August 17, 2004
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August 17, 2004
IRAN HAS DELIVERED ITS MOST ADVANCED MISSILES TO HIZBULLAH IN LEBANON VIA SYRIA, AND IRAN AND SYRIA ARE COOPERATING CLOSELY IN MISSILE DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT. A KUWAITI PAPER REPORTED: '[A] SYRIAN MILITARY SOURCE TOLD THE SYRIAN OPPOSITION IN LONDON THAT AN IRANIAN MILITARY DELEGATION SPECIALIZING IN MISSILES HAD ACCOMPANIED THE TWO DELIVERIES TO SYRIA, IN ORDER TO OVERSEE THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE MISSILES IN THE VARIOUS REGIONS IN LEBANON.' IRANIAN AMBASSADORS TO LEBANON AND SYRIA GREETED THE SHIPMENT. (AL-SIYASSA, KUWAIT, 8/17/04)
August 17, 2004
SHEIKH AHMAD AL-SHEEBANI, SPOKESMAN FOR THE RADICAL SHI'ITE CLERIC MUQTADA AL-SADR, ENDORSED THE INITIATIVE OF THE IRAQI NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TO END THE FIGHTING IN NAJAF AND TO START NEGOTIATIONS. (AL-ZAMAN, BAGHDAD, 8/17/04)
August 17, 2004
IRAQI SOURCES SAID THAT AL-SADR HAS NOT YET AGREED TO TURN HIS MILITIA INTO A POLITICAL ORGANIZATION AND REQUESTED FURTHER NEGOTIATIONS ON THIS ISSUE. (AL-ZAMAN, BAGHDAD, 8/17/04)
August 17, 2004
SADDAM HUSSEIN'S DEFENSE TEAM SAID THAT IT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY CONTRIBUTIONS FROM ANY PARTIES AND THAT MANY BANKS IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES REFUSED TO OPEN AN ACCOUNT FOR THE TEAM. (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 8/16/04)
August 17, 2004
THE IRANIAN JUDO TEAM HAS NO CHANCE FOR A MEDAL FOLLOWING THE DEFEAT OF EACH CONTENDER IN THE 81, 73, AND 60KG EVENTS. (IRNA, IRAN, 8/17/04)
August 17, 2004
A HAMAS COMMUNIQUE ATTACKED THE PALESTINIAN CULTURE MINISTRY AND THE PALESTINIAN MEDIA COMPANIES FOR SUPPORTING PALESTINIAN SINGER OMAR HASSAN ON THE ARABIC-LANGUAGE YOUNG-TALENT SUPERSTAR PROGRAM INSTEAD OF ORGANIZING SUPPORT FOR PALESTINIAN PRISONERS AND VICTIMS OF THE AL-AQSA INTIFADA. (WWW.ELAPH.COM, 8/16/04)
August 17, 2004
SEVEN LEBANESE HAVE CHARGED FORMER IRAQI PRESIDENT SADDAM HUSSEIN AND OTHER FORMER IRAQI HIGH OFFICIALS FOR INVOLVEMENT IN THE KIDNAP AND KILLING OF LEBANESE CITIZENS, SOME OF WHOM WERE RELATED TO THE PROSECUTORS. (AL-HAYAT, LONDON, 8/17/04)
August 17, 2004
SAAD A. AL-HAGAN, PUBLIC RELATIONS MANAGER AT THE SAUDI MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION, SAID THAT A 13 MEMBER DELEGATION FROM KING SAUD UNIVERSITY WOULD VISIT AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES TO SORT OUT PROBLEMS FACING SAUDI STUDENTS IN GETTING U.S. VISAS. (ARAB NEWS, SAUDI ARABIA, 8/17/04)
August 17, 2004
IRAQ'S MINISTRY OF HEALTH IS PURSUING ITS LEGAL SUIT AGAINST 'MARIO,' A FRENCH COMPANY WHICH EXPORTS BLOOD AND BLOOD PRODUCTS, FOR EXPORTING AIDS-TAINTED BLOOD TO IRAQ IN 1986. (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 8/16/04)
August 17, 2004
A CONFERENCE ON ISLAMIC RULE AND DEMOCRACY WILL BEGIN IN JORDAN ON AUGUST 21, AND WILL BE HEADED BY JORDANIAN CROWN PRINCE HAMZA BIN AL-HASSIN. PARTICIPANTS WILL INCLUDE APPROXIMATELY 80 INTELLECTUALS AND CLERICS FROM 40 ARAB, ISLAMIC, AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES. (WWW.ELAPH.COM, 8/16/04)
August 17, 2004
BEGINNING THIS ACADEMIC YEAR, THE SAUDI EDUCATION MINISTRY WILL BE EXPANDING ITS ENGLISH STUDIES IN THE KINGDOM, BEGINNING IN THE FIFTH GRADE. CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN SIGNED WITH 300 ENGLISH TEACHERS FROM EGYPT, JORDAN, AND SYRIA. (WWW.ELAPH.COM, 8/17/04)
August 17, 2004
THE SYRIAN STATE SECURITY HIGH COURT GRANTED BAIL TO AKTHAM NA'ISA, HEAD OF THE COMMITTEES FOR DEFENDING THE DEMOCRATIC FREEDOMS AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN SYRIA. (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 8/16/04)
August 17, 2004
THE U.S. CONGRESS DELEGATION THAT VISITED DAMASCUS AND MET WITH PRESIDENT BASHAR AL-ASSAD DID NOT DISCUSS THE ISSUE OF SETTLING THE PALESTINIAN REFUGEES (IN LEBANON), ALTHOUGH LEBANESE OFFICIALS CLAIMED OTHERWISE. (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 8/16/04)
August 17, 2004
THE LEBANESE AUTHORITIES RELEASED 450 OF THE 455 IRAQI PRISONERS HELD AT RUMIYA PRISON. THE RELEASED PRISONERS WILL SOON RETURN TO IRAQ, PENDING SYRIA'S APPROVAL FOR THEIR TRANSIT THROUGH SYRIAN TERRITORY. (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 8/16/04)
August 17, 2004
A RELIABLE SYRIAN SOURCE HAS CONFIRMED THAT THERE IS A SYRIAN-ISRAELI UNDERSTANDING REGARDING THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE CITY OF QUNEITRA AS A SYRIAN INITIATIVE OF GOOD WILL. (AKHBAR AL-SHARQ, SYRIA, 8/16/04)
August 16, 2004
THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT SAID THAT JUDO OLYMPIAN ARASH MIR-ESMAILI REFUSED TO FACE HIS ISRAELI OPPONENT SO AS TO PROMOTE INTERNATIONAL PEACE. AN IRANIAN GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID: 'INTERNATIONAL PEACE WILL BE AVAILABLE WHEN OCCUPATION COMES TO AN END… IRAN DOES NOT RECOGNIZE ISRAEL OR ANY INDIVIDUAL CARRYING ISRAELI FLAG.' (IRNA, TEHRAN, 8/16/04)
August 16, 2004
ACCORDING TO THE SUDANESE AMBASSADOR IN TEHRAN, HAMED ALI MOHAMMAD AL TANI, THE WESTERN MEDIA ARE INTENTIONALLY MAGNIFYING THE DARFUR ISSUE SO THAT THE U.S. AND BRITAIN CAN DISMEMBER SUDAN AND PILLAGE ITS RESOURCES. (MEHR NEWS AGENCY, IRAN, 8/16/04)
August 16, 2004
IRAN'S NEWS AGENCY SAID THAT IRAQI PRIME MINISTER IYAD ALLAWI EXPRESSED HIS DESIRE TO ESTABLISH FRIENDLY RELATIONS WITH IRAN. IRNA MINIMIZED THE SIGNIFICANCE OF BAGHDAD'S RECENT ACCUSATIONS AGAINST TEHRAN OF UNDERMINING IRAQ. (AL-AYYAM, BAHRAIN, 8/15/04)
August 16, 2004
HAZEM AL-SHA'LAN, IRAQ'S DEFENSE MINISTER SAID IN A PRESS INTERVIEW: 'MUQTADA AL-SADR HAS TO EITHER SURRENDER HIMSELF, AND IN THAT CASE WE WILL TREAT HIM WITH RESPECT, OR WE WILL CAPTURE HIM.' AL-SHA'LAN ADDED THAT SEVERAL FOREIGN FIGHTERS WHO DO NOT SPEAK ARABIC HAVE BEEN APPREHENDED AMONG AL-SADR'S SUPPORTERS. (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 8/14/04)
August 16, 2004
IRAN'S CHARGE D'AFFAIRES TO IRAQ HASSAN KAZEMI QOMI SAID ALLEGATIONS RAISED BY THE SAUDI DAILY AL-RIYADH, THAT THE IRNA BUREAU CHIEF IN BAGHDAD, MOSTAFA DARBAN, WAS ARRESTED MONDAY ON SERIUS CHARGES, WERE 'FABRICATED.' (IRNA, TEHRAN, 8/16/04)
August 16, 2004
IRAQI SECURITY OFFICIALS ARE INVESTIGATING 30 IRANIAN FIGHTERS WHO WERE ARRESTED A FEW DAYS AGO WHILE FIGHTING WITH MUQTADA AL-SADR'S MILITIA. (AL-AYYAM, BAHRAIN, 8/14/04)
August 16, 2004
IRAQ'S BAR ASSOCIATION APPROVED SADDAM HUSSEIN'S DEFENSE TEAM REQUEST TO REPRESENT HIM IN AN IRAQI COURT. (ACCORDING TO IRAQI LAWS ONLY IRAQI LAWYERS CAN PLEAD A CASE IN IRAQI COURTS). (AL-AYYAM, BAHRAIN, 8/15/04)
August 16, 2004
THE TURKISH DAILY ZAMAN SAID THAT COORDINATION AMONG TURKEY, IRAN, AND SYRIA HAS BECOME AN URGENT NECESSITY 'IN LIGHT OF THE AMERICAN-ISRAELI PLAN TO ESTABLISH A KURDISH STATE IN NORTHERN IRAQ.' (AL-AYYAM, BAHRAIN, 8/15/04)
August 16, 2004
QUANTITIES OF POWDERED MILK, WHICH ARE PART OF THE HUMANITARIAN AID TO IRAQ, HAVE BEEN 'ILLEGALLY IMPORTED TO IRAN AND SOLD IN MARKETS THERE.' (AL-AYYAM, BAHRAIN, 8/15/04)
