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Saddam Must
Attend Tribunal - Media monitor
7.2.2006
Press from 6.Feb.2006
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Saddam Must Attend
Tribunal
(Al-Bayan)
Minister of justice Abdul Latif Shandal affirmed
that Saddam and his seven former deputies will be
forced to attend the next session of the special
tribunal, scheduled for February 13. He added that
chief justice Ra'uf Rashid Abdul Rahman appeared
tense during the tribunal. He blamed Rahman for
allowing Saddam and some of the other defendants to
leave the court after he kicked out Barazan al-Tikriti
(Saddam's half-brother and former head of
intelligence during his regime.) He said he would
have ordered Saddam to stay in the courtroom and
would not have allowed a tribunal to be held without
defendants and their attorneys (as occurred in the
last session.)
(Al-Bayan is
issued four times weekly by the Islamic Dawa Party,
chaired by Iraqi prime minister Ibrahim al-Ja'afari.)
Cairo Reconciliation Conference
(Al-Ittihad)
Arab League secretary-general Amr Musa met with his
representative for Iraq, Mustafa Osman Ismail, who
arrived in Cairo on Sunday. He said they planned to
discuss Iraqi issues, including holding the (Iraqi
national) reconciliation conference in Cairo. Iraqi
diplomatic sources in Cairo discussed the
possibility of canceling the conference if the
national unity government is formed. The league's
sources said the conference would continue implement
plans from the preparatory conference (in Cairo)
even if a national unity government is formed.
(Al-Ittihad is
published daily by the Patriotic Union of
Kurdistan.)
No Oil from Kurdistan Without Baghdad’s Approval
(Al-Bayyna)
Deputy prime minister Ahmed Chalabi said an
agreement between a Norwegian oil company and the
Kurdistan authorities to drill oil from (Iraqi
Kurdistan) would not move forward without Baghdad's
approval. Chalabi, who chairs the energy council and
the governmental contracts committee, maintained
that the oil would remain in the ground until
Baghdad agrees to the contract. He emphasized that a
law must be drafted to regulate how oil drilling and
production in Iraq. Chalabi did not give a time
frame for drafting such a law.
(Al-Bayyna is a
weekly paper issued by the Hezbollah movement in
Iraq.)
Muqtada in Syria
(Al-Mashriq)
The young Shia cleric, Muqtada al-Sadr, was received
by (Syrian) officials on Sunday upon his arrival at
Damascus airport. He is expected to spend several
days in Syria, where he will discuss Iraqi politics,
forming the new government and bilateral relations
between the two neighboring states. Syrian foreign
minister Farook al-Sharaa said that Syria would send
an ambassador to Iraq soon as the new government
formed.
(Al-Mashriq is
published daily by Al-Mashriq Institution for Media
and Cultural Investments.)
Basra Airport Closed
(Al-Sabah al-Jadeed)
Basra international airport manager Abdul Razzak
Qasim said the airport will remain closed until
British forces better treat passengers and staff.
Transport minister Salam al-Maliki ordered the
airport to shut down after (accusing British forces
of) humiliating passengers and staff. Earlier, the
British forces (were accused of) abusing the
governor of Basra and the head of the provincial
council. There has been no indication that the
British forces plan on solving the issue, Qasim
added.
(Al-Sabah al-Jadeed
is an independent daily paper.)
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