IRAQ: MORE THAN A HUNDRED MPs FROM 18 ARAB COUNTRIES MEET IN BAGHDAD TO SHOW SOLIDARITY WITH IRAQ AND TO OPPOSE AND REJECT THE US THREATS OF MILITARY ACTION AGAINST IT

Record ID: 646620

  • Title: IRAQ: MORE THAN A HUNDRED MPs FROM 18 ARAB COUNTRIES MEET IN BAGHDAD TO SHOW SOLIDARITY WITH IRAQ AND TO OPPOSE AND REJECT THE US THREATS OF MILITARY ACTION AGAINST IT
  • Date: 3rd September 2002
  • Summary: (W3) BAGHDAD, IRAQ (SEPTEMBER 3, 2002) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. MV ARAB MPs TAKING SEAT IN THE HALL WHERE THEIR FIRST SESSION IS HELD AT THE CONFERENCES PALACE 0.06 2. GV AUDIENCE AND PRESS 0.10 3. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE REVOLUTIONARY COMMAND COUNCIL, IZZAT IBRAHIM (REPRESENTING PRESIDENT SADDAM HUSSEIN) OPENING THE SESSION IBRAHIM AS SAYING: "The Arab Nation should stand firm against any aggression, either on Iraq, or any other Arab country in accordance with the Arab League's Charter." 0.24 4. TMV ARAB MPs CLAPPING 0.27 5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) SPEAKER OF THE IRAQI NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, SA'ADOUN HAMMADI, SAYING: "When there will be legal decisions, there will be political decisions. There will be also decisions concerning public opinion mobilisation in the Arab world and abroad, especially in Europe and the International Parliamentary Union." 0.48 6. MINISTERS SEEN BEHIND CAMERAS IN F/G 0.51 7. (SOUNDBITE) (English) HEAD OF ARAB PARLIAMENTARY UNION, AHMED IBRAHIM AL-TAHIR, SAYING: "I think the correct way is to leave the Iraqi people decide their leadership." 0.58 8. CLOSE-UP OF AL-TAHIR HANDS 1.02 9. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) AL-TAHIR SAYING: "Of course, it is a letter to America that all the region countries reject any aggression on Iraqi people, and this war will have bad consequences on the whole region and on the U.S. and its ties with the Islamic and Arab World." 1.24 10. MINISTERS SEEN BEHIND CAMERAS IN F/G 1.27 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 18th September 2002 13:00
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  • Location: BAGHDAD, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVABJZ6KZ3EBFT2FE1CYJYQXNCCN
  • Story Text: More than 100 Arab MPs from 18 Arab states were meeting
    in Baghdad on Tuesday to show solidarity with Iraq and to
    oppose and reject the American threats of military action
    against it.



    Iraq, trying to muster Arab support against a
    potential U.S. military action to change the government in
    Baghdad, called the extraordinary meeting of the Arab
    Parliamentary Union.

    The two-day meeting is attended by speakers, deputy
    speakers and top MPs from 18 Arab countries.

    At the meeting, Iraq urged the Arab people to counter any
    attack on Iraq.

    "The Arab Nation should stand firm against any aggression,
    either on Iraq or any other Arab country in accordance with
    the Arab League's Charter," Vice-Chairman of the Revolutionary
    Command Council Izzat Ibrahim said.

    Speaker of the Iraqi National Assembly (parliament),
    Sa'doun Hammadi, said Iraq was not scared by American threats.

    "When there will be legal decisions, there will be
    political decisions. There will be also decisions concerning
    public opinion mobilisation in the Arab world and abroad,
    especially in Europe and the International Parliamentary
    Union," Hammadi said.

    In its meeting in the United Arab Emirates last year, the
    Arab Parliamentary Union called for an end to the 12-year
    sanctions imposed on on Iraq.


    (lh/jg)

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