August 16, 2004
IRAQI POLICE IN NAJAF ARRESTED A PHOTOGRAPHER FROM AL-ARABIYA TV. (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 8/13/04)
August 16, 2004
POLITICAL COMMENTATORS SAID THE SYRIAN SECURITY APPARATUS KNEW ABOUT THE FLOW OF SYRIAN AND ARAB VOLUNTEERS TO IRAQ VIA SYRIA DURING THE WAR, DUE TO AN AMERICAN PLOT TO TURN IRAQ INTO A TRAP FOR TERRORISTS. (AKHBAR AL-SHARQ, SYRIA, 8/15/04)
August 16, 2004
SYRIAN AUTHORITIES HAVE ARRESTED THREE MEMBERS OF THE ANTI-ZIONISM AND PALESTINE VICTORY SOCIETY BOARD COUNCIL FOLLOWING UNAUTHORIZED ACTIVITY IN BOYCOTTING AMERICAN AND ISRAELI GOODS. (AKHBAR AL-SHARQ, SYRIA, 8/15/04)
August 16, 2004
GENERAL JAVANI, THE DIRECTOR OF THE POLITICAL OFFICE OF THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION GUARDS CORPS (IRGC), SAID IRAQI DEFENSE MINISTER HAZEM AL-SHALAN'S REMARKS IN WHICH HE CALLED IRAN IRAQ'S MAIN ENEMY, INDICATE THAT HE IS A LACKEY OF THE UNITED STATES. (MEHR NEWS AGENCY, IRAN, 8/15/04)
August 16, 2004
THE SAUDI EMBASSY IN LONDON MAY ADVISE ITS NATIONALS TO BOYCOTT BRITISH UNIVERSITIES IN PROTEST OVER FINANCIAL IRREGULARITIES, EXORBITANT FEES, AND POOR TEACHING. (ARAB NEWS, SAUDI ARABIA, 8/16/04)
August 13, 2004
THE WORLD CHAMPION IN JUDO, WHO HAILS FROM IRAN, WAS DISQUALIFIED FROM THE OLYMPICS FOR REFUSING TO FIGHT AN ISRAELI, WITH WHOM HE HAD BEEN PAIRED IN THE FIRST ROUND. (MEHR NEWS AGENCY, IRAN, 8/13/04)
August 13, 2004
THE LIWA ABU BAKR AL-SIDDIQ GROUP, WHICH HAS DECLARED ITSELF AFFILIATED WITH AL-QA'IDA, ISSUED AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE INTERNET OFFERING A ONE MILLION-DINAR REWARD FOR ANYONE WHO BRINGS IN THE HEAD OF AN ARAB LEADER 'WHO COLLABORATES WITH THE JEWS AND CHRISTIANS.' THE GROUP ALSO OFFERED 10,000 DINARS TO ANY MUJAHID WHO KILLS AN AMERICAN OR A JEW IN AN ARAB LAND. (HTTP://WWW.ISLAMIC-MINBAR.COM/FORUM/VIEWTOPIC.PHP?T=629, 8/12/04)
August 13, 2004
IRAQ'S MINISTER OF HUMAN RIGHTS, BAKHTYAR AMIN, DENIED RUMORS THAT SADDAM HUSSEIN HAS BEEN SUFFERING FROM HEALTH PROBLEMS. (AL-HAYAT, LONDON, 8/12/04)
August 13, 2004
THE SPOKESMAN FOR MUQTADA AL-SADR'S OFFICE IN BAGHDAD, SHEIKH AL-KAZAMI, SAID THAT AL-SADR'S WOUNDS ARE 'DANGEROUS.' BUT SOURCES CLOSE TO AL-SADR SAID THAT CONTRARY TO MEDIA REPORTS ON SADR'S HEALTH, HE IS NOW FEELING WELL AND HIS WOUNDS ARE 'NOT SERIOUS.' AL-SADR DEPUTY SHEIKH ALI SAMIM SAID SADR'S MORALE IS 'VERY HIGH' DESPITE CHEST AND LEG WOUNDS AND THAT HE WOULD CONTINUE THE RESISTANCE UNTIL A PEACEFUL RESOLUTION IS ACHIEVED. (IRNA, IRAN, 8/13/04)
August 13, 2004
THE LONDON OFFICE OF GRAND AYATOLLAH ALI SISTANI CALLED ON ALL SIDES ENGAGED IN FIGHTING IN THE HOLY CITY OF NAJAF TO END CLASHES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. (IRNA, IRAN, 8/13/04)
August 13, 2004
IRAQI VICE PRESIDENT IBRAHIM JAFARI SAID U.S. TROOPS MUST LEAVE THE HOLY CITY OF NAJAF AND RESOLVE THE CRISIS POLITICALLY. (IRNA, IRAN, 8/12/04)
August 13, 2004
THE IRAQI MINISTERS OF DEFENSE AND THE INTERIOR, AS WELL AS THE GOVERNOR OF NAJAF STRESSED THAT THE MILITIAS MUST LEAVE THE CITY WITHOUT ANY PRE-CONDITIONS AND SAID THAT THERE WILL BE NO NEGOTIATIONS WITH THEM. (AL-WATAN, QATAR, 8/13/04)
August 13, 2004
IRAN'S REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS CALLED ON THE IRAQI PEOPLE 'TO UNITE IN RESISTANCE AGAINST THE AMERICAN OCCUPIER AND AGAINST ITS 'MASSACRE' OF 'AN INNOCENT POPULATION' AND SAID THAT 'A SECOND VIETNAM IS ANTICIPATED FOR IT SOON.' (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 8/13/04)
August 13, 2004
PALESTINIAN SOURCES SAID THAT PLO MEMBER MAHMOUD ISMAI'L IS SECRETLY VISITING DAMASCUS IN AN ATTEMPT TO COORDINATE BETWEEN THE VARIOUS BA'TH PARTIES IN THE ARAB WORLD. (AKHBAR AL-SHARQ, SYRIA, 8/11/04)
August 13, 2004
ARMED MEN FROM FATAH'S AL-AQSA MARTYRS BRIGADES AND OWNERS OF DESTROYED HOMES TOOK OVER THE PALESTINIAN GOVERNMENTAL OFFICES IN RAFAH FOR SEVERAL HOURS TO PROTEST AGAINST THE HOMEOWNERS' FAILURE TO RECEIVE COMPENSATION. (AL-QUDS, JERUSALEM, 8/13/04)
August 13, 2004
OFFICIAL ARAB SOURCES SAID THAT THERE IS MUCH TENSION BETWEEN SYRIA AND JORDAN DUE TO JORDAN'S CHARGES THAT SYRIA IS PERMITTING INDIVIDUALS SEEKING TO JOIN THE REBELS IN IRAQ PASSAGE THROUGH JORDAN, AND ALLOWING AL-QA'IDA ELEMENTS TO MOVE EXPLOSIVES-LADEN TRUCKS TO IRAQ VIA JORDAN. (KUL AL-ARAB, ISRAEL, 8/13/04)
August 13, 2004
IRAN'S LEADER ALI KHAMENEI SAID THAT TODAY ISLAM CONFRONTS THE MATERIALISTICALLY ORIENTED SCHOOL OF THOUGHT KNOWN AS LIBERAL DEMOCRACY, WHICH PROVIDES FALSE SLOGANS AND 'HAS LED ONLY TO THE ABOLITION OF MORAL AND ETHICAL VALUES AND SOCIAL INJUSTICE, AND HAS UPSET THE SPIRITUAL CALM OF THE HUMAN RACE AND LED TO WIDER SUPPRESSION.' (JOMHOURI-YE ESLAMI, 8/12/04)
August 13, 2004
THE LEBANESE SHI'ITE LEADERS ESTABLISHED AN 'EMERGENCY COMMITTEE' TO KEEP AN EYE ON 'THE DETERIORATING SITUATION IN IRAQ AND NOT LET IT GET OUT OF HANDS.' THEY BELIEVE THAT RADICAL CLERIC MUQTADA AL-SADR 'LACKS EXPERIENCE AND WISDOM.' (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 8/13/04)
August 13, 2004
LEBANESE SHI'ITE LEADER MUHAMMAD HUSSEIN FADLALLAH, CRITICIZED THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT FOR 'ALLOWING THE OCCUPATION FORCES TO ENTER THE HOLY CITY OF AL-NAJAF.' HE CALLED FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE AMERICAN FORCES FROM THE CITY 'IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE.' (AKHBAR AL-KHALEEJ, BAHRAIN, 8/13/04)
August 13, 2004
THE PERSIAN DAILY MARDOMSALARI WROTE THAT THE U.S. WANTS TO GET RID OF AHMAD AND SALEM CHALABI BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY KNOW, AND THE U.S. WANTS TO PREVENT THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD FROM ACCESSING DOCUMENTS PROVING U.S. SUPPORT FOR THE REGIME OF SADDAM HUSSEIN. (MARDOMSALARI, IRAN, 8/11/04)
August 13, 2004
PAKISTANI MP QARI FAYYAZUR REHMAN SAID TEHRAN AND ISLAMABAD SHOULD FORGE AS STRONG A DEFENSE COOPERATION AS POSSIBLE, USING THEIR COMMONALITIES IN VARIOUS AREAS. HE CALLED UPON IRAN AND PAKISTAN TO LEAD THE MUSLIM WORLD IN DEFENDING ITS RELIGIOUS IDENTITY IN THE WAKE OF THE ANTI-ISLAM ONSLAUGHT. (IRAN DAILY, 8/12/04)
August 13, 2004
IRANIAN REFORMIST ACTIVISTS ASADOLLAH BAYAT SAID THAT THE 18 POLITICAL GROUPS COMPRISING THE REFORMIST STREAM IN IRAN 'HAVE NO PATH BUT TO SUPPORT THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDACY OF [FORMER IRANIAN PM] MIR HUSSEIN MOSAVI.' (AFTAB-E YAZD, IRAN, 8/12/04)
August 13, 2004
THE SYRIAN PRIVATE NEWSPAPER ABYADH WA-ASWAD CALLED ON THE GOVERNMENT TO RECONSIDER THE EMERGENCY LAWS IMPOSED IN SYRIA SINCE 1963 AND ASKED WHY THEY HAD NOT BEEN REVOKED. (AKHBAR AL-SHARQ, SYRIA, 8/11/04)
August 13, 2004
SYRIAN MP MUHAMMAD HABASH SAID THAT SYRIAN JAILS ARE NOW EMPTY OF ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS HELD ON ISLAMIST GROUNDS, BUT SAID THAT THE TIME HAD NOT YET COME FOR THOSE WHO HAD FLED THE COUNTRY TO RETURN. (CHAMPRESS, SYRIA, 8/12/04)
August 13, 2004
