Thursday, 23 Sep 2004
DEFENCE, SECURITY
Al-Sharqiyah Satellite Channel, Baghdad, in Arabic, 22 Sep 04: Al-Sharqiyah TV reported a defence ministry spokesman as saying that Iraqi forces were searching for gunmen in Hayfa street after the fighting, and arrested a large number of people, including 30 Syrians. The spokesman added that a large quantity of weapons and ammunition was seized in four caches, including mortars of various calibre, Katyusha rockets and platforms, explosive charges, and a large quantity of materials used in manufacturing explosive charges.
Al-Diyar Satellite Channel In Arabic, Baghdad, 22 Sep 04: An explosive charge targeting an Iraqi police patrol went off when the patrol was passing through the Wadi al-Usaj area in Jalula on 22 September, Iraqi Al-Diyar television reported. It added that an Iraqi civilian sustained serious wounds.
Al-Diyar Satellite Channel In Arabic, Baghdad, 22 Sep 04: The operations room of the Health Ministry has announced that the number of those killed or wounded as a result of armed and militant operations over the past six months is 17,193, Iraqi Al-Diyar television reported on 22 September. The total includes 3,511 killed, of which 175 were women and 146 were children.
Radio Dijla - Iraq's first independent talk radio station, Radio Dijla, Tigris Radio, 22 Sep 04 : The Iraqi National Assembly has denounced what it called terrorist operations which took place during September and in which many civilians were killed, Iraqi Radio Dijlah reported on 22 September. The Iraqi National Assembly stressed that these operations aim to harm national unity through fomenting a civil war in Iraq.
The Jama'at al-Tawhid wa-al-Jihad Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi group has claimed the recent kidnap of two Americans and a Briton in Baghdad, and the execution of two of them. Since the end of the Iraq conflict, Jama'at al-Tawhid wa-al-Jihad - believed to have links with al-Qaeda - have claimed responsibility for a number of attacks, as well as the kidnapping and beheading of both military personnel and civilians. The group is said to be led by Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi. Imprisoned in Jordan during the early 90s, Zarqawi has become Iraq's most-wanted man. He has been linked with both al-Qaeda and the Ansar al-Islam movement in northern Iraq. The US said that many attacks, including the killing of around 185 Shia worshippers celebrating the religious festival of Ashura in bombings in Karbala and Baghdad, bear the hallmarks of operations planned by Zarqawi.
Al-Sharqiyah Satellite Channel, Baghdad, in Arabic, 22 Sep 04: Iraqi news channel Al-Sharqiyah reported on 22 September that 49 detainees had been released that day "within the framework of reviewing the files of Iraqi prisoners".
Al-Sharqiyah Satellite Channel, Baghdad, in Arabic, 22 Sep 04: Iraq has received bids from several international oil companies to invest in the oil industry in Iraq Oil Minister Thamir Abbas Ghadban said, Iraqi Al-Sharqiyah TV reported on 22 September. The minister said the companies expressed readiness to invest in various fields of the Iraqi oil industry and help develop the expertise of the technical staff and provide training opportunities for Iraqis.
Al-Sharqiyah Satellite Channel, Baghdad, in Arabic, 22 Sep 04: Iraqi President Shaykh Ghazi Ajil al-Yawar has stressed that relations with France has not been not affected by the postponement of his visit to France, Iraqi Al-Sharqiyah TV reported on 22 September. Upon arrival in Baghdad at the end of a European tour, Al-Yawar said that he held fruitful talks with European officials during the visit. Al-Yawar denied reports that Germany had reneged its pledge to write off Iraqi debts. Al-Yawar's two-week tour included Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Poland, and the EU headquarters.
Radio Dijla - Iraq's first independent talk radio station, Radio Dijla (Tigris Radio) 22 Sep 04: The Iraqi Interior Minister has started a large-scale campaign to combat the problem of drugs in Iraq, Radio Dijlah reported 22 September. The ministry pointed out that the phenomenon was spreading in the Iraqi society.
SCIRI's Voice of the Mujahidin in Arabic,22 Sep 04: Iraqi Shi'i radio reports that Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi on 21 September "shook hands with Zionist Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom when he met him by chance in one of the corridors during the meeting of the UN General Assembly," Voice of the Mujahidin radio reported on 22nd . "Shalom and Allawi exchanged few words only," the radio said.
Al-Sharqiyah Satellite Channel, Baghdad, in Arabic, 22 Sep 04: Iraqi Al-Sharqiyah television reported on 22 September that Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi met US President George Bush in New York on the fringes of the opening session of the UN General Assembly. Although no details were given, Bush apparently downplayed the significance of a CIA warning of civil war in Iraq, saying that the report was speculation. Allawi stressed to Bush that his government and its allies were achieving successes on the ground, and added that the fact that media reports overlook these successes was regrettable.
