Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 8/30/1999
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of August 30, 1999
- US team leaves Iraq
The US delegation that included congressional staff members concluded its visit today to Iraq. The visit was intended to evaluate the impact of the economic sanctions imposed on Iraq for more than nine years. Iraq-USA, Politics, 9/4/1999 - Iraq calls on US delegation to be eyewitness to extermination of Iraqis
Iraq has called on the US parliamentary delegation currently visiting the country to be an eyewitness to the extermination of the people of Iraq by the US. Iraq-USA, Politics, 9/3/1999 - AL stresses opposition to Iraq sanctions
Arab League Secretary General Esmat Abdul Meguid on Thursday sent an urgent message to Iraqi Foreign Minister Muhammad Saeed al-Sahaf pertaining to certain ideas debated by Iraq and the AL in the course of the dialogue between the two sides. Iraq-Regional-USA, Politics, 9/3/1999 - Iraqi opposition delegation arrives in New York next week
Well-informed sources in London said that a delegation representing the Iraqi opposition will head next week for New York where they will meet with UN members, especially members at the UN Security Council in order to discuss developments concerning the Iraqi question. Iraq, Politics, 9/3/1999 - Iraqi opposition demand the Pope not visit Iraq
The Iraqi opposition urged yesterday Pope John Paul II not to visit Iraq, whose people are suffering from international sanctions, blaming the Iraqi government for the suffering.f Iraq, Politics, 9/3/1999 - Signs of relaxation in Iraqi - Iranian relations
Signs of relaxation have appeared yesterday in the relations between Iraq and Iran as talks are to resume on exchange of prisoners. Iraq-Iran, Politics, 9/3/1999 - Iraq, Vietnam seek economic cooperation
In light of the sixth phase of the oil-for-food program, the value of the contracts ratified between Iraq and Vietnam amounted to $100 million. Iraq-Vietnam, Economics, 9/2/1999 - US says bombed Iraqi radar Iraq-USA, Military, 9/2/1999
- US congressional team meets with Tareq Aziz
Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tareq Aziz on Tuesday visited the US team currently visiting Iraq with the objective of discussing the health and humanitarian conditions that have come about since sanctions were imposed on Iraq in 1990. Iraq-USA, Politics, 9/1/1999 - Iraq renews denial of having Kuwaiti prisoners
Iraq on Tuesday denied, once again, having any Kuwaiti prisoners in its territories and accused Kuwait of using this cause for political objectives. Iraq-Kuwait, Politics, 9/1/1999 - Report: Iraqi campaign to evacuate citizens to new provinces
A Kuwaiti daily said on Tuesday, quoting well-informed sources, that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's government is preparing at the end of this year to implement an evacuation campaign for 2 million Shitte Iraqis from the population of the capital Baghdad and three million citizens from the Kurdish areas, the central Euphrates area and the south to five new provinces that were recently established. Iraq-Kuwait, Politics, 9/1/1999 - US jets continue clashes with Iraq Iraq-USA, Military, 9/1/1999
- Turkey accepts Iraqi aid despite US views
The Turkish daily Mellit said on Tuesday that Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit has decided to accept Iraqi oil aid, despite US warnings that such aid constitutes a violation of the UN embargo imposed on Iraq. Iraq-Turkey-USA, Politics, 9/1/1999 - Iraqi speaker, Pakistani president meet Iraq-Pakistan, Politics, 8/31/1999
- Iraq receives US team to evaluate consequences of UN sanctions
A delegation of US congressional staff members has started its activities in the Iraqi capital in order to evaluate the consequences of economic sanctions on Iraq. It met with a high-ranking UN official and inspected a children's hospital. Iraq-USA, Politics, 8/31/1999 - Iraq, Iran renew contacts on prisoners
An Iraqi official announced on Monday in Baghdad that Iraq and Iran held secret talks aimed at reactivating bilateral talks concerning the question of prisoners of war. Iraq-Iran, Politics, 8/31/1999 - Baghdad: US raids continue Iraq-USA, Military, 8/31/1999
- Iraq pumps oil for Turkey
Iraq has started oil pumping at a value of US $10 million to Turkey as a contribution to alleviate the consequences of the destructive earthquake which hit the country this month. Iraq-Turkey, Economics, 8/31/1999 - Kuwaiti trade minister refuses to shake hands with Iraqi counterpart at DIF Kuwait-Iraq, Politics, 8/30/1999
- US congressional aides visit Baghdad
A group of US congressional aides arrived in Baghdad yesterday to examine the impact of UN sanctions and US policy on Iraq. Iraq-USA, Politics, 8/30/1999 - Delegation of Egyptian petroleum companies visits Baghdad
A delegation representing Egyptian petroleum companies is to visit Baghdad today, in the second visit of its sort in two weeks, where last week a delegation chaired by the head of the geological department of petroleum, Maged Abd El-Haleem, visited Iraq. Egypt-Iraq, Economics, 8/30/1999 - Setback in Baghdad's efforts to maintain national dialogue
Well-informed Iraqi sources said that the figures with which Baghdad held dialogues revealed their "doubts about the credibility of the calls advocated by the government." Iraq, Politics, 8/30/1999 - Syrian, Iraqi health relations discussed
Syrian Minister of Health Muhammad Eyyad al-Shatti met on Sunday in Damascus with Iraqi Health Minister Muhammad Mahdi Saleh and members of the accompanying delegation. Syria-Iraq, Health, 8/30/1999 - Iraq presents aid to Turkey
The Iraqi Cabinet chaired by Iraqi President Sadam Hussien, issued a decision to offer aid to Turkey at a value of more than all the aid presented by the USA to face the effects of the devastating earthquake that recently hit Turkey. Iraq-Turkey-USA, Politics, 8/30/1999