Tuesday, 26 Oct 2004
DEFENCE/SECURITY
Al-Zaman newspaper
Ba'qubah massacre "was inside job"-Al-Iraqiah TV
Al-Iraqiah Satellite Channel, 25 Oct 04:
Al-Diyar TV 25 Oct 04: Vice President Ibrahim Al-Ja'fari has blamed the slow pace of the reconstruction process to security problems in Iraq, Al-Diyar TV reported on 25 October. Al-Ja'fari added that the government was trying to prevent terrorist operations and to bring about security and stability so that Iraq could go ahead with reconstruction.
Committee cancels 700 decrees issued by Saddam regime-Al-Diyar TV
Al-Diyar TV 25 Oct 04:
US Congress's grant allocated for the public work- Al-Mu'tamar
Al-Mu'tamar newspaper
Voice of the Mujahidin 25 Oct 04: The Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq [SCIRI] has concluded a strategic alliance with the Islamic Da'wah Party aimed at cooperation in laying down the nucleus of a Shi'i alliance, Voice of Mujahidin radio reported on 25 October. Rida Jawad Taqiy, director of political affairs in the council, said one of the main issues that would be under discussion was the option of entering the elections on a unified national list.
Iraqi President meeting with SCIRI leader Abd-al-Aziz al-Hakim- Al-Adalah
Al-Adalah newspaper on 25 Oct 04:
Fear of the upcoming elections- Al-Adalah
Al-Adalah newspaper 25 Oct 04
Escalation of terrorist acts aims at hindering democratic process- Kul al-Iraq
Kul al-Iraq newspaper 25 Oct 04:
(Al-Diyar TV, 25 Oct 04): Iraq has renewed its demand that the UN hastens its efforts at ensuring the normalization of the situation in the country, Al-Diyar TV reported on 25 October. Prime Minister Iyad Allawi made the remarks during talks with Ashraf Qadi, representative of the UN secretary general. The two sides stressed the need for providing an appropriate atmosphere for holding the elections on schedule.
VP urges neighbouring countries to control borders- Al-Diyar TV
(Al-Diyar TV, 25 Oct 04):
Disabled Iraqis call for Hassan's release- Al-Iraqiyah TV
Al-Iraqiyah TV, 25 Oct 04 (report):
Dar Al-Salam Radio, Iraqi Islamic Party-affiliated
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A car bomb goes off near the Australian Embassy in Baghdad, damaging a US military vehicle, wounding nine Australian soldiers, and killing four people
Al-Iraqiah Satellite Channel, Baghdad, in Arabic,
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Prime Minister Iyad Allawi says dialogue with Al-Fallujah dignitaries continues
SCIRI's Voice of the Mujahidin in Arabic,Iran,
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Gunmen kill 49 Iraqi national guardsmen near the city of Ba'qubah
Al-Mada [Baghdad, political daily newspaper ]
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Four car-bombs detonated yesterday morning,
Al-Zaman [Baghdad edition]
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School children killed in car bomb blast near Australian Embassy in Baghdad
Al-Zaman [London edition]
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Head of Al-Ghrir tribe, chief of northern tribes assassinated.
Al-Sharq al-Awsat-''Terrorists without Borders, an Arab invention''
Al-Sharq al-Awsat [From commentary by Jabir Habib Jabir]: "I have always wondered at what impels members of such organizations as Doctors without borders and Voices in the Wilderness to abandon the good life they can afford to live in their advanced western countries to seek work in a backward African country where they are exposed to all sorts of epidemics. These admirable men and women must have a sense of human solidarity that transcends national, racial and religious differences to soar up in the open skies of humanity at large. Compared with this bright image, how bleak the Arab picture must look, featuring hardly any sense of communal cooperation. Not only have we proved our inability to help others, be they aliens or fellow countrymen. We have created a new global organization: Terrorists without Borders, an Arab invention with excellence."
