>hands of Zionism. Therefore, the US people should struggle to get rid of >Zionism's control of their capabilities. >In its effort to realize its illegal objectives, Zionism distorted the >reputation of the United States and sabotaged its relations with all world >peoples. The American people should improve the US reputation in the world. >This is our answer to the allegations made by the US secretary of state. > >Letter sent to UN over Saudi pipeline closed in 1990. >Source: Republic of Iraq Radio, Baghdad, in Arabic 1400 gmt 19 Sep 00 > >Iraq has held the Saudi regime responsible for the damage inflected on the >crude oil pipeline running from southern Iraq through Saudi territory to the >Red Sea since 13th August 1990 and said that Saudi Arabia will bear the >legal consequences of this damage until the pipe is reopened. >In a letter to the UN secretary-general, Sa'id Hamid Hasan, Iraq's permanent >representative to the United Nations, said that in the 80s, Iraq and Saudi >Arabia had agreed to lay down the pipeline. An agreement was signed to >install the first stage of the pipeline on 27th September 1984 with the >Italian company Sabiba [phonetic]. The agreement entails installing the new >pipeline and linking it to the Saudi pipeline somewhere near the city of >Riyadh. > >The Iraqi envoy added: Iraqi oil pumping in this pipeline began in >alternation with the Saudi oil on 1st November 1985 with a total production >capacity of 500 b/d [as heard]. The cost of carrying out the project of >placing the aforementioned pipeline amounted to approximately 500m dollars. >He said: The pipeline continued to work until 13th August 1990, when the >Saudi side suspended the pumping process, claiming that the reason for the >suspension was the high oil reserves in Al-Ma'jiz port. They have not >allowed oil pumping from that day on. > >Iraq's permanent representative to the UN asked the UN secretary-general to >circulate his letter among all members and to consider it a Security Council >document. > >Saddam, army chiefs discuss military industrialization, air defence. >Source: Republic of Iraq Radio, Baghdad, in Arabic 2000 gmt 19 Sep 00 >Text of report by Iraqi radio on 19th September >Staff Field Marshal President Saddam Husayn, C-in-C of the armed forces, may >God watch over him, has met fighters Abd-al-Thawwab Mulla Huwaysh, minister >of military industrialization, and Staff Lt-Gen Shahin Yasin Muhammad, >commander of the Air Defence. The conferees discussed military >industrialization and air defence matters. > >Russian humanitarian flights to Iraq to take place weekly from October. >Source: ITAR-TASS news agency, Moscow, in Russian 0536 gmt 20 Sep 00 > >Moscow, 20th September: Weekly humanitarian flights on the route >Moscow-Baghdad-Moscow are to take place with effect late October 2000. Aram >Shegunts, general director of the Committee for International Cultural, >Scientific and Business Cooperation with Iraq, stated this today in an >exclusive interview to ITAR-TASS. > >He said that each airliner will carry up to 5 t of humanitarian aid for the >Iraqi nation which has suffered 10 years of UN sanctions. [omitted: >statistics show suffering]. >Shegunts said the humanitarian aid will consist largely of medicines and >medical equipment, including syringes and blood transfusion bags. He >stressed that the flights will take place in accordance with the relevant UN >procedures. This means that the UN committee for sanctions against Iraq will >be informed. > >SLAVNEFT TO REQUEST UN TO LIFT IRAQ FUEL EMBARGO. >On September 18, Slavneft Vice President Andrei Shtorkh announced that the >company would request the UN to lift the fuel embargo from Iraq. According >to Shtorkh, abolishing the international fuel embargo against Iraq is the >only radical way to lower oil prices. He adds: "We plan to sign an agreement >with the government of Iraq and complete servicing of the selected oil field >in April or May 2001." Very soon the company will begin a feasibility study >of the development of three Iraqi oil fields. In early 2001, the company's >executives will use the results of the study to choose the method of >development of one of these fields. Shtorkh concludes: "The annual >investments of Slavneft in the development of this oil field will total >about $100 million." >Reference: AK&M agency, September 19, 2000. > >Japanese lawmakers fail to meet top Iraqi officials. >A Japanese parliamentary delegation has ended a four-day visit to Iraq >virtually empty-handed with an Iraqi government official describing the trip >as "good but not important." >"They are too late in visiting Iraq," an official of the Ministry of >Information and Culture told Kyodo News on Tuesday. > >The five-member mission, led by former Defense Agency chief Fumio Kyuma, met >with National Assembly Speaker Sa'doun Hummadi and other Iraqi officials >during their stay in Baghdad but was unable to meet with top Iraqi >government officials. > >Kyuma's mission, which left Iraq on Monday, was the first Japanese >parliamentary group to visit Iraq since the end of the 1991 Gulf War. During >his meeting with Hummadi, Kyuma "affirmed his understanding of and sympathy >(with) the sufferings of the Iraqi people because of the unjust sanctions," >according to the official Iraqi News Agency. > > >Russia moves to lower Iraq funds for Gulf War victims. >UNITED NATIONS, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Russia circulated a draft resolution >among permanent U.N. Security Council members that would lower the amount of >funds Iraq contributes for Gulf War victims from 30 percent to 20 percent, >diplomats said on