Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 12/18/2000
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of December 18, 2000
- The politics of oil between the US, Syria and Iraq
Analysists have said that the US ignores reports which speak of Iraq's pumping of oil to Syria, in order to avoid standing against the Arab public opinion in this very critical phase of the peace negotiations in the Middle East. Syria-Iraq, Politics, 12/23/2000 - Pumping Iraqi oil into Syria needs a Syrian decision
An Iraqi official at the foreign ministry has stated in a statement to the London based al Sharq al-Awsat daily issued Saturday that pumping the Iraqi oil into Syria is waiting a Syrian decision to this effect. Iraq-Syria, Economics, 12/23/2000 - Iraq and Turkey intend to open a second border center
The Turkish and the Iraqi government have reached an agreement in their views to open a second border center between the two countries. Iraq-Turkey, Politics, 12/23/2000 - Some 24 Iraqis, Iranian stranded in Indonesian islands
About 24 Iraqi and Iranian nationals were found stranded in the Indonesian Tanjung Pinang, Riau islands, recently. Iraq-Indonesian, Local, 12/23/2000 - Chinese official delegation flies to Baghdad
A Chinese official delegation left on Friday Beijing for Baghdad on a plane carrying humanitarian assistance to Iraq Iraq-China, Politics, 12/22/2000 - Iraqi parliament tells to British House of commons sanctions are killing innocent people
The chairman of the Iraqi national council Sadoun Hammadi has called on members of the British House of commons to work seriously for ending the sufferings of the Iraqi people and end the sanctions imposed on them. Iraq-UK, Politics, 12/22/2000 - Egyptian weekly flights to Baghdad
An official at the Egyptian Airline company said that the company will start weekly Charter flights to Baghdad after Eid al-Fiter. The official who asked not to be identified added that that the flight will be reorganized to Baghdad every each Tuesday after Eid al-Fiter, but he did not set a date for the beginning of the flights. Egypt-Iraq, Politics, 12/21/2000 - Iraqi aids to the Palestinians
Iraq on Tuesday called on the Palestinian government to send a delegation to Baghdad to discuss on the requirements of the Iraqi people so as to include these needs within the 9th phase of the oil-for-food agreement. Iraq-Palestine, Economics, 12/21/2000 - Iran bans pilgrimages from visiting Iraq through Syria
The London- based al-Hayat daily said in its Wednesday's issue that the Iranian government has banned the travel of the Iranians to Iraq through a third country, including Syria. And this was expressed in a statement released on Tuesday by the al-Haj organization in Iran. Iraq-Iran, Politics, 12/21/2000 - Kofi Annan: sanctions on Iraq losing value
The UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has considered on Tuesday the economic sanctions imposed on Iraq as being gradually devalued. Iraq, Politics, 12/20/2000 - Iraqi - Russian talks to strengthen relations
The Iraqi news agency has stated that the Iraqi deputy prime minister Tareq Aziz on Monday discussed with the special missions ambassador at the Russian foreign ministry Nicolai Kortzov " developments of conditions concerning Iraq and continued coordination between the two sides' to lift the sanctions. Iraq-Russia, Politics, 12/20/2000 - Iraq trade delegation visits Muscat Iraq-Oman, Economics, 12/18/2000
- Some 10946 Iraqis died because of the sanctions in one month Iraq, Politics, 12/18/2000
- Iraq signs the first deal in the framework of the 9th phase
Baghdad on Saturday signed the first oil deal in the framework of the 9th phase of the " oil for food" program. Iraq, Economics, 12/18/2000