Al-Mada -``Our Security Apparatus Is Penetrated''
Al-Mada news paper, [From editorial]: "The barbaric killing of unarmed Iraqi police recruits has aroused a wave of public protest. Clearly, our security apparatus is penetrated and this atrocity was made possible with help from insiders. The alarming thing is that, through this grisly mass murder, the perpetrators seem to have sought to achieve multiple aims. There are enough clues to suggest that the operation was aimed at specific Iraqi tribes of a specific sectarian denomination. Invoking similar previous targeting, the tribes in question are beginning to put these attacks in a wider sectarian perspective. They are furious and may not wait longer to take the law into their own hands unless given some convincing clarification."
Al-Sa'ah Newspaper -``Regional Powers Have Their Own Agendas In Iraq''-
Al-Sa'ah Newspaper, [From editorial]: "Arab and regional powers all have their own vicious agendas in Iraq. Some would like Iraq to disintegrate so that they can satisfy their expansionist ambitions; others would like to do away with any potential danger a unified Iraq might ever pose; still others would like to convince the US that they are players to be reckoned with when it comes to any political arrangements in the area. The irony is that even a country like Libya, so geographically remote from Iraq, is claiming to wield enough influence with the Iraqi resistance to warrant mediate, along with Syria, the release of British hostage Ken Bigley - a claim that prompted the resistance to call the bluff by hastening to slaughter the poor man."
Al-Bayyinah -``How shall we heal our country?''-
Al-Bayyinah Newspaper [From editorial]: "How are we to build our promised democratic state when the Saddamites are back, not through the window, but through the wide-open door? How can we rebuild a sound and healthy country when our government departments stink with corruption as never before? How shall we heal our country's wounds when abductions are growing more rampant by the day and bloodletting has turned from a trickle into a torrential stream? How are we to close ranks when so many fanatics are lurking everywhere to make every detail of life an unbearable agony for us? And who will protect us from the ever-present phantom of imminent death when our government is so permissive with the victimisers at the expense of the victimized?"
Khabat daily, issued in Erbil by the KDP, 25 Oct 2004
Kurdistani Nwe daily, issued in Sulaymanya by the PUK, 25 Oct 2004
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In a press conference at the Iraqi Council of Ministers, the United Nations SGSR Ashraf Qazi announced that the Government exerts all possible efforts to secure the safe the environment for timely elections. He further said the UN will support the independent higher commission for the elections.
Jamawar, private weekly issued in Erbil by a group of independent journalists, 25 Oct 2004
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The Kurds need to go back to the old motto of `Either Kirkuk and Khanaqeen or we will fight forever'.
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Weapons search campaign in Al-Sadr city- Al-Zaman
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Ba'qubah massacre "was inside job"-Al-Iraqiah TV
RECONSTRUCTION
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Security situation affecting reconstruction says VP- Al-Diyar TV
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Committee cancels 700 decrees issued by Saddam regime-Al-Diyar TV
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US Congress's grant allocated for the public work- Al-Mu'tamar
ELECTIONS
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Two Iraqi Shi'i parties form electoral alliance- Voice of the Mujahidin
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Iraqi President meeting with SCIRI leader Abd-al-Aziz al-Hakim- Al-Adalah
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Fear of the upcoming elections- Al-Adalah
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Escalation of terrorist acts aims at hindering democratic process- Kul al-Iraq
POLITICS, HOSTAGES
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Allawi demands greater UN role in Iraqi stability- Al-Diyar TV
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VP urges neighbouring countries to control borders- Al-Diyar TV
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Disabled Iraqis call for Hassan's release- Al-Iraqiyah TV
IRAQI BROADCAST MEDIA SUMMARIES, 25 OCT. 04
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Dar Al-Salam Radio, Iraqi Islamic Party-affiliated
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Al-Iraqiah Satellite Channel, Baghdad, in Arabic,
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SCIRI's Voice of the Mujahidin in Arabic,Iran,
IRAQI PRESS HEADLINES, 26 OCT 04
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Al-Mada [Baghdad, political daily newspaper ]
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Al-Zaman [Baghdad edition]
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Al-Zaman [London edition]
IRAQI PRESS QUOTES 26 OCT 04
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Al-Sharq al-Awsat-''Terrorists without Borders, an Arab invention''
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Al-Mada -``Our Security Apparatus Is Penetrated''
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Al-Sa'ah Newspaper -``Regional Powers Have Their Own Agendas In Iraq''-
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Al-Bayyinah -``How shall we heal our country?''-
UPDATES FROM IRAQI KURDISH PRESS 25 OCT 04
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Khabat daily, issued in Erbil by the KDP, 25 Oct 2004
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Kurdistani Nwe daily, issued in Sulaymanya by the PUK, 25 Oct 2004
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Jamawar, private weekly issued in Erbil by a group of independent journalists, 25 Oct 2004
Weapons search campaign in Al-Sadr city- Al-Zaman
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A car bomb went off near the city of Al-Fallujah damaging a number of US military vehicles and causing injuries among "occupation" soldiers
