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Smuggling Drugs to Sulaimaniyah - Media
monitor
23.1.2007
Press from 23.January.2007
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Smuggling Drugs to Sulaimaniyah (Al-Sabah al-Jadeed)
The authorities in Sulaimaniyah last year convicted
53 people in connection with drug smuggling, said
Colonel Jalal Ameen, a senior official in the
Sulaimaniyah security service. He said that 14 were
sentenced to life imprisonment and the others handed
jail terms of 2-15. The smuggling of drugs to
Sulaimaniyah is a relatively new development and
there is no statistical information available on the
subject. Ameen said Iran was the main source of
drugs entering the city.
(Al-Sabah al-Jadeed
is an independent daily newspaper.)
Barzani: Kurdistan Not Part of American-Iranian
Conflict (Al-Ittihad)
Following his meeting with Iranian ambassador to
Iraq Hassan Khadimi Qummi, the president of the
Kurdistan region Masood Barazani said that Kurdistan
is not part of the conflict between America and
Iran. His comments follow news that the Americans
recently arrested five Iranians in Erbil. Barzani
added that Kurdistan was the only part of Iraq where
neighbouring states do not interfere. He also
insisted that the region's sovereignty was sacred.
(Al-Ittihad is
published daily by the Patriotic Union of
Kurdistan.)
"Interfering" Neighbours (Al-Sabah)
The Iraqi government has expressed anger at what it
describes as the interference of some neighbouring
countries in the internal affairs of the country. It
threatened economic measures if they continued to do
so. The move comes as the public cautiously await
the start of the government's new security plan.
(Al-Sabah is a
daily, publicly owned newspaper.)
Defence Ministry Plagued by Corruption (Azzaman)
The deputy chief of staff of the Iraqi army, Nasir
al-Abbadi, has said corruption has engulfed the
defence ministry and is having an adverse effect on
servicemen. The commander of one military unit,
Colonel Tahsin Jibur Ahmed, said he is finding it
impossible to get the weapons and vehicles his
troops need. Nor can he get their wages. The colonel
said he has evidence that the wages are being
diverted from his men and embezzled after being paid
in the names of fictitious servicemen, but added
there was nothing he could to stop it happening.
(London-based Azzaman is issued daily by Saad al-Bazaz.)
Families Return to Kirkuk Supported (The
Kurdish globe)
The High Commission for Implementation of Article
140 of the Iraqi Constitution held a meeting at the
Iraqi cabinet headquarters
"In the meeting, two aspects were discussed," Head
of Kirkuk Bureau for Implementation of the Article
140, Mr. Siddiq KakaRash told PUK Media. "The first
was to find a proper way for the Arabs resettled in
Kirkuk by Saddam's regime to go back to their
Homes." He added that the only amount to be paid for
each family is up for discussion in the coming
meeting. "In the second part, we all agreed that
every returning (Kurdish) family must be given land
and 10 million Iraqi dinars, under one condition,"
he said. "Those families must not have received any
prior support from the government."
(The Kurdish
globe - English Weekly is published in Erbil )
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