Sunday, 10 Oct 2004
DEFENCE/SECURITY
Al-Diyar Satellite Channel In Arabic, Baghdad , 09 Oct 04 : : Al-Diyar TV reported on 9 October that an explosion was heard inside a British base in Al-Jubayli area, in Basra, after unidentified men fired mortar shells on the base overnight. The TV added that helicopters flew over the area in search of the perpetrators.
Al-Diyar Satellite Channel In Arabic, Baghdad , 09 Oct 04 :: Al-Diyar TV reported clashes in Ashrin Street, in the city of Al-Ramadi, on 9 October. The TV said that a US Hummer vehicle was destroyed in the clashes.
SCIRI's Voice of the Mujahidin in Arabic,Iran, 9 Oct 04: US forces working with Iraqi National Guard officers arrested a tribal leader in a raid on his house in Karbala on 9 October, Voice of the Mujahidin reported. An eyewitness said the troops arrested Shaykh Abd-al-Aziz al-Bar'ah, leader of Al-Zaqarit tribe in the city of Karbala, and nearly 25 members of the same tribe.
Al-Sharqiyah Satellite Channel, Baghdad, in Arabic- 9 Oct 04: The Interior Ministry has begun recruiting more than 1,500 people to form an anti-riot unit, Iraqi Al-Sharqiyah TV reported on 9 October. Brigadier-General Aziz Ibrahim, deputy commander of the Anti-Riot Brigades, said that these forces, which consist of three anti-riot brigades, will start training in November. He added that members of the brigades will be carefully vetted.
Al - Dustur, independent daily published by former journalist Basim al-Sheikh, 9 Oct 04: Al-Dustur newspaper on 9 October cited "an insurgents source" in Al-Fallujah as saying on 8th that British hostage Bigley was killed near Baghdad on 7th.
The following is a list produced on 8 October of foreigners abducted and executed in Iraq:
Al-Furat, comprehensive & political daily newspaper, by Al-Furat Establishment for Press, 09 oct 04: an official source at Iraqi Airways as saying that the company decided to reduce the price of flights from Baghdad to Amman. A one-way trip from Baghdad to Amman has dropped to 250 dollars from 300 dollars and a round-trip ticket and from Baghdad to Damascus now costs 500 dollars instead of 600 dollars.
Al-Furat, comprehensive & political daily newspaper, by Al-Furat Establishment for Press, 09 Oct 04: The Ministry of Health "has decided to reinstate 55 employees who had been dismissed for political reasons. The decision was made in line with directives by the prime ministry to reappoint all the employees who have been dismissed for political reasons, and who have been harmed by the policies of the former regime." The paper published the names of the 55 employees.
Al-Mada [Baghdad, daily, independent newspaper published by Al-Mada Media, Culture and Arts Corporation] 09 Oct 04: An official at the Industrial Bank as saying that "any industrialist can get loans totalling 80 per cent of the value of the project he intends to implement. He said this is part of a plan to encourage industrial activities in Iraq. (9 Oct)
Al-Diyar Satellite Channel In Arabic, Baghdad , 09 Oct 04 : Prime Minister Iyad Allawi on 8 October met Ashraf Qadi, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan's special represansative to Iraq, to discuss the upcoming Iraqi elections and how the UN can assist in ensuring their success, Al-Diyar TV reported. Allawi stressed his determination to hold elections on the specified date adding that he will not allow security challenges to affect the progress of national elections.
Al-Shira [Baghdad, twice-weekly independent newspaper in Arabic (published on Monday/Thursday)] 09 Oct 04: Iraq has not, so far, been invited to attend the meeting of the interior ministers of the Gulf States scheduled at the end of October in Kuwait. It cited remarks made by Sabah Kazim, spokesman for the Interior Ministry.
Al-Sharqiyah Satellite Channel, Baghdad, in Arabic, 09 Oct 04: Shaykh Abd-al-Hadi al-Darraji, an aide to Muqtada al-Sadr said on 9 October that the handover of weapons process would be finished within two or three days.
Tariq al-Sha'b ,06 Oct 04 : The Independent Higher Commission for Elections has announced the registration of voters and specified the following conditions required for voter participation in the National Assembly elections:
Al-Zaman [daily, independent, Baghdad edition of London-based Al-Zaman]: [From commentary by Fatih Abd al-Salam]: "Who is funding the Iraqi electoral campaign on the Abu Dhabi satellite TV and other media outlets? Is this an Iraqi-funded effort, or a foreign-funded one? And if it is indeed Iraqi-funded, then what Iraqi authority, parliament or government has endorsed the funding? If it is foreign-funded, however, then it should warrant a much bigger question mark, I would say."