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A car bomb goes off in the city of Al-Khalidiyah, damaging a number of US military vehicles and injuring a number of soldiers
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A car bomb kills three Iraqi citizens in Ninawa Governorate and another car bomb goes off in the city of Mosul, wounding three Iraqis
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An armed group calling itself the Islamic Army in Iraq claims responsibility for launching a rocket attack on a US military base near the Baghdad Airport, killing or wounding a number of Americans
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US Secretary of State Powell says that the official in charge of the regional security at the US Embassy in Baghdad has been killed near Baghdad
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A British force in southern Iraq begins moving towards Baghdad to replace a US force there
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Al-Fallujah Mujahidin Shura Council has appealed to the abductors of Margaret Hassan to release her
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Three gunmen assassinate the representative of Husayn al-Sadr in Baghdad
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The US "occupation" forces arrest an Iraqi tribal chief without giving any reason
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National Assembly discusses election
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Recorded interview with member of interim National Assembly, Tawfiq al-Yasiri who says terrorists want to shatter all hopes for the future of Iraq
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Two killed and 13 injured in suicide bombing in Baghdad
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Three killed in car bomb blast in Mosul
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Estonian soldier killed in car bomb in Baghdad; clashes break out in Al-Ramadi between multinational force and gunmen
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Iraqis condemn killing of 49 members of National Guard near Ba'quba on 24 October
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Forum held at Baghdad mosque calls on Iraqis to participate in election
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Shortage of services in Baghdad due to lack of resources-city council
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Baghdad doctors call for collecting rubbish piling up near hospitals
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War disabled and families of missing soldiers demand their overdue compensation payments
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Iraq inflation rate up in July
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US warplanes raid an "alleged" hiding place for armed men in the city of Al-Fallujah, killing six people
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Iraqi police sources say an armed man was killed and others wounded in an attack on a police station last night between the cities of Kirkuk and Tikrit
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The Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq and the Islamic Da'wah Party agree to coordinate their positions in preparation for the upcoming elections
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The Iraqi justice minister says that 150 Arab detainees will be sent to Iraqi courts on charges of taking part in a number of "aggressions"
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The special committee tasked with reviewing decrees by the dissolved Iraqi Revolution Command Council decides to cancel 700 decrees and decisions taken by the council
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The Washington Post says the CIA has moved detainees out of Iraq for questioning "in violation" of international law
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Egyptian diplomatic sources say that the final nine-point communique, which Egypt has prepared for the Sharm al-Shaykh conference on Iraq, has been sent to interested countries and organizations
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Head of National Union of Northern Tribes' car booby-trapped
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Insider leak behind massacre of 49 soldiers,
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Al-Zarqawi claims responsibility, martyrs' tribes threatening revenge
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Two tribal chieftains assassinated in Mahmudiyah, Mosul
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Handicapped Iraqis demonstrate for Margaret Hassan's release
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Tons of explosives disappear in Iraq Mosul on the verge of explosion, mayor warns of devastating infighting, calls upon clerics to face up to responsibilities
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Amara agrarian dam inaugurated
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Police forces in Baiji get modern communication systems
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Al-Samawah cinema theatre set ablaze by gunmen
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Sixty houses raided in search of insurgents in Tikrit
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Police defuse car bomb in Al-Karradah, road-side bombs in Al-Silaikh,
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Adhamiyah Association of Muslim Scholars denounces arrest of two of its members
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Karbala security forces track down fomenters of instability, arrest two suspected of involvement in Al-Ta'ii assassination
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Five civilians killed in armed clashes in Ramadi, suicide bomber destroys four US vehicles in Al-Khalidiyah
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Kirkuk-Baiji oil pipeline sabotaged
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Guardsman killed while trying to defuse bomb
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Ministry of Higher Education moves to expand private colleges
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Plans to form new Iraqi army criticized by former officers
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Military coordinator survives attack.
