
Wednesday, 23 June 2004
(Al-Mutamar, Baghdad, weekly by the Iraqi National Congress, 22 June 04) -
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(Al-Manar Al-Yawm, Baghdad, independent daily, 22 June 04) -
(Al-Furat, comprehensive & political daily, by Al-Furat Establishment for Press, 22 June, 04) -
(Al-Mada, Baghdad, a daily issued by Al-Mada institution for Media, Culture, and Arts, 22 June, 04) - Runs a front-page editorial by Zuhair al-Jaza'iri on Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's campaign to ensure security. The new measures adopted by Allawi satisfy Iraqis who want a secure country. Allawi will face a new challenge where the US forces have failed. The new campaign needs the people's support because it is a national issue. Al-Jaza'iri calls on the people to take a much greater role in ensuring security.
(Al-Mutamar, Baghdad, weekly by the Iraqi National Congress, 22 June 04) -
(Al-Bayan, Baghdad, thrice weekly by the Islamic Dawa Party, 22 June 04) -
(Al-Bayan, Baghdad, thrice weekly by the Islamic Dawa Party, 22 June 04) -
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Security And Military Developments:
(Al-Mutamar, Baghdad, weekly by the Iraqi National Congress, 22 June 04) -
(Al-Bayan, Baghdad, thrice weekly by the Islamic Dawa Party, 22 June 04) -
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Iraqi Dailies in Brief:
(Al-Manar Al-Yawm, Baghdad, independent daily, 22 June 04) -
(Kurdistani Nwe, Khabat 23 June 2004) - The Kirkuk Governor and his assistants received the Iraqi President Ghazi Al-Yawer and the CPA Civil Administrator Paul Bremer, who visited the city in response to a protest memo addressed to them by the Kurdish group at the Governorate's municipal council. The Memo demanded, inter alias, that the Kurdish districts should be represented in the municipal council like the Arab and Turkoman districts, the detached districts should be re-attached to the center like it was before the implementation of Saddam's ethnic cleansing policy. They Group also demanded the return of displaced Kurds to their places f origin in Kirkuk. In a meeting with a large audience of the city's department heads, the President said the return of Kurdish IDPs would take time and return of settled Arabs should be optional and the re-adjustment of Kirkuk boundaries would be left for a permanent government. Bremer announced, at the same meeting, the allocation of $500 million for 90 service projects in Kirkuk. He also said the Kirkukis would restore their confiscated rights.
(Kurdistani Nwe, Khabat, 23 June 2004) - Continuing his visit to Turkey, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan leader (PUK) leader Jalal Talabani met yesterday with the Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul and discussed with him bilateral relations. Earlier the day, Talabani had refuted the New Yorker's allegation of Israeli training of Kurdistan Peshmarga. The allegation is groundless, Talabani told reporters at the airport.
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Khabat, 23 June 2004: The KDP leader Massoud Barzani received in his Salahuddin HQ Bremer and discussed with him Iraqi and Kurdistan Status quoi.
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Kurdistani Nwe, 23 June 2004: The PUK Politburo Executive received Bremer who visited Sulaymaniyah to discuss prevailing political developments.
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Political Developments and Comments:
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Humanitarian issues
(Al-Adala, Baghdad, twice-weekly by the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq SCIRI, 22 June, 04) - Official source in the coalition authority says that Saddam and 10 of the former regime's leaders will be handed over to the Iraqi government on 30 June.
(Al-Mashriq, Baghdad, by Al-Mashriq Institution for Media and Cultural Investments, 22 June 04) - Publishes a report quoting Coalition Forces spokesman Brig-Gen Kimmitt as saying that there is no plan to keep a permanent US force in Iraq.
(Al-Mashriq, Baghdad, by Al-Mashriq Institution for Media and Cultural Investments, 22 June 04) - Publishes a report saying that the Kurds are taking over huge areas of lands in the north of Iraq, thus forcing the Arabs living there to move to refugee camps.
(Al-Nahdhah, Baghdad, by Independent Democrats Movement, 22 June 04) - Runs a report on a statement by Mas'ud Barzani, the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, in response to remarks made by the Turkish prime minister. Barzani says that the Iraqi Kurds are not waiting for Turkey to give them their rights.
(Al-Mutamar, Baghdad, weekly by the Iraqi National Congress, 22 June 04) - Publishes a report urging the Iraqi people to locate, pursue and kill the Arab terrorists who have infiltrated into Iraq.
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