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Iraq Donates 35 Million Dollars to Lebanon - Media
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25.7.2006
Press from 24.July.2006
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Iraq Donates 35 Million Dollars to Lebanon
(Kurdistani Nwe)
President Jalal Talabani expressed his support for
the Lebanese and the Lebanese government's (demand)
for an immediate cease fire. This came during a
telephone call from Sa'd al-Hariri, a Lebanese MP.
President Talabani told Hariri that the Iraqi
government is considering offering aid through the
Lebanese government.
He also said that prime Minster Nuri al-Maliki will
visit the United Kingdom and the United States to
ask the international community for an immediate
cease fire (between Hizbullah fighters and Israel.)
Talabani also announced a nationwide campaign to
donate for the Lebanese.
He donated 100 million Iraqi dinar (67,000 dollars)
in campaign at al-Furat satellite channel. (Deputy
prime minister) Barham Saleh, announced that the
Iraqi government will give a 35 million dollar grant
to the Lebanese relief commission.
(Kurdistani New
issued daily by Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.)
Twenty Casualties in Kirkuk Bombing
(Awene Online)
A car bomb went off next to Kirkuk's courthouse on
July 23 at noon, killing at least twenty people and
injuring 159 others. General Anwar Mohammad Amin,
chief of Kirkuk's second military unit, told Awene,
"The attack was carried out by a suicide bomber,
which killed twenty people and injured more than
159. Some of them were critically wounded." Nearly
fifteen cars and ten shops were burnt of damaged
because of the explosion.
(Awene online is
an online news service by Awene Company.)
US Raids Death Squad Hideouts
(Azzaman)
US and Iraqi forces raided death squad hideouts in
east Baghdad on July 23. A US military statement
said the two military operations targeted
individuals suspected of being involved in death
squads and sectarian violence. The press release
also said the first operation targeted two suspects.
Eight people were arrested, two Iraqi hostages were
released and an Iraqi soldier was wounded, but the
statement didn't say whether the two suspects were
arrested during the raid. According to the
statement, the second operation took place in
northwest Baghdad and targeted a suspect, but also
it didn't say whether he was captured.
(London-based
Azzaman is issued daily by Saad al-Bazaz.)
Baghdad Security Chief: MPs Run Militias
(Asharq Al-Awsat)
Baghdad provincial security chief Riyadh Abdullah
accused Iraqi national assembly members of
controlling armed militias or working with them, "in
a way so that we can't identify who is responsible,
who is guilty and who should be held accountable."
In his statement to Asharq al-Awsat, Adbullah said
the existence of militias "that are run by
parliament members themselves (are like) a mixture
of chemicals for us: if they are mixed together in
certain quantities, an explosion with dangerous
consequences occurs.
The current situation is the result of this
dangerous mixture." Abdullah also said, "There is a
lack of loyalty among some of the security
apparatuses' field commanders. They do not work in
the interest of the public but in the interest of
parties and even individuals. This is the reason
behind deteriorating security."
(London-based
Asharq al-Awsat, a pro-Saudi independent paper, is
issued daily.)
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