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Wednesday, December 21, 2005


Editorial

Hot Pelting

By: Muhammad Abdul Jabber

Yesterday was a political hot day because the political game is walking away off its trend aftermath the elections as people were breaking into the streets in protest for raising fuel prices.There are some enraged political parties of results of the elections charging them with being marred by fraud.Some observers have predicted a political crisis after the elections due to preliminary cautions while some have threatened of resorting to using weapon if the results were not changed despite that the elections are the solution of armed conflict for the helm.Resorting to weapon means that those who are engaged in the political process do not believe in it, a matter that undermines democratic concepts.There should be legal way to solve disputes with the presence of judicial associations who are in charge of such disputes.The political process is in a crisis that requires soothing and pacification through dialogue in the light of constitutional and legal contexts.



POLITICAL SCENE FACES A CRISIS

Baghdad, Dec. 21 p1

Political scene faced a crisis following threatening of using weapon and hot tatements released by some political partiers of the Consensus Front objected to the results of the elections.The Consensus front who was hoping to get 23 seats was shocked to get only 13 seats in the parliament according to preliminary results.The front was planning to gain the presidency post in addition to ministries of defense and interior before being astonished with the last results.



CHINA AND SPAIN'S AMPASSADORS APPRCIATE ELECTIONS

Baghdad, Dec.21 p.2

President Talabany received accreditation papers of China and Spain's ambassadors yesterday. The two ambassadors appreciated in two separated press conferences the successes of the elections which took place last Thursday in Iraq and promised to work through their positions to develop friendship and cooperating relations between their countries and Iraq to serve the mutual interests and enforce the political process in Iraq and maintain stability for its people. The Chain's ambassador described the elections as a great event that will bush forward the political process and establish peace in Iraq while the Spanish ambassador described the elections as a successful one that passes all obstacles on the way of building democratic Iraq, promising of working to root the relations between the two countries.



UKRANIAN FORCES END THEIR MISSION IN IRAQ

Baghdad, Dec.21 p.2

Ukrainian forces announced the end of their mission in Iraq through military eremonies held in Kut which is the main base of them since the fall of Saddam.The ceremonies have been attended by Wasset governor, the Ukrainian ambassador and the leaders of police, army and coalition forces in the province. The Ukrainian ambassador announced that Monday the 19th of December 2005 is the date of ending the mission of his forces as part of coalition forces in Wasset.Wasset governor thanked the friendly forces which has achieved many achievements in security and order especially in training police and army and raiding terror safe houses.



RAISING RISK BENEFITS FOR JUDGES TO 50% OF SALARY

Baghdad, December 21, Page 3

Council for supreme justice had decided to raise risk benefits for judges as 30% to 50% from their current salary after acquiring Finance Ministry's approval on that issue.A reliable source in the council said that persuading the order will start at the coming month after acquiring approval of Finance Ministry, besides disbursing same amount for other employees such as prosecution, justice supervision and supreme justice council as a reward of their efforts to carry out duty in spite of the huge risks which they exposed to.



INDUSTRY MINISTRY CALLS AUSTRIAN COMPANIES TO INVEST IN IRAQ

Baghdad, as-Sabah, Dec 21, P4

The Industry and Minerals Undersecretary for Investment and Development Affairs Adil Kareem has called the Austrian government to seize the opportunity presented by the ministry to open investment door in Iraq.In an informational statement, an official source at the ministry said that the ministry undersecretary has received the trade advisor at the Austrian Embassy in Baghdad Oscar Saco, confirming to him that Iraq is directing towards privatization some companies belong to the ministry and open the door in front the foreign investment in cope with its political economy directed towards the free market policy.He added that the ministry is financing eight public companies such as cement, medicines, chemical and mechanic industries and all of them are lucrative companies had been chosen and assessed accurately to enter in privatization sector gradually, setting aside the turning into privatization in the current period for financial and legislative reasons.
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Thursday, December 22, 2005


Editorial

Mistake

By: Muhammad Abdul Jabbar

The government has made a mistake when it presented the fuel raising prices let alone the attitude towards this subject since that some people view it as a part of comprehensive reform required by the IMF while some say it is a false decision targeting poor people.The mistake came as the cabinet did not prepare the society for such decision so as to be accepted, while they did not make some procedures to ease the decision’s impacts on people.The cabinet has had a good time to pay tangible procedure to ease the impacts of the decision. Besides, we had told them to make media campaign to explain it and put some solutions for the poor families.This may lead to judge that the cabinet has no idea of media role in interpreting the government’s program.Even the National Assembly did not discuss the decision, a matter that means ignoring of the people reaction before making any decision.This should be a lesson for ruling in the future.



NEW GOVERNMENT FORM SOLVES CRISIS

Baghdad, Dec. 22 p.1

Well informed resources told that Sunnis were interested in presenting Adil Abdul Mehdi as Prime Minister Candidate.The sources revealed that Consensus front and al-Mutlag demanded re-voting following six months of forming the government. The Sunnis demanded the two sovereign posts of interior and defense ministries before emerging of the preliminary results.The Sunnis according the sources did not reject President Jalal Talbani being a president for the upcoming four years.In the light of the landslide win in the voting, the United Iraqi Alliance denied any news of presenting any candidate for any post.Ridha Jawad Taqi spokesman of the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq denied any news of presenting Prime Minister saying that consultations of such post did not start yet.





AL-JAAFARY: WE WILL NOT EXCEPT ANY INTERFERANCE IN THE WORK OF THE ELECTING COMMOTION

Baghdad, Dec.22 p.2

Prime minister, Ibrahim al-Jaafary during a meeting with the American congress delegation in Baghdad, discussed the withdrawal of the American troops, stressing that it should be identical with a timetable of developing the Iraqi security forces, adding that there is a plan to reduce the number of these forces in Iraq. He repulses those who contested the credibility of the elections, saying that they must understand one major fact which is that the origin of elections is the triumph of the people.He said that the visit of the delegation is the forth one during this period and it recorded good attitudes about this democratic experiment in Iraq which steps firmly to maintain all the political forces.Prime minister said that he has phoned king Abed Allah bin Abd al-Aazeez who blessed the development of the political process and discussed with him mutual relations.He said as he answering a question about the contestation of electing results by some political forces "through my observation to elections I did not say any neglecting on it" adding that the government sticks to the independent of electing commotion and will not allow any interference in its work .The delegation said that it is surprised with the achievements that the Iraqi people made though the last seven years and that it will be happy if the rate of elections in Iraq which reached 70% happens in America.On the other side, the Albanian prime minister said that Saddam will face the same fate of the former Yugoslavian president Miluzufitch because the have persecuted their people for three decade.Al-Jafaary said in press conference that the Albanian prime minister showed his admiration for the successes of democratic process in Iraq through the wide participation since there is common points between the two nations especially in the demographical structure and the repression they have faced.



