Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 9/4/2000
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of September 4, 2000
- Some 1.35 million Iraqi children died due to the sanctions
The sanctions imposed on Iraq has resulted in the death of 1.35 million Iraqi children while the number of women's deaths after delivery increased as well as number of handicapped- births. Iraq, Politics, 9/8/2000 - Indonesian president announces trip to Iraq in november
Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid has said he will visit Iraq to meet with Iraqi counterpart, Saddam Hussein, during the second week of November Iraq-Indonesia, Politics, 9/8/2000 - Water crisis in Iraq Iraq, Economics, 9/7/2000
- Jordan to open its airspace with Iraq
Jordan's minister of transport Muhammad Klaydah said on Wednesday that Jordan is waiting the consent of the UN to open the airspace with Iraq next month, October. Jordan-Iraq, Politics, 9/7/2000 - Najib Mahfouz: the embargo against Iraq is futile
The Egyptian renowned man of letter Najib Mahfouz has announced that the international embargo imposed on Iraq is " now futile and outdated." Iraq-Egypt, Politics, 9/7/2000 - Iraq sends messages to stop raids against it
Iraq's minister of culture and information and the acting foreign minister Humam Abdul Haleq has called upon the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and the chairman of the UN Security Council to carry out their assigned tasks in preserving world's peace and security through interfering at the US and British governments to suspend their continued and unjustified raids against Iraq. Iraq, Politics, 9/6/2000 - Iraq condemns statements made by Saudi foreign minister at GCC meeting
Iraq has strongly denounced statements made by the Saudi foreign minister prince Saud al-Faisal at the inauguration of the meeting of the foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council GCC, noting that these statements " reveal stances of the weak." Iraq-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 9/5/2000 - Iraq rejects Iranian accusations Iraq-Iran, Politics, 9/5/2000
- Call for support of Italian pilot for breaking sanctions on Iraq
Iraqi pilots on Sunday called for an Arab move in order to foil the Jordanian verdict released recently against the Italian pilot who had made an air flight to Iraq, violating the air embargo imposed on this country. Jordan-Iraq, Politics, 9/4/2000 - Iraqi activities in Egypt
The Secretary General of the Arab league ( AL) Ismat Abdul Miguid on Sunday in Cairo received Iraq's foreign minister Muhammad Saeed al-Sahaf. Iraq-Egypt, Politics, 9/4/2000