Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 3/22/1999
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of March 22, 1999
- US: Iraqi skies quiet Iraq-USA, Politics, 3/26/1999
- No improvement in Iraqi human rights record
A report released by the UN rapporteur Max Van der Stoel on the occasion of convening the U.N. Human Rights Commission in Geneva that the situation of human rights in Iraqi has not improved. Iraq-UN, Politics, 3/25/1999 - Iraq, Libya condemns air raids on Yugoslavia
Both Iraq and Libya denounced yesterday evening NATO air strikes on Yugoslavia. Iraqi official sources said that Iraq condemns using force against Yugoslavia, saying that these strikes are not related to any international legitimacy. Iraq-Libya-International, Politics, 3/25/1999 - Al-Sahaf admits there are Kuwaiti prisoners in Iraq Iraq-Regional, Politics, 3/24/1999
- Iraq, Jordan communicate to establish petroleum line
Iraqi Minister of Petroleum Amer Mohammed Rashid said the communications continued with Jordan to implement a project for an Iraqi - Jordanian petroleum pipeline. Jordan-Iraq, Economics, 3/24/1999 - Report: Qusai Saddam Hussein to be named the second man in Iraq
A London-based daily said that according to statements to leading cadres in the ruling Baath Party in Iraq and the regional leadership of the Baath Party and its branches in the Iraqi provinces the party discussed during two-day deliberations the Nomination of Qusai, the second son of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, as the second man in the Iraqi leadership. Iraq, Politics, 3/24/1999 - PKK claims responsibility of exploding the Iraqi pipeline in Turkey
The Turkish News agency "Deem" quoted a statement issued by the military wing of the Kurdistani Workers Party (PKK) led by Abdullah Ocalan as saying that the party's fighters carried out the explosion operation in the Turkish part of the Iraqi oil pipeline last Sunday. Iraq-Turkey, Politics, 3/24/1999 - US names Iraqi opposition factions to receive US aid
The Jordanian weekly al-Sabeel said that the US administration has determined the names of opposition Iraqi factions which will benefit from the $ 97 million in aid to be provided in the context of toppling the Iraqi regime. Iraq, Politics, 3/24/1999 - Iraq - pipeline Iraq, Politics, 3/24/1999
- Pumping of Iraqi oil to Turkey suspended
An oil source in Baghdad said on Monday that pumping of crude oil to Turkey has been suspended following an explosion in Iraq that took place on Friday in the Turkish part of the oil pipeline between the two countries. Iraq-Turkey, Economics, 3/23/1999 - Baghdad allows Arab citizens possessing estates Iraq-Regional, Politics, 3/23/1999
- Iraqi Communist Party accuses authorities of executing 100 persons
The Iraqi opposition Communist Party has asserted that the Iraqi authorities executed some 100 Iraqis, the majority of them political detainees from a prison located south of Baghdad, during November 1998. Iraq, Politics, 3/23/1999 - Collective funeral for Iraqi children Iraq, Politics, 3/23/1999
- Kuwait says Iraq should provide security for all Kuwait-Iraq, Politics, 3/22/1999
- On the Iraqi pipeline through Syria
A well-informed Syrian source told a Kuwaiti daily on Sunday that the issue of pumping Iraqi oil though a pipeline which passes through the Syrian territories is no longer in the foreseen future. Syria-Iraq, Economics, 3/22/1999 - Saudi dailies criticize Iraq
The Saudi dailies Okaz and al-Madina have criticized a decision taken by the Iraqi government to withdraw Iraqi pilgrims who entered the Saudi territories on Friday and stressed that the "Iraqi government alone runs the risk of such behavior and its religious and humanitarian risks." Saudi Arabia-Iraq, Politics, 3/22/1999 - Report: Iraqi diplomat flees from India to the US
An Indian daily said on Saturday that the second secretary at the Iraqi embassy in India, Muhammad al-Deni, recently fled to the US before ending his term of office in New Delhi. Iraq-India, Politics, 3/22/1999 - Iraqi dailies denounce Saudi Arabia
The Iraqi daily al-Joumhurieyah on Sunday denounced Saudi Arabia and held it responsible for preventing some 18,000 Iraqis from performing al-Haj rituals for this year, on the sidelines of what the papers referred to as Saudi Arabia's implementation of US schemes. Iraq-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 3/22/1999