Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 3/5/2001
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of March 5, 2001
- Efforts to make Saddam Hussein attending the Arab summit Iraq-Regional, Politics, 3/10/2001
- Iraq denounces the oil-for-food program
Iraq on Friday renewed its condemnation of the oil for food program and accused it of being a big failure even in achieving " humble" humanitarian purposes inspired from it. Iraq, Politics, 3/10/2001 - A British minister and Iraq Iraq-UK, Politics, 3/10/2001
- Powell threatens to launch more raids against Iraq
The US secretary of state Colin Powell has stressed on Wednesday that the US will continue its military strikes against any position or activity which has link to the mass destruction weapons. Iraq-USA, Politics, 3/9/2001 - Malaysian health minister to visit Jordan, Iraq
Malaysian health minister, Chua Jui Meng, will lead a 40-member delegation for a six-day visit to Jordan and Iraq starting March 13 Iraq-Malaysia, Politics, 3/8/2001 - Train trips to start on Saturday between Damascus, and Tehran via Iraq
The Syrian local Arabic daily Tishreen said on March 4 that as from Saturday ( March 10) passengers trains will start trips between Syria and Iran through Iraq. Syria-Iraq, Economics, 3/7/2001 - Baghdad criticizes Annan's statements, Iraqi- Russian oil talks
While Baghdad has renewed its demands to lift the embargo imposed on Iraq and criticized statements made by the UN secretary General, the Arab- American committee has called on Washington to pursue a constructive and logic attitude towards Iraq. Iraq, Politics, 3/7/2001 - Iraq prepares to increase oil production
Iraq has announced that it is preparing to increase its production of crude oil of 500,000 barrels every day so as to reach 3.5 million barrels every day by the end of this year. Iraq, Economics, 3/7/2001