Al-Adalah [Baghdad, twice-weekly newspaper in Arabic published by the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI)] [From editorial]: "The initiative launched by Al-Sadr faction has come to promote some topmost Iraqi national interests as it will help Iraqis to avoid further loss of life and property. It will contribute a lot towards restoring peace and stability in the country through getting the fighters to lay down their arms, a move that will greatly cut down on loss of innocent life. Furthermore, it will foil the efforts of those who have gone out of their way to spark off a sectarian civil war among Iraqis, hoping to push Iraq down an endless track of devastation and despair."
Al-Sharq al-Awsat [Baghdad edition of London-based daily Al-Sharq al-Awsat] [From commentary by Ahmad al-Rubay'i]: "There are clear indicators in the Iraqi scene that violence and killing are an exception and that stability is the rule; that violence really has no future in Iraq It is only a transient phenomenon in that it has no sectarian character. It is not violence practised by one sect against another, one geographically-based community against another, nor one ideological group against another. If it were, it would be most dangerous as it would have a huge reservoir of recruits to keep it up. Luckily enough, the sort of violence we are witnessing in Iraq has failed to turn Iraqis into warring sects."
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Mortar attack reported on British base in Basra- Al-Diyar TV
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US Hummer reportedly destroyed in Al-Ramadi clashes- Al-Diyar TV
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Tribal leader, 25 others arrested in Karbala- Voice of the Mujahidin
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Ministry to start anti-riot unit training in November- Al-Sharqiyah
HOSTAGES
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Paper says Bigley killed near Baghdad- Al-Dustur
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Foreign hostages executed in Iraq in 2004- report
RECONSTRUCTION
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Iraqi Airways reduce the price of flights from Baghdad to Amman- Al-Furat
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MOH, to reinstate anumber of former employees: Al-Furat
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Industrial Bank offer loans for industrial projects- Al_Mada
POLITICS, ELECTIONS
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Allawi meets UN special envoy- Al-Diyar TV
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Iraq hasn't been invited to the Gulf States interior ministers meeting - Al-Shira
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Weapons handover to be completed "in a few days"- Al-Sharqiyah
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Elections body announces details of voter registration- report
IRAQI BROADCAST MEDIA SUMMARIES, 09 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, 09 OCT. 04
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Al-Mu'tamar [Baghdad, daily newspaper in Arabic published by the Iraqi National Congress]
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Al-Bayan [Baghdad, general political daily newspaper published by the Islamic Al-Da'wah Party]
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Al-Zaman [Baghdad edition of London-based independent daily newspaper]
IRAQI PRESS QUOTES, 09 OCT 04
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Who is funding the Iraqi electoral campaign? - Al-zaman
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Initiative launched by Al-Sadr faction will cut down loss of innocent life- Al-Adalah
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Violence and killing are exception; stability is the rule- Al-Sharq al-Awsat
UPDATES FROM IRAQI KURDISH MEDIA , 07 OCT 04
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Khabat daily, issued by the KDP in Erbil, 7 October 2004
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Kurdistani Nwe daily, issued in Sulaymanya by the PUK, 5 October 2004
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Aso weekly, issued in Sulaymanya by Khandan Publishing House, 5 October 2004
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Hawlati weekly, issued in Sulaymanya by Ranj Printing Press, 5 October 2004
AMERICANS: Jack Hensley and Eugene Armstrong, employees of a Gulf-based contractor, were beheaded by Al-Qai'dah-linked militants demanding the release of Iraqi women prisoners after being seized with colleague Bigley on 16 September.
- Nicholas Berg, 26, a Jewish-American businessman was beheaded by Al-Qa'idah-linked militants in May after being kidnapped the previous month.
BRITON: On 8 October the family of Kenneth Bigley, an employee of a Gulf-based contractor, said it had "absolute proof" that he was killed by his abductors.
BULGARIANS: On 11 August, Bulgaria confirmed that truck driver Ivanlo Kepov, 32, had been beheaded by a group linked to the Al-Qa'idah network. He and another truck driver, Georgy Lazov, 30, were kidnapped on 8 July near Mosul.
- Lazov was also beheaded and his body identified on July 22 after it was found floating in the River Tigris.
ITALIANS: On 26 August, the so-called Islamic Army in Iraq said it executed Italian journalist Enzo Baldoni, who went missing with two French reporters.
