Monday, 20 Sep 2004
Al-Diyar Satellite Channel In Arabic, Baghdad (19 Sep 04)- Al-Diyar TV reported on 19 September that four people were killed and five wounded in Al-Ramadi on 18 September, following a US air raid on the northern part of the city. The station quoted medical sources at the city's hospital saying that a US missile fell on one of the streets, killing and wounding some of the civilian passers-by. Al-Diyar added that the US Army said it had carried out a specific strike on a blockade set up north of Al-Fallujah by gunmen affiliated with Jordanian-born militant Abu-Mus'ab Al-Zarqawi's group.
Al-Diyar Satellite Channel In Arabic, Baghdad (19 Sep 04)- Al-Diyar TV on 19 September reported that an armed group had attacked a US checkpoint at Al-Fallujah's northern entrance late on 18 September using RPG shells. The station said the check-point was seen burning as a result of the attack. It said one of the tanks there was also burnt. It added that US forces responded by shelling the industrial neighbourhood east of the city.
Al-Sharqiyah Satellite Channel, Baghdad, in Arabic (19 Sep 04): An Iraqi civilian was killed and three others wounded when a car exploded in Al-Musayyab city on 18 September, Al-Sharqiyah TV reported. The station quoted local police saying the blast was not a suicide attack. Al-Musayyab is located halfway between Baghdad and Karbala to the south.
Al-Sharqiyah Satellite Channel, Baghdad, in Arabic (19 Sep 04: Iraq police on 19 September seized a truckload of rockets in the centre of Ba'qubah city, Al-Sharqiyah TV reported. The station said the police towed the truck out of the city and defused it. Al-Sharqiyah quoted sources saying the the rockets had been set to target a number of government departments in the city at the beginning of the work day. The sources also said that search operations had almost entirely halted travel in and out of the city. Al-Sharqiyah said bomb squads had also defused an explosive charge hidden under a bridge connecting the eastern and the southern parts of the city to Baghdad.
Al-Sharqiyah Satellite Channel, Baghdad, in Arabic(19 Sep 04): Six suspected of: Iraqi police on 19 September arrested six Iraqis found in possession of explosive belts, bombs and other explosive materials, Al-Sharqiyah TV reported. The station said the six planned to use the material against Iraqis preparing to celebrate religious rituals next week in Karbala. A Karbala Police spokesman, Rahman Mashawil, said a police patrol found the six when it stormed a hideout in Al-Hindiyah town, 10 km south of Karbala, at 0400 local time [0000 gmt]. He said they had admitted under interrogation that they had come to carry out acts of violence against visitors to the holy shrines.
Al-Sharqiyah Satellite Channel, Baghdad, in Arabic(19 Sep 04):Al-Sadr City's notables, chieftains and municipal council representatives have reached an agreement with the Baghdad City Council to disarm the Al-Mahdi Army militia there, Al-Sharqiyah TV reported on 19 September. Al-Sharqiyah quoted the Baghdad City Council head, Muhammad Baqir al-Suhayl, saying that, according to the agreement, the Al-Mahdi Army would disarm and hand over their weapons. In return, he said, leaders of the Al-Sadr following and Al-Mahdi Army members would not be hunted down. He said the agreement also prioritized the restoration of services to the city.
Al-Mashriq [Baghdad, by Al- Mashriq Institution for media and cultural investments] Editorial (19 Sep 2004) : Iraqi newspaper Al-Mashriq reported on 19 September that more than 65,000 coalition, Iraqi Army and National Guard troops and 15,000 Kurdish Peshmerga fighters are to be deployed a combing operation to evict terrorists and armed groups over a 135 km area stretching from west of Baghdad to the city of Al-Qa'im on the Iraqi-Syrian border.
Al-Sharq al-Awsat web site [Baghdad edition of London-based daily Al-Sharq al-Awsat, Saudi-owned] (19 Sep 2004): A Turkomans representative in Iraqi Interim National Assembly, Songul Chapuk, has accused the Kurds of attacking the city of Tall Afar in order to gain a footbold there and establish headquarters for Kurdish political parties, Al-Sharq al-Awsat newspaper web site reported on 19 September. The paper quoted Chapuk saying that after the predominantly Turkoman and Arab city opposed the presence of Kurdish forces there, "Iraqi security organs and US forces were told that there were terrorists in the city, prompting them to occupy it without verifying the truth about the accuracy of the reports". She said Turkomans and Arabs had been excluded from the police force and "completely" replaced by Kurdish police officers and policemen as a result. "People from Tall Afar have confirmed to me this fact and also confirmed that there were no terrorists in the city," she said. She said the Iraqi government had not responded to demands that the bombardment of the city and displacement of its people be stopped and had not to date explained the attack. She also criticized what she called the "Kurdicizing" of Kirkuk, accusing the authorities there of evicting 5,000 Arab families and replacing them with Turkish, Iranian and Syrian Kurds. Chapuk said state-owned residential tracts of land had also been distributed to more than 60,000 non-Iraqi Kurds who had moved to Kirkuk. She added that the former regime had only evicted 5,000 families from the city so the newcomers were not just returning Iraqi Kurds.
