Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 3/22/2004
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of March 22, 2004
- Nine Iraqis killed, a reconciliation conference in Irbil
Some nine Iraqis were killed and other 25 wounded on Friday by the bullets of the American occupation forces which attacked al-Askari quarters in area in al-Falouja city, to the west of Baghdad, after being attacked by unidentified persons. Iraq, Politics, 3/27/2004 - U.S. must help Iraq obtain wealth quickly, Ex-Im bank head says
Speaking on the subject of Iraq's financial needs, and whether Iraq has a government that is capable of managing such funds and resources, without these resources becoming a future burden on the government and people as happened in the past, The chairman of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) said The United States must help Iraq realize wealth quickly Iraq-USA, Economics, 3/27/2004 - Al-Assad meets Iraqi delegation
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday renewed support to the Iraqi people and to offer Iraq all needed aid to help so as to surpass its ordeal. Syria-Iraq, Politics, 3/26/2004 - A call for calm in Karkouk, a reconciliation conference in Irbil, Iraqi resistance kills 3 Americans wounds 5
Three American soldiers were killed yesterday and other five wounded, including several marines which assumed security in the so-called "Sunni triangle" several days ago, in a series of operations for the Iraqi resistance during which three of the attackers were killed, while news reports said that four Iraqi civilians were killed during an American assassination attempt. Iraq, Military, 3/26/2004 - An attempt to smuggle the epitaph of Michael Aflaq tomb Iraq-Jordan, Politics, 3/26/2004
- Clashes in al-Falouja, missiles against the green area; Washington: the situation in Iraq is very dangerous
Bloody clashes took place yesterday between the American occupation forces and Iraqi resistance men during which three Iraqis were killed and two American soldiers were wounded, while the green area and "Sheraton" hotel in Baghdad were exposed to two missile attacks. Iraq-USA, Military, 3/25/2004 - Zeibari highlights Syria, Iraq relations
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zeibari has asserted that the bilateral relations linking the two states, Syria and Iraq, are old and historical, pointing out that this current visit to Damascus aimed at strengthening these relations and continuing dialogue between the two countries. Iraq-Syria, Politics, 3/24/2004 - Some 14 Iraqi policemen killed in different attacks in Iraq
The police said that gunmen killed four Iraqi police men and five trainees in the police department yesterday ( Tuesday ) after they opened fire on them as they were heading for their works in al-Hella town to the south of Baghdad. Iraq, Military, 3/24/2004 - Arab journalists union condemns reporters assassination in Iraq
Arab Journalists Union (AJU) has reiterated condemnation of the "deliberate" assassination of journalists in Iraq after American shots killed last Thursday two reporters of the satellite news channel 'Al Arabiya'. Iraq-USA, Politics, 3/23/2004 - Al-Assad and al-Shara confers with Zeibari
Syria's Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara received on Monday Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zeibari and an accompanying delegation on the latest developments in the region particularly in Iraq. Syria-Iraq, Politics, 3/23/2004 - One American, two Iraqis killed
One American soldier and one Iraqi translator were killed and three American soldiers were injured in a bomb explosion implanted on a roadside to the west of Baghdad. Iraq-USA, Military, 3/23/2004