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Hawlati Newspaper Sued; Correspondents
Face Threats - Media
monitor
27.7.2006
Press from 26.July.2006
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Hawlati Newspaper Sued; Correspondents Face Threats
(Hawlati)
Hawlati has been sued four times and its
correspondents faced numerous threats in the region
in the last 20 days. Among the pressures that face
Hawlati and its correspondents: A member of the
security forces has twice made death threats against
a reporter for reporting that he lost his job. Ten
days ago, another Hawlati reporter in Hawler (Erbil)
escaped an abduction attempt by individuals driving
a BMW. Hawlati also received several phone calls
from companies, public figures and political parties
threatening to sue Hawlati.
(Hawlati is a
Sulaimaniyah based independent weekly issued by Ranj
Print House.)
Germany Asks to Send Kurdish Asylum Seekers Back
(Kurdistani
Nwe)
An informed source told Kurdistani Nwe that the
German government has asked the Kurdistan Regional
Government to send two representatives to Germany to
sign an agreement to send Kurdish asylum seekers,
who haven't received asylum or whose cases have been
rejected, back to Kurdistan. The source said that
the Kurdistan Regional Government has rejected the
call. "The KRG has informed the (German) government
that it won't participate in any agreement that puts
pressure on the Kurds (in Germany)," the source
said.
(Kurdistani Nwe
issued by Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.)
Kurdish Leader Warns Turkey Not to Infiltrate
Iraqi Kurdistan
(Asharq al-Awsat)
Ali Awni, chief of the Kurdistan Democratic Party's
branch in Zakho near the Iraqi-Turkish border, told
the German DPA news agency, "Turkish artillery fire
continues to bomb border areas in the Kurdistan
region, including Barwari area on the border since
Monday night … The Turkish artillery bombing has not
caused casualties among the Iraqi Kurds so far and
the Peshmarga (Kurdish) forces are closely observing
the situation. They will not accept one Turkish
soldier to enter Iraqi land," he said. (Turkey has
reportedly sent thousands of troops to the border in
preparation for large-scale attacks against the PKK,
a guerrilla group fighting Turkey for an independent
Kurdistan.)
(London-based
Asharq al-Awsat, a pro-Saudi independent paper, is
issued daily.)
Musa: Stopping Bloodshed in Iraq is a Rightful
(Religious) Duty
(Azzaman)
Arab League secretary-general Amr Musa has said that
"stopping Iraqi blood shed has become a rightful
(religious) duty." He was speaking at the opening
session of a preparation conference for the Iraqi
national reconciliation conference at the Arab
League's headquarters in Cairo on July 25. Musa said
(Iraq's) disease is not only due to the foreign
presence or the military occupation in the country
but also stems from Iraqi blood which is lost daily.
He also emphasized the "importance of protecting
Iraq from sliding into complete feudal or civil war.
This also serves Arab, Iranian and Turkish
interests." He also called on Iraqis to turn a new
page on its bloody past. About 30 Iraqi figures
representing most Iraqi political spectrums
participated in the conference, which lasted for
three days. Representatives for civil society
non-governmental organizations and the United
Nations delegation to Iraq also participated.
(London-based
Azzaman is issued daily by Saad al-Bazaz.)
Cabinet Changes Expected Early Next Month
(Al-Sabah al-Jadeed)
Sources close to the Iraqi cabinet said that prime
minister Nuri al-Maliki intends to significantly
reshuffle the government after consulting with
political blocs. These sources told al-Sabah al-Jadeed
that the changes will include replacing the heads of
nine ministries that have not performed at the
highest level. The sources indicated that the
changes will be announced at the beginning of next
month after Maliki returns from his international
tour, which included Britain and the United States.
The sources said the changes will include the
interior and defence ministers and the head of one
of the key ministries affecting the country's
economy. The changes will also include some service
and education ministries. Transport minister Kareem
Mahdi Salih resigned early on in Maliki's
administration, and the sources said the transport
ministry will also be included in the cabinet
reshuffle.
(Al-Sabah al-Jadeed
is an independent daily newspaper.)
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