Wednsday, 06 Oct 2004
DEFENCE/SECURITY
Al-Diyar Satellite Channel In Arabic, Baghdad,5 Oct 04:
Al Jazeera Satellite Channel , Arabic - Doha - Independent TV. 5 Oct 04
Al-Diyar Satellite Channel In Arabic, Baghdad 5 Oct 04:
Al-Sharqiyah Satellite Channel, Baghdad, in Arabic, 5 Oct 04
Al-Diyar Satellite Channel In Arabic, Baghdad, 5 Oct 04
Al-Shira [Baghdad, twice-weekly independent newspaper in Arabic (published on Monday/Thursday)] 5 Oct 04: Iraqi National Assembly Speaker Dr Fu'ad Ma'sum confirmed on 5 October that Interior Minister Falah al-Naqib had been summoned to the National Assembly for questioning. In an interview with Iraqi newspaper Al-Shira, the Speaker said Al-Naqib had not been adequately transparent towards parliament. He said that, unless the National Assembly called for a secret session, the questioning would be made public and broadcast.
Al-Diyar Satellite Channel In Arabic, Baghdad, 5 Oct 04: Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani's office said on 5 October that Al-Sistani has been holding intensive meetings with political groups on the upcoming elections, Al-Diyar TV reported. A source at the Al-Najaf office said Al-Sistani "is doing his utmost to reach an accord among the parties and trends that intend to participate in elections with the aim of gaining more power in the political arena".
Al-Furat, comprehensive & political daily, by Al-Furat Establishment for Press, 05 Oct 04: Fu'ad Ma'sum, Speaker of the Iraqi National Assembly, has said that holding elections in January would be "impossible" due to the lack of security in the country, according to a report in Iraqi paper Al-Furat on 5 October. He reportedly said that elections would be unfair if they were held in deteriorating conditions, but added that if elections were held, they would not be based on geographical divisions but on the basis of Iraq being one electoral district.
Al-Ta'akhi newspaper, by the Kurdistan Democratic Party , 05 Oct 04: The minister of water resources has called for an agreement between Iraq and its neighbouring countries on the fair distribution of water resources from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, Kurdish newspaper Al-Ta'akhi reported on 4 October. Minister Abd-al-Latif Jamal Rashid, said Iraq suffers from water shortage due to widespread exploitation by the countries who share international rivers with it. He was addressing journalists after attending the Third International Conference on Water Resources in Arab Countries, which took place in the Lebanese capital, Beirut.
Al-Sharqiyah Satellite Channel, Baghdad, in Arabic, 5 Oct 04: The Iraqi Central Bank has adopted a new plan for the smooth transfer of Iraqi currency aboard, Al-Sharqiyah TV reported on 5 October. A source at the bank said the presence of Arab and foreign banks was a positive start for investment in Iraq and spelt an opportunity to improve the exchange rate of the Iraqi Dinar. He added that trust in economic transactions represents the most important feature of this plan.
Al-Nahdah [Baghdad, daily political newspaper,by Adnan al-Pachachi [From commentary by Abd al-Mun'im al-A'sam]: "Those who do not see that the security file is closely linked to the living conditions in Iraq are akin to those who fail to see the fact that the average Iraqi citizen has become hostage to the armed forces of barbarism. It should not take much political insight to conceive this equation, which, I think, is high time to reverse through securing a sense of dignity for the Iraqi masses who deserve to be saved from this ever-increasing squalor and to be given access to a decent life. This is the only way to stimulate large sectors of the Iraqi public to assume a more positive role instead of persisting in their present role of by-standers or succumbing to their fate as hostages to terrorist blackmail."
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Al - Dustur, independent daily published by former journalist Basim al-Sheikh [From editorial by Bassim al-Shaykh
Al-Adalah [Baghdad, twice-weekly newspaper in Arabic published by the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI)] [From commentary by Abd al-Karim al-Musawi]: "Iraq is now at a cross-roads and the opportunity of holding the nation's first general elections and restoring its free independent will should not be wasted. This makes it incumbent on all combat-hardened Iraqi freedom-fighters to keep up their strife with the same principled high-spiritedness and the same clarity of ideological vision, taking into account the new Iraqi reality and the nature of the political forces influencing events on the international arena."
