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BBC Monitoring Headlines, Quotes From Iraqi Press 9 Nov 05

Posted on: Wednesday, 9 November 2005, 09:00 CST

The following is a selection of headlines and quotes taken from the Iraqi press published on 9 Nov:

Headlines

Al-Adalah [Baghdad, daily newspaper in Arabic published by the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI)]: Agreement to hold preparatory meeting for national dialogue conference in Cairo on 19 November ... [SCIRI leader] Al-Hakim visits Muqtada al-Sadr in Al-Najaf ... [Vice-President Adil] Abd al- Mahdi arrives in Washington to discuss political, security situation ... Talabani meets Italian president, says: Establishing democracy in Iraq to benefit entire region (news agencies quoted) ... [MP Abbas] al-Bayyati: Iraqi situation does not allow quick exit of multinational troops (news agencies quoted) ... [Arab League Secretary-General] Amr Musa begins Arab tour to discuss Iraq, Syria files (AFP quoted) ... Muqtada al-Sadr says holding national dialogue conference in Iraq itself condition for participation (AFP quoted) ... Kurdistan constitution follow-up committee meets today to put final touches on charter (news agencies quoted) ... [Former Vice-President] Taha al-Jazrawi's lawyer killed by unidentified men in Baghdad (AFP quoted) ... Operation Steel Curtain pursues terrorists in Husaybah (news agencies quoted) ... Iraqi army arrests 96 terrorists in Al-Yusufiyah (KUNA quoted) ... Donor nations concluded coordination meeting on marshland restoration ...

Baghdad [Baghdad, daily newspaper in Arabic published by the Iraqi National Accord Movement]:

Kofi Annan appreciates Allawi's efforts to ensure successful political process ... National Iraqi List likely to win larger share in upcoming elections ... National accord conference date to be determined, participants to be named in two days ... Eleven Iraqis martyred, 13 others wounded in separate attacks (AFP quoted) ... Demonstrators in Babil denounce government policy on appointments ... [Saddam half-brother] Barzan al-Tikriti's lawyer wounded (AFP quoted) ... UNEP warns of dangers facing Iraq marshes ... New social care law drafted ... Motorcycles banned in Karbala ...

Al-Bayan [Baghdad, daily newspaper in Arabic published by the Islamic Al-Da'wah Party]:

Prime Minister Al-Ja'fari receives deans, professors of nursing college ... Abu al-Khasib intelligence chief martyred in roadside bomb explosion in Basra (news agencies quoted) ... Member of Saddam defence team killed, another wounded in Baghdad ... Annan: UN Security Council to consider extending multinational troop mandate in Iraq (news agencies quoted) ... Indian foreign minister removed over oil-for-food programme report; first downfall caused by Saddam Husayn oil bribes (news agencies quoted) ... Turkey willing to see democratic Iraq (news agencies quoted) ... Pentagon: 92,000 US soldiers on rotation service in Iraq over next two years ... Education Ministry to hold international conference on textbooks in France next month ... Health committees to detect bird flu, take preventive measures ...

Al-Dustur [Baghdad, daily published by Al-Dustur Press, Publishing and Distribution House]:

National dialogue conference to be held in Cairo on 19 November; names of participants to be announced today ... Large-scale military operations in Al-Ramadi, Diyala after Steel Curtain ... Oil-for- food programme unseats Indian foreign minister (news agencies quoted) ... Timetable set for Ukrainian troop withdrawal from Iraq (news agencies quoted) ... Talabani visits Austria after meeting senior Italian officials ... US forces prevent Iraqi airliner from landing at Baghdad airport (news agencies quoted) ... US soldiers face charges of physical abuse of Iraqi detainees (news agencies quoted) ... National Dialogue Council to take part in Cairo national accord conference ... Culture minister, Czech ambassador agree to open Iraqi cultural centre in Prague (news agencies quoted) ... New Iraqi news agency established (news agencies quoted) ...

Al-Mada [Baghdad, daily, independent newspaper published by Al- Mada Media, Culture and Arts Corporation]: [Arab League envoy] Ahmad Bin-Hilli: Names of participants in Cairo conference to be declared today or tomorrow; preparations nearly completed ... Gunmen kill [Taha Yasin] Ramadan's lawyer, wound Barzan's attorney ... Kirkuk: No budget to normalize situation ... Indiscriminate punishment, heinous US crime in Al-Hamidhiyah village in Al-Ramadi ... Seven Syrian gunmen, 10 Iranian infiltrators captured ... Plans to rotate 92,000 US soldiers in Iraq ... Electricity minister: Talks continuing on supplying Iraq with electricity ... Police checkpoints come under fire in Al-Hillah ... Ninawa health directorate holds conference on avian flu ...

Al-Manar al-Yawm [Baghdad, daily published by Al-Manar al-Yawm Press and Publishing House]: Officers testify to US army using chemical weapons in Al-Fallujah attack (Arab Online quoted) ... Talabani discusses gradual Italian troop pullout (Elaph quoted) ... Three civilians killed in car bomb explosion near College of Science of Al-Mustansiriyah university [Baghdad] ... Maysan police warn residents of contaminated, booby-trapped pens, stationery ... [Ahmad]al-Chalabi, [Adil] Abd-al-Mahdi in Washington to discuss elections, security (Elaph quoted) ... Election commission investigates 86,000 names added to voter list in Kirkuk ... Holy shrine visitors should obtain Iraq visa ... Iraqi resistance roadside bombs bewilder Pentagon ...

