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BBC Monitoring Headlines, Quotes From Iraqi Press 30 Nov 05

Posted on: Wednesday, 30 November 2005, 09:00 CST

The following is a selection of headlines and quotes taken from the Iraqi press published on 30 November:

Headlines

Al-Adalah [Baghdad, daily newspaper in Arabic published by the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI)]: [Senior SCIRI member] Rida Jawad Taqi: Tribunal trying Saddam weak, not up to event \ [Vice-President] Adil Abd-al-Mahdi: Regional states, Iran can play key role in establishing security, helping Iraqi people; [Former Iranian president] Rafsanjani: Iran wants free, secure, sovereign Iraq [agencies quoted] \ Iraq Foreign Ministry official: Government welcomes armed groups' involvement in political process [KUNA quoted] \ Muqtada al-Sadr praises Cairo conference results, calls for active political role for national movements \ US sources: Bush gives [US ambassador to Iraq] Zalmay [Khalilzad] free hand to discus Iraq issues with Iran [Reuters quoted] \ US Democratic governor rejects Iraq withdrawal timetable [Reuters quoted] \ President Talabani strongly denounces assassination of [Iraqi Islamic Party member] Ayad al-Izzi \ Kurdistan human rights minister expects quick execution of death sentence against Saddam \ South oil company to increase production capacity to 2.5m bpd in 2006

Baghdad [Baghdad, daily newspaper in Arabic published by the Iraqi National Accord Movement]: [Iyad] Allawi sponsors Iraqi army parade, says: We want this army to become key element in stability, peace \ Basra residents fully confident of National Iraqi List victory \ [Muslim cleric] Shaykh Fadil al-Badri: Religious authority's neutrality reflects its respect for people's options \ National Iraqi List organizes symposium in Maysan

Al-Dustur [Baghdad, daily published by Al-Dustur Press, Publishing and Distribution House]: USA seeks to contact armed groups amid Iraqi official welcome \ [PM Ibrahim] al-Ja'fari arrives in Saudi Arabia \ National Assembly discusses set of draft laws \ Seven foreigners kidnapped in Iraq; Captors threaten to kill German hostage [agencies quoted] \ Kirkuk-Bayji oil pipeline bombed \ Jordan arrests hundreds of Iraqis trying to enter Amman with forged documents [agencies quoted] \ Iraqi justice minister: Results of Al- Jadiriyah prison investigation to be announced soon [agencies quoted] \ Search under way for suspicious ambulance administering vaccines to children in Kirkuk [agencies quoted] \ [Foreign Minister Hoshyar] Zebari discusses bilateral relations with French counterpart [agencies quoted] \ India seeking cooperation with Turkey to rebuild Iraq oil industry \ Iraqi police break assassination ring in Kirkuk \ [National Security Advisor Muwaffaq] al-Rubay'i: New Iraq to apply justice to Saddam [agencies quoted] \ Al-Najaf electoral commission receives three complaints from political entities \ Oil Ministry to establish five new refineries \ Iraqi businessmen to attend world economic forum in UK

Al-Mada [Baghdad, daily, independent newspaper published by Al- Mada Media, Culture and Arts Corporation]: National accord conference coordination committee to hold meetings in Baghdad, Cairo \ Khalilzad: Washington to contact gunmen in Iraq, excluding Al- Zarqawi group, Saddamists [AFP quoted] \ [MP Jawad] al-Maliki: We will ask Interpol to arrest [former Defence Minister Hazim] Sha'lan; Kurdistan Alliance withholds no-confidence vote against former defence minister \ Six Iranians abducted in Balad; German archaeologist disappears in Ninawa \ Two Assyrian Movement members killed in Mosul \ Iraqi, Saudi, Kuwaiti missing files closed \ Czech consulate to open office in Arbil in early 2006 \ Bodies of mosque imam, Islamic Party member found in Baghdad \ Interior Ministry commando force member killed in Baghdad [AFP quoted] \ Policemen interrogated in Babil over bombing \ Gunmen attack police patrol, Patriotic Union of Kurdistan office in Mosul \ National Assembly finishes first reading of draft law to compensate victims of military operations, terrorist acts \ Labour minister calls for providing job opportunities to unemployed people \ Electricity Ministry source: Collapse of 22 towers behind unstable electricity supply \ Air link between Al-Najaf, Iran

Al-Manar al-Yawm [Baghdad, daily published by Al-Manar al-Yawm Press and Publishing House]: Islamic Party mourns three members killed by unknown gunmen \ US forces arrest 20 gunmen in Babil \ Al- Kut criminal court issues life sentence against Iraqi convicted of killing three citizens \ [Former US secretary of state Madeleine] Albright apologizes for ridiculous stand towards Iraqi children [agencies quoted] \ Commando member killed; Former police officer kidnapped \ United Iraqi Alliance calls for withdrawing Sha'lan's immunity; Kurdistan Alliance objects \ US government to negotiate with armed groups in Iraq

