Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 5/14/2001
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of May 14, 2001
- US urges to tighten control on weapons sales to Iraq Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/19/2001
- 19 Iraqi Detained by Indonesian Immigration
Immigration authorities in two separate towns in the Indonesian Riau province have detained 19 Iraqis for illegal entry, Indonesian news agency ANTARA reported. Iraq, Local, 5/19/2001 - Al-Khartoum voices backing to Iraq
The Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has renewed the stand of the Sudanese people in support of the Iraqis against the sanctions imposed on it. Sudan-Iraq, Politics, 5/18/2001 - Kuwait denies Arab initiatives to normalize relations with Iraq
The Kuwaiti first deputy prime minister and the foreign minister Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah has denied in a press statement on Wednesday the existence of any Arab initiative or non- Arab one to normalize relations between Kuwait and Iraq. Kuwait-Iraq, Politics, 5/17/2001 - Regular air flights between Iraq and Iran
The Iraqi ministry of transport and communications has announced that Baghdad and Tehran are currently making talks to start regular air flights between Iraq and Iran. Iraq-Iran, Politics, 5/16/2001 - US Smart sanctions are a failure
"Deputy Prime Minister Tareq Aziz has underlined the failure of the so-called smart sanctions the U.S administration propagated as an expression of its political failure in marketing the unjust embargo imposed on Iraq," an Iraqi News Agency report said. Iraq-Regional, Politics, 5/16/2001 - Iraq information minister meets French activist Iraq-France, Politics, 5/16/2001
- Iraq refuses the return of UN inspectors
Iraqi vice- President Taha Yassin Ramadan has announced that the return of the UN inspectors to Iraq is impossible. Iraq, Politics, 5/15/2001 - Syrian interests office to be opened in Baghdad
The London- based al-Sharq al-Awsat issued on Saturday quoted a well-informed Syrian source as saying that the branch of supervising the Syrian interests in Baghdad will start its activities officially within the few coming days. Syria-Iraq, Politics, 5/14/2001