Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 12/23/2002
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of December 23, 2002
- Turkey will announce its position onmilitary action against Iraq only after a UN resolution to this effect Iraq-Turkey, Politics, 12/28/2002
- Arab League Chief: US and British accusations against Iraq are unfounded
Secretary general of the Arab League, Amr Moussa, told Moroccan TV channel "2M" accusations laid by the USA and Britain against Iraq are unfounded. Regional-Iraq, Politics, 12/28/2002 - Turkey and the Iraqi oil
The Turkish daily Sabah said yesterday that Turkey informed the US officially that it wants a share of the Iraqi oil at a rate of 10%, noting that in case that Washington approves the said request, Ankara will get a 5.5 billion dollars of the oil revenues annually. Iraq-Turkey, Politics, 12/28/2002 - Egypt, Saudi Arabia refuse to take part in the war; al-Faisal: we did not ask Saddam to quit
Saudi Arabia's foreign minister prince Saud al-Faisal and the Egyptian foreign minister Ahmad Maher have stressed that their two countries will not take part in any way in acts against Iraq. Regional-Iraq, Politics, 12/27/2002 - Three Iraqis killed in a raid against Southern Iraq; Questioning head of Technology University
The UN inspectors yesterday made the second special interview with one of the Iraqi scientists working in the Iraqi chemical, biological and nuclear programs. Iraq, Politics, 12/27/2002 - Al-Watan: Syrian, French and British cooperation to spare Iraq military strike
The Saudi daily al-Watan has stated that a French- Syrian and British- Syrian cooperation is being exerted at the mean time with the aim to spare Iraq war. And an understanding concerning it was reached during the visit held by President Bashar al-Assad last week to each of London and Paris in his talks with the British prime minister Tony Blair and with the French President Jacque Chirac. Syria-Iraq, Politics, 12/26/2002 - The Pope opposes attacking Iraq
Pope John Paul II has dedicated his sermon on the Christmas for peace and for all of those who suffer because of conflicts. Iraq-Vatican, Politics, 12/26/2002 - Al-Watan: The American attack on Iraq and Israel
A high ranking military source at NATO said that all European military reports whose information are inspired from the US agree on that the American war against Iraq will be in February. Iraq-Israel, Politics, 12/26/2002 - Al-Sharq al-Awsat: CIA tempts Iraqis to split
In its yesterday's issue, the London- based al-Hayat daily said that the US CIA made contacts in June this year in New York with three senior Iraqi weapons experts including Lt. Gen. Amer al-Saadi, the advisor for the Iraqi President in an attempt to convince them to split from Baghdad. Iraq-USA, Politics, 12/26/2002 - Saudi FM: Prince Sultan base will not be used for attacking Iraq
Saudi Arabia's foreign minister prince Saud al-Faisal has called on the Arab states to work to avoid Iraq any military act, stressing that prince Sultan base in Riyadh will not be used for attacking Iraq. Saudi Arabia-Iraq, Politics, 12/25/2002 - New border crossing between Iraq, Iran
A UN official has announced that Iraq and Iran has asked the UN on Monday to open a new border crossing between the two countries in order to facilitate the flow of commodities to Iraq according to the UN "oil for food" program. Iraq-Iran, Politics, 12/25/2002 - Three tracks for Egyptian moves to prevent attacks against Iraq
Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher on Monday said that Egypt is exerting much effort to spare Iraq a military strike. Egypt-Iraq, Politics, 12/25/2002 - Iraq returns more Kuwaiti property, UN reports Kuwait-Iraq, Politics, 12/25/2002
- Baghdad downs a US reconnaissance; Iraqi scientists questioned
Washington and Baghdad stressed yesterday the downing of an American reconnaissance pilotless plane by the Iraqi air force in the southern so called "no fly zone" in Iraq. Iraq-USA, Politics, 12/24/2002 - Barazani, Talibani in Ankara after Jalabi; Turkish parliament discuss American requests
The Turkish prime minister Abdullah Ghoule and the armed forces chief of staff Helmi Ozkok yesterday held a meeting dedicated to discuss the American requests from Turkey in the framework of US military threats of attack against Iraq. Iraq-Turkey, Politics, 12/24/2002 - Gulf ignores American threats of war; al-Faisal: we cooperate according to international law
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states yesterday concluded its summit in the Qatari capital, Doha, without declaring a common position concerning the threats of having a war in Iraq. The summit, instead, focused its interest on the customs federation which will be enforced as from the beginning of 2003. Gulf-Iraq, Politics, 12/23/2002 - Iraq returns back art works for Kuwait
Iraq yesterday returned back to Kuwaiti artistic pieces it had confiscated during its invasion of Kuwait in 1990. The spokesman for the UN force in charge of monitoring the borders between the two states, Daljit Bagha, said that the handing over process included a set of paintings, weapons, swords and sculptors "made in a good way." Kuwait-Iraq, Politics, 12/23/2002 - Al-Jalabi: the military operation against Iraq will start very soon
The leader of the opposition Iraqi national Congress, Ahmad al-Jalabi, has expressed his conviction that the American military operation against Iraq will start shortly but is not known when it will end. He called on the Iraqi President to abide by International law. Iraq-Turkey, Politics, 12/23/2002 - New York Times: CIA contacts in north Iraq
The New York Times said yesterday that members of the CIA are in contacts with Kurdish officials working since several weeks in Northern Iraq, in preparations for any American military attack against Iraq The paper added quoting Kurdish and western sources that any American military forces have not yet taken positions in this area which is out of the control of the central leadership in Baghdad since the Gulf war in 1990. Iraq-USA, Politics, 12/23/2002