Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 2/9/2004
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of February 9, 2004
- Iraq discusses with neighbors the risks of partition, sneaking operations
Kuwaiti hosts today and tomorrow a meeting for the foreign ministers of countries adjoining Iraq, attended by the Iraqi foreign minister, and concentrating on the Iraqi situation and its reflections on security in the region. Iraq-Regional, Politics, 2/14/2004 - UN: it is impossible to make elections in Iraq
The spokesman for the UN envoy to Iraq, Ahmad Fawzi, stressed that elections can not be made in Iraq before handing over the authority by the end of June next year. Iraq-UN, Politics, 2/14/2004 - Red Cross to visit Saddam Hussein very soon
The International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC announced yesterday it had visited several Aides of the former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in prison, and expressed confidence that the American occupation forces will permit seeing Saddam Hussein "in the very near future." Iraq, Politics, 2/13/2004 - Syria for boosting oil relations with Iraq
Syria's Prime Minister Naji Otari stressed Syria's support to the Iraqi people and all the exerted efforts to maintain Iraq's stability, unity and integrity. Syria-Iraq, Economics, 2/13/2004 - UN secretary general on the elections in Iraq
The UN secretary general Elakhder al-Ibraheimi announced that the UN supports the call advocated by the Shiite clergy Ayatullah Ali al-Seistani to make general elections in the country. Iraq, Politics, 2/13/2004 - UN supports elections in Iraq, John Abizaid survives an attack in al-Falouja
Commander of the Central American forces in Iraq gen. John Abizaid yesterday survived a missile shelling attack while he was in Falouja, to the west of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. Iraq-USA, Military, 2/13/2004 - Kuwaiti parliamentarians call for investigating Halliburton scandal ; Washington Iraqi contracts at 6 billion
An American government website said yesterday that the US opened before all countries non-construction contracts estimated at a value of 6 billion dollars for projects in Iraq, financed by American money. Kuwait-Iraq, Politics, 2/12/2004 - 47 killed in explosion at headquarter for training Iraqi army
In the second attack within 24 hours against the Iraqi security members, 47 persons were killed and scores wounded in a booby trapped car explosion in Baghdad. The car went off in front of a center for recruiting members of the Iraqi army near al-Muthanna airport, in al-Allawi area, in the downtown of Baghdad. Iraq-USA, Military, 2/12/2004 - Iraq Granted Observer Status at the World Trade Organization Iraq-Regional, Economics, 2/12/2004
- Occupation: Saddam Hussein does not collaborate, wanted are 12
The American occupation authorities said yesterday that Saddam Hussein who is held by the USA is in a good health condition and non Ð collaborative with the American investigators. Iraq-USA, Politics, 2/11/2004 - Explosion against a police center in Baghdad: 120 killed, wounded, mostly civilians
A truck loaded with some 225 kg of explosives went off yesterday in front a police center, to the south of Baghdad, where scores were in line to apply for jobs and this resulted in killing or wounding 120 persons. Iraq-USA, Military, 2/11/2004