SYRIAN INFORMATION MINISTER AHMED AL-HASSAN SAID THAT PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO BLOCK THE SYRIAN MEDIA AND THAT 'THOSE WHO HAVE PRIVATE INTERESTS IN THE MEDIA STAND BEHIND THE RUMORS' STATING THAT HE IS GOING TO RESIGN. (CHAMPRESS, SYRIA, 8/12/04)
August 13, 2004
THREE OF THE LARGEST OPPOSITION PARTIES IN EGYPT SIGNED A DOCUMENT CALLING FOR POLITICAL REFORMS, INCLUDING A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO LIMIT THE TERM OF THE PRESIDENCY. (AL-AYYAM, BAHRAIN, 8/13/04)
August 12, 2004
IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER KAMAL KHARRAZI ANNOUNCED THAT IRAN IS OFFICIALLY INVITING IRAQI PM IYAD ALLAWI TO IRAN. (SHARQ, IRAN, 8/11/04)
August 12, 2004
IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTER HOSHYAR ZUBARI SAID IN A CONVERSATION WITH HIS IRANIAN COUNTERPART KHARRAZI THAT STATEMENTS BY IRAQI DEFENSE MINISTER SHA'LAN AGAINST IRAN ARE COUNTER TO THE POLICY OF THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT (AFTAB-E YAZD, IRAN, 8/11/04)
August 12, 2004
IRAN'S DEFENSE MINISTER, VICE ADMIRAL ALI SHAMKHANI, HAS DENIED ALLEGATIONS BY HIS IRAQI COUNTERPART THAT TEHRAN IS INVOLVED IN UNREST IN IRAQ'S SHI'ITE HOLY CITY OF NAJAF. (JOMHOURI-YE ESLAMI, IRAN, 8/11/04)
August 12, 2004
THE IRANIAN-IRAQI BORDER HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR SEVERAL DAYS, PREVENTING THE CROSSING OF PILGRIMAGES TO HOLY SITES IN BOTH COUNTRIES. (AL-MASHREQ, BAGHDAD, 8/10/04)
August 12, 2004
THE KURDISH LEADER JALAL AL-TALABANI DECLARED THAT THE CREATION OF KURDISH STATE IN IRAQ IS NOT POSSIBLE. HE ADDED THAT NO ONE CAN FORCE THE KURDS TO ACCEPT AN ISLAMIST GOVERNMENT IN BAGHDAD. (AL-MASHREQ, BAGHDAD, 8/11/04)
August 12, 2004
THE LEBANESE PRESS UNION WILL HOLD A MEETING OF SOLIDARITY WITH HIZBULLAH'S AL-MANAR TV FOLLOWING THE DECISION TO STOP ITS SATELLITE BROADCAST IN FRANCE. (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 8/10/04)
August 12, 2004
ARAB PRESS SOURCES SAID 30,000 IRAQI CHRISTIANS HAVE RECENTLY IMMIGRATED TO SYRIA DUE TO THE ANARCHY IN THEIR COUNTRY. (AKHBAR AL-SHARQ, SYRIA, 8/10/04)
August 12, 2004
SYRIAN CITIZENS BURNED THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE RULING BA'TH PARTY IN AL-HAYALIN (AL-HAMAT DISTRICT) TO EXPRESS THEIR ANGER ABOUT A LARGE CONTINGENT FROM THE STATE SECURITY APPARATUS THAT ENTERED THEIR VILLAGE TO ARREST A WANTED MAN. (AKHBAR AL-SHARQ, SYRIA, 8/9/04)
August 12, 2004
IRANIAN POLICE CHIEF MOHAMMAD BAQER QALIBAF WARNED WOMEN WHO ARE NEGLECTFUL IN WEARING THE VEIL AND SAID THAT THE MORALITY POLICE WILL ACT AGAINST THEM. (JOMHOUR-YE ESLAMI, IRAN, 8/10/04)
August 12, 2004
THE FREEDOM MOVEMENT OF IRAN WAS OFFICIALLY BANNED BY IRANIAN AUTHORITIES. (IRAN DAILY, 8/11/04)
August 12, 2004
COMBINED IRAQI-BRITISH NAVAL UNITS ARE PATROLLING THE WATERS OF SHAT AL-ARAB IN THE SOUTHERN CITY OF BASRA. (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 8/10/04)
August 12, 2004
HAMAS SPOKESMAN IN LEBANON OSAMA HAMDAN SAID, 'IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO TALK OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN HAMAS AND EGYPT. WHAT THERE WAS IS DIALOGUE AND USEFUL CONSULTATION REGARDING THE ENTIRE SITUATION IN AND EVENTS IN THE PALESTINIAN ARENA. THERE WAS NO AGREEMENT.' (AL-AYYAM, PA, 8/10/04)
August 12, 2004
MAHDI DAKHLALLAH, EDITOR OF THE SYRIAN RULING PARTY'S NEWSPAPER AL-BA'TH, SAID THE PARTY'S NATIONAL LEADERSHIP IS NOT GOING TO FIRE HIM FOLLOWING THE PUBLICATION OF AN OP-ED IN WHICH HE CALLED FOR REDUCING THE ROLE OF THE NATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND REJECTING ITS AUTHORITY. (CHAMPRESS, SYRIA, 8/10/04)
August 12, 2004
IRAN'S UN ENVOY MOHAMMAD-JAVAD ZARIF UNDERSCORED IRAN'S RIGHT TO DEVELOP NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE TECHNOLOGY AND SAID 'IT WOULD BE WISE FOR THE U.S. AND THE EUROPEANS TO HAVE THE NECESSARY FORESIGHT TO SEE THE IMPLICATIONS OF DECIDING TO BRING THE ISSUE TO THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL… NOT RATIFYING (THE ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL) MAY BE THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF STEPS [TO BE TAKEN BY IRAN].' (SHARQ, IRAN, 8/10/04)
August 12, 2004
IRAN'S WOMEN'S ORGANIZATION HEAD FATEMEH RAKEI SAID IT IS NECESSARY TO CHANGE TRADITIONAL MALE CHAUVINISTIC ATTITUDES WITHIN IRANIAN SOCIETY. (IRAN DAILY, 8/11/04)
August 12, 2004
TOP PLO OFFICIAL IN LEBANON MUNIR AL-MEQDAH HAS DECLARED A STATE OF ALERT WITHIN HIS MILITARY UNITS IN THE EIN EL-HILWE REFUGEE CAMP IN SOUTHERN LEBANON. (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 8/10/04)
August 12, 2004
THE SYRIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION SAID THAT MILITARY FORCES IN HAMA ARRESTED 52 PEOPLE, AMONG THEM SEVERAL CLERICS. THE ORGANIZATION DEMANDED THEIR RELEASE AND THE RULE OF LAW IN DEALING WITH THE CITIZENS. (AL-AYYAM, BAHRAIN, 8/11/04)
August 12, 2004
THE HEAD OF THE IRAQI OLYMPIC TEAM SAID THAT HIS TEAM MEMBERS WERE WILLING TO PUT POLITICS ASIDE AND WOULD COMPETE AGAINST ISRAELI ATHLETES IF NECESSARY. (AL-MASHREQ, BAGHDAD, 8/11/04)
August 11, 2004
ABU MUS'AB AL-ZARQAWI MOVED TO IRAN SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, SHORTLY AFTER THE FALLUJAH INCIDENTS, AND STAYED A FEW WEEKS AT A CAMP BELONGING TO THE IRANIAN REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS IN THE MAHRAN REGION ON THE BORDER WITH IRAQ, UNTIL LEAVING FOR THE CITY OF BAKUBA IN IRAQ. (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 8/11/04)
August 11, 2004
THE COMMANDER OF THE AL-QUDS ARMY OF IRAN'S REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS, GENERAL QASEM SULIMANI, ACKNOWLEDGED THAT IRAN HAS BEEN MAKING CONCESSIONS TO ABU MUS'AB AL-ZARQAWI. A RELIABLE IRANIAN SOURCE REPORTS THAT GENERAL SULIMANI SAID THAT ZARQAWI'S OPERATIONS IN IRAQ 'SERVE THE SUPREME INTERESTS OF IRAN,' PARTICULARLY IN PREVENTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A REGIME COOPERATING WITH THE U.S. (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 8/11/04)
August 11, 2004
THE IRANIAN SOURCE SAID THAT AL-ZARQAWI AND 20 COMMANDERS OF HIS ORGANIZATION NEED NO PRIOR APPROVAL TO ENTER IRAN: 'THERE ARE BORDER POINTS FROM HALABJA IN THE NORTH TO ILAM IN THE SOUTH THROUGH WHICH ZARQAWI AND 20 OF THE ANSAR AL-ISLAM FIGHTERS CAN ENTER IRANIAN TERRITORY WHENEVER THEY WANT.' (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 8/11/04)
August 11, 2004
GAMA'AT AL-TAWHID WA AL-JIHAD, AFFILIATED WITH ABU MUSAB AL-ZARQAWI, TOOK RESPONSIBILITY FOR YESTERDAY'S ATTACK IN BAKUBA. (AUGUST 9, HTTP://WWW.ISLAMIC-MINBAR.COM/FORUM/VIEWTOPIC.PHP?T=586)
August 11, 2004
THE IRANIAN DAILY HAMSHAHRI REPORTED THAT MORE THAN 15,000 IRANIAN VOLUNTEERS SIGNED UP TO CARRY OUT SUICIDE MISSIONS IN THE SHI'ITE HOLY CITIES IN SOUTHERN IRAQ. (AL-AYYAM, BAHRAIN, 8/10/04)
August 11, 2004
THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF BAGHDAD SUGGESTED FORMING A SPECIAL FORCE NAMED ‘THE BAGHDAD BRIGADE' TO CONTROL THE SITUATION IN THE CITY AND ESTABLISHED A DELEGATION TO SETTLE THE CRISIS BETWEEN MAHDI ARMY AND THE MULTI-NATIONAL FORCES IN BAGHDAD'S SHI'ITE NEIGHBORHOOD OF AL-SADR CITY. (AL-ZAMAN, BAGHDAD, 8/10/04)
