Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 9/8/1997
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of September 8, 1997
- Iraqi opposition reports possible ouster of information minister
The supreme council of the Islamic revolution in Iraq reported that the Iraqi television and radio stations had decided to deduct 2,000 Iraqi dinars from salaries of their staff in July and August. Iraq, Politics, 9/10/1997 - Iraq invites Lebanese minister to Baghdad exhibition
Hiali and Salem met to discuss bilateral economic relations between the two countries, which the Iraqi engineer said are important, "especially since the Iraqi market is considered a natural market for Lebanese industrial products." Iraq-Lebanon, Economics, 9/10/1997 - Iraq wants time limit on oil-for-food deal
The Iraqi foreign minister appealed to the UN yesterday to set a six-month time limit for the arrival of humanitarian goods sent to Iraq under oil-for-food deal. Iraq, Economics, 9/9/1997 - Iraqi official will visit Iran soon to negotiate the POW situation
An Iraqi source said that Iraq will send an official from the Iraqi parliament to negotiate with Iranians about the POW situation. Iraq, Politics, 9/9/1997 - Iraq got 10% of medicine deal
Iraq also received only 1.8 million tons of food out of the contracted 2.2 million. Iraq, Economics, 9/9/1997