Sunday, 31 Oct 2004
ELECTIONS
Al-Sharqiyah Satellite Channel, Baghdad, in Arabic, 30 Oct 04:
Voting forms to be distributed with food rations in November
(Voice of the Mujahidin, 30 Oct 04
Al-Sistani's office issues voting guidelines
Al-Diyar Satellite Channel in Arabic, Baghdad,30 Oct 04:
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All eligible male and female voters should cast their votes and check that their names are correctly recorded in the voter registry.
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Voting is considered a religious duty similar to prayers and fasting, and abstention constitutes disobedience of God Almighty.
THE GUIDELINES CONCLUDE WITH A STATEMENT SAYING: "THESE ELECTIONS ARE YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO GUARANTEE YOUR FUTURE AND THAT OF YOUR SONS, GRANDSONS, AND FELLOW TRIBESMEN, IN ORDER TO BUILD A DEMOCRATIC NEW IRAQ WHICH GUARANTEES YOUR FREEDOM".
(Voice of the Mujahidin, 30 Oct 04):
(Al-Sharqiyah TV, 30 Oct 04): Fifteen civilians have been killed in a wave of "indiscriminate shooting" on the road which runs between Baghdad and Al-Najaf, Iraqi TV channel Al-Sharqiyah reported on 30 October. The channel said the gunfire targeted a car accompanying a funeral procession heading for Al-Najaf, as well as another car heading in the opposite direction towards Baghdad.
Group's video shows 'mass graves of occupation soldiers'
(Jihadist web site www.anbaar.net 30 Oct 04)
Security plan drafted to protect national guards from attack
(Voice of the Mujahidin, in Arabic, 30 Oct 04): The National Guard Command has announced that it has drafted a security plan to protect its forces, Voice of Mujahidin reported on 30 October. This was announced by Colonel Haydar al-Badri, a National Guard commander, who said the plan calls for providing the National Guard with protection vehicles and personal firearms for the purposes of self-defence.
Mosul rally calls on US to stop raiding mosques
(Al-Sharqiyah TV, 30 Oct 04
(Voice of the Mujahidin, in Arabic, 30 Oct 04): Iraqi Vice-President Ibrahim al-Ja'fari has called for a revision of the security system saying that the murder of newly recruited National Guard members revealed breaches within Iraq's security services, Voice of the Mujahidin reported on 30 October. The vice president said a similar breach led to the death of three policemen en route to a wedding reception a few days ago. He noted that the operation indicated that inside information was relayed to the perpetrators.
(Al-Sharqiyah TV, 30 Oct 04)
Al-Diyar Satellite Channel In Arabic, Baghdad
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A spokesman for the US Army in Iraq says that US warplanes raided targets in the city of Al-Fallujah overnight
Al-Iraqiah Satellite Channel, Baghdad, in Arabic,
Al-Bayyinah [Baghdad, general political weekly newspaper published by the Hezbollah Movement in Iraq]:
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Resolutions towards bettering living standards, creating more jobs, implementing housing projects and doing away with Iraq's isolation
Al-Mada [Baghdad, political daily newspaper published by Al-Mada Corporation for Media, Culture and Art]:
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Negotiating delegation still waiting for last-minute response,
US soldiers were trained to bust first and check later."- Al-Sharq al-Awsat
Al-Sharq al-Awsat [From commentary by Khalid al-Qishtayni]: "There was a subtle, genuinely English prick of satire in the latest statement by the commander of the British forces in Basra, implicitly directed at his American allies. Commenting on the redeployment of British troops in areas around Baghdad, he said the move was necessitated by the fact that British soldiers were trained to think before acting. This has always been in the very core of their training. US soldiers, on the other hand, seem to have been trained to bust first and check later."
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Capture of terrorists, alien or indigenous- a story we dont belive''- Al-Nahdhah
Al-Nahdhah [From commentary by Abd al-Mun'im al-A'sam]: "We should not be blamed for disbelieving official statements and statements claiming the capture of terrorists, alien or indigenous, simply because we do not see or hear any of these publicly displayed on our TV screens. Whereas these same terrorists, or their representatives, keep popping up on Arab TV channels, brazenly staring us in the face and freely flexing their muscles as they deliver their threatening messages of terror."
