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| 2003-12-07 |
| FORMER BA’ATHISTS AND ISLAMIST FORCES HAVE JOINED FORCES IN KIRKUK, IRAQ’S OIL CENTER IN THE NORTH, TO FIGHT INFIDELS.(AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 12/5/03) THE IRAQI MINISTER OF OIL ANNOUNCED THAT A SPECIAL IRAQI MILITIA SUPPORTED BY REGIONAL TRIBES WILL BE EMPLOYED TO GUARD THE OIL INSTALLATIONS IN THE NORTH WHICH HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO FREQUENT ACTS OF SABOTAGE. (AL-HAYAT, LONDON, 12/4/03) PA MINISTER OF FINANCE SALAM FAYYADH REVEALED THAT DOCUMENTS PERTAINING TO BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS BY THE PALESTINIAN OIL AGENCY HAVE DISAPPEARED. UNTIL IT WAS DISBANDED RECENTLY, THE AGENCY HAD A MONOPOLY ON THE IMPORT AND SALE OF OIL AND OIL DERIVATIVES. FAYYADH ADMITTED THERE WERE CONSIDERABLE FORGERIES AND FOUL PLAY INVOLVED. (AL-HAYAT, LONDON, 12/3/03) THERE IS GROWING CONCERN ABOUT A POTENTIAL CRISIS BREWING BETWEEN IRAQ’S GOVERNING COUNCIL AND THE LEADING SHI'A CLERIC AYATOLLAH ALI SISTANI ABOUT HIS DEMAND FOR DIRECT ELECTIONS OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL ASSEMBLY. (AL-ZAMAN, IRAQ, 12/4/03) PRINCE SULTAN, SECOND DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND CHAIRMAN OF THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE IN SAUDI ARABIA, SAID HIS COMMITTEE WILL REVIEW THE EDUCATION CURRICULUM IN THE COUNTRY FROM TIME TO TIME TO BRING IT IN LINE WITH MODERN DEVELOPMENTS IN COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY. THE PROGRAMS WILL ALSO EMPHASIZE THE NATURE OF ISLAM AS THE RELIGION OF THE CENTER. (AL-WATAN, SAUDI ARABIA, 12/5/03) THE KUWAITI MINISTER OF OIL SAID IT WAS MORE IMPORTANT TO PUT AN END TO PRODUCTION VIOLATIONS BY OPEC MEMBERS THAN TO ESTABLISH A PRODUCTION CEILING. (AL-QABA, KUWAIT, 12/5/03) IN A CONFERENCE IN BEIRUT ON IRAQ’S ACCOUNTABILITY REGARDING ITS INVASION OF KUWAIT, PRINCE TURKI AL-FAISAL, SAUDI AMBASSADOR TO THE U.K., SAID THE ISLAMIC AND ARAB COUNTRIES FAILED TO HOLD ACCOUNTABLE THEIR LEADERS ‘WHO CONTINUE TO HAVE ABSOLUTE FREE HANDS IN MAKING DECISIONS WITHOUT ACCOUNTABILITY.’ (AL-RA’I AL-AAM, KUWAIT, 12/5/03) |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |