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| IWPR Iraqi Daily News Summary |
| 2004-05-24 |
| EFL - removed articles that are covered elsewear on Rantburg. Iraq enters âmost sensitiveâ phase (Asharq Al-Awsat) â Iraqi Governing Council Head Ghazi Ajeel al-Yawir has denied the existence of any lists of names designating the president, his deputies or the government for the transitional period starting July 1. Yawir said negotiations are underway to form the ministerial board, and they will last for the coming two weeks, a period he describes as âthe most sensitive weeksâ in Iraqâs history. Yawir said the Iraqi security situation remains unstable, and needs the presence of multilateral forces. He also said the Americans are welcome as long as they behave properly without violating Iraqisâ rights. (London-based Asharq al-Awsat, a Saudi independent paper, is issued daily.) US forces arrest Hezbollah leader (Al-Nahdhah) â A US military patrol has arrested Secretary General of Hezbollah in Iraq Hasan al-Sari in the Baladiyat district of Baghdad. Hezbollah spokesman Sattar Jabbar said a 12-vehicle partrol assaulted al-Sariâs house last Saturday morning, arrested him, and confiscated $13,000 in addition to a number of weapons and personal possessions. (Al-Nahdhah is a daily newspaper issued by Adnan al-Pachachi, GC member and head of Independent Democrats Movement.) Cartoon of the Day (Al-Nahdhah) â A see-saw is centred over âThe Arab Summitâ. Two Arabs on the see-saw are pushing a bomb called âdemocratic reformsâ back and forth. This cartoon underlines how Arab leaders at the recent summit view reforms: as a bomb to be pushed away. picture at link Clerics under attack (Azzaman) â Unknown assailants have shot Muslim Clerics Board member Ahmed Abdul Kareem al-Ani. Imam and preacher of al-Khulafa al-Rashideen Mosque, Ani was severely wounded but is hospitalised and in a stable condition now. Meanwhile, the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq said the Occupying forces arrested Hassan al-Sari, the Secretary General and Member of SCIRIâs central council. In an act described as âuncivilizedâ, coalition forces confiscated all his personal wealth. (London-based Azzaman is issued daily by Saad al-Bazaz.) Spooks seek back pay (Al-Mashriq) â About 100 former intelligence employees yesterday held a demonstration to protest not being paid for more than a year. In the demonstration outside the headquarters of the Coalition provisional Authority, demonstrator Ala Abdul Wahid said "The CPA does not allow us to be employees, and it puts us in an unbearable situation". Another demonstrator, Abdul Hameed Muhammed, was ready to join the anti-Coalition resistance. "Honestly, if someone offers me money to join the resistance I would say OK", said Muhammed. (Al-Mashriq is published daily by Al-Mashriq Institution for Media and Cultural Investments.) -snip -Kuwaitis recruit young terrorists says paper Solidarity demonstration called for Chalabi (Al-Mutamar) â The Iraqi National Congress has called all Iraqis to join a demonstration tomorrow morning in Baghdad to declare solidarity with INC leader Ahmed al-Chalabi and to condemn the assault on his house last Thursday. Many people expressed displeasure over the assault. Abdullah al-Abari, a retired teacher, said he was surprised by minister of interior Sameer al-Sumaidaiâs position. "Is it so easy to forget al-Chalabiâs role in liberating us from tyrants?", said al-Anbari. (Al-Mutamar is issued daily by the Iraqi National Congress.) Coalition forces accused of stealing antiquities (Al-Sabah) â Customs police in Thee Qar have found Iraqi antiquities being smuggled in a car belonging to Italian forces. A high ranking Iraqi security source said customs police caught the car while it was heading toward the Iraqi-Kuwaiti border. The source said it is not a unique event. Coalition forces are practicing wide smuggling operations, and eyewitnesses say British forces have been digging in more than 700 new historical sites. (Al-Sabah is issued daily by the Iraqi Media Network on behalf of the Coalition Provisional Authority.) |
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