Friday, September 29, 2006
Iraqi media round-up
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 criticised President Talabani's remarks that American forces should stay in Iraq. (ASO is a Suleimaniyah-based independent newspaper published three days a week.)
Iraqi Reconciliation Talks Planned
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
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.)
