Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 5/7/2001
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of May 7, 2001
- Two Iraqi ships held at al-Fujeira port
The United Arab Emirates UAE daily al-Itihad said on its Friday's issue that two Iraqi ships were held at al-Fujeira port carrying 4,000 tons of smuggled heavy oil. United Arab Emirates-Iraq, Politics, 5/12/2001 - Iraq wants its money to pay the UN dues
Iraq has asked the UN on Thursday to allocate a sum of $ 15 million of its oil revenues to pay debts accumulated on it to the UN. Iraq, Politics, 5/12/2001 - Iraqi president urges local pharmaceutical production Iraq, Economics, 5/11/2001
- Saddam warns against Israel's strikes against Jordan, or Syria
The Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has warned against the possibility of Israel's directing military strikes at Jordan or Syria after it will control the situation in the occupied Palestinian Territories. He called on the Arab states to be careful about that. Iraq-Regional, Politics, 5/8/2001 - Iraqi, Turkish trade to be raised
The Iraqi minister of trade Muhammad Mahdi Saleh said on Monday that Iraq and Turkey are seeking to raise the volume of their trade relations to reach the level it has already reached before imposing the embargo on Iraq in 1990. Iraq-Turkey, Politics, 5/8/2001 - Iraqi oil production slowed by UN sanctions obstacles
The Iraqi oil minister Amer Muhammad Rashid said on May 4 in Baghdad that Iraq's oil production does not exceed three million barrels of oil per day because of the great shortage in the spare parts of the Iraqi oil institutions. Iraq, Economics, 5/7/2001 - Railways line between Iraq, Turkey re-opened
An Iraqi source on Saturday in Baghdad said that the railway line between Turkey and Iraq which has been suspended since 1981 was re-opened from the Turkish city of Mardin through the Syrian city of al-Qamishli, the two Iraqi cities of Rabeya and al-Mousel until it entered Baghdad after midnight. Iraq-Turkey, Economics, 5/7/2001