August 11, 2004
IRAQ'S INTERIOR MINISTER SAID: 'AS SOON AS THERE IS AN ORDER TO ARREST AL-SADR, WE WILL NOT HESITATE TO IMPLEMENT IT.' (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 8/10/04)
August 11, 2004
IRAN'S JUDICIARY HEAD AYATOLLAH MAHMOUD HASHEMI SHAHROUDI REFERRED TO U.S. ATTACKS ON HOLY SITES IN IRAQ AS DECLARATION OF A CULTURAL WAR. (KAYHAN, IRAN, 8/10/04)
August 11, 2004
THE OFFICIAL JORDANIAN SPOKESPERSON, ISMI KHADHAR, SAID THAT THE ORDER TO ARREST AHMAD CHALABI IN IRAQ IS NOT SURPRISING SINCE JORDAN ALSO HAD A LONG STANDING CASE AGAINST HIM. SHE ADDED THAT SHE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO HIS PUNISHMENT. (AL-ZAMAN, BAGHDAD, 8/10/04)
August 11, 2004
PAKISTAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER MAS'OUD KHAN IS DENYING IRANIAN-PAKISTANI NUCLEAR COOPERATION. (AFTAB-E YAZD, IRAN, 8/10/04)
August 11, 2004
THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF IRAN'S WEAPONS INDUSTRIES, MEHDI FARHI, SAID IRAN IS EXPORTING WEAPONS PRODUCTS AND TECHNOLOGY TO 12 COUNTRIES, INCLUDING EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. HE SAID THAT BY THE END OF THE IRANIAN YEAR (MARCH 20, 2005), SOME IRR 30 BILLION WORTH OF NEW CONTRACTS WOULD BE SIGNED, AND THAT 'SOME IRR 5.5 BILLION OF THIS FIGURE WERE ALREADY REALIZED IN THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF THIS YEAR.' (IRAN DAILY, 8/10/04)
August 11, 2004
IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER KAMAL KHARRAZI SAID THAT 'IN ORDER FOR IRAN'S DOSSIER TO BE TRANSFERRED TO THE U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL, THERE MUST BE VIOLATIONS [OF AN INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION] AND SO FAR IRAN HAS … VIOLATED NONE OF ITS OBLIGATIONS. WE ARE CLOSE TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE EUROPEANS AND WITH THE IAEA, AND WE WILL ANNOUNCE OUR POSITIONS IN THIS MATTER.' (AFTAB-E YAZD, IRAN, 8/10/04)
August 11, 2004
A SECURITY SOURCE IN IRAQ SAID THAT THE AMERICANS ARE BEHIND THE ABDUCTION OF AN IRANIAN DIPLOMAT. (JOMHOUR-YE ESLAMI, IRAN, 8/10/04)
August 11, 2004
THE IRANIAN REFORMIST DAILY NASSIM-E SABA HAS CLOSED. (JOMHOUR-YE ESLAMI, IRAN, 8/10/04)
August 11, 2004
THE IRANIAN CONSERVATIVE PAPER KAYHAN SPECULATED THAT PERHAPS THE ABDUCTED IRANIAN DIPLOMAT IS IN THE HANDS OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS OR OF THE IRAQI POLICE. IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER KHARRAZI CONFIRMED THAT DIPLOMATIC CONTACTS ARE UNDERWAY TO SECURE HIS RELEASE. (KAYHAN, IRAN, 8/10/04)
August 11, 2004
DFLP SECRETARY-GENERAL NAIF HAWATME CALLED ON LEBANESE AUTHORITIES TO 'GRANT THE PALESTINIANS IN LEBANON HUMAN AND SOCIAL RIGHTS, SUCH AS THE RIGHT TO HOLD PROPERTY AND TO WORK.' (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 8/9/04)
August 11, 2004
THE LEBANESE MUFTI COUNCIL SAID THAT AGGRESSION AGAINST THE AL-AQSA MOSQUE IS 'A DIRECT THREAT ON WORLD PEACE' AND CALLED FOR 'AN ARAB, ISLAMIC, AND INTERNATIONAL MOVE TO DETER ISRAEL FROM FULFILLING ITS AMBITIONS.' (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 8/9/04)
August 11, 2004
MITHAL AL-ALOUSSI, A SENIOR LEADER IN THE IRAQI NATIONAL CONGRESS HEADED BY AHMAD AL-CHALABI, STATED THAT THE COUNTERFEIT CURRENCY THAT WAS FOUND IN AL-CHALABI'S OFFICE AMOUNTED TO 3,000 DINARS - TWO DOLLARS - AND THAT THE CENTRAL BANK OF IRAQ WAS AWARE OF IT AND STAMPED IT WITH ITS RED STAMP. (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 8/10/04)
August 10, 2004
HIZBULLAH'S WEBSITE WAS ATTACKED BY HACKERS, WHO REPLACED THE PAGE WITH ONE DEDICATED TO PORNOGRAPHY. (DAILY STAR, LEBANON, 8/10/04)
August 10, 2004
KURDISH SOURCES IN SYRIA SAID A SYRIAN KURD WAS TORTURED TO DEATH BY THE SECURITY APPARATUS LESS THAN A WEEK AFTER ANOTHER KURD HAD DIED. (AKHBAR AL-SHARQ, SYRIA, 8/8/04)
August 10, 2004
LIBYA HAS DECIDED TO STOP ALL IMPORTS FROM LEBANON IN RESPONSE TO THE DECISION BY LEBANESE ATTORNEY-GENERAL EDNAN ADOUM TO REOPEN THE CASE OF THE DISAPPEARANCE OF IMAM MOUSA AL-SADR DURING HIS VISIT TO LIBYA. (AL-QUDS AL-ARABI, LONDON, 8/7/04)
August 10, 2004
THE SOCIETY OF IRANIAN WOMEN JOURNALISTS SECRETARY-GENERAL JAMILEH KADIVAR EMPHASIZED THAT WOMEN WANT 'EQUAL CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS' AND ADDED, 'ALTHOUGH MANY SLOGANS HAVE BEEN GIVEN IN THIS RESPECT, WE HAVE NOT YET WITNESSED SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT.' (IRAN DAILY, 8/9/04)
August 10, 2004
LEBANESE PARLIAMENT SPEAKER NABIH BERRI SAID THAT GLOBAL ARROGANT POWERS ARE EXERTING EVERY EFFORT TO PREVENT IRAN FROM ACQUIRING TECHNOLOGY TO DEVELOP NUCLEAR ENERGY FOR PEACEFUL PURPOSES. (IRNA, IRAN, 8/9/04)
August 10, 2004
A U.K. HIGH COURT SAID JEAN-CHARLES BRISARD AND HIS TWO JCB CONSULTING COMPANIES MADE DEFAMATORY AND FALSE STATEMENTS ABOUT KHALID BIN MAHFOUZ BY ALLEGING THAT HE WAS A SAUDI SPONSOR OF AL-QAIDA AND AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT AS CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK HE DIVERTED OR WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR DIVERTING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS. THE STATEMENTS WERE MADE IN A REPORT THAT THE DEFENDANTS CLAIM WAS COMMISSIONED BY THE UN. (SAUDI GAZETTE, 8/9/04)
August 10, 2004
IRAN'S EXPEDIENCY COUNCIL CHAIRMAN AKBAR HASHEMI RAFSANJANI SAID DURING A MEETING WITH VISITING IRAQI FINANCE MINISTER ADEL ABDUL-MAHDI THAT IRAQI DOES NOT NEED A FOREIGN ADVISOR OR GUARDIAN. (IRAN DAILY, 8/5/04)
August 10, 2004
IRANIAN PRESIDENT MOHAMMAD KHATAMI SAID THAT IRAN'S BOLSTERING OF TIES WITH THE CAUCASUS AREA, PARTICULARLY WITH ITS MUSLIM NEIGHBORS, IS PART OF IRAN'S FOREIGN POLICY PRINCIPLES. (IRNA, IRAN, 8/6/04)
August 9, 2004
IRAQI INTELLIGENCE SERVICES ARRESTED FOUR IRANIAN INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS UNDER THE COMMAND OF TIMOR MOHAMMAD MAHDI IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA OF BAGHDAD. THE IRANIANS WERE ENGAGED IN SPYING AND SABOTAGE. (AL-ZAMAN, IRAQ, 8/7/04)
August 9, 2004
THE GOVERNOR OF NAJAF, ADNAN AL-ZARAFI, SAID THAT THE IRAQI SECURITY FORCES HAD CONFISCATED A GRENADE LAUNCHER MARKED 'MADE IN IRAN' FROM SUPPORTERS OF MUQTADA AL-SADR. HE ADDED THAT NAJAF RESIDENTS HAD SAID THAT MOST OF THE MORTAR SHELLS FALLING ON CIVILIAN HOMES DURING THE RIOTS WITH AL-SADR'S MEN WERE ALSO MARKED 'MADE IN IRAN.' (E'ETEMAD, IRAN, 8/8/04)
August 9, 2004
IN A STATEMENT, A GROUP CALLING ITSELF THE ISLAMIC ARMY IN IRAQ SAID IT HAD 'DETAINED' IRANIAN DIPLOMAT FEREYDOUN JAHANI 'FOR STIRRING SECTARIAN STRIFE AND FOR ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE HIS DIPLOMATIC DUTIES.' (IRNA, IRAN, 8/9/04)
August 9, 2004
IRAQI POLICE ARRESTED NINE AFGHANIS AND 10 IRANIANS ACCUSED OF CARRYING OUT TERRORIST ACTIVITIES IN KARBALA. (AL-ZAMAN, 8/7/04)
August 9, 2004
SYRIAN PRESIDENT BASHAR ASSAD SAID THE U.S. HAD ASKED SYRIA TO SEND MILITARY FORCES TO IRAQ TO PARTICIPATE IN MAINTAINING STABILITY THERE, BUT DID NOT SAY WHETHER HE HAD AGREED TO DO SO. (AKHBAR AL-SHARQ, SYRIA, 8/3/04).
