Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 4/5/1999
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of April 5, 1999
- Collective leadership for the Iraqi conference to unify Iraqi opposition
The Iraqi opposition groups rallied under the umbrella of the US-backed Iraqi National Congress on Thursday eliminated an obstacle which has obstructed the implementation of "Iraq's Liberation Law," following the success of these groups in electing a collective provisional presidency for the conference's executive council at the conclusion of two-day meetings held near London. Iraq, Politics, 4/9/1999 - Saddam Hussein approves non official papers to develop the Iraqi media
Iraqi official sources have revealed that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has approved "a new media plan" providing for licensing non-official new dailies and reconsidering the country's political address on radio and television as well as to issue a daily distributed on the Arab states, taking Cyprus as its headquarters. Iraq, Politics, 4/9/1999 - 1.5 million Iraqi citizens have died due to sanctions
Baghdad said that more than 1.5 million Iraqi citizens have died due to the sanctions imposed on Iraq since 1990. Iraq, Health, 4/8/1999 - Iraqi-Iranian committee on war victims to meet in Baghdad on Monday
Coordinator of the Iraqi-Iranian committee for war victims Fahmi al-Qeisi on Wednesday said the committee will meet next Monday in Baghdad. Iraq-Iran, Politics, 4/8/1999 - UN to continue its mission on the borders between Iraq, Kuwait
The UN Security Council on Tuesday issued its ordinary consent to continue the tasks of the UN mission which monitors the "no arms zone" on the border between Iraq and Kuwait, the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM) . Iraq-Kuwait-UN, Politics, 4/8/1999 - New Turkish incursion in northern Iraq Iraq-Turkey, Politics, 4/8/1999
- Egypt and the division of Iraq
The Iraqi government, finally, urged UN secretary general Kofi Annan to halt a low-intensity, high-tech air campaign by the US and Britain. Iraq, Reporter's View, 4/7/1999 - Statement by Iranian opposition organization
The Iranian "Mujahedeen Khalq" opposition organization has announced that four Iraqi civilians were killed in a car explosion bombed by hirelings for the Iranian government west of Baghdad. Iran-Iraq, Politics, 4/7/1999 - British daily: Iraq and Yugoslavia
The British daily "The Times" issued on Tuesday said that Iraq is the only Muslim country which supports the Serbs in Yugoslavia. The paper added that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has voiced his solidarity with the Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic. Iraq-Yugoslavia, Politics, 4/7/1999 - Iraq denies military cooperation with Yugoslavia
Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan on Tuesday refuted claims made by US and British officials which indicate military cooperation between Iraq and Yugoslavia. Iraq, Politics, 4/7/1999 - Arab parliamentary delegation wraps up solidarity visit to Baghdad
An Arab parliamentary delegation, led by Moroccan MP Brahim Rachidi, wrapped up on Tuesday a three-day visit to Baghdad, meant to express the solidarity of Arab parliaments with Iraq. Iraq, Politics, 4/7/1999 - Russia condemns US-UK raids against Iraqi oil facilities
Russia condemned US-British raids against Iraqi oil facilities as "a breach to international law," according to a statement of the Russian foreign ministry released Tuesday. Iraq-Russia, Politics, 4/7/1999 - UN agree to extend the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission Iraq-UN, Politics, 4/7/1999
- Iraq rejects new British proposals on Iraq
The Iraqi daily Babel has asserted that British proposals concerning Iraq aim at imposing an international mandate on Iraq. Iraq-UK, Politics, 4/6/1999 - Western doctors send medical aid to Iraq Iraq, Health, 4/6/1999
- Iraq claims US, British uranium weapons to have caused deaths in the country
Iraq has asserted that weapons which contain uranium and were used by the US and Britain against Iraq caused deaths, grave diseases and birth defects in the country. Iraq, Politics, 4/6/1999 - Jordan - Iraq exports Jordan-Iraq, Economics, 4/5/1999