Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 9/5/2005
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of September 5, 2005
- Iraq's president sees Iraqi society united
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani says the vocal disagreement between different ethnic and religious communities in Iraq should not be interpreted as a sign of civil discord but, rather, an indication of a healthy political environment. Iraq, Politics, 9/10/2005 - Sunnis seek to desolve the Iraqi parliament
At a time when the US played down the importance of the call made by the Muslim Scholars Commission in Iraq, the largest Sunni commission in the country, to desolve the Iraqi parliament, in protest on the draft constitution, noting that he Iraqi voters are the ones who will decide this issue. Iraq-USA, Politics, 9/10/2005 - US army blocks the Iraqi army from Iraq's airport
A British company which is in charge of Baghdad's airport said it closed on Friday Baghdad's airport over a difference on its contract with the Iraqi government and the company. Iraq-USA, Politics, 9/10/2005 - Attack against American base in Karkouk
The source which asked to be anonymous said that "unidentified gunmen detonated al-Rasoul ( the prophet) mosque and Huseinieh. The source explained that the gunmen planted explosives around the mosque and this resulted in the collapse of large part of the building and the burning of all its content. Iraq, Military, 9/10/2005 - Human rights situation in Iraq of serious concern, UN reports
The top United Nations envoy in Iraq yesterday voiced serious concern over the human rights situation in the war-torn country, including allegations of extra-judicial executions, consistent reports of excessive use of force and mass detentions of people without warrants, and the displacement of populations in security operations. Iraq, Politics, 9/9/2005 - Arab League opens an office in Iraq
In their meeting which lasted for one day in Cairo, the Arab Foreign ministers agreed to open an office for the Arab League (AL) in Iraq after the Iraqi President Jalal al-Talibani blamed them for their reservation to dispatching ambassador to his country. Regional-Iraq, Politics, 9/9/2005 - Syria and Iraq sign cooperation protocol
Syria and Iraq signed Thursday a joint cooperation protocol between Syrian Chambers of Commerce Federation and Baghdad's Chamber of Commerce with the aim of deepening ties between the two states as well as enhancing the economic and social relations. Iraq-Syria, Economics, 9/9/2005 - Bomb dismantled in Basra, US bombing in west Iraq
The Iraqi police said that it had dismantled a booby trapped car in Basra city, south of the country, on Thursday at dawn, which was placed near a position where another car blew up on Wednesday and claimed the life of 16 persons and injuring of other 21 in front of one restaurant visited often by Iraqi policemen. Iraq, Military, 9/9/2005 - Annan takes quick steps in response to Oil-for-Food findings
the Volcker report helped not only to get to the truth of what had happened in the Oil-for-Food Program, but also served as "lessons learned on how we can improve the administration of this organization." Iraq-UN, Politics, 9/9/2005 - Talibani: Saddam admits executing people; deserves strangling 20 times a day
The Iraqi President Jalal al-Talibani said that the toppled Iraqi President Saddam Hussein admitted to carrying out execution operations during his rule, considering that he deserves to be strangled 20 times a day. Iraq, Politics, 9/8/2005 - Continued killing in Iraq
According to the same source, Hadi Omran, the director general at the defense ministry, was killed and his driver was injured when they were attacked by gunmen in al-Doura area south of Baghdad. Other 7 Iraqi civilians were injured by a booby trapped car explosion targeting a vehicle for the American forces in Karradah area. Iraq, Military, 9/8/2005 - Four US guards killed in bomb explosion in Basra
Four American security guards were killed in a bomb explosion while they were escorting American diplomats in Basra city, south Iraq, which is controlled by the British forces. Iraq, Military, 9/8/2005 - UN credibility must be restored, says Volcker
