Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 6/18/2001
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of June 18, 2001
- Iraq complains to the UN over US, British raids Iraq-USA, Politics, 6/24/2001
- Iraq to resume train trips to Turkey Iraq-Turkey, Economics, 6/24/2001
- A prominent Shiite, opposition man of religion dies in Baghdad
The Iraqi opposition in exile announced on Saturday that Ayatullah al-Ozma Hussein Baher al-Oloum, one of the prominent Shiite men of religion in Iraq died on Friday in al-Najaf city in Iraq. Iraq, Politics, 6/24/2001 - 23 Iraqis killed in an air raid Iraq-USA, Politics, 6/21/2001
- An airline between Baghdad and Istanbul
An official woman at the Turkish ( 13 F) company for flights said on Wednesday that the company will organize two trade flights between Istanbul and Baghdad this month, after the consent of the UN, and these flights will be organized regularly if it will prove a success. Iraq-Turkey, Economics, 6/21/2001 - Iraq and the UN chief
The Iraqi deputy prime minister Tareq Aziz on Tuesday in Baghdad called on the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to oppose the attempts made to use the humanitarian program as a cover to perpetuate the British- American political projects against Iraq. Iraq, Politics, 6/20/2001 - Al-Assad issues a decree to found a Syrian trade center in Iraq Syria-Iraq, Economics, 6/19/2001
- Mubarak receives Iraqi Envoy
The Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak Monday morning received at the Presidential palace Iraqi Deputy Premier and Finance Minister Hikmat Ibrahim. Egypt-Iraq, Politics, 6/19/2001 - A free trade zone between UAE, Iraq
The Iraqi minister of trade Muhammad Mahdi Saleh has stressed that his talks with several officials on Saturday in the United Arab Emirates UAE dealt with the establishment of a free trade area with the UAE and Iraq aiming at UAE exportation of commodities through its ports without customs fees and a licensing to Iraq. Iraq-United Arab Emirates, Economics, 6/18/2001 - Syria does not accept monitors to Iraq sanctions
Diplomatic sources in Damascus told the London- based al-Hayat daily issued on Sunday that Syria is very worried from the existence of UN observers to monitor the new sanctions system against Iraq and sees in that as a violation to the Syrian sovereignty on its own territories that it can not accept. Syria-Iraq, Politics, 6/18/2001 - Jordanian memo to the UN in support of Iraq
On Saturday evening Jordan has urged the UN Security Council not to agree a new American- British plan to amend the sanctions imposed on Iraq, warning the drastic results of these sanctions on its economy. Jordan-Iraq, Politics, 6/18/2001