Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 1/13/2003
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of January 13, 2003
- Al-Assad confers with Iraqi President envoy Syria-Iraq, Politics, 1/18/2003
- Al-Hayat: AL: 15 Arab experts join the UN inspection teams
The secretary general of the Arab League (AL) Amr Moussa has stressed in statements issued yesterday to the London- based al-Hayat daily that 15 Arab experts will join the UN inspection teams in Iraq. Regional-Iraq, Politics, 1/18/2003 - Egypt confirms receiving invitation to attend Ankara's summit
An Egyptian diplomat said Egypt had received an invitation from Turkey to attend a summit conference in Ankara, to be attended by the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria and Iran to discuss the Iraqi crisis. Egypt-Iraq, Politics, 1/18/2003 - Damascus march in protest of American threats against Iraq
A large popular march will be organized today, Saturday, in Damascus in protest to the American aggression on Iraq and to express support to the Palestinian Intifada. Syria-Iraq, Politics, 1/18/2003 - Jordanian King is concerned over the Palestinian question; chances to avoid the war becomes little
The Jordanian King Abdullah II said that the chances to avoid the likely war against Iraq has become "small" under the current situation in the region and the world. He warned against the consequences of conditions after the war and its destructive reflections on the Palestinian question and other Middle East states. Jordan-Iraq, Politics, 1/18/2003 - France warns against a separate action against Iraq, Baghdad delegates an envoy to the Arab states
Before leaving Baghdad, Hassan al-Majuid accused the UN inspectors of being spies. He told journalists that certain inspectors are professional and the others are spies. Iraq-Regional, Politics, 1/18/2003 - Hussein threatens the US if Iraq is attacked
The Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has threatened a bad fate for the US if it invades his country. Iraq-USA, Politics, 1/18/2003 - UN envoy on return of missing Kuwaitis in first-ever visit to Baghdad for talks
Following an invitation from the Iraqi Government, a United Nations envoy was due to arrive in Baghdad yesterday for two days of talks with authorities on the return of missing persons and seized Kuwaiti property. Iraq-Kuwait, Politics, 1/18/2003 - Baghdad: three new oil contracts with Russia; Look oil back to Iraq
Three new oil contracts with Russian companies in Baghdad yesterday were signed in order to explore Iraqi oil fields whose reserves are estimated at 450,000 barrels every day, at a time when unconfirmed information said that "Look Oil" company, the largest of the Russian oil companies, has restored back its contract to develop al-Qarna west oil fields Iraq-Russia, Economics, 1/18/2003 - Der Spiegel: News on Iraqi conditions for exile of Saddam Hussein
The German magazine Der Spiegel said quoting diplomatic sources in Dubai and Cairo that Baghdad has out conditions for the evacuation of the Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to exile. Iraq, Politics, 1/18/2003 - Cache of Iraqi Warheads "Serious and Troubling," White House Says
The White House finds "serious and troubling" the discovery by U.N. weapons inspectors of 11 empty chemical warheads in Iraq, White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer told reporters January 17. Iraq-USA, Politics, 1/18/2003 - Powell Says Iraq Failing to Meet Mandate of U.N. Resolution
Iraq is failing to meet the requirements placed upon it by the United Nations Security Council in Resolution 1441, Secretary of State Colin Powell said January 17 in remarks at the State Department to journalists from nations newly elected as members of the 15-member United Nations Security Council. Iraq-USA, Politics, 1/18/2003 - UN inspectors visit ice-making factory, defunct chlorine plant
United Nations inspectors yesterday continued their probe for evidence of illegal weapons in Iraq, visiting an ice-making factory and a defunct chlorine plant outside of Baghdad. Iraq-UN, Politics, 1/18/2003 - King Mohammed gets message from President Hussein
"Inspectors don't undertake their mission in a professional manner, no matter what they pretend," Aziz said, adding that they "visit certain plants and scientific institutions that might have a link with the alleged WMD, but in fact they are searching for data on industrial, technological and conventional defense armament potential, which are not prohibited by international customs." Iraq-Morocco, Politics, 1/17/2003 - Saddam Hussein's envoy visit to Egypt postponed
A source close to the Egyptian Presidency said that the visit of member of the revolution's leadership council in Iraqi Ali Hassan al-Majuid to Egypt, delegated by President Saddam Hussein was postponed to a later date. The source did not explain the reasons behind the postponement. Al-Majuid, one of Saddam's cousins, was expected to arrive in Egypt on Saturday. Egypt-Iraq, Politics, 1/17/2003 - Russian deputy FM arrives in Baghdad