Al-Mu'tamar [Baghdad, daily newspaper in Arabic published by the Iraqi National Congress]:

Al-Chalabi in Washington, to meet [Condoleezza] Rice today ... De- Ba'thification commission confirms moves against election candidates ... Details of Jordanian-Iraqi security agreement: combating terrorism, curbing infiltration, freezing Ba'th leaders' activities in Jordan ... UN Iraq envoy praises election commission performance ... Agreement in principle defines Arab League role in Cairo conference ... Classified memo: Bush, Blair planned to invade Iraq, then Saudi Arabia ... Dhi-Qar refinery in operation, contracts to establish five new refineries ... Iraq to take part in regional forum on children ... Hatra site on world heritage list ...

Al-Sharq al-Awsat [Baghdad edition of London-based daily Al- Sharq al-Awsat, Saudi-owned]: Taha Yasin Ramadan's lawyer killed; Barzan al-Tikriti's lawyer wounded in armed attack in Baghdad; Second such incident in three weeks ... UN Security Council extends multinational troop mandate for another year in Iraq; Talabani calls for keeping Italian forces till end of next year ... Baghdad: Demonstrators threaten not to vote for government list, denounce favouritism in appointments ... National accord conference: Preparatory meeting in 10 days; Muqtada al-Sadr calls for holding conference in Iraq, pledges to protect event ... Al-Qa'idah launches Revenge Conquest operation in retaliation for Steel Curtain; US army: 36 gunmen killed in Husaybah attacks; two deaths, six arrests in Al-Ramadi (news agencies quoted) ... National Forces Parliament formed under [former defence minister] Hazim Sha'lan ... Iraqi government grants risk allowance to judges ... Absence of stolen Iraqi artefacts from European, US auctions raises question about their possible transfer to Gulf region; 14,000 pieces stolen after invasion, of which only 5,500 returned ...

Al-Zaman [daily, independent, Baghdad edition of London-based Al- Zaman]: Annan: Real need for reconciliation in Iraq; Bin-Hilli to announce names of invitees for Cairo conference today ... Abu- Ghurayb scandal in the spotlight again ... One martyred, six wounded in armed attack on police patrol in Ba'qubah; five suspects caught in Karbala ... Pentagon declares US troop rotation in Iraq: 92,000 US soldiers to be deployed from mid-2006 to mid-2008 ... Multinational forces: Iraqi army offers aid to displaced people from Husaybah; Defence Ministry: 107 gunmen killed, wounded on fourth day of Steel Curtain ... Interior Ministry: 10 Iranian infiltrators apprehended in Al-Sulaymaniyah ... Allawi confers with Lebanese premier on situation in Iraq ... Two injured in car bomb blast near Al-Mustansiriyah university ... US forces arrest two Mosul university students ... Electricity Ministry: Oil pipeline bombing halts Al-Durah, Al-Taji power stations ... Iran promises to return three Iraqi airliners grounded on its territory for 14 years ... UN pledges to support forthcoming elections in Iraq ... Sha'lan names list for next elections; National Forces Parliament opens dialogue with resistance ... Multinational forces: Six Al-Qa'idah members arrested in Al-Anbar ... Unknown gunmen attack two members of defence team for Saddam, his aides ... Spokesman for Association of Muslim Scholars: Incoming government will not win people's trust as Americans have planned ...

Quotes

Al-Adalah [Baghdad, daily newspaper in Arabic published by the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI)]:

[From article by Najah Muhammad Ali] "The referendum on the constitution has produced, as a natural result, new alliances and political map different from those seen in the past election ... Still, the forthcoming election will have the final say, especially since those who call themselves opponents to the foreign presence will take part under a guise hiding Ba'thist figures who are trying to distance themselves from the Ba'th Party and former regime; all their actions are an attempt to bring Ba'thists back to prominence in the new Iraq..."

Al-Bayan [Baghdad, daily newspaper in Arabic published by the Islamic Al-Da'wah Party]:

[From editorial] "Our people have the right to reject the concept of 'reconciliation' as an alternative to national dialogue or accord for two reasons. The first is that there is no enmity or fighting between the components of the Iraqi people which requires such reconciliation. What is happening in Iraq today is hateful terrorism waged by 'takfiri'-Ba'thist alliance targeting innocent people and law protectors across the country. The second reason is that killers and slaughterers, be they takfiris or former regime remnants, never believe in dialogue. Rather, they believe in bloodshed and seek to bend the will of the Iraqi people to satisfy their sick ends ... Thus, it is unfair to use reconciliation as a bridge to rehabilitate murderers and butchers and get them involved in the political process. Fairness requires that they be brought to Iraqi justice to receive the punishment they deserve for the crimes they have committed against Iraqi people..."

Al-Zaman [daily, independent, Baghdad edition of London-based Al- Zaman]:

[From commentary by Sa'd Abbas] "A voter can himself draw up the election map and play a positive role in a genuine change that clears the way for building a better future for himself and for his own country ... His major task is to block the way to any corrupt, sectarian, racist, extremist, hard-line or despotic politician ... The voter should understand that his vote is a moral and national responsibility and that his own interest and that of his country depends on the fact that his vote will not go to someone who does not deserve it..."

Sources: As listed

Source: BBC Monitoring Newsfile

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