Monday, 7 February 2005
IRAQI NEWS, 6 FEB 05
· Four arrested in Samarra on charges of killing National Guards
· United Iraqi Alliance moots Finance Minister for PM post
· Allawi to return to Baghdad 7 Feb
· US envoy says troops will leave when Iraqi forces are ready
· US forces release 350 prisoners from Abu-Ghurayb
· Gunmen suspected of Al-Zarqawi link arrested in Tikrit
· Energy crisis taking toll on medical services
· Iraqi protest 'incomplete' poll in Ninawa district
· Four Iraqis said killed, 12 wounded in Samarra
· Two civilians killed, two wounded in Al-Ramadi
IRAQI PRESS HEADLINES, 6 FEBRUARY 05
· Al-Mada [Baghdad, political daily newspaper published by Al-Mada Corporation for Media, Culture and Art]:
· Al-Zaman [Baghdad edition of London-based independent daily newspaper]:
IRAQI PRESS QUOTES, 6 FEBRUARY 05
· Al-Nahdhah [From commentary on ``Elections winning list''
· Al-Bayyinah [From editorial ``Our fellows are welcome to join us in rebuilding Iraq'']
· Al-Mu'tamar [From commentary ``A need for a comprehensive national dialogue''
IRAQI MEDIA PROGRAMME SUMMARIES, 6 FEB 05
· Iraqi Al-Diyar TV news summary 06 Feb 05
· Al-Sharqiyah TV news summary 6 Feb 05
· Programme summary of Al-Iraqiyah TV news 6 February 05
IRAQI NEWS, 6 Feb 05
Four arrested in Samarra on charges of killing National Guards
Security forces in Samarra have arrested four gunmen suspected of killing 12 National Guard members, Al-Diyar TV reported. The four are also suspected of other murders and of involvement in abduction and car theft. The TV said the suspects confessed to detonating a booby-trapped car in Al-Bu-Aswad area, attacking the municipal office of Al-Jubayriyah area in the city, attacking National Guard patrols and distributing leaflets among the residents of Samarra asking them not to take part in the elections. A source at the ministry said that according to their confessions, the gunmen carried out their armed attacks under the leadership of a person working for a group called Ansar al-Sunnah. The suspects said that they received 100 dollars in return for killing a National Guard member and 150 dollars in return for making threats, planting explosives and attacking National Guard patrols. (Al-Diyar TV, Baghdad, in Arabic 6 Feb 05)
United Iraqi Alliance moots Finance Minister for PM post
The United Iraqi Alliance is discussing the possibility of recommending Finance Minister Adil Abd-al-Mahdi as candidate most likely to form the new government, Iraqi Al-Sharqiyah TV reported. (Al-Sharqiyah, Baghdad, in Arabic 6 Feb 05)
Allawi to return to Baghdad 7 Feb
Iraqi Prime Minister Dr Iyad Allawi is to return to Baghdad on 7 February following a private visit to Jordan and the United Arab Emirates, Iraqi Al-Sharqiyah TV reported. (Al-Sharqiyah, Baghdad, in Arabic 6 Feb 05)
US envoy says troops will leave when Iraqi forces are ready
US ambassador to Iraq, John Negroponte, said on 6 February that the reduction and the final withdrawal of the US forces "should not be decided by an artificial timetable", Iraqi Al-Sharqiyah TV reported. In an interview, Negroponte told the TV: "I think that what is important is for the Iraqi forces to demonstrate the ability to assume the security of your country. We expect and hope to train your armed and security forces so that they can gradually assume the major responsibility for security in Iraq. The US armed forces can gradually play an ancillary and an principal role". (Al-Sharqiyah, Baghdad, in Arabic 6 Feb 05)
US forces release 350 prisoners from Abu-Ghurayb
US forces released 350 prisoners from the Abu-Ghurayb prison on 6 February, Iraqi Al-Sharqiyah TV reported. This "raises the number of those released this year to 800 prisoners" the TV added. The Iraqi Human Rights Ministry, which is reviewing the cases of those detained at detention facilities in Iraq, said it expects more prisoners to be released within the coming weeks. Over 8,000 people remain imprisoned in Iraqi facilities, including 1,000, whose charges are being investigated by the Central Criminal Court of Iraq. The cases of the remaining number of prisoners are scheduled for review every 90 to 120 days. (Al-Sharqiyah, Baghdad, in Arabic 6 Feb 05)