Al-Diyar Satellite Channel In Arabic, Baghdad ( 18 Sep 04 ): Prime Minister Iyad Allawi is to brief the National Assembly on his government's policy and discuss the issue of administrative corruption in state institutions, Al-Diyar TV reported on 18 September, quoting interim National Assembly Speaker Fu'ad Ma'sum. A member and rapporteur of the National Assembly, Abbas al-Bayyati, added that the assembly will also look into a decision to relieve Muwaffaq al-Rubay'i of his duties as an adviser for national security affairs. Al-Bayyati said the assembly might issue a decision challenging the government's decision in this regard, Al-Diyar TV reported.
Four people killed and five wounded in US air raid on Al-Fallujah and explosions killed one US soldier and wounded three others in Baghdad Governorate ·
British forces in Basra withdraw from perimeter of Al-Mahdi Army's office
Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi stresses the commitment of the Iraqi Government to holding general elections on the date set in January; in a joint press conference with his counterpart Tony Blair following their meeting today in London, Allawi says that he is certain that democracy is what will triumph and prevail in Iraq ·
The US forces are besieging Samarra city, east of Baghdad, from the east and the south; eyewitnesses say that US forces blocked the bridge connecting the city with Baghdad; Reuters cited
President Ghazi Ajil al-Yawir says that he sensed, during his talks with EU officials in mid-September, hesitation from the majority of European countries regarding offering political support to Iraq because of the deteriorating security situation ·
Iraqi Prime Minister Dr Iyad Allawi says that foreign terrorists are supporting the insurgency which has caused a number of deadly attacks in Iraq
Scores killed, wounded in Kirkuk terror massacre ·
Ten Turkish truckers kidnapped, six trucks stolen in Al-Latifiyyah
Dr Muwaffaq al-Rubay'i still holding post of Iraqi national security adviser ·
Municipalities [Ministry]: Over 63,000 plots of land to be distributed to citizens to build their own homes on
Families of martyred Iraqi policemen [i.e. policemen killed while on duty] to get financial compensation ·
French government mulls halting its commercial activities in Iraq
Al-Zaman [daily, independent, Baghdad edition of London-based Al-Zaman] [From commentary by Yusuf Azizi]15 Sep 04:
Al-Sabah, Baghdad, by the Iraqi Media Network,(19 Sep 04) Mr. Omar al- Farouq al-Damlouchi the minister of housing and construction said that the donors have pledged to offer $ 2-3 billions for financing the reconstruction projects.In a press statement at Tokoyo donors conference, Al- Damlouchi said that the ministry of housing and construction is determined to construct 50 residential units within a year and during the coming ten years to reach more than 2 millions residential units.Notably, the ministry sought to create financing system from the national resources for giant housing project.The ministry of housing in cooperation with ministries of planning and municipalities prepared a study to survey Iraq's needs for the residential units.The ministry is abided by carrying out the residential units in different parts of Iraq including Baghdad relying on the financial allocations of the donors. Several residential units are under construction.
Al-Sharq al-Awsat [Baghdad edition of London-based daily Al-Sharq al-Awsat, Saudi-owned] ] [From commentary by Bilal al-Hassan]15 Sep 04: "If we take a quick look at the political movements now at work inside Iraq, to the exclusion of the US-installed government and its supporters, we cannot fail to see the country teaming with various political groups whose communiques and attitudes show strong rejection of the occupation and objection to the destructively coercive measures taken by the occupying forces against Iraqi cities under the pretext of preparing the ground for the coming elections. It is really unfortunate that these genuine Iraqi forces, which reject the present occupation as much as they did the former regime, are hardly given a chance to make themselves heard on the Arab media."
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Al-Nahdah [Baghdad, daily political newspaper,by Adnan al-Pachachi] [From commentary by Abd al-Mun'im al-A'sam]15 Sep 04: "It is understandable that we should, temporarily, put up with the bitterness of half solutions to the most serious of our problems in preference to the sweetness of drastic solutions, for fear of having to endure the far more bitter choice of having no solution at all, which would mean that we will end up wandering aimlessly in the middle of nowhere, begging everyone we meet for alms I say, we will, for now, accept what is bitter to ward off what may be even more so, without ignoring - for that is something we must never do - the looming danger beginning to emerge at the centre of this equation, namely that, whether we like it or not, the bitter option has, with the passage of time, gradually become a permanent must while the more bitter one has remained a mere hypothesis."