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US troops attack Al-Sadr City - Al-Diyar TV
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US aircraft reportedly bomb Al-Fallujah- Al-Jazeera TV
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Shell explosion wounds 10 in Ba'qubah- Al-Diyar TV
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Gunmen set fire to oil pipeline west of Baghdad-Al-Sharqiyah
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Over 3,000 killed, 17,000 wounded in military operations - Al-Diyar
POLITICS, ELECTION
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Iraqi interior minister said summoned for parliamentary questioning- Al-Shira
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Al-Sistani reportedly meeting political groups over election- Al-Diyar
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Iraqi Speaker says elections "impossible" - Al-Furat
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Iraq urges equitable distribution of resources from Tigris and Euphrates- Al-Ta'akhi
RECONSTRUCTION
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Central Bank adopts plans to ease money transfer- Al-Sharqiya
IRAQI BROADCAST MEDIA SUMMARIES, 05 OCT. 04
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Dar Al-Salam Radio, Iraqi Islamic Party-affiliated
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Al-Sharqiyah Satellite Channel, Baghdad, in Arabic
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Al-Iraqiah Satellite Channel, Baghdad, in Arabic,
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Al-Diyar Satellite Channel in Arabic, Baghdad
IRAQI PRESS HEADLINES, 05 OCT. 04
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Al-Mada [Baghdad, political daily newspaper published by Al-Mada Corporation for Media, Culture and Art]:
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Al-Adalah [Baghdad, general political daily newspaper published by the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq]
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Al-Nahdah [Baghdad, political daily newspaper]
IRAQI PRESS QUOTES, 05 OCT 04
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The Only Way to Stimulate Iraqis to a Positive Role - Al-Nahdah
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``Questions Iraqis Have, Answers Are The Problem."- Al-Dustur
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General Elections - Iraq Is at a Cross-Roads- Al-Adalah
UPDATES FROM IRAQI KURDISH MEDIA , 05 OCT 04
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Khabat daily, issued by the KDP in Erbil, 5 Oct 04
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Kurdistani Nwe daily, issued in Sulaymanya by the PUK, 4 Oct 04
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Jamawar weekly, issued in Erbil by a group of independent journalists, 4 Oct 04
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Newand biweekly, issued by the KDP in Erbil, 1 Oct 04
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A delegation from Al-Fallujah meets the president and the defence minister and voices the inhabitants' rejection of the presence of any foreign forces in the city.
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Explosions occur in the industrial zone of Al-Ramadi, wounding four citizens
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A group calling itself the 20 revolution brigades says it has destroyed a US military vehicle in the city of Al-Ramadi
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The US "occupation" forces say one of its soldiers is killed and two others wounded west of the city of Al-Ramadi
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An armed group in Iraq releases two Indonesian female hostages, and another armed group executes two hostages
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UK's Jack Straw begins an unannounced visit to Iraq, meets Kurdish officials in Iraq's Kurdistan
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Paul Bremer, former head of the US civil administration in Iraq, says that US interference in Iraq has been obstructed early because of the lack of forces and efforts to contain the looting crimes after overthrowing the former regime
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A string of explosions rock the Iraqi capital, Baghdad; An Iraqi police officer says two Iraqi civilians were wounded when mortars fell near the Interior Ministry in central Baghdad
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Meanwhile, two mortars fell near the Oil Ministry without causing any damage or casualties
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The US forces arrest a member of the Muslim Ulema Council Al-Mussayib area, south of Baghdad
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A spokesman for the US Army says that contracts will be signed so! on to set up surveillance checkpoints on Iraq's borders to prevent the infiltration of foreign fighters from Iraq's six neighbouring countries
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The US Army announces that one US soldier was killed and two others were wounded in a bomb explosion when their convoy was travelling near Baghdad on 4th
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A US convoy was targeted by a booby-trapped car attack in Mosul, north of Iraq
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The White House says that it will respond to the statement of the Polish president, who announced that he will withdraw the Polish forces from Iraq before the end of next year
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The US Army says that the death toll of the "fierce battles" last week to restore control of Samarra is 127 "civilians"
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Iraqi religious figures call for forsaking violence and sectarianism
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Symposium held by the Iraqi Psychological Research Centre in Baghdad University
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Iraqi Defence Ministry invites the officers of the former Iraqi army with the rank of a major or below from the divisions of electrical and! mechanical engineering, supplies, and transportation, to join the new Iraqi Army if they desire to resume service
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The US Army announces that four US soldiers in Fort Carson base in the State of Colorado were suspended for investigation on the killing of an Iraqi officer
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President Ghazi al-Yawar says unemployment problem can be solved at meeting with workers
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Al-Yawar stresses importance of good relations with the rest of the world at meeting with Iraq ambassadors
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Prime Minister Iyad Allawi says there is new strategy to restore law and order in Iraq
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Allawi tells interim National Assembly that international community backs Iraq in its efforts to restore law and order
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Abbas al-Bayati, member of the assembly explains issues discussed by the assembly. He praises co-operation with interim cabinet but says assembly is not pro-government but serves the interests of the people
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Man killed and other injured in mortar attack on passport department in Al-Sadr City
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Car bomb blast in Mosul kills five
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Allawi hails peace agreement between tribes and clerics in Al-Sadr City ... American troops patrol Syrian-Iraqi border; Damascus denies accusation that several "infiltrators"! cross border everyday
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US Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld says Iran sends weapons and money to Iraq
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Southern oil company holds religious celebration in Basra
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Students in women teachers college in Al-Nassiriyah call for rebuilding derelict college buildings
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Three people killed, four injured as a group open fire on a bus on the road between Jalawla and Kalar
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US Secretary of State Donald Rumsfeld says situation in Sammara improving
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The multinational forces and Iraqi border guards take firm security measures to control the borders
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Arab fighters captured in Samarra and three in Qa'im in raids mostly carried out by Iraqi forces
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In audience with Ayad Allawi, Jordanian King calls for an end to violence, for elections to be held on schedule
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Baladruz police chief assassinated Multinational forces track down Monotheism and Holy War Group chief, bombard targets in Al-Fallujah
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Captors of Jordanian hostage switch from political to monetary demands.
