Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 1/20/2003
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of January 20, 2003
- Istanbul meeting for peaceful solution to Iraqi crisis
The Foreign Ministers of Syria, Turkey, Iran, Jordan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia have expressed support to the unity and sovereignty of the Iraqi territories, and to the finding of a peaceful solution to the Iraqi crisis whereby the destructive consequences of the war would be averted. Regional-Iraq, Politics, 1/25/2003 - Moroccan ngo to stage solidarity demos with Iraq Morocco-Iraq, Politics, 1/25/2003
- RCC issues new law to set up state security court Iraq, Judicial, 1/25/2003
- US plans to secure Iraqi oil fields Iraq-USA, Politics, 1/25/2003
- Bin Ali calls for political settlement to the Iraqi question Tunisia-Iraq, Politics, 1/24/2003
- Saudi companies construct residential complexes in Iraq
The Iraqi minister of housing and construction Maan Abdullah Sarsam said yesterday that his ministry finalized contracts with Saudi companies to build residential complexes in Iraq. Saudi Arabia-Iraq, Economics, 1/24/2003 - ABC: Saadi refuses to defect from Iraq Iraq-USA, Politics, 1/24/2003
- Talks on the missing between Iraq, Kuwait ends without results
Iraqi and Kuwaiti experts have ended two days of intensive talks in Amman yesterday under the patronage of the ICRC and with the participation of Saudi Arabian observers without reaching crucial results on the fate of missing and prisoners in each of the two states following the Gulf war in 1991. Kuwait-Iraq, Politics, 1/24/2003 - Al-Faisal: there is no need for the war
The Saudi foreign minister prince Saud al-Faisal stressed yesterday that the 6 Islamic states which will hold a ministerial meeting in Istanbul today may hold a meeting at the summit level, if it is necessary. Saudi Arabia-Iraq, Politics, 1/23/2003 - Iraq downs an American spy plane Iraq-USA, Politics, 1/23/2003
- Volunteer human shields' to head for Iraq; US Marine's regrets
"We are on the verge of something big," said volunteer Christiaan Briggs, 26, from New Zealand. He argued that the stream of human shield volunteers was symptomatic of radicalizing anti-war opinion around the world. "People know this is wrong. It is just so blatantly transparent how the U.S. is trying to impose its hegemony." Iraq-Regional, Politics, 1/22/2003 - Iraqi, Kuwaiti representatives meet today on Gulf war missing
Representatives from Iraq and Kuwait will meet today to continue discussing the issue of the missing in the second Gulf war. Iraq-Kuwait, Politics, 1/22/2003 - Moroccans protest US war threats against Iraq in front of us embassy
"The Initiative for Support for Iraq," mustering political parties, unions and associations, staged Saturday a demonstration near the US embassy in Rabat to protest war threats laid by the USA against Iraq. Morocco-Iraq, Politics, 1/21/2003 - Iranian official in Baghdad Iraq-Iran, Politics, 1/21/2003
- Abul Ragheb: Jordan will not take part in any military act against Iraq
The Jordanian Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb underlined the importance of Iraq's unity and its stability. He said that Iraq's stability and its territorial integrity are very important for the Arabs and the region. Jordan-Iraq, Politics, 1/21/2003 - Blix: Points of agreement between Iraq and the UN
UNMOVIK chairman Hans Blix said yesterday that there are fundamental issued that are still pending that should be discussed between the UN and Iraq. He explained that these issues related to Skud missiles and the fatal gas nerve and Anthrax. Iraq-UN, Politics, 1/21/2003 - UN announces progress in issue of Gulf war missing
The UN coordinator for missing and properties Yuli Forontsov announced on Saturday a breakthrough in the negotiations between Iraq and Kuwait concerning the issue of the missing. Iraq-Kuwait, Politics, 1/20/2003 - Okaz: Saudi intelligence denies preparing to topple Saddam Hussein
The chairman of the Saudi intelligence Prince Nawaf Bin Abdul Aziz has denied that his country had practiced pressure on Iraqi army officers to prepare for a coupe to topple the regime of Saddam Hussein. Saudi Arabia-Iraq, Politics, 1/20/2003 - Fischer in an Arab tour to discuss the possibility of avoiding the war
With the approaching date for assuming the presidency of the UN security council by the beginning of February, Germany has been witnessing contradictions between its official stand in rejecting attacking Iraq militarily and the American pressures imposed on it. Iraq-Germany, Politics, 1/20/2003 - Damascus Demonstration against attacking Iraq
Tens of thousands of all sectors of Syrian people participated on Saturday in a huge demonstration to express condemnation of the American threats to attack Iraq and support to the Palestinian brave Intifada. Syria-Iraq, Politics, 1/20/2003