- In April, Fabrizio Quattrocchi, one of four private security contractors who were kidnapped, was shot dead within days. The others were freed in June during an operation by US-led forces.
LEBANESE: Husayn Olayyan, 26, a telecommunications employee, had his throat slit in June after disappearing near Al-Fallujah.
NEPALIS: On 31 August, 12 workers taken hostage in Iraq by Al-Qa'idah-linked militants were executed, according to footage posted on an Islamist web site.
PAKISTANI: In late July, migrant workers Sajid Naeem, 29, and Azad Hussein Khan, 49, were killed by Islamic militants.
SOUTH KOREAN: In June, Islamic militants beheaded Kim Sun-Il, 30, after the South Korean government rejected an ultimatum to scrap plans to deploy more than 3,000 troops to Iraq and withdraw over 600 already in the country.
TURKS: On 13 September, grisly footage of the execution of Turkish trucker Durmus Kumdereli was posted on an Islamist website.
- On 2 September, militants said they had killed three other Turkish drivers, as the bodies of three Turks were found on the roadside north of Baghdad.
- Fellow Turkish driver Murat Yuce was executed and a video of his killing was released on 2 August.
Conditions for participation in Assembly elections.
1. Participant must be an Iraqi citizen or have the right to citizenship
2. Participant must have been born on or before 31 December 1986.
3. Participant must be registered to vote.
4. To cast votes in the elections of the Kurdistan National Assembly or Governorate Councils, he/she must, in addition to the above conditions, be registered in the voters' register as resident of the governorate concerned.
Conditions for registration as voter:
1. The voters' register shall be based on the records of the general system for the ration card. It will be developed during the registration period through additions or amendments.
2. The qualified voters have the right to make sure that their names are included in the initial voters' register and to correct any mistakes.
3. The commission will open election centres for registering the voters in all parts of Iraq.
4. The election centres must be informed of any changes in the initial voters' register.
5. Any person who meets the conditions for participation in the elections but whose name has not been including in the voters' register has the right to include his name in the register.
6. Requests for addition or change will not be accepted before or after the period specified by the commission.
7. Any information that is contained in the voters' register and that is not amended shall be considered correct.
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A US soldier was killed in Kirkuk when Iraqi resistance men attacked a military patrol of the "occupation" forces, and US forces close the Haifa Street in Baghdad to launch a search and arrest campaign
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US "occupation" forces kill two Iraqis in the Iraqi city of Abu Ghurayb, and an explosion destroys a US armoured vehicle;
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US forces renewed their shelling of the city of Al-Fallujah last night, and mosque imams condemn the US "occupation" forces' operations
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The British prime minister condemns the killing of British hostage in Iraq Kenneth Bigley
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Foreign visitors will be prohibited from entering the Al-Najaf and Al-Kufah cities unless they show their identification cards
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The Iraqi minister of higher education and scientific research says that the list of accepted students in colleges will also include last year's junior high school graduates
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US forces on 8th bombarded Al-Sadr City in eastern Baghdad
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Shaykh Ali Sumaysim, an aide to Muqtada al-Sadr, announced an initiative to end fighting in Al-Sadr City
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US Army says that insurgents blew up the Red Crescent building in Al-Ramadi
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Two gunmen were killed and a third was wounded in clashes between US Marines and gunmen in the city of Al-Ramadi
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US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld pledges to send more troops to Iraq
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The undersecretary of the Environment Ministry tenders his resignation in protest against the acts of corruption taking place in the ministry
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Iraqi Police arrests six people on charges of counterfeiting Iraqi and foreign currency
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Iraq's Interior Ministry begins recruiting more than 1,500 people to form an anti-riot force
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The US forces move three Iranians arrested during the US military operations in Al-Iskandariyah and Al-Latifiyah to Al-Hillah Prison
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Iraq Prime Minister Iyad Allawi condemns killing of British hostage, reaffirms commitment to fight on terror; British Prime Minister Tony Blair calls killing barbaric
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Interview with member of interim National Assembly, Husayn Sha'lan; He praises Interim cabinet for taking positive steps in fight on terror, especially offensive in Al-Fallujah .
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US spokesman denies report about death of former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz
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Head of Iraq writers union, Imad Ghazwan Isma'il, dies
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Ministry of Labour announces measures to deal with child labour
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Rise in marriage rate, reflecting improved living condition
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School children in Baghdad district get book bags, gift from the coalition countries
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Basra traffic police announce measure to deal with congestion
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Iraqis brace themselves for Ramadan .