EXPORTATION OF OIL FROM KIRKUK TO CEYHAN PORT TO BE RESUMED

Baghdad, Dec. 22 p.3

Several sources at Iraqi Northern Oil Company declared on Wednesday that the operations of pumping the crude oil from Kirkuk fields to Turkish Ceyhan Port will be resumed after a halt lasted for two months upon various attacks targeted around 16 pipe-lines to transport oil western Kirkuk.An official source at the company, speaking on anonymity said that “Pumping processes resumed on Friday at a rate reach to 350,000 barrels of crude oil produced in Kirkuk fields after it had been repaired after a subjection to big sabotage act affected the group of the oil-pipe; the repairing process lasted for six weeks.



DETRACTION OF TWO CEMENT'S FACTORIES TO A JOINT-STOCK COMPANY

Baghdad, Dec.22 p,4

Cabinet Council had detracted two cement's factories of Sinjar& Kuffa factories to two a joint-stock companies & transferring the workers to an official jobs within the officials of the northern & southern cement's companies and in the same level of their current salaries.Minister of Industry& Minerals Osama Abdul-Aziz al-Najafee ,has declared in a press statement that the decision will concludes sailing of 15% of the company stocks within the namely worth for the officials and the workers whom return to the company and the other ministry companies.



GRANTING COUNTRIES ASSURE COMMITMENT TO DEVELOP TRANSPORTATION SECTOR

Baghdad, December 22, Page 14

The annual Iraqi losses reached to $ 1 billion due to reliance to the Arabic ports in delivering goods to Iraq. As Japan, Belgium, Denmark, Holland, and Britain assured their commitment in granting $ 300 million to develop transportation sector in Iraq.Eng. Atta Nabil, Under Secretary of Transportation Ministry, said that the ministry has ambitious plans to raise the level of Iraqi ports after suffering for long years from negligence; he also mentioned that Iraqi losses reached to $ 1 billion yearly because of reliance on the Arabic ports.Transportation in Iraq depends especially on the Iraqi ports because it's considered as a crossing point to the world. The ministry's plans consist of developing Iraqi ports in order to decrease reliance on Arabic ports.
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Saturday, December 24, 2005


itorial

Two ways

By Muhammed Abdul Jabbar

There two ways of ruling countries, first of which is the democratic way and the other way is the dictator way. One of conditions of democracy is transparency whereas dictatorship has blackout as the most well known figures. Transparency means rulers and administrators work under the sun and inform people on every thing facing them let alone sharing media men in discussing issues and decisions, while, blackout concentrates on pursuing closed doors and making decisions behind scene.Democracy is means free getting of information and people's right to get them freely, while dictatorship means imposing censorship on publishing information and depriving people from their rights.People did not know any information about justifications to raising the fuel prices and benefits of the consequences, so they have the full right to protest and go through demonstrations.All of that was because of closed-door negotiations and decisions.We hope that the fourth government following collapse of the idol would share people in their discussions of important decisions.





PRESIDENT LEADS GESTURE TO END CRISIS

Baghdad, Dec. 24 p.1

President Jalal Talbani is leading efforts to confine the political crisis facing the country by opening a way of consensus and producing a national unity government before distributing the portfolios, well informed sources said.The sources added that the efforts rely on three steps starting with calming atmosphere among factions before discussing consensus.President stressed pursuing legal ways of objection away off language of threats and using gun when he was meeting with Adnan Duleimi and Tayad al-Hashimi.The sources unleashed that the President was talking as the president and as a Kurdish leader. They affirmed that the President would meet Seid Abdul Aziz al-Hakeem leader of the United Iraqi Alliance and he would meet president Masoud al-Barzani of Kurdistan enclave before attending an enlarged meeting including the main four slates.



AL-HAKIM DESCUSSES THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE POLITICAL FIELD WITH SESTANY

Baghdad, Dec.24 p.2

"The grand Ayatollah, Ali al-Sestany renewed his call for not margins any sector of Iraqi people in forming the new government after the approval of Iraqi people their desire for that through their wide participation and the sacrifices the have given for the success of the political process." Said al-Sabah reporter in al-Najaf province through information came from an authorized source within the office of the higher religious figure through a meeting with abed al-Azeez al-Hakim the head of the High Sperm Council of the Islamic Revaluation in Iraq and the United Iraqi Alliance bloc.Sestany and al-Hakim discussed through the meeting the developments on the Iraqi political field, the results of the elections and the wide participation of all Iraqis in the formation of the new government.Al-Hakim said that the alliance represent the Iraqi people fate through what it has achieved in the elections and that what it brings up in the political field represent the thing that all Iraqis seek.



AL-ADELY DENIES THE NEWS OF IS WITHDRAWAL FOM THE IRAQI LIST AND THE ISLAMIC TREND

Baghdad, Dec.24 p.2

The secretary general of the democratic Islamic trend, Hussein al-Adely denied the news that has been published on Nahreen encyclopedia website about his withdrawal from the Iraqi List and the Democratic Islamic Trend.He said in a statement which al-Sabah has received a copy of t "at the time in which I deny this news totally, I put the legal and moral responsibility on this website for this fabricated news which comes under the indecent political competition".



PRESIDENT CONFIRMS HOLDING CONTACTS WITH POLITICAL FORCES TO FORM NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT

Baghdad, Dec 24, P3

The President Jalal Talabani said that he initiated to hold contacts with Iraqi political forces to close points of view among them in order to form national unity government.In a joint press conference held on Friday with US Secretary of Defense Donald Rams field who paying a current visit to Iraq saying “I started since last Wednesday with meeting several figures from Iraqi Consensus Front to approximate points of view”, referring that he will exerted all his efforts in order to create national unity government includes all Iraqi people segments, pointing out the support of USA for these efforts.



RETURNING LOST ANCIENT MASTERPIECES TO THE IRAQI MUSEUM

Baghdad, December 24, Page 3

Education Ministry had received different ancient masterpieces which been lost from the Iraqi museum after the invasion of Baghdad.During a press release, a reliable source in the ministry said that these antiques belongs to the Sumerian and Babylonian era and was delivered by Mr. Faisal Al-Duliamy to the Antiquities Session headed by Dr. Donny George.These masterpieces included 3 cuds, mineral shell, and 15 inscriptions written in cuneiform, as well as, 2 jewelry necklaces and a plate of Sumerian stone.



WASIT WARNS FROMN INVIRONMENTAL POULLTION

Baghdad, Dec.24 p.4

Wasit directorate –general of the environment province had warned the official departments in the province from the what exposed to the residents specially in the public sub districts in Kut city, from the emitted gasses resulted from burning of the trashes & garbage besides the left behind in the near place of the temporarily positions of the healthful burying, which has the negative effect causes many diseases for a lot of the residents in the nearer places of these danger positions.
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Sunday, December 25, 2005

Editorial

Social vouch

By:Muhammed Abdul Jabbar

Social vouch is the most superior styles in human relation as the rich help the poor so as to pass the critical times. In order not to turn into a hand out from the rich to the poor, developed societies resort to civilized ways to maintain people's dignity.The form concentrates on taxes and social vouch.Taxes are money percentage paid by the rich in many fields of life. The old societies have made interest from the taxes system so as to fund the military budget and else.Today the developed states impose taxes on imported commodities since they are bought by the rich only.Social vouch is the money funded by the state to the poor people depending on taxes gained from the rich and other sources and revenues so as to help them in essential needs like food, medicine, education, housing and fuel and so as not to push people for stealing or doing bad actions.



