Riyadh tells UN of Iraqi intrusions

NEW YORK, 17 July — The Saudi government yesterday urged the UN Security Council and Secretary-General Kofi Annan to stop Iraqi encroaches into Saudi territories, Asharq Al-Awsat reported. The Arabic newspaper said Saudi Ambassador to the United Nations Fowzi Shubokshi conveyed a message to Annan and the chairman of the Security Council that Saudi border guards had found an Iraqi vehicle inside Saudi territories on June 11. “There were seven people inside the vehicle and three of them were about 500 meters inside the Saudi territory,” the ambassador said, adding that the Iraqis fired at Saudi officers. “The Saudi border guards found 44,653 kg of hashish in 45 cases at the site,” Shubokshi said. —Salah Awad