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November 2000

• RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 3, Number 39 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 24 November 2000 -- SADDAM STILL HIDING CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS / DEFECTOR SAYS SADDAM KILLED SCORES OF MILITARY OFFICERS / KUWAIT REJECTS RUSSIAN CALL NOT TO ALLOW U.S. FLIGHTS / SAUDI FOREIGN MINISTER, IVANOV DISCUSS IRAQ AND REGIONAL ISSUES / 'JERUSALEM DAY' PARADE HELD IN BAGHDAD / PAKISTANI EXPORTS TO IRAQ INCREASE / REGULAR BAGHDAD-AMMAN FLIGHTS TO RESUME / AZIZ CALLS FOR REGIONAL 'ECONOMIC INTEGRATION.' / AZIZ TO VISIT CHINA / BULGARIAN DELEGATION DISCUSSES JOINT COOPERATION / BARZANI TOURS ARAB WORLD / KDP OFFICIAL ON IMPROVED KDP-PUK RELATIONS / BOMB ATTACK IN IRBIL / SECOND TURKMEN CONVENTION TO BE HELD IN IRBIL
• RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 3, Number 38 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 17 November 2000 -- NO KUWAIT-IRAQ RECONCILIATION AT OIC MEETING / ZHIRINOVSKY BACK IN BAGHDAD... / ...AND SO IS IVANOV / UKRAINE LOOKS TO IRAQ FOR OIL / TURKEY SUGGESTS NEW SANCTIONS POLICY / ITALY, IRAQ CLOSER TO DIALOGUE / LEBANON TO BE INCLUDED IN IRAQ-SYRIA PIPELINE / IRAN CALLS FOR LIFTING OF IRAQ SANCTIONS / KOFI ANNAN MEETS WITH IRAQI OFFICIAL / IBRAHIM RECEIVES EGYPTIAN PRIME MINISTER / GRAVE OF CHEMICAL ATTACK VICTIMS FOUND / MINE REMOVAL IN KURDISTAN PROCEEDING SLOWLY / KDP DENIES HANDING OVER PKK MILITIA TO TURKEY
• Ivanov In Baghdad, RFE/RL Newsline, Vol. 4, No. 221, Part I, 14 November 2000 -- Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov arrived in the Iraqi capital on 13 November at the start of a seven-day tour of the Middle East.
• Switch to euros takes effect for UN's oil-for-food scheme for Iraq, UN News, 14 November 2000 -- Iraq's request to switch the currency used in its United Nations-administered oil sales from dollars to euros has been approved, the office overseeing the effort announced today.
• DoD Background Briefing, Secretary Cohen's Upcoming Trip to Middle East - Iraqi Sanctions, U.S. Department of Defense, 14 November 2000 -- Q: Concerning Iraq, there is a perception in some quarters that the international consensus of containing Iraq, such as it ever was, has eroded somewhat, especially lately. Is there a message that he's carrying with him as he goes over there about containing Iraq in more particular than you've said so far?
• Russia Presses To End Sanctions On Baghdad, RFE/RL Newsline, Vol. 4, No. 220, Part I, 13 November 2000 -- Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov told UNMOVIC chairman Hans Blix in Moscow on 10 November that Moscow wants to work closely with that organization
• State Dept. Noon Briefing - Russian/Iraqi Relations, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 13 November 2000 -- Q: How do you feel about Mr. Ivanov landing in Baghdad for friendly talks with Iraq?
• RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 3, Number 37 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 10 November 2000 -- BAGHDAD LASHES OUT AT ISRAEL / IRAQI FLIGHTS TO BASRA, MOSUL RESUME / UDAY TORTURES IRAQI NATIONAL SOCCER TEAM FOR LOSING / IRAQ MOVES TO BREAK OUT OF DIPLOMATIC ISOLATION / BAGHDAD, KYIV SLATED TO BECOME SISTER CITIES / KIRKUK GOVERNOR CALLS ON UN TO STOP ARABIZATION / BARZANI SAYS KURDISH ADMINISTRATION 'DEAD.' / KURDISH TRIBAL CONFLICT ERUPTS IN HALABCHA
• Iraq / Britain, Voice of America, 10 November 2000 -- A group of British activists opposed to U-N sanctions against Iraq has made a chartered flight from Britain to Iraq.
• RFE/RL Iraq Report, Vol. 3, No. 37, 10 November 2000 -- Baghdad Lashes Out At Israel; Iraqi Flights To Basra, Mosul Resume; Uday Tortures Iraqi National Soccer Players For Losing; Iraq Moves To Break Out of Diplomatic Isolation; Baghdad, Kyiv Slated To Become Sister Cities; Kirkuk Governor Calls On Un To Stop Arabization; Barzani Says Kurdish Administration 'Dead'; Kurdish Tribal Conflict Erupts In Halabcha
• Slavneft Signs Accord With Iraq, RFE/RL Newsline, Vol. 4, No. 218, Part I, 9 November 2000 -- Slavneft, the Russian- Belarusian oil company, has signed a preliminary agreement with Iraq to development that country's Subba oil field
• Iraqi commercial flights not seen as a problem, By Chuck Vinch, Stars and Stripes, 09 November 2000 -- Iraq's resumption of commercial flights into cities in the northern and southern no-fly zones will not affect allied enforcement of restrictions on Iraqi military aircraft in those areas, a Pentagon official said Tuesday.
• State Department Noon Briefing - Iraqi/Egyptian Relations, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 08 November 2000 -- Q: Do you have any comment on the Iraqi-Egyptian decision to turn their interest sections into embassies? Do you think it's a bad idea, perhaps?