August 9, 2004
THE MUFTI OF LEBANON SAID ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RECENT BOMBING OF THE CHURCHES IN IRAQ IN ORDER TO SPREAD DIVISION BETWEEN CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS IN THE ARAB WORLD. (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 8/7/04)
August 9, 2004
LEBANESE INFORMATION MINISTER MICHEL SAMAHA SAID THE FRENCH MEASURES AGAINST AL-MANAR TV ARE 'AGGRESSION' AND ARE DERIVED FROM 'A DANGEROUS POLITICAL BACKGROUND.' HE SAID THE LEBANESE INFORMATION MINISTRY WAS ACTING 'TO PROTECT THE LEBANESE CHANNELS IN THE FACE OF THE ZIONIST THOUGHT … WHICH RAPES THE ARAB RIGHTS.' (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 8/3/04)
August 9, 2004
IRAN'S DEFENSE MINISTER ALI SHAMKHANI SAID IRAN WILL BE UPGRADING ITS SHIHAB-3 MISSILE IN THE NEAR FUTURE: 'WE CONSIDER THIS TO BE OUR NATURAL RIGHT. OF COURSE, THIS PROCESS DOES NOT CONCERN ONLY MISSILE RANGE. WE SHALL PURSUE UPGRADING IN ALL FIELDS… I CLEARLY ANNOUNCE HERE THAT WE POSE NO THREAT TO ANY EUROPEAN COUNTRY.' (AFTAB-E YAZD, IRAN, 8/8/04)
August 9, 2004
FORMER IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AND ADVISOR TO THE IRANIAN LEADER, ALI AKBAR VELAYATI, SAID: 'THE AMERICANS, BY AFFRONTING HOLY SITES ACROSS IRAQ, HAVE SOWN THE SEEDS OF COMBAT AND RESISTANCE, WHOSE SIBLING WILL BE IRRIGATED WITH THE BLOOD OF MARTYRS AND GROW UP STRONGER… THE IRAQIS, WHO HAVE JUST RID THEMSELVES OF SADDAM HUSSEIN, NOW SEE THEMSELVES AS OUT OF THE FRYING PAN AND INTO THE FIRE AND IN THE THROES OF THE GREAT SATAN [I.E. THE U.S.].' (SHARQ, IRAN, 8/9/04)
August 9, 2004
THE ANSAR AL-SHARI'A MOVEMENT APPOINTED AS THE REPLACEMENT OF ABU HAMZA AL-MASRI, WHO IS CURRENTLY IMPRISONED IN BRITAIN, HIS RIGHT-HAND MAN ABU ABD ALLAH AL-TURKI (A BEDOUIN NAME), WHO IS A BRITISH CITIZEN OF TURKISH CYPRIOT ORIGIN. (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 8/9/04)
August 9, 2004
A PA INFORMATION MINISTRY DELEGATION VISITING LEBANON MET WITH THE LEBANESE MUFTI MOHAMMED QUBANI AND HANDED HIM SOIL FROM PALESTINE, A PICTURE OF THE AL-AQSA MOSQUE, AND A MESSAGE FROM PA CHAIRMAN YASSER ARAFAT. (AL-QUDS AL-ARABI, LONDON, 8/7/04)
August 9, 2004
THE SYRIAN CITY OF SAFITA WILL HOST ON AUGUST 11 THE FIRST SYRIAN SYMPOSIUM OF SYRIAN EXPATRIATES FROM THE CITY. (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 8/7/04)
August 9, 2004
THE DRUZE LEBANESE SOCIALIST PROGRESSIVE PARTY CALLED THE APPOINTMENT OF A DRUZE OFFICER TO A HIGH RANK IN THE ISRAELI ARMY 'AN ATTEMPT … TO FIGHT THE NATIONAL AWARENESS OF THE 1948 DRUZE ARAB WHO REFUSES TO BE RECRUITED BY FORCE'. (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 8/3/04)
August 9, 2004
SECURITY FORCES IN SYRIA ARRESTED 18 INDIVIDUALS FOLLOWING AN ARMED ATTACK ON A BRANCH OF THE BA'TH PARTY IN A VILLAGE OUTSIDE THE CITY OF HAMA. (AL-ZAMAN, BAGHDAD, 8/9/04)
August 9, 2004
RICE EXPORTS FROM EGYPT TO ISRAEL HAVE STEADILY INCREASED FROM 1,500 TONS IN 2002, TO 2,500 TONS IN 2003 AND 7,000 TONS IN 2004. (AL-ZAMAN, BAGHDAD, 8/9/04)
August 9, 2004
THE CONSERVATIVE IRANIAN PERSIAN DAILY RESALAT WROTE THAT THE LEGACY OF THE AMERICANS IN IRAQ IS TERRORISM, GENOCIDE, SACRILEGIOUS ACTS, PLUNDERING OIL RESOURCES, AND DESTRUCTION OF CITIES. (RESALAT, IRAN, 8/8/04)
August 6, 2004
HAZEM SHA'LAN, IRAQ'S DEFENSE MINISTER, REPEATED HIS STRONG CRITICISM OF IRAN AND ACCUSED IT OF 'TRYING TO DESTROY IRAQ AND OBLITERATE ITS NATIONAL IDENTITY'. (AL-RAYA, QATAR, 8/4/04)
August 6, 2004
THE GOVERNOR OF NAJAF ACCUSED IRAN OF ALLYING ITSELF WITH OFFICIALS IN AL-MAHDI ARMY, HEADED BY THE RADICAL SHI'ITE MUQTADA AL-SADR, AND SAID THAT THE POLICE AND THE NATIONAL GUARD IN THE CITY WERE ORDERED TO ARREST ANYONE BEARING ARMS. (AL-HAYAT, LONDON, 8/4/04)
August 6, 2004
THE HEAD OF THE PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR IRAQ'S NATIONAL CONFERENCE STATED THAT EFFORTS ARE CONTINUING TO CONVINCE THE RADICAL SHI'ITE LEADER MUQTADA AL-SADR AND THE SUNNI COUNCIL OF MUSLIM JURISPRUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE UPCOMING CONFERENCE, WHICH WILL CONVENE IN MID-AUGUST. (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 8/4/04)
August 6, 2004
'THE ARAB PROJECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS' LAUNCHED A CAMPAIGN TO COLLECT 10,000 SIGNATURES DEMANDING THE TERMINATION OF THE STATE OF EMERGENCY, MILITARY LAWS, AND THE SUPREME SECURITY TRIBUNALS IN EGYPT. (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 8/4/04)
August 6, 2004
IRAQ'S MINISTRY FOR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SAID THAT THERE ARE STILL 25 MILLION MINES IN IRAQ. (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 8/4/04)
August 6, 2004
THE SHI'ITE BLOCK IN THE BAHRAINI PARLIAMENT IS SET TO SUBMIT A BILL THAT PROHIBITS THE IMPORT OF ALCOHOL TO THE COUNTRY. (AL-HAYAT, LONDON, 8/4/04)
August 5, 2004
A WEBSITE IDENTIFIED WITH ISLAMIST ORGANIZATIONS IN IRAQ REPORTED THAT FIERCE BATTLES WERE RAGING IN THE RAMADI REGION AFTER THE IRAQI RESISTANCE FORCES MANAGED TO ABDUCT, ON MONDAY, AN AMERICAN GENERAL ACCOMPANYING AN AMERICAN CONVOY ON ITS WAY TO ONE OF THE COMMAND POSTS. (WWW.ISLAMMEMO.CC, 8/4/04)