Occupying forces that incapable of protecting us''- Al-Bayyinah
Al-Bayyinah [From editorial]:
The murder of media, -Al-Mada
Al-Mada [From editorial]: "Following the assassination of an Al-Sharqiyah channel newsreader and the murder of the editor-in-chief of an old Iraqi newspaper, the car bombing yesterday of Al-Arabiya satellite TV office in Baghdad comes as the third assault on media workers here in five days. It is hard to speculate on the unifying factor that has brought supposedly diverse terror groups together to launch these choreographed anti-media assaults. The only likely explanation for targeting media workers so intensively is that some have become too deeply immersed in murderous practices to envisage any choice other than violence as a means of self-expression. Understandably, such people cannot stand others trading quiet words amid the loud crackle of guns."
Militants reportedly arrested in Kirkuk
(KurdSat TV, 30 Oct 04): US and Iraqi police forces have arrested 22 terrorists in a campaign launched in Al-Amal al-Sha'bi area, Kurdistan satellite TV reported on 30 October, quoting an anonymous source. A source told the TV that at least three of the terrorist had strong links with Abu-Mus'ab al-Zarqawi's terrorist group. The source added that initial investigations showed their involvement in numerous terrorist attacks in Kirkuk.
Kurdistan Satellite TV Headlines news 30 Oct 04:
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KDP leader Mas'ud Barzani sends message of condolence to Minister of Region Jawdat Najjar on father's death
KurdSat TV Headlines news 30 Oct 04:
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Electoral commission to hire 6,500 employees for polls
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Voting forms to be distributed with food rations in November
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Al-Sistani's office issues voting guidelines
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Interior Ministry official says explosives disappearance 'unimportant'
DEFENCE/SECURITY
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Iraqi TV says 15 civilians killed on Baghdad-Al-Najaf road
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Group's video shows 'mass graves of occupation soldiers'
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Security plan drafted to protect national guards from attack
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Mosul rally calls on US to stop raiding mosques
POLITICS
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Iraqi VP says deaths of 49 army recruits indicates security breaches
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Iraqi minister praises conference's draft final statement
IRAQI BROADCAST MEDIA SUMMARIES, 30 OCT. 04
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Al-Diyar Satellite Channel In Arabic, Baghdad
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Al-Iraqiah Satellite Channel, Baghdad, in Arabic,
IRAQI PRESS HEADLINES, SUNDAY 31 OCT 04
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Al-Bayyinah [Baghdad, general political weekly newspaper published by the Hezbollah Movement in Iraq]:
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Al-Mada [Baghdad, political daily newspaper published by Al-Mada Corporation for Media, Culture and Art]:
IRAQI PRESS QUOTES , SUNDAY 31 OCT 04
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``US soldiers were trained to bust first and check later."- Al-Sharq al-Awsat
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``Capture of terrorists, alien or indigenous- a story we dont belive''- Al-Nahdhah
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''Occupying forces that incapable of protecting us''- Al-Bayyinah
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The murder of media, -Al-Mada
KURD NEWS, 30 OCT 04
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Militants reportedly arrested in Kirkuk
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Kurdistan Satellite TV Headlines news 30 Oct 04:
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KurdSat TV Headlines news 30 Oct 04:
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All citizens must report to election centres to check that their names and addresses have been correctly registered, especially those with names used for both sexes, like Sabah, Nur, Nidal, and so forth.
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All the documents which confirm the voter's name and address must be presented.
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Popular preparatory election committee have been formed throughout Iraq to coordinate with the agents and representatives of His Eminence the supreme religious authority [Al-Sistani] in order to guide citizens as to how to cast their votes.
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Physically incapacitated individuals can call these committees to facilitate their transportation to and from polling centres.
