Friday, April 27, 2007
INM daily summary – 27 April 2007
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- Under the umbrella of the Anbar Salvation Council, the leader, Sheikh Abu Risha, says his initiative is showing early signs of success, with recruitment putting some 20,000 police on the streets of the Sunni-dominated province.
- An Iraqi government spokesman criticized the U.S. Senate vote to begin withdrawing U.S. troops by Oct. 1.
- A film about the lives of Iraqi and foreign fighters in northern Baghdad has won first prize at the Al Jazeera International Documentary festival in the Qatari capital Doha.
- The US military has said that it will continue building a concrete wall around Adhimiya.
- Iraq's oil ministry said on Thursday foreign firms should sign oil contracts only with the central government until a new oil law is passed, adding that deals outside its jurisdiction would be considered illegal.
- The United States' struggle to stabilize Iraq may get harder before it gets easier and runs the risk of higher U.S. and Iraqi casualties, the top U.S. commander in charge of the war said on Thursday.
- The Iranian military have occupied an Iraqi border post and are planning to explore for oil inside Iraqi territory.
- The Ministry of Interior says the construction of the Adhamiya Wall has led to a substantial drop in sectarian killings, a claim which human rights groups and local press dispute.
- Lingering bitterness from the 1990 Iraqi invasion and distrust of the government of Nouri Al Maliki are making it impossible to convince Kuwaitis and their lawmakers to forgive most of the $15 billion (Dh55 billion) of Iraq's debt.
- The Islamic State of Iraq has claimed the killing of Yazidis near Mosul a few days ago.
- Security round-up.
- DATES: Saturday 28th April is Saddam Hussein’s birthday. There are likely to be demonstrations in areas where he had support such as Tikrit, his home town. The day was an official celebration before Saddam was removed from power.