Wednesday. > >The move coincides with a row brewing over next week's vote in Geneva by the >U.N. Compensation Commission over a potential $16 billion payment from Iraq >to Kuwait for war reparations, including the burning of Kuwaiti oilfields by >retreating Iraqi troops. > >The envoys said most council members, including Britain, would not oppose >Russia's draft proposal but they believed the United States would not take >any action favourable to Iraq before the November presidential elections. >One U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Washington was >opposed to the Russia proposal. > >Fears that Iraq might cut off its key crude exports in protest if the >Compensation Commission approved the payment have helped to push already >lofty world oil markets to new decade highs. >Iraq produces about three million barrels of crude daily, or about 4 percent >of world oil production, and exports about 2.3 million barrels of that to >the world market each day. >Kuwait's claim will be considered again when the commission's governing >council, which has the same 15-nation membership as the Security Council, >meets in Geneva on September 26. European diplomats at the U.N. said it was >"most likely" that the Compensation Commission will delay its decision on >Kuwaiti claim at the meet because the issue is such a politically hot topic. >Under the U.N. "oil-for-food programme," which began in December 1996, >Baghdad is allowed to sell unlimited quantities of oil to buy food, medicine >and other civilian necessities to help offset the effects of the sanctions >on ordinary Iraqis. > >Since the start of the programme, 30 percent of the proceeds from the sale >of Iraqi oil is automatically siphoned off into the U.N.-administered >reparations fund and other funds go to U.N. administration of the programme. >Russia's U.N. ambassador Sergei Lavrov first raised the issue in August in >challenging a $21.5 billion claim by Kuwait for lost oil production and >sales during Iraq's seven-month occupation of the emirate. A panel of >arbitrators has recommended awarding $15.9 billion. > >Some oil analysts say that recent political skirmishes between Iraq and its >neighbours Kuwait and Saudi Arabia are caused by Baghdad's opposition to the >Kuwaiti claim. >Raad Alkadiri, analyst with The Petroleum Finance Co. in Washington, said >that the $16 billion claim is the "tip of the iceberg" to claims that could >possibly tie up Baghdad's oil revenues for years. Since the oil-for-food >programme began, Iraq has interrupted the flow of oil several times, but >only for short periods, to score political points, analysts said. > >Alkadiri said that the current situation regarding the claim of the >state-owned Kuwait Petroleum Co. for damages incurred during the Gulf War is >"just the type of situation" that could lead to a suspension of oil exports. >Since the oil-for-food programme started in 1996, Iraq oil sales have >totalled about $32 billion, U.N. figures show. The Kuwaiti claim would be >half that. >Thirty percent of the total proceeds - about $9.6 billion - has been set >aside for U.N. Compensation Commission awards. > >Iraq's U.N. mission issued a press release that said that more money has >been set aside for compensation claims than has been paid out for Iraq's >people - about $8.3 billion. >"The programme has not only failed to stop the deterioration in the >humanitarian situation in Iraq, but also failed to achieve its modest >humanitarian objectives," Iraq's press release said. >The Russian draft, according to diplomats who have seen it, also calls for a >review of Compensation Commission procedures and also includes a provision >that the Iraqis be part of decisions regarding spending of its oil money. >But that proposal isn't likely to fly, U.S., British and other European >diplomats said. > >A European diplomat said both Russia and France favour a Security Council >review of the U.N. Compensation Commission, which he said has not been >conducted in its 10-year history. >Alkadiri said one way to delay the action next week in Geneva would be to >squabble over the details of procedure. This would allow all involved to >save face and at the same time not induce Iraq into suspending oil exports >at such a sensitive time. > >Iraq to Resume Domestic Flights in Defiance of Embargo. >BAGHDAD, September 20 (Xinhua) - In another bold move to counter the air >embargo, Iraq has decided to resume domestic flights after a 10-year halt. > >The reconstruction of the Mosul airport, 440 kilometers north of the >capital, has been finished and is now ready to receive local flights, Hisham >Ali, director of the Mosul airport, was quoted by local media as saying. > >The daily flights between Baghdad and Mosul have been stopped ever since the >United Nations imposed sanctions on Iraq for its invasion of Kuwait in >August 1990. >This move has been seen by analysts as a dubious decision, as Mosul, the >capital of Neiveva province, is under the actual control of the United >States and Britain which enforce the northern no-fly zone. > >The U.S. and British warplanes have been patrolling the no-fly zone they set >up in the wake of the 1991 Gulf War with the claimed aim to protect the >Kurds there. The U.S. has threatened to shoot down any Iraqi plane flying >over the air exclusion zone, which covers the three northern provinces of >Dohuk, Neiveva and Erbil. > >A similar zone was also set up in southern Iraq to keep the Shiite Muslims >from possible attacks by Iraqi government troops as claimed. Iraq has never >recognized the two zones for their lack of explicit authorization from the >United Nations Security