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Sunni MP Challenges Draft Kurdish
Constitution - Media
monitor
29.9.2006
Press from 28.September.2006
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Sunni MP Challenges Draft Kurdish Constitution
(ASO)
Khalaf Al-Aliyan, a Sunni MP in the Iraqi
parliament, has opposed a draft Kurdish constitution
which considers Ninawa and Dyala in Kirkuk province
Kurdish cities.
He also criticized President Talabani's remarks that
American forces should stay in Iraq.
(Aso is a
Sulaimaniyah-based independent newspaper published
three days a week.)
Saddam Prosecutor Denies Link to Judge Sacking
(Kurdistani
Nwe)
The chief prosecutor in the Saddam trial, Jaafar Al-Musawy,
has denied allegations that he played a role in
replacing Judge Abdallah Al-Amiry with Judge
Muhammed Al-Uraiby.
He also said ejecting defendants like Saddam and his
aides from the courtroom is a legitimate legal
procedure and does not have an adverse affect on the
case.
(Kurdistani Nwe
is a political daily issued by the Patriotic Union
of Kurdistan.)
Iraqi Reconciliation Talks Planned
(Azzaman)
The secretary-general of the Islamic Conference
Organisation, Akmal-addin Oglo, has said there are
plans to hold a reconciliation meeting for Iraqi
religious leaders in Mecca during the holy month of
Ramadhan.
He pointed out that the talks would be aimed at
encouraging Sunni and Shia leaders to make a peace
pact.
(London-based
Azzaman is issued daily by Saad al-Bazaz.)
Iraqi Kurds Threaten Separation
(Asharq al-Awsat)
The Iraqi Kurdistan regional government has
threatened to declare independence unless central
government drops its insistence on being involved in
the development of the oil industry in the Kurdistan
region.
In a statement on his official website, Nizheeravan
Brazani, the Iraqi Kurdistan prime minister, said
the people of Kurdistan people agreed to be part of
Iraq on the basis of the new constitution.
And if Baghdad refused to stick to the constitution,
Kurds would have the right to review their position.
(London-based
Asharq al-Awsat, a pro-Saudi independent paper, is
issued daily.)
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