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Sunday, Dec. 26, 2004

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Editorial

Ba'thists

By: Muhammed Abdul Jabber al-Shabbout

Are all Ba'thists criminals? Are all Ba'thists Saddamites? This is an important question that people ask sometimes.

It is true that the Ba'th Party is a dissolved party officially, and it is true that there is an official committee called Deba'thification Committee.

However, the last question still exists and it is not a shame or crime on trying to answer it with high impartiality and subjectivity.

It is true that the Ba'th ruling regime since 1963, with the exception of brothers Arif (ex-presidents before 1968 coup) ruling have committed many crimes against the country and people and neighbouring countries as well, that required referring Saddam and his group to trial.

It is, also, true that justice should go forward on trialing the culprits, punishing them and restoring the oppressed people's rights, which they had lost during the former regime's era because justice is the main part of any national project to rebuild the state and authority.

But maintaining justice should not lead to entering the revenge chain just for doing so.

I have received recently a letter signed by Abu Omer al-Kinani, who considers himself spokesman of all members of the (new Ba'thi democratic rally).

Al-Kinani said "not all Ba'thists adhere loyalty to Saddam and many of them are keen on participating in rebuilding the country". He added, "we are of large faction of the party that do not believe in violence, assassination, yet we believe in political democratic dialogue and real desire to active participation in rebuilding our precious country…we are a large faction in society, I do not mean the Saddamites, but the honest Ba'thists who are clear of crimes, neither in the past, nor future".

Personally, I have not heard of such organization, nor do know its real size in number or influence, yet, it is beautiful ward. I remember that I have mentioned this subject in Issue No. 314 of al-Sabah on July 2004, saying that those people can join new proper party that does not carry the same Ba'th name, or its ideology, or its conferences' reports in addition to adopting new political address, basing on Iraqi citizenship, modern democracy and pacific coexistence with others. And we should wait more.

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17 THOUSAND NEW TEACHERS APPOINTED IN SCHOOLS

Baghdad, Dec. 26 p1

Ministry of Education said Sunday it has issued a decision concerning appointing more than 17 thousand teachers in primary and secondary schools to be dispatched in all the country's schools.

Minister of Education Dr. Sami al-Mudhaffer said that the process is going on so as to cover shortages in schools with no exception.

On the other hand, the minister said that his Ministry has achieved rehire the politically discharged with more than 18 thousand in addition to those who left their jobs for economic reasons up to 23rd this month referring that the Ministry is following up the politically discharged affairs and they may reach 30000 figures to be back to their jobs in the Ministry.

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NATIONAL GUARD BREAKS IN TERRORISTS DENS, KILLS 37

Baghdad, provinces, Dec 26, P3

Kerbala police has arrested six terrorists, one of them carried foreign ID, and some sides suspect that they have been involved in bombings of the city of Kerbala. Al-Najaf Police has arrested a number of Arab terrorists have been suspected involvement in al-Najaf events, al-Muthan Police confiscated large quantity of drugs, while a tanker in al-Mansour neighborhood had been blasted up on Dec 24 near the Libyan Embassy in the city center of Baghdad.

The National Guard has arrested 36 insurgents, killed another 37 during a break in operations in al-Rasheed, Latifiya, Esscandria and Massiab neighborhoods.

Kerbala reporter said that the police had arrested five Iraqis and one foreigner, carried one ID of one the dissolved former SU states, it was reported that he has relationships with one of the terrorist organizations and speaks Arabic language fluently besides another five languages.

Rehman Meshowi the informational spokesman of Kerbala police clarified that the charged had confess that he had been trained in one of the European states, admitting that he belonging to al-Qada.

On the other hand, Meshowi confirmed to the reporter that the police are looking for two citizens carried a Gulf state ID, were as a link circle between terrorists and their organizations inside Iraq, they also have close relationship with bombs took place recently in Kerbala.

On the other hand, news reported that al-Najaf Police had arrested a number of Arab terrorists; it has been thought that they had been involved in al-Najaf bombings; no more details have been clarified about the item, on the same level, the daily reporter in al-Mothana province that the boarder police had confiscated 52kg of hashish.

Lieutenant colonel Dakhal Hallowi, the director of al-Mthan borders clarified that the police patrols had conflicted with smugglers near Saudi borders, but the roughness of the district and density of weapons' fires forced smugglers to leave the area and directed towards unknown sides.

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IRAQ SEEKS TO OBTAIN ELECTRICITY POWER FROM EGYPT

Baghdad, provinces, Dec 26, P3

Dr. Ayham as-Samari' the Electricity Minister has made talks with several Egyptian and Jordanian officials to supply Iraq with electricity power from Egypt and through the Jordanian territories.

An official source at the ministry said that these talks had came to effectuate the role of the Iraq's neighboring countries as well as the friend ones through buying electricity from them, citing that Iraq is buying electricity due to signed contracts with Turkey, Iran and Syria.

He pointed out that the signed contract with the Kuwaiti side which stipulated to provide Iraq with 300MW is still not implemented, despite that several technical and engineering cadres at the ministry had accomplished all the technical matters concerning the Iraqi side, astonishing Kuwaiti government position represented in delaying the implementation of this contract, especially that the ministry had expressed preparedness to purchase electricity from Kuwait with the normal price which neighboring countries to Iraq are buying now.

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700 land pieces to be distributed for citizen

Dohook, provinces, Dec 26, P3

The Municipality of Dohook Municipality has distributed residential lands on province's populations; a college has been opened also in Dohook Private University.

It is hopeful that the municipality will distribute over the few coming days 700 land pieces for Dohook residents within a plan includes distributing 1300 land pieces allocated for several social and personal segments.

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BAGHDAD COUNCIL CRITICIZES GENERAL BALANCE, CAPITAL ALLOCATIONS

Baghdad, provinces, Dec 26, P3

The Baghdad Council has discussed the 2005 balance draft which had been approved by the cabinet and the presidential Committee recently and which instigated deplore of the council towards the specified allocations, the fundamental services and the capital infrastructure.

In statement to as-Sabah Daily, Shiekh Mohammed Baqer al-Saheel the Chairman of the Council confirmed that the council had allocated Dec 26 session to discuss the budget allocated for the capital, Baghdad, referring that it not harmony with aspirations of the city and projects presented by Baghdad Municipality.
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Monday, Dec 27, 2004
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Editorial

Responsibility

By: Muhammed Abdul Jabbar Ash-Shabbout

Those who target oil institutions and bomb trailers loaded with foodstuffs and kill civilians in the streets do not announce their responsibility on such operations.

Iraqi opposing factions in the past undertook Jihadic operations against elements of ex-regime, bombed their headquarters, of course, they did not kill Iraqi people, however, they were announcing responsibility on these operations.

The situation is similar to the Palestinian resistance previously and currently .Once resistance organization implements jihadic operation; soon it announces responsibility on it.

Declaring responsibility of such operations is not a subject of pride rather than it reflected faith of doers in justice and truth of their practices, so the declaration depicts justice, truth and safety of process and position.

However, those who target trailers loaded with foodstuffs or fuels and explode oil pipelines resort to hide behind smokes of the blaze , yet , neither name of an organization nor photo of a leader are declared , because they are embarrassed of the burden of political and moral responsibility .

If this act is boastful, why do those who bomb oil pipelines not declare their name, photo or responsibility, so the operations register in their favor?

Really, they harmed Iraqi people .Who is behind flaming oil installations or killing Iraqi personnel or blocking provisions of foodstuffs?.

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ARAB TACKLE TERRORISM, CORRUPTION

KHARAZI HINTS FOR BOYCOTTING AMMAN CONFERENCE

Baghdad, Dec 27, P1

Amman conference on Iraqi affair has been held.

During the conference, King of Jordan Abdullah II warned against establishing Shiite crescent includes Iraq, Syria and Lebanon, under Iranian auspices. Notably, Abdullah speech received negative replies from some Gulf politicians.

Meanwhile, Iranian official source announced Sunday that Kamal Kharazi the Iranian foreign minister may boycott meeting of the neighboring countries scheduled in Amman in January because of the accusations of the Jordanian monarch against Tehran in interfering in Iraq's internal affairs.

In the meantime, political personalities in the Gulf States expressed denunciation over recent Jordanian statements on Iranian bids for establishing Shiite crescent in the region, considering such statements as irresponsible and doubtful.

On the other hand, Arab foreign ministers are to discuss in Tunisia next Wednesday, means of eliminating state terrorism and corruption besides tackling other terrorism –related subjects as drugs trade and state terrorism.

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MODERN TECHNOLOGIES FOR CONTROLLING BORDERS

Baghdad, Dec 27, P2

Ministry of interior seeks to organize training courses in field of using modern technologies to control borders through using a devise to unveil smugglers of explosives and drugs.

A source at interior ministry said "borders forces will be supplied with developed equipment and machineries as well as well-trained forces, to protect safety of Iraqi borders against infiltrators and terrorists" .

On the other hand, ministry of interior will dispatch T.V program, prepare by information department at the ministry to shed light on police, nationality registration, , information and culprits arrest .
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HEALTH MINISTRY INNOVATE NEW ANTI-DRUG PROGRAMS

Baghdad, Dec. 27 p2

Health Ministry has innovated new programs to combat drugs, health Minister Dr. Abdul Sahib al-Alwan said in press conference.

He added that the Ministry is setting up intensive efforts to eliminate drugs included in tobacco, alcohol and some medicines, referring that the Ministry have provided the program with all required equipment to treat the ill and rehabilitate them.
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Al-Shorqaat Deputy Governor, Turkish billionaire kidnapped

Baghdad, Dec 27, P3

A number of unknown insurgents have kidnapped al-Shorqaat Governor, when he was directed to his house in al-Mousl, an officer working at the Civil Defense has been reported to be killed as well as one of the personals, meanwhile Turkish media revealed that a rich Turkish man had been kidnapped in Iraq.

The colonel Abdullah al-Joburi has confirmed that unknown persons kidnapped on Saturday the Deputy Governor of al-Shorqaat Township, Mohessan al-Sabhhan with two of his guards, indicating that the kidnappers had released the guards and kept al-Sabhan.

The police clarified also that several unknown insurgents shot fire against one the officers who working the Civil Defense and one of the personals, the two men killed at once on last Sunday
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Several services projects in Baghdad implemented

Baghdad, Dec 27, P3

Within 2004 investment plan and within a program to make Iraq cleanest and brightens, the Ministry of Labor and State Municipality has implemented several service projects in al-Nassar, al-Salam and al-Abaichi township.

The Eng. Abdul Ameer Kadhim the Director of al-Nassar and al-Salam Municipality clarified that the Directorate has accomplished several projects scheduled within 2004 session with rate reaches to 100% whereas al-Karama Neighborhood Street, 800 meters, with total cost reaches to ID85 million in addition to implement two gardens in Abu Manseer, Khan Dhari districts, and another two gardens in al-Nassar and al-Salam districts with total cost reaches to ID35 millions.

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MOH ALLOCATES ID 67 BILLIONS TO UPGRADE BAGHDAD HOSPITALS, FAMILY HEALTH PROJECT

Baghdad, Dec 27, P4

The Ministry of Health has allocated ID 67 billions to restore and rehabilitate three hospitals in Baghdad as well as developing family welfare project.

The official spokesman of the ministry announced that the ministry has allocated 15 ID billions to rehabilitate the Central Children Hospital in Baghdad whereas the hospital will be developed by adding an infrastructure to it to be a completed and developed hospital.

The ministry allocated ID1, 2 billions to rehabilitate al-Karkh General Hospital as well as rehabilitating al-Yarmouk Teaching Hospital, indicating that the ministry is seeking through this step to provide medical services for all citizens especially Baghdad's residents who constitutes half number of Iraq's population.

On the other level, Dr. Nema Saeed the Director-General of the General Health and Primary Welfare Department announced that the department has adopted modern and private program on family welfare, representing in establishing 150 typical centers for primary health welfare distributed all over the Iraqi provinces.

The program includes allocating one physician for each 10-15 1000 persons, as well as establishing typical health centers to present health welfare services, such as the welfare of mother, children, vaccines, treatment services, dentistry services, lab services, as well as other medical services, indicating that the program is included also establishing 21 primary health centers.
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TERROR ACTS TARGET PARLIAMENT CANDIDATE

Baghdad, Dec. 27 p4

Interior Ministry said that Wujdan al-Khuzaie was assassinated by unknown terrorists recently.

The Ministry said that al-Khuzaie was one of candidates for the National Assembly and has worked as an activist in human activities and head of the Democratic Woman Association.

The ministry pointed out that the assassination indicates that the terrorist were in desperate condition that they could not do more than assassinating a woman since they were playing their last cards.

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BAGHDAD-AMMAN PASSENGERS BELITTLE RISKS OF USING HIGHWAY

Amman, Dec. 27 p4

Iraqi borders have come to their past days of receiving passengers and goods' trailers and on both sides, tariff sources said.

Al-Kerama border post receives passengers round the day and it receives trailers for 14 hours a day starting with 8:00 A.M. while Iraqi border post are jammed because authorities let only 1200 trailers of modern cars to enter borders to make use of the admitting decided by Iraqi government.

Many resources affirmed peaceful condition and stability with soft passage to all cars and passengers following terror acts recently.

But comers from the Treibeel highway said that the way is still under risks due to looting acts committed by gunmen and gangs from time to time.
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Tuesday, Dec 28, 2004

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Editorial

knowledge

By: Muhammed Abdul Jabbar Ash-Shabbout

Those who do know political agenda of electorate slates are still very little.

With exception of little people knowing the lists, most of Iraqis do not know about agendas, candidates and their slates.

As-Sabah newspaper had made comprehensive program of presenting the political powers and their candidates for more than four months through "elections horizons' pages".

One should say that this is a big hiatus in the political process as a poll has revealed by the 'As-Sabah polling center', which works months ago for realizing the public opinion in Iraq so as to be a guide for editors.

The results of the poll symbolized a warning to candidates and voters and all those engaged in the elections.

Democracy is having knowledge, and without real and right knowledge, people can not exercise democracy in the right way.

Any exercise could be of a sort of divine knowing and fortune telling if it coincides with ignorance.

In real democratic exercise, voters should vote basing on knowing the candidates and political agenda in the light of comprehensive knowledge of the political process and if it is not, their voting would be swayed by other influences that may be not quite right.

Wrong influences could lead to mistakes in elections and may lead to other mistakes in the whole political process. Hence, candidates have to make wider propaganda in order that people be acquainted with them and their political agenda.

I think that such kind of efforts is useful for people and country and political process away of buying votes or deceiving voters which can lead to kidnapping elections and aborting their contents and aims.

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IRAQIS DO NOT KNOW PARTIES' POLITICAL AGENDA

Baghdad, Dec. 28 p1

A poll made by As-Sabah center unveiled that only 7% of 805 Iraqis participated in the poll know about political agenda of parties.

The poll concluded that 60% have no idea of the parties programs, while

33% were uncertain of the programs.

It is worth mentioning that the poll had not cover all Iraqi factions and rivals as there were only 28 Kurds were asked to participate in the poll.

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EDUCATION MINISTER: 50000 TO BE APPOINTED WITHIN COMING WEEKS

Baghdad, Dec. 28 p1

Education Minister, De. Sami al-Mudhaffer said that his ministry is working for appointing more than 50000 people in primary and secondary schools in rapid procedures away of routine ways.

He said that the ministry is serious in achieving any shortage in schools especially in rural areas, referring that the ministry has managed covering shortages by appointing 25000 teachers on its way to end the problem of gap between the schools and teachers.