Al-Adalah [Baghdad, twice-weekly newspaper in Arabic published by the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI)] [From editorial] "No interim government can draw up a strategy capable of introducing the political transformations, most important of which combating violence and terrorism and addressing the deteriorating economic situation which mean much to Iraqis, unless it enjoys popular support and election legitimacy... Therefore, we believe the sound view of the current reality in Iraq while we seek useful solutions, should depend on elections as a real route to a healthy Iraq, though dear sacrifices will be on the way. However, the national interest necessitates treading this line if there is true intention to build a new, stable, prosperous Iraq."
Ishraqat al-Sadr [Baghdad, weekly newspaper in Arabic published by the Sadrist Movement] "If the Al-Sadr movement joined the elections and achieved outright victory, would this please America, the advocate of freedom and democracy and liberator of people, as it claims, though it knew that such victory could not serve its interests?... The Al-SAdr movement, with its courageous leadership, is a stumbling block in the way of US political designs in the region, especially since America is looking forward to finding regimes and rulers more loyal than Saddam, Al-Qadhafi and others in the Gulf region and the Arab homeland after it has embarked on a plan to Americanize the world under cover of globalization..."
Al-Manarah [Basra, daily independent newspaper in Arabic published by the Voice of the South Press,] [From editorial by Khalaf al-Munshidi] "There is a silent call from different trends in the south to unite to liberate of Iraq. I publicly encourage such a call, in order to put an end to all the injustice around, since no good is expected from the coming elections... The forthcoming elections will be a new chapter of forgery, and whoever thinks of nominating himself should balance things well because there will be no room for outsiders... Our next general elections will be ready-made, pre-fabricated, beyond the law and norms, tailored to their needs to ensure they will stay in power."
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Iraqi forces were searching for gunmen in Hayfa Street- Al-Sharqiyah TV
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One injured in bomb targeting police in eastern Iraq- Al-Diyar TV
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Over 3,500 killed in six months- Al-Diyar TV
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Iraqi assembly denounces "terrorist operations- Radio Dijlah
HOSTAGES & PRISONERS
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Profile of Jama'at al-Tawhid wa-al-Jihad group
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Forty-nine Iraqi prisoners released- Al-Sharqiyah TV
RECONSTRUCTION
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Iraq says received oil investment bids- Al-Sharqiyah TV
POLITICS
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Al-Yawer:French-Iraqi ties not affected by trip postponement- Al-Sharqiyah TV
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Interior Ministry launches campaign against illicit drugs- Radio Dijlah
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Allawi shook hands with Israeli FM- Voice of the Mujahidin
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Iraqi premier, US president in talks on sidelines of UN meeting- Al-Sharqiyah TV
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Iraqi PM asks Pakistan to give troops- Voice of the Mujahidin
IRAQI BROADCAST MEDIA SUMMARIES, 22 SEP 04
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Al-Diyar Satellite Channel in Arabic, Baghdad
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Al-Iraqiah Satellite Channel, Baghdad, in Arabic,
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SCIRI's Voice of the Mujahidin in Arabic, Iran,
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Dar Al-Salam Radio,Baghdad, Iraqi Islamic Party-affiliated
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Al-Sharqiyah Satellite Channel, Baghdad, in Arabic
IRAQI PRESS HEADLINES 22 SEP 04
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Al-Zaman, daily, independent, Baghdad edition of London-based Al-Zaman
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Al-Adalah, newspaper, Baghdad, in Arabic published by the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI)]
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Baghdad, Baghdad, daily, in Arabic published by the Iraqi National Accord Movement
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Al-Mu'tamar, Baghdad, daily newspaper in Arabic published by the Iraqi National Congress
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Al-Sharq al-Awsat, Baghdad edition of London-based daily Al-Sharq al-Awsat, Saudi-owned
IRAQI PRESS QUOTES 22 SEP 04
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No interim government can draw up a strategy- Al-Adala
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If the Al-Sadr movement wins the election, would this please America?- Ishraqat Al-Sadr
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Next Elections will be Fabricated-Al-Manarah
UPDATES FROM IRAQI KURDISH MEDIA , 22 SEP 2004:
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Khabat daily, issued by the KDP in Erbil, 22 Sep 04
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Kurdistani Nwe daily, issued by the PUK in sulaymanya, 20 Sep 04
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Bassara weekly, issued in Kirkuk by Shafaq Cultural Enterprise, 22 Sep 04
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Deedi Nwe biweekly, issued in Erbil by Hataw Cultural Center, 20 Sep 04
Reward for capture: The US has vowed to capture Zarqawi, offering a multi-million dollar reward for information leading to his death or capture. Although some sources describe the Zarqawi group and Tawhid and Jihad as separate entities, internet postings and video footage suggest that Zarqawi is in charge. The ideology of Jama'at al-Tawhid wa-al-Jihad, whose name means Unity and Jihad, seems to be similar to that of al-Qaeda, but with a focus on Iraq. An extremist, fundamentalist Sunni group, it sees itself as engaged in a struggle against US "crusaders", contrasting the strict monotheism of Islam to the "polytheist" Christian Trinity. They perceive the invasion of Iraq as a step towards a Greater Israel, and reject Shia Muslims as "al-Rafidah" or rejectionists. They view the Kurds as enemies, partly because of their alleged links with Jewish interests.
