Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 1/8/2001
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of January 8, 2001
- Iraq strongly criticizes Saudi foreign minister statements
Iraq on Friday strongly criticized the Saudi foreign minister Saud al-Faisal because of his recent statements he made in conclusion of meetings of the joint Saudi- Egyptian joint committee held last Tuesday, in which the Saudi foreign minister called on Baghdad to give up threatening its neighbor in order to bridge the rift and unify the Arab rank. Iraq-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 1/13/2001 - Iraqi vice president visits Cairo
The Saudi daily al-Watan quoted well-informed diplomatic sources as saying that the Iraqi vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan will pay a visit to Cairo within the few coming days during which he will meet with Egyptian officials. Iraq-Egypt, Politics, 1/11/2001 - Blair attacked by protestors over death of Iraqi children
The spokesman for the British policy said on Wednesday that the British prime minister Tony Blair was thrown by spoiled tomato and oranges by Arab demonstrators who were protesting against the imposed sanctions on Iraq. Iraq-UK, Politics, 1/11/2001 - Barazani meets with Talebani
The leader of the Kurdistani democratic party Mesout Barazani on Monday met with the leader of the Kurdistani democratic party Jalal al-Talebani, at Salah eddine, the general headquarters for al-Barazani, according to a statement made on Tuesday by the spokesman for the Kurdistani democratic party. Iraq, Politics, 1/10/2001 - Iraq criticizes the UN over British American violations of its airspace
Iraq on Sunday renewed its criticism of the silence of the UN secretary General, the UN security Council and the UN inspection committee over the daily violations carried out by the American and British warplanes. Iraq, Politics, 1/8/2001