Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 11/17/2003
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of November 17, 2003
- Women must be involved in Iraq's reconstruction, World Bank says
World Bank officials and a group of 18 Iraqi women met in Washington the week of November 10-14 to discuss the role of women in Iraqi development, and to initiate a number of steps to advance that role. Iraq, Economics, 11/21/2003 - Occupation kills 10 Iraqis; A woman and her six children detained for forming 'an independent cell'
The occupation forces in Iraq killed during the 24 past hours 10 Iraqis in al-Ramadi area where the offices of the governing council were exposed to an attack by a booby trapped car, while other 4 were killed in a booby trapped car explosion in Karkouk that targeted the offices of the two Kurdish parties in the city. Iraq-USA, Military, 11/21/2003 - Cyprus continues to be a back base for weapons experts in Iraq
The Cypriot government yesterday extended until October 2004 an agreement with the UN states to use a back base in case of the return of the UN weapons experts to Iraq. Iraq-Cyprus, Politics, 11/21/2003 - 10 million award for Izzat Ibrahim capture; occupation kills 8 Iraqis
The American occupation army said it killed 8 Iraqis who attacked or tried to attack its forces in operations that took place in al-Ramadai, to the west of Baghdad. Iraq-USA, Military, 11/20/2003 - Baher al-Oloum asks for exporting the Iraqi oil via Kuwait
Following talks with his Kuwaiti counterpart, Iraq's oil minister Ibrahim Baher al-Aloum asked for permit to use the Kuwaiti ports in order to export the Iraqi crude oil. Iraq-Kuwait, Politics, 11/20/2003 - Baghdad deprived of electricity
An official in the Iraqi ministry of electricity said yesterday that Baghdad is deprived of electricity since three days because of destruction operations and technical problems on the high grid lines in the northern part of the country that provide the capital with electricity. Iraq, Economics, 11/19/2003 - Likely withdrawal from al-Ramadai, raids on Baghdad, Baqouba Samarah, Tikrit
Members of the congress questioned how the American forces could recruit more than 60,000 Iraqi in less than 6 weeks, noting that this took place through accelerating the process of selection and annexing new elements to the army without enough training. Iraq-USA, Military, 11/19/2003 - Powell discuss transfer of power to the Iraqis
US Secretary of State Colin Powell highlighted the emerging expectation within the Bush administration that the Iraqi leadership should be in a position to assume sovereignty over Iraq's affairs by June 2004. Iraq-USA, Politics, 11/19/2003 - Al-Syasa: Iraq finance minister highlights relations with Syria Iraq-Syria, Politics, 11/18/2003
- Iraqi tribal delegation members describe visit to Syria as fuitful
Chairman of the Iraqi Tribal delegation, Hashem Al Srout, said that President Bashar al-Assad's reception of the Iraqi tribal delegation was fruitful and successful. Iraq-Syria, Politics, 11/18/2003 - Americans sure of Ezzat Ibrahim role, occupation kills 14 Iraqis, two US soldiers killed
Two American soldiers were killed in Baghdad yesterday in two separate incidents at a time when the occupation forces intensified breaking in operations and air and land bombardment in the context of efforts to eliminate the Iraqi resistance. Iraq-USA, Military, 11/18/2003 - U.N. Transferring Oil-for-Food Program to Iraq, CPA Iraq-UN, Economics, 11/18/2003
- Al-Assad confers with Iraqi tribal delegation
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad met in Damascus on Sunday Iraqi Tribes' delegation chaired by Hashem Al Srout. Syria-Iraq, Politics, 11/17/2003 - 17 Americans killed, Washington arranges authority transfer, occupation continues
Post Saddam Hussein Iraq has entered a new phase, politically and militarily, with the escalation of resistance against occupation. This was manifested in killing 17 American soldiers in downing to copters in Musil on Saturday and the announcement of steps to gradual authority transfer to the Iraqis but this does not mean the end of occupation of Iraq, according to statements by several American officials. Iraq-USA, Military, 11/17/2003