August 5, 2004
SALAM AL-CHALABI, THE HEAD OF THE SPECIAL TRIBUNAL TO TRY SADDAM HUSSEIN, DENIED ANY INVOLVEMENT IN THE DEATH OF AN IRAQI OFFICIAL WHO WAS INVESTIGATING THE FINANCES OF HIS UNCLE AHAMD AL-CHALABI. HE SAID THAT THE ACCUSATION IS A POLITICAL ATTEMPT TO DERAIL THE TRIAL. (AL-MASHREQ, BAGHDAD, 8/4/04)
August 5, 2004
IN AN OPEN LETTER TO THE IRAQIS, VICE PREMIER DR. IBRAHIM SALEH, SAID THAT FIGHTING TERRORISM IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ALL AND THAT THE EXCUSE OF 'FIGHTING THE OCCUPATION' IS ONLY A RUSE THAT DID NOT DECEIVE THE IRAQI PEOPLE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. (AL-MADA, BAGHDAD, 8/4/04)
August 5, 2004
A RADICAL ISLAMIST INTERNET SITE PUBLISHED A STATEMENT BY A GROUP CALLED 'THE ISLAMIC UNIFICATION GROUP' CAUTIONING SAUDI ARABIA AGAINST 'SENDING ARAB OR ISLAMIC FORCES TO IRAQ IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST FROM THE 'CRUSADERS.'' (AL-SHARQ, QATAR, 8/4/04)
August 5, 2004
SYRIA'S OIL MINISTER IBRAHIM HADDAD SAID THAT DAMASCUS AND BAGHDAD ARE DISCUSSING THE REACTIVATION OF THE KIRKUK-BANIAS OIL PIPELINE THAT WILL CARRY 200,000 BARRELS A DAY, AND BUILDING A NEW PIPELINE WITH A CAPACITY OF 1.4 MILLION BARRELS A DAY. (AL-HAYAT, LONDON, 8/4/04)
August 5, 2004
IRAN'S EXPEDIENCY COUNCIL CHAIRMAN AKBAR HASHEMI RAFSANJANI SAID DURING A MEETING WITH VISITING IRAQI FINANCE MINISTER ADEL ABDUL-MAHDI THAT IRAQ DOES NOT NEED A FOREIGN ADVISOR OR GUARDIAN. (IRAN DAILY, 8/5/04)
August 5, 2004
PALESTINIAN FINANCE MINISTER SALEM FAYYAD SAID THAT AL-AQSA MARTYRS BRIGADES ACTIVISTS HAD PROMISED NOT TO CARRY OUT ATTACKS ON CIVILIANS WITHIN THE GREEN LINE BECAUSE THEY UNITED ISRAELI SOCIETY AGAINST THE PALESTINIANS. (AL-BAYAN, U.A.E., 8/4/04)
August 5, 2004
TRIBAL LEADERS IN MOSUL IN NORTHERN IRAQ ASKED THE MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR TO ALLOW THEM TO FORM ARMED MILITIAS FOR SECURITY PURPOSES IN LIGHT OF THE INCREASED NUMBER OF ASSASSINATIONS AND KIDNAPPINGS IN THE AREA. (AL-MASHREQ, BAGHDAD, 8/4/04)
August 5, 2004
RASHAD AMR, IRAQ'S MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, SAID THAT ALL THE BUILDINGS IN AL-TAWEETHA NUCLEAR CENTER HAVE BEEN FREE OF ANY RADIOACTIVITY SINCE THE NEW GOVERNMENT ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY AND THAT THE INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR ENERGY COMMISSION AGREED TO SPEND 1 MILLION DOLLARS ON PROJECTS THAT HAD BEEN SUSPENDED SINCE 1995. (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 8/3/04)
August 5, 2004
THE HEAD OF THE INDEPENDENT HIGH COMMISSION FOR ELECTIONS IN IRAQ, DR. FAREED IYYAR, EMPHASIZED THAT HIS ORGANIZATION IS FUNCTIONING WITHOUT ANY GOVERNMENTAL OR FOREIGN INTERVENTION AND THAT THE COMMISSION MEMBERS ARE ELECTED WITH INTEGRITY AND NON-PARTISANSHIP. (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 8/3/04)
August 5, 2004
KUWAIT AGREED TO A LONG-TERM LEASE OF THE ISLANDS OF WARBA AND BUBIYAN TO IRAQ IN EXCHANGE FOR 'MUTUAL INTERESTS.' (AL-SHARQ, QATAR, 8/4/04)
August 5, 2004
THE HEAD OF THE IRAQI COMMITTEE OF MIA'S AND POLITICAL DETAINEES, MUHAMMAD DAHAM, ACCUSED KUWAIT OF 'SELLING TO IRAN MORE THAN 13,000 IRAQI PRISONERS CAPTURED IN THE 1991 GULF WAR.' IRAN HAS DENIED HAVING ANY IRAQI PRISONERS. (AL-SHARQ, QATAR, 8/4/04)
August 5, 2004
THE ORGANIZATION FOR INITIATIVES ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN EGYPT ACCUSED THE GOVERNMENT OF AN 'ONGOING PATTERN OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AGAINST THE SHI'A IN EGYPT.' HOWEVER, THE ORGANIZATION SAID IT DID NOT DISCOVER AN OFFICIAL POLICY TO DO SO. (AL-WATAN, QATAR, 8/4/04)
August 5, 2004
THE KURDISH POLITICAL PARTIES IN SYRIA ADOPTED A COORDINATED PLAN TO UNIFY THEIR POLITICAL ACTIVITIES. 12 KURDISH PARTIES PARTICIPATED IN THE AGREEMENT. (AL-WATAN, QATAR, 8/4/04)
August 5, 2004
FATAH CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEMBER HANI AL-HASSAN SAID, 'THE GLORIOUS INTIFADA HAS LED TO A SITUATION OF 'BALANCE OF CRISES.' IN ISRAEL, THERE IS A GRAVE ECONOMIC AND SECURITY CRISIS, AND THE SAME CRISIS EXISTS ALSO FOR THE PALESTINIANS… THE INTIFADA DOES NOT PRESUME TO REMOVE THE ENEMY BEYOND THE BORDER, BUT IT IS CAPABLE OF TIRING IT SO THAT IT HAS AN INTEREST IN EXITING BEYOND THE BORDER. THIS IS WHAT WE SEE TODAY IN THE GAZA STRIP.' (AL-HAYAT, LONDON, 8/5/04)
August 5, 2004
THE RELEASE OF POLITICAL PRISONERS IN SYRIA IS CONTINUING. AMONG 91 RELEASED RECENTLY IS SYRIA'S MOST VETERAN POLITICAL PRISONER, AMAD SIHA, ARRESTED THREE DECADES AGO. (AL-HAYAT, LONDON, 8/5/04)
August 4, 2004
A PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN GROUP CALLED 'THE PLANNING AND FOLLOW-UP COMMISSION IN IRAQ' CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ATTACKS ON SEVERAL IRAQI CHRISTIAN CHURCHES. THE GROUP SAID IT IS OPPOSING A 'CRUSADER WAR' AGAINST MUSLIMS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN,' AND ACCUSED THE U.S. ATTEMPTING TO 'CHRISTIANIZE' THE MUSLIM WORLD.
