Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 11/1/1999
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of November 1, 1999
- $800 million in Egyptian exports to Iraq next year Egypt-Iraq, Economics, 11/6/1999
- Iraq refuses to receive UN human rights mission
Iraq refused yesterday to allow the UN's special rapporteur on human rights into Iraq to investigate allegations concerning the human rights in Iraq. Iraq-UN, Politics, 11/6/1999 - Baghdad regrets Nouakchott's severing of relations
The secretary general of the Arab people's forces conference and member of the Iraqi National Council (parliament), Saad Qasem Hamoudi, said, "Mauritania's decision to boycott diplomatic relations with Iraq is regrettable and unjustified." Iraq-Mauritania, Politics, 11/6/1999 - Iraq agrees to receive more humanitarian aid
UN relief officials said in Baghdad that the Iraqi government on Thursday agreed to accept more humanitarian aid from foreign organizations. Iraq, Politics, 11/5/1999 - Mauritania severs relations with Iraq
The government of Mauritania on Thursday announced that it has decided to sever its diplomatic relations with Iraq, accusing Baghdad of preparing for "acts of destruction" in its territories after raising the level of diplomatic representation between Nouakchott and Tel Aviv into the ambassadorial level. Mauritania-Iraq, Politics, 11/5/1999 - Baghdad: trade relation based on attitude on sanctions
Iraqi Trade Minister Mohammed Mahdi Salah stated that his country's commercial relations with the world countries will be determined in light of these countries' efforts to lift up the international sanctions from Iraq. Iraq, Economics, 11/5/1999 - Baghdad calls for lift international sanctions
Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammed Said al-Sahaf said, "Iraq will refuse any international resolution that does not state lifting up the siege rapidly." Iraq, Politics, 11/4/1999 - Seven Iranian opposition members killed in Iraq
The Iranian opposition Khalk fighters group said that seven of its elements were killed while another 78 were injured when an Iranian missile shell hit a base for its troops near Basra city in southern Iraq. Iraq-Iran, Politics, 11/4/1999 - Iraq opposes any UN decision not considering its position
Iraq newly stated that the five permanent member states in the UN Security Council "know quite well that issuing any decision concerning Iraq without taking its opinion will be born dead." Iraq, Politics, 11/3/1999 - Mauritania summons its ambassador from Baghdad Mauritania-Iraq, Politics, 11/1/1999
- British delegation backing Iraq arrives in Jordan
A British Parliament member for the Labor Party, George Galloway, and members of the accompanying delegation arrived on Saturday evening in Aqaba city for a five-day visit to Jordan, during which he will meet with several Jordanian officials and people's activists. Jordan-Iraq-UK, Politics, 11/1/1999 - Iraqi opposition meetings in northern Iraq Iraq, Politics, 11/1/1999
- Iraqi opposition meeting in New York disputes
The official spokesman for the Islamic Labor Organization in Iraq, Jawad al-Attar, has denied what has been stated by certain media on the participation of the organization in the meetings of the Iraqi National Congress in New York. United Arab Emirates-Iraq, Politics, 11/1/1999 - Mine kills a child in southern Iraq
The Iraqi News Agency said yesterday that a child was killed and his older brother was injured as the result the explosion of munitions dropped by US and British aircraft on southern Iraq. The agency didn't mention the time of the incident. Iraq-USA, Military, 11/1/1999