"In essence, the responsibility for the failures must be broadly shared, starting we believe with Member States and the Security Council itself," he said. The program left too much initiative with Iraq -- a "compact with the Devil." Iraq-UN, Politics, 9/8/2005 - Negotiations on constitution end with no amendments Iraq, Politics, 9/8/2005
- Bush to receive Iraqi President Jalal Talabani Iraq-USA, Politics, 9/8/2005
- Iraqi Sunni killed while helping Shiite stampede victims
U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad has praised the heroism of Othman al-Obeidi, a young Sunni man who lost his life while attempting to rescue Shiite pilgrims who fell into the Tigris River August 31 as the result of a panicked stampede over the Adhamyia bridge in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq, Politics, 9/7/2005 - Mismanagement and corruption in Iraq oil-for-food program
The Security Council today formally received the final report of the Independent Inquiry Commission (IIC) into charges of mismanagement of the United Nations Oil-for-Food Program under which the sanctions-bound regime of Saddam Hussein was allowed to sell oil to buy food and medicines. Iraq-UN, Politics, 9/7/2005 - Arab League office in Iraq, Arab summit delay
The secretary general of the Arab League (AL) Amr Moussa said on Tuesday that the Arab foreign ministers will discuss in their meeting tomorrow and on Friday in Cairo the convening of an urgent Arab summit Egypt had called for. Regional-Iraq, Politics, 9/7/2005 - 7 gunmen killed in attack on mosque in Iraq
Confrontations in the city resulted, according to American military statements, in killing 13 gunmen, seven of them killed in shelling dropped by a helicopter at a mosque there, but medical sources talked about the killing of 8 civilians including five children in these confrontations Iraq, Military, 9/7/2005 - Talibani criticizes Arab states for weak diplomatic representation
The Iraqi President Jalal al-Talibani strongly criticized the Arab states over their weak diplomatic representation in Iraq, and he expressed his regret over the fact that most of them did not help the Iraqi people in the painful incident of the "Imams bridge stampede" which claimed the life of more than 1000 persons. Iraq-Regional, Politics, 9/6/2005 - Al-Qaida kills two British soldiers in Iraq
gunmen in Baghdad attacked the headquarters of the ministry of the interior and this resulted in killing two policemen and injuring other five Iraq-UK, Military, 9/6/2005 - On Tel-Afer clashes in Iraq
The American army announced that it killed 13 gunmen in clashes with gunmen Sunday evening in Tel-Afer, west of Musil, near the Syrian border. Iraq, Military, 9/6/2005 - Decentralization proposed in the Iraqi constitution
Differences over the draft Iraqi constitution continued amid contradictory statements between the Shiite and Sunni negotiators in the formulation committee, just less than one and a half months before a referendum on it. Iraq, Politics, 9/5/2005 - Draft constitution can help unify Iraq, US ambassador says
Iraq's draft constitution should be evaluated on two standards: its substance in the areas of democracy, human rights and proposed political structure; and its potential to be a national compact that brings Iraqis together and undermines the insurgency. It meets the first test. With respect to the second, the jury will decide in the Oct. 15 referendum. Iraq-USA, Politics, 9/5/2005 - Zeibari: Iraq to open embassy in Kuwait
The Iraqi foreign minister Hoshiar Zeibari said on Sunday that Iraq will reopen its embassy in Kuwait within weeks. This will be for the first time since its closure following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990. Iraq-Kuwait, Politics, 9/5/2005 - Saddam's trial to be limited to al-Dajil incident
The spokesman for the Iraiq government Leith Kebbe has not ruled out that the toppled Iraqi President Saddam Hussein will only be tried over his role in al-Dajil case which goes back to 1982 and to receive death penalty, waiting not for other sessions in other cases he is accused of, if the higher council for justice and the presidential council ratify the sentence against him. Iraq, Politics, 9/5/2005 - Fightings in Tel-Afer, Iraq
The American and Iraqi forces called on the civilians in the outskirts of Tel-Afer, west of Musil, to leave their houses in precaution to a major military operation in the city, at a time when fighting continued and the number of victims was not known. Iraq, Military, 9/5/2005