British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Iraqi counterpart Iyad Allawi say war on terrorism will be won in Iraq; report over video showing Blair and Allawi addressing a news conference ·
One civilian killed and two injured in an explosion in Al-Amil District in Baghdad
Kurdistan Democratic Party, KDP, leader Mas'ud Barzani receives in Salah-al-Din Assyrian Democratic Movement; bilateral relations discussed ·
British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Iraqi counterpart Iyad Allawi say terrorists will be defeated in Iraq
DEFENCE AND SECURITY
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Four Killed, Five Wounded In Al-Ramadi (Al-Diyar TV)
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Armed Group Said To Attack US Checkpoint In Al-Fallujah (Al-Diyar TV)
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One Iraqi Killed, Three Wounded In Al-Musayyab Car Blast (Al-Sharqiyah TV)
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Police Seize Truckload of Rockets in Ba'qubah (Al-Sharqiyah)
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Planning Bomb Attack in Karbala Detained (Al-Sharqiyah)
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Al-Sadr City Officials Agree to Disarm Al-Mahdi Militia (Al-Sharqiyah)
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Iraqi Forces To Comb Region West Of Baghdad For Terrorists, Armed Groups (Al-Mashriq )
POLITICS
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Turkoman Rep.: Tall Afar Bombardment A Kurdish Ploy ( Al-Sharq al-Awsat)
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Interim National Assembly Discusses Corruption, Al-Rubay'i Dismissal (Al-Diyar TV)
IRAQI MEDIA/BROADCAT HEADLINES, 19 Sep 04
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SCIRI's Voice of The Mujahidin In Arabic
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Al-Sharqiyah Satellite Channel, Baghdad, In Arabic
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Al-Diyar Satellite Channel in Arabic, Baghdad
IRAQI PRESS HEADLINES, 19 Sep 04
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Al-Nahdah, Baghdad, Daily Political Newspaper, By Adnan Al-Pachachi
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Al-Mu'tamar, Baghdad, Daily Newspaper In Arabic By Iraqi National Congress
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Al-Adalah, Baghdad, Twice-Weekly, Arabic, By The Supreme Council Of The Islamic Revolution In Iraq (SCIRI)
IRAQI PRESS QUOTES AND COMMENT, 19 SEP 04
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Iranian Nuclear File (Al-Zaman)
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Donors Pledge To Offer $ 2-3 Billion for Housing Projects (Al-Sabah)
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Al- Hakeem Urges for Elections without Postponement (Al-Sabah)
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Various Iraqi Political Groups Strongly Reject Occupation (Al-Sharq al-Awsat)
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``Putting Up With Half Solutions For Fear Of Having No Solution'' (Al-Nahdah)
UPDATES FROM IRAQI KURDISH MEDIA , 19 Sep 2004:
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KurdSat TV , Headlines 19 sep 2004:
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Kurdistan Satellite TV, Headlines 19 Sep 2004
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Britain and US have not yet reacted to threats by armed group to kill one Briton and two Americans taken hostage
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Armed group has announced abduction of 10 employees of a US-Turkish company operating in Iraq
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An internet web site says it has received a message possibly from the Islamic Army group saying the group has agreed to release two French journalists under certain conditions
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Iraq's new ambassador to Iraq presented his credentials to the Iranian foreign minister yesterday
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Human Rights Ministry has organized a training course for nongovernmental organizations in Baghdad and other governorates
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Gunmen killed a tribal chief in Kirkuk and assassinated a member of the dissolved Ba'th Party in the city of Al-Hillah yesterday
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British newspaper says British officials believe that President George W. Bush launched a war against Iraq to complete his father's mission
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The Belgian defence minister says his country will not make any financial contribution to the "anticipated" NATO mission in Iraq .
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Four Turkish trucks transporting supplies for the US Army were destroyed by RPG's today near a bridge, north of Iraq
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Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari announces that the Iraqi Government is committed to holding the general elections in Iraq on the date set at the beginning of 2005; Zebari's interview with BBC cited
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One of Muqtada Al-Sadr's aides say that the US forces stormed his house last night to arrest him but he managed to escape, however they seized another Al-Sadr aide; telephone call with Reuters by Ra'id al-Kazimi, Al-Sadr's aide, is cited
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Baghdad City Council reaches an agreement with the notables, chieftains, and representatives of the Al-Sadr City Municipal Council to restore calm to the city, which is witnessing security tension every now and then
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Three Iraqis were killed and three others were wounded in a US tank "attack" today against Al-Fallujah city, west of Baghdad; eyewitnesses say that the US shelling of Al-Dubbat neighbourhood in the city also resulted in destroying four houses and a civilian car
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The Ministry of Irrigation is preparing for setting up Al-Udthaym Dam Power Plant
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An Iraqi citizen was killed in an explosion of a car in Al-Musayyab city, midway between Baghdad and Karbala to the south
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The monthly ration of supplies handed to Iraqi citizens is at the risk of being hindered, reduced, or stopped due to the perils threatening the lives of truck drivers; Ali Muhammad, Al-Sharqiyah TV correspondent sounds out the drivers' opinions
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Iraqi Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Hamid al- Bayyati says that a criminal gang is likely to have kidnapped the two Italian employees in Baghdad and sold them to the organization affiliated with Abu-Mus'b al-Zarqawi
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French interior minister says that he cannot verify the authenticity of the statement attributed to the Islamic Army in Iraq which says that an agreement was reached with the French journalists to cover the battles and attacks for the Islamic Army.
