Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 8/9/1999
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of August 9, 1999
- On the coming session of the AL council
A high-ranking Arab source has denied rumors of the apology of several Arab Gulf ministers for not taking part in the coming session of the Arab League AL council which will be presided over by Iraq. Regional-Iraq, Politics, 8/14/1999 - Iraq starts project to develop Saddam Hussein International Airport
Iraqi contracting companies started executive steps for maintaining and developing Saddam Hussein International Airport in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, which had stopped since the 1990 Gulf War. Iraq, Economics, 8/14/1999 - Baghdad calls for lifting sanctions
Iraq renewed yesterday its call on the United Nations for the immediate lifting of sanctions imposed on the country nine years ago. Iraq, Politics, 8/14/1999 - UNICEF: 450% increase in child mortality rate in Iraq due to sanctions
A study prepared by UNICEF said that children's death rate in Iraq had doubled due to the sanctions imposed on Iraq since 1991. Iraq-UN, Health, 8/13/1999 - Iraq accuses sanctions committee of obstructing the petroleum sector
Iraq has accused the UN sanctions committee of obstructing contracts it endorsed with international companies to import control systems and contracts with the petroleum sector. Iraq-UN, Economics, 8/13/1999 - More Iraq - US no-fly zone clashes Iraq-USA, Military, 8/13/1999
- Talebani party denies approving formation of Kurdish Jewish party
The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, led by Jalal Talebani, has denied a report published on Tuesday by the Iraqi daily Babel, which said that the Talebani party approved the formation of a party for Kurdistan's Jews which will have al-Suleimaneyeh as a headquarters and be backed by Israel. Iraq, Politics, 8/13/1999 - Barazani calls on the Kurdistam party to halt intervention in northern Iraq
The Kurdistani Democratic party, led by Mesout Barazani" has reiterated his call on the Kurdistani party to " halt the aggression and intervention in the affairs of Iraq's Kurdistan. Iraq, Politics, 8/12/1999 - Iraq: US, Britain attack sites near eclipse observers
The Iraqi News Agency reported that US and British warplanes on Tuesday bombed the Deer Matti area in Mosul, where correspondents of satellite television channels were preparing to monitor Wednesday's total solar eclipse. Iraq-USA, Military, 8/12/1999 - Boosting cooperation between Iraq, Egypt
Iraqi Minister of Industry and Minerals Adnan Abd al-Majid Jasim al-Ani and the head of Egyptian interests in Baghdad, Mahmoud Sherif Rihan, have discussed means of boosting relations between the two countries. Iraq-Egypt, Economics, 8/11/1999 - New Jewish political party forms in Kurdistan, northern Iraq Iraq-Israel, Politics, 8/11/1999
- Iraq completes building of the oil pipelines through Syria
An oil source in Baghdad said that Iraq has completed the rehabilitation of the Iraqi - Syrian pipeline which passes through the Iraqi territories, adding that the process of completing this line continues on the Syrian side. Syria-Iraq, Politics, 8/10/1999 - US dismisses oil dumping claim Iraq-Saudi Arabia-USA, Economics, 8/10/1999
- $55 million in exports from United Arab Emirates to Iraq
Iraqi newspapers reported that the volume of exports from the United Arab Emirates to Iraq has doubled 20 times since 1995, saying that the value of the products exported from Dubai harbor to Iraq was $2.5 million in 1995 and increased to $55 million in 1997. Iraq-United Arab Emirates, Politics, 8/10/1999 - US shelling against Iraqi buildings
Baghdad announced that US planes attacked civilian and service establishments in northern Iraq near Mosul today, adding that the US planes shelled civilian and service buildings in northern Iraq. Iraq-USA, Military, 8/10/1999 - Arab conference on solar eclipse in northern Iraq
The works of the first astronomical conference organized by Mosul University began yesterday in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul with the participation of researchers and astronomers from Egypt, Libya, Jordan, Syria, and Iraq. Iraq-Regional, Science, 8/10/1999 - US planes strike Iraqi positions Iraq, Politics, 8/10/1999
- Saddam Hussein accuses Iran of continuing its aggression
On the occasion of the 11th anniversary of the end of the Iranian - Iraqi war, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein on Sunday accused Iran of continuing its aggressions against Iraq and made "covert" threats against Irna, a stand which was denounced by Tehran and attributed it to Hussein's feelings of "failure and insult." Iraq-Iran, Politics, 8/9/1999 - Iraq: Seeds of conflict with Iran still exist
On the occasion of the 11th anniversary of the end of the Iraqi-Iranian war, the Iraqi daily Babel said that the seeds of conflict between the two countries are still in existence. Iraq-Iran, Politics, 8/9/1999