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Kurdistan Airports face fuel shortages - Media
monitor
11.7.2006
Press from 10-11.July.2006
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Kurdish Airports Face Fuel Shortages
(Kurdistani Nwe)
Erbil airport has not received any fuel since last
week. The airport's spokesman (whose name was not
mentioned) said that al-Doora refinery (which
supplies fuel to many parts of Iraq) is undergoing
maintenance and that the price of fuel is expected
to increase. The media officer also said that the
airport has run out of fuel but flights will
continue. "We have informed planes that intend to
fly to Erbil airport that they need to have enough
fuel," he said. Oil ministry deputy minister
Mo'tasam Akram said they have alerted the airports
and confirmed that fuel will be sent in the next few
days. The deputy minister said, "The price of fuel
will increase from 40 US cents to 50 cents (per
litre) beginning July 15." He noted that the price
is 85 cents in other countries.
(Kurdistani Nwe
is issued daily by the Patriotic Union of
Kurdistan.)
Talabani Urges Iraqis to Adhere to National Unity
(Al-Ittihad)
President Jalal Talabani has called on the Iraqi
people to adhere to national unity. He denounced the
violent and criminal acts at al-Zahra mosque in
(Baghdad's) al-Jihad district (in which gunmen shot
Sunni Arabs to death based on their identification
cards.) He asked all citizens to cooperate with the
security forces and to not be aggravated by the
violent acts that could lead to sectarian conflicts.
Talabani maintained that terrorists, Saddam's
henchmen and the blasphemers wanted to ignite the
civil war to stop the democratic process. He
appealed for calm and encouraged people not to act
in a reactionary manner, saying that all Iraqis
would lose in that scenario. He called on political
leaders, clerics and tribal leaders to help stop the
Iraqi bloodshed.
(Al-Ittihad is
published daily by the Patriotic Union of
Kurdistan.)
Women Protest Fuel Shortages (Aso)
Hundreds of women (in Sulaimaniyah) took to the
streets to protest fuel shortages. On July 10, many
women who had been waiting for fuel in Bakhtyari
petrol station poured into nearby streets to fuel
shortages. Awaz Ahmad, one of the protestors, told
Aso, "It is OK for men to leave the house and queue
up at 2 am, but it isn't for women." Sharmn, another
protester, said, "Is it fair, despite all of our
responsibilities, that we have to come at 5:30 am to
wait for fuel and later we don’t even get it?"
(Aso issues three
times a week by Xandan for broadcasting and
publishing.)
Maliki Visits Kurdistan
(Al-Taakhi)
Iraqi Kurdistan's presidential office announced
Sunday that prime minister Nuri al-Maliki will visit
the region on Monday to meet with Kurdish leaders.
Maliki is scheduled to meet with the Kurdistan
region president Masood Barazani and political
leaders to discuss Iraq's political and security
issues, relations between the Kurdistan regional
government and the central government and national
reconciliation. Maliki asserted that his government
would not allow the army and security forces to be
politicized and would not allow the militias to
infiltrate them. It is Maliki's first visit to
Kurdistan since he assumed the premiership.
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