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Universities and
Politics- Media monitor
26.1.2006
Press from 25.Jan.2006
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Universities and
Politics
(Al-Ittihad)
Minister of higher education and scientific
research, Sami al-Mudaffer, said universities should
be "safe havens" from politics. The universities
should carry out research independent of ethnic,
partisan and sectarian conditions so that they can
help rebuild the country, he added. Professors
should be treated with the utmost respect and should
not be threatened, kidnapped or killed. He asked
professors to keep politics out of classrooms and to
concentrate on their lessons and curriculum.
(Al-Ittihad is
published daily by the Patriotic Union of
Kurdistan.)
Kurdish Authorities Free Journalist
(Al-Mashriq)
Kurdish authorities in northern Iraq freed the
journalist and writer Kamal Sayed Qader, a (Kurdish
Iraqi) who holds the Austrian citizenship, after
sentencing him to 30 years in prison. A Kurdish
source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the
Kurdistan Democratic Party's government, headed by
Masood Barazani decided to free Qader. He was
imprisoned after criticising Kurdish officials and
writing about corruption and nepotism in Kurdistan.
Intellectuals, human rights organizations and
Kurdish journalists helped free Qader by pressuring
the Kurdistan government.
(Al-Mashriq is
published daily by Al-Mashriq Institution for Media
and Cultural Investments.)
Saddam Trial Postponed
(Al-Mada)
The Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal trying (former
Iraqi leader) Saddam Hussein and seven of his former
deputies decided to delay its next session until
(January 29.) Court spokesman, judge Raid Joohi,
said the newly-appointed chief justice, Raouf
Rasheed, who replaced justice Rizgar Amin, decided
to postpone the eighth session of the court. He said
he made the decision because some of the witnesses
are still on pilgrimage. Hundreds of Iraqis
demonstrated in Kut and Najaf, calling for Saddam to
receive the death penalty without trial.
(Al-Mada is
issued daily by Al-Mada institution for Media,
Culture, and Arts.)
Army to Take Over Mosul Security
(Tareek al-Shaab)
The head of the second squadron in charge of
protecting Mosul said (on January 24) that the army
is ready to take over security in the city and
control its borders. He maintained that his squadron
can deploy throughout the city and stop the
insurgents. He clarified that his squadron will not
collaborate with police headquarters and the
Magaweer in the interior ministry.
(Tareek al-Shaab
is issued by the Iraqi Communist Party.)
Formation of the New Government
(Asharq al-Awsat)
President Jalal Talabani expressed hope that the new
government would be formed within a month, while
Maram movement (an opposition group that claimed
fraud in the elections) maintained that it should be
formed based on unification rather than election
results. (Sunni Arab opposition leader) Saleh al-Mutlaq
said his movement would boycott parliament and the
government if they did not respond to the demand.
Talabani seemed optimistic about forming a unity
government within a month and that all political
parties would be included. He called for the slates
that won the 275 parliamentary seats to cooperate
and begin forming the government with all parties.
(London-based
Asharq al-Awsat, a pro-Saudi independent paper, is
issued daily.)
Poverty in Iraq
(Al-Taakhi)
The ministry of labour and social affairs announced
that 20 per cent of Iraqis live in poverty. Social
affairs director-general Layla Kadhim Aziz said the
studies conducted by the ministry in collaboration
with international agencies revealed that more than
two million Iraqi families live under the poverty
line. She added that the poverty in Iraq is caused
by unemployment, violence and the (loss of jobs)
after many government offices were shut down. She
maintained that only one per cent of the poor are
registered for social aid. They receive only 30
dollars per month, which is not enough to cover
their basic needs.
(Al-Taakhi is
issued daily by the Kurdistan Democratic Party.)
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