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Basra city council puts up Ramadan decoration, starts cleaning campaign
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Loyalists of Shi'i cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to lay down arms in Al-Sadr City from 11 October
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Minister of Planning says Tokyo donor countries meeting to discuss Iraq reconstruction grants
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Training for Iraq businessmen sponsored by British government in Basra
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An explosion has rocked the Green Zone in Baghdad
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Prime Minister Iyad Allawi and the UN special envoy to Iraq discuss elections
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clashes in Al-Ramadi today in which a US Hummer was destroyed
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Nisrin Barwari, minister of public works and municipalities, visits Al-Najaf Governorate and urges ministry employees to speed up the reconstruction of the area
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exhibition held in Al-Najaf by the society for the support of martyr's families
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The Iraqi security apparatus arrest a network involved in sabotage and vandalism acts in Iraq
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The assembly for the families of the martyrs of the 20th Revolution holds its first conference
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Report on a celebration held by the general association of Iraqi youth
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The Baghdad Governorate Council calls for adopting measures to prevent the leakage of oil from Al-Dawrah refinery into the Tigris River
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The military academy in Al-Rustumiyah area, in Baghdad, was inaugurated
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The Iraqi Transport Ministry announces the reduction of fares between Baghdad and Amman and Damascus
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US investigators: Saddam was a megalomaniac
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Trade Ministry: Food rationing to continue over the next two years
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Al-Sha'lan: Libya supporting Saddam remnants
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New US plan to counter terrorists, control troubled cities
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US air strike on Al-Fallujah leaves 26 dead, wounded
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Triangle of Death completely swept by US, Iraqi forces
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Iraq relief operations hampered by Pentagon
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French ambassador: UN has not had enough of a role in Iraq
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Baghdad-Amman-Damascus flight fares cut down
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Forty-five Abu-Ghurayb prisoners released
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Al-Samarra power grid to be rehabilitated once military operations are over
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Minister of trade threatens to resign, accusing political parties of pressuring him to wrest contracts
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Two wedding parties in Baghdad, Al-Fallujah turned into funerals by air-raid, rocket attack
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School children kidnapped in New Baghdad district, local council member abducted in Al-Sadr City
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London: Information on Bigley slaughter being scrutinized
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Three killed while planting roadside bomb in Al-Sadr City, five private cars burnt by US tank fire in Al-Khalidiyyah
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Official in charge of TV transmission assassinated in Mosul
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KRG-Erbil PM Nechirvan Barzani met with Erbil contractors, assured them of equal treatment in project tendering.
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KDP Politburo Executive received delegation of Zakho dignitaries who joined the KDP recently.
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KDP Politburo broad meeting with senior cadres reiterates Kurdish anti-terrorism policy and insistence on non-negotiable Kurdistani identity of Kirkuk.
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KRG-Erbil Education Ministry presents another cargo of Kurdish textbooks and stationary to 201 primary and 61 secondary Kurdish schools in Kirkuk.
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80 male and female students in Qushtapa town north of Erbil graduated a 100-day vocational training session.
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271 children vaccinated against polio in Erbil and Dahuk in 3 days.
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Car blast targeting US soldiers I Mosul kill 3 civilians in another car.
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KDP-affiliated Kurdistan Women Union opened 45-day tailoring session in Bastora town northeast Erbil for 60 women in 3 shifts.
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Kurdistan Parliament commemorates Federalism Declaration, amends Kurdistan Journalists' Law.
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Iraqi Deputy PM requests Ukrain not to pull out troops from Iraq.
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Peaceful Co-existence Festival activities sponsored by the Iraqi Human Rights Ministry continue in Sulaymanya for the 5th running day.
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Unknown gunmen ambush PUK Peshmargas on Kalar-Jalawla road killing 3 and wounding another 3.
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The KRG-Sulaymanya continues exerting all efforts to rehabilitate devastated Shwan district northeast Kirkuk.
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A number of Arab intellectuals campaign for organizing a visit to Halabja and apologizing, in name of the Arab nation, to the Kurdish nation.
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Tola' Kurdish group vows avenge for beheaded Kurds by killing Arabs in Kurdistan.
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The Jaf tribe chieftain blames the PUK for not allowing them to convene the Jaf conference in Erbil.
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Dyala Governor continues efforts to bring back evicted Arab settlers to Khanaqeen area.
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PMF pulled out of Kurdistan leaving behind pending legal cases.
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Terrorists in Mosul attacked a house in Al-Jazair Kurdish suburb Monday evening, killed 5 persons, including a child and 2 women, and then deformed the bodies. A family member wounded in attack said the culprits spoke in Sorani Kurdish.
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