• U-S / Iraq Flights, Voice of America, 07 November 2000 -- The U-S Defense Department has ordered procedural changes to make sure U-S and British warplanes do not shoot down Iraqi civilian aircraft in the so-called no-fly zones in Iraq that have been enforced since the end of the Gulf war.
• Iraq earns another $389 million in oil-for-food programme, UN News, 07 November 2000 -- In the week leading up to 3 November, Iraq exported 14.8 million barrels of oil, earning $389 million under the "oil-for-food" programme which allows Baghdad to use a portion of the proceeds from its petroleum sales to pay for humanitarian goods, according to the latest statistics released today by the United Nations office overseeing the effort.
• Saudi Arabia Opens Land Border with Iraq, People's Daily, 07 November 2000 -- Saudi Arabia has opened its land border with Iraq, closed since the 1991 Gulf War, to facilitate transportation of Saudi exports under the UN oil-for-food program, a local newspaper reported Tuesday.
• Pentagon Spokesman's Regular Briefing - Iraqi No-Fly Zones, U.S. Department of Defense, 07 November 2000 -- Q: Has this - the Iraqi commercial flights that have begun recently represent a Iraqi success in further eroding the effectiveness of the no-fly zone?
• State Department Noon Briefing - Iraqi Flights, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 06 November 2000 -- Q: On Iraq, these flights that are going on over the Northern and Southern no-fly zones, correct me if I'm wrong, but after the Gulf War, wasn't it the rule that Iraq could not fly any fixed wing military aircraft over those areas, regardless of who was on them? And aren't these flights that are going now military aircraft with civilians in them?
• State Department on Danger of Flying in Iraqi Airspace, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 06 November 2000 -- The U.S. State Department has issued a warning of heightened concern for the safety of aircraft operating in Iraqi airspace because of recent humanitarian flights to Baghdad.
• White House Daily PRESS BRIEFING - Iraqi Flights, The White House, Office of the Secretary, 06 November 2000 -- Q Jake, on the Middle East again. Iraq has now begun flying passengers in military aircraft into the no-fly zone. What sort of risk does this present and what do you think they're trying to do?
• Iraq Flights, Voice of America, 05 November 2000 -- In Iraq, the national air carrier, Iraqi Airways, has flown two commercial flights within the country for the first time since the Gulf War.
• Iraq Report, RFE/RL, Vol. 3, No. 36, 3 November 2000 -- Horrors of Iraqi Prison System Highlighted; UN Approves Euro Payments For Iraqi Oil; Baghdad Fair Attracts 1500 Firms; U.S., U.K. Have 'No Problem' With Iraqi Domestic Flights; Moscow To Host International Conference On Iraq; Iraqi Armored Units In Western Iraq Withdrawing; Turkey Hopes For Closer Economic Ties With Iraq; Jordan, Iraq To Discuss Building Of Oil Pipeline; China Completes Power Station In Iraq; Barzani Sees No Need For More Meetings; Anc On U.S. Court Decision On 'Assyrian'
• Boucher Statement on the Resumption of Flights Inside Iraq, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 03 November 2000 -- "Recent humanitarian flights to Baghdad have heightened our continuing concern for the safety of aircraft operating anywhere within Iraqi territory or airspace," said Richard Boucher, U.S. Department of State spokesperson, on November 3.
• RFE/RL Iraq Report, Volume 3, Number 36 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 3 November 2000 -- HORRORS OF IRAQI PRISON SYSTEM HIGHLIGHTED / UN APPROVES EURO PAYMENTS FOR IRAQI OIL / BAGHDAD FAIR ATTRACTS 1500 FIRMS / U.S., U.K. HAVE 'NO PROBLEM' WITH IRAQI DOMESTIC FLIGHTS / MOSCOW TO HOST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON IRAQ / IRAQI ARMORED UNITS IN WESTERN IRAQ WITHDRAWING / TURKEY HOPES FOR CLOSER ECONOMIC TIES WITH IRAQ / JORDAN, IRAQ TO DISCUSS BUILDING OF OIL PIPELINE / CHINA COMPLETES POWER STATION IN IRAQ / BARZANI SEES NO NEED FOR MORE MEETINGS / ANC ON U.S. COURT DECISION ON 'ASSYRIAN.'
• Jordan, Iraq Agree to Build Oil Pipeline Linking Two Sides, People's Daily, 03 November 2000 -- Jordan and Iraq will boost cooperation in the field of energy by building an oil pipeline linking the two sides, Jordanian Prime Minister Ali Abu Ragheb said here on Thursday.
• Iraqi missiles and AAA fired at ONW aircraft, United States European Command, 01 November 2000 -- Iraqi forces threatened Operation Northern Watch (ONW) coalition aircraft again today. Iraqi forces launched surface-to-air missiles (SAM) and fired anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) from sites north of Mosul while ONW aircraft conducted routine enforcement of the Northern No-Fly Zone.
• Saddam Still Pursuing Nuclear Weapons, Says Iraqi Scientist, USIS Washington File, 02 November 2000 -- Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's former nuclear weapons expert Khidhir Hamza said Iraq is only months away from making a workable bomb.
• Keeping Iraq Gounded, Airman Magazine, November 2000 -- Operation Northern Watch gets little press. But the troops on guard don't mind the media snub. They know their work pays off in saving lives.
• State Department Noon Briefing - Iraq, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 01 November 2000 -- Q: Is the US disheveled at all by the growing rapport between Arab countries, many of whom you consider friends, and Iraq?