Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 12/1/1997
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of December 1, 1997
- Four Gulf countries refuse to receive Tariq Aziz
Iraq was informed by four Gulf countries that they cannot receive Iraqi deputy prime minister Tariq Aziz as requested by Iraq. Iraq, Politics, 12/6/1997 - Turkish military action Iraq-Turkey, Military, 12/6/1997
- Iraq: No oil until plan approved Iraq, Politics, 12/6/1997
- Increase in quantity, cost of fuel transferred from Iraq to Jordan
The Jordanian government decided to raise the transferal costs for the raw fuel transferred from Iraq -- with an increase of 0.5 dinars (0.71 dollars) for each ton -- thus the costs became 10 dinars ($14.1 US) instead of 9.5 dinars. Jordan-Iraq, Business, 12/6/1997 - Badr Shaker Assayab: a pioneer of free verse
Love is a recurrent theme in Assayab's poems. He portrayed his love for his birthplace Jaikour, for woman and his country Iraq in many poems including "The Waste Land," "A City Without Rain" and "The Song of the Rain." Iraq, Literature, 12/5/1997 - Butler to Iraq Iraq, Politics, 12/3/1997
- The Iraqi minister of justice calls for enhancing Arab solidarity
The Iraqi minister of justice urged the Arab states to enhance their effective solidarity, to activate and renew the means of cooperation Iraq, Politics, 12/2/1997 - Collective funeral for Iraqi children
A collective funeral on Sunday was staged in one of Baghdad's main streets for 70 Iraqis, mostly children, who died because of medicinal shortages as a result of the sanctions imposed on Iraq. Iraq, Politics, 12/1/1997 - Oil-for-food Iraq, Politics, 12/1/1997
- UNSCOM composition Iraq, Politics, 12/1/1997