He added that rehiring politically-discharged is still on so as to close this file forever.
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KUFA UNIVERSITY TOBE BUILT LIKEWISE AZHER

Najaf, Dec. 28 p1

Najf reconstruction committee is working for rebuilding Kufa University likewise in al-Azher university in Cairo, Egypt, head of Kufa University Hassan Al-Hakeem said.

He said that the said proposal was sent to communication Minister who posts the head of Najaf construction Committee to be studied.

Earlier, dean of Islamic studies in the Kufa University said that the construction committee have allocated 80% of the building cost to be referred into the collage's project.

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ELECTORAL COMMISSION REJECTS US SUGGESTION

Baghdad, Dec 28, P2

Electoral commission has rejected US suggestion for granting Sunnis additional seats at the interim national assembly after the end of the intended elections to avert Shiite hegemony, if Sunnis refused voting.

However, spokesman of the electoral commission Fareed Ayaar affirmed Americans have expressed their viewpoint that no goes in harmony with the commission's view "Electoral commission refuses interference in its work ... Making such is not coping with standards of the commission as it contradicts the commission's orders and bases.. US or other side's interference in running elections is unacceptable".

Meanwhile, Ayaar was decisive in rejecting such possibility "interference of anybody is unacceptable as the victor is the victor; that is situation in the elections".

Notably, Muslims scholars' board announced last Sunday that Sunnis will lose nothing once they boycott elections, however, their position will impugn Iraq's interim constitution.

On the Kurdish level, Mr. Karawaan Abdullah the member of the high independent committee of Kurdish referendum movement said that he was received a form carries signatures of more than 1,7 millions Iraqis demand to run referendum on Kurdistan independence from Iraq.

A delegation of the movement is to hand over the form to the UN H.Q in Geneva on 5th Januray .Kurds make up about 5 millions of the 25 millions Iraqis.

In an interview dispatched by Chinese media, Hoshiar Zibari the minister of foreign affairs announced that elections might be postponed in some Iraqi site because of security disorder.

Zibari acknowledged that security still is the grand problem, adding that electoral commission might decide partial postponement.

Moreover, Bakhtiar Ameen the minister of Iraqi individual human rights unveiled that a number of Iraqi detainees are still in the US dungeons under US control.

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SAMARAEE URGES US FIRMS TO JOIN POWER SECTOR

Baghdad, Dec 28, P2

Well informed sources said that Ayham al- Samaree the minister of electricity paid a visit to US currently.

During the visit, Al- Samaree made talks with a number of US firms urging them to resume their work in Iraq, to achieve special works, build a number of new power stations besides rehabilitating a number of the existed stations.

The source is further said that a number of US firms quit their jobs in Iraq because of deteriorating security situation.

On the hand, engineering and technical cadres at the ministry have succeeded in transferring electricity to a number of service departments in the city of Falluja i.e Falluja hospital, health departments, waters and sewerage department, referring to the restoration of the damaged and sub power stations.

He attributed the repetition of programming power cuts to the failure of the power feeders and generators as well as bad weather.


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55,000 IRAQI VICTIMS OF TERRORISM

Baghdad, Dec 28, P3

Dr. Bakhtiar Ameen the minister of human rights unveiled that the terrorists have killed and wounded more than 55,000 Iraqis during last period until now , including 40,000 martyrs killed in acts targeted scientists , physicians and scholars , with the aim to intimidate Iraqi people and destabilize Iraq's security.

At a press conference, attended by 741 Kurdish families departing from Haweija region because of killing crimes endangering these families there, Ameen indicated that a center for habilitating victims of wars and torture is to be opened in Iraq, to take care of large numbers of Iraqis who suffered along under Saddam.

"Contacts have got underway with some countries and organizations to open similar specialized centers for treating psychological problems Iraqi segments of the society have suffered of ". Bakhtiar said.

He clarified that UN Gulf War Missing Committee in cooperation with the ministry are capable of identifying 200 Kuwaitis out of 605 the Kuwaiti government declared their names. Also the committee declared names of 45 Iraqi missing.


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ECONOMISTS: BUDGET NEEDS SECURITY & LAW FORCE

Baghdad, Dec 28, P6

Economists and finance affairs concerned sides have agreed on the importance of giving priority in 2005 budget for realizing balance between incomes and expenses, to avert possibility of deficit, in an attempt to realize public debt through distributing financial allocations between current and investment expenses, to create the needed balance between public services and economic development.

They affirmed importance of the budget's accounts bills as well as listening all proposals, recommendations, economic and financial analyses.

They expressed comfort over submitting the budget in terms of the essence, affirming preparedness for analyzing it coping with requirements of the coming stage.
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GENERAL BUDGET ANNOUNCEMENT – JOINT RESPONSIBILITY BETWEEN GOVERNMENTS, PEOPLE

Baghdad, Dec 28, P6

Announcing the general budget in Iraq for 2005 is a kind of transparency which the government promised to dedicate to create joint responsibility between the Iraqi people and its executive bodies.

This announcement depends on giving people budgetary control on spending manner, means of expenditures, then put the government in an unveiled position which doesn't accept equivocation or secret schemes, and makes it in a continuous state to seek the necessary information towards any wasting or fault in money. This approach is new in Iraq, new because citizen was not recognize what are government's data used in spending money, or what are the necessary projects which the government take as priority.

The normal person didn’t know in best circumstances what are the country's resources except some total figures which surrounded with ambiguity and not understanding, this is increasing as much as people are penetrating deeply in knowing expenditure sources, especially that the government is concerning in this side twice as much possible that it attributed for other sides more important in the civil and civilized aspect.

In fact, the budget was a routine figure for a state must be ready for several instant and accidental changes.

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ECONOMIC COMMITTEE MEMBERS AT BAGHDAD COUNCIL: 2005 BUDGET CAPABLE TO REHABILITATE GOVERNMENT TO UPGRADE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

Baghdad, Dec 28, P6

The head and members of the economic committee at Baghdad Governorate Council has agreed that announcing the budget for the next year through Iraqi media is considered as a positive step towards building a democratic country, as well as it is harmony with the financial resources necessary for security and national defense in way guarantees Iraq's stability.

They confirmed on the necessity to put the allocations in safe hands to realize transparency and right spending, asking Iraqi ministries to allocate certain funds from these allocations for implementing development projects to decrease the ration of unemployment and eradicate it completely.

Head of the committee Khalid Abdul Hussein said that the prepared budget for 2005 has harmonized with Iraq's materialized revenues from oil resource as well as other resources.

He stipulated to spend these revenues in certain domains correctly and with hands far from suspects, confirming the necessity to choose honest supervisors in spending funds allocated for the ministries in the light of the government's necessary priorities and in light of priorities necessary for government's departments.

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Press Release

Ministry of Oil invites the Oil Pipes Protection Companies to submit their offers

The Iraqi Ministry of Oil will announce during the next few days an invitation to all companies specialized in protecting oil pipes to submit their offers. The offers will include providing the Ministry with modern technology in the mentioned field.

On the other hand, the Ministry of Oil will invite private sector companies to cooperate with the ministry in establishing new fuel stations together with its facilities.

On the other respect, the Iraqi exports average reached this month to 1.7 million barrel a day
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Editorial

Confession

By: Muhammed Abdul Jabbar Ash-Shabbout

At last, we have received undoubted confession from Usama bin Ladin.

This man has confessed that al-Qaeda net is existent in Iraq, and that, Abu Musa'b Az-Erqawi, head of this organization is an "imperative obeyed" leader.

He also confessed that this organization has conducted "Jihad operations against occupying US forces and Ayad Allawi government forces in Iraq".

Days ago, I have demanded those committing military operations against Iraqi civilian and military facilities declar their responsibility of their acts, and that what Bin Ladin has just done in his last confession.

Thus, al-Qaeda net in Iraq is not an illusion, and Az-Zerqawi is not a clothes-rack as an excuse. Besides, strangers' being living in our country is not a lie, so all these illusions are real story.

Basing on that fact,Bin Ladin, Az-Zerqawi, their net and the apostates cooperating with them are launching fierce war against Iraqis and Iraq.

Hence, the goal of this war is not obscure and could be summarized with little words: They do not let Iraqis live normally. They do not let Iraq enhance its role as an independent and sovereign sate as well. They do not want reconstruction drive go on along with political process in order to reach the democratic and constitutional stable life in Iraq.

In addition, they insult and oppress Islam since they kill, bomb and kidnap people under the name of Islam and God, while God and Islam are clear of them because they present bloody and barbaric image of God's religion, who preaches pardons and tolerance for the whole humanity so that people's safe from Muslims is an indication that Muslims are good believers.

It is a war between light and darkness, justice and oppression, people's interest and harming.

With God's blessing, the result of this battle would be guaranteed for what is interesting people is on the ground, whereas al-Qaeda net and its leaders do not serve people.





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GOVERNMENT FOLLOWS PROCEDURES FOR UNEMPLOYMENT

Baghdad, Dec. 29 p1

The government made some procedures to minimize unemployment, Dr Ayad Allawi said during receiving a host of students.

Allawi said that the government is to form a specific department of studying the graduates conditions so as to distribute them among departments and pay some pocket money in coordination with the UN.

Earlier, for the second time, the National Assembly has adjourned discussing the 2005 budget, as the Kurdish group at the parliament demanded quarter share of the estimated budget despite that they had had 17% of it.

On the other hand, tension raised in Mousul city following the massive bombing that targeted the US base in the city and killed 22 US troops as they were having their lunch.

Observers say that US patrols are roving the streets and committing several detaining in the city center.

Concerning the failed life attempt targeted Seid Abdul Aziz al-Hakeem, Secretary General of the UN Kofi Annan denounced the assassination attempt.

Meanwhile, former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger criticized forming Shiiet Crescent, saying that admitting Shiiet dominance in Iraq means that the US has no interests in united Iraq and it is better letting each ethnic group forming its government instead of imposing religious one.

In Kerkuk US forces have detained some of Ansar al-Islam agents without mentioning their names or number.

In Najaf, security department said that the two culprits accused of bombing a car in Khan el-Nus district were referred to the military court. The source said that they were from Nasirya city.

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NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEMANDS TO MAKE AVAILABLE

DEVICES TO UNVEIL TRAPPED CARS

Baghdad, Dec 29, P2

Members of national assembly have demanded to make available devices for unveiling trapped cars put near polling centers, to secure protection for voters and avert any attempt to delay Iraq's important political process.

During 33rd session of the national assembly, its members discussed a number of elections –related subjects to secure ease security atmosphere necessary for running elections and confronting all statements released by some to undermine the elections.

The assembly also discussed process of dissolving council of province, districts and sub-districts in Anbar.

Muhssen Abdul Hameed the chief Islamic Iraqi party said that occupation forces underestimate Iraqi people through their recklessness as he described them, adding , they killed Sheikh Muwafaq al- Dori near his house for he told his wife to veil and stand behind the door . They killed several clerics and educators during their raids and search add to that their deliberate killing.

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2005 BUDGET STRENGTHENS ID, UPGRADE PRIVATE SECTOR, REVIVES IRAQI ECONOMY

Baghdad, Dec 29, P3

Several experts in financial economy have said that 2005 budget will contribute in decreasing inflations rates which are reflected on reducing prices, ID exchange price, pointing out that the budget has specified most largest allocations for financial sector, a matter that gives a clear estimation that these allocations will contribute in improving the Iraqi economy as well as these allocations will express the correct Iraqi government vision during the current Iraqi economy.

The experts have criticized the lack of allocations for security, and defense sectors as well as the matter for other sectors.

They clarified that the budget is directing to replace the private sector instead the public one in several sectors like industry and agriculture, a matter that contributes in reviving the economic life in Iraq.

Dr. Ibrahim al-Ward, the professor of the economic theory at the Economy and Management College, Baghdad University, said that the previous budgets had concentrated almost on the expenditure side without appearing any side on revenues, a matter that makes observers whether they are from the normal citizens or specialists skipping the realistic of this budget as it was depended on a weak financing, so it causes huge inflation burdens for the Iraqi economy, their traces are still present until now.

Notably, financing deficiency had been done through random finical issuances a matter that creates inflation in local currency volume. This matter had made the Central Bank of Iraq had shouldered consequences of that especially the former budgets were directed towards defense and interior with rate of 94%, while the other sectors had gained 6%, pointing out that the matter is reversed through 2005 budget.

He clarified that most expenditure paragraphs were incorrect, most of them had hidden several dimensions far away expenditure, adding that the decade US-UN sanctions imposed on Iraq has caused huge inflation and that financial allocations of most previous budgets articles had not reflected the extent of the real value of these allocations, a matter that deteriorated the level of many services presented by the government.
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ELECTRICITY UNITS ENTER SERVICE SOON, RISING POWER HRS To 4

Baghdad, Dec 29, P3

The engineering and technical cadres at the Electricity Ministry will finish over the two next days the winter maintenances for a number of generating units and electricity stations, these cadres have undertaken their works since last mid Oct.

The Eng. Ra'ad al-Harass, the Electricity Undersecretary said that in case entering outdated generating units now, it would be expected that electricity power supplying hours will be increased to reach four hours in return for two hours programmed cutoffs, supposing that this could be realized in case that there is no more technical deficiencies or sabotage acts which might be targeted the electricity net.

Al-Harass clarified that according to a former contract Iraq had signed with Iran, Iraq will be supplied with 100 MW of electricity power, pointing out that Iraq had received only 86 MW of this power, most of it feeds Diyala with electrical current.

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JAN, 2005 RATION WILL BE SCHEDULED WITHIN 2004 CARD

Baghdad, Dec 29, P3

The Ministry of Trade has decided to supply citizens with next Jan., 2005 ration within current 2004 ration card, until distribution of the new cards have been finished.

An official source at the ministry that food ration and flour agents in the city of Baghdad and other Iraqi provinces have been asked to visit food supplying centers to receive citizens' food rations for Jan, 2005, referring that the agents had been informed with distribution mechanism for this month in which 2004 will be depended.
The source pointed out that quantities and prices of these stuff which will be distributed within the food basket had remained the same as in 2004 without any increasing or decreasing, calling all citizens to visit agents to receive their rations over 20 days since the day of pay, referring the necessity to not remaining it towards agents.

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REPRESENTATIVES OF SEVEN PROVINCES SUPPORTS POSTPONING ELECTIONS, UNLESS THEY BOYCOTT

Baghdad, Dec 29, P5



Representatives of seven provinces have urged for postponing elections for six months.

At a conference held in Tikrit, they affirmed their determination on adopting a decisive decision in boycotting elections if Electoral Commission rejected postponement.

Representatives of tribes and political formations in Saladdin, Kirkuk , Baghdad, Anbar , Diyala, Babil , Kirkuk –based Turkman front , representatives of Muslims scholars and Sunni endowments department attended the conference.

Conferees demanded Iraqi interim government and Electoral Commission to make available necessary security atmosphere besides reconsidering integrated list to be exchanged with lists based on population density , within geographical site of the provinces as well as giving nomination freedom for women and don't insist on 25% specified by current law .

Also, conferees agreed on creating a committee includes three members from each province, to follow up implementation of the meeting's decisions. Calling for another meeting held in the light of the commission's reply.

Meanwhile, Ali Ghalib the chief Saladdin province's council reviewed the aim of the conference in adopting suitable decision regards participating in the conference or not, reflecting negative sides of boycotting or participating in the elections.
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Speak until we see you!

By: Muhammed Abdul Jabbar Ash-Shabbout

It had been said that Greek philosopher shouted at the face of his pupil as saying: Hey you! Speak until we see you!

