Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 8/22/2005
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of August 22, 2005
- Comments on a constitution for Iraq, part 1
By making sure that interests of the individual are served, we will ensure that society's interests are properly served. By looking for interest of society, we can risk dictatorship that speaks on behalf of "society". Iraq, 8/27/2005 - Comments on a constitution for Iraq, part 2
Saying "Every law that is to be adopted has to have economic costs and benefits it incurs on society" should not seem like such a radical idea. Iraq, 8/27/2005 - Comments on a constitution for Iraq, part 3
There is something fundamentally wrong with the way societies today go about writing laws and enforcing them. This amendment, is self-evident in its correctness. The mere fact that a society will have to learn a whole new way of doing things is not a defense for continuing to do something that is very wrong. Iraq, 8/27/2005 - Iraqis have learned little from the past
With the brutal dictatorship of Saddam Hussein, it is hard to see how a new constitution, no matter how bad it is, that it would not be an improvement over the past. But the question should be: is this the best that Iraqis can do? Iraq-USA, Editorial, 8/26/2005 - Iraqi constitution differences continue
The Iraqi parliament postponed until an indefinite time a meeting which was due on Thursday to discuss the new draft constitution of the country. Iraq, Politics, 8/26/2005 - Articles of the draft Iraqi constitution; speaks of racism and terrorism without defining them
This council draws the constitution of the district and enact laws in a way that does not contradict with federal laws and its constitution Iraq, Politics, 8/26/2005 - Efforts to calm Shiite rivalry
The Iraqi Presidency and the government on Thursday succeeded to bring back calm to several Iraqi cities which witnessed in the past days confrontations between al-Sader group and the Bader organization which belongs for the Higher Council OF Islamic Revolution that resulted in the death of 8 Iraqis and injuring other 10. Iraq, Politics, 8/26/2005 - UN Security Council 'confident' of cooperation on fate of missing Kuwaitis in Iraq
Welcoming the Iraqi Government's constructive engagement in the ongoing inquiry into the fate of Kuwaitis who went missing in Iraq after the 1990 invasion of their country, the United Nations Security Council yesterday expressed confidence that the parties involved would work to ensure that all outstanding issues were satisfactorily addressed. Iraq-Kuwait, Politics, 8/26/2005 - 36 unidentified bodies found in Kout, Iraq
The Iraqi ministry of interior said that it found 36 bodies who have not been identified thrown in a small river in Oreida area east of al-Kout city. Iraq, Military, 8/26/2005 - White House official says Iraqis working to craft durable document Iraq-USA, Politics, 8/26/2005
- Talibani wants to meet Sunni demands for constitution that serves all Iraqis indiscriminately
Talibani stressed the need of meeting the demands of the Arab Sunni in the draft constitution, noting that the constitution should be in the service of all Iraqis rather for one group of the Iraqi people. Iraq, Politics, 8/25/2005 - Fear the constitution is intentionaly being made democratically weak
They also rejected that the draft constitution does not define the authorities of the presidium council which is composed of the President of the Republic and the heads of the parliament and the Cabinet. If such an allegation is true, that there is such an important body whose authority has not been clearly defined, then this can be interpreted as an attempt to circumvent the democratic process Iraq, Politics, 8/25/2005 - Articles from the draft Iraqi constitution; simple majority to change Iraq's province structures
The districts are composed of one governorate or more and one district or more are eligible to be organized in one district at a referendum request to be submitted by two ways: First asking one third of members in each of the governorate's councils which want to formulate the new district Iraq, Politics, 8/25/2005 - Religion injected into Iraqi draft constitution
Iraq's new draft constitution strikes a careful balance between the country's Islamic traditions and its democratic aspirations, according to U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad. Iraq-USA, Politics, 8/25/2005 - Jaafari calls for calm, inter-Shiite clash in Najaf, Baghdad
