Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 6/16/2003
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of June 16, 2003
- Al-Anbaa: Pentagon develops Fox base on the Kuwaiti- Iraqi borders to include 20,000 soldiers
The Kuwaiti daily al-Anbaa said that the US defense department allotted 300 million dollars to develop the Fox base at the Kuwaiti- Iraqi borders with the aim to lessen its military presence in Iraq. Iraq-USA, Politics, 6/21/2003 - US soldier wounded in attack in Baghdad
Eye witnesses said yesterday that one American soldier was hit in an attack which targeted a police station in al-Azameyah quarters in Baghdad after it was hit by a missile on Thursday evening. Iraq-USA, Military, 6/21/2003 - Five operations by Iraqis killed one American; Rumsfeld links Iraq's security to Syria and Iran
The US defense secretary Ronald Rumsfeld understated the importance of the resistance operations which target the American occupation forces on Iraq. These operations resulted in killing one American soldier and wounding many others in five operations carried out in less than 24 hours. Iraq-USA, Military, 6/20/2003 - US forces open fire at Iraqi demonstrators; Three US soldiers, three Iraqis killed
Three American soldiers were killed yesterday in Baghdad, one of them was in a fire shooting from a car in downtown of Baghdad while another was wounded according to an American military spokesman. Iraq-USA, Politics, 6/19/2003 - Turkey closes crossing point with northern Iraq
Turkey yesterday closed the main border crossing point with northern Iraq before the trade traffic. Iraq-Turkey, Politics, 6/19/2003 - American forces captures Saddam Hussein 's secretary
American military sources said that the US forces have arrested one of the main aides of the toppled Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, his Secretary, Hameed hammoud al-Takreiti, ranked fourth on the list of 55 most wanted persons of former Iraqi officials, following Saddam Hussein and his two sons Ode and Qusai. Iraq-USA, Military, 6/19/2003 - Iraqi resistance increasing, American forces detain 366 Iraqis, two soldiers killed in Baghdad
News reports coming from Iraq talked about the increasing number of Iraqi resistance operations in response to the violation of the American forces of houses and mosques and over not providing the basics of life needs of waters, electricity and salaries. Iraq-USA, Military, 6/18/2003 - Arab entrepreneurs union meet in cairo over Iraq reconstruction
The Arab Entrepreneurs Union will hold in Cairo on June 19 a meeting to examine the participation of Arab enterprises in the reconstruction of Iraq, the Union's chairman, Ahmad Saaf Balhassa, announced on Tuesday. Regional-Iraq, Economics, 6/18/2003 - Egypt, Japan work jointly to reconstruct Iraq, Abul Naga says Egypt-Iraq, Economics, 6/18/2003
- Gulf states calls for the foundation of a central Iraqi national government Gulf-Iraq, Politics, 6/18/2003
- Al-Arab al-Youm: Iraqi Jews return back to buy Real-estates in Baghdad Iraq, Politics, 6/18/2003
- Baghdad Curator director
The curator of Baghdad's museum, Mrs. Nawal al-Mitwallu, said in a statement to the German Magazine Der Spiegel in its yesterday issue that about 10,000 pieces including 47 rare antiquities have disappeared during looting operations against the National Museum in Baghdad. Iraq, Local, 6/17/2003 - Two Iraqi killed, nine arrested in al-Ramadi, explosions against US forces in Falouja
News reports in Baghdad said that three large explosions shook the American forces leadership position in Falouja to the west of Baghdad. This came at a time when the American forces are carrying a campaign in the area aiming at eliminating pockets of Iraqi resistance there. Iraq-USA, Military, 6/17/2003 - The Sunday Times: Raghad Saddam Hussein: My father and brothers are alive
One of the daughters of the toppled Iraqi President Saddam Hussein said that her father and two brothers Ode and Qusai are still alive, denying, simultaneously to have any contacts with them at the meantime. Iraq, Politics, 6/16/2003