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Australian ambassador's convoy attacked in Baghdad, three guards wounded.
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Washington investigates disappearance of 380 tonnes of explosives in Iraq
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Darfur rebels: We will not sign humanitarian protocol before we receive security guarantees
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Egyptian Interior Ministry: We arrested five individuals who took part in Sinai attacks
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Al-Qa'idah trains its members in Bosnia, sends them to Baghdad via Italy
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Al-Shaykh Mahdi al-Samid'i tells Al-Zaman: We put a proposal to Arab League on an Islamic conference in Baghdad to discuss Iraq.
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KRG-Erbil Deputy PM Serkis Aghajan received at the Council of Ministers Girish Sinha, [UNAMI] Chief Administrative Officer, and a number of (UN) advisors. The two sides discussed opening of the UN HQ in Erbil. Welcoming the delegation and the office opening in Erbil, the Deputy PM expressed facilitations and coordination to help succeed their operations. He recalled the security prevailing in Kurdistan Region, making it a suitable environment for operations of companies, NGOs and UN agencies for the objective of working together for reconstruction and enforcing security in Iraq generally and in Kurdistan particularly. The meeting participants also stressed on the need for coordination between the UN and the government departments.
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During his reception in Erbil to the US Consular in Kirkuk, the KDP leader Massoud Barzani reiterates the importance of the Iraqi Transitional Administrative Law (TAL) and timely conduction of the elections.
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Federal Iraq Vice-President Rozh Shawais meets with Condoleezza Rice and other US top officials.
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The Higher Independent Commission for Elections opened an office in Kirkuk and appointed Yahya Asi Al-Hadeedi as head of the office without the knowledge of Kirkuk Governor and the Governorate's municipal council. The appointment of Al-Hadeedi outraged Kirkuk people as he was a former senior Baathist.
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MC and IMC US-based NGOs have decided to implement a number of service projects in Kirkuk effective next week.
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During his reception to groups of dignitaries from Mangur and Ghawara tribes, the PUK leader Jalal Talabani reiterates the need to unity amongst PUK, KDP and all other Kurdistani parties, as well as amongst the masses of people.
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The KRG-Sulaymanya will implement 17 health projects in and around Koya (70 km east of Erbil) with locally provided funds.
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Returning from a 10-day medical visit to Iran, the religious chief of the Ezidyan Kurds call for peace for all Iraqis.
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Khanaqeen hosts a massive elegant ceremony in memory of the elapse of 40 days since the murder of 12 Kurdish policemen by terrorists in Dyala.
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The Iraqi Ministry of Electricity will supply Erbil and Sulaymanya with power to meet their needs.
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Al-Sistani asked the Shiite groups to enter the forthcoming elections in a united list of candidates and they all announced their obedience. We the Kurds also need someone like him to unify the Kurds in one list to keep the balance with the Arabic side in the elections.
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In line with the eruption of internal disputes amongst the PUK leadership ranks, rumors report that the [state-owned] Cigarette Factory in Sulaymanya and the Tasluja Cement Factory are sold to private sector.
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