By the way: this pupil was persistent on attending lectures of the philosopher, however, he was kept silent all the time, without uttering one word

The professor or philosopher saw his silent pupil, but he was not seeing his mind or thoughts, so he said: hey you! Speak until we see you. Because the philosopher deems that the speech mirrors the ego.

I say my speech as I hardly follow news of our interim national assembly, which is silent in turn. After hurly –burly of the media accompanied the creation of the assembly, its glittering grew dim not gradually but in a very hasty manner , we have no more heard much about the discussions or following up or questioning the ministers. I knew that Lakhdar al- Ibrahimi once he established the current assembly he imagined it will be of less legitimacy and more consultancy , which is an ambiguous and faded description, ended in setting up an assembly hardly to be as a water has no color , nor taste nor smell ! All knew this point, however, we expected that members of the assembly, most of them, are known of their past struggle and political history, will accept the situation , change the equilibration and offer Iraq an active assembly , strong and persistent.

However, it seems that nothing of that happened as the quorum is hardly to be completed in the meetings of assembly and the attendance is hardly to be 50%.

Reign of the assembly is soon to be ended by the end of this year i.e after elections and the creation of elected national assembly .Consequently , the remaining time is no long allowing for doing something valuable as doing such is useless However , how beautiful it was if the national assembly spoke even for one time so the Iraqi people see him.

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YEAR WENT BY & ANOTHER ONE COME

Baghdad, Dec 30, P1

We say goodbye to this year this issue of the newspaper and open 2005.

During 2004, Iraq lives happy and sad events on the political level.

2004 witnessed sovereignty transference into Iraqi people two days before 28th June.

It had also witnessed the creation of the Iraqi interim government, upon implementation of Resolution 1456 as well as establishing national assembly or the parliament and choosing 100 Iraqi personalities for such task paving the way for the intended elections on 30th January.

Iraqi interim constitution was put in 2004. More than 90% of Iraqi debts were waived in the light of Paris agreement. Iraq was chosen as a member of World Trade Organization besides diplomatic representation at the UN, which was considered as an international acknowledgment in the Iraqi interim government. Meetings of Madrid donors conference continued in 2004 . Iraqi diplomats have been appointed

abroad after the opening of a number of Iraqi embassies in Arab and foreign countries.

Iraqi government issued a number of decisions in favor of oppressed of the ex-regime , the most important of which, is rehiring large numbers of politically discharged . Salaries of the deprived families were spent, besides increasing salaries of the pensioners. Large numbers of officers, rank & file of the dissolved Iraqi army are to be rehired and integrated with new Iraqi. The salaries of the personnel increased.

In return, foreign fighters –backed violence was getting worst besides crisis of electricity, fuel and security disorder ,despite the government's attempt to build new security forces include national guard and Iraqi police , which led to the decrease of acts of terrorism.

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IN 2004-55,000 VICTIMS OF TERRORISM

Baghdad, Dec 30, P2

On 9th January, about five persons were killed; other 38 persons were wounded because of bombing targeted Shiite mosque in Baqoba north of Iraq during Jum'a prayer.

On 18 January, about 24 were killed and more than 100 were wounded in a suicide trapped car, in front of general headquarters of US occupation army in Baghdad.

On 24 January, about four Iraqis were killed, about 30 were injured , because of the explosion of trapped car occurred in front of justice palace in Samara north Iraq , near municipality council .

On 1st February, about 105 were killed in two coincided suicide bombings that targeted headquarters of Kurdish two main parties in Arbil namely Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and Kurdistan Democratic Party .

On 10th February, 55 persons were killed and more than 67 were wounded in a suicide bombing targeted police center in Al-Skandariya south Baghdad.

On 11th February, about 47 Iraqis were killed in a suicide bombing targeted Iraqi recruitment center for the new Iraqi army.

On 14th Feb, about 23 police men were killed in an offensive; targeted security centers in Falluja west of Baghdad, four of the attackers were killed in the course of fire-exchange with the police.

On 23 Feb , 10 were killed among them two suicide bombers. 45 others were wounded in suicide bombing targeted police center in Kurdish district in Kirkuk north Iraq.

On 2nd March , 170 -180 persons were killed , 550 others were injured in coincided offensives in Kerbala and in one of Baghdad's mosques as millions of Shiites commemorate Ashura , marked the worst offensive since the start of the occupation in April 2003.

On 21st April , 74 were killed, more than 160 were wounded in five suicide trapped cars in Basra and Zubeir southern Iraq where is the Shiite form majority of the population.

On 17th May, Abdul Zehra Othman known as Izzulddin Saleem the periodical chief of the interim Governing Council was assassinated in suicide bombing , resulted in the killing of seven other persons.

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GOVERNMENT SLAMS AGGRESSION ON AL- HAKEEM OFFICE

Baghdad, Dec 30, P2

Iraqi government has condemned suicide bombing targeted office of the Supreme Council of Islamic Revolution in Iraq, describing this act as a scheme to destabilize Iraq and undermine Iraqi political emblems.

The government renewed its determination to go forward to realize security all over Iraq, and firmly confronting terrorists who aim to hinder Iraq's progress.

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CITIZENS HOPE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PROMOTE ENOUGH TO SOLVE PEOPLE'S QUESTIONS

Baghdad, Dec 30, P3

With the succession of crises, aggravation of the security situation, interlacing of the political, social and economic causes in the country, the National Assembly is still at the zero point, since the Iraqi citizens are not touching a tangible act or an audible voice from the national assembly's members which they obliged to represent the Iraqi people actively and enthusiastically.

Sources indicate that large numbers of the National Assembly (parliament) members are absent at the time of attending its session, but they have an active presence at the time of delivery salaries, each member receive a monthly salary reaches to ID7, 5 millions.

The sources confirm that the parliament usually issues fragile decisions as well as it is weakly supervised that government, meanwhile, a number of Iraqi citizens have agreed that the parliament has no a tangible presence from the Iraqi public opinion which is now in a dire need for whom it represents and speaks instead of it concerning the bad situation and the negative aspects.

Mr. Ali Khalil, a pension said "If the parliament is so quickly and actively in dealing with the Iraqi causes as its members are quickly seeking to win parliament's seats, several questions will be solved", adding this reflects a habit parliament members had used to it, referring that previously they were restricted in decisions specified by the former Iraqi government, while now they are restricted with their positions who they are afraid to lose, so that all their gains would be vanished.

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LABOR MINISTER: AL-SADR CITY TO WITNESS GRAND RECONSTRUCTION DRIVE SOON

Baghdad, Dec 30, P3

Al-Sadr neighborhood will witness a biggest campaign of reconstruction to upgrade its social status as well as improving and rehabilitating the services sectors and adding new architectural touches, in turn, contribute in bringing into view the brightest face of the city and put an end for its people's suffering over the last decades, the total cost these projects are ID90 billions.

The Labor and Social Affairs Minister Lailya Abdul Latif, the Chairman of the Higher Committee of al-Sader Reconstruction Drive said that this campaign will have big effect in upgrading the social and cultural level of the city's populations, since its is the 1st of its kind which is implementing so widely and variously since 1961, the date of setting up the city and until now.

She pointed out that the campaign aims to develop number of service sectors and implement large number of development projects, indicating that the campaign will make ten thousands opportunities available for neighborhood's residents, referring that the ministry has begun to receive applicants' forms interesting to work in the reconstruction drive by internet.

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CABINET ALLOCATES ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO UPGRADE ELECTRICITY

Baghdad, Dec 30, P3

The Iraqi cabinet has decided to allocate new large sums for Electricity Ministry in addition to ID 500 millions which the council had allocated for the ministry to build electricity stations and rehabilitate new electricity grids allover the country.

The Eng. Ra'ad al-Harass the Electricity Undersecretary that the new allocations will contribute in building new gigantic power stations in various districts in the country, citing that these stations will be steamy like stations of Hamam al-A'leel and Dohook.

Al-Harass added that the $500,000000 which had been allocated in former time have been spent in implementing four contracts signed to set up new stations and diesel generators as well as gas units.

He clarified that the first decade pertains to set up power station in Samara with productive energy reaches to 340 MW, referring that this contract had been referred to one of the Finland companies.
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Editorial

Openness

By: Muhammed Abdul Jabbar Ash-Shabbout

Many reporters, including those of al-Sabah, complain of lack of cooperation between government departments and the reporters, concerning providing them with required information and facts or expressing views.

Some officials follow bureaucratic ways of cooperation by asking the reporters to present an official application for making reviews with combination of written questions so as to see if they decide to answer them or not.

Sometimes, the answer comes late or come after events been gone beyond new news with no need to follow them up.

This attitude can not be understood or acceptable and reveals negative appreciation to role of press in society since it represents the fourth authority and civil society's means of expressing ideas, criticism, education and observation.

How can press achieve its role if policy makers and those who have information withhold them against calls of openness?

Sometimes, information is withheld due to security causes and it is understood, however, withholding information because officials are dismayed of facing people, the boss or any reason it can not be understood in a society that witnesses democratic transforming process.

People liaison to democracy identify it with knowledge and pouring information, while withholding information without national urgent reasons would block the democratic process.

Ignorance, like terror and corruption, threatens democratic build up, hence, I, from a journalistic position call those people to make more openness with reporters and national media for interest of democratic process.

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HUSSEIN AL- SADR: SISTANI DOES NOT BLESS ANY SLATE, DENIES HOLDING THEOCRATIC STATE

Baghdad, Jan.2 p1

Prime Minister Ayad Allawi called the neighbouring states to intensify efforts to minimize terrorists trespassing into Iraqi territories.

He warned of impatience and that the said states should do something to prevent militants of crossing the borders.

Mudhier al-Mola leader of National Guards said that premier inspections unveiled links between Muhammed Unis al-Ahmed a former Ba'th party official and military acts in Baghdad and county, referring that one of former interior minister Sa'doun Gheidan's brothers is linking chains between al-Ahmed and Ba'th gunmen in Baghdad.

Almola added that his forces have captured in a deserted house in Kerkuk Fadheel al-Kurdi known with nick name Abu Ubeida al-Kurdi who was linking chains between al-Qaeda net and al-Zerqawi's.

Meanwhile, Naja Border Police arrested three Iraqis, two Saudis and a Morocan in Najaf desert, police said, nodding that the latter knows five languages in addition to P.hd high rank scientific degree and might be the boss of the group.

As for elections, Seid Hussein al-Sadr said in interview defied blessing any slate by the religious office.

He said that Grand Ayatulla Seid Ali Sistani has blessed holding the elections as a whole but not biasing to any party or slate defying those who claim the bless wit hany written or stamped order.

One of Sistani office officials said that Amman's warnings of Shiiet Crescent is a failed attempt to panic US administration of Shiiet winning the poll confirming that the Shiiet clerics do not think of theocratic state.

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Elections propaganda covers Amman streets

Amman, Jan. 2 p2

Propaganda for the elections have covered some Amman streets where Iraqis dwell.

The propaganda remind Iraqis of their unity in addition to pictures include Iraqi flag.

It is worth mentioning that the UN commission in charge of the electing process abroad is including 14 countries and used the French Ivel Tower, British Big Bin and Australian Sydney Bridge for the propaganda.

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AL- MOMEN JUSTIFIES DISMISSING ENVIRONMENT SENIOR UNDERSECRETARY & RSIGNING GENERAL INSPECTOR

Baghdad, Jan 2, P2

Mishkaat al- Momen explained problems hinder work of the ministry , announcing that 400 kinds of birds are to become extinct.

She justifies real causes behind limiting authorities given to Ali Hanoush undersecretary , and the motives behind resigning general inspector at the ministry . She attributed causes of the ministry's deficit to the shortage in the financial allocations.

Al- Momen briefed national assembly with projects and achievements of the ministry in last period, saying the ministry needs enough budgets for implementing projects aiming to improve environment and put an end for contamination in the Iraqi society and put an end for garbage dangers.

She confirmed that environmental problems is no less than security problems as Iraqi individual causes around 280 kg of the garbage annually i.e 2kg daily , saying that existed machineries for lifting wastes over the period from 1980-1997 are 800 ones in Baghdad ,however , there was 80 machineries in 2003 , as for current time it is less than that.

The minister stressed importance of treating oil contamination in Shatt Al- Arab , adding that the budget of the ministry 7 millions dollars is not enough to bring oil ship for soaking oil off the waters , which is a matter requires additional funds equalizes the budget of the ministry for tens of years.

She indicated the ministry asked help of several international organizations for treating contamination problem.
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Editorial

By Muhammed Abdul Jabbar al- Shabout


Comprehensive war

Those who plan and carry out military operations in Iraq are very clear in their acts, goals and activities, which is a crystal clear in their declarations and sayings backed by their practices.

Yesterday, Usama Bin Ladin appointed his colleague Abu Mus'ab al- Zarqawi as a leader of Mujahideen in Iraq as they practice jihad its nature and reality no more hidden for Iraqi individual . Bin Ladin's clarity is so reflected in his call for escalating military operations.

So the acts depicted practical reply for the call addressed by Imam of Jihad against Iraqis as "Resistance heroes" launched a comprehensive, strategic and economic war against Iraqi oil. Over three days, they bombed Al- Dora and Basra oil refineries as well as strategic oil pipeline transporting oil near Mussayab and oil pipeline transporting oil from Kirkuk to Al- Dora besides main oil pipeline transporting oil to the north.

They impose oil blockade not only on Baghdad, where is the population make up more than six millions, but also on Iraq as a whole. Iraqi oil exports declined in the southern region only.

It is nonsense to say that these acts target "occupation" forces or aim to "liberate" Iraq as they bombed Iraqi oil. Yet its revenues represent the main nerve of the Iraqi national budget since it is our power, food, electricity, salaries, markets and source of our living

He who bomb oil , oil pipelines , oil tankers as if he bomb Iraq and kill Iraqis or launch a comprehensive war against them, to hinder Iraq's quest of development , reconstruction and success in the course of the political process stepping towards intended elections on 30th January. It is a comprehensive war; its main victims are people and homeland.


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INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR INSTITUTES OF CIVIL SOCIETY

MODERN CARS IN INSTALLMENTS

Baghdad, Jan 3, P1
Jalal al Talbani has called on Sunnis to go to the polls, with the aim to write constitution as Hazim al- Sh'alaan the minister of defense newly accused Iran on backing Al-Zarqawi in destabilizing Iraq's security.

In the meantime, abou18 guardsmen and a woman were killed in a suicide bombing in Balad.

Moreover, a number of donors' countries, non-governmental human organizations expressed preparedness to offer Iraq material and technical help.

Discussions have got underway among a number chamber of commerce in the Gulf States regards opening offices for buying modern cars in installments to employees and citizens.

Social welfare department announced a timetable for distributing salaries for the families included in social welfare salaries for last three months in Baghdad.

On the other hand, ministry of communications stopped receiving current installment for telephone lists all over Iraq because its high value the citizen could not endure it.

Zuheer Ali Akbar the chief Central Bank Of Iraq , Basra branch announced circulation of new ID 25,50,100 coin denominations.

Thamir al- Ghadban the minister of oil said that there is a comprehensive war target oil facilities, clarifying that Iraq's losses have exceeded eight billions dollars due to acts of sabotage targeted crude oil pipe lines.

"We decided to get Iraqi citizens acquainted with what is going on of an expanded scheme and comprehensive war target Iraqi vital oil installations". Al-Ghadban was quoted as saying. "Since months ago, we indicated to the sabotage plan aiming to create fuel crisis inside Iraq and prevent oil exports. This scheme took expanded dimensions and attains a peak".

