Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 3/1/1999
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of March 1, 1999
- AL envoy conveys a message to the Iraqi leadership
The Arab league AL assistant Secretary General Ahmad Bin Hali today conveyed a message to the Iraqi leadership. Iraq, Politics, 3/6/1999 - OIC chief calls for dialogue to settle Iraq crisis
Secretary general of the Jeddah-based Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), Azeddine Laraki, called for dialogue between Iraq and the United Nations to get out of the present deadlock. Regional-Iraq, Politics, 3/6/1999 - Maghreb obstacles hinder Arab follow-up committee
Well informed Syrian sources in Damascus said that preparations for the meeting of the follow-up committee of the Arab League ministerial council to be held on Sunday in Damascus had been continued until Thursday, despite doubts raised by Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa on convening the meeting. Iraq-Regional, Politics, 3/5/1999 - AL continues efforts to clear Arab - Iraqi problem
Arab League Assistant Secretary General Ahmad Bin Hali has asserted continued efforts made by the Arab League and the Arab states to purify Arab atmospheres and restore reconciliation between all Arab states. He asserted the need to continue efforts in order to lift the siege imposed on the people of Iraq. Regional-Iraq, Politics, 3/5/1999 - Iraq resumes pumping oil into Turkey
Iraq on Thursday succeeded in repairing the pipelines which transport oil to Turkey, accusing the US of striking this line in order to topple the government in Baghdad through preventing Iraq from exporting oil, which is the only outlet to ensure food for the Iraqi people. Iraq, Politics, 3/5/1999 - Iraqi petroleum exports will not increase before March 2000 Iraq, Economics, 3/5/1999
- Turkey demands exceptions for trade with Iraq Iraq-Turkey, Economics, 3/5/1999
- US spies on Iraq
In its Tuesday issue, the Washington Post reported that for three years US intelligence implanted puppets and equipment in UNSCOM in order to spy on Iraq and its armed forces, but not with the knowledge of the committee. Iraq-USA, Politics, 3/5/1999 - Iraq is determined to resist US, British strikes Iraq, Politics, 3/4/1999
- Report: Iraqi opposition attacks in southern Iraq
On Wednesday, chairman of the Higher Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, Ayatollah Muhammad Baqer al-Hakim, said his fighters waged on Saturday a successful military operation that targeted intelligence and party positions in Karbala, south of Baghdad. Iraq, Politics, 3/4/1999 - Kuwait boycotts meetings of Arab health ministers over Iraqi presidency
Kuwaiti Minister of Health Dr. Adel al-Sabeeh boycotted the inaugural session of the 23rd meeting of the council of Arab health ministers held on Wednesday at the headquarters of the Arab League, because Iraqi Health Minister Dr. Omid Medhat presided over the meeting. Kuwait-Iraq, Politics, 3/4/1999 - AL follow-up committee to meet in Damascus
The Arab ministerial committee responsible for following up on the UN Security Council's arrangements to eliminate the economic sanctions on Iraq is to meet in Damascus on March 7. Regional-Iraq, Politics, 3/3/1999 - Italian senate foreign committee calls for lifting embargo against Iraq
The Foreign committee at the Italian Senate approved on Tuesday a resolution calling the Italian government to endeavor for an immediate lifting of the embargo imposed against Iraq and to examine the possibility to reopen the Italian embassy in Baghdad in consultation with the other member countries of the European Union. Iraq-Italy, Politics, 3/3/1999 - Cairo denies Egyptians were exposed to torture or killing
Cairo denied yesterday that there are any traces of torture on the corpses of Egyptians returning from Iraq, and confirmed that there is no evidence proving that the Iraqi government used torture or killed several thousand Egyptian workers there after the nine-year war between Iraq and Iran ended. Egypt-Iraq, Politics, 3/3/1999 - British-Syrian disputes over Iraq
The British ambassador in Damascus, Basil Eastwood, has expressed hope to reach with Britain's "Arab friends a means of avoiding us the use of power in Iraq." Syria-Iraq-UK, Politics, 3/2/1999 - Iraqi oil pumping to Turkey stopped
The pumping of Iraqi oil to Turkey continued to be halted on Monday due to the damage Iraq said was inflicted on the oil pipelines as a result of the US air strikes on Sunday. Iraq-Turkey, Economics, 3/2/1999 - Solidarity rally with Iraq condemns Arab official stances
The Arab solidarity rally with Iraq has condemned at the conclusion of its works the Arab official stances which constitute a cover for the US and Zionism to continue their aggressions against Iraq and the continuation of sanctions on Iraq. Iraq-Iraq, Politics, 3/2/1999 - US for a peace-loving Iraq
The Turkish daily Joumhureyet said on Monday that the American diplomat at the US embassy in Ankara, Frank Ricciardone, has expressed the desire of the United States to see a new Iraq, "stable and peace loving." Iraq-USA, Politics, 3/2/1999 - AL chief asks Iraq to release Kuwaiti prisoners
Arab League Secretary General Esmat Abdul Meguid on Sunday congratulated the Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah, on the eighth anniversary of Kuwait's liberation. Kuwait-Iraq, Politics, 3/1/1999 - Iraq calls on Arab League to ask the UN to end the no fly zones Iraq-UN, Politics, 3/1/1999