Security forces in Tikrit, have arrested an armed group of five people who are believed to be followers of Abu-Mus'ab al-Zarqawi, Al-Sharqiyah TV reported on 6 February. A Tikrit police source said the security forces managed to arrest one person suspected of involvement in the explosion of a booby-trapped car, which took place in Tikrit two days prior to the elections. The source added that investigations with the suspect led the police to four other gunmen, who are residents of Tikrit and who had carried out armed operations against the Iraqi police and army. He said the group receives orders from someone called Abd-al-Hamid al-Duri who worked as an engineer in the town of Al-Awjah. (Al-Sharqiyah, Baghdad, in Arabic 6 Feb 05)
Energy crisis taking toll on medical services
An official source at the Ministry of Health has said that electricity outages and the fuel crisis are taking their toll on the health services at government hospitals in Baghdad and other governorates, Al-Ufuq reported on 6 February. The source added that the recent increase in power cuts led to the use of generators, which consume huge amounts of fuel. He explained that some government hospitals had to reduce their use of generators because of the fuel shortage, and this rendered some of the wards out of service. As for the private hospitals, they resorted to higher fees, claiming increased fuel prices. He added that the fuel supplies at some medical establishments, particularly pharmacies and primary medical centres in charge of preserving vaccines, serums, and drugs, which need constant refrigeration, are running low and that some of them are relying on the black market. (Al-Ufuq, Baghdad, in Arabic 5 Feb 05)
A demonstration was held outside Baghdad's Green Zone on 6 February to protest against "incomplete" elections in some areas in the Ninawa governorate, Al-Sharqiyah TV reported. The protesters, who represent Chaldean, Assyrian, and Syriac parties and organizations, demanded that the residents of these areas be allowed to participate in the drafting of a new constitution and the overall political process in Iraq. Farid Ayar, spokesman for the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq, told the TV on the 4th that the Council of Commissioners had set up a committee to investigate complaints by residents of Al-Hamdaniyah, Ba'shiqah, Bartalah, Karminlis, and other villages, who said they had been deprived of their right to vote due to the authorities' failure to provide ballot boxes. (Al-Sharqiyah, Baghdad, in Arabic 6 Feb 05)
Four Iraqis said killed, 12 wounded in Samarra
Iraqi security sources say four Iraqis were killed in clashes north of Baghdad on 6 February, Al-Sharqiyah TV reported. Police Officer As'ad Amjad said clashes took place in the city of Samarra and its suburbs, north of Baghdad, when a military patrol and convoy were ambushed by gunmen. Four people, including a soldier and a businessman, were killed, and 12 others, including 5 members of the Iraqi Army, were wounded in the clashes, he said. Four children were wounded in clashes between gunmen and security forces near Samarra, the TV added. (Al-Sharqiyah, Baghdad, in Arabic 6 Feb 05)
Two civilians killed, two wounded in Al-Ramadi
Two Iraqis were killed and two others were wounded when US troops opened "indiscriminate" fire after several roadside bombs went off near a US convoy transporting supplies to the troops stationed in Al-Ramadi late on 5 February, Al-Sharqiyah TV reported the following day. A doctor at a local hospital, quoted by the TV, said that the wounded men were in a stable condition. Eyewitnesses told the TV that three explosive charges went off simultaneously when a convoy of trucks transporting supplies to the US army was travelling through the city's western Al-Ta'mim neighbourhood. Flames were seen rising from one truck while a Hummer was badly damaged as a result of the blasts, they said. (Al-Sharqiyah, Baghdad, in Arabic 6 Feb 05)
US forces evacuate their positions in Mosul, turn them over to Iraqi Army as police stations in Ninawa reopen Attempted sabotage of oil pipeline near Bayji As of tomorrow, petrol stations to stay open 16 hours a day Eight killed, including four soldiers, in separate incidents (AFP quoted) Iraqi expatriates' vote tally over (AFP quoted) Christian political party boss kidnapped on Baghdad-Mosul highway (AFP quoted) Improvised explosive device planted under Samawah bridge defused (Kuna quoted) Four members of Ansar al-Sunnah terror network captured by Iraqi special forces.
