Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 4/19/1999
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of April 19, 1999
- UN Compensation Commission on Iraq makes new payment to victims
The United Nations Compensation Commission yesterday made a total of $101,967,360.03 available from a 30% share of Iraqi petroleum revenues to parties suffering losses due to the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Iraq-UN, Politics, 4/23/1999 - US Kosovo funding request includes funding for Iraq air patrols Iraq-USA, Politics, 4/23/1999
- US, British planes launch an attack on Iraq
US and British planes attacked an Iraqi service and radar building near Mosul, the largest city in north Iraq, while US and British planes soared over the two no-fly zones imposed by Washington and London on northern and southern Iraq. Iraq, Politics, 4/22/1999 - Syrian PA speaker to visit Iraq
The Iraqi daily al-Itihad issued on Tuesday said that the speaker of the Syrian People's Assembly, Abdul Qader Qaddoura, will pay a visit to Baghdad at the invitation of the Iraqi National Assembly. Iraq-Syria, Politics, 4/21/1999 - Iraq warns US, British pilots
An Iraqi military official on Tuesday warned the US and British pilots who fly within the " two no fly zones" of the consequences of violating Iraqi airspace. Iraq, Politics, 4/21/1999 - Iraq asks the Arab league to stop the Turkish aggression on its lands
Iraq condemned the repeated Turkish invasions of Iraqi lands as a severe violation of the United Nations charter and the resolutions of the UN Security Council. Iraq-Turkey, Politics, 4/21/1999 - UN - Iraq Iraq-UN, Economics, 4/21/1999
- Iraqi education minister in Riyadh
Iraqi dailies published on Monday said that Iraqi Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Abdul Jabbar Tawfiq Muhammad met in Riyadh with his Saudi counterpart, Khaled Nin Muhammad al-Anqari. Iraq-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 4/20/1999 - More Iraqis executed in Baghdad
The Iraqi Communist Party asserted on Monday that more than 100 Iraqis charged with taking part in the Shiite acts of disturbances in 1991, were executed in January this year in Abu Gharib prison near Baghdad. Iraq, Politics, 4/20/1999 - Iraqi clash with US planes
The Iraqi ground defenses clashed with US planes that attacked the Iraqi lands coming from Turkey. This attack is considered the second of its kind since NATO attacked Serbia last month. Iraq-Regional, Military, 4/20/1999 - Iraq continues confrontation of US planes
An Iraqi spokesman stated today that his country will continue its confrontation of any planes penetrating its airspace. Iraq, Politics, 4/19/1999