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Iraqi President Ghazi al-Yawir says that relations with France were not affected by postponement of his visit
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Car-bomb explodes this morning in Al-Rabi Street
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US forces bomb residential areas in Al-Sadr City
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US spokesman says that a military operation in Al-Sadr City is continuing
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Source at the National Assembly makes statement commenting on statements by the Turkish foreign minister on Tall Afar
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Al-Diyar correspondent says that an explosive charge went off, targeting an Iraqi police patrol in Wadi al-Awsaj in Jalawlah
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Iraqi police arrest gang for kidnapping and looting in Kirkuk
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Al-Diyar interviews minister of education
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Baghdad, has witnessed unprecedented rise in prices of real estate and renting and buying houses. Correspondent meets head of Iraqi Economists Association to explain reasons for this
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Iraqi Justice Ministry spokesman says that Iraqi Council of Ministers might release Iraqi scientist Dr Rihab Taha on bail
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Shi'i Waqf Office awards Muhammad Ali al-Shahrastani for his role in expanding Al-Rawdah Al-Kazimiyah
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Minister of State Dawud Qassim announces security operations against terror suspects and Shiite militias; He says weapons seized by National Guard in Baghdad Haifa Street; He says some detainees to be release; US embassy spokesman denies release of two former members of Ba'th Party
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Terror suspects arrested in security operation in Haifa Street
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Iraq Prime Minister Iyad Allawi meets American President George Bush on the fringes of UN General Assembly annual meeting
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Allawi calls on Pakistan president to send force to Iraq
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Suspected al-Qa'idah terrorist, Abu Anas al-Shami, killed in American offensive
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Fierce fighting breaks out between Al-Mahdi Army and multinational force; two car bomb blasts in Baghdad
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Three British soldiers injured in collision of their vehicle and passenger car in Basra
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South Korean force deployment in northern Iraq
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Karbala police hold document-forging gang
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Basra police arrest children abductors
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Karbala police hold conference attended by Shiite clerics and representatives of civil society
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Main bridge in Beiji village reopened
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Basra printing houses play key cultural role in Iraq
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Basra education authority holds computer training for teachers
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Report on testing system reintroduced in universities
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Iraq unemployment rate down
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Expansion project at Oum Qasr harbour, video report
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Lebanese Shi'i cleric Muhammad Husayn Fadlallah and the Islamic Unification Movement condemn the assassination of Muslim clerics in Iraq
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Addressing the UN General Assembly yesterday, the UN chief denounced the US policy in Iraq, and President Bush defended the Iraq war
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US forces in Iraq say two of their soldiers were killed by gunmen in Al-Anbar Governorate and four others were wounded in an explosion on the Baghdad highway yesterday.
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The Muslim Ulema Council in Iraq says the Iraqi National Guard forces, backed by "occupation" forces, have broken into the offices of the council and the Iraqi Islamic Party in the Babil Governorate
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The brother of the British hostage in Iraq pledges not to keep silent over his brother's plight and criticizes the British government's position
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French President Jacques Chirac says France's policy on Iraq will remain unchanged if John Kerry wins the US presidential elections
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An Iraqi police officer says the body of a Turkish driver was found near the city of Al-Shirqat yesterday morning; Another body was also found in the area
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Ukraine's prosecutor-general accuses four foreigners from Greece, Pakistan, and Iraq of trying to smuggle weapons and recruit mercenaries to fight US forces in Iraq
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A member of the Iraqi National Assembly says the assembly yesterday discussed the "serious" security situation in the country
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Iraq will begin talks with creditors soon in a bid to reduce its debt burden
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Iraqi Finance Ministry sources say Germany is ready to write off a large part of Iraq's debts
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An Iraqi Justice Ministry source says sons of judges and prosecutors-general will receive a retirement allowance.
