Friday, October 06, 2006
Iraqi press round-up
Kurdish Islamists Say Hizbullah Allegations “Defamatory”
(Aso) Said Ali, a senior figure in the Islamic Union of Kurdistan, IUK, has described as “defamatory” allegations made by a high-level member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, KDP, that the Islamic group sent members to help Hizbullah in the Lebanese-Israeli conflict. The KDP insists that it has a list of names, and will publish them in the next few days.
(Aso is a Suleimaniya-based independent newspaper published three days a week.)
Ministry Seek to End Baghdad Fuel Shortages
Ministry Seek to End Baghdad Fuel Shortages
(Al-Sabah al-Jadeed) A spokesman for the oil ministry says it has set up “an emergency room” to address the fuel crisis that began after a curfew was imposed in Baghdad. He said the ministry has ordered 100 tankers carrying 3.5 million litres of fuel to be brought in from southern Iraq to Baghdad to end the shortages.
(Al-Sabah al-Jadeed is an independent daily paper.)
Tribe Launches Attack After Police Chief’s Removal
Tribe Launches Attack After Police Chief’s Removal
(Azzaman) When the provincial council of al-Muthanna governorate ordered Colonel Muhammed Najim Abu-Kahila to step down as police chief in the provincial capital Samawah, his tribe took action. A group of tribal members fired mortar bombs at the provincial governor’s office and police buildings in Samawa.
(London-based Azzaman is issued daily by Saad al-Bazaz.)