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Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih today received a US congressional delegation
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Security forces were able to release a kidnapped Jordanian citizen
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The president of Diyala University and the university Governing Council president survived an assassination attempt
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Egyptian President Husni Mubarak and Syrian President Bashar al-Asad hold a telephone conversation yesterday in which they discussed the situation on the Syrian-Iraqi borders
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Iraqi ambassador to Iran presents his papers to the Iranian Foreign Minister
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Belgian foreign minister says that his country has decided not to object in principal to NATO undertaking a role in Iraq
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The Iraqi minister of public works called on donor countries to fulfil their obligations towards Iraq to reconstruct the Iraqi infrastructure
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Construction materials in Iraq have witnessed a surge in prices in the past period
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The Basra customs department has performed a survey of Iraqi shores from Al-Ma'qal port to the port of Um Fulus; survey was made with the aim of capturing oil, gas, drug, and sheep smugglers
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Ministry of Transportation has called for establishing coop companies in Baghdad to restore transportation services in Baghdad
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The Iraqi Health Ministry is undertaking a project to reconstruct and rehabilitate Al-Najaf educational hospital
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A civil administration source in Al-Najaf says that 500m dollars was allocated to reconstruct Al-Najaf's old airport
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Water authorities in Al-Zubayr district have begun digging wells in Basra governorate
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Report on the activities of the Iraqi humanitarian committee for defending the rights of people who suffered under the rule of Saddam Husayn.
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Toll of clashes, terror operations: 17,193 killed in six months
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High Commission on Elections: Making Iraq into one single constituency best guarantee of credible representation
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Al-Sumaidi'i presents his credentials as Iraq's representative at the UN
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Iraqi Airways launches first Amman-Baghdad flight
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British forces in Basra threatened by Muqtada al-Sadr representative
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Police, National Guard recruits: From the frying pan of unemployment to the fire of terror attacks
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Iraqi-American Economic Committee meeting concluded
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US military commanders: Terror in Al-Fallujah cancerous growth that has to be removed
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Ministry of Electricity: Ongoing efforts to keep up stable power supply
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National UNESCO committee formed Prime minister in London
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Terror operations weighing on Allawi-Blair talks Barnier
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Full-scale French mobilization to set hostages free
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New batches of prisoners, detainees to be released
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Bush lauds Allawi's performance in anticipation of the latter's visit to Washington
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France, Belgium voice reservations over NATO role in Iraq
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Tribal chieftain assassinated in Kirkuk by unidentified elements
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Ankara persists in interfering in Iraqi domestic affairs, warns Iraqi Kurds of adopting provocative stances
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Atmosphere of caution hangs on Basra following Friday events
Al-Sabah, Baghdad, by the Iraqi Media Network,(19 Sep 04) The chief supreme council of the Islamic revolution Abdul Aziz al- Hakeem has demanded to make the elections in the specific date as being promised by the government, parties and the political forces."It is frustrated matter to postpone the elections owing the security deterioration" , said Al- Hakeem , affirming that it was important to make the elections before the creation of the government and the national assembly.He indicated that the council is preparing to make the elections or choosing the suitable candidates, clarifying there are host of unfit laws put by Bremer; and these laws approved after the dissolve of the Governing Council, before the creation of the Iraqi government and the transference of sovereignty.Of these laws is the creation of the supreme commission of the elections that was given tremendous authorities and considered as a government beside the government.
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Overnight US air strike on Fallujah.
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Iraqi Teachers Union visits Kurdistan National Assembly; teachers in developing the country discussed
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Peace Organization in Kirkuk visits KDP Political Bureau in Arbil; women's role and rights discussed
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Participating members in Kurdish-Arab Cultural Gathering held in Arbil visit tombs of Barzani family
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Participating members in Kurdish-Arab Cultural Gathering attended a banquet hosted by the acting of the KDP-led Kurdistan regional government
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Two US soldiers killed in two separate explosions in Baghdad; report over video showing the scenes of the explosions
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Bodies of three men killed by a militant group arrive in hometown Zakho in the KDP-led region in northern Iraq
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Baghdad Municipality delegation visit Arbil governor.
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