Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 4/26/1999
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of April 26, 1999
- Some 20 Iraqis wounded in American raids
An Iraqi military spokesman said on Thursday that some 20 Iraqis were wounded in air raids launched by the US warplanes on Thursday on the northern and southern parts of Iraq. Iraq-USA, Politics, 4/30/1999 - Iraqi opens dam on the Tigris tributary
Iraq on Wednesday opened a huge dam on one of the tributaries of the Tigris river at a total cost of US $10 million. Work started in the dam, 180 km northwest of Baghdad in 1996. More than 2000 Iraq engineers, technicians and workers took part in the construction of the dam. Iraq-Russia, Economics, 4/30/1999 - Egypt, UAE refuse to receive Ricciardone
US diplomat Frank Ricciardone, who is in charge of coordinating contacts between Washington and the Iraqi opposition, leaves London today to visit Turkey, Jordan and Kuwait. Iraq-Regional-USA, Politics, 4/29/1999 - U.S. civic and religious groups announce protest movements to request lifting of anti-iraq embargo
A coalition of U.S. civic and religious groups launched on Tuesday an appeal for the immediate lifting of the economic sanctions enforced against Iraq for eight years now entailing more than 1.2 million civilian victims. Iraq, Politics, 4/28/1999 - Russian FM confers with Iraqi oil minister
Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov held a meeting on Tuesday in Moscow with Iraqi Oil Minister Amer Muhammad Rashid on the possibility of lifting the UN sanctions imposed on Iraq and Russian plans to revive the Iraqi oil industry. Iraq-Russia, Economics, 4/28/1999 - US nuns send humanitarian message to Mrs Clinton to lift sanctions on Iraq
A group of US nuns who often visit Baghdad have called on US first lady Hillary Clinton to back their efforts to lift the sanctions imposed on Iraq. Iraq, Politics, 4/28/1999 - Report: Mujahidin Khalq movement denies helping Iraqi security Iraq-Iran, Politics, 4/28/1999
- Baghdad: New US - British strikes against Iraq
Baghdad announced that US and British planes shelled civil sites and other sites affiliate to Iraqi air defenses in the no-fly zone in northern Iraq. Iraq, Military, 4/26/1999 - Iraqi Shiite opposition concerned over conditions in Iraq
Opposition Iraqi Shiite figures in exile expressed on Sunday their concern over a warning addressed by Washington against Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, which gave no mention to the conditions of the Shiites in Iraq. Iraq-USA, Politics, 4/26/1999 - Iraqi - Yugoslavia approach
Iraq and Yugoslavia decided to raising the level of diplomatic representation between them to the ministers level soon. Iraq-Yugoslavia, Politics, 4/26/1999