US names Iraqi opposition factions to receive US aid

The Jordanian weekly al-Sabeel said that the US administration has determined the names of opposition Iraqi factions which will benefit from the $97 million in aid to be provided in the context of toppling the Iraqi regime.

The Iraqi National Congress, led by Ahmad al-Jalabi was on top of the list. The Jordanian paper said that the benefiting Iraqi organizations are the National Reconciliation Movement, the Kurdistani Democratic Party, the Kurdistani National Party and the Constitutional Royal Movement led by al-Sharif Bin Ali and the Higher Council of the Islamic Revolution.

According to Israeli sources, the Jordanian paper added that the Kurdistani Democratic Party pays more than one million US dollars per year to Israel to use an Israeli satellite in order to broadcast a television project on it.

The Jordanian al-Sabeel weekly added that the Israeli Bezeq company for telecommunications has for a long time been helping the Kurdish television of Barzani, noting that Barzani stands against Ocalan and is linked with good relations with the US, Turkey and Israel.