Interior Ministry official says explosives disappearance 'unimportant'
Iraqi minister praises conference's draft final statement
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A spokesman for Iyad Allawi's office says Allawi has approved a National Assembly mediation to prevent a military operation against the city of Al-Fallujah
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A source at Iyad Allawi's office says the prime minister is due to leave for Brussels next week to attend a European summit on 4 November
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The Iraqi National Assembly is preparing to discuss the establishment of a constitutional federal court for the transitional phase
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A member of the Iraqi National Assembly says that the Turkmen political currents will take part in the upcoming elections with a unified list of candidates
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A report in a US medical magazine says that at least 100,000 Iraqis have been killed since the outbreak of the Iraq war
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Our TV correspondent in Al-Basra governorate says the Iraqi national guardsmen have seized 4 tonnes of oil, gas before being smuggled
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Announcer-read report: A criminal police source says that the Iraqi police have captured a band of robbers abducting doctors, government officials, and scientific and national figures and that the band's leaders have admitted releasing hostages for ransom
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The issue of the lost Iraqi explosives has become a hot topic in the US presidential elections, with John Kerry using it as a proof of President Bush's failure
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Iraqi National Guard units, in cooperation with the coalition forces, have been trained on how to use telecommunication systems
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The minister of women's affairs says that the Ministry will grant widows and spinsters pieces of land for housing purposes
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The Iraqi transport minister says Iraqi officials are due to meet officials from Boeing next week in an attempt to rehabilitate Iraq Airways
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Reports on poverty, income tax, services, a seminar by university graduates in Al-Muthanna governorate, a seminar by Iraqi writers and poets
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Iraq President Ghazi al-Yawar starts Kuwait visit
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Five killed and 15 injured in bombing outside Al-Arabiya TV offices in Baghdad
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Six killed in air raid on Al-Fallujah ... Interview with Sobhi Mubarak, member of interim National Assembly. He predicts efforts to resolve the Al-Fallujah stand-off would be successful
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Iraqi nationality given back to people stripped of it under former regime
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Six colleges at Baghdad University resume evening courses
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Ministry of Planning does survey on children and youths
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Forum on election held in Baghdad
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UN and Ministry of Pubic Works sign agreement on training of women
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Basra hospitals revamped
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Growing fears that missing explosives may find their way to terrorists
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In an unprecedented patriotic move, Al-Shahwani calls on Al-Hakim to refute lies propagated by hostile media
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The cross gloriously shimmering alongside the crescent as Al-Sistani receives visiting delegation of Iraqi Christians
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Terror reaches Al-Yawar's office
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Murderous Al-Zarqawis celebrate in Al-Fallujah [over massacred guardsmen]
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National Assembly members powerless In a flagrant interventionist step,
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US offers Iraqi Christians safe haven in the north.
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Al-Ramadi key to Al-Fallujah offensive
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Car-bomb blast at Al-Arabiya TV office leaves six dead, 17 wounded
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Britain suspicious of report putting Iraqi civilian death toll at 100,000 (Reuters- Quoted)
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Pope to receive Allawi)
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British forces patrolling Mahmudiyah
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Halliburton rejects accusations by US military
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Hostage release mediator arrested by US forces
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Twenty-two extremists seized in detention campaign
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US forces kill two, wound three in Khalis
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Oil minister: Equipment to be purchased to rehabilitate oil refineries and gas-production facilities in the south.
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Iraqi President Al-Yawar expected in Kuwait today
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US carries out air raid on Al-Fallujah
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Ansar al-Sunnah Army says it has killed 11 National Guard recruits after kidnapping in Al-Radwaniyah
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Leader of National Unity Rally in Al-Anbar killed by unknown gunmen
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Diyala deputy governor killed
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Two Karbala police officers killed south of Baghdad
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US forces and insurgents clash in Al-Ramadi
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Body of Asian found in Tikrit
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US commander says preparations under way to launch major attack on Al-Fallujah and Al-Ramadi
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Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi calls on Al-Fallujah residents to hand over Abu-Mus'ab al-Zarqawi and his followers
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Coordinator of US CastleForce Consultancy, head of KDP branch in Duhok discuss situation in region and forthcoming elections
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Anfal centre in Duhok starts census of victims of former regime
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Head of KDP Shaqlawah branch makes local visits
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Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi says Al-Fallujah residents given a final opportunity to hand over Al-Zarqawi and his followers
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US air raids on Al-Fallujah continue
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British move to central Iraq delayed due to a road side bomb explosion, no casualties
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US and Iraqi police forces arrest 22 militant, some suspected of links with Al-Zarqawi's group, in a campaign in Kirkuk
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A US soldier killed in Karradat Maryam District in Baghdad
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