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   A BRITISH OFFICIAL TOLD AN IRAQI DAILY THAT U.K. HAS DELIVERED 33 BOXES TO AN IRAQI COURT CONTAINING EVIDENTIARY DOCUMENTS FOR INDICTING SADDAM HUSSEIN. (AL-MASHRIQ, BAGHDAD, 7/26/04)       ACCORDING TO POLICE SOURCES, THE SECURITY SITUATION IN IRAQ HAS IMPROVED RECENTLY BECAUSE OF THE COOPERATION OF THE IRAQI PEOPLE WITH THE IRAQI POLICE AND NATIONAL GUARD. (AL-AHALI, BAGHDAD, 7/24/04)       NEGOTIATIONS ARE UNDER WAY BETWEEN IRAQI EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES AND EGYPT TO IMPORT 2 MILLION EGYPTIAN WORKERS TO IRAQ TO WORK ON CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. (AL-ZAMAN, IRAQ, 7/25/04)       THE IRANIAN LEADER'S DEPUTY AND FRIDAY PREACHER OF ORUMIYEH, GHOLAM REZA HUSNA, SAID: 'THE IRANIAN NATION IS READY TO FIGHT ON ALL FRONTS AGAINST AMERICA, AND THE SENIOR OFFICIALS MUST EXPLOIT THIS WILLINGNESS AND THE COURAGE OF THE PEOPLE IN ORDER TO PRESERVE THE REGIME.' (AFTAB-E YAZD, IRAN, 7/26/04)        IRAN'S FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN HAMID REZA ASEFI SAID THAT NO COUNTRY WOULD DARE ATTACK IRAN, AND, IN A REFERENCE TO THE IRAQI DEFENSE MINISTER'S REMARK ON IRANIAN INTERVENTION IN IRAQ'S DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, URGED IRAQI OFFICIALS TO SPEAK CAREFULLY AND REFRAIN FROM HASTY COMMENTS THAT COULD BE MISUSED BY THE PRESS. (AFTAB-E YAZD, IRAN, 7/26/04)       AN ADVISOR TO IRAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER, JAVAD MANSURI, SAID, 'THE WORLD KNOWS WELL THAT IRAN HAS FINISHED COOPERATING WITH THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION.' (JOMHOUR-YE ESLAMI, IRAN, 7/26/04)        ADVISOR TO PA CHAIRMAN ARAFAT MAMEDOUH NOFEL WROTE THAT 'THE OCCUPATION' IS NOT TO BLAME FOR THE IDEOLOGICAL, POLITICAL, AND ORGANIZATIONAL CRISIS IN THE PA, AND FOR CHOOSING THE METHOD OF REBELLION IN ORDER TO RESOLVE CONFLICTS. (AL-AYYAM, PA, 7/24/04)       THE DIRECTOR OF THE PALESTINIAN RESEARCH CENTER PANORAMA, RIYADH AL-MALAKI, WROTE, 'THE DIFFICULT SITUATION AND THE DETERIORATION HAVE REACHED DANGEROUS STAGES THAT THREATEN OUR FUTURE, AND BY THE WAY, THIS TIME THE OCCUPATION IS NOT TO BLAME FOR IT.' (AL-AYYAM, PA, 7/25/04)        IRAQI PM IYAD ALLAWI CONCLUDED HIS FORMAL VISIT TO DAMASCUS WITH THE SIGNING OF AN AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING A COMMITTEE TO SUPERVISE THE BORDERS AND RESUME DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES. (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 7/24/04)       IRANIAN MAJLIS NATIONAL SECURITY AND FOREIGN POLICY COUNCIL MEMBER HAMID REZA HAGI-BABAI SAID THAT THE INTERESTS OF ANY COUNTRY THAT WANT TO ATTACK IRAN, EVEN THE SMALLEST OF ATTACKS, WOULD THEMSELVES BE SUBJECT TO ATTACK. (KAYHAN, IRAN, 7/26/04)       THE FIRST DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF IRAN'S MAJLIS NATIONAL SECURITY AND FOREIGN POLICY COMMISSION, MAHMOUD MOHAMMADI, SAID 'IRAQ'S NEIGHBORING STATES