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Sulaimaniyah International Airport
Opens- Media monitor
21.7.2005
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Sulaimaniyah
International Airport Opens
(Kurdistani New)
President Jalal Talabani was the first passenger to
land at Sulaimaniyah International Airport from
Baghdad on Wednesday. After his flight, the
Ministers of Planning, Transportation and
Reconstruction arrived at the airport as the first
commercial flight from Amman to Sulaimaniyah by an
Iraqi Airways plane. Talabani said the airport is in
Kurdistan, but it will serve all Iraq.
Transportation Minister Salam al-Maliki added that
an airport in Najaf would be open soon. Abdulla al-Juburi,
captain of the flight from Amman to Sulaimaniyah,
said he now felt unity among Kurds and Arabs in
Iraq.
(Kurdistani New is
issued daily by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.)
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Dr.Barham Salih -
Photo: Kurdistani niwe
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President Jalal
Talabani - Photo: Kurdistani niwe
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PUK, KDP Disagree Over Unification Terms
(Hawlati)
The political bureaus of the Kurdistan Democratic
Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan are
meeting to discuss the unification of the two local
administrations. The KDP wants the Finance Ministry
in addition to the prime minister post, while the
PUK says it should have the Finance Ministry since
the prime minister position was given to the KDP.
The PUK is also trying to decrease the ruling
duration of prime minister so it is not like the
president of the region, who rule for four years. A
source in the committee of unifying the KDP and the
PUK said that each is going to take 9 ministries out
of the 18-ministry cabinet.
(Hawlati is an
independent daily paper.)
Talabani Affirms Need for Shia-Kurd Alliance
(Al-Sabah)
President Jalal Talabani affirmed the necessity of
alliance between the Kurds and the Shia to serve the
different spectrums of Iraq and to prevent a
sectarian conflict in the united Iraq. During the
inauguration for the Sulaimaniyah Airport, Talabani
also said Iraq needs to keep in touch with the outer
world and the airport will be one of the gates to
that world. He clarified that there will be domestic
flights between Basra, Baghdad, and Erbil along with
international flights to Istanbul, Cairo, Amman, and
Iran.
(Al-Sabah is a daily, independent, publicly-owned
newspaper.)
Constitution Committee to Continue Work
(Addustour)
Humam Hamoodi, head of the committee to draft the
constitution, said the goal of those assassinating
the Sunni members of the committee is to stop the
political process and keep Iraq unstable. He said
they want to spoil the project of the constitution,
which will work as a tent covering all Iraqis. He
added the committee will continue its work despite
some of the Sunni members suspending their
membership. He also said members will be provided
with security and work will resume next week.
(Addustour is an
independent daily published by former journalist
Basim al-Sheikh.)
Women's Groups Organize Protest
(Baghdad)
Many women organizations and associations have
organized a sit-in at the Firdaws Square, requesting
their rights be mentioned in the constitution. They
reject law 137, which they think violates their
rights. They have asked the United Nations and the
world humanitarian organizations to aid them in
getting their rights. They asked for postponing the
period of discussing the constitution for two months
to allow them to study it. They said they will keep
their sit-in until the government or the National
Assembly respond to them.
(Baghdad is a daily
newspaper issued by the Iraqi National Accord.)
Iraq-Iran Security Committee to Resume Work
(Al-Sabah al-Jadeed)
Defense Minister Sadoon al-Dulaimi announced that
the Iraq-Iran security committee will resume working
next week to provide security at the borders. He
added that they found solutions to the difficulties
facing Iranian visitors to the holy shrines in Iraq
and hope they will start visiting Iraq soon. He
asked all the neighboring states to help Iraq in
revealing insurgent networks and reminded them that
the security of Iraq is part of the security of the
region.
(Al-Sabah al-Jadeed is
an independent daily paper.)
Food Company Targeted
(Al-Mada)
The insurgents targeted a foodstuff company in
Kirkuk with mortars on Tuesday. Karam Husein
al-Jaff, the company's director general, said the
insurgents tried to attack the company but the
mortars fell behind the company, causing no damages
or casualties.
(Al-Mada is issued daily
by Al-Mada Institution for Media, Culture, and
Arts.)
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