ECONOMIC COMMITTEE REVIEWS FUEL PRICES

Baghdad, Dec. 25 p.1

Economic commission is to meet today for reviewing fuel prices which was approved and applied a week ago with many objections and demonstrations.The commission including ministers of oil, trade and finance would discuss impacts of the decision of lifting the fuel prices.The commission was aiming to save about ID 5 billion from the decision when the International Monetary Fund (IMF) provided that the Iraqi debts would be cancelled in case of giving up funding the fuel prices and food stuff.



JALAL TALABANI INVITES TO REJECT ETHENIC'S DESCRIPTIONS

Baghdad, Dec.25 p, 2

President Jalal Talabani has emphasized that Iraq is for all Iraqis, calling for not using phrases like Arab's Sunnis or Arab's Shiest and using instead of that callings, the names of their representative parties or their political institutions which represents them. This was mentioned by Salam Zawba'i a member of Iraqi Consensus Font in a press conference held by the Iraqi political forces which represented within Iraqi Consensus Font & Iraqi Slate (list) & Kurdistan Alliance, after his meeting with the President yesterday in Baghdad.



OPENING OF INTEGRITY COMMISSION OFFICE IN KIRKUK

Baghdad, Dec.25 p, 2

An office for Integrity Commission had opening in kirkuk later, and it is an independent official institution which was invented to lessen the situations of corruption and to make fast investigation in the cases of bad uses for authority and bribes besides to betraying honesty and wasting of the public worth in all the departments of the state.



DISTRIBUTING MORE THAN 19.000 FORMS FOR EXCHANGE STUDENTS

Baghdad, December 25, Page 3

Department of exchange groups in High Education and Scientific Research Ministry had distributed around 19.418 forms for scholarships among students and researchers in the aim of providing the governmental establishments with high qualified scientific personnel. A reliable source in the ministry mentioned, in a press conference, that 3350 forms have been given to the medical majors, 3748 for geometrical, 3740 for science, 3300 for agricultural and veterinary science and 5280 for cultural and humanitarian science.He also prompted all candidates to consult the application centers in universities in order to submit necessary application papers.



MARKETING 732,000 TONES OF RICE

Baghdad, as-Sabah, Dec 25, P8

The Agricultural Directorate at al-Najaf province has announced that it marketing until the middle of the current month around 732,000 and 820 tones of rice have been harvested from 28,000 and 750 acres out of the total area reach to 180,000 and 405 acres, while the area expected to be planted with wheat and barely products in the province within winter planting campaign.In an exclusive press statement to as-Sabah newspaper, the Director-General of the Agriculture at the province, Eng. Mohammed Radii Hessian said that the campaign of harvesting rice begun since the beginning of the current month and target to harvest more than 180,000 and 405 acres, whereas actually around 28.000 and 750 acres have been harvested.
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Tuesday, December 27, 2005

Editorial

Continuity

By: Mohammad Abdul- Jabbar

President Jalal Talbani's gesture sets from continuity of the political process rather than merits of the electoral process since that the second process is part of the first one and it is not right to give up the first one for little dispute in the second one.Political process includes some consequent circles started from the first elections made last January till the recent one mid December to form the House of Deputies in the light of the constitution. So, every step would rely on the previous one.It is true that some problems have accompanied phases of the political process thanks to legacy of the deterred regime and the local environment but that does not mean undermine the whole political process because giving up the elections may lead to what had happened in the aftermath of past Algerian elections in the past nineties of former century.



21 MARTYRS TOLL OF BLOODY DAY IN IRAQ

Baghdad, Dec. 27 p.1

At the time Iraqi people are waiting for the results of political negotiations to forma the new government and declare results of the recent elections, some 21 people were killed in addition to scores of injuries due to many blasts and booby traps that witnessed rising following preliminary declaration of the results of elections.Some four regions have witnessed car bombs in Karrada, where a couple of blasts targeted a sweets shop and a church, Adhamia, Elwiyya Bridge and Baqubah city in addition to a blast somewhere in Baghdad with out knowing casualties, interior ministry sources said.The sources added that some 21 people were registered martyrs and 25 other were injured.



PRIME MINISTER DR.IBRAHIM JAFERRI DISCUSES BILATERIAL TIES WITH THE UKRANIAN PRESIDENT

Baghdad, Dec.27 p, 2

Dr. Ibrahim Jaferri Prime Minister, has met the Ukraine president and the accompanied delegation in Baghdad yesterday and he discussed with him the right ways in improving levels of the common cooperation in many fields such like economical ,trades, military and withdrawal of the Ukraine forces which works within the multi nationalities forces in Iraq >On the other side, Ukraine President has invited Dr. Ibrahim Jaferri to visit Ukraine. It is worth to mention that Dr.Sa'doon Dulaimie Minister of Defense has attended the meeting besides other officials and advisors.



NASIRIYA'S MUSEUM OF ANTIQUITIES REGAINS 300 STOLEN MASTERPIECES

Nasiriya, December 27, Page 3

The museum of antiquities in Nasiriya had regained yesterday 300 masterpieces stolen from ancient sites in the province after the invasion of Baghdad in 2003.Abed Al-Ameer Hamdani, director of Nasiriya museum, said that these antiquities has been regained by efforts of Iraqi citizens and help of religious leaders in the province in order to protect the heritage of Iraq.Mr. Hamdani added that these antiquities had been stolen from Tal Jokha site in Fajer district and it does belong to different historical times of the Sumerian reach to 4000 years B.C.



PILGRIMS COMPLAIN FROM WAITING IN AIRPORTS – MOT KEENS ON PROVIDE ACCOMMODATION/

Baghdad, as-Sabah, Dec 26, P8

The Iraqi pilgrims whom are tired from hardness of waiting in Baghdad, Erbail and Basra airports have expressed their resentment from the procedures followed by Transport Ministry which committed to provide comfortable and restful atmospheres to transport them to the holly shrines to perform pilgrimage duty, particularly that waiting in airports have lasted for 48 hours without arriving any airplanes to transport them, while the State Company of the Iraqi Airways Lines has shouldered responsibility of delaying these airplanes for airplanes companies which many of contractors have been contracted with them to transport pilgrims, confirming that most airplanes which reached to the airports have several technical failures a matter that let Iraqi technicians to perform maintenance on them in the Iraqi airports.
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Wednesday, December 28, 2005

Editorial

15%

By: Mohammad Abdul- Jabbar

Astounding figures referred by governor of Baghdad regarding services in Baghdad reveal wide disparity between political elite interesting and current services people are suffering from their lack.The said services are very deteriorating as the ways and sewerage suffer the same neglect and people know more than any journalist does. The problem is that reforming the said services needs an amount of big money that reaches 1150 billion dinars according to the Mayor Sabir al-Isawi, however the problem grows as the mayor mentions the available money for the allocation is 150 billion dinars, i.e.15%.It is a little percent that could not help poor people which means that the problem is still in the first quarter and people have to be familiar with the current status quo.At the same time political elites are busy of duel to gain more seats in the new parliament and were able to distract people from their sufferings by declaring the winners or by protesting in shrugging off the result, while they are silent towards the real catastrophe of service collapse and non ability of resolving it. It is a silence targeting putting people away off real consciousness.



