Arabic News Daily Page for 1/31/2003
Daily Edition - Friday, January 31, 2003
- Kuwait warns Iraq on any attack
The Kuwaiti minister of information Sheikh Ahmad Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah stressed that Iraq will pay a "dear price if it attacks Kuwait " and accused Baghdad of attempting to escalate whenever there is a problem with the UN Security Council. Kuwait-Iraq, Politics, 1/31/2003 - Washington Post: Jordan to permit US Army on its land, gets patriot batteries
The Washington Post reported yesterday that Jordan has taken a decision to permit the American army on its land in case of war against Iraq. Jordan-Iraq, Politics, 1/31/2003 - Egyptian sentenced for one year imprisonment, over threatening the American ambassador
An Egyptian judicial source said that the higher state security court in Asyout on Wednesday sentenced an Egyptian for one year imprisonment because of sending a message threatening, via email, the American ambassador in Cairo David Welsh. Egypt, Local, 1/31/2003 - US deploys 35,000 troops in Kuwait
The American large military forces are being reinforced in the Gulf region, especially in Kuwait, where so far some 35,000 soldiers are being deployed. A matter which availed Washington the possibility of attacking Iraq in February. Kuwait-USA, Politics, 1/31/2003 - Yemen: One extremist was arrested, one soldier killed
An official source at the Yemeni ministry of the interior said that the security forces in the province of Mareb, 170 Km to the east of Sanaa, was able on Wednesday to arrest the Islamist extremist Muhammad Ali al-Zaydi following confrontations that resulted in killing one Yemeni soldier. Yemen, Politics, 1/31/2003 - Morocco needs over us$ 600 million to make up for deficit in campuses
Moroccan minister of higher education and scientific research, Khalid Alioua, said Morocco needs to invest 6 billion DH to make up for the deficit in university residences, estimated at 100,000 beds. Morocco, Education, 1/31/2003 - Jordan gets 6 F-16 jet fighters
Jordan on Wednesday received 6 F-16 jet fighters which were the first shift of 16 fighter planes offered by the US to Jordan. Jordan-USA, Military, 1/31/2003