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An IMF team met an Iraqi delegation last week to discuss aid to Baghdad
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The Jordanian and Iraqi governments are planning to establish a customs-free zone between the two countries
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Baghdad's mayor leaves for Spain to attend a conference in Madrid
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A Diyala Governorate electricity official says a power line between Iran and Iraq will be put into operation in the next few days
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Kuwait's national bank agrees to purchase 75 per cent of Iraq's Al-I'timad Bank
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Iraqi Information Ministry sources say a US helicopter was shot down over Al-Nasiriyah;
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Security sources say a car bomb wounded a number of US "occupation" soldiers near Baghdad
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A member of the Association of Muslim Scholars in Iraq says Iraqi National Guards, backed by US "occupation" forces, broke into the office of the association and the Iraqi Islamic Party yesterday and arrested six people
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Abu-Mus'ab al-Zarqawi's Jama'at al-Tawhid Wa-al-Jihad group said yesterday it had executed the second American hostage in Iraq
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A Turkish company suspends operations in Iraq to save 10 of its employees taken hostage in Iraq
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Japanese newspapers say the Japanese Government will extend its forces' mission in Iraq for another year
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Doha-based Egyptian Cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi condemns those offering services to the "occupation" forces in Iraq as "occupiers
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Addressing the UN General Assembly yesterday, UN chief urged the world's countries to respect international law and criticized the US "occupation" forces in Iraq
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Six Iraqis are killed and 52 others wounded when a booby-trapped car targeted a crowd of National Guard volunteers in Al-Rabi Street
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Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi intends to make an overdue visit to Iran on a date that has not been set yet, the Iraqi defence minister says
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Iraqi Prime Minister Dr Iyad Allawi meets the US President on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly's annual meeting in New York; Neither disclosed information about the nature of their one-hour talks
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An Iraqi medical source says 13 Iraqis are killed and 49 others wounded so far in the large-scale campaign launched by the US forces in Al-Sadr City
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Iraq releases 49 detainees.
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Three US soldiers are injured when a US Black Hawk helicopter crashes after taking off in southern Iraq last night
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A female Iraqi detainee is released today
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Iraq receives a number of offers from many international oil companies to invest in oil industry in Iraq; Iraqi oil exports via southern Iraq continue to operate at a rate close to its maximum capacity.
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Government tend to release regime officials
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Police defuse car bomb in Al-Jami'a Street;
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Katyusha rocket in Abu Ghurayb
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Basra police abort thefts, kidnap attempts, seize amounts of weapons
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Allawi meets Pakistani president in New York, calls for deployment of Pakistani troops in Iraq
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Al-Najaf police chief: Families of 1,000 victims filed lawsuits against Muqtada al-Sadr;
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Shi'i endowment office confirms valuables stolen from Al-Hindi, Al-Tusi mosques
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One killed, eight wounded in Ba'qubah attacks
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Unidentified men abduct head of civil societies' commission
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Central Bank: Severe punishment to money counterfeiters
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Health Ministry: 98 doctors, sons of doctors kidnapped, assassinated since regime fall
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Relief aid from Turkish Red Crescent to Talla'far residents Sixteen reconnaissance planes to tighten border control.
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National Assembly calls on Turkey to stop interference in Iraq's affairs
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Interior Ministry inspector-general: Police system to be purged from offenders, ex-convicts
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Muslim Ulema Council refuse to charge any party with assassination of two clerics
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US forces arrest two Al-Sadr's aides in Al-Najaf Residents capture Arabs planting explosive device in Baghdad
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Oil minister confirms production ceiling raised by 1m b/d to ensure stable oil markets Blair: We will stand firmly against chaos, bloodshed in Iraq
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Kerry says reconstruction plan needed to benefit Iraqis
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Mistreatment of policemen to be penalized
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Pentagon admits shortfalls in training Iraqi forces
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Stringent measures against document forgery
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Higher Education Ministry Interior Ministry urges people to report on strangers
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Saddam photos in textbooks printed after regime fall
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Al-Kut police hunt down drug pill, arms dealers
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Twenty-eight schools built in Basra
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Baghdad University to open information centre in cooperation with British Council
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Migration Ministry discusses displaced problem in Ba'qubah
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Book exhibition opened at Education Ministry.