ALLIANCE GETS 130 SEATS, TALABANI MEETS HAKEEM

Baghdad, Dec. 28 p.1

There may be hope in Suleimaia city meetings to end controversy over form of the new government as trends are going forward a consensus government.The Suleimania meting has included President Jalal Talbani, Seid Abdul Aziz al-Hakeem and President Massoud Barzani of Kurdistan and there may be a meeting with Dr. Iyad Allawi head of Iraqi slate to discuss the new government. On the other hand, United Iraqi Alliance got majority of the parliament seats in a semi confirmed conclusion as they got 130 seats, Kurdish Coalition 52, Consensus 42, Iraqi slate 25, Mutalg 11, Islamic union 5 and Meshan Jubouri 3, while slates of Risaliun, Mithal al-Alousi, Rafidain and Turcoman slate got sole seat for each one.The rest of the parliament seats are three and would be distributed among other loosing slates.



NATIONAL INITIATIVE TO SOLVE THE POLITICAL CRISES

Baghdad, Dec.28 p.2

The National Democratic Party presented a national initiative to solve the crises that took place because of the differences of blocs and political lists upon the results of the recent elections, consist of three concepts.The spokesman of the party told al-Sabah that the party since its foundation had faith with methods and participated with all his resources in the political process.He added that the party saw the great importance of the elections despite it has not participated in it, for its results and the government which will have the confidence of the voters to face high responsibilities of agreeing on the modifications on constitution. This will dissolve the milestones of economical and political objectives which ill mark the unity and progress of the nation.The initiative has three concepts, the first says that the higher commission of elections will continuo its upraise with its mission through looking seriously to contestations with the help of judges and other figures who has the credibility to reach the truth and give it to the people.The second is that the agreement on unity government includes all the blocs' ad parties to contain all the people and their political points of view.The third asked the conflicts' sides to calm and deny escalation to stable the Iraqi street for the safety of its people.The source said that what happens today between the blocs on elections and the congestion and crises worries the party because this situation will bring our nation to sharp differences and violence brings sorrow and pain if they did not cut shorted.
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Sunday, January 1, 2006

Editorial

GRAND CAPITAL

By: Mohammed Abdul Jabbar al-Shabout

Yesterday we saw off 2005 as we received 2006 today with the same level of expectations and aspirations that we received the past year.2005 was an exceptional in Iraq's history according to positive developments at the same account of negative things, for many events that could not be removed from Iraqi memory.The most prominent event in 2005 was political process' continuity from first elections in January along with referendum on constitution and the recent elections last month.The political process has come to continuity despite threats from terrorists thank to efforts paid by both ministries of Defense and Interior and people's participation in the process as well.Many public services were absent, nevertheless people went up with all parts of the political process despite frustration and dispirit under which they because many factions prospected revolt which did not happened due to political awareness that people enjoyed.The events proved that the people are the grand capital in our country.



ARBEEL FRAMES IMAGE OF NEW GOVT.

Baghdad, Jan.1 p, 1

Eyesight is directly forwards Arbeel where enlarged meeting would come on Monday gathering the winner slates in response of an invitation made by president Massoud Barazani of Kurdistan.United Iraqi Alliance declared that forming the government would be crucial among The Consensus Slate and Kurdish coalition and The Alliance As well.Sa'ad al-Bazaz of the Consensus Slate said that Adnan al-Duleimi would preside his faction's delegation to the negotiations.Preliminary figures indicated that the Alliance has gained 130 seats and The Kurdish Slate went with 52 while the consensus yielded 42 seats.Jawad al-Maliki said that his faction don't care with results of investigation to elections because they would not change the results since that most of the red "serious" complaints were in the regions of objected slates.



FIVE MARTYRS IN AN EXEPLOTION NEAR THE HEADQUARTER OF THE ISLAMIC PARTY IN KHALEES

Baghdad, Jan.1 p.2

Identical resources said that five civilians were martyred yesterday in an explosion happened near the Islamic Party headquarter in Khalees.Baquba police force said that a roadside bomb exploded at 9:30 am yesterday near the Islamic Party headquarter in Khalees killing five citizens and wounding two.Dr. Ahmad abd al-Khadder said that Khalees hospital received five corpses belong to people martyred by fragments and two wounded persons.



IN BASRA: TEN PARTIES CONTESTATE ELECTION RESULTS

Baghdad, Jan.1 p.2

Yusef al-Musawy, the secretary general of Thaar Allah party said that the political bloc which his party heads, has represented contestations against the initial results of elections that the higher legation of elections has announced.He added through a phone call with al-Sabah that these parties and lists of parties gave the evidences which prove the existence of frog in many ballots in Basra to the legation. This conducted with the requests of (MARAM) movement. He referred that ten parties in Basra have questioned the fairness of elections in many ballots and that they will join (MARAM) movement.



PREPARING CIVIL DEFENSE WITH LIFE BOATS & AID TOOLS

Baghdad, Jan.1 p, 4

Institution of (IRRF) had prepared for Civil Defense Directorate-General within modern boats of high capability & qualification in the purposes of extinction and salvation besides a developed capability of rushing waters.
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Monday, January 2, 2006

EDITORIAL

FORMING GOVERNMENT

By: Mohammad Abdul-Jabbar

In democratic states, forming government is based on electoral rights only.For if a party won the elections, it would form the government by his own members, and if his victory was un complete, it would make an alliance with other parties, while the results would take time before achieving the government due to difficulties of making it with absence of electoral majority.In our case, as a transitional condition from dictatorship into democratic life, it is hard to pursue democratic concepts in all political phase.One of the reasons is inter-local societies willing to show their local identity rather than their national one, whereas the other reason is mistrust among society factions, which may lead to fear of local interests.For instance, presidency council was presented instead of one-president post, which was adjourned for the next round of parliament after four years, likewise, the deputy premiership post which relied on a formula of troika group of ethnic roots.



THREE WINNING SLATES START CONSULTATIONS IN ARBEEL

Baghdad, Jan.2 p, 1

Arbeel witnessed convention of three winning slates' leaders, PM Ibrahim al-Jaferri, President Massoud Barazani, and Adnan al-Duleimi in response of invitation paid by President Barazani.Well informed sources said that the meeting was just to discuss some issues linked to political process.The meeting was a part of series of meetings among parties preceding forming the government.Observers view deserting Iraqi slate (25 seats) and Dialogue Slate (11 seats) from consultation of forming the national unity government.Mehdi al-Hafidh of The Iraqi Slate express suspect to form The Government away off political coalition.



