Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 11/8/2004
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of November 8, 2004
- Two messages from Allawi to Mubarak and Abdullah
The Saudi official news agency said that the Iraqi foreign minister Hoshiar Zebari yesterday made an undeclared visit to Saudi Arabia and was received there by the Saudi crown prince Abdullah and handed him over a message from the Iraqi prime minister Eyad Allawi. No reference was made to the content of the message. Iraq-Regional, Politics, 11/11/2004 - Lebanese president stresses Iraq sovereignty
Lebanese President Emile Lahoud on Wednesday expressed hope that the Iraqi people overcome the ordeal they are passing through, and that Iraq restores sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity to play its natural role in the Arab region. Lebanon-Iraq, Politics, 11/11/2004 - Six Iraqi security men, one American soldier were killed; Allawi's relatives kidnapped
Unidentified gunmen yesterday kidnapped three relatives of the interim Iraqi prime minister Eyad Allawi in Baghdad. Iraq, Military, 11/11/2004 - American forces enhance positions in Falluja, loss of ten soldiers
The spokesman for the American army in Iraq Gen. Thomas Meits announced the killing of ten soldiers from the American marines and two Iraqi soldiers since the beginning of the large scale attack against Falluja city on Monday. Iraq-USA, Military, 11/10/2004 - Hundreds of armed men control al-Ramada downtown
Near Falluja, to its east, Iraqi police sources and witnesses said that hundreds of gunmen gathered in the downtown of al-Ramadi and took their positions in the area, while the north west quarters of the city witnessed violent clashes and explosions were heard near one American base to the east of al-Ramadi. Iraq, Military, 11/10/2004 - Iraqi financial experts work to settle blocked assets with Syria
Syria's Minister of Finance Mohammed al-Hussein on Tuesday announced an Iraqi financial experts team has recently visited The Syrian-Lebanese Commercial Bank to discuss the issue of blocked Iraqi assets and the two sectors merits in Syria. Syria-Iraq, Economics, 11/10/2004 - Khaddam confers with Iraqi Minister Syria-Iraq, Politics, 11/10/2004
- AL chief deplores attack on Falluja Regional-Iraq, Politics, 11/10/2004
- Russia and Sharm al-Sheikh Conference on Iraq Iraq-Russia, Politics, 11/10/2004
- Rumsfeld expects difficult battles, scores killed in American bombardment in Falluja hospital
News reports said that the American forces bombarded by 8 missiles the "stand by" hospital for Falluja in the downtown of Falluja and destroyed it completely. News stated that scores were killed inside it. Iraq-USA, Military, 11/9/2004 - Large scale attack against Falluja started with Allawi's consent
The American forces started a strong attack against all parts of Falluja city where the American jet fighters flew over the city while the artillery shelling and tanks shelling lit its dark skies. Iraq, Military, 11/9/2004 - Iraqi Muslim Scholars Commission: a war of extermination
Campaigns of condemnation over what is taking place in Falluja continued. The secretary general of the Muslim Scholars Commission in Iraq, Hareth al-Dari, appealed to UN secretary general Kofi Annan and the secretary general of the Arab league Amr Moussa Iraq, Politics, 11/9/2004 - Riyadh criticizes statement of 26 scholars on Iraq
The Saudi ambassador in London prince Turkey al-Faisal yesterday criticized the statement made by the 26th Saudi scholars in which it called for supporting " Jihad" in Iraq, noting that its signatories do not represent the great majority of the Saudi people. Saudi Arabia-Iraq, Politics, 11/9/2004 - Alawi and the resumption of diplomatic ties with Syria Iraq-Syria, Politics, 11/9/2004
- Saudi scholars: al-Jihad is a duty in Iraq; a call to avoid sedition
Some 26 Saudi scholars on Friday called in an open speech to the Iraqi people for unity and resisting the occupation, stressing in a statement issued on the Internet the legitimacy of resistance. Saudi Arabia-Iraq, Politics, 11/8/2004 - Washington Post: US concern over disappearance of 4,000 missiles in Iraq
In yesterday's issue, the Washington Post said that the American administration fears that some 4,000 missile of shoulder-borne type that might be used in downing planes had disappeared from Iraq. Iraq-USA, Politics, 11/8/2004 - American forces seizes Falluja hospital
The American forces have seized the main hospital in Falluja city in the first hours of today ( Monday morning) and handed it over to the Iraqi forces which detained more than 50 persons who had entered it, giving no details on their identity or the reasons behind their detention. Iraq-USA, Military, 11/8/2004 - 21 policemen killed in al-Anbar, four injured in Falluja
Iraqi medical sources said that four Iraqis were injured in an artillery bombardment that targeted the east and south east quarters of Falluja city yesterday at dawn. Iraq, Military, 11/8/2004