The minister clarified that over three last days, Basra and Dora oil refineries were bombed, crude oil transporting pipelines near Mussayab bombed also. Oil pipeline transporting oil from Kirkuk to Baiji sabotaged.

Crude oil pipelines transporting oil to the north was sabotaged near Mosul .

Meanwhile, Sami al- Mudhafar the minister of education issued a decision in which he forced all schools to appoint lecturers.
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PRESIDENT AL-YAWAR RECEIVES CREDENTIALS FROM TURKISH, S. KOREAN AMBASSADORS

Baghdad, Jan. 3 p1

President Ghazi Ajeel al-Yawar has received Turkish ambassador in Baghdad Ahmed Onal Jefick Owz on the occasion of presenting his credentials.

On the other hand, the President received the South Korean ambassador in Baghdad Changh Kee Hoo on the occasion of receiving his credentials.

Means of enhancing bilateral ties were discussed during the audiences which were held respectively.

The President hoped the ambassadors more progress in their Baghdad's mission.

Present at the ceremonies were Foreign Minister Hoshiar Zeibari and head of the ceremonies office.

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40 SCHOOLS IN SADR CITY

Baghdad, Jan.3

Sadr city construction committee has allocated 5 million dollars for erecting forty schools for various stages in the city.

Head of services committee at Baghdad Council said that the project comes in the light of cooperation between Education Ministry and the committee to cover all requirements.

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MOC HALTS GATHERING TELEPHONES FEES, GULF COMPANIES READY TO SELL MODERN CARS

Baghdad, Jan 3, P2

The Ministry of Communications has decided to halt collection the current installment of telephones inventory allover Iraq cause the Iraqi citizen couldn't pay it due to its high rates.

An authorized source at the ministry indicated that several new lists would be issued after decreasing tariff to alleviate burden on citizen's shoulder, clarifying that the ministry will consider citizens who paid these lists settled for the next installments after settling calculations.

Notably, as-Sabah had issued a subject in which it indicated the telephone high fees and the Iraqi citizen incapability to pay it.

This procedure has reflected the extent of attention attributed by Communication Minister towards news issued in the newspaper a matter that confirmed the deep-rooted relationship between citizens' concerns, citizens' need and response of the officials who work in the Iraqi government, hoping that this concern be at the same level with all ministries to serve the Iraqi people.

On the other hand prevention importing cars manufactured in 2000 and below led to the rise in cars' prices inside Baghdad and other Iraqi provinces' cars' fairs.

The Iraqi government had prevented the importation of all kinds of cars which coming from different origins and restricting on importing 2000-upon cars starting from Jan 1, 2005.

Notably, 2004 recent days had witnessed the flowing of large numbers of cars to Iraq to benefit from the period specified by the Iraqi government to enter cars model 1990-2000.

Several sources at Safown borders mentioned that number of cars entered the Iraqi borders had exceeded 150,000 trailers, while their prices had increased at rate of $200-400 comparing to the previous price, adding that models and marks of cars are also had an effect on cars' prices.

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OIL TERRORISM BATTLE

Baghdad, Jan 3, P2

Statements revealed by the Oil Minister on Jan 2 exposed that publicity of sabotage and destruction volume oil pipes had subjected for, whether they are these entering Baghdad, other Iraqi cities and other vital industrial installations or pipes specializing to export crude oil.

The alarm notification given by the Oil Minister has gave another clarification to the destruction volume targeted the country and Iraqi people living sources as well as demolition Iraqi society capability to perform its political, economic and social projects.

One who scrutinizes the situation closely will conclude that the forces and sides which realized its strategic program specializing to destroy the Iraqi economic infrastructure had comprehends now the futile behind shedding Iraqi blood representing in violence acts and killings, so that they directed towards destroying pillars and requirements of the fundamental life, so it chooses open area, its long around 7,000 km (the length of Iraqi oil pipes net), what seduces in this open area is the availability and flexibility of moving, beside the action of hitting targets is very easy, specially these areas are wide and it is impossible to provide complete protection for it.

He added that the allocations were part of the Council's project to present health and security services to the City that costs 90 billion dollars.

He elaborated that the city suffers lack of many schools, a matter that forced the buildings to be used for several time shifting schools.

He concluded that the Council of Ministers has allocated 200 million dollars for sewerage and water systems.

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BASRA PROVINCE CONDUCTS PROJECTS

Basra, Jan. , p3

Basra province is conducting new projects with the cost of 50 Billion Iraqi dinars, Engineer Abdul Sattar Akif head of Basra Water System said.

He added that new projects would help minimizing the water shortages in the city, referring that the project includes building water units with one million gallon capacity for each unit in addition to extending the portable water system for more than 900 km.

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EXTENSIVE EFFORTS TO SEND FALLUJA FAMILIES BACK HOME

Baghdad, Jan.3, p3

Coordination have got underway among a number of ministries to provide help and essential funds for residents of Falluja through forming teams for sending home Falluja families.

A well informed source at the Ministry of Municipalities said that the Ministry is building 19 tanks for water in residential compounds in addition to food meals.

Electricity ministry said that it has achieved many rehabilitation works in the city and putting up power stations for partial power with about 23 mega watt powers.

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HEALTH MINISTRY ACHIEVES SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS

Baghdad, Jan.3, p3

Technical teams at the Health Ministry have achieved reconstruction and rehabilitation to Diwania Hospital with the cost of 2,5 Billion Dinnars from the international fund.

Health Minister, Dr.Alla Abdul Sahib al-Alwan said that the Ministry is to erect five clinic centers in the city.

He summarized the ministry's works last year with 75 hospitals and more than 1700 clinic centers in addition to five public laboratories.

He elaborated that the Defence Ministry is discussing plans of handing over buildings belong to Ar-Rasheed military hospital which include rooms of 800 ill-beds to the Health Ministry.

The Minister said that the Ministry's plan is to establish a specific center for heart surgery
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People's war

By:Muhammed Abdul Jabbar Ash-Shabbout

'Mass war' being launched by the 'armed force' against oil installations, pipelines, National Guards and police target only the people's interests summarized with security, stability, enhancing normal life and stepping up reconstruction drive and political process forward achieving sovereignty and stabilized constitutional system in Iraq.

The 'mass war' do not aim at expelling the US forces immediately, since Sheikh Ali al-Faris declared, yesterday, that the 'Armed Force' is ready for accepting a deal signed by an elected Iraqi government and the US forces that can let the said forces to stay in camps outside cities. The Sheikh was quoted saying "We are in need of US forces in this period".

Hence, we are in the face of a party determines and insists on launching war against Iraqi people by imposing a 'power blockade' on Baghdad for the aim of isolating it off the rest of the country and sabotaging political process at all, while Iraqi people pay the biggest price.

Although it is right that the US forces are engaged in the said mass war, but the victims are Iraqis, civilians and combaters, and in higher number of casualties than the Americans, in addition to mass material casualties and oil losses that could not be compared with slight US casualties.

In a simple count, it appears that Iraq, which gunmen and their leaders Bin Ladin and Zerqawi celebrate lyrics of liberating it from occupation, is the first and the most affected victim that pays for all tragedies of war away off its will, whereby both of the 'mass war' fronts unite.

For one front is people, government, political powers and all national figures, and the other front is the armed forces hidden under various counterfeited titles, leaderships, programs and names.

Consequently, the two fronts of mass war were assigned and national tasks on the affected side, that is the Iraqi people, were assigned as well.

The tasks concentrate on facing up the other side and defending their lives and interests.
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PROSPECTS OF FAILURE FACING AMMAN CONFERENCE

Baghdad, Jan. 4 p1

Prospects of failure facing Amman Conference for Iraq's neighbors is raising following Iran and Syria declared not attending the said meeting.

Meanwhile, Jordan efforts to persuade the US of postponing the elections have failed and pushed the kingdom to go for promoting the political process.

On the other hand, Dr. Ahmed al-Chalabi criticized Defence Minister Hazim al-Shalan's statements against Iran and Syria, considering them as personal view and do not represent the Iraqi government's one, specially it declared that Shalan's statements can not be accepted.

Chalabi lashed out Jordanian leadership's statements concerning 'Shiites Crescent' indirectly, describing them with fantasy and sort of scientific imagination in politics.

He warned some of members of the government of Ba'th party inclination and tendency.

For his part Grand Ayatulla Seid Muhammed Taqi al-Mudarrisi warned of risks of postponing elections saying that they look like an open heart surgery and any delay in the process would lead to decease, adding that Iraqis pass harsh crisis of identification, self determination and occupation and in case of postponing elections situation would be harder than current one.

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SINAN AL-SHIBIBI CHOSEN ONE OF 25 ECONOMIC 2004 FIGURES

Baghdad, Jan. 4 p2

Dr. Sinan al-Shibibi governor of the Iraqi Central Bank was chosen as one of 25 economic figures of 2004.

US Time Megazine issued on 20/12/2004 and the CNN T.V. have affirmed the news stressing that choosing the said figures concentrates on dynamic bases of choosing them in accordance to their ability to change the financial systems and putting global criteria for morals, marketing and administration in their works.

Al-Shibibi has changed styles of work from typewriters and calculators into computers in addition that he goes to offices without any guards.


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EFFORTS FOR INCREASING HOUSING FUND TO BILLION DOLLARS

Baghdad, Jan 4, P.3



Omar Farouq al –Damlouji the minister of housing and reconstruction said "two coming years will witness establishing 35,000 residential units in Iraq".

He added that the ministry prepared a plan for building and rehabilitating about 310 schools all over Iraq in cooperation with ministry of education , besides proposals and plans for shifting presidential palaces into cultural and tourism sites as well as establishing three artificial compounds in mid, southern and northern Iraq.

At a press conference, the minister said that the technical cadres work faithfully for promoting service to meet the needs of the citizens in the current security situation.

Coordination have got underway among companies and boards at the ministry, for implementing unfulfilled projects. Notably, various service projects in different Iraqi sites have been achieved.

He clarified that distributing forms of lending funds for housing affairs will start next week. Percentage have allocated for provinces in accordance with housing concentration of the fund's budget. Centers will be opened in all provinces for distributing special forms in this regard.

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CONFERENCE FOR DISCARDING SECTARIAN DISPUTES & ETHNIC CLEANSING

Baghdad, Jan 4, P.3



A conference for Sunna and Jama'a (Sunni parties) is to be held in cooperation with Sunni endowments, Islamic scholars, Dawa & Irshaad board (call & instruction) and professors at specialized universities.

During the conference, which is held under the motto "For the sake of Iraq's unity and eliminating dangers facing it" Dr. Adnan Salman al- Duleimi the chief Sunni endowments said the conference will discuss means of coordination in countering malicious bids aiming to instigate ethnic disputes.

The conference calls for brotherhood and integration besides warning against ethnic cleansing, besides realizing security stability.

Al- Duleimi clarified the conference is to indicate that the situation is not suitable for making elections, denounce storming mosques , random killing and the arrest of Imams of the mosques.

The conference is to discuss Falluja situation and means of accelerating reconstruction process there, as well as compensating Falluja families.
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IRAQI FORCES TO PROTECT OIL INSTALLATIONS

Baghdad, Jan 4, P.3

Iraqi government announced, in a statement, that the directorate of protecting oil installations undertook its tasks, starting from 2005, under Iraqi command after oil ministry rejected renewal of its contract with the foreign company.

The statement explained that Iraqi oil ministry rejected renewal of the foreign company's contract, which is the company that supervises commanding the Iraqi force.

Statement affirmed the number of the directorate staff is 1500.

Notably, Iraqi oil installations, particularly oil pipelines subject to continues sabotage.
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DELAY OF FOOD STUFF DELIVERY MEANS NO CRISIS,

SEA PORTS FULL OF FOOD STUFFS ON WAY TO BAGHDAD

Baghdad, Jan 4, P.3

Well informed source said that state company for food stuff trading attributed causes of delaying the delivery of foodstuffs to the security circumstances and fuel shortage that affected negatively on transporting food stuffs among the cities.

The source said that large quantities of food stuffs loaded on board ships anchored at Tartous , Aqaba and Um Qasr ports .

He further explained that trailers of the ministry transport shipments from ports towards the ministry's storehouses, adding that some stockpiling materials do not meet needs of the citizens because the ministry adopted idea of export on stages in accordance with practical need.

Trade minister said the ministry tackles seriously filling flour in cans 5-10 kilogram weight. Clarifying the ministry is to can legumes within food ration card as it had done with exported tea.

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BAGHDAD NEEDS TUNNELS, HIGHWAY TO SOLVE TRAFFIC JAM

Baghdad, Jan 4, P.3

Traffic brigadier Jassim Tahir announced decrease of traffic violations in Baghdad into 46% in comparison with 6th December, because of procedures adopted by the traffic police , through implementing penalties on violated cars.

Interviewed by As-Sabah , traffic police director said that the traffic violations registered by traffic police reached 306285 as the value of imposed penalties on violated drivers are 350 millions dinars .
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FOUR ELECTRICITY GENERATING UNITS HALTED

Baghdad, Jan 4, P.3

Sabotage targeted oil pipelines transporting fuel and gasoline led to the stoppage of two generating units at Mussayab thermal station besides stoppage of two generating units at Quds power station.

An official source at ministry of electricity explained that the halt affected negatively on supplying citizens with electricity , through increase of programmed hours of power cuts, adding this will be reflected on fair supplying of electricity , affirming some districts included in five hours programmed power cuts as other sites enjoy three hours power supply opposite to three hours power off.

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250 BILLIONS DINAR ALLOCATIONS OF MINISTRY OF MUNICIPALITIES

Baghdad, Jan 4, P.3

Iraqi government has allocated 250 billions dinars for ministry of municipalities as a budget for 2005 , to implement service projects including lying water and sewerage networks ,paving main and sub roads all over Iraq .

Nisreen Berwari the minister of municipalities said that hundreds of new service projects in field of waters and sanitation and municipality are to be carried out in 2005.

Several Iraqi cities, on top of which Najaf are to be rehabilitated and reconstructed .Main sketches and architectural planning for other cities are to be reconsidered.

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GIANT CEMENT FACTORY, HEALTH CENTER TO BE ESTABLISHED IN KURDISTAN

Baghdad, Jan 4, P.3

Giant cement factory is to be built in Kurdistan region, with a cost 200 millions dollars and production capacity 4000 tons daily, on an area 200 donum.

Kindawi Lebanese Company signed a contract with state investment institute in Kurdistan region to build giant cement factory on 200 donum in Bazyaan region.

Notably, Bazyaan is distinguished in suitable lands enriched with stones and raw materials necessary for making cement industry success.

Necessary period for fulfilling the project will be three years.
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HRO: MORE THAN 1 MILLIONS IRAQI CHILDREN UNREGISTERED IN SCHOOLS

Baghdad, Jan 4, P17

Dr. Bekhtair Ameen, the Minister of Human Rights Organization has said that around 1 million from Iraqi students had been leaked from the schools, adding that there are also 1 million handicapped and emigrants who seep out from Iraqi schools cause of the wrong policy adopted by the former dictatorial regime which violated human rights allover Iraq.

He pointed out that 80% of schools' buildings are not suitable for performing studying process, beside that 50% of schools had suffered from shortage of potable water and there are no suitable toilets.

He pointed that Iraqis suffering are continuous due to the terrorist acts practiced by the former Saddami elements, clarifying that these elements are targeting the political figures and competent scientists to impede the country reconstruction drive, referring that for this process around 40 Iraqi and not Iraqi journalists had martyred, beside that 4,000 Iraqi innocent citizens had been martyred and large numbers of Iraqis have injured with grave injuries.