(MARAM) SHOWS SISTANY UTS TARGETS AND NATIONAL DEMANDS

Baghdad, Jan.2 p.2

(MARAM) formed in a meeting it hold with the participation of 48 political structures which are its members, delegation consists of 40 structures to meet the grand ayatollah ah, Ali al-Sistani to show its aims and demands to His Eminence and to emphasize the importance of the national unity , formation of national government passes all violations that happened in the recent electoral process and formation of legal panel of seven members to continuo the dialogue with national committee which has reached to Baghdad to investigate the elections results.One of (MARAM) leaders, Mr.Tawfeek al-Yasery informed al-Sabah in this and added that the movement has formed a committee to follow developing its work in order to change its form from a mission observes elections results and fixing the damage which it made for many of the political structures to a national political process in which all the structures under (MARAM) or the ones that want to take part in the political process, can participate and put a document includes a schedule to (MARAM), and put inside order, structural organizing and methods for the work of its committees and their responsibilities in order to uncover them on a public conference.



AL-DAWAA PARTY (IRAQ FORMATION) DENIES NAMONATING ANY OF ITS MEMBERS FOR THE POST OF PRIME MINISTER

Baghdad, Jan2 p.2

An official within al-Dawaa Party (Iraq Formation) denied the nomination of any of its members for keeping the unity of the United Iraqi Alliance.The source said in a phone call with al-Sabah yesterday that the party did not nominate any member to take the position of prime minister and denied the news that says that abed al-Kareem al-Aanizy was nominated for this post.



DEMONSTRATION AGAINST SHORTAGES OF WATER IN KIRKUK & BASRA

Kirkuk, al-Basra, AF, Jan 2, P3

Citizens in Kirkuk and Basra have demonstrated as a protest against the shortages of fuel and the increasing of prices.An official source at Kirkuk Police announced that a civilian had been killed and other four had been wounded in a demonstration took place on Sunday, in Kirkuk center as a protest against the shortages of fuel.The demonstrations also led to firing two fuels stations and a bureau for distributing oil products.The Brigadier Mouanss Isehaq, the Head of Rehimo’o said that “Citizens who have the right to protest against shortages of services were violently acted a matter that to the wounding of five citizens, one of them had died due to his own heavy wounds.



IN MOSUL THE PRICE OF GASOLINE REACH TO 1000 DINER

Mosul, Jan.1 p, 4

In Mosul, the piece of gasoline reached up to 1000 Diner or more in the black markets. A lot of people have stopped filling their cars with the gasoline and waiting for a resolution at their crisis.While the professors of Mosul University were expect that this problem will withdraw on the pupils and the hard situation of their representation because of the high price of this material. It is worth to mention that Mosul province has just amount spare of gasoline is enough for just two weeks.



HUMAM AL-SHAMAA: REDUCING RATION CARD PREMATURE DECISION

Baghdad, January 2, Page 11

An economic expert had criticized government's decision in reducing ration card's items to 25% and he said that in the case of applying this decision, many bad impacts will appear because of that.Dr. Humam said that the ration card became an important basis and acquired right for many parts of the Iraqi population, because it came up during the times of embargo.There is wide disparity of income distribution in Iraq, he said, and this disparity requires distributing the ration card items on the poor people only.He also demanded to change its name to poor supporting card.
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Tuesday, January 2, 2006

Editorial

Consensus Government

By:Muhammed Abdul Jabbar

Upcoming government would be a consensus one thanks to nature of political, cultural and social environment in Iraq, a matter the constitution had admitted and recommended pursuing it in the following rounds of parliament, i.e. the constitution makers suppose that Iraq would emerge from consensus to electoral government in the next parliaments.Consensus government means that factions of a society gather in a compromising government basing on settlement among the factions that can satisfy all of them through concession of proper rights in favor of others satisfaction.This idea could be found in societies emerging already from dictator reign.Following collapse of the dictator, three early governments were founded to achieve the transition from that bad era, represented by the governing council, interim government led by Iyad Allawi and transitional government headed by elected parties led by Ibrahim al-Jaferri, who would hand over the authorities to the elected government that would be passing the medium transitional period of entering into full democratic state and society after the current four years.Electoral right would go alone with the winner’s merits since that the grand block has to form the government but they need to make consensus government so as to share all of the society in the government away off sectarian and ethnic interests.



ELECTIONS TO BE DECLARED ON GREATER BAIRAM

Baghdad, Jan. 3 p.1

Electoral commission revealed that final results of elections would be declared on Jan. 10th on the first day of Greater Bairam feast so as to give more time for the international team to review the results of elections that would come within coming hours.This has come in a press conference attended by Hussein al-Hindawi head of the commission, pointing out that the team is the sole side to decide period of achieving its task.He added that his commission does not think of reelecting in any region under any reason because there is no capability of making such steps.Hindawi unleashed that the commission is studying a decision of deleting some stations in Baghdad, Diala, Arbeel, Kerkuk, Anbar, Basra and Babil.



EXCEPT TURKISH, CABINET ADMITS IMPORTING BIRDS

Baghdad, Jan 3 p.8

Council of Ministers admitted importing birds and chickens from all countries not infected with Flu Bird disease and specially neighboring countries but not from Turkey, where some regions were plugged with the disease, information center at the cabinet said Monday. The center said that the cabinet had relied on a report issued by international organization of combating diseases that considered countries surrounding Iraq are free of the said plug except Turkey.



SECURITY FORCES ARRESTS 80 SUSPECTED

Baghdad, Jan.3 p, 4

Iraqi security forces supported by multi nationalities forces have arrested 80 suspected during carrying a raid for the dens of the terrorists in Diyala and Mosul provinces, while they found a large shelter for different weapons in Nasiryia city.A military statement had issued by the common forces of general leadership, stated that they the military forces have arrested 10 suspected in the district of (Land Reform) sub district in Mosul and they liberated one of the kidnapped citizens from his kidnappers then arrested the criminals.On the other hand, our forces could arrested 70 suspected in Diyala with a large quantities of many weapons belongs to the terrorists.



SENDING NEW NUMBER OF CHILDREN FOR T TREATMENT IN FRANCE

Baghdad, Jan.3 p, 4

Ministry of Health has continues carrying off 142 developed healthy centers around Iraq, while sending a new number of children to France for treatment.A medical response source at ministry has declared that the sending children are suffering from hard situation of cardiac which demands to make arrangements with the worldly humanitarian organizations.



BAHER AL-AELOOM RESIGNS

Baghdad, Jan.3 p.2

Minister of Oil, Ibrahim Baher al-Aelomm announced that he has represented his resignation on December 28 last year to protest against raising the prices of fuel, stressing that the decision of given him a forcible vocation lasts for a month has no legal cover.He referred that the decision that was taken through the meeting of cabinet number 25 was saying that their must be a gradual increase in the prices and handing 500 billion diners on the basis of one million by day for the poor families and unemployed people.He added that the increase that was scheduled is the for ordinary gasoline is from 20 to 50 diners and improved gasoline is from 50 to 150 diners and diesel oil from 10 to 30 diners but the government did not stick to this decision and increased the prices suddenly.The minister said that he send a letter to prime minister illustrate his refusal of the decision and he resigned on 28th of December because his demands did not fulfilled.He asked to stop the work with this decision since it gives no benefited in the present time.



