Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Al-Hakim meets with Talabani and PUK leaders
Politics
Al-Sayyid Abd-al-Aziz al-Hakim, leader of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq [SCIRI] and leader of the Unified Iraqi Coalition, received President Jalal Talabani and several Patriotic Union of Kurdistan [PUK] leaders at his private office in Baghdad last Wednesday [15 November 2006].
The meeting was attended by First Vice-President Adil Abd-al-Mahdi, Shaykh Humam Hammudi, and a number of coalition members. The two sides discussed the effective solutions to the crises faced in Iraq, chiefly the deterioration of security in Iraq, particularly in Baghdad. The two sides underlined the need to activate and strengthen the national unity government and to support efforts aimed at rendering the national reconciliation plan successful. They stressed the importance of cooperation, consultation and continuing to hold such meetings given their significance at the current stage in order to bring the Iraqi ship to safe shores.
Al-Hakim said that the federal system of government distributes the revenues of the wealth existing in all areas of Iraq and uses them for the benefit of all Iraqis, not for the benefit of the residents of the area in which this wealth exists. Al-Hakim noted that it was Al-Sayyid Baqir al-Hakim who had made the decision to turn the Badr Corps from a military establishment into a political organization and that that was before the integration decision. He noted that there is no need for weapons at present. As regards the federal system of government, al-Hakim said that the revenues of the wealth in all areas of Iraq will be used for the benefit of all Iraqis, not the benefit of the residents of the areas in which this wealth exists.
The meeting was attended by First Vice-President Adil Abd-al-Mahdi, Shaykh Humam Hammudi, and a number of coalition members. The two sides discussed the effective solutions to the crises faced in Iraq, chiefly the deterioration of security in Iraq, particularly in Baghdad. The two sides underlined the need to activate and strengthen the national unity government and to support efforts aimed at rendering the national reconciliation plan successful. They stressed the importance of cooperation, consultation and continuing to hold such meetings given their significance at the current stage in order to bring the Iraqi ship to safe shores.
Al-Hakim said that the federal system of government distributes the revenues of the wealth existing in all areas of Iraq and uses them for the benefit of all Iraqis, not for the benefit of the residents of the area in which this wealth exists. Al-Hakim noted that it was Al-Sayyid Baqir al-Hakim who had made the decision to turn the Badr Corps from a military establishment into a political organization and that that was before the integration decision. He noted that there is no need for weapons at present. As regards the federal system of government, al-Hakim said that the revenues of the wealth in all areas of Iraq will be used for the benefit of all Iraqis, not the benefit of the residents of the areas in which this wealth exists.
