Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 7/8/2002
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of July 8, 2002
- Jordan warns of attacking Iraq, denies American forces on its territories
The Jordanian Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb has stressed that news published by certain papers that there are American forces in Jordanian military bases that will take part in striking Iraq, are groundless. Jordan-Iraq, Politics, 7/12/2002 - Al-Shara reviews with Tareq Aziz regional conditions, the Israeli aggression
Al-Shara expressed thanks to Iraq over the humanitarian aids provided to Syria following the collapse of Zayzoun dam despite the sufferings of the Iraqi people as a result of the sanctions imposed on Iraq. Syria-Iraq, Politics, 7/11/2002 - Iraq to hand back 138 Iranian refugees
The Iraqi foreign ministry said on Wednesday that Iraq will hand over tomorrow 138 refugees, with all of them retunring back home voluntarily. Iraq-Iran, Politics, 7/11/2002 - Yemen sells Iraqi ships to India
Yemeni maritime sources in Aden said that the Yemeni authorities started to get rid off 8 Iraqi ships existing at the port of Aden which overlooks the Red Sea since the invasion of Kuwait, 12 years ago. Yemen-Iraq, Local, 7/11/2002 - Joint Iraq- Saudi Arabia exhibition Iraq-Saudi Arabia, Economics, 7/10/2002
- Baghdad, Ankara sign a minute of meetings for joint cooperation
The Iraqi oil minister called on the two sides to urge extra efforts to expand the volume of cooperation fields and covering all activities so as to reach bilateral economic integration. This is, however, the first Iraqi expression on Iraq's will to find out a sort of economic integration with Ankara. Iraq-Libya, Economics, 7/10/2002 - Saddam Hussein's step son expelled from the US to New Zealand
The US immigration department said on Tuesday it expelled to New Zealand the stepson of the Iraqi President Saddam Hussein who carries the New Zealand nationality and who was held in custody last week in Miami, Florida. Iraq-USA, Local, 7/10/2002 - Al-Thawra: Third border center between Iraq, Iran
An Iraqi official announced on Monday that his country has completed all preparations to open a third border center between Iraq and Iran. He stressed that Iraq informed the Iranian side its readiness to receive trucks through this new border center. Iraq-Iran, Politics, 7/9/2002 - Babel: An American plan to partition Saudi Arabia
The Iraqi daily Babel in an editorial thought to be written by Ode Saddam Hussein, son of the Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has warned against an American plan to partition the countries of the region starting as from Saudi Arabia and abrogating the Kingdom of Bahrain to have it back as a part of Iran and making Jordan a homeland alternative for the Palestinians. Iraq-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 7/9/2002 - Some 20 persons killed in battles to the north of Iraq Iraq, Politics, 7/9/2002
- Moroccan companies hold new information technologies exhibition in Baghdad
A group of Moroccan telecoms and new information technologies companies are showcasing this Monday their products and services in Baghdad. Iraq-Morocco, Economics, 7/9/2002