$ 120 MILLION OF JAPANESE LOAN GOES TO SOUTHERN FERTILIZER COMPANY

Baghdad, January 3, Page 3

The Southern General State for Fertilizers had acquired the legal agreements to allocate amounts specified for rehabilitation of the company building and the linked factories. In a press conference, informative source in the company said that a project of fertilizers production been agreed upon with a total price of $ 120 million.The Japanese company agreed on granting a long-term loan for the southern company in order to rehabilitate this basic sector of industry.The source also said that the company already formed a qualified team consists of engineering and technical personnel to process the internal works with reduced totals.
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Wednesday, January 4, 2005

Editorial

Two conditions

By: Muhammad Abdul Jabbar

You may be unlucky one if you have two conditions and all people are equal in these conditions.First you should be ordinary one that you do not know any official in the state and the other condition is that none of them know you.The high rank official is like ministers, or people have the same degree in addition to their families and connections.Such people present their applications for job opportunities due to unemployment in Iraq is over 30 percent. The application would be full of documents and even unnecessary papers so as not to be hindered or impeded, but when they receive your application another phase would start with it as they would tell you to wait for several days and then the harmful fact is that they ignore your application from the beginning or lose it under any neglecting circumstance because you are mere an ordinary citizen that you do not know any official.At the best conditions, you may be pressed to pay some money as a bribe and when people can not pay the required amount, it will be easy to ignore their forms.Connections, bribes and misusing authorities are the main images of corruption that bite into the state's facilities and ordinary people almost pay for these diseases because they do not know how to send their complains.



IDEAS OF TRANSPORTING SHORJA INTO SADR

Baghdad, Jan. 4 p.1

The government is studying a plan to transport the Shorja region for marketing into the Sadr City, Housing and Constructing Minister Muhammed Jassim Khudier said.The study concentrates on efforts to maintain the cultural image of the region in addition to pass plans of releasing the region from traffic jam that confines the whole capital under many circumstances. He said that in order to implement the plan there should be plan of transporting the marketing location into an open city like the Sadr City.The Minister said that a fund for compensating the residential locations by purchasing the houses in good prices. On the other hand, a study is going on to discuss enlarging the trade region in Jameela region so as cover the addition of Shorja market.



NEW STRATEGY FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN IRAQ

Baghdad, as-Sabah, Jan 4, P3

The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research has formed a committee presided by the minister Dr. Sami al-Mudhfar to put higher education strategy in Iraq in away that meets its current and future needs and contains the developments that world witnessing now.



MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS CONDEMNS THE ATTACK ON TURKISH AMBASSADOR

Baghdad, Jan.4 p.2

Ministry of foreign affairs has strongly condemned the cowardly attack by a terrorists group on Turkish ambassador in Iraq Ahmad Onal Cheafak Owz.A statement by the ministry said that this criminal attack is an attempt to effect the good relations of Iraq with all states including Turkey.The statement added that the ministry congratulates the ambassador for his safety and stresses that this attack will not effect the brotherly relations between the two nations and the Iraqi Special Forces will search for the attackers and bring them in front justice.



NEGOTIATIONS TO HAND OVER SOVEREIGNITY OVER PRISONS

Baghdad, Jan.4 p.2

Ministry of Justice said that negotiations with the American side to hand over the three prisons of Airport, Boca and Abu-Graeb, are continuing.The ministry has put a plan to prepare the material, technical and human resources that assure full protection for the 14204 detainees in these prisons.The study made by the ministry showed the need to hire at least 10000 guards to assure the protection of these prisons and building new prisons for the increase in number of detainees during 2005 .The ministry said that there is three committees work steadily to study detainees' files to release those who seem that they are innocents and bring the suspects before courts.



NEW STRATEGY FOR HIGH EDUCATION IN IRAQ

Baghdad, January 4, Page 3

The Ministry of High Education and Scientific Research had formed a committee headed by the minister Dr. Sami Moudafar in order to put a new strategy for high education in Iraq, so that current and future needs will be responded and to have a capacity for the developments which the world witness in this field.An informative source in the ministry had mentioned that the committee, which consists of representatives from ministries of education and planning, assured in its meeting that the strategy of high education in Iraq will be rising from its reality and widely opened to the outside world.He also said that participants of the meeting had discussed fundamental basis for the new strategy as well as a number of ideas and initial suggestions.
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Thursday, January 5, 2006

Editorial

Pension

By: Muhammad Abdul Jabbar

There are four million civil servants in Iraq who know their retiring rights. In return another huge number of private section employees, media included, are growing thanks to new general trend of privatization.The private section employees face a problem of lack of insurance of living following ending their contacts. Those people do not have financial revenue that can save their living following losing their jobs.Hence, journalists would face the greatest jeopardize because the private media sector is fledgling earlier let alone lack of laws that can protect their rights.More, there is a pension committee that presents so very poor pension for about 140 retired journalists. Yet, this commission is not the solution for the insurance or pension.Private sector's duty is to find solutions likewise the state institutes to end the journalists' sufferings.



ALLIANCE: PRO-TERROR POWERS ENTERED POLITICAL PROCESS

Baghdad. Jan.5 p.1

United Iraqi Alliance warned of some pro-terror factions have entered the political process warning that Iraq may return to worst situation unveiling that some powers would adopt violence so as to gain some targets.The Alliance referred in a statement that violence has targeted the Shiites, expressing concern of raising such acts.The statement said that US interference in the security forces plans and activities had hindered the Interior and Defense plans to secure the country under unreal claims.



ABD-ALMAHDEE CONDOLENCES FOR THE DEATH OF AAL-MAKTOOM

Baghdad, Jan.5 p.2

Vice president, Dr. Adel abed-Almahdee said that passed away vice president of UAE, sheikh Rashid all Maktoom was a unique figure and that he played a leading role to make his country a united and democratic one.This came in a condolence telegram he sent to president of UAE, sheikh Khaleefa Bin Zaid all Nahian for the death of sheikh Maktoom. Vice president wished that Allah would place him in heaven and gives his family patience and stressed that he received the news of his death with sorrow.



AMERICAN EMBASSY CONDEMNS THE ATTACK ON THE TURKISH AMBASSDOR

Baghdad, Jan.5 p.2

The American Embassy condemned the Attack on convey of the Turkish in Baghdad and asked the Iraqi government to start an instant investigating to capture the attackers and bring them in courts.Ministry of foreign affairs has condemned this attack and showed its premeditation with ministries of defense and interior to capture the attackers.The ministry said that this attack will not effect the brotherly relations between the two countries.
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Saturday, January 7, 2005

Editorial

Statue

By: Muhammad Abdul Jabbar

If any one asked me to present someone in order to erect a statue for him, I'd not be hesitated to propose the Iraqi people for that statue.This people deserve the grandest statue or a great monument in appreciation of his patience in the light of hard circumstance that he faces.The people has been suffering for 35 years, and still, of life impediments staring from dictatorship and its crimes let alone catastrophic wars and many forms of hard life conditions since collapse of the dictatorship up to now, like unemployment, high cost of living and lack of security, power, water and fuel in addition to many shortages.In spite of all that, Iraqi people did not give up patience which is more than any feature in comparison with other societies. For instance, the people are waiting for many hours a day in a long line of fuel while the drivers are waiting calm for the fuel.No one expresses revolt, or yelling as there is neither strike nor demonstration.Once a year, trailers in Briton have went under strike in protest against raising prices of fuel.But the Iraqi people present the opposite image with their abnormal patience. Hence, Iraqi people deserve the statue of patience.



