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Kurdistan Culture Minister: "Hawlati
Should Be Proud They Were Tried" - Media
monitor
18.5.2006
Press from 17.May.2006
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Kurdistan Culture Minister: "Hawlati Should Be Proud
They Were Tried"
(Hawlati)
In an interview with Hawlati, (newly-appointed)
Kurdistan Regional Government culture minister
Falakadeen Kakayee said a project is in the works so
that journalists will no longer be jailed.
Regarding the trial of Hawlati's editor-in-chief
(was recently convicted of printing incorrect
information.) Kakayee said, "Hawlati did a good job
and has gained a good standing (in the Kurdish
community.) They should be proud they were tried, as
this proves that they are active."
He said he did not support establishing a
journalists' union separate from the journalists'
syndicate, saying that it is better to address
whether "there are shortcomings in the journalists'
syndicate and if they cannot support young
(journalists.)"
(Hawlati is an
independent Kurdish newspaper issued weekly.)
Terrorist Arrested with TNT in Sulaimaniyah.
(Kurdistani Nwe)
Internal security forces foiled a planned terrorist
attack and arrested a terrorist in Sulaimaniyah.
A source in Sulaimaniyah security told Kurdistani
Nwe that security forces, acting on intelligence,
arrested a terrorist carrying a bag full of TNT near
Azadi Park (Freedom Park.)
The source said the terrorist is a Kurd and was
arrested on May 15. He is now being investigated.
(Kurdistani Nwe
is issued daily by the Patriotic Union of
Kurdistan.)
Stores Selling Alcohol Blown Up in Baghdad
(Al-Mashriq)
Supermarkets known for selling liquor were blown up
in the early morning (Tuesday) in Baghdad's Karrada
district. Police said there were no casualties but
the front of stores adjacent to the markets were
damaged. The police did not mention the motive
behind the attack. Christians usually sell liquor,
but most have given up the trade because of threats
and bombings of their stores. They now sell alcohol
secretly.
(Al-Mashriq is
published daily by Al-Mashriq Institution for Media
and Cultural Investments.)
Three Million (Counterfeit) Iraqi Dinars Seized
in Najaf (Al-Mada)
A Najaf police official said security forces
arrested a man from Baghdad with three million
counterfeited Iraqi dinars. The director-general of
eliminating terror in Najaf, colonel Mohammed Abdul
Wahid, said his staff has arrested a man from al-Bayya
in Baghdad who had forged three million Iraqi dinars
and wanted to exchange the fake currency in Najaf.
He said the man was a member of a big forgery
network. Security forces interrogated him to find
out who else was involved in the gang.
(Al-Mada is
issued daily by Al-Mada institution for Media,
Culture, and Arts.)
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