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Islam Creates Split in Kurdish Parliament - Media
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20.7.2006
Press from 19.July.2006
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Islam Creates Split in Kurdish Parliament
(Midya)
Kurdish MPs have not been able to agree over whether
to name Islam as a source of legislation in drafting
the region's constitution. Romeo Hekari, a member of
the committee to draft the constitution, told Midya
that the committee is split, with some members
believing that the Kurdish constitution should not
contradict the Iraqi constitution, (which declares
that Islam is a source of legislation) while other
members believe that there is no need to mention the
issue and repeat the clause. Zana Roostaiy, an MP
from the Kurdistan Islamic League, said if the issue
is not mentioned in the constitution supporters of
the clause will have other means to force it into
the constitution. "We might rally the public and
take it to the federal court in Baghdad," he said.
(Midya is an
Erbil-based newspaper issued weekly by the
Democratic National Union of Kurdistan.)
Liquor Store Bombed in Sulaimaniyah
(Awene)
A liquor store was bombed in Sulaimaniyah at 11 pm
on July 17. A security officer who was at the scene
told Awene that, according to the investigation, the
explosion was caused by a sound bomb. Butros Toma,
the owner of the store and a Christian, said he
doesn't have any idea who was behind the incident
and has not been threatened before. A witness said
that a black car was parked in front of the store
and after the power cut in the area, the car left.
The store then blew up.
(Awene is a
Sulaimaniyah-based independent newspaper issued
weekly by Awene Company.)
United Nations: 5,818 Iraqis Killed in Two Months
(Azzaman)
The United Nations' Assistance Mission in Iraq
declared in a report that 5,818 Iraqis were killed
and at least 5,762 injured in May and June, noting
that around 150,000 people were displaced due to
sectarian tension in Baghdad and other Iraqi cities.
The report noted that killings and abductions were
still widespread in Baghdad and western Iraq. The
report also said that 277 women and 71 children were
killed in the same period. Most of the victims were
in Baghdad. The United Nations reported that, based
on information from the Iraqi health ministry, more
than 50,000 people have been brutally killed since
2003.
(London-based
Azzaman is issued daily by Saad al-Bazaz.)
Bank Raided in Baghdad
(Al-Sabah al-Jadeed)
Police sources announced that a group of militants
wearing Iraqi army uniforms attacked a government
bank yesterday in western Baghdad and stole around
840,000 dollars. A source from the interior ministry
told Aswat al-Iraq, "The militants entered the bank
pretending to be members of the Iraq army collecting
their salaries. But as soon as they entered, they
threatened the employees and stole the money that
was there."
(Al-Sabah al-Jadeed is an independent daily paper.)
Saddam Warns Syria About Creating an Alliance
with Iran (Asharq
al-Awsat)
The head of Saddam Hussein's defence team, Khalil
al-Dulaimi, said on July 18 that Saddam has warned
the Syrian leadership not to enter a coalition with
Iran. The former Iraqi president also blamed Iran
for the current violence in the Middle East. Dulaimi
said that he and another lawyer met with Saddam in
his prison in Baghdad on July 18 for three hours. He
quoted Saddam as saying, "The Syrian leadership
should not deepen its coalition with Iran, because
Iranian has bad intentions toward all Arabs and they
hope to do away with them."
(London-based
Asharq al-Awsat, a pro-Saudi independent paper, is
issued daily.)
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