Iraqi President thanks President Saleh

SANA’A, (Saba)- President Ali Abdullah Saleh received on Sunday a thanking cable from the Iraqi President Jalal Talabani as a reply to the president’s congratulations on the Iraqi people celebrations of the National Day. Last July, Iraq marked the 49th anniversary of the July 14, 1958 Revolution led by Iraqi leader Abdul-Kareem Qasim, which overthrew the monarchy and founded the first Iraqi republic. YA/NSSaba