FUEL CRISIS EXACERBATES, AS BLACK MARKET RAISES PRICE

Baghdad, Jan. 7 p.1

The fuel crisis has come into an aggravating level along with the past days in Baghdad and provinces.Oil Ministry officials justified the crisis with sabotage acts that caused striking oil pumps and power cables in addition to lack of services of maintenance for the fueling stations in the refineries and problems in the transporting net.Some citizens in interviews with the newspaper demanded using capons for the gasoline like those of kerosene and liquid feeding gas. They said that using the capons for the said items was successful and it may lead to the same success in case of using it with other fuels, a matter that may prevent smuggling and raising black market prices.

Some station owners revealed that they have received threats of death if they went on selling fuel with the new prices. Some people said that the crisis was created by some saboteurs who want to disrupt the government's efforts in bids of social and economic sabotage in the country.





MINISTER OF DEFENSE MEETS HIS DINISH COUNTERPART

Baghdad, Jan.7 p.2

Danish minister of defense emphasized his countries' stand with the Iraqi side in fighting terror and said that its forces will remain in Iraq until the security situation stabilizes.The Danish minister represented his country congratulation for the success of election process, braveness of Iraqi people, its challenge for terror and the wide participation, praising the active role of Iraqi army in fulfilling this democratic election. The visiting minister wished that the near future might witness improvement in the abilities of the Iraqi army to handle the responsibilities of security file.





ALL IRAQI PILGRIMS ARE IN GOOD CONDITION

Baghdad, Jan.7 p.2

Sheikh Khaleed al-Aatea, the head of pilgrimages committee said that all Iraqi pilgrims are in good condition and no one of them has hurt on the collapse of Laulua hotel in holy Maca.Al-Aatea said in a phone call with al-Sabah yesterday that all necessities of pilgrimage are available including residence, food, transportation and other stuffs which easies doing their ceremonies.He showed his sadness for not allowing the rest of Iraqi pilgrims to inter the Saudi lands despite the great efforts to make this happen.









OFFICIAL CHARACTERS & POLITICANS PARTIES INVITES TO

UNITY

Baghdad, Jan.7 p,4

An official characters have criticized the terror actions which raised through the two days later, so President Jalal Talabanni has criticized these actions aimed many cities in Baghdad, Kerbala & Moqdadiah killed tens of innocent civilians .On the other side, and within a full sorrow and challenge ,Massoud Barazani has stated a speech criticizing the savages actions of these process aimed the holly shrines in Kerbala .Meanwhile , members of Iraqi United Alliance have criticized also the evil process of explosions in Kerbala and Ramadi , like Dr.Hussein Shahristanni & Shiekh Humam Hamodi & Jawad al-Maliki.





IRAQ SEEKS TO JOIN NATO ALLIANCE

Baghdad, Jan 7, P3

The Defense Minister Sa’doun ad-Duleimi has referred to the determination of the government to develop ties with NATO, reaching to join this alliance.In addressing speech he delivered on this occasion held by the Ministry of Defense on 85 anniversary of founding the Iraqi Army, said that the Iraqi new governments seeks to make the Iraqi Army as an active element to realize security and stability in the region.
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Sunday, January 8, 2006

Editorial

Cost

By: Muhammad Abdul Jabbar

People's daily needs could not be met through donations due to the huge gap between the said needs and financial revenues of the country.People are of three sorts; civil servants who are four million people, private sector workers and the third kind are the idle people who are over 30 %.The government's donations include civil servants only in addition to their occasional influence that they do not solve problems of the gap between the needs and revenues.In stable countries, ability of buying is assessed according to daily needs as the people's need of money is considered according to lowest limit of living standard that can save people live in acceptable standard.Civil servants salaries are paid accounted according in the light of their academic degree and years of service while they should be paid according to salary's ability added by the real cost of plausible life in its lowest life standard.The idle people have no solution in the labor ministry when it paid the occasional donations to them.The lowest living standard include providing service of food, housing, medicine, transporting and education whereas the right solution is to account the real cost of the said services, while the servants salaries could add tips of academic degree and years of service in addition to number of family members.



TALKS FOR GOVERNMENT TO RESUME FOLLOWING GREATER BAIRAM

Baghdad, Jan. 8 p.1

United Iraqi Alliance has met with international team charging of reviewing results of the elections for three hours. The meeting discussed complains of the objecting parties and means to resolve them by presenting sound results.On the other hand, British Foreign Minister Jack Straw stressed that the upcoming government should be a national unity one unleashing that it is not enough to stress on the said concept by words "yet we need deeds" pointing out that there should not be a case of reflecting factional disputes among Iraqi politicians.Meanwhile, Jawad al-Maliki of the united Iraqi Alliance said that security situation escorted recently showed that solidarity among Iraqi society factions are positive sense condemning the recent attacks against civilians in Iraqi provinces.



BLAIR CONGRATULATES TALABANY FOR THE NEW YEAR

Baghdad, Jan.8 p.2

Tony Blair, the British prime minister congratulated president Talabany for the New Year. This has came in a press statement which said that Blair showed through a phone call his deep appreciation for the leading role and the policies of president as he attempting to bring political sides' points of view together.British prime minister stressed that this is the usual and expected role from president Talabany in order gathering all the Iraqi sides and forming a united government.The statement showed that president Talabany illustrated his intention to make more efforts and to concentrate dialogs between the winning political blocs to end with a united government can save the Iraqi people from the bad conditions and establish security in the country.The president thanked the British prime minister and congratulated him and the British people.



ZALMY AND CASSY CONGRATULATE THE IRAQIS FOR THE ARMY DAY

Baghdad, Jan.8 p.2

American ambassador in Baghdad and the general leader of the US forces in Iraq congratulated the Iraqis and the members of the security forces for the anniversary of forming the Iraqi army stressing that these forces are a model for new Iraq which is a peaceful country with its neighbors and itself.They said in a statement that many of the Iraqi soldiers represented sacrifices to protect the new Iraq and, thus they deserve to be honored.They added that members of Iraqi armed forces showed that they dedicated themselves for the unity of Iraq and committed to be loyal to it despite religion, race or sector but they united as Iraqis to protect their great country and that the Iraqi armed forces will be in the lead of its sovereignty and will be the basis on which the free, democratic and secure Iraq will be build.
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Monday, January 9, 2005



EDITORIAL

UNITY



By: Mohammad Abdul Jabbar

Proclaiming unity between Kurdish administrations needs more than congratulations, while officials in the Kurdish region have to work so hard.This step is ended about ten years of dividing the region and put a big milestone in the body of federal Iraqi slate.

