Iraq
June 27, 2000
By Munir K. Nasser Washington, DC A top US General warned that American forces in the Gulf area are a target for Iraqi chemical and biological weapon
June 26, 2000
An official Iraqi newspaper on Monday described the seizure of Iraqi boats in the Gulf by Kuwait's coastguard as "acts of piracy" and demanded that th
Iraqi president Saddam Hussein issued a decree Sunday suspending his 1998 order that divided the country into four military zones in anticipation of t
Iraqi Justice Minister Shabib Lazim al-Maliki is retiring from his post and transferring to the presidential palace, state television said Sunday. The
June 24, 2000
Kuwait said on Saturday it had seized an Iraqi oil tanker trying to smuggle 650 tons of fuel to the United Arab Emirates in violation of international
An official Iraqi daily on Saturday accused UN Secretary General Kofi Annan of being a "spectator to genocide" because of the decade-old sanctions. "I
An official Iraqi daily on Saturday accused Turkey of double talk on sanctions, saying Ankara wanted the UN embargo against Baghdad to be kept in plac
Iraq accused Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries members Saturday of bowing to US pressure and damaging the cartel's interests after they ag
The former discredited head of UNSCOM inspectors, Richard Butler suggested Friday that Saddam Hussein has used the last 18 months without UN monitors
June 23, 2000
Iraq on Friday accused Iran of collaborating with the United States in planning "terrorist acts" to seize control in Baghdad. "Every terrorist act car
An Iraqi surgeon held in Australia as an illegal immigrant said Friday he fled his homeland because he was not prepared to obey orders to cut off the
June 21, 2000
Iraq has exported crude oil earning more than 29 billion dollars, representing more than 1.8 billion barrels, since the start of the Oil-for-Food prog
June 20, 2000
The Security Council urged Iraq Monday to return property seized from Kuwait after its 1990 invasion and account for hundreds of missing people, addin
June 18, 2000
Iraqi foreign minister Mohammad Said Sahhaf on Sunday blasted Turkey as a "key partner" of the almost daily US-led air strikes on Iraq during patrols
A high-ranking defector from Iraq's army, Najib al-Salihi, said Sunday that he was the victim of unspecified "immoral blackmail" by President Saddam H