He clarified that during the last wars of Falluja, the multi-nationalities forces had arrested 330 foreign terrorists as well as from Arab and non Arab nationalities that they were come across the borders to carry out evil crimes against the Iraqi people as well as against the economic installations.

Dr. Bekhtair has pointed out that the ministry is working now under difficult circumstances in this phase, but efforts are exerting through coordination with world states and international and local organizations to protect Iraqi human rights and prevailing human rights education allover life domains in new Iraq.

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CULTURE MINISTRY COMMEMORATES LATE AL-SAYAB

Baghdad, Jan 4, P17

The Ministry of Culture has said farewell to 2004, this celebration coincided with 40th commemoration for the late Iraqi poet Bader Shaker al-Sayab. The commemoration took place on Dec 30, 2004 at al-Jowhari hall at the headquarters of the ministry. The celebration attended by Mr. Mofeed al-Jazairi, the Culture Minister as well as a host of educated elite.

The celebration started with a speech addressed by the minister in which he said "While we remembered Iraqi senior figures, the Iraqi poet Bader Shaker al-Sayab comes in the priority, many poets had been come pro and post him, so many poems have been written by many of them, but Iraq's memory has not maintain except al-Sayab poems, such as "Inshodat al-Mattar" rain hymn, Jeckor Poub (Jeckor River) and others we have read as they are written been now."

Al-Jazairi added before short period I visited al-Sayab Village and Poub River, near of it there is al-Sayab house, pointing out that he found the house very sad so I remembered at once Poub Poem and its sadness.

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SCIENTIFIC, CULTURAL COOPERATION WITH JORDAN, SYRIA UNIVERSITIES

Baghdad, Jan 4, P17

Al-Nihraen University has agreed with the Jordanian University and al-Ma'moun University specialized in Syrian technology sciences to implement joint scientific and cultural programs.

Dr. Khaled Ahmed al-Jodi the President of the university said that the agreement includes the exchanging of faculty's members in the symmetric colleges for one week- to whole studying term in addition to exchange experiences through coordinating programs within domain of studying curriculum.

He clarified that the agreement includes upgrading studying curriculum, university management affairs and exchanging issues, books and results of the scientific researches.

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TECHNICAL EDUCATION ADOPTS INFORMATIONAL BASES TO UPGRADE UNIVERSITY ENVIRONMENT

Baghdad, Jan 4, P17

The Technical Education Committee is studying now the implementation of date base on the comprehensive quality valid in different sides in the world.

Dr. Mahmoud Shaker al-Mula Khalf the President of the committee said that the system will help in upgrading the university environment as well as promoting the educational and career performance.
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By Muhammed Abdul Jabbar al- Shabout

Legitimacy

The political problem lurks in all human societies in the legitimacy bestowal sources on the governing authority in the country.

In fact, people are born free, in accordance with religious law and coping with natural law and positivistic law. Practicing the rule means giving up part of this freedom. Ruling is legitimate once stepping down was voluntarily. If abdication was coercively and oppressively, the rule was tyrannical. That is the difference between democracy and dictatorship as the first makes available legitimacy condition for the rulers, which is derived from people while the 2nd denies people's rights in enhancing legitimacy on whoever ruling them.

Democratic societies resort to solve political legitimacy cause via accepting principle of peaceful circulation of authority in conformity with periodical, free and honest elections. Thus, political participation which is a procedural principle for regulating "authority sharing" question is guaranteed since authority is not confined to specific personality , however , it is a project can be circulated and shared by ambitious figures , through seeking a decision from people's wise men , which is a matter can be realized in free and periodical elections .Some times, political elites or "ambitious figures to assume power" fall far short to activate power –sharing, through the democratic method. This deficiency blocks political horizon, the round of political and social movement is halt as a consequence.

Historic experience proves that this block led to two catastrophic consequences.

First is the control of a political side forcibly to establish despotic regime using oppressive, armed force and terrorism.

Second is weakening of the state that moving back society into its sub-systems, dividing land between political parties as a consequence, after they fall far short to share power through political and democratic process i.e the elections.

Regrettably, the state's weakness and land's division can not be fulfilled quietly as the historic experience say, but through violence as the political ethical identifies it in the so –called civil war.
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AIR FORCE PLANES FLY IN IRAQI SKY
ALLAWI DENIES GOVERNMENT'S INTENTION TO ATTACK MOSUL

Baghdad, Jan 6, P1

Planes of Iraqi air force are flying in the Iraqi sky today as the ministry of defense announced its intention to accept large numbers of the dissolved Iraqi army staff to the new Iraqi army or retiring on a pension other numbers.

In the meantime, Dr. Iyad Allawi the Iraqi Prime Minister denied , at a press conference, government's intention to lunch an offensive on Mosul .

Hence , Allawi denied statements of Qassim Dawood the state minister for national security affairs who confirmed that military operation on Mosul on the brink of start.

Allawi called on Syria to hand over Iraqi wanted suspects involving in planning and carrying out acts of terrorism in Iraq upon international confessions and evidences.

He stressed government's efforts on increasing Iraqi security and police forces in Mosul , to secure appropriate circumstances in the elections .

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POPULAR PLAN FOR PROTECTING ELECTRICITY LINES

Baghdad, Jan 6, P2

Ministry of electricity studies a plan pertains creating popular committee for protecting power lines , towers and grids all over Iraq.

During his meeting with chieftains in Baghdad and its outskirts, Brigadier general Faris Rasheed al- Bayati the security advisor at ministry of electricity said the committee is to include all segments of Iraqi society include sheikhs and different parties , considering this move as a national task.

Al- Bayati indicated to 746 acts of sabotage targeted electricity towers and power transporting lines , among which is 286 acts of sabotage in Baghdad , clarifying such acts increased hours of programmed power cuts all over Iraq , and aggravated sufferings of Iraqi individual .

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HEALTH MINISTRY TO START EXTENSIVE NATIONAL PROGRAM

Baghdad, Jan 6, P2



Ministry of health is to start extensive national program to get rid of medical wastes at health institutes in all Iraqi cities.

At the scientific conference held in coordination between ministry of environment and first aid organization, Dr. Allaulddin al- Alwan the minister of health said that the subject of treating wastes is important if it is implemented in cooperation with other ministries.

He referred that the new program relies decreasing wastes, means of collecting and setting aside of wastes to consequently treating them in health and right method avert environmental contamination and spread of diseases.
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23,000 CITIZENS BENEFITS FROM HOUSING FUND

Baghdad, Jan 6, P4

Dr. Akram Abdul Aziz the Director of Hosing Fund has announced that numbers of beneficiaries allover Iraq's provinces reach to 23,182 citizens according to the current capital worth of ID300 billions, around ID100 billions have been transferred officially to be under the original fund control.

During a press conference, Dr. Aziz said that starting from the next week a conversation will be opened with several Iraqi ministries to specify their cadres and personals who will loan from the fund because the sum of the loan is very limited, referring that many priorities for loaning would be put, as well as several lists will be distributed which are now under preparation, pointing out that these lists have three colors, each one specified for each northern, southern and middle districts, as well as these lists have serial numbers to avoid forgery.

She added that process of receiving loan would be guaranteed by the salary and the office, referring that the loan is done under certain contract through which the period of paying will be specified to according to it, furthermore, the profits ration on loans will be itemized too.

She clarified that the area of the land must not be less than 200 square meters, referring that the fund capital would not fulfill citizens' need now, confirming that efforts are exerting now to increase the capital and the ration of percentages among provinces have been distributed according to the population volume of each province.

Numbers of beneficiaries in Baghdad reach to 23%, while the ratio of the fund allocated sum reach to 26%, because the, since the last statistic, prepared for the elections, has revealed that Baghdad population reaches to 6 millions, 726,000 and 432 persons, pointing that number of beneficiaries reach to 5,427 citizens.

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JORDANIAN BORDERS EXPOSES FRAUD PROCESS TO EXCHANGE EXPORTED COMMODITIES TO IRAQ

Baghdad, Jan 6, P4

The Jordanian Al-Karama Custom Center seized on Jan 4 a truck loaded with straw container, directed towards the Iraqi territories and coming from al-Aqaba Port. The drivers had exchanged a shipment contains windows curtains already had been exported to the Iraqi market with straw container.

The source pointed out that drivers admitted that they exchanged this shipment after all custom data and forms specialized to this shipment had been seized, clarifying that al-Karma Custom Center cadres had capable within recorded period from exposing the fraud operation which took place at al-Karama border center.

The border source clarified that drivers had been arrested and all their documents has been seized in a preparation to refer them to the concerned sides to make an investigation according this accident.

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INTERIOR MINISTER: 1300 IRAQI OFFICERS, POLICEMEN MARTYRED WITHIN LESS THAN 2 YEARS

Baghdad, Agencies, Jan 6, P4

The Iraqi Interior Minister Falah Hassan al-Naqeeb has announced that more than 1300 an Iraqi officers and policemen were martyred within one year and a half according to terrorist operations whether these committed through assassinations or these committed through bombing police centers or bombing cars.

This announcement came within a speech addressed by al-Naqeeb, in front the 22 conference of Arab Interior Ministries Council held at the headquarters of the council in Tunisia, in which he confirmed that the Iraqi criminal security is connected now with the Arab criminal security, warning that any deficiency within the Iraqi security, its impacts will be extended by away or another to the Arab governments.

Al-Naqeeb, the Head of the Iraqi delegation to the conference, confirmed that the nature of the terrorist acts which Iraq has subjected for have objectively contributed in deforming Islam principles which characterized with forgiveness and pillared on dialogue and participation, nor resorting for killing innocents without any religious or humanitarian restraint.

He called upon Arab states to the necessity of mobilizing efforts and enhancing coordination and cooperation means among each others to confront this futile concept and urgent conduct targeted Arab and Islam values.
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SETTING UP 12 DESALINATION STATIONS, SANITATION SEWERS CLEANED

Amara, Jan 6, P4

The work is underway by Meisan Water Directorate cadres to accomplish a project to set up 12 desalination stations.

The Eng. Kareem Noori Kata'h the Director of Meisan Water Directorate that the mentioned stations are distributed within seven stations in the al-Moalmeen al-Jadeed and Daibiassat, al-Saddar General Hospital, the Islamic Unit, military men, Aoaisha neighborhoods and the unified project at the city center of al-Amara.

He pointed out that the ration of accomplishment reach to 50%, 5 stations within al-Maymona districts, Saleh Castle, al-Majar al-Kabeer and Ali al-Shariq and Meshrah districts with an accomplishment reaches to 40%.
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OIL PRODUCTS MECHANISM DISTRIBUTION IN DISTRICTS, SUB-DISTRICTS DISCUSSED

Karkok, Jan 6, P4

The Local Councils of al-Hawuja district and other sub-districts affiliated to it like al-Riydh, al-Zab, al-Rashad, al-Moltaka, al-Abbassi have held their weekly meeting which attended by a number of departments presidents and representative of the multi-national forces.

During the meeting several subjects and points have been discussed in its agenda, among them the problem of distributing oil products in the districts, sub-districts and villages belonging to them and finding the suitable and urgent solutions for such problems.
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Government & journalism

Which is better, a government without journalism or journalism without a government?

It is rather an odd question, however, Tomas Jefferson ,one of three writers wrote on US federalism documents , replied on the question in 1787 saying:" if I was asked to choose between two options ; a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government , I will not hesitate a moment in choosing the second one". That is newspapers without a government.

Jefferson's intension may not be word-for-word i.e he had not specifically preferred existence of newspapers only , without the need for a government , however, we needs a government as Imam Ali said we need a leader loyal or disloyal .

May be the writer intends other thing deeper than mere comparison between two situations of a government without newspapers or newspapers without government.

May be the meaning lurks in the fact that the newspapers and media are a necessity which has a priority and importance than a government.

Once newspapers and media established firmly, it will be capable for creating a government later on.

Hence, the reason is clear which is establishing a credible and responsible government of high efficiency by a people based on peoples being responsible of their affairs. Forming such government depends on people's right knowledge of creating a government and high awareness of responsibility in addition to knowledge of techniques, watching up and verification for the objective of balanced relation between society and government.

Knowledge and awareness could not be available unless there is an independent, active and affective media can enrich people with information. Hence , media will be a positive factor in building up good government .And that is why free media makes right government while a government , any government , can not make a free and right media.

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ALLAWI: WE SEEK ALL MEANS TO PROTECT IRAQ

Baghdad, Jan 9. P1

Iyad Allawi the Iraqi Prime Minister said that Iraqi government is seeking all means for protecting Iraq from terrorists came from neighboring countries.

A source at Iraqi police affirmed kidnapping of chief of Saladdin province council and his deputy en route their return back from Najaf in Latifiya.

US general warned against scary attacks launched by terrorists before elections as Younadim Kenna affirmed existence of Christians in Iraq despite cruel terrorists attacks.

In the meantime, Hazim al- Sha'laan the minister of defense threatened of shifting the battle inside Damascus and Tehran if they do not stop their interference in Iraq's affairs in backing gunmen.

On the other hand, Paul Volker announced that outcomes of his review for program of oil-for-food will be announced tomorrow.

Voting program outside Iraq released new information center makes available for Iraqis resident abroad detailed information on method of participating in the elections of national assembly.

Iraqi police, on its part, affirmed kidnap of chief Saladdin's council and his deputy near Latifiya by unknown gunmen driving them into unknown destination , indicating that search has got underway since yesterday.

US general warned against terrifying attacks of terrorists with the aim of intimidating voters before elections.

Meanwhile, George Bush said that US army will do the best to secure protection for elections.

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GOVERNMENT WELCOMES NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES STATEMENT

Baghdad, Jan 9. P2



Iyad Allawi Iraqi Prime Minister welcomed concluding statement issued by neighboring countries conference held in Jordan Thursday.

Allawi appreciated pledges of neighboring countries' foreign ministers aiming to stop interference in Iraq's internal affairs besides their call for all Iraqi sects to go to the polls on 30th January.

Conferees adopted a concluding statement included ten points concentrated on re-affirmation on respecting Iraq's sovereignty and non interference in its affairs.

The statement also condemned all acts of terror target civilians and sanctuaries in Iraq, calling for immediate halt for such acts.

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AL- BAKA' REJECTS USING UNIVERSITIES FOR ELECTION PROPAGANDA

Baghdad, Jan 9. P2

Dr. Tahir al- Baka' the minister of higher education has rejected using institutes, colleges and universities for elections education or propaganda centers for political blocks and lists in the course of intended elections on 30th January.

He confirmed that teaching institutes are neutral sites do not submit to any political category or a trend, the matter keep them away from party or political conflicts.

Al- Baka' expressed optimism all Iraqi segments of society are to take part in these elections for the sake of developed democratic Iraq.



He stressed cabinet's support for the ministry representing in $ 29,000,000 monthly.

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PEOPLE NOT CONVINCED WITH TERROR JUSTIFICATIONS ON POWER

Baghdad, Jan. 9 p3

Electricity Ministry declared that terrorist acts were behind deterioration of the power supply in Baghdad and other regions as Baiji power station was hit again for the second time along wit ha month.

While school boys started the first course examination under oil lamps and lowed sounded generators, people found the Ministry's statements were mere reiterated speech.

Power supply cut off as soon as it comes within an hour or less. Besides, it is not a sense of daily needs rather than a duel between thee sides; people, government and terrorists, even it can be linked with elections from a hidden side. Yet, the social impact is the most effective and presented in the daily life in Iraq.

