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General Amnesty Proposed in Kurdistan - Media
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20.10.2006
Press from 19.October.2006
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General Amnesty Proposed in Kurdistan
(Aso)
Arez Abdullah, a member of Kurdistan assembly, said
it has asked the ministers of interior, health and
social affairs to discuss the problems in Kurdistan
prisons after representatives of the ministries
visited several jails.
Abdullah said that the parliament has recently been
discussing the possibility of a general pardon and
has proposed it to the executive.
"In some prisons, you find detainees who have been
there for a long period of time without being
questioned and others who have served their setences
but but not been released," he added.
(Aso is a
Sulaimaniyah-based independent newspaper published
three days a week.)
Baker: Iraq In Absolute Chaos
(Azzaman)
Former US secretary of state James Baker, heading a
congressional committee on Iraq, was shocked when he
recently visited the country. He spoke of the
complete mess in which Iraq found itself.
His ten-member committee is due to submit
recommendations for the Bush administration on
changing its policy towards Iraq.
The committee is planning to propose the gradual
withdrawal of American troops and their replacement
with Syrian and Iranian forces. It also suggests a
greater focus on stability rather than democracy.
(London-based
Azzaman is issued daily by Saad al-Bazaz.)
Maliki: Saddam Execution Helpful for Iraq
(Asharq al-Awsat)
Iraqi prime minister Noori al-Maliki has said he
hopes the trial of Saddam will take a short time,
and that he will be found guilty and sentenced to
death - which will help Iraq. He was speaking at a
joint press conference with the Shia hardline cleric
Muqtada al-Sadir in Najaf yesterday.
He said that by executing the former president,
those wanting to come back to power under the
umbrella of Saddam and Ba'ath party will lose their
last card.
The verdict for Dujail trial, in which Saddam is
being prosecuted for the murder of 148 Shia in
1980s, is expected on November 5. Saddam and five of
his assistants are also being tried for war crimes
and genocide against the Kurds in 1988.
(London-based
Asharq al-Awsat is a pro-Saudi paper issued daily.)
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