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Death penalty revived in Iraqi Kurdistan - Media
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14.9.2006
Press from 13.September.2006
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Death Penalty Revived In Iraqi Kurdistan
(Awene)
The Iraqi Kurdistan parliament has unanimously voted
to re-institute the death penalty. The law will go
to the Kurdish president for final approval and
ratification.
(Awene is a
Sulaimaniyah-based independent newspaper issued
weekly by Awene Company.)
Saddam Agents Spied On Kurdish Government
(Hawlati)
A recently uncovered document shows that 153 Iraq
secret service agents spied on Kurdish parties,
leaders and politicians during the Saddam era.
(Hawlati is and
independent newspaper issued weekly in Sulaimaniyah.)
UN Talks On Iraq’s Future
(Al-Taakhi)
The Secretary General of the United Nations Kofi
Annan has invited Iraq, its neighbours, permanent
members of the Security Council and donor countries
to meet in New York on September 18 to discuss
Iraq’s future.
Annan urged the international community and the
Iraqi government to make the welfare and the
security of the Iraqi people top priorities.
He said that a continuation of the current violence
would lead to the collapse of the government and a
potential civil war that would affect the whole
region.
(Al-Taakhi is issued daily by the Kurdistan
Democratic Party)
Sunni Delegation Meets Talabani
(Al-Ittihad)
President Jalal Talabani on September 11 met a
high-ranking delegation of Sunni clerics including
Sheikh Jamal al-Din al-Dabban, Sheikh Rafi al-Ani
and Sheikh Jamal al-Badri.
He told the clerics that Iraq badly needs
cooperation between the various bodies within the
country.
He stressed the importance of national
reconciliation to spread peace and stability and
collaboration with the Shia religious leadership to
stop the terrorist bloodshed.
(Al-Ittihad is
published daily by the Patriotic Union of
Kurdistan.)
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