The Russian deputy foreign minister Alexander Sultanov arrived in Baghdad in an attempt to find out a diplomatic solution and avoiding a war that might be launched by the USA. Iraq-Russia, Politics, 1/17/2003 - Turkey calls for regional summit in Ankara on the Iraqi crisis
Turkey has invited several leaders of the Middle East states to convene a summit in Ankara next week in the context of its efforts to avoid an American war against Iraq. Iraq-Regional, Politics, 1/17/2003 - Turkey establishes a camp for likely Iraqi refugees
The Anadolia news agency said that Turkey will establish a camp including 24,000 tents in order to contain a likely flow of refugees in case a war is launched against Iraq. Iraq-Turkey, Politics, 1/17/2003 - Al-Shara, De Villepin review developments in a telephone call Iraq-France, Politics, 1/16/2003
- Maher Denies Reports On Cairo Hosting Arab Foreign Ministers Gathering Egypt-Iraq, Politics, 1/16/2003
- Mubarak: Egyptian, Syrian, Saudi continued coordination for solution to Iraqi issue
Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt stressed that there is continued coordination and consultation between Syria, Egypt and Saudi Arabia with the aim of strengthening Arab efforts to reach a peaceful solution for the Iraqi issue. He warned against the drastic consequences of war against Iraq on all countries of the region and the world. Egypt-Iraq, Politics, 1/16/2003 - Iraqi opposition party differences with Washington
The Higher Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq has announced it did not take part in the talks that took place in the White House on January 14 between several Iraqi opposition organizations and the envoy of the US President Zalman Khalil Zad because the talks were not that necessary or important and the council did not get a proper invitation. Iraq-USA, Politics, 1/16/2003 - Iraq ready to answer any question raised by UN inspectors
Sabri recalled US accusations over aluminum tubes,in using them in atomic weapons, whereas "the inspectors found no such link." He added, another example of US lies, that Iraq has imported uranium from African states, "while the inspectors proved nothing relevant," Iraq, Politics, 1/15/2003 - Annan 'optimistic and hopeful' Iraq can be disarmed peacefully
Stressing that United Nations inspectors in Iraq were only now getting up to full speed, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today said he believed it was premature to talk about war before the monitors report to the Security Council again later this month. Iraq-UN, Politics, 1/15/2003 - Washington withdraws its non- top official employees in precaution for the war against Iraq
Washington has instructed employees of its non- top officials in the Arab states to return back to the USA in an attempt to avoid them dangers in case of an American war is launched against Iraq in the coming months. Iraq-USA, Politics, 1/15/2003 - Iraq, proud of Morocco's Support to its Legitimate Cause (Aziz) Morocco-Iraq, Politics, 1/15/2003
- Special Iraqi presidential envoy to Egypt; Aziz: Saddam will stay till last bullet
The Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister, Tareq Aziz, has stressed that President Saddam Hussein will stay in Baghdad until "the last bullet" because "the danger will be greater on Iraq if its President leaves," during a war Iraq-Egypt, Politics, 1/14/2003 - Thousands of Moroccans march in support of Iraq
a member of the organizing association read out a communique that "denounces strongly the new criminal aggression being prepared by the US-British-Zionist terrorism against Iraq." The communique considers that the campaign is "seeking to occupy Iraq and subdue its people." Morocco-Iraq, Politics, 1/14/2003 - Turkish army in North Iraq to preserve peace on the borders
The Turkish prime minister Abdullah Gul has stressed that the existence of the Turkish soldiers in North Iraq is to keep security on the borders. Iraq-Turkey, Politics, 1/14/2003 - Al-Sharq al-Awsat: Syrian vice president to visit Moscow Syria-Iraq, Politics, 1/13/2003
- Okaz: Saudi defense official denies state of alert in the armed forces
The Saudi deputy minister of defense and aviation prince Khaled Bin Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz has denied the existence of unfamiliar moves or a state of alert in the lines of the Saudi armed forces on the ground of an eminent war against Iraq. Saudi Arabia-Iraq, Politics, 1/13/2003 - UN nuclear and chemical warfare experts team up to probe Iraqi facility
A separate missile team went to Al Mutaseem, 90 kilometres south of Baghdad, to observe another static test, this time of an Al Uboor motor, which Ueki called "a solid propellant motor that Iraq plans to use in a ground-to-air missile system." Iraq, Politics, 1/13/2003