The Iraqi prime minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari has called for calm in his televised speech on late Wednesday evening and deplored the attack against the group of the Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sader which resulted in clashes in the two cities of al-Najaf and Baghdad. Iraq, Politics, 8/25/2005 - Continued killing in Iraq
With continued stumbled attempts to formulate the Iraqi constitution, the security situation in Iraq has been witnessing great deterioration as the Iraqi minister of justice secretary Osho Ibrahim survived a second attempt assassination within 24 hours. Iraq, Military, 8/25/2005 - Syrian trucks- and congestion on borders with Iraq Syria-Iraq, Politics, 8/25/2005
- 1500 American soldiers to be dispatched to Iraq Iraq-USA, Military, 8/25/2005
- Articles from the Iraqi draft constitution
The following are some articles from the Iraqi draft constitution which was handed over to the Iraqi National Assembly (parliament) on Monday: Iraq, Politics, 8/24/2005 - Sticking points of the Iraqi constitution
Members of the Iraqi parliament entered a race with time to end their differences over the Iraqi draft constitution before the end of a grace period that ends Thursday. Iraq, Politics, 8/24/2005 - Bush optimistic on Iraqi constitution
US President George W. Bush expected that the Iraqi constitution will be a source of change in the Middle East, noting that the Iraqis are working to reach a settlement concerning it. Iraq-USA, Politics, 8/24/2005 - US views on the Iraqi constitution draft process
The American ambassador in Baghdad, Zalmay Khalilzad, stressed he will be making intensive talks with sides concerned to convince the Sunnis to be flexible. Iraq-USA, Politics, 8/24/2005 - US forces hold Syrian trucks going to Iraq
The American forces in Iraq resumed seizing trucks coming from Syria, just one day after the two Syrian and Iraqi ministers of transports announced resolving the truck crisis between the two states, and easing their measures across the borders between them. Iraq-Syria, Politics, 8/24/2005 - Saddam confirms his new defense lawyer
Iraqi judicial sources said that the former toppled Iraqi President Saddam Hussein stressed his desire to keep one lawyer, Khalil al-Duleimi, who was chosen by Saddam's family, after they withdrew all assignments from Arab and foreign lawyers by the beginning of August. Iraq, Politics, 8/24/2005 - Iraq wants diplomatic relations with the Arab states
The Iraqi government on Tuesday called on the Arab states to resume full diplomatic relations with Iraq, announcing it will build a protected area for diplomats in order for them to work and live safely. Iraq-Regional, Politics, 8/24/2005 - Iraqis constitution shows democratic process
Leaders of political blocs in Iraq continued consultations to settle pending issues in order to finish drafting the constitution and submitted it to the parliament before the end of the grace period set on Monday midnight. Iraq, Politics, 8/23/2005 - First air flight to Basra, Iraq, since 1990
The first international plane to land at Basra airport in southern Iraq since 15 years received warm welcome on Monday from officials in the city. Iraq-United Arab Emirates, Economics, 8/23/2005 - 20 Iraqis, two American soldiers killed in new attacks
Several parts of Iraq witnessed new attacks and explosions in the past hours leaving two US soldiers and 20 Iraqis killed, most of them are members in the police force, while other five bodies were found in different areas in Baghdad. Iraq, Military, 8/23/2005 - Arab Sunnis demand pressure for a united Iraq
The Sunni members in the committee protested against "margining" them by the Kurds and the Shiite saying that they finalized "deals without them." The statement read that "few hours are left to declare the draft constitution, and still we do not see serious and effective coordination to draft it," Iraq, Politics, 8/22/2005 - Tareq Aziz meets family: I am not concerned about trial
Iraq former deputy premier Tareq Aziz met on Saturday members of his family, for the first time since his detention by the American invasion forces after its invasion in April 2003. Iraq, Politics, 8/22/2005 - Syria, Iraq to run 6 flights weekly
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad received at al-Rawda Palace Sunday afternoon Iraqi Minister of Transport Salam Awdeh al-Malki. Syria-Iraq, Economics, 8/22/2005 - US and UK soldiers killed in Iraq, continued clashes
the Iraqi Islamic Party announced it found the body of one of its leaders kidnapped on August 13 and his family received a request for a ransom in order to release him. Iraq, Military, 8/22/2005