It is well known that the first democratic elections in Republic of Iraq was in the Kurdish enclave in 1992 that resulted in forming Kurdish parliament and government following emerging from dictator control in that year.

Dividing the administration was the result of local civil war, but approving referendum has opened the way to reunite the Kurdish administration of the region as a successions federal pattern.Now, we are a head of opened way for stability in the country.





ACCORD CONFERENCE PRECEDES GOVT.

Baghdad, Jan.9 p,1

Arab League Secretary General's Envoy Mustafa Uthman Ismae'l would arrive in Baghdad after the Greater Bairam holding so as to prepare for the Accord conference before forming the government.The Arab League (AL) would resume efforts following Cairo conference held in October last year, to hold another one in Baghdad before the end of February.Sheikh Humam Hammoudi told AS-Sabah that secretary General of (AL) Amr Moussa has agreed to his proposal for convening the conference in Baghdad before forming the government.He said that Moussa agreed to hurry up the conference due to deteriorating security . Hammoudi has met with Moussa during attending feneral ceremony procession of the late United Arab Emirates (UAE) prime minister Sheikh Maktom Bin Rashid Al-Maktom who died recently.





(218) TONES OF EXPLOSIVES IN THE SOUTHEREN PROVINICES

Baghdad, Jan.9 p.2

As there were victims of a mine in the area that near the Iranian borders in Basra province, the mines removing center of southern region that belongs to the national committee for mines affairs said that the reason behind the delay of taking steps to remove those mines is the lack of legal legislation for the committee to work in areas with bombs, weapons and mines.An authorized sources within the center informed al-Sabah that the works of removing pollution in the areas planted with mines is a priority for4 the center.According to the reports of the national committee of mines affairs, there are some 1473 pieces of emanation, bombs and rockets that are not exploded. This equals 218.866 thousand tones of explosives spreads in Basra, Thei Qaar, Mesan and Samawaa provinces since the Iraqi Iranian war and the gulf war because these provinces were close to areas of military presence of fighting sides.Reports said that more than 100 victims mostly males with the age range between 15-29 years old were killed by these stuffs and there were many physical handicapping caused by them.





ARAB, WORLD AIRLINES DEMAND IRAQIA AIRLINE TO PAY DEBTS

Baghdad, Jan 13, P3

An official source at State Company of Iraqi Airlines said that number of Arab and world airline companies have demanded the Iraqi company to pay its own payable and compensations as a result for customs on Iraqi airplanes sitting in airports of these states since 1991 which reach to $700 millions.

In an exclusive statement to al-Sabah, the source said that among the states which demanded to pay their own payable is Kuwait and Tunisia, while the source has praised Jordan’s decision which stipulating the cancellation of payable customs for Iraqi airplanes sitting on their territories over the previous years.





OPINIONS ARE TURN AROUND GUSSES

Baghdad, Jan9 p,4

The opinions of the politicians & cultures people whom as-Sabah daily carrying a scouting for their views came identical within the general climate forming the political process which is still unclear in the next form of the government.Dr. Hameed Fahdil Hassan a professor in the Political Scientists College, has saw that the candidate from the Iraqi Unified Alliance will have especial views for the alliance.On the other hand, general member of Iraqi Oma' party Mithal al-Alossi, declained that the three candidates whom are Dr.Ibrahim Jafferi , Adil Abdul mehdi, and Dr. Nadeem al-Jaberri are having a national and a historical spirit suitable for their attitudes to led the government in the right way and we will support any one of them.

While a communist member Dr. Mofeed Jazae'ri has viewed that the Iraqi Alliance has the full right to chose one of the three mentioned.
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Saturday, January 14, 2006

Editorial

Stability

By: Muhammad Abdul Jabbar

Stability is the principal required condition to acquire development and reconstruction. Money, as the mainstay of development and reconstruction, do not operate in an unstable environment. Hence, we find in some prayers some signs of asking God for peace and livelihood since it is the counterpart of peace in the development.Stability is based on powers of moderation thanks to their large representation in society who need stability and peace.So this attitude requires activating the said powers who should be united and enjoy solidarity so as to overcome their ethnic and sectarian loyalty and achieve their national program an joint aims of stability and development in addition to aims o democracy and human rights. This program does not mean leaving it without pressure from many powers that do not agree with their goal. Thus they want to destroy their program basing on their own interests.



POPULAR COMMITTEES IN RAMADI AGAINST ZARQAWI

Baghdad, Jan. 14 p.1

Ramadi well informed sources said that fierce clashes between people of the city and Zarqawi loyalists along with deteriorated connections following the mass suicide blast the killed about 80 people in Ramadi last week.The sources added that popular committees were formed to take their part in combating the terror net of al-Qaeda and its leader Zarqawi in order to dismiss them from the city.The said stance could be judged as a big u-turn in attitude with the terror net.Some people participated in the clashes with the terror Zarqawi net told As-Sabah that enraged people have taken into streets in revenge of their victims who collapsed in the terror suicide blast and was supported by people who reject their acts.Information refer to more than 120 terrorists have runaway from the city following the clashes.



PATRIARCH AAMANOAEL GONGRATULATES MUSLIMS WITH GREATER BAIRAM

Baghdad, Jan.14 p.2

Heads of Christian catholic churches congratulated their Muslim brothers through the world for the Greater Bairam fest and wished happiness and prosperity for Iraqis, asking Allah to establish peace and stability in their wounded country.They called for the spirit of indulgence between brothers for new Iraq, full with virtue to be an example for others, asking Allah to grant them its gifts, protect Iraq and repeat its fests so that its sons will work for building democratic country in which all sides can live peacefully.



QAZII CONDEMENES TERROR ACTS IN GREATER BAIRAM FEST

Baghdad, Jan.14 p.2

The special representative of the UN secretary general in Iraq, Ashraaf Qazii condemned the increasing violence after elections which killed many innocent citizens.Qazii said in a press conference that many of these acts have political motives aims to increase the sectarian conflict.He praises the calls of calmness issued by clerics, showing his support for ordinary citizens who viewed their desire to end violence.He encouraged Iraqi people to ask its leaders to accept the importance of respecting human dignity, protecting citizens and establish law role.The special representative said that” Iraq future depends on respecting human rights. The workers of Iraq future showed during the elections their ability to maintain peace and self control, and it is important that the same spirit will stay as the formation of the government goes on in a spirit far from fear”.



RESIDENTS OF KERBALA EMPHASIZES THAT TERROR WILL NOT STOP THEM

Baghdad, Jan.14 p,4

Residents of holly Kerbala province emphasized that the last aggressive attack witnessed by the province will not let their residents to withdraw or retreat as terrorists wants.On the other hand, the residents said that all people their hurried to the specific place to save the visitors or to carry them to the hospitals without any delay or to transmitting the bodies emphasizing that they refuse all aggression acts by Saddamies or expiatory fellows of Zarqawi
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