Al-Zaman [Baghdad edition of London-based independent daily newspaper]:
Association of Muslim Scholars makes its participation [in political process] conditional on US troop withdrawal timetable Berlusconi: Negotiations launched to free Italian hostage (AFP quoted) Interpol office opened in southern Iraq, four Iraqi soldiers killed in motorbike explosion in Basra (AFP quoted) Rice to visit Baghdad on European-Middle Eastern tour Al-Ya'qubi calls for coming national assembly to represent all Iraqis.
"It must be noted that the candidates on the winning list, supposing they could stay united, will eventually find themselves, perhaps more conspicuously than anyone else, among the first to be put to the test and the first to deliver on their commitment to establishing a modern Iraqi state in which democracy is genuinely embraced, the judiciary is fully independent, human rights strictly observed and all forms of eradication of rivals and monopoly of power completely tabooed."
Al-Bayyinah [From editorial ``Our fellows are welcome to join us in rebuilding Iraq'']
: "Despite the landslide victory scored by the downtrodden majority in last week's elections, described by President Bush as potentially capable of changing the face of the world, those who have won back their due right after long dark years of suffering have kept assuring everyone that they have no intention of excluding or marginalizing others. Not only that, but they have also gone out of their way trying to cajole rejectionists, to the exclusion of none but killers and excommunicationists, into joining the mainstream national effort towards building the future of Iraq. We have always said and will continue to say that all our fellow countrymen are welcome to join us in rebuilding Iraq as long as they seek to do so through candid dialogue, away from any attempt at coercion or reconciliation with criminals who have blood on their hands."
Al-Mu'tamar [From commentary ``A need for a comprehensive national dialogue''
"What is urgently required now is a comprehensive national dialogue conducted away from any influence by the occupation authority. This can offer all parties wishing to see an end to the US occupation a genuine opportunity to participate in setting up the constitutional institutions required to guarantee that Iraqis will get the sort of government they yearn for, free of sectarian bias and representative of the nation's cultural makeup."
Officials on the Unified Iraqi Coalition list hold consultations over make-up of new government; Badr organization official tells Al-Hayat that consultations are under way to turn the Unified Iraqi Coalition into single political bloc with unified programme; electoral commission said yesterday the final results of the polls to be announced on 10 February ... ·
Video interview with Farid Ayar, spokesman for electoral commission, on the continuing vote count and the mechanism of result announcement ...
Al-Sharqiyah TV news summary 6 Feb 05
US ambassador to Iraq stresses his country's readiness to deal with any Iraqi government formed after the recent elections. Report over video showing ambassador talking to Al-Sharqiyah reporter ... ·
Four Iraqis killed in armed operations north of Baghdad. Map of Iraq ...
Iraq election monitoring announces violations; another group says election was fair ... ·
Report on result of election monitoring by 10,000 Iraqi monitors ...
Gunmen suspected of Al-Zarqawi link arrested in Tikrit
Iraqi protest 'incomplete' poll in Ninawa district
IRAQI PRESS HEADLINES, 6 FEBRUARY 05
Al-Mada [Baghdad, political daily newspaper published by Al-Mada Corporation for Media, Culture and Art]:
IRAQI PRESS QUOTES, 6 FEBRUARY 05
Al-Nahdhah [From commentary on ``Elections winning list''
Al-Nahdah [Baghdad, daily political newspaper, by Adnan al-Pachachi, a commentary by Abd-al-Mun'im al-A'sam]:
Al-Bayyna is a weekly paper issued by the Hezbollah movement in Iraq [From editorial]
Al-Mu'tamar [Baghdad, daily newspaper in Arabic published by the Iraqi National Congress] a commentary by Riyadh Abu Mulhim]:
IRAQI MEDIA PROGRAMME SUMMARIES, 6 Feb 05
Iraqi Al-Diyar TV news summary 06 Feb 05
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Residents of Al-Musayyab, Babil Governorate, express joy with success of election ...