Deterioration of power comes on contrary with news of raising allocations and production in this affected factor.

Billions of US dollars were spent on repairing and improving the power sector while we still have old stations with weak capacity of producing.

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JADIRIA LAKE TO BE REHABILITATED

Baghdad Jan.9 p3

Water Resources Ministry have achieved works of rehabilitating the Jadiria Lake following deterioration in the aftermath of the recent war, director General of the State Company for Mechanic Contracts said that the company was charged with operating the lake and filling it with water following reforming the electricity system and fountain following destruction due to looting and pillaging acts that left the facility damaged.

He elaborated that the cost of reforming the whole position with 206 million dinars .

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ELECTORAL COMMISSION CALLS CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS FOR WATCHING UP

Baghdad, Jan. 9 p3

Electoral Commission called on representatives of civil society organizations who want to form watching up teams to come to the Commission's offices in Baghdad and provinces to register their teams up to 23/1/2005.

The plea includes representatives of political entities at the same time.

The commission left phone numbers for more information:

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WATER RESOURCES ACCOMPLISHES PLAN FOR LAST YEAR WITH ID70 BILLIONS

Baghdad, Jan 9, P4

The State Directorate for Operating and Maintaining Irrigation projects has accomplished a number of projects with different rations within its annual 2004 plan which designed according to fund allocations reach to 70 billions, while the directorate is working to accomplish the rest duties within 2005 projects.

The Eng. 'Aon Thaib Abdullah, the Director-General of the State Directorate for Operating Irrigation Projects, one departments of the Water Resources Ministry, said despite that the accomplished works are not fulfill the aspiration for several reasons known by many people, mot distinguished of these circumstances are the security situations.

He pointed out among the most distinguished projects which implementation had been initiated in is project of improving irrigation projects which includes rehabilitating all irrigation facilities to be suitable for work, referring that the ration of achievement exceeds 50% whereas the directorate has undertaken the responsibility of establishing bridges, arches and preparing roads.

He added that the most distinguished project realized during 2004 is providing water shares for 20,000 acres were previously prevented during the former regime, this will be realized through benefiting from al-Jaderiya Pump Station which was allocated for ensuring waters for special sites in al-Radhwaniya district.

He added that the directorate has attributed al-Basra River Arranging Project which the directorate shouldered the responsibility of establishing it a great attention harmonies with its importance and volume.

The Water Resources Minister Dr. Abdul Latif Jamal Rasheed has instructed to exert efforts and capabilities to solve the pending problems to regain life for palm dates orchard, referring that the directorate has resumed life and remove war traces from palm dates orchards overlooking Shatt al-Arab River, the ration of accomplishment reaches to 100%.

The Directorate has undertaken the responsibility of erecting and rehabilitating Irrigation and Tapping Stations, the directorate also will assume the responsibility of maintaining and rehabilitating all Iraq's stations, the ration of accomplishment reach to 50%.

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HEALTH MINISTRY DEMANDS FUNDS FROZEN IN JORDAN'S BANKS, CREATING COMMITTEE TO STUDY JOINT COOPERATION WITH KUWAIT

Baghdad, Jan 9, P4

The Health Ministry has approached the International Central Bank concerning the Iraqi outstanding accounts (balances) belonged to the ministry, which were frozen in the Jordanian banks.

Certification on health cooperation between Iraq-Jordanian governments has been signed as well as creating a committee to study and follow up the joint cooperation with Kuwait in various medical aspects.

Dr. Ramzy Rasoul said that the ministry has created a ministerial committee includes members in International Health Departments, Accounts and Funds Drawing Department concerning assets frozen in the Jordanian banks, whereas there are huge funds in these banks have not been used until now, these funds returned for the State Company for Marketing Medicines (Kamidia) and the Iraqi center for cardiac diseases.

Ramzy pointed out that the ministry approached the Central Bank of Iraq to receive these sums and invest them; especially the country is passing through difficult circumstances.

He indicated that the ministry is underway to upgrade the health status in Iraq which has been deteriorated despite the continuous efforts from many officials to improve it through signing agreements with several Arab and foreign countries.

The agreement has done recently with officials in the Jordanian government to exchange expertise and train the Iraqi medical cadres on updated equipments used in the Jordanian hospitals in addition to sign deals to buy medicine and medical requirements.

Meanwhile, he clarified, that the ministry has created a committee assuming the responsibility of studying and following up all cooperation aspects between Iraq and Kuwait, whereas the two sides have agreed to coordinate and cooperate in aspects of training medical and administrative cadres.

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NINEVEH MUNICIPALITY TO DEVELOP HIGHWAYS IN MOSUL, ESTABLISH ENVIRONMENT COMPOUND

Mosul, Jan 9, P4

Nineveh province has been undertaken upgrading works in several expressways suffering from the severe negligence.

An official source at the province said that these works are implemented by local companies will assume the responsibility of rehabilitating 104 square meters of these roads with cost of two millions Iraqi dinars in addition to stretch concrete channels to drainage rain waters with cost of $750 millions, referring that this effort will supply 1130 work opportunities for youths.

On the other hand, work has started to implement environment compound in Mosul with another center specialized for environmental checking whereas project cost reaches to $650,000, referring that this project will realize an opportunity to perform several modern studies and field researchers which concentrated in attributing attention to the environment circumstances.



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ELECTORAL COMMISSION ACHIEVES VOTING REQUIREMENTS

Baghdad, Jan. 9 p25

Electoral commission declared that it has achieved al necessary procedures for passing the voting.

Adel al-Lami member of the commission said that the commission had achieved all requirements of the other provinces despite difficulties facing some of them as people of Nineveh and Anbar Provinces would be able to register and vote on the day of voting.

A US Secretary of State office has made a poll and found that 90%of Sunni people will not go to voting centers for election, while 38% will be at home if security was not ensured. The polling office did not release the notion but said the poling have not covered Nineveh and Anbar provinces.

It found that 12% Sunnis said that elections would be impartial, while 52% Shiites agreed them.

The poll concluded that 32% Sunnis and 87% Shiites confirmed they would very likely go to vote if security is ensured.

It noted that 76% Shiites would boycott voting if any cleric asked them to do so, while 32% Sunnis agreed them.


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Operating 246 Iraqis to supervise elections abroad

Amman, Jan 9, P25

The Jordanian bureau belongs to the International Emigration Organization a study to operate 246 Iraqis to supervise polls process scheduled to be held in Jan 30.

The newspapers' advertisements reveal that the organization has display jobs connecting with classifying and counting Iraqi sounds in addition to provide desks supervisors according to certain contracts lasted for two weeks, beginning by the mid of the current month.
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Electricity

By: Mohammed Abdul-Jabbar al-Shaboot

Yesterday, as-Sabah newspaper has raised its voice loudly concerning the electricity crisis, after Iraqi citizens have raised many complains concerning the cursed crisis, they are no longer convinced in justifications given by the Ministry of Electricity, really the ministry which headed by Electricity Minister, the Eng. Ayham as-Samari' said that "terrorism" is behind the electricity crisis, but citizens don't like such talk. They simply want electricity to switch on their houses' heaters through which they can heat their bathes' water, operating their domestic electrical appliances as TV set, refrigerator and branding iron. In addition to that, pupils and students' are in dire need for light to be able to continue their studying and preparedness for examinations.

The crisis is penetrating into small details in the human life which considers not easy, nor simple beside many other crises like fuel, security and unemployment.

The electricity crisis is aggravated as it would be coincided with an ex-date of elections' countdown. Iraqi officials ask Iraqi citizens to read electoral documents programs or watching TV electoral programs, but how citizens could do this with the continuous cut of electricity power, some neighborhoods in Baghdad have no power since three days ago. Peoples can't practice their daily life under the cover of darkness; they are simply in need for light and electricity.

Dr. Ayahm as-Samiri' must face the public and mass communication, so he has to explain the problem with all its dimensions, clarify the previous statements which promised citizens with the alleged increasing of electricity's hours. May be he is right, so citizens can simply accept his talk and may be he is wrong so he has to adopt the suitable responsible stand.

The Oil Minister must be set as a model which should be followed by others in this domain. Along with the aggravation of the crisis, he unveiled the truth, said that terrorists have waged a blanket war against the Iraqi oil. His talk was backed by photos, documents and dates, a matter that confirms that he is right so we simply believe him, now Dr. Ayham as-Samiri's turn; he has to divulge his papers to make Iraqis believe him at least.

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GRAIN FLEET UNLOADED IN UMQASR

Baghdad, Jan. 10 p1

Umqasr harbor started receiving ships loaded with high quality grains allocated for the ration card while a fleet of ships are waiting for unloading their shipments, a source at the Trade Ministry said.

He elaborated that Australian ship Lansilot loaded with about 48 thousand tons of wheat was unloaded.

He added that the Ministry would cover all lacks of ration card items following obstacles of shipping into the silos because of terrorist acts on the way to shipping.

On the other hand, defense ministry called on all officers from majors and above in addition to all rank and file soldiers to join the new Iraqi Army in various units.

The Ministry put conditions concerning not loyalty to the past regime and its departments of security and party as well as preferring the Iraqi citizenship than any religion, sect, tribe or nationality. Besides, it provided that newly appointed being Iraqis by birth from Iraqi parents.

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MINISTRY OF ELECTRICITY TO RE-SUPPLY POWER WITHIN TWO COMING DAYS

Baghdad, Jan 10, P2

Technical and engineering cadres at ministry of electricity is capable of restoring part of generating units at a number of electricity stations distributed all over Iraq after sabotage inflicted the grid .

An official source at the ministry said that these efforts realized positive outcomes, despite volume of damages targeted high voltage power lines, transporting towers of the lines linking between Kirkuk and Baiji electricity station.

He added that Baghdad witnessed few last days a grand decline in power supply due to these acts of sabotage .


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87 MILLIONS DOLLAR TO SUPPORT ELECTIONS

Baghdad, Jan 10, P2

A source at US Development agency said that about 87 millions and 500,000 dollars has been allocated by the agency as a budget for supporting elections through supporting the electoral commission with 40 millions dollars for training specialized experts in field of elections as remaining sum allocated to support efficiency and performance of the supervisors on elections centers, to get voters aware of the elections.

He added that the agency offered several projects in different fields, more than 60 health centers rehabilitated by the agency besides training health cadres.

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HEALTH & CONTROL CAMPAIGNS IN CITY OF AL- SADR

Baghdad, Jan 10, P2

Control and health teams belonged to the ministry of health carried out more than 1201 field visits last December included restaurants, cafes and hairdressers in the city.

Dr. Immad al- Naqash the director of health control said these campaign come within the ministry's efforts to get acquainted with health and environmental situation in Iraqi cities including the city of Al- Sadr being high density population, indicating that health teams watched up health and environmental violations .Health teams warned the violated shops, urging them to committed to health conditions.

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JOURNALISTS PROTECTION SOCIETY URGES RELEASING FRENCH JOURNALIST

Baghdad, Jan 10, P2

Iraqi society for protecting journalists urged kidnappers of French journalist Florance Kobena for releasing her, stemming from moral considerations.

The society affirmed that kidnapping method is not a moral in dealing with a just fair .

In a statement sent to As-Sabah , the society re-affirmed what is declared previously i.e the society should be informed with foreign journalists coming to Iraq for media coverage , asserting its preparedness to make available enough security and safety for foreign journalists willing to be existed in Iraq particularly in the hot sites .

Notably , Florence , 43 , worked in French liberacion newspaper , kidnapped along with her Iraqi interpreter in Balad district last Wednesday .

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TWO PLANTS FOR DAIRY PRODUCTS, FORAGE ESTABLISHED

Baghdad, Jan 10, P2

Engineering and technical efforts have got underway at Missan agriculture directorate for achieving two dairy and forage factories in Beterra district south western Amara in Missan province as trade federation announced about 2500 work opportunities.

Eng. Abdul Kareem Qassim the director of Missan agriculture said that work is on final stages. About 90% of the work achieved included Arab's white cheese, with a production capacity 50 kg for each six hours in one work shift.

He added the factory established on 15 donum , will meet the needs of the province from different forages to support livestock and encourage growers for increasing livestock.
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EDUCATION MINISTRY ALLOCATES DIFFERENT SUPPLIES FOR FALLUJA FAMILIES

Baghdad, Jan 10, P2

Ministry of education has loaded large lorries with blankets and heaters to be distributed on Falluja population as soon as possible.

Dr. Sami Abdul Mahdi al Mudhafar the minister of education urged educational cadres at the ministry for cooperating with municipality councils, with the aim of distributing these materials on Falluja families.
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Baghdad, Jan 10, P2

State company of land transport has operated about 76 inoperative vehicles as their drivers joined a training course in South Korea.

Meanwhile, it has been announced on a decline of the company's revenues because of security situation.

An authorized source said that efforts are underway for maintaining inoperative lorries, referring to the shortage in spare parts.

He indicated the participators of the course received training courses on how to control transport by computer besides lectures on planning and designing roads.




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FUEL CRISIS STANDS WITH TERRORIST AGAINST PEOPLE

Baghdad, Jan. 10 p3

People still wait for lifting the fuel crisis as it goes more worsen.

Some people linked the crisis with election deadline, nodding that weak government who can not solve such problem would not come to achieve a national project embodied by election, a matter that threatens the political process.

Oil Minister who just goes in a press conference as soon as he ends another said that the terrorists target a power blockade on Baghdad.

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MILITARY FORCE TO CONTROL FUEL CRISIS

Baghdad, Jan. 10 p3



Forces of the Iraqi army cordoned dens of oil products in the city of Baghdad.

An official source at the ministry of oil said these campaigns carried out in coordination with interior and defense ministries, to put an end for purchasing oil products inside Baghdad, adding that large quantities of different oil products were confiscated. Plastic containers spoiled. Large numbers of oil vendors arrested.

He referred that joint committee agreed on distributing fuel filling stations in Baghdad since it entrusted Iraqi army, police and facility protection force with protecting and regulating queues.

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PROJECT TO REGAIN LINKING KURDISTAN REGION POWER GRID WITH ALLOVER IRAQ

Baghdad, Jan 10, P17

Arbil province has started to construct four sub-electricity stations, erect stations to distribute power on low voltage areas, a matter that helps houses, schools and bureaus in Diabacha, Arbil and Koshnow.

On the other hand, another project worth $27, 4 millions will be implemented to regain building of 444 towers and extend electricity lines for 147 km, whereas this project will greatly contribute in re-linking Kurdistan electricity power grid with allover Iraq.

Power lines will fulfill the increasing demand on electricity allover Iraq, besides that it will back power requirements in the Kurdish areas, especially in climax time in winter season. These lines could be useful in the future in order to transport the imported power from Turkey to Iraq.




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EGYPTIAN UNIVERSITIES READY TO ACCEPT IRAQI POSTGRADUATES

Baghdad, Agencies, Jan 10, P17

The Egyptian universities have started their preparations to accept the Iraqi postgraduates starting from the New Year 2005, as a reply to the demand presented by the Iraqi Higher Education and Scientific Research Ministry and as a translation for the cultural and scientific cooperation contract signed by the two ministries in both countries.

In his report to the Education Committee in People Council, Dr. Amro Salama the Egyptian Higher Education Minister, said that the Iraqi minister Dr. Taher Khalef al-Baka'a has presented a demand allowing Iraqi postgraduates to use Egyptian universities plants to overcome studying obstacles which might be faced them after the Iraqi plants had subjected for destruction and ruin as a result to the unstable security conditions and occupation circumstances.

