Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 6/2/2003
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of June 2, 2003
- European figures call for the release of Tareq Aziz
The French- Iraqi friendship society which includes hundreds representing all political trends said in its call that the "war lunched by the US against Iraq was illegal in the view of the international law, a matter which makes the detention of Iraqi military and civilian leaders as illegal." Iraq-European Union, Politics, 6/4/2003 - Iraq: fears of extremists winning weakens chances to have Iraqi elections
Following a meeting they held in Iraq yesterday, the representative of the UN in Iraq Serjio De Milo and the American administrator of Iraq Paul Bremer vowed to work together for rebuilding Iraq, at a time when the Iraqi groups rejected the American decision to abrogate convening of a national conference. Iraq-USA, Politics, 6/4/2003 - Iraqi ambassador to Syria summoned to Baghdad
The former Iraqi ambassador in Damascus, Muhammad Rifat al-Ani, received a request from his foreign ministry to return back to Baghdad, two months following the closure of the Iraqi embassy in Damascus and suspension of its activities. Iraq-Syria, Politics, 6/4/2003 - US soldier was killed
A US military spokesman has admitted that an American female soldier was killed yesterday at dawn to the north of Baghdad as she was shot in a recent series of attacks against the American forces in Iraq during the few past days. Iraq-USA, Politics, 6/4/2003 - Motorola wins a contract at USD 15.8 million in Iraq Iraq-USA, Business, 6/4/2003
- Anger sweeps tribes; Sheikh and former Iraqi soldiers
The Iraqi groups yesterday retaliated to the decision of the American occupation to form a "consultation" political council that will help in ruling the country. They stressed yesterday clinging to convening a national conference, while anger increased in the lines of the Iraqi tribes chieftains who left a meeting they had in Baghdad with a high ranking American official. Iraq-USA, Politics, 6/3/2003 - Jack Straw rejects investigation into mass destruction weapons claims against Iraq
The British foreign minister Jack Straw rejected yesterday the idea of having an independent investigation on the reality of having mass destruction weapons in Iraq, as demanded by two former British ministers, at a time when a published opinion poll indicates that a great percentage of British citizens have become skeptical over the existence of such weapons in Iraq. Iraq-UK, Politics, 6/3/2003 - Two boats carrying four American soldiers disappeared in Gulf waters
The American navy said yesterday that two small boats carrying four American soldiers and at least 3 civilians disappeared on Sunday in the waters to the north of the Gulf. Iraq-USA, Local, 6/3/2003 - Libya severs relations with Iraq
Libya announced yesterday severing its diplomatic relations with Iraq and closing its embassy in Baghdad because of the American decision to end diplomatic immunity all diplomats in Iraq. Libya-Iraq, Politics, 6/2/2003 - Occupation abrogates national conference for direct rule with an Iraqi consultation council
The US occupation of Iraq has stepped its latest measure towards backtracking from previous promises and obligations, and the establishment of a direct rule where no Iraqis take part. This was reflected in the decision taken to abrogate the convening of the "national conference" and instead to appoint "a political council" within weeks in charge of providing advice and consultation to the occupation forces. Iraq-USA, Politics, 6/2/2003 - Baghdad's airport is still exposed to attacks, Basra rejects appointed British ruler
Some, 5,000 Iraqis demonstrated yesterday in the downtown of al-Basra in protest of the British army appointing of one of its army officers to run the area. Iraq-USA, Politics, 6/2/2003