Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 4/29/2002
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of April 29, 2002
- Millions of Shiite flux into al-Najaf, Karbalaa
Millions of Shiite believers will head during this time of the year into the holy shrines in al- Najaf and Karbalaa in Iraq to commemorate the death of al-Hussein, the third Shiite Imam. Iraq-Regional, Local, 5/4/2002 - No evidence on the meeting between Muhammad Ata with an Iraqi officials
The USA said it does not have any evidence on a meeting between Muhammad Ata, the man suspected to be involved in the attacks of September 11 with any Iraqi official in the Czech capital Prague in April 2001. Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/4/2002 - Khaddam receives al-Barazi, agreement to end the sufferings of Iraq Syria-Iraq, Politics, 5/3/2002
- Oman: Baghdad will not be bombarded from our lands; Iraq, UN discussions
Iraqi diplomats and experts on Thursday met with UN representatives in the course of continued discussions started since two days on the return of UN inspectors to Iraq. Iraq-Oman, Politics, 5/3/2002 - Duma chief: Iraqi question will not be solved by force Iraq-Russia, Politics, 5/2/2002
- Al-Jalabi TV stopped as American financing suspended
The television Liberty TV of the opposition Iraqi National Congress, chaired by the Ahmad al-Jalabi was stopped on Wednesday because no further financial aid voted for by the US congress were paid out by the US State Department since February this year, the opposition group announced in a statement from London. Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/2/2002 - Czech republic deny transporting weapons to Iraq
The Czech foreign ministry denied news which claimed that Czech weapons were transported to Iraq. Iraq-Czech Republic, Politics, 5/2/2002 - Syrian sources deny shipping Czech missiles to Iraq Syria-Iraq, Politics, 5/1/2002
- Iraq denies receiving weapons from Czech Iraq-Czech Republic, Politics, 5/1/2002
- Iraq's foreign minister in Moscow
Sabri said he will discuss with his Russian counterpart Igor Ivanovich the sanctions imposed on Iraq and resisting the abnormal conditions the Iraqi people are suffering Iraq-Russia, Politics, 4/29/2002 - An American military strategy to topple Saddam
The New York Times spoke of a US military strategy to change the ruling system in Iraq. Iraq-USA, Politics, 4/29/2002