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Association of Muslim Scholars demands timetable for withdrawal of occupation forces from Iraq as condition for participating in writing constitution ...
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Iraqi National Accord Movement's official says call for national dialogue does not mean Ba'thists will return to power ...
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Assyrian party official says electoral commission should be fair to people who were deprived of their right to vote in Ninawa Governorate ...
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Some of barriers and concrete blocs that were erected on the day of the election are still there, obstructing traffic, causing congestion ...
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Twelve Iraqis, two US soldiers were killed in Iraq ...
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Polish foreign minister says his country will withdraw 800 of its troops from Iraq ...
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In statement on Internet, Iraqi Islamic group claims responsibility for kidnapping Italian journalist in Baghdad ...
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Police arrest four armed men in Samarra in connection with killing, abduction, theft, attacks on National Guards (video shows the four) ...
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Armed men assassinate two election activists in Babi (video shows funeral) ...
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Diyala police arrest "terrorist" cell specialized in assassinations ...
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Iraqi police free Mosul police chief's brother from his kidnappers ...
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Interior Ministry official urges ministries to place guard units they set up to protect ministries under authority of Interior Ministry ...
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Report on loans offered by Housing Fund ...
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Report on the Health Ministry's plan to provide medicines and medical supplies.
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Four Egyptian telecom engineers kidnapped in Iraq ...
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Eight Iraqi police officers killed west of Baghdad ...
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Chaldean, Assyrian, and Syriac parties and organizations, from Ninawa stage demonstration in front of the Green Zone to protest against not holding 30 January elections in their area. Report over video showing demonstration ...
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Hand grenade exploded today in Basra ...
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Two Iraqis killed, several injured when US forces opened fire last night west of Al-Ramadi ...
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Education Ministry to re-introduce school meals throughout Iraq ...
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Overall US army death toll in Iraq rises to 1,446 ...
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Armed group threatens to kill Italian hostage Monday 7 February if Italy does not withdraw its forces from Iraq. Page of statement shown on screen ...
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US forces raid armed groups' hideouts in Ninawa, arrest 22 ...
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US Administration reiterates commitment to Iraq's unity. Report over video showing Condoleezza Rice at news conference in Turkey ...
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US forces released today 350 Iraqi prisoners from Abu-Ghurayb prison ...
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Iraqi security forces eliminate pro-Al-Zarqawi five-strong armed group in Tikrit ...
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Australian premier says Iraqi elections model for Middle East.
Programme summary of Al-Iraqiyah TV news 6 February 05
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Independent Electoral Commission says election result will be announced within days ... Iraqis hope election to give momentum to reconstruction ...
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Women play important role in shaping future ...
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Children wish polls would bring bright future ...
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Iraqis from Mosul district of Al-Hamdaniyah march in Baghdad, demand to have right to vote
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Interview with Dr. Muwaffaq al-Rubay'i National Security Adviser. He says future state can not built only by one political party or religious group, all Iraqis should take part in building it, election was blow to terrorists, to Saddam loyalists, terrorism is not Iraqi phenomenon but has been happening everywhere in the region ...
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Ministry of Human Rights says over 300 Abu-Ghurayb prisoners released; Mosul police free several detainees ...
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Over 22 terror suspects arrested in Mosul; key terror suspect captured ...
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Gang members arrested in Basra ...
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Security force in Al-Samarra arrests terror suspects ...
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Two American soldiers killed, five injured in bomb blast in Baghdad ...
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Iraq government condemns terror act against 12 would-be army recruits ...
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Interim Government announces reward for information on ex-Vice-Chairman of Revolution Command Council Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri ...
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Italian press calls for release of journalist abducted in Iraq ...
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Minister of Trade calls on UN to reveal all facts on inquiry into oil-for-food programme ...
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Report on soaring prices of consumer goods in Iraq due to reduced food ratios. Over 250 terror attacks against Iraq oil installations - Ministry of Oil. Egyptian firm in consortium to build cement factory in northern Iraq
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