August 4, 2004
RAGHAD, SADDAM HUSSEIN'S ELDEST DAUGHTER, DESCRIBED HERSELF AS A POLITICAL PERSON AND SAID THAT THE NAME SHE CARRIES IMPOSES ON HER CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS. (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 8/3/2004)
August 4, 2004
A WESTERN DIPLOMATIC SOURCE TOLD THE QATARI DAILY AL-WATAN ABOUT AN UPCOMING MEETING BETWEEN U.S. AND SYRIAN OFFICIALS FOR DISCUSSING THE IMMINENT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN LEBANON. (CHAMPRESS, SYRIA, 8/3/04)
August 4, 2004
60 MILLION DOLLARS WERE BUDGETED TO CONDUCT A CENSUS IN IRAQ NEXT OCTOBER. (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 8/3/2004)
August 4, 2004
THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE IN THE EGYPTIAN PARLIAMENT CALLED FOR 'SERIOUS PARTICIPATION IN THE ARAB EFFORTS TO REBUILD IRAQ'. IT CRITICIZED EGYPT'S 'ABSENCE FROM THE IRAQI ARENA.' (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 8/3/2004)
August 4, 2004
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE IRAQI NATIONAL CONGRESS, HEADED BY DR. AHMAD AL-CHALABI, PUBLICLY DENOUNCED RECENT STATEMENTS BY IRAQ'S DEFENSE MINISTER, HAZEM AL-SHA'LAN, IN WHICH HE DESCRIBED IRAN AS THE GREATEST ENEMY OF IRAQ. AL-CHALABI ARRIVED IN TEHRAN TO PARTICIPATE IN THE IRAQI-IRANIAN ECONOMIC MEETING. (AL-MUTAMAR, BAGHDAD, 8/2/2004)
August 4, 2004
THE HEAD OF 'THE ARAB ORGANIZATION FOR THE FREEDOM OF THE PRESS,' IBRAHIM NOUR, SAID THAT 'A FEW OF IRAQ'S NEIGHBORS ARE STALKING IT AND GETTING READY TO POUNCE ON IT WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY PRESENTS ITSELF.' HE ADDED THAT A WITHDRAWAL OF THE MULTI-NATIONAL FORCES AT THE PRESENT TIME WILL LEAD TO A CIVIL WAR. (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 8/3/2004)
August 4, 2004
DURING THE MONTH OF JULY, IRAQI OIL EXPORTS VIA THE PORT OF BASRA REACHED 1.2 MILLION BARRELS A DAY, DESPITE EARLIER SABOTAGE OF THE PIPELINE. (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 8/3/2004)
August 4, 2004
IN A MESSAGE ON THE OCCASION OF SYRIA'S ARMY DAY, SYRIAN PRESIDENT BASHAR AL-ASSAD WARNED OF THE 'TRAGIC SITUATION' IN IRAQ'S IMPLICATIONS FOR 'ALL THE COUNTRIES IN THE REGION AND THOSE MORE REMOTE.' (AL-SAFIR, SYRIA, 8/2/04)
August 4, 2004
HIZBULLAH DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL NA'IM QASSEM SAID: 'THE DANGER THAT THE AL-AQSA MOSQUE WILL BE DESTROYED IN ORDER TO BUILD THE SO-CALLED SOLOMON'S TEMPLE IS REAL. WE SEE OURSELVES IN AN OPEN CONFRONTATION WITH THE ISRAELI ENEMY.' (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 8/1/04)
August 4, 2004
UK AMBASSADOR TO SYRIA PETER FORD SAID SYRIAN-BRITISH RELATIONS ARE IMPROVING AND THAT THE SYRIAN-EUROPEAN COOPERATION AGREEMENT WOULD BE SIGNED TOWARDS THE END OF THIS SUMMER. (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 8/1/04)
August 4, 2004
SYRIAN SOURCES SAID THAT NO MORE THAN 60 POLITICAL PRISONERS HAD BEEN RELEASED RECENTLY AND THAT 200 MORE ARE WAITING FOR THEIR PROMISED RELEASE IN THE SYRIAN SECURITY APPARATUS OFFICES. (AKHBAR AL-SHARQ, SYRIA, 8/2/04)
August 3, 2004
MAHDI AKEF, THE LEADER OF MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD IN EGYPT, SAID THE ‘MOSSAD'S FINGERS’ ARE BEHIND THE BOMBING OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES IN IRAQ ON SUNDAY (AL-ZAMAN, IRAQ, 8/3/04)
August 3, 2004
A SENIOR COMMANDER IN THE IRAQI NATIONAL GUARD, MADHAR AL-MAWLI, SAID THAT INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE ARRESTED FOR PLANNING TO ABDUCT FOREIGNERS IN IRAQ IMPLICATED NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES IN THEIR TRAINING AND DEPLOYMENT. (AL-SABAH AL-JADEED, BAGHDAD, 8/1/04)
August 3, 2004
GRAND AYATOLLAH ALI AL-SISTANI ISSUED AN EDICT PROHIBITING HIS CLERGY FROM TRYING TO AFFECT THE UPCOMING GENERAL ELECTIONS IN IRAQ AND EMPHASIZED THAT PEOPLE ARE FREE TO ELECT ANYONE THEY WANT. (AL-MASHREQ, BAGHDAD, 8/1/04)
August 3, 2004
A GROUP ASSOCIATED WITH ABU MUS'AB AL-ZARQAWI IN THE IRAQI CITY OF SAMARA SAID THAT IT CAPTURED 'CRIMINAL IRAQIS LED BY A SENIOR POLICE OFFICER WHO ARE MASQUERADING AS MUSLIM FIGHTERS, AND RELEASED A TEENAGER WHOM THEY HAD ABDUCTED.' (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 8/2/04)
August 3, 2004
AS PART OF SADDAM HUSSEIN'S TRIAL, THE SPECIAL IRAQI TRIBUNAL CALLED ON ALL THE FAMILIES WHOSE MEMBERS WERE EXECUTED BY THE FORMER REGIME TO SUBMIT AN OFFICIAL COMPLAINT TO THE COURT. (AL-SABAH AL-JADEED, BAGHDAD, 8/1/04)
August 3, 2004
THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF RADIOACTIVITY AT THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY IN IRAQ SAID THAT 400 CONTAINERS OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL HAVE BEEN STOLEN FROM THE NUCLEAR REACTOR CENTER IN AL-TAWEETHA. ONLY 70 OF THE 400 CONTAINERS WERE RETRIEVED. (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 8/2/04)
August 3, 2004
SAUDI ARABIA'S AMBASSADOR TO BRITAIN, PRINCE TURKI AL-FAISAL, SAID THAT MICHAEL MOORE, THE PRODUCER OF THE DOCUMENTARY ‘FAHRENHEIT 9/11,' WAS GIVEN A VISA TO VISIT SAUDI ARABIA TO CHECK HIS FACTS, DID NOT VISIT SAUDI ARABIA. (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 8/2/04)
August 3, 2004
WORK HAS STARTED TO BUILD THE LARGEST HOUSING COMPLEX SOUTH OF KIRKUK TO SETTLE 100,000 KURDS. THE COMPLEX WILL INCLUDE SCHOOLS AND HEALTH SERVICES. (AL-MASHREQ, BAGHDAD, 8/2/04)
August 3, 2004
LEBANESE SHIITE CLERIC MUHAMMAD FADLALLAH CALLED ON 'THE EUROPEAN STATES, GOVERNMENTS, AND EVEN PEOPLES TO STEP DOWN FROM WORRYING ABOUT THE JEWS UNDER THE BANNER OF ANTI-SEMITISM AT THE EXPENSE OF OTHER NATIONS.' (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 7/28/04)
August 3, 2004
IRANIAN SENIOR CLERIC AYATOLLAH MOHAMMAD MOUSAVI BOJNOURDI DESCRIBED ISLAM AS THE GREATEST WOMEN'S RIGHTS ADVOCATE OF ALL TIME. (IRNA, IRAN, 8/1/04)
August 3, 2004
IRAQ'S RAIL AUTHORITY STARTED BUILDING 100 KILOMETERS OF TRACK CONNECTING IRAQ AND JORDON, WHICH IS CONSIDERED THE MAIN COMMERCIAL GATEWAY TO IRAQ. (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON 8/1/04)
August 3, 2004
RAAF NAJEM, FORMER JORDANIAN AWQAF MINISTER, WROTE IN THE INTRODUCTION TO A BOOK BY FORMER AWQAF MINISTER ABD AL-'AZIZ 'AZZAT AL-HAYAT THAT THE ISRAELI ENTITY IN PALESTINE CAN NOT CONTINUE AS A TEMPORARY STATE BECAUSE THE ISRAELIS HAVE NO HISTORY, HERITAGE, OR RIGHTS TO THE LAND. (AL-QUDS, PA, 8/1/04)
August 3, 2004
JAILED ACADEMIC DR. HASHEM AGHAJARI, WHO WAS RELEASED FROM PRISON ON BAIL SATURDAY, SAID HE WOULD PROTEST AGAINST THE VERDICT. HE POSTED AS BAIL THE DEED TO A FRIEND'S HOUSE, WORTH IRR 970 MILLION. (SHARQ, IRAN, 8/1/04)
August 3, 2004
TEHRAN SUBSTITUTE FRIDAY PRAYER LEADER AYATOLLAH MOHAMMAD EMAMI-KASHANI SAID THAT THE U.S. WILL COLLAPSE LIKE GENGHIS KHAN'S EMPIRE AND THAT 'THE UNITED STATES, RESORTING TO MISLEADING WORLD PUBLIC OPINION AND FALSE PHRASES, IS PROMOTING ITS MALIGNANT OBJECTIVES AT THE GLOBAL LEVEL.' (KAYHAN, IRAN, 7/31/04)
August 3, 2004
THE BANNED LEBANESE FUNDAMENTALIST LIBERATION PARTY SAID LEBANESE AUTHORITIES HAD ARRESTED A GROUP OF ITS ACTIVISTS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE COUNTRY FOLLOWING A DEMONSTRATION IN TRIPOLI THE PREVIOUS WEEK. (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 7/28/04)
August 3, 2004
A PLO OFFICIAL IN LEBANON, MUNIR AL-MIQDAH, INFORMED PLO SECRETARY-GENERAL IN LEBANON, SULTAN ABU EL-EINEN, OF HIS RESIGNATION IN PROTEST AGAINST THE DETERIORATION IN SECURITY IN THE EIN AL-HILWE REFUGEE CAMP. (AL-QUDS AL-ARABI, LONDON, 7/31/04)
