Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 6/5/2000
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of June 5, 2000
- Iraqi dailies highlights Hafez Al-Assad's death
Iraqi dailies on Sunday highlighted the news of President Hafez al-Assad's death. Iraq-Syria, Politics, 6/11/2000 - Qatar's initiative towards Iraq collapses before it has started
Qatari officials said that Qatari proposal of a regional proposal to lift the sanctions imposed on Iraq has collapsed due to the fact it lacked the backing of other Gulf states. Iraq-Qatar, Politics, 6/9/2000 - Security Council approves 6-month extension of oil-for-food program for Iraq
The UN Security Council has extended the United Nations "oil-food-program" for Iraq for another six months, a UN statement said. Iraq, Politics, 6/9/2000 - Saddam Hussein becoming secretary general of the Baath national leadership
The Iraqi dailies issued on Wednesday said the Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has, besides his many posts, a new post of the secretary general of the national leadership of the Baath Arab Socialist party ( of Iraq). Iraq-Syria, Politics, 6/8/2000 - Saudi Arabia and the embargo on Iraq
The second deputy for the Saudi Premier and defense minister prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz on Monday rejected accusations addressed by Baghdad to both Saudi Arabia and Kuwait in that they refuse to lift the sanctions imposed on Iraq. Saudi Arabia-Iraq, Politics, 6/7/2000 - Iran, Iraq exchange remains of their soldiers
The Iraqi official in charge of the Iraqi war prisoners and missing Fahmi al-Qeisi said that Iraq and Iran will resume the exchange of remains of their soldiers who were killed in the war between the two countries, erupted between 1980 and 1988. Iraq-Iran, Politics, 6/7/2000 - 24 billion dinars is cost of reconstructing Kuwait after Iraqi invasion
The total amount Kuwait spent from "reserves of the coming generations fund" between 1991 to 1999 reached 24.617 billion Dinars that were used in the reconstruction following the end of the Iraqi invasion and confronting the financial commitments in the general budget. Kuwait-Iraq, Politics, 6/7/2000 - Iraq criticizes Gulf states statement
Iraq strongly criticized the concluding statement issued by the ministerial meeting for states of the Gulf Cooperation Council in Jeddah last Saturday - depicting it of expressing the U.S stance toward Iraq. Iraq-Gulf, Politics, 6/6/2000