Council. > >Neither has Baghdad recognized that the U.N. sanctions include an air >embargo. Iraq holds that no U.N. resolution bans civil flights and the air >embargo has been unilaterally imposed by the U. S. and its allies. To make >preparations for the resumption of both domestic and international flights, >Iraq opened the Saddam International Airport in the western suburb of >Baghdad on August 17 and has announced to buy 20 Airbus passenger planes >from Europe. >Russia, a staunch ally of Iraq, has declared to resume civil flights to Iraq >next month. >Iraqi forces put on full alert - report. >London (UPI)-20Sep2000/247 pm EDT/1847 GMT Iraq has placed its armed forces >on full alert in anticipation of any possible US strike following recent >threats against Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, London-based Arab newspaper >Al-Zaman reported in its edition to be published on Thursday. "Iraqi >authorities evacuated positions and headquarters of important >administrations in anticipation of a US strike following Iraq's recent >escalation against Kuwait and its media campaign against Saudi Arabia," it >reported. The newspaper quoted Iraqis who left Baghdad recently as saying >that Iraqi forces were in a state of maximum alert. The report also quoted >Iraqi sources with close ties to Iraqi authorities as saying that >organizations of the ruling Baath Party were also placed on full alert while >military forces had taken positions around the capital. > >UN To OK Kuwait Pete $16 Billion War Claim Against Iraq - Source. >LONDON -(Dow Jones)-A $16 billion claim by Kuwait Petroleum Corp. (C.KPT) >against Iraq for losses resulting from the Gulf War is sure to be approved >next week, despite Baghdad's attempts to block the award, a diplomatic >source close to the U.N. war claims commission told Dow Jones Newswires >Wednesday. > >The move is certain to inflame anger in Baghdad over the sensitive issue of >war reparations, which absorb a third of UN-controled Iraqi oil revenue, >sources said. > >"It's a virtual certainty that this is going to pass," said the diplomatic >source, speaking on condition of anonymity. "There may be a lot of >maneuvering that takes place, but there are enough votes to pass it." > > >MISCELLANY++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > >Mariam Appeal to launch Iraq International >Work Brigades > >The London based Mariam Appeal recently announced their plans to form >monthly international work brigades who will help build a friendship village >in Iraq beginning May 2001. Mr Stuart Halford the Director of the Mariam >Appeal told ISM that the monthly work brigades will under the supervision of >Iraqi tradesmen and engineers engage in "reconciliation through >reconstruction" in an original form of international solidarity. > >Brigadiers will be in Iraq for exactly one month at a time from May until >October 2001 and every year thereafter. They will have a programme of >construction work in the mornings, lectures and discussions in the >afternoons and social and cultural activities in the evenings. Participants >should be able to speak either English or Arabic (there will be a translator >always on hand) and should be aged 18 and over. And of course they will need >to be fit enough for light construction duties and the heat of the Iraqi >summer. Brigadiers will be asked to make a contribution towards travel to >Amman. All other costs will be met by the Mariam Appeal which will fundraise >for that purpose. > >For further information please contact Stuart Halford at the Mariam >Appeal on [EMAIL PROTECTED] or by telephone on (0044) 207 403 5200 >_________________________________________________________ >Dear friends, >I am sure this online petition to end the sanctions against our Iraqi kin >will interest many of you: > >http://www.PetitionOnline.com/s343/ > >Khaled Bayomi > >_________________________________________________________ > >ADVERTISEMENT > > >Position Four Brigade Coordinators Required (Full Time - with 3 >months per year on site in Iraq) For the MARIAM APPEAL "Iraq International >Work Brigades" >Salary £ 20,000 per annum > >To Start January 2001 > >The Mariam Appeal, which campaigns for the lifting of sanctions on Iraq, is >sending a series of International Work Brigades to Iraq to build an >international friendship village that will be used as a centre for >international friendship and solidarity with the people of Iraq. > >The village will symbolise "reconciliation through reconstruction" and will >upon completion, be used by Iraqi children for recuperation, rest, education >and play. The project will enable people from all over the world to express >solidarity with the people of Iraq, who have suffered grievously under the >10 year embargo. The brigades will perform light construction duties (under >the guidance of Iraqi tradesmen) hold discussion and education sessions and >enjoy a variety of cultural and social activities. > >Interested ? think you have what it takes to organise international brigades >? then please contact us at : >MARIAM APPEAL >Brigades Department >13(a) Borough High Street >London SE1 > > >tel: +44 (0)20 7403 5200 >fax: +44 (0)20 7403 3823 >email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >web: www.mariamappeal.com > > > > > > >Knowledge is Power! >Elimination of the exploitation of man by man >http://www.egroups.com/group/pttp/ >POWER TO THE PEOPLE! > >Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Change Delivery Options: >http://www.egroups.com/mygroups > > _______________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. 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