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Transportation Halted in Sulaimaniyah - Media
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14.7.2006
Press from 13.July.2006
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Transportation Halted in Sulaimaniyah
(Kurdistani Nwe)
Due to shortage of fuel, 28 bus stations stopped
working for three hours, causing hardship for many
people.
Drivers denied that they went on strike or asked to
increase transport fees, declaring that the sole
reason that they halted their work was because they
hadn't received fuel for four days. They also said
that they couldn't afford black market prices.
Fuel arrived in Sulaimaniyah during the shut down,
which solved the problem. A source from private
projects commission told Kurdistani Nwe, "In the
last three days, only 200,000 litres of benzene and
106,000 litres of gas have arrived in Sulaimaniyah.
We need two million litres" (for both benzene and
gas daily.)
The source also said that there are around 2,000
buses in the city and they require more than 50,000
litres of fuel daily.
(Kurdistani Nwe
issued daily by Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.)
State of Emergency Extended in Basra
(Al-Taakhi)
Security sources said Wednesday that the state of
emergency in Basra would be extended for another
month to control deteriorating security there. The
state of emergency began in Basra on June 1, when
Maliki visited the city as killings, displacements
and kidnappings escalated.
(Al-Taakhi is
issued daily by the Kurdistan Democratic Party.)
Maliki: We Will Confront Those Trying to Occupy
al-Karkh (Asharq
al-Awsat)
Prime minister Nuri al-Maliki has accused some
parties which he did not name of working to "occupy"
the majority Sunni al-Karkh area in western Baghdad,
affirming that the government would confront the
parties. He announced that his administration would
issue a resolution prohibiting partisan activities
inside the security and armed forces. (Many have
expressed concern that members of the military and
security forces are more loyal to their parties and
militias than the state.) Addressing parliament,
Maliki said the government would defend al-Karkh
area and prevent terrorists from occupying it,
saying he felt badly for the residents because
security forces, despite their efforts, had fallen
short in protecting the public.
(London-based
Asharq al-Awsat, a pro-Saudi independent paper, is
issued daily.)
Ameri Tours Sunni Organisations
(Al-Mada)
Parliament member and Badr organisation chief Hadi
al-Ameri said he would visit the Association of
Muslim Clerics in the next few days to put into
effect decisions made at the Iraqi national
reconciliation conference in Cairo. He said he would
visit many political and religious organisations in
an attempt to stop the Iraqi bloodshed and that he
had contacted some members of parliament and members
of the Islamic party to discuss the problems. He
called on all tribal leaders, clerics and Marjaiyas
to take part in stopping the bloodshed and said the
only ones who suffer from the violence are the Iraqi
people.
(Al-Mada is
issued daily by Al-Mada Institution for Media,
Culture and Arts.)
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