August 3, 2004
RABAB AL-SADER, SISTER OF IMAM MUSA AL-SADER WHO HAD DISAPPEARED IN LIBYA IN 1978, CONFIRMED THAT HER FAMILY BLAMED LIBYAN LEADER MOAMMAR GADDAFI, ADDING THAT THEY ONLY WANT THE TRUTH ABOUT HER BROTHER'S FATE. (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 7/31/04)
August 3, 2004
THE NATIONAL AND ISLAMIST PALESTINIAN FORCES IN THE EIN AL-HILWE REFUGEE CAMP SIGNED AN HONOR TREATY REMOVING POLITICAL PROTECTION FROM ANY ORGANIZATION OR INDIVIDUAL ATTEMPTING TO DAMAGE THE STABILITY OF SECURITY IN THE CAMP OR THREATEN TO COOPERATE WITH THE LEBANESE AUTHORITIES. (AL-HAYAT, LONDON, 8/1/04)
August 3, 2004
THE SYRIAN COMMUNIST NEWSPAPER QASSIOUN SAID: 'THE PROPER CONFRONTATION WITH THE U.S.-ZIONIST CONSPIRACY REQUIRES A QUALITATIVE TRANSFORMATION IN THE TREATMENT OF THE MASSES, WHICH ARE THE MAIN INSTRUMENT IN THE CONFRONTATION.'(AKHBAR AL-SHARQ, SYRIA, 7/31/04)
August 3, 2004
SAUDI ARABIA INFORMED THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT THAT SIX ISLAMIC COUNTRIES RESPONDED TO THE SAUDI INITIATIVE TO SEND TROOPS TO IRAQ. THE GULF STATES ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WILL CONTRIBUTE TWO BILLION DOLLARS TO FINANCE SUCH A FORCE. (AL-MASHREQ, BAGHDAD, 8/2/04)
August 3, 2004
SAUDI ARABIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER PRINCE SAUD AL-FAISAL SAID THAT ONE OF THE CONDITIONS FOR SENDING ISLAMIC TROOPS TO IRAQ IS THAT TO REPLACE THE MULTI-NATIONAL FORCES, NOT TO BE AN APPENDIX TO THEM. (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 8/2/04)
August 3, 2004
EGYPTIAN PARLIAMENTARIANS CALLED FOR A NEW BILL THAT WILL ALLOW THE PARLIAMENT TO IMPEACH FORMER CABINET MINISTERS ON THE BASIS THAT POLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY DOES NOT EXPIRE WITH TIME. (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 8/1/04)
August 3, 2004
IRAQ'S EDUCATION MINISTER CALLED FOR THE IMMEDIATE WITHDRAWAL OF THE MULTI-NATIONAL FORCES FROM THE ANCIENT CITY OF BABYLON, SAYING THAT HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND THEIR CONSTANT MOVEMENTS HARM THE SITE. (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 8/2/04)
August 3, 2004
EGYPT'S PARLIAMENT IS INVESTIGATING THE SHORTAGE OF IMPORTED CANNED MILK FOR BABIES, WHICH IS ENDANGERING THE LIVES OF ABOUT 750,000 BABIES. (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 8/2/04)
August 3, 2004
MAS'OUD AL-BARAZANI, THE PRIME MINISTER OF ONE OF THE TWO KURDISH REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS IN NORTHERN IRAQ, MET WITH SYRIA'S VICE-PRESIDENT AND DISCUSSED ‘THE SITUATION IN IRAQ AND THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING ITS NATIONAL INTEGRITY'. (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 8/2/04)
August 3, 2004
THE SALE OF PC'S IN IRAQ INCREASED DRAMATICALLY DURING THE LAST YEAR FOR THREE MAJOR REASONS: FREEDOM OF COMMERCE, DECLINE IN PRICES, AND INCREASES IN PERSONAL INCOME. (AL-HAYAT, LONDON, 8/2/04)
August 3, 2004
A STUDY SHOWED THAT 70% OF BAHRAINIS WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY BOYCOTT AMERICAN GOODS. (ARABICNEWS.COM, 8/2/04)
August 2, 2004
THE CLERICS AND PREACHERS AUTHORITY IN PALESTINE CALLED FOR BRITAIN TO RELEASE ABU HAMZA AL-MASRI, WHO IS IMPRISONED ON CHARGES OF CONSPIRING TO MURDER FOUR PEOPLE. 'WE CONDEMN THE UNPRECEDENTED INTERNATIONAL PIRACY THAT IS CONTEMPTUOUS OF EVERYTHING ARAB AND MUSLIM.' (AL-QUDS, PA, 8/1/04)
August 2, 2004
THE IRAQI SHI'ITE LEADER MUQTADA AL-SADR 'ADVISED' ARAB AND MUSLIM COUNTRIES NOT TO SEND FORCES TO IRAQ BECAUSE THEY WILL BE SEEN AS 'COOPERATING WITH THE OCCUPIERS.' (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 7/31/04)
August 2, 2004
A JOINT FORCE OF THE IRAQI NATIONAL GUARD AND THE MULTI-NATIONAL FORCES ARRESTED A REPRESENTATIVE OF SHI'ITE LEADER MUQTADA AL-SADR IN THE HOLY CITY OF KARBALA. A SHI'ITE SPOKESMAN CONDEMNED THE ARREST AND SAID THAT 'IT DEEPENED THE CHASM BETWEEN US AND THE GOVERNMENT.' (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 8/1/04)
August 2, 2004
THE CONSERVATIVE IRANIAN DAILY KAYHAN WROTE THAT IRAQI DEFENSE MINISTER HAZEM SHA'LAN HAD BEEN BRIBED $8 MILLION BY THE AMERICANS TO MAKE HIS ANTI-IRANIAN STATEMENTS. (KAYHAN, IRAN, 8/1/04)
August 2, 2004
IRAQI PRESIDENT GHAZI AL-YAWAR COMMENTED ON THE GENERAL AMNESTY THAT WILL BE ANNOUNCED SHORTLY, SAYING THAT PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE PUNISHED FOR THEIR THOUGHTS, BUT ONLY FOR THEIR DEEDS. HE STRESSED THAT THE AMNESTY WILL NOT INCLUDE CRIMINALS WHO PARTICIPATED IN KILLING IRAQIS OR AMERICANS. (AL-SABAH AL-JADEED, BAGHDAD, 7/31/04)
August 2, 2004
OFFICIALS OF THE IRAQI OLYMPIC COMMITTEE DISCOVERED A DUNGEON UNDER THE RAFTERS OF A MAJOR STADIUM USED BY SADDAM'S SON UDAY TO TORTURE IRAQI ATHLETES. UDAY WAS THE HEAD OF IRAQ'S OLYMPIC COMMITTEE. (AL-MASHREQ, BAGHDAD, 7/31/04)
August 2, 2004
DR. AHMAD AL-CHALABI, THE FORMER AMERICAN ALLY, IS DISTANCING HIMSELF FROM THE AMERICANS IN IRAQ AND IS COURTING THEIR OPPONENTS IN AN EFFORT TO CARVE FOR HIMSELF A POLITICAL ROLE IN IRAQ. (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 7/31/04)
August 2, 2004
A JOINT IRAQI-SAUDI COMMUNIQUE, FOLLOWING THE VISIT OF IRAQI PRIME MINISTER IYAD ALLAWI TO SAUDI ARABIA, ANNOUNCED THE REESTABLISHMENT OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS AND COOPERATION BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES. (AL-HAYAT, LONDON, 7/31/04)
August 2, 2004
IRANIAN FIRST VICE PRESIDENT MOHAMMAD-REZA AREF SAID THAT EXPANSION OF RELATIONS WITH TURKEY IS OF TOP PRIORITY IN IRAN'S FOREIGN POLICY AND THAT TRANSPORTING IRANIAN GAS TO EUROPE VIA TURKEY WAS AMONG THE IMPORTANT ISSUES DISCUSSED WITH TURKEY. (IRNA, IRAN, 7/30/04)
August 2, 2004
IRAN AND TURKEY SINGED A SECURITY AGREEMENT STATING THAT IRAN WOULD FIGHT THE KURDISH PKK AND TURKEY WOULD FIGHT THE MUJAHEDIN KHALQ. (AFTAB-E YAZD, IRAN, 8/1/04)
August 2, 2004
DIPLOMATIC SOURCES IN DAMASCUS ARE EXPECTING A SYRIAN-TURKISH-IRANIAN MEETING TO BE HELD SOON TO 'ENHANCE DIRECT POLITICAL COORDINATION IN REGIONAL ISSUES AT THIS DANGEROUS JUNCTURE'. IT IS NOT EXPECTED THAT THE THREE COUNTRIES WILL CREATE A SEPARATE ALLIANCE. (AL-WATAN, QATAR, 8/1/04)
August 2, 2004
IN AN INTERVIEW WITH A SPANISH NEWSPAPER, AHMAD AL-CHALABI DESCRIBED THE AMERICAN ATTEMPTS TO INVOLVE FORMER BA'ATHISTS IN THE NEW IRAQI REGIME AS 'CATASTROPHIC' AND SAID THE IRAQI RESISTANCE IS LED MOSTLY BY BA'ATHISTS AND ONLY A MINORITY OF ISLAMISTS. (AL-AYYAM, BAHRAIN, 8/1/04)
August 2, 2004
A MASS-GRAVE WAS DISCOVERED IN ALGIERS AND A SECURITY SOURCE SAID THAT THE VICTIMS WERE CIVILIANS KILLED BY AN ISLAMIST RADICAL GROUP IN THE MID-NINETIES. (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 7/31/04)
August 2, 2004
IRAQ'S MINISTER OF IMMIGRATION ANNOUNCED THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO CONVINCE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES TO POSTPONE THE REPATRIATION OF IRAQIS WHO ARE RESIDING THERE ILLEGALLY. (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 7/31/04)
August 2, 2004
AFTER ONE YEAR OF INTRODUCING THE INTERNET TO IRAQ, YOUNG IRAQIS ARE ENJOYING THE FREEDOM THAT IT OFFERS AND HAVE BEEN ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS IN ARABIC CHAT-ROOMS TO THE EXTENT THAT OTHER YOUNG ARABS ARE GETTING COMFORTABLE WITH THE IRAQI ARABIC DIALECT. (AL-HAYAT, LONDON, 7/31/04)
