Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 7/19/1999
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of July 19, 1999
- Pardon covers Iraqis who received asylum abroad
An official at the Iraqi Foreign Ministry has announced that the pardon recently released by the Iraqi authorities for Iraqis who left Iraq also covers those who received the right of asylum in foreign countries. Iraq, Politics, 7/23/1999 - Baghdad seeks to increase trade volume with Arab states
Iraqi President Saddam Hussien said that he will seek to achieve an increase in Iraq's trade volume with Arab states, calling on their governments to implement this step. Iraq-Regional, Economics, 7/23/1999 - UNSCOM poisons in Iraq to be destroyed on Sunday
The UN secretary general's special representative in Iraq, Prakash Shah, has announced that the destruction of poisons left behind by UNSCOM inspectors in Baghdad will be made next Sunday. Iraq-UN, Politics, 7/23/1999 - Some 8,000 Iraqis died in June because of the embargo
Iraq announced on Thursday that some 8,000 citizens including 5,410 children died during June due to the UN embargo which has been imposed on the country since 1990. Iraq-UN, Politics, 7/23/1999 - New executions in Iraq
The Iraqi opposition Communist Party has asserted that some 58 Iraqis who are accused of treason were hanged on April 13 in Abu Gharib prison near Baghdad. Iraq, Politics, 7/21/1999 - Iraqi opposition to convene meeting in the Iraqi territories
The Iraqi National Conference on Tuesday announced that the Iraqi opposition is seeking to convene its conference next September in the Iraqi territories. Iraq, Politics, 7/21/1999 - France criticizes US raids against Iraq Iraq-France, Politics, 7/21/1999
- Proposal failed to settle humanitarian issues between Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia
Arab diplomatic sources in Cairo stated that the mechanism assigned to the council of the Arab League, which the AL Secretary General was assigned to set up to settle humanitarian matters between Kuwait, Iraq and Saudi Arabia did not proceed one step forward, due to the insistence of each side on their own individual position. Iraq-Regional, Politics, 7/20/1999 - Iraq, Yugoslavia for good, developed relations
Yugoslavia's ambassador in Baghdad has asserted that his country's relations with Iraq are very good and developed and are at the present in their golden age. Iraq-Yugoslavia, Politics, 7/20/1999 - US - British bombardment of Iraq Iraq-USA, Military, 7/19/1999