Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 11/29/1999
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of November 29, 1999
- Arab League criticizes renewal of oil-for-food agreement for one week
The Arab League criticized today a resolution by the United Nations Security Council to extend the Iraqi oil-for-food program for one week. Iraq-Regional-UN, Politics, 12/4/1999 - Egyptian-Iraqi agricultural cooperation
Cairo has expressed its readiness to develop agricultural cooperation with Iraq in all fields and promote the trade of agricultural commodities between the two countries. Egypt-Iraq, Economics, 12/3/1999 - New Iraqi law to limit travel abroad
Iraqi sources announced today the issuance of an Iraqi law previously that intensifying the imposed sanctions on Iraqis who leave the country illegally. Iraq, Politics, 12/3/1999 - Iraqi opposition called on for plenary meeting
The Middle (al-Wasat ) Democratic Trend has announced the "intensification of efforts to revitalize the role of the Iraqi opposition," through "convening an actual plenary meeting and drawing a document that can explain the objectives, the principles and the work plan for the coming phase," after good preparations. Iraq, Politics, 12/2/1999 - New raids by alliance troops on southern Iraq
An Iraqi military spokesman said that US and UK jets shelled yesterday evening services and civil establishments in the "no fly zone" in southern Iraq. The spokesman stated that the raiding jets were forced to leave the Iraqi airspace. Iraq-USA, Military, 12/2/1999 - Diplomatic, trade discussions between Iraq and South Africa
Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan, Foreign Minister Mohamed Said al-Sahaf and Trade Minister Mohamed Mahdi Saleh discussed with the deputy foreign minister of South Africa bilateral relations, in addition to the latest developments of the drafts raised at the UN Security Council on Iraq and Iraq's opposition to the British - Dutch draft for suspending UN sanctions. Iraq-South Africa, Politics, 12/1/1999 - Appointing a Kurdish prime minister in Kurdistan
A spokesman of the Iraqi Kurdish Democratic Party said that the parliament of the party submitted to this party's control in Iraq's Kurdistan appointed a new prime minister in this area, Neshrwan Barzani, the brother of the party's chief, Masoud Barzani. Iraq, Politics, 12/1/1999 - Some 20,000 Turkish soldiers incurred into northern Iraq Iraq-Turkey, Politics, 11/30/1999
- Iraqi deputy Premier to visit Russia
The Russian ambassador in Baghdad, Alexander Chin, has announced that Iraqi Deputy Premier Tareq Aziz will head at the beginning of December to Moscow to hold important talks on discussions currently held at the UN about Iraq. Iraq-Russia, Politics, 11/30/1999 - King Abdullah, Saddam call for water prayers
King Abdullah II of Jordan was in the first row of the participants in prayers for rain in Amman, during which he met with the observer general of the Muslim Brothers group, Abdul Majid al-Zuneibat. The two exchanged a short friendly talk. Jordan-Iraq, Religion, 11/29/1999 - Fighting continues in Iraqi no-fly zones
Clashes continued during the past two days in both the northern and southern Iraq "no-fly zones." Iraq-USA, Military, 11/29/1999