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Iraq: State of emergency extended for 30
days except Kurdistan Region
8.11.2006
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Baghdad, November
8 ,-- The state of emergency in Iraq will be
extended for another month, the Iraqi parliament
decided on Wednesday, voting a retroactive law whose
effects will date back to 1 November.
"The majority of the Council has approved the 30-day
extension of the state of emergency for all the
country except the three provinces in Kurdistan
Region, Sulaimaniyah, Erbil and Duhok", the
parliamentary law commission member Muzhir al-Hakim
told Adnkronos International (AKI).
The state of emergency law enables security forces
to carry out searches, raids and arrests without any
warrant or authorisation.
Hakim also pointed out that "these measures will be
periodically reviewed by parliament, to be renewed".
The discussion was held behind closed doors
Wednesday, because of the importance and sensitivity
of the subject, linked to national security.
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Defence and
Internal Affairs ministers Abd al-Qader Muhammad al-Ubaydi
and Jawwad al-Bulani took part and also discussed
with MPs the time frame of the presence in Iraq of
multinational forces.
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