Arabic News Daily Page for 1/11/2003
Weekend Edition - Saturday, January 11, 2003
- Talibani, the US and Iran
The chairman of the Kurdistani National Federation, Jalal Talibani, stressed yesterday that the Americans are ready to give all guarantees to the Iranian authorities that they will not carry out any action against it in case they launch an aggression against Iraq. Iraq-Iran, Politics, 1/11/2003 - Sudan denies having mass destruction weapons
According to foreign experts Israel owns at least 200 nuclear warheads and equipment to carry them. However, Israel does not admit having such weapons. This comes as North Korea decided to abandon the NPT (Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, in responce to US pressures on this issue which are as a selective application of international law, considering US treatment of Israel on this matter. Israel-USA, Politics, 1/11/2003 - Israeli forces escalate provocation against Lebanon
The al-Sawannah Mountain heights in South Lebanese were yesterday exposed to heavy machine gun fire from the Israeli position in Rewisat al-Alam while unfamiliar Israeli moves were registered in al-Sammaqa, al-Ramtha and Zibdin position in the occupied Shebaa Farms and the Israeli forces ran on foot patrols in the axis of the Red Mountain. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 1/11/2003 - King Mohammed dedicates mosque, students' residence in Marrakesh
The king was informed on the literacy program under way in the Mosques of Morocco. Some 200 teachers are supervising such courses in 200 mosques throughout the country. Morocco, Education, 1/11/2003