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World Bank in Erbil - Media
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23.11.2006
Press from 22.November.2006
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World Bank in Erbil (Kurdistani Nwe)
The World Bank has opened a representative office in
Erbil, after spending several months conducting
research in Iraqi Kurdistan. Osman Shwani, the
regional planning minister, told Kurdistani Nwe that
officials held extensive meetings with a World Bank
delegation, who expressed a willingness to provide
aid to the region in a number of different fields.
(Kurdistani Nwe
is political daily issued by the Patriotic Union of
Kurdistan.)
Collaborators Investigated (Hawlati)
A judge from the Kurdistan parliament is expected to
head a committee set up by Kurdistan president
Massoud Barzani to investigate the files of those
suspected of spying for - and collaborating with -
the Baathist regime. The PUK, KDP and other local
parties will have representatives on the committee.
A source told Hawlati that it wants its
representatives on the committee to be members of
the KDP's intelligence.
(Hawlati is and
independent newspaper issued weekly in Sulaimaniyah.)
Iraq and Syria to Form Security Committees
(Al-Sabah al-Jadeed)
Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said in a
press statement that the Syrian delegation headed by
Syria's foreign minister, Walid al-Mu'allim, that
recently visited Iraq agreed with Iraq to form
security committees to control the borders between
the two countries and exchange information. The
Iraqi side also discussed financial and economic
issues with the Syrian delegation.
(Al-Sabah al-Jadeed
is an independent daily paper.)
Hundreds of Insurgets Killed this Year (Azzaman)
Multi-national forces' spokesman General William
Caldwell said in a press conference that his troops,
together with Iraqi and tribal forces, have dealt a
heavy blow to al-Qaeda. But he admitted that the
insurgent group had not lost its operational power
and "the war continues against it ". He also said
that US and Iraqi forces had over the last ten
months killed 425 foreign insurgents and arrested
676, the largest number being Syrians
and Egyptians. Caldwell said most had infiltrated
across Syria's borders.
(London-based
Azzaman is issued daily by Saad al-Bazaz.)
New Border Fence (Asharq al-Awsat)
Iraq and Kuwait have signed an agreement that allows
Kuwait to finish building an iron fence along their
border and obliges it to pay compensation to Iraqi
farmers harmed by the project, officials from the
two countries have confirmed. Khalid al-Jarallah,
the Kuwaiti deputy foreign minister, told reporters
after he had met with his Iraqi counterpart that "we
have signed an agreement that allows Kuwait to
finish building the security
fence".
(London-based
Asharq al-Awsat, a pro-Saudi is issued daily.)
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