He indicated that the Iraqi demands which the ministry is discussing now, include also applying the joint Iraqi-Egyptian supervision system on postgraduates as well as increasing denotation and missions, clarifying that round table meeting will be held between presidents of Iraqi and Egyptian universities to realize Egypt's target representing in supporting the Iraqi educational system.

Salama clarified that the culture cooperation agreement expected to be presented to the parliament within the next days, referring that it includes exchanging superiors between the two countries' universities for 15 days in the summer holiday as well as exchanging scientific and cultural researches and their outcomes beside exchanging books, curriculums, translated publications, periodicals and thesis in addition to facilitate and supply the necessary documents for researchers.

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IRAQI WRITERS, MEDIA MEN, ARTISTS DENOUNCES AL-JAZEERA SATELLITE CHANNEL

Baghdad, Jan 10, P17

As a solidarity procedure with Iraqi writers and educated abroad who issued a statement in which they condemned the provocative informational policy against the Iraqi people done by al-Jazeera satellite channel, Iraqi writers and educated inside Iraq declare their deep support to what had been mentioned in Iraqi writers and educated statement abroad towards what have been launched by al-Jazeera channel , considering it as a launching for the unprofessional informational values and as an instigation on continuous bloodshed of Iraqis to do good to the cheep certain informational profits, nourished by a sectarian and emotional ideas.

The signers on this statement are Mohammed Abdul Jabbar al-Shaboot, Mohammed Mubarak, Fadhil Thamer, Dr. Malik al-Mutalibi, elfareed Sama'n, Falah al-Mesha'l, Dr. Khazel al-Majadi, Kadhim al-Samari', Ghailan Hameed al-Mukhtar, Yasser al-Metweli, Qassim al-Somari, Yasser al-Matwli, Talib Hinweet, Tareq al-'Araji, Jamal Jassim Sohad Naji, Saif al-Dain Kat'a, Dhaia al-Assadi, Twfeeq al-Timimi and others.

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IRAQ CENTER FOR COUNTING VOTES FOR RESIDENTS ABROAD

Baghdad, Jan 10, P 25



On 11th November, the electoral commission signed a memorandum of understanding with international organization for immigration, in accordance with; the commission authorized running voting outside Iraq, on behalf of it under its supervision.

That program will make it capable for Iraqis resided abroad for participating in the elections of national assembly on 30th January.

275 members will be elected for presidency council and writing of Iraqi constitution.
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Editorial

Change of course.. but !



By: Muhammed Abdul Jabbar Ash-Shabbout

If Secretary General of Central Council of Iraq's Tribal Chieftains, Sheikh Ali Faris, express significant trend of those who hold gun with declared target of forcing US forces to expel from Iraq, his statements, released in today's issue, symbolize change of political course to those people.

Distinguishing between 'terror' and 'resistance', let's suppose that the second term covers really Iraqis who want to achieve US pulling out through military operations.

And, supposing that those militants did not kill Iraqi civilians, target oil or industrial facilities or Police and National Guards, assassinate civil servants and did not kidnap any one for ransom.

Considering both assumptions, the change of course expressed by Sheikh Faris' statements could be discussed.

According to his statements, military acts would not aim at forcing the Americans to immediate expulsion, nor following few months. This means realizing a couple of matters, one is political while the other is military.

The political matter is postponing elections for three months, whereas the military one is a limited US withdrawal from Iraqi cities and villages and redeployment in remote camps.

Let's discuss the political aim: does postponing elections for three months, though it is short period, deserve all this violence, killing and blood shed? And if there is a world and regional consensus with national majority for holding elections, does this situation deserve some flexible for the national interest to give up this demand and accept being part of political process beside working to achieve political subjects via pacific means?

The other military aim needs an Iraqi side that can negotiate the matter with the occupying forces or multi-national forces not for redeployment but also scheduling withdrawal, and this matter supposes eligible representative, yet it can be found only by holding elections.

Thus, why don’t we hold elections in time to assign Iraqi representative for achieving the military goal?

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MILITARY DIVISION FOUNDED IN ANBAR

Anbar, Jan.11 p1

Anbar province has decided forming military division with full materials and equipments.

Anbar Mayor, Sheikh Fassal al-Goud called on all members of dissolved army to join the said division next Saturday.

He said that this gesture aims at maintaining peace and stability in Anbar province.



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WINTER CLOTHES TO BE DISTRIBUTED FOR TEACHERS

Baghdad, Jan.11 p1

Education Ministry decided distributing winter clothes for teachers in addition to summer.

Education Minister Sami al-Mudhaffer said that the distribution would start within days.

As for female teachers, the Ministry decided distributing peaces of cloth to be sued by themselves.


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ALLAWI: ELECTIONS IN TIME

Baghdad, Jan. 11 p1

Prime Minister, Dr. Ayad Allawi stressed no problems in elections which would be held in its dead line time with no postponing.

He added that police have captured more than 150 gangs specified with many dangerous crimes..

In a press conference held yesterday Allawi said that situation in Ira is quiet since that police have captured the gangs.

He elaborated that their crimes were killing, kidnap and forging documents.

On the other hand, the government declared that it has captured 158 engaged in terror acts including 7 non-Iraqis.

Sheikh Ali al-Faris ad-Duleimi said Bahrain gesture for ending violence was supported by all Gulf States and was released in coordination with the militants.

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ALLAWI AFFIRMS ARREST OF TERRORIST LEADERS

Baghdad, Jan 11, P2

At a press conference, Dr. Iyad Allawi explained government's procedures in chasing and arresting terrorist's leaders.

He said that the state is stable and the elections will be held in time.

Meanwhile, captured terrorists confessed of committing assassinations and killings, affirming their relations with foreign organizations.

He clarified that police and Iraqi army is capable of arresting new leader of Muhammed Ra'ad al- Dori battalion.

Munthir Khalil Ibrahim , Fadhil Muhammed Zangana , Samaan Abdallah al- Sheikh , Ali Hussein al- Khafaji , Abdul Aziz Sadoun Hammoudi and Hassan Saqlawi, the prominent leader of Fidaeen Saddam were captured.

In the course of the fight, Iraqi police force killed Hassan Ibrahim al- Zaidi, who is prominent figure of terrorist network.

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AL- NAQEEB MEETS ANBAR, MIDDLE EUPHRATES CHIEFTAINS

Baghdad, Jan 11, P2

Falah al- Naqeeb the minister of interior has met chieftains of Anbar and Middle Euphrates at the ministry's headquarters.

During the meeting, he listened to the review on services offered by the ministry, affirming distinctive role of Iraqi chieftains in realizing security and eliminating crime and terrorism in cooperation with concerned departments.

He clarified coming stage will witness accelerating security preparations for protecting polling centers and voters participate in the elections.

Meanwhile, Al- Naqeeb met a delegation of Anbar chieftains. During the meeting, he tackled reconstruction of Falluja and Anbar .

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US EMBASSY REJECTS CONDITION OF MUSLIMS SCHOLARS

Baghdad, Jan 11, P2

Adnan al- Assadi the interior administrative undersecretary said that numbers of policemen has increased to more than 160,000 ranged between officer and policeman, after it was 90,000 by end last July.

He affirmed that large numbers of dissolved members of Iraqi army have rehired battalions of special force and commandos belonged to ministry of interior.

Four regiments has been established to realize security and systems in Samara, Mosul, Falluja and Latifiya .

He unveiled that current plan pertains creating 36 regiments of special force and commodes after making necessary financial preparations.

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MINISTRY OF SCIENCES: TUWEITHA IS VOID OF RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION

Baghdad, Jan 11, P2

Environment's researches department at ministry of science & technology denied any existence of radioactive pollution inside Tuweitha site.

Dr. Bahaulddin Hussein Ma'rouf the director general of the department indicated to the environmental study for Tweitha site in radioactivity, chemical, bacteriological fields, clarifying the study included analysis on selected samples of Tweitha site at labs of the department, the matter proved non-existence of pollution in the site.

He indicated that materials leaked to Tweitha site are apparatuses and equipments not expected to make dangerous pollution.


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COORDINATION UNDERWAY TO MAKE AVAILABLE FOOD RATION ITEMS

Baghdad, Jan 11, P2

Quantities of white flour supplied for government and private mills within people's ration card for last January are amounted 280,000 tons.

An official source at the state company for grains trading said that quantities of imported rice which are supplied within food ration card are 47,175 tons, indicating to the decrease of these rations due to the shortage of shipments and slackness of transport for both private and state sectors because of looting and plundering acts.

The source indicated that serious coordination has got underway between ministries of transport and trade to solve this problem and transport rice to the citizens, adding that a number of ships of different shipments will be unloaded, expecting arrival of another ships loaded with flour.

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PROJECTS TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN NASSIRIYA

Nassiriya, Jan 11, P2

Advisory council in Dhi Qar province has contracted with donors' countries namely Italy and Saudi Arabia, to implement projects at a cost 60,000,000 to meet the needs of the province.

Adnan al- Shareefi the deputy governor said the signed contract with CTO companies stipulates carrying out a number of projects such as establishing 2000 residential units (Caravans) and a factory for treating wastes besides setting up giant generators for operating waters and sewerage as well as waters sinking pumps and water desalination project.

The project includes also supplying Nassiriya hospitals with 90 beds and service vehicles for municipality department.



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UNIVERSITY IS CENTER OF SCIENCE, NOT FIELD FOR POLITICAL COMPETITION & ELECTORAL ADVERTISEMENT

Baghdad, Jan 11, P3

The decision adopted by the Higher Education and Scientific Research concerning non exploiting universities, colleges and institutes and using them as an arena for electoral advertisement has raised several positive reactions among professors and students.

Interviewed by as-Sabah newspaper, they pointed out that the correct educational approach adopted by the ministry to make universities as an outlet to receive science only and not as a field for political debates.

In statements issued by as-Sabah newspaper, Dr. Tahar Khalf al-Baka'a the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research stressed on the necessity to not using colleges and institutes as an advertisement's centers for political blocs and the political lists participating in the next elections, indicating that the educational establishments are unbiased and don't subordinate for any political category or trend.

During a conference held by Iraqi universities presidents in Erbial province last summer, a statement was released called "Erbial Advertisement", it advised that the Iraqi universities must be far away from political, sectarian and denominational combats. The conference pointed out that the university campus must be always far away electoral advertisement, according to the mentioned advertisement. Notably, the Higher Education Ministry has addressed a notification to all Iraqi universities to adopt such trend.

Dr. Ja'far Saddiq Mohammed, the Mass Communication Dean Assistant, Baghdad University said that the decision is introverted on a correct step and a sound educational approach, referring that universities must devote themselves towards their own scientific message as well as seek towards building a generation enlightened with scientific knowledge and awareness, adding that universities must be center for harmony among the different phantoms of the Iraqi society, affirming that Mass Communication college has started to apply the instruction before receiving it officially, indicating that he himself touched that all sides have satisfied on this instruction.

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AIR LINE LINKS BAGHDAD, PARIS & LONDON

Baghdad, Jan 11, P3

The Ministry of Transport has said that by the end of the current month, a new air line will be operated to some European states, including London and Paris to increase number of travels which the Iraqi State Air Lines Company performing them now.

The Eng. La'wi Hatam al-'Arass the Transport Minister indicated that this step is harmony with other previous steps adopted by the ministry to upgrade transport sector generally and the air sector particularly, saying that the ministry has several attempts to renovate the air navy subordinated to the company.

On the other hand, the minister clarified that the company had purchased a 776 Boeing airplane; it will be operated between Iraq-Turkey line starting from the next week.

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ELECTRICITY MINISTRY RESUME WORK TO SOME GENERATING UNITS

Baghdad, Jan 11, P3

The Ministry of Electricity has capable to resume work in some generating units in the electricity stations after receiving their own fuel.

An official source at the ministry said that after the decreasing of fuel ration to number of power stations because of the sabotage acts, the Oil Ministry has capable to reach fuel to them, a matter that give an opportunity to operate additional numbers of generating units, referring that citizens supply hours reach to two in return for four programmed cut hours.

The source confirmed that the generating units which working by using gas are still out of service, because fuel has not reached to these units, expecting increasing the supplying rates to the citizens in case of operating these units.

He added that the technical teams are capable to regain the lines transforming electricity power which finally subjected for sabotage acts.

On the other level, the source clarified that Electricity Ministry that the Iraqi-Syrian connection line previously implemented is haled now because of the expensive prices demanded by the Syrian side concerning the supplied power units, clarifying that Turkey is exporting 170 MW to Iraq, while Iran exported 90 MW.


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HOUSING FUND DEMANDS TO BE SUPPLIED WITH NAMES DESERVE LOAN

Baghdad, Jan 11, P3

The Housing Fund has approached ministries and governmental establishments to specify numbers of persons deserved loans in order to be loaned by the fund according to certain conditions, procedures and instructions specialized in personals and approved by Trustees Council.

Dr. Akram Abdul Aziz the Director General of the fund said that the fund has addressed a notification to all ministries since the beginning of the current week to initiate loaning the deserved persons, indicating that the fund has been established to serve all Iraqis segments without favoring certain sides, referring that the effort is continuous to increase the fund capital to cover biggest number of Iraqis deserved loans.


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CARLOS VALINZUELLA: RUNNING ELECTIONS IS ESSENTIAL

Baghdad, Jan 11, P25

Carlos Valinzuella the chief UN team supervising elections in Iraq said that Iraq should advance forward in running elections on 30th January despite blood shed and practices of intimidating voters and attacking personnel supervising elections.

Valinzuella, who contributed in regulating elections in some hottest site in the world, said that Electoral Commission instructs not postponing elections unless there is political unanimity and an increase of violence hinders these elections.
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DUHOOK CONFERENCE URGES FOR MASS PARTICIPATION

Duhook, Jan 11, P25

The electoral commission in Duhook urged for wide participation of voters in the elections, which are considered as the first important step for distinguishing volume of Kurdish participation in the elections and in wording of the Iraqi constitution.

Coordination has got underway between Kurdish six parties, administrative concerned sides and electoral commission to avert obstacles facing mass participation, considering participation as an evidence for true patriotism.
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MISSAN GOVERNOR: THE CITY IS READY FOR ELECTIONS

Amara , Jan 11, P25

Preparations have been fulfilled in the city of Missan for the elections day.

As-Sabah interviewed Riyadh Mahoud Missan governor who said that the elections commission mobilized efforts in coordination with other concerned departments in the city to make elections on 30 January success.

All necessary requirements have prepared. More than 400,000 voters representing different segments of Iraqi society will cast votes.
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Editorial
Authority conflict
By Muhammed Abdul Jabbar al- Shabout

It is not a secret that what is happening in Iraq now is a kind of conflict on political authority. It is not a strange or an amazing matter. The former regime had been collapsed …the current days are witnessing the establishing of a new form of government. Since the collapse was comprehensive and carpet the establishing of the new government is connecting with simplest and most accurate details as it is connecting with most dangerous and biggest details. This is one characteristic of the political fluidity Iraq is witnessing now. This country is like other countries overflowing with big multipulity on patriotic, religion, sectarian, political and even class level on some degree beside the tribal, regional and denominational levels. This multipulity is a source of welfare and richness if it is finely managed, run and arranged. It is one sources of conflict, or current political competition. At the time of re-formation, the political conflict is one reasons of the security, social and administrative disorder in the country. This is also an expected result. But it is not a dangerous problem if one had dealt with origins of the political conflict and its essence correctly. The essence of this conflict is sharing authority and administration "not dividing the land", fairly, soundly, on constitutive and democratic level as well as the political sharing.

