Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 5/1/2000
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of May 1, 2000
- Former senior UN officials denounce Iraq sanctions at congressional briefing
Three former senior UN officials denounced economic sanctions against Iraq and called for their lifting at a congressional briefing on Wednesday, May 3, said the Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. Iraq-UN, Politics, 5/5/2000 - Verbal Iraqi- Kuwaiti row at Inter-Parliamentary Union conference
The row started when Kuwaiti parliament member Mubarak al-Kharbik said in his intervention that there are more than "4 million Iraqi refugees who fled from their country from fears of the ruling regime." Kuwait-Iraq, Politics, 5/5/2000 - Iran releases 480 Iraqi prisoners
Some 480 Iraqi prisoners arrived in Iraq on Thursday after they were released by the Iranian government. Iraq-Iran, Politics, 5/5/2000 - For the first time in 20 years: Iraqi ambassador starts work as head of Iraqi interests bureau in Damascus
Iraqi Ambassador Mohammed Refeat started his work as the head of the Iraqi interests bureau in Damascus. Syria-Iraq, Politics, 5/3/2000 - US: No-fly zone clashes yesterday and today Iraq-USA, Military, 5/3/2000
- Iran to release Iraqi prisoners very soon Iraq-Iran, Politics, 5/2/2000
- Egyptian business sector discusses economic and industrial cooperation with Iraq in Baghdad
Mokhtar Khattab, the minister of the Egyptian public business sector, asserted the readiness of industrialists and Egyptian businessmen to cooperate with Iraq in the industrial and economic fields to achieve joint interests.Mokhtar Khattab, the minister of the Egyptian public business sector, asserted the readiness of industrialists and Egyptian businessmen to cooperate with Iraq in the industrial and economic fields to achieve joint interests. Iraq-Egypt, Economics, 5/2/2000 - Iraq wants compensation for uranium shells used against it Iraq, Politics, 5/2/2000
- US, British planes strike civilian targets in northern Iraq
US and British planes on Sunday bombarded civilian targets in northern Iraq, but so far no reports of human or material losses have been released. Iraq-USA, Military, 5/2/2000 - United Nations coordinator of humanitarian affairs in Iraq
Tun Myat of Myanmar, the new United Nations coordinator of humanitarian affairs in Iraq arrived yesterday in Baghdad to succeed outgoing German official Hans Von Sponeck, who resigned from his post in protest against the UN policy toward Iraq. Iraq-UN, Politics, 5/2/2000 - US: Iraq targets 'no-fly zone' aircraft Iraq-USA, Military, 5/1/2000
- Iraq renews calls to lift sanctions
Iraqi Minister of Commerce Muhammad Mahdi Saleh said on Sunday that UN sanctions imposed on Iraq since 1991 should be lifted due to the catastrophe they have inflicted on the Iraqi people. Iraq, Politics, 5/1/2000