Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 3/29/1999
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of March 29, 1999
- Iraqi accusations of striking petrol pumping station
A spokesman for the Iraqi Petroleum Ministry announced that a US - British joint raid destroyed yesterday Iraq's main station for pumping raw petroleum to El-Basrah harbor on the Gulf. Iraq-USA, Politics, 4/3/1999 - Kuwait denies to have fired on Iraqi boat
Kuwait has denied to have opened fire on an Iraqi fishing boat in the North of the Arab Gulf but it admitted that it had inspected an Iraqi boat while roaming in the Kuwaiti territorial waters on the 18th of March. Kuwait-Iraq, Politics, 4/3/1999 - Sanctions on Libya to be suspended immediately after Lockerbie suspects handed over
Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa received the Arab League's deputy at the UN, Hussein Hassona, who presented to Moussa the Arab issues raised at the UN, specifically Iraq and the Lockerbie impasse. Regional-Iraq, Politics, 4/2/1999 - Preparations for the meeting of Iraqi conference in Washington fail
US officials refused to comment on news reported by circles in the Iraqi opposition on difficulties facing the chairman of the executive council of the opposition Iraqi National Conference, Ahmad al-Jalabi, and his thinking to submit his resignation during a meeting for the council under preparation in London. Iraq-USA, Politics, 4/2/1999 - Arab parliamentary delegation in Baghdad to express solidarity
An Arab parliamentary delegation is expected in Baghdad this Friday to express solidarity with the Iraqi people who have been facing an international embargo for over nine years. Regional-Iraq, Politics, 4/2/1999 - Baghdad: Striking Belgrade is a breach of UN charter and international law Iraq-Yugoslavia, Politics, 4/2/1999
- Syria and Iraq to open offices within days
Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa announced that he agreed with his Iraqi counterpart, Muhammad Saeed al-Sahaf, during their meeting in Damascus in February to open the two offices under the Algerian flag. Syria-Iraq, Politics, 4/1/1999 - UN sanctions committee recommends easing sanctions imposed on Iraq
A UN expert committee has recommended to alleviate economic sanctions imposed on Iraq with the objective of eliminating the difficulties the Iraqi people suffer. Iraq, Economics, 4/1/1999 - Iraqi religious delegation to visit the Vatican
An official at the Caldanian Patriarchy, who asked not to be identified, said on Wednesday in Baghdad that an Iraqi religious delegation will visit the Vatican in the middle of April to thank Pope John Paul II over his stand towards Iraq. Iraq-Vatican, Politics, 4/1/1999 - Iraq calls for solidarity with Yugoslavia
Iraq called for solidarity with Yugoslavia and called on Russia to react to the attacks of NATO against Belgrade by removing the sanctions imposed on Iraq. Iraq, Politics, 4/1/1999 - US: No-fly zones still quiet Iraq-USA, Military, 4/1/1999
- Baghdad: London's suggestions an attempt to keep sanctions forever
Iraq has opposed British suggestions to upgrade the oil-for-food program, considering it an attempt to keep economic sanctions against Iraq forever. Iraq, Politics, 3/31/1999 - Barzani party accuses PKK of causing explosions in northern Iraq
A spokesman for the Dahouk province in northern Iraq, which falls under the control of the Kurdistani Democratic Party, led by Mesout Barzani, criticized the "criminal policy" of the Kurdistani Workers Party (PKK) led by Abdullah Ocalan. Iraq-Regional, Politics, 3/31/1999 - On allegations of Serbian - Iraqi military cooperation Iraq-UK, Politics, 3/31/1999
- UN - UNIKOM Kuwait-Iraq-UN, Politics, 3/31/1999
- Disease ravages Iraqi livestock and source of protein
The general manager of veterinarian department in the Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture, Fadel Abass, announced that Iraq requires urgent help to combat foot-and-mouth disease that has led to the death of more than million sheep till now. Iraq, Health, 3/29/1999 - UN: Iraq inspections needed Iraq-UN, Politics, 3/29/1999