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200 Million Euro
Grant from EU to Iraq- Media monitor
27.10.2005
Press from 26.10.2005
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200 Million Euro
Grant from EU to Iraq
(Al-Sabah)
Iraq and the European Union discussed ways to assist
Iraq in supporting the government and protecting its
citizens. They also discussed developing mutual
relations in terms of economy, finance and trade.
The Iraqi delegation included the ministers of
foreign affairs, finance, trade, and the state
minister for civil society affairs. After the talks,
Iraqi foreign minister Hoshyar Zebari told reporters
that the ministry of justice will receive the EU
grant for 2006. He also said the EU gave Iraq a 700
million euro grant since the fall of the former
Iraqi regime in 2003 and that the grant will expire
at the end of this year. He added that the new 200
million grant will be spent next year.
(Al-Sabah is
issued daily by the Iraqi Media Network.)
Chalabi due in Washington to discuss rebuilding
operations in Iraq
(Iraq al-Yom)
Iraqi National Conference leader Ahmed al-Chalabi is
to visit Washington in November amid speculation
that Americans officials consider him a good choice
for the prime minister's post in the forthcoming
election (to be held on December 15, 2005.) The
American treasury spokesman stated that Mr. Chalabi,
who is currently deputy prime minister, will meet US
treasury secretary John Snow next month to discuss
achievements in Iraq's economic redevelopment.
Chalabi was considered a likely candidate for Iraq's
presidency after the 2003 invasion because he had
closer ties to Washington than any other Iraqi
politician. The Iraqi national conference had
provided intelligence information to the Americans
on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, which later
led to the invasion of Iraq.
(Iraq al-Yom is a
weekly newspaper issued by Isra Shakir.)
525 Abu Graib Prisoners will be released
(Al-Ittihad)
The Iraqi acting minister of human rights Narmin
Osman stated that 525 prisoners will be released
from the Abu Graib prison for eid. She said the
prisoners will be released in two phases next week.
The human rights minister also said the released
detainees are innocent of the charges levelled
against them. She told the Iraqis' news agency on
October 25 that efforts are underway to make final
decisions for cases of other innocent detainees.
(Al-Ittihad is
published daily by the Patriotic Union of
Kurdistan.)
Prisoner Memorial Being Removed in Baghdad
(Azzaman)
Baghdad's municipality began removing the prisoners'
memorial under the supervision of the de-Baathification
commission. The memorial consists of a number of
statues for Iraqi prisoners tortured during the
Iraq-Iran war. They included some propaganda from
the former regime. Nasir al-Sa'di, a member of the
national assembly and its media and education
commissioner, said, "These claims that Iraqi
prisoners were tortured in such a terrible way was a
lie. It was fabricated to mount public opinion in
favour of the regime's unfair war." The move was
part of an initiative to remove remnants of the
former regime. According to Kamil al-Zaidi, a member
of Baghdad's city council, another memorial will be
built at the site honouring those martyred by the
former regime's apparatuses. The municipality will
keep parts of the prisoners' memorial.
(London-based
Azzaman is issued daily by Saad al-Bazaz.)
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