Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 6/7/1999
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of June 7, 1999
- UN receives food distribution plan from Iraq
The UN on Wednesday announced that it had received on Tuesday a plan for distributing foodstuffs for the next six months in the course of the oil-for-food agreement with Iraq. Iraq-UN, Politics, 6/10/1999 - US new plans to support Iraqi opposition
The US ambassador in charge of coordination with the Iraqi opposition, Frank Ricciardone, on Wednesday visited Abu Dhabi and met with several officials there, including the minister of state for foreign affairs, Sheikh Hamdan Bin Zayed al-Nahyan, and the special advisor for the UAE president, Mane Saeed al-Oteibah. United Arab Emirates-Iraq-USA, Politics, 6/10/1999 - US jets hit Iraqi communications site Iraq-USA, Military, 6/8/1999
- Report: Messages from Iraqis held in Kuwait
An Iraqi weekly said on Monday that the Iraqi Red Crescent Society during May received some "364 messages from Iraqis held in Kuwaiti jails." Iraq-Kuwait, Politics, 6/8/1999 - Report: Further US backing to Iraqi opposition
The paper reported that Washington is now exerting efforts to create contact channels with the Iraqi people, adding that the US support concentrates on developments after the "possible toppling " of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. Iraq-Turkey-USA, Politics, 6/8/1999 - A plan for developing Iraq's harbor Iraq-United Arab Emirates, Economics, 6/7/1999
- Iraq confirms readiness to normalize relations with Kuwait, Saudi Arabia
Nizar Hamdoum, the under secretary of the Iraqi Foreign Ministry, stated that his country will not cooperate with the UN Security Council for free, saying that uplifting the sanctions imposed on Iraq is considered a condition for future cooperation with the council. Iraq, Politics, 6/7/1999 - Efforts fail to convince King Abdullah to visit Iraq
Leading sources in the Jordanian opposition told the Kuwaiti daily al-Rai al-Am on Sunday that attempts made by Baghdad's pro-Jordanian Baath Party have failed to convince other opposition parties to call on King Abdullah to visit Iraq. Jordan-Iraq, Politics, 6/7/1999 - Iraq reiterates non-cooperation with inspection teams formed by UN Security Council
Iraq restated that it will not cooperate with the different committees formed by the United Nations Security Council to discuss the Iraq issue unless economic sanctions are fully lifted. Iraq-UN, Politics, 6/7/1999 - Escalated armed attacks to topple Saddam inside Iraq
The London-based al-Sharq al-Awsat daily revealed, according to Iraqi sources it described as well-informed, that there is a political organization inside Iraq which works to topple the "regime" by means of armed struggle. Iraq, Politics, 6/7/1999