Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 1/12/1998
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of January 12, 1998
- Hussein: Inspections will stop of sanctions are not lifted Iraq, Politics, 1/17/1998
- Jordanian industrial delegation leaves for Baghdad
An official source expected that the protocol to be prepared would go far beyond $300 million, but the final figure depended on a meeting to be held between trade ministers of both Iraq and Jordan. Jordan-Iraq, Economics, 1/16/1998 - Iran - Iraq relations Iraq-Iran, Politics, 1/16/1998
- Ritter - Iraq Iraq, Politics, 1/16/1998
- Medical team visits Iraq
Egyptian Minister of Health Dr. Ismail Salaam has agreed to send a medical team to Iraq soon to perform a number of surgeries for Iraqi patients unable to travel abroad for treatment because of UN sanctions. Egypt-Iraq, Health, 1/16/1998 - Arabs need to check on Iraqis conditions said cleric
The head of the Supreme Islamic Council in Iraq Mohammed Baqer Al Hakim, leader of the Iraqi Islamic Shiite opposition, called for checking on the living conditions of the Iraqi people by examining prisons, hospitals and areas that have been subjected to coercion by the Iraqi government. Iraq, Politics, 1/15/1998 - Russia - U-2 Iraq, Politics, 1/15/1998
- Clinton - Butler Iraq, International, 1/15/1998
- Ritter - Iraq Iraq, Politics, 1/15/1998
- Iraqi oil exports to France Iraq, Economics, 1/15/1998
- US vs Iraq: Deja vu all over again
Aziz expressed his doubts that Iraq will see the sanctions lifted soon, saying that the UN inspection team with its current composition is being used as a "game to keep sanctions." Iraq, Politics, 1/14/1998 - Kurd negotiations Iraq, Politics, 1/14/1998
- Iraqi water treatment
Iraq will need millions of dollars in aid to repair water treatment plants run down by seven years of stringent economic sanctions to avert a public health crisis. Iraq, Economics, 1/14/1998 - Jordan: No political motive behind assassination on Iraqi diplomat
"There were no political motives for the assassination attempt; it was not related to the nature of the diplomat's work or post," a governmental source said. Jordan-Iraq, Politics, 1/13/1998 - More Iraqi - Egyptian trade coming
An Iraqi delegation will visit Cairo next week to discuss new agreements with Egyptian companies within the relationship between the two countries. Egypt-Iraq, Economics, 1/13/1998 - Iraq will resume its oil exports tomorrow
Iraqi Minister of Oil Mohamed Mahdi said that Iraq will resume exporting oil tomorrow according to the third phase of the oil for food agreement and Security council resolution No. 986. Iraq, Economics, 1/13/1998 - Iraqi poet in a Syrian symposium Iraq-Syria, Literature, 1/13/1998
- Bahrain for a new page with Iraq
In a statement, Sheikh Mubarak called upon Iraq to abide by UN resolutions so its embargo can be lifted. Gulf-Iraq, Politics, 1/13/1998 - Baghdad starts pumping petroleum
The Iraqi oil minister said there are intensive communications underway with petroleum companies all over the world and that there is a great is demand for Iraqi oil. Iraq, Economics, 1/12/1998 - Four Iraqis arrested in connection with Taher attack Jordan-Iraq, Local, 1/12/1998
- Iraq to deny Ritter access Iraq, Politics, 1/12/1998