SHOULD EVEN PARTICIPATE ACTIVELY IN SAFEGUARDING STABILITY AND SECURITY IN IRAQ, AND FORCES FROM NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES SHOULD REPLACE THE FORCES OF NATO AND THE US IN IRAQ.' (IRNA, IRAN, 7/25/04)       SENIOR ADVISOR TO IRAN'S LEADER ALI KHAMENEI, ALI AKBAR VELAYATI, VISITED SOUTHERN LEBANON AFTER A BRIEF STOPOVER IN DAMASCUS AND STRESSED THAT THE FUTURE BELONGS TO INTIFADA AND CALLED LEBANON THE STANDARD-BEARER OF THE PALESTINIAN CAUSE. (KAYHAN, IRAN, 7/25/04)       IRANIAN REFORMIST HASHEM AGHAJARI, WHO HAD BEEN CHARGED WITH BLASPHEMY, COULD NOT PAY HIS BAIL OF IRR 1 BILLION AND IS STILL JAILED. (AFTAB, IRAN, 7/25/04)       IRAN'S EXPEDIENCY COUNCIL CHAIRMAN AKBAR HASHEMI RAFSANJANI SAID TERRORISM'S ROOTS LAY IN THE WEST AND THE U.S., AND THAT EVEN IF IT COULD BE PROVEN THAT THE 9/11 TERRORISTS HAD PASSED THROUGH IRAN ON THEIR WAY TO THE U.S., IT WOULD NOT IN ANY WAY BE POSSIBLE TO CHARGE IRAN WITH INVOLVEMENT, AS NO CONNECTION HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED WITH THE BOMBERS. (KAYHAN, IRAN, 7/25/04)       THE REFORMIST SECRETARY-GENERAL OF IRAN'S ISLAMIC REVOLUTION'S MUJAHIDEEN ORGANIZATION, MUHAMMAD SALAMATI, HAS BEEN SUMMONED TO THE INTERROGATION OFFICE OF THE COURT AND CHARGED WITH LIBEL. EARLIER, HE WAS FINED IRR 15 MILLION. (AFTAB-E YAZD, IRAN, 7/25/04)       IRAQI INTERIOR MINISTER FALAH HASSAN AL-NAQIB WARNED IRAN THAT IT WAS 'INSISTING ON INTERVENING IN OUR INTERNAL AFFAIRS,' AND THAT IRAQ 'CAN COMPLICATE MATTERS' IN IRAN. (AL-HAYAT, LONDON, 7/25/04)        SYRIAN INTELLECTUALS SIGNED A PETITION STATING THEIR DISSATISFACTION WITH IRAQI PM IYAD ALLAWI'S VISIT TO DAMASCUS, CALLING HIM 'THE PRIME MINISTER OF THE U.S. OCCUPATION GOVERNMENT IN IRAQ' AND 'PERSONA NON GRATA.' (AL-QUDS AL-ARABI, LONDON, 7/24/04)       THE LEBANESE LIBERATION PARTY, BANNED FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS, ORGANIZED A DEMONSTRATION AT A LARGE MOSQUE IN NORTHERN LEBANON TO PROTEST AGAINST IRAQI PM ALLAWI'S VISIT TO LEBANON. (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 7/24/04)       AN IRAQI MILITARY SOURCE REPORTED THAT THE IRAQI CHIEF OF STAFF AMR BAKR AL-HASHEMI WOULD BE REMOVED FROM HIS POST IN THE IRAQI DEFENSE MINISTRY FOR SECURITY VIOLATIONS, EXPOSED BY IRAQI INTELLIGENCE, THAT LED TO THE DEATH OF DEFENSE MINISTER DIRECTOR 'ISSAM AL-DAJILI. (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 7/25/04)       THE PAKISTANI MINISTER OF INFORMATION SAID PAKISTAN HAS ARRESTED 500 AL-QA'IDA ELEMENTS INCLUDING MANY ARABS WHOSE GOVERNMENTS HAVE REFUSED TO RECEIVE THEM. (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 7/25/04)       BRITISH HOME SECRETARY DAVID BLUNKETT ANNOUNCED THAT FOREIGN CLERICS WHO WISH TO RESIDE IN THE U.K. MUST SPEAK ENGLISH IN ORDER TO SPEAK TO, AND ON BEHALF, OF THEIR COMMUNITIES. (AL-ZAMAN, IRAQ, 7/23/04)   
BRIDGING THE LANGUAGE GAP BETWEEN THE MIDDLE EAST AND THE WEST
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