8/15/2003

UN security council 'welcomes' but does not legalize the 'governing council' in Iraq; Syria abstains
Following weeks of negotiations, the UN Security Council yesterday reached a middle solution between the American request to recognize the transitional Iraqi governing council and the rejection expressed by several UN security council members, especially permanent members for such a recognition.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 8/15/2003

Karkouk's oil exports will not exceed 300,000 barrels
The American army announced yesterday that exports through the oil pipelines from Karkouk oil field in northern Iraq to the Turkish port of Jeihan is estimated between 200 to 300 thousands barrels of oil every day in the first phases. A number which is less that the estimates of Turkish sources which said that the line pumps more than 450,000 barrels every day.
Iraq, Economics, 8/15/2003

Football: Morocco play iraq in Saudi tournament
Morocco-Iraq, Sports, 8/15/2003

Saddam Hussein praises Shiite call for armed struggle, UN vote on governing council
Oil started yesterday to flow to the Turkish port of Jeihan, for the first time since the beginning of the American war against Iraq, while the transitional governing council announced it has founded so far 23 ministries and that discussions are still continuous on the names of figures that will preside over these ministries.
Iraq, Politics, 8/14/2003

News on killing seven American soldiers in different incidents in Iraq
An American military spokesman announced that one American soldier was killed and two others wounded in an explosion against them in al- Taji area to the north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
Iraq-USA, Military, 8/14/2003

UN envoy sees rapprochement between Iraqi Council and Arab League
The top United Nations envoy in Iraq yesterday held out the prospect of breaking the regional isolation of the Iraqi Governing Council following his discussions with officials in Cairo last weekend, with a possible meeting next week between the United States-appointed body and the 22-member Arab League secretariat starting a rapprochement.
Iraq-UN, Politics, 8/14/2003

Oil to be pumped from north Iraq as from today
The American army announced yesterday that it was decided to start pumping oil in the main pipeline for exporting oil from northern Iraq to Turkey today and that the operation will take days before the possibility of resuming exports.
Iraq, Economics, 8/13/2003

One American killed, many injured; Iraqi Republican general arrested
The US occupation army in Iraq announced yesterday that its soldiers detained one of the former personal guards of deposed President Saddam Hussein in addition to a member at the Iraqi Republican Guard commission, in a series of raids they carried out in Tikrit yesterday.
Iraq-USA, Military, 8/13/2003

Syrian trade delegation to head shortly for Baghdad
News reports said that a Syrian trade and industrial delegation will shortly pay the first official visit to Iraq months after the closure of borders between the two states.
Syria-Iraq, Economics, 8/13/2003

UN convoy of Iraqi refugees delayed by Basra unrest
Recent unrest in the southern Iraqi city of Basra has forced the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to interrupt in mid-journey its second repatriation of refugees from Saudi Arabia since the fall of Saddam Hussein, a spokesman for the agency said yesterday.
Iraq, Local, 8/13/2003

Foreign ministers of Syria, Egypt, Saudi Arabia conclude meeting; rejection to recognize the Iraqi rule
The Egyptian foreign minister Ahmed Maher said that the Arab states will deal with the Iraqi transitional council which is appointed by the USA. But will not recognize it as a legitimate government
Regional-Iraq, Politics, 8/12/2003

Two explosions near British embassy in Baghdad; American soldier, two Iraqi policemen killed
The American forces killed two Iraqi policemen and wounded a third when they suspected an attempt by them to attack these forces.
Iraq-USA, Military, 8/12/2003

Shiite clergy detained, confrontations in southern Iraq
The occupation forces yesterday detained Abdul Karim al-Madani ( 48 year old), the highest Shiite religious cleric in Deyali area in Baqouba city, 60 Km to the northern west of Baghdad.
Iraq, Politics, 8/11/2003

Al-Jazeera: Four Iraqis killed by occupation forces; Iraqi resistance has no connection to former regime
The armed gunman who was with other three resistance members indicated that had members of the toppled regime been able to make sacrifices, then the Baath regime would not have been removed in the manner it happened. He added that the remains of the former regime do not have the ability to resist or sacrificing themselves because they do not have values and principles.
Iraq-USA, Military, 8/11/2003

Iraqi governor hold economic talks in Syria
SyriaÕs Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade Ghassan Rifaee, and Iraq's Governor of Nineveh, Ghanem Sultan al-Busso discussed means of activating the commercial, economic, tourist and agricultural exchange between Nineveh and the Syrian sides.
Syria-Iraq, Economics, 8/11/2003

Burns in Tikrit
US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs William Joseph Burns yesterday arrived in Tikrit, the main center for the partisans of the former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, where the American forces are establishing a base for its operations in the area.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 8/11/2003


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