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Security task may be transferred to Iraqis by year end
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National Assembly discusses security situation
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Syria interested in preventing terrorist infiltration into Iraq
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Japan may keep non-combatant force in Iraq for one year
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US official confirms finding US hostage body
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OPEC lifts production ceiling to 27m b/d; Iraq seeks to produce 3.25m b/d target by end of 2004
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Highest irrigation dam to be built in Iraq soon
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Bird flu reported in chicken farms in Diyala
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Money counterfeiters jailed for ten years, fined 100m dinars
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Law 157 restricting land property in Baghdad officially cancelled
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First exhibition for textile industries opened
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One hundred containers contaminated with radioactive material found
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Security forces free hostage from captors in Baghdad, Prisoners released from Abu Ghurayb.
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Another horrendous crime by Al-Zarqawi; US hostage beheaded, his body found
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Two hostage-taking networks dismantled
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Iraq hopes for debt relief deal
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Iran denies interference in Iraqi affairs
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National Assembly condemns killing of three
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Iraqis Higher Education Ministry suggests adjustment to university professors' salaries
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Egypt, Italy invited to take part in development projects in Iraq
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Iraq to participate in third Arab water conference.
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Two Al-Sadr aides apprehended in Al-Najaf
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One civilian killed, four US soldiers wounded in car bomb blast In Diyala,
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163 policemen dismissed
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Bush: Departure not the right response to events in Iraq
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US Gen: Most Iraq to be under control of local forces by end of year
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Release of 40 Hezbollah members detained without legal order;
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Court insistent on questioning interior minister
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Al-Zarqawi group behead second US hostage;
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Kidnap network caught in Safwan near Basra;
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Saddam lawyer: My client want to spend his life in exile in Sweden, Switzerland or Austria
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In Iraq, be careful of being sold by your friend, driver or security man.
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Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani received the chief of the Iraqi Higher Independent Elections Commission and the director of the Commission's branch in Kurdistan. The discussions focused on Iraqi and Kurdistan elections, women participation, and other related topics. The PM renewed his government's support to the Commission.
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The UN should support e Iraqi freedom and federalism, US president said at the UN General Assembly meeting yesterday.
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South Korean completed the deployment of its 3,600 soldiers in Kurdistan. KRG-Erbil interior and Peshmarga ministers, Erbil Governor and other senior KDP officials received the commander of the Korean troops at Erbil Airport. The Korean commander said they came to make friendship with the Kurds and reconstruct Kurdistan together.
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Cabinet of KRG-Sylaymanya ministers renamed the ministry of Endowment and Islamic Affairs to Endowment and Relegious Affairs. The Cabinet also decided to re-activate the industrial bank to encourage industrial investment.
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Oil export from Kirkuk to turkey resumed after sabotage interruption.
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PUK and KDP representatives in Mosul visited the Governor's office to welcome Iraqi federal vice-president Roj Shawais, who attended a meeting of Mosul Municipal Council. The PUK official explained that the former regime settled about 150,000 Arabs around Mosul, in Shekhan, Zumar, Talaafar, Sinjar and areas leading to Erbil. Most of the settlers escaped in the aftermath of the regime fall, but some of them returned later and others plan to do so, the PUK representative added.
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A Kurdish artist donated 404 pieces of ancient antiques, some of them dating back to thousand years ago, to Sulaymanya museum.
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The US forces in Sulaymanya provided the police with 400 pieces of light weapons in addition to 44 vehicles to the border guards.
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Iraqi National Assembly protests the Turkish Foreign Minister's statements on Talaafar and considers it interference in Iraqi domestic affairs.
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The culprit of Kirkuk terrorist suicide explosion was a Yemeni.
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The police in Riyaz south of iKirkuk arrested an abduction band.
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A Kurdish lawyer assassinated in Mosul.
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Khanaqeen people march to protest murder of the 12 Kurdish policemen, condemn Dyala Governor and Arab chauvinism.
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How long should we wait? After 16 months since the regime fall, only 14,000 Kurdish IDPs have returned out of the 350,000 evicted by Saddam and 75% of the Arab settlers are still staying in Kirkuk, yet President Yawar says no one could send back the Arab settlers forcefully and the IDPs issue needs longer time.
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The KDP makes deals with the Islamists, including former members of Ansar-ul-Islam, to coordinate efforts and collate for the upcoming Kurdistan parliamentary elections.
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Erbil people and businessmen complain that Saed Barzani, Nizar Yohanna and Al-Sharq Al-Awsat Company, also owned by a KDP senior official, are awarded all project tenders are given to without allowing competitions.
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Most of Erbil city's power supply is given to Shiraton Hotel while the citizens suffer lack of electricity.
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