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Iraq and Italy agree to develop oil sector
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Ammar al-Bakri to head special Saddam tribunal [Agencies- quoted]
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Muqtada al-Sadr seriously mulls joining political arena by disbanding his militia and choosing candidates for elections
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Al-Hillah-Baghdad highway to be patrolled for protection
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Oil- for- food investigation obstructed by France, Russia and China
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Arrest warrant issued against Mithal al-Alusi
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Supreme religious authorities consulting with political parties on elections
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European firms mull building super-size hotels in Iraq
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Iranian vice-president resigns
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Deteriorating security conditions threaten to spur further brain-drain.
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In a press conference in Erbil Monday afternoon, the STP head lashed at the UN saying it is comprised of state members like Russia, China France and the US that oppress other people in various ways. The UN was always part of the problems and never a hope for any nation, the STP head said refereeing to Bosnia as an example where the deployed blue-hat soldiers betrayed the people saying they were not mandated to arrest the criminals. On federalism and the future of the Kurds in Iraq, the STP official advised the Kurds to keep their own army because to guarantee Kurdistan security and prevent recurrence of the decades-long oppression they went through because Iraq was a state assembled by the Britons [in the 1920s] rather than a `united family'.
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The KDP leader's office manager Sidad Barzani received a number of Kurdish tribal chieftains separately, as well as several dignitaries of genuine Arabs from Sargaran area (North of Kirkuk). Barzani acknowledged the role of genuine Arabs in preserving fraternity with the Kurds. He also renewed his party's stand on Kirkuk's `non-negotiable' Kurdistani identity and insistence on eliminating Arabization consequences.
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Kurdistan Parliament House will host a 2-day conference next week for legal preparations for the trail of Saddam and the other heads of the firmer regime for their crimes against Kurdistan people.
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Muqtada al-Sadr gets ready to disband his Mehdi Army militia and participate in the forthcoming elections, the New York Times reported.
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Terrorists in Mosul abducted another Kurd and beheaded him Monday. The victim was working as a [taxi] driver in Mosul. He was from Daratoo village in Bardarash area.
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The Iraqi human rights ministry 10-day festival continues in Sulaymanya. The festival aims at promoting human rights, tolerance and peaceful co-existence culture, the minister said.
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The PUK established a new office designated to the affairs of the Ezidis [Kurdish religious belief]. The office will report to the PUK leader directly proposing implementation of service projects in the Ezidi areas, suggesting qualified Ezidi cadres for Iraqi and Kurdistani government and party positions, as well as coordinating with the PUK politburo and both Mosul and Dahuk HQs. The office may also consult the Ezidi Spiritual Council on ad hoc basis.
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Kurdistan Parliament is getting old. Not only because it was elected 13 years ago, but also because you hardly see a member younger than 40 years old. The number of female members is very much below expectation. Unfortunately, Kurdistan youth and women organizations are not making any serious preparations for the forthcoming election.
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Pan-Islamic hardliner groups in Mosul continue their threats. After threatening to blow up all alcohol-selling shops, the hardliners threatened the barbers to refrain from applying modern fashion haircut to their customers. They also threatened the city's physicians to decrease diagnostic fees in their clinics to about $1 or face death.
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Representatives of Shiite clergy Muqtada al-Sadr and the Iraqi Turcoman Front in Kirkuk are engaged in talks for the establishment of a joint military unit.
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Kurdish group calling itself `Tola' [revenge] vows avenge for the slain Zakho youths.
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During his last week Iran visit, the KDP leader Massoud Barzani called Iranian businessmen to open a joint company in Iraq for car production
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