Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 12/7/1998
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of December 7, 1998
- UN chief approves Iraqi food plan Iraq-UN, Economics, 12/12/1998
- Baghdad prevents inspections at Baath party headquarters
In the first incident since the resumption of the weapons inspection operations, UNSCOM described Iraq's rejection to permit its inspectors enter offices of the ruling Baath Party in Baghdad as " an unacceptable act" Iraq, Politics, 12/11/1998 - Iraqi opposition leader against foreign intervention to change Iraqi government
Iraqi Shiite opposition leader Ayatullah Muhammad Baqer al-Hakim has asserted that any change of the ruling system in Iraq "should be made at the hands of the Iraqi people." Iraq-USA, Politics, 12/9/1998 - Iraq welcomes UN chief's statements at GCC summit
Iraq has welcomed the statements of UN Secretary General Kofi Annan at the 19th GCC summit on UN resolution 687, which states the need to clear the Middle East from weapons of mass destruction. Iraq, Politics, 12/9/1998 - UN chief statements on Iraq
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan stressed on Monday night in Abu Dhabi that there will be a comprehensive revision of sanctions imposed on Iraq if "Iraq cooperates with UNSCOM" within weeks. Iraq-UN, Politics, 12/9/1998 - US delegation in solidarity with the Iraqi people
A US people's delegation led by former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark left Amman on Tuesday heading for Baghdad in solidarity with the people of Iraq against the sanctions imposed on them. Iraq-USA, Economics, 12/9/1998 - Iraq still expects a US strike at any moment Iraq, Politics, 12/8/1998
- Iraqi minister of trade meets with Egyptian ministers of electricity and agriculture Iraq-Egypt, Economics, 12/7/1998
- Iraqi trade minister accuses the US of terrorism Iraq-USA, Politics, 12/7/1998
- Damascus, Baghdad invite Ankara to meet on water issue
The waste dumped by the Turkish side in the two rivers threatens agriculture and the supply of potable water in both Syria and Iraq, especially because pollution rates in the two rivers exceeds five fold the rate permitted internationally. Syria-Iraq, Politics, 12/7/1998