Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 10/20/1997
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of October 20, 1997
- US fails to further choke Iraq as latter calls on Saudis' help
The US and Britain pushed for but failed to win the support required for new sanctions, so a watered down version was adopted, threatening to prevent travel of some Iraqi officials. Iraq-Saudi Arabia, Judicial, 10/24/1997 - Electrified border between Iraq and Kuwait
"More than 94 miles of border barbed wire has been electrified. This a measure to stop infiltration," Kuwait Interior Ministry spokesman Colonel Badr Saleh said. Kuwait-Iraq, Military, 10/24/1997 - Kurd fighting resumes Iraq, Military, 10/24/1997
- Iraq calls on Turkey to join water talks
Iraq and Syria would be ready to make a tripartite agreement dividing Euphrates and Tigris waters between the three countries, only Turkey has yet to show its good-will. Iraq-Syria, Politics, 10/23/1997 - Sanctions compromise Iraq, Politics, 10/23/1997
- Buffer zone in Iraq Iraq-Turkey, Military, 10/23/1997
- New sanctions may wait Iraq, Politics, 10/21/1997
- Iraq census reaches 22 million
The census put the female population at 11,077,219 outnumbering the male population of 10,940,764. Iraq, Local, 10/21/1997