Al-Mu'tamar [Baghdad, daily newspaper in Arabic published by the Iraqi National Congress]: [Ahmad] al-Chalabi: Working to raise

teachers' living standards, encourage university independence \ Iraqi National Congress Coalition: Education is basis to build new, healthy nation \ Pentagon discusses Iraq troop cuts after elections \ French foreign minister: Europe against Saddam execution \ Jordan stresses support for Iraqi political process [KUNA quoted] \ Labour Minister Barwari: Over three million unemployed; Five million under poverty line \ Migration Ministry: 10m dollars allocated to clear Atabah area [on border with Kuwait] of mines \ First oil well drilled in Zakhu [north] \ Iraqi Fifth Army Division secures main roads along border with Iran \Iraq to retrieve six airliners from Jordan \ Health Ministry denies sending vaccination teams against bird flu

Al-Sharq al-Awsat [Baghdad edition of London-based daily Al- Sharq al-Awsat, Saudi-owned]: Saddam to his guards in court: Do not fear me; I am no longer a lion; White House does not rule out Saddam acquittal in Al-Dujayl case \ [Saddam's] lawyer Al-Dulaymi: Will contest witness testimony though it did not condemn Saddam \ Foreigners' kidnap episode back in Iraq; New victims are German archaeologist, two Canadians, Briton, American, Iranian visitors; Armed group abducts four Western aid workers, accuses them of spying; Two Iranian women released [agencies quoted] \ Jordan's 'Muslim Brotherhood turns from opposition to support for Iraqi elections \ United Iraqi Alliance asks Kurdistan bloc to lift Sha'lan's parliamentary immunity \ Assassinations accelerating in tune with Iraqi election tempo; Campaign covered candidates, activists on main lists \ Reports of European Muslim woman blowing herself up in Iraq attack \ Third British Muslim dies of wounds sustained in Iraq bus attack [DPA quoted] \ Baghdad local council discusses election security with police commander \ Turkish company runs flights to Iraqi Kurdistan [AFP quoted]

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

Foreigners' abduction widens security stalemate in Iraq; Unidentified men kidnap six Iranians; Berlin intensifies contacts to secure archaeologist release \ Al-Ja'fari confers with Saudi monarch on developments of political process; Riyadh restates support for reconciliation, accord efforts \ [Kurdistan President Mas'ud] Barzani: Facilities offered to Czech firms to implement major projects in Kurdistan \ Beirut: Iraqis exempted from illegal residence fines; Allawi's talks with [Lebanese PM Fu'ad] al- Sanyurah end suffering of 100 Iraqis \ [US ambassador to Iraq] Khalilzad: Open for contacts with gunmen with two exceptions \ US source: Saddam defence team uses boycott strategy [AFP quoted] \ United Iraqi Alliance fails to pass no-confidence motion against Sha'lan; Kurdistan Alliance against politicizing corruption files \ Defence Ministry calls for handing over former army records \ [Former US attorney-general Ramsey] Clark demands enough protection for lawyers, witnesses \ Policeman martyred, another wounded; Gunmen arrested in two attacks in Al-Sa'dun Street, Al-Jami'ah Square [Baghdad]; Interior Ministry: Three Syrian suspects captured in Al- Zubayr [south]

Quotes

Al-Adalah [Baghdad, daily newspaper in Arabic published by the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI)]: [From commentary by Ali Khlayf] "The Iraqi street was shocked while watching the trial of the tyrant\ People were waiting. So were the families of victims, including those of Al-Dujayl that was razed to the ground by the dictator\ However, the tribunal suppressed their happiness. It turned from a trial of a dictator into a trial of his victims\ The victims and their rights were in one valley and the court was in another\ No doubt, the tribunal needs an overall review. There must be changes in the way the court sessions are run and charges must be levelled directly at the dictator and only then will his lawyers be able to defend him, if they can ever do so\ The next session should rise up to the level of the event, if people's trust in this court is to be restored."

Baghdad [Baghdad, daily newspaper in Arabic published by the Iraqi National Accord Movement]: [From commentary by Husayn al- Adili] "The next elections will be the biggest test of loyalty to Iraq; loyalty to the unity of its people and state at present and in the future. Thus, Iraqi voters should be alert to all sedation and camouflage attempts\ They should invoke the will that refuses to surrender to the reality of division\ Our future certainly depends on our faithfulness to our people, society and state in all fields of construction"

Al-Mu'tamar [Baghdad, daily newspaper in Arabic published by the Iraqi National Congress]: [From article by Shakir al-Nabulsi] "The terrorists who announced last January and before the parliamentary elections that they were the enemies of democracy\ are today competing to raise democracy slogans and pray at its temples\ asking Iraqi people's forgiveness\ After two years and a half, Iraq has turned out victor of two major battles. The first is visible, which is the battle for freedom, democracy and new political structure\ The second battle is for home building; building the new army and security forces as well as Iraqi infrastructure\ The new Iraqi political train is moving towards its final destination after a long journey. It will stop at one station on 15 December; the station of parliamentary elections\ Whoever catches the train will ensure his own future and that of his sons and grandsons. But who misses it will live inside and outside Iraq isolated and with no home\"

Sources: as listed

Source: BBC Monitoring Newsfile

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