The first step in arranging the political competition on authority is representing always in writing a constitution specifies the formula of sharing, participation, distributing authorizations and arrange the relationship between rulers and people. As much as the constitution becomes the outcome of reacting forces concerned to participate in the policy and arranging authority as much as this constitution be valid, respected and strong. It is not correct that some persons prevent from participating in writing the permanent constitution because this will lead to not hearing those figures voices or opinions, unless he wants to hear his voice in a non-political and unsound way. I don't think that this represents a civilized option for a country wants to become safe for their people. The procedural problem which runs in contrary with the writing of the constitution is the matter of specifying the persons, from men and women, who will shoulder the responsibility of performing such task. There is no way for choosing and specifying those persons better than holding elections. Elections in such meaning is not considers as a holly option can't been touched, but it is a sole procedural option can't be given up or substituted by another thing, from this, Jan 30 elections have acquired their own great importance. These elections are not to elect who will rule Iraq but to choose persons be capable to write constitution.

Therefore, I hope from the bottom of my heart, asking God day and night to guide the hearts of Iraqis, insurgents and civilians, particularly those who called for boycotting elections or non participation to guide their hearts to participate, to make the constitution the outcome of all the concerned efforts.. while choosing rulers .. this is another round will be realized by the end of this year, will be run by all persons who have aspirations and greediness in the rule on the basis of what will be written in the permanent constitution.

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SADDAM, US INVOLVE IN CORRUPTION

GOVERNMENT TACKLES SECURITY SITUATION

Baghdad, Jan 12, P1

Sheikh Ghazi al- Yawar the Iraqi president has chaired a meeting for government's leaders, to tackle security situations as UN reviews its administrative structure in the light of scandals of oil -for-food program, which affirmed involvement of dictator Saddam in corruption and plundering of millions of dollars.

In the meantime, Amr Moussa met Ashraf Qadhi the UN representative in Iraq as Syria and Cuba called for non-interfering in the intended elections.

Press statement issued by presidency office said that Al- Yawar chaired a meeting included Dr.Rosh Nouri Shaweiz , Dr. Ibrahim al- Ja'fari ,Dr. Barham Salih the deputies of Prime Minister , Qassim Dawood the state minister for national security affairs .

During the meeting, security plans regards Iraqi elections and steps adopted in this regard discussed.

Security situation in Mosul and possibility to rescue the city from miserable situations was also discussed.

Allawi, for his part, affirmed that the government seeks to create safe atmosphere all over Iraq, to eliminate it from dens of terrorism.

Final investigations on longest humanitarian program in history of UN unveiled violations and lootings occurred in Saddam's reign worth billions of dollars in oil-for-food program.

Investigators, who finished final statement, said that interrogation includes different accounts for governments and companies warning against similar corruption may include some projects such as general elections or helps offered to stricken of Tsunami.


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CABINET ALLOCATES $200M FOR PRIVATE SECTOR

Baghdad, Jan. 12 p2

Private sector has managed to gain $200 million dollars funded from the council of ministers to support the sector and improve its activities in reconstruction drive, head of Iraqi Businessmen Union Raghib Bleibil said.

He added that the cabinet would allocate the fund for the companies chosen in the construction drive so as to participate in the country's building drive.

He elaborated that this has come during a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Dr. Berhum Salih, who heads the construction committee in the National Assembly.

He concluded that the private sector has high level experiment in addition to ability of employing Iraqi manpower.

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SCHOOLS TO BE SUPPLIED WITH COMPUTERS

Baghdad, Jan. 12 p2

Education Ministry decided supplying schools with computers following achieving lack of computer teachers in schools.

Education Minister Dr.Sami al-Mudhaffer stressed distributing the computers comes in the light of covering teaching the term in all intermediate and secondary schools.

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INTERIOR MINISTRY: SAUDI DETAINEE ADMITS MEETING ZERQAWI

Baghdad, Jan. 12 p3

A source at the Interior Ministry affirmed that security forces have captured a Saudi terrorist that has committed meeting Abu Muse'b Az-Zerqawi in Dora district southern Baghdad before telling him to conducting the oil tanker bomb recently.

The source said the terrorist was detained following the bombing and committed the action. He said that he has met Zerqawi for five days in Dora, adding that Zerqawi was moving in a blue Oldsmobile car.

He added that he was to suicide himself with the oil tanker but the explosion has blown him away of the blast area.

The source said that the Saudi citizen, aged less than 20 years, is from Breida region in Saudi Arabia and had been moved from Syria into Iraq following training there and trespassed via Albu Kamal border point in Syria before arriving in Baghdad.

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SALIH: ELECTIONS IN TIME, FEDERALISM ENSURES IRAQIS ASPIRATIONS

Baghdad, Jan. 12 p3

Deputy Prime Minister Dr. Berhum Salih said that elections would be in time scheduled on Jan. 30.

In a press conference, Salih said that elections would be practical reply on terrorist acts targeting democratic process in Iraq, referring that majority of Iraqi people in addition to government accept going on voting.

He added that government readiness to the elections has raised dspite security circumstances, hinting at being blessed to participate in drafting constitution away from religious, ethnic and sectarian differences.

He added that federalism as an administrative procedure would change Iraqi society by removing oppressive from north up to the south since it ensures Iraqis rights and organizes their normal life.


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CENTER FOR IRAQI CULTURAL HERITAGE IN RUSSIA ESTABLISHED

Baghdad, Jan 12, P 17

Baghdad University has signed an agreement with the Russian university.

Dr. Dhiaulddin Naf' the dean of college of languages of the university said an agreement stipulates establishing a center for studying Iraqi cultural heritage in Russian city of Petersburg has signed.

He added that the center is to offer lectures in Arabic language and literature, clarifying the success of this experiment will led to the establishment of similar center in Baghdad for Russian people's heritage.

He indicated to the cooperation agreement signed with Russian educational and governmental university regards opening an education center in the university.

A delegation headed by Dr. Abdul Ameer Dickson the dean of college of education Ibn Rushd will visit Russian university, to tackle details of the project.
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BUSH PINS HOPE ON IRAQI ELECTIONS

Baghdad, Jan 12, P 25

US President George expressed hope on running Iraqi elections in the intended 30th January.

Meeting with Press men at White House, Bush seized opportunity to connect success of Palestinian elections with success of Iraqi counterparts, saying both events will make 2005 an extraordinary year.

Meanwhile, Bush statements warned against escalation of attacks with the aim to hinder Iraqi elections.

General Tomas Mitz said that daily attacks for gunmen may reach more than 80 a day.

US military spokesman James Hoton referred to the increasing number for gunmen with their volume of explosive charges.

As elections day gets closer, British Minister of Defense announced that 400 British additional troops are to arrive in Iraq for enhancing security during elections.

In the meantime, Allawi indicated, in a press conference, to the developing power of Iraqi security force in dealing with the so-called terrorists besides the arrest of their senior leaders.


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CONFERENCES, SYMPOSIUMS IN BABIL ON ELECTIONS

Baghdad, Jan 12, P 25

The 5th conference of Iraqi institute for democratic development has been held in city of Babil .

A number of civil society organizations, more than 100 politicians were attended.

Over couple days, several lectures were delivered, to get conferees acquainted with civil society and its active role in the society.

Importance of the alliances and mechanism of educating voters and supervising elections besides explaining nature of close list and proportional representation, and Islamic Shura principle as well as other lectures were delivered in the conference.

More than 260 polling centers were nominated by the electoral commission in Babil besides organizing training courses for the staff on voting's mechanism.

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ELECTORAL COMMISSION SEEKS TO REALIZE HIGH LEVEL OF TRANSPARENCY

Baghdad, Jan 12, P 25

In a press conference, spokesman of Electoral Commission Adel al- Lami said that the commission has relied two systems for registering agents of polling centers or names of observers, to make available important element for election process, representing in transparency.

He indicated that the commission has relied the word "agents" instead of "observers" , who will be grouped in bodies and organizations registered at ministry of planning or organizations registered at the department of non-governmental organizations existed in convention center and others which be fixed as an organization relied by the electoral commission .
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Editorial

By Muhammed Abdul Jabbar Al- Shabout

Re-creation of dictatorship

Any society newly liberated from decades- long dictatorship faces danger of dictatorship's re-creation, because conditions of democracy structure are not available.

In such society , factors of dictatorship re-creation always are available, the most distinctive of which fixing dictatorship method intellectually and practically in the life of the society owing to the last period as being indicated in the holy Koran's verse " As time grow longer as their hearts became cruel".

We understand that "heart's cruelty" is a social phenomenon resulted from the long period submission of the society to dictatorship regime.

Because of this long period, democratic traditions are absent or diminished intellectually and practically until democracy became as an odd commodity not accepted by the society for the first time.

Re-creation process of dictatorship starts with men of new regime themselves.

As those who are immediately ended their secret struggle against ex-dictator regime, will be attracted by new authority and authority is always corruptive. So, under pressure of facing ex-regime legacy and pressure of building new order, they undertake actions may be justified by the current situation; however, these actions pave the way for authority situation developable into new or even old form of dictatorship. Because of general political fluidity, social chaos, enthusiasm and concern, only few individuals may sense that.

As for masses who previously don’t know democracy education, they rarely note process of dictatorship re-creation; however, they do not possess enough sensitivity for analyzing this situation.

Few who note that may be able to face it a matter can be named as deviation or withdrawal; however it may undermine others for fear of several matters exceeding numbers. But all can be included under the title "current interests". Contrary "development" or withdrawal or dictatorship re-creation may last for long or short period or even years, but the matter may be ended in establishing new dictatorship authority.

Because of these dangers, democratic transformation needs guarantees avert re-creating dictatorship! These Guarantees will be the subject of the next editorial!

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DETAINEES AT POLICE STATIONS TO BE RELEASED

Baghdad, Jan 13, P1

US President George Bush and Iyad Alawi have tackled security procedures that should be taken to secure safe process of elections.

Meanwhile, Ashraf Qadhi the UN representative attended international meeting held in Cairo, included representatives of the neighboring countries, Arab League, 8-industrial countries and permanent members at UN Security Council.

In the meantime, Falah al- Naqeeb the minister of interior announced that all detainees and prisoners at Iraqi police detaining centers will be released if they not convicted in acts of terror, killing or crimes.

Talib Abu Agena the director general of customs announced about a decrease in the custom percentage.
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US COMPLIES WITH IRAQI PEOPLE OPTION

Baghdad, Jan 13, P2

At a press conference held in Baghdad, US Embassy spokesman said that US is backing political process in Iraq represented in the elections no matter how the outcomes will be.

He lauded all efforts exerted to set up democracy and freedom and defeating terrorists in Iraq.

He clarified that what is happening now in Iraq is hopeless attempt by terrorists coming from borders represented in fanatic groups resort to killing. These groups include also Saddam's henchmen who get advantage of security disorder to realize material goals even if these goals contradict security and stability in Iraq, affirming that violence might not be ended with elections , saying violence may invigorated , for this reason, US administration is keen on backing US forces existed in Iraq .
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PENSIONED JOURNALISTS TO RECEIVE SALARIES SOON

Baghdad, Jan 13, P3

The Ministry of Culture has selected Ja'far Yassin, the Director-General of Cultural Affairs as a representative for the ministry and as a chairman of Pensioned Journalists Management Board.

The Culture Minster Mofied al-Jazairi issued a decision to re-form the management board of the fund after the Finance Ministry and Iraqi Journalists Union (IJU) had nominated representatives for them in the board to continue the legally decided staff.

Al-Jaziri' attention to re-revive work in pensioned journalists fund after the interim Iraqi government has issued a decision in which it modifies the law of the fund. Notably, the Culture Ministry has replaced instead of the dissolved Information Ministry at the fund management board. Al-Jaziri' touched the need of the pensioned journalists, they are around 140 pensioners, to the salary who the deprived from since the collapse of the former regime in April, 2003 and until now.

The (IJU) has addressed a letter to the Culture Minister in which the union appealed him to facilitate the re-reviving mechanism work of the pensioned journalists fund in order to pave the way for their families to receive the deserved salaries just like all other pensioners who receive their deserved salaries besides receiving aids and rewards no other pensioned journalist had received before.

Ja'far Yassin the president of the new fund management board met the Head of the IJU and tackled with him the necessity of accelerating work in the mechanism of the fund and pay salaries for the deserved pensioned journalists as well as justifying these salaries according to the wages levels.

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TERRORIST GROUP INVOLVED IN ASSASSINATION OF BAGHDAD GOVERNOR CAPTURED

Baghdad, Jan 13, P3

The US forces announced on Jan 12 the arresting of six elements involved in assassination Baghdad's Governor Ali al-Hadiri. The Associated Press Agency said that 1st Chivalry Division has launched a raid against one houses in al-Huriya city and arrested the terrorist elements.

The US Brigadier Jeffiri the Chief Assistant of Cavalry Division which in Baghdad said that he thinks that two terrorists had participated in the assassination.

Notably, Al-Haidri is the most prominent Iraqi official had been assassinated after the assassination the former Governing Council Iz al-Dain Saliem (Abdul Zahra Othman) who had been assassinated on May, 2004.

Al-Haidari was occupied the post of Education Undersecretary before assuming the responsibility of Baghdad's Governor in the beginning of the last year.

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FAST PROCEDURES TO APPOINT LECTURERS IN SCHOOLS

Baghdad, Jan 13, P3

The Education Ministry has imposed a decision on Education Ministry General Directorates in Baghdad and other Iraqi provinces to appoint the lecturers in the schools which are in need for their services through a ministerial instruction issued in this concern.

The Education Minister Dr. Sami Abdul Mehdi al-Mudhfar confirmed that the ministry had informed all the general directorates through an official notification issued on Jan 12 to appoint all lecturers who have bachelor degree on permanent staff if the schools who they are working in are in need for their services.

The ministry has demanded the all directorates to accelerate sending these lecturers, names to the center of the ministry in order to approve the order of appointment.


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IRAQ , ITALY DISCUSS ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT

Baghdad, Jan 13, P3

Dr. Rashad Mendan Omar, the Minister of Science and Technology in Italy the subject of the electronic government and putting the general formulas and executive formulas for the second phase in the Italian initiative to establish the electronic government infrastructure prospected in Iraq.

The joint previous efforts exerted between the two sides led to implement an electronic net among Iraqi ministries.

The talks aimed to put timetable to include all Iraqi ministries in this net, while the next phase will specify the quality of programming applications which will be implemented and operated in the net.

Notably, the first phase specializing to erect and operate the internet system has been implemented through connecting five Iraqi ministries, namely, cabinet secretariat, Planning and development cooperation Ministry, Municipality and State Labor Ministry and Interior Ministry, while the second phase will include the expanding the internet to serve additional eight ministries by the end of the current month.

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EXPANDED PLAN FOR TRAINING TECHNICAL, MEDICAL CADRES

Baghdad, Jan 13, P17

Within its expanded plan for training and promoting medical, technical and engineering cadres, ministry of health has decided to send 36 physicians and technicians outside Iraq.

"Coordination has got underway between health ministry and world firms in this concern" well informed source at the ministry said, adding that several training courses will be organized for Iraqi cadres abroad in which 16 physicians will take part in 2nd training workshop is to be held in Bahrain besides training course in Spain to get acquainted with updated technologies in mobile ray .

He clarified that the ministry decided to participate in two training courses for primary health care and health system will be held in Jordan and Iran.

He further said that the ministry is to send physicians to Austria and Finland, to receive training courses on dentistry x-ray, in coordination with WH Company.
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