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Al-Jazeera Chief Correspondent in Erbil
Assaulted - Media
monitor
30.5.2006
Press from 30.May.2006
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Al-Jazeera Chief Correspondent in Erbil Assaulted
(Awene)
Ahmed Zaweti, the head of al-Jazeera's office in
Erbil, was assaulted by administrative members of
Erbil stadium and several police and security forces
while he covered a football match between Erbil and
Najaf on May 26.
In a piece about the incident that Zaweti sent to
Awene exclusively, he said, "I didn't use the
opportunity to exaggerate the incident. If I did,
however, I would have become more famous and al-Jazeera
would have financially rewarded me. But I didn't
report it because I did not want to hurt the
reputation of Kurds and the Kurdistan region."
Zaweti accused a police captain of beating him.
Erbil security's media department said Zaweti can
request an investigation.
(Awene is an
independent newspaper issued weekly.)
Security Plans to Protect Exam Centres
(Al-Bayan)
The interior ministry's spokesman said the cabinet
approved all (security) resources be used to protect
exam centres. He said the ministry and residents
around exam centres should coordinate so that the
exams go smoothly amidst (security concerns)
overwhelming the country.
(Al-Bayan is
issued four times weekly by the prime minister Nuri
al-Maliki's Islamic Da'wa Party.)
Cabinet Changes Likely
(Al-Sabah al-Jadeed)
Sources close to negotiations over who will be named
to lead the ministers of interior and defence
predicted that prime minister Nuri al-Maliki will
replace six of the ministers in his new cabinet.
The sources, speaking on condition of anonymity,
said that Maliki might make the changes (in part) to
include the National Dialogue Front, headed by Saleh
al-Mutlaq. (Mutlaq led a walkout of Sunni Arab
leaders when the cabinet was announced on May 20.)
The sources maintained that the new ministers were
chose hastily and some were assigned to ministries
even though they have no expertise for the posts.
(Al-Sabah al-Jadeed
is an independent daily paper.)
International Representatives to Attend
Reconciliation Conference
(Baghdad)
The Arab League's office in Baghdad said
international representatives will attend the Arab
League-sponsored reconciliation conference in
Baghdad on June 22. In a statement issued by the
office, ambassador Muktar Limani told Iraqi foreign
minister Hooshiar Zeebari that the foreign ministers
of Spain, Italy and Indonesia plan to attend the
conference.
The statement added that Zeebari will try to make
the conference successful and that all of the Arab
League office's staff will be be protected.
(Baghdad is a
daily newspaper issued by the Iraqi National
Accord.)
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