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Iraq's Kurds boycott Iraq Cabinet in wake of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki comments
Iraq's Kurdish politicians announced they will boycott Cabinet meetings following comments made on Wednesday by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. The protest i...
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Iraq's new govt fills six vacant cabinet seats
1. Wide shot of session of the Iraqi National Assembly (Parliament)
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Hussein al-Shahristani, Deputy speaker of the Iraqi National Assembly
''Mr. Abed Mutlak al-Jiburi - Deputy Prime Minister; Dr. Saadoun al-Duleimi - Minister of Defence; Dr. Ibrahim Mohammed Bahr al-Uloum - Minister of Oil; Mihsin Shlash - Minister of Electricity; Osama al-Najafi - Minister of Industry a
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Iraq Cabinet Backs US Security Pact
The deal draws a line under nearly a year of intense negotiations over the U.S. mission's future. The decision still needs to be approved by Iraq's parliamen...
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IRAQ: SADDAM HUSSEIN IN OIL TALKS WITH CABINET
Farsi/Nat
Saddam Hussein has met his cabinet to discuss development plans for Iraq's oil production amid continuing military conflicts with U-S and British jets over the no-fly zones.
According to the Iraqi News Agency, Saddam wants to focus Iraq's manpower into developing oil projects in the hope of increasing oil export.
The Iraqi economy suffered severely after trade sanctions and the
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Iraq- Saddam Hussien presides over cabinet meeting
T/I: 10:04:35
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein presided over a meeting of his cabinet on Sunday (15/3) amidst calls on his people to remain vigilant because the "American enemy" is seeking a pretext to launch a military strike.
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New Iraqi president named, cabinet presented, reax
1. UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, new Iraqi President Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer and Prime Minister Iyad Allawi enter briefing
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Lakhdar Brahimi, UN envoy to Iraq
"It is my honour and my pleasure to stand alongside their excellencies - Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer, the new president of Iraq, and Doctor Iyad Allawi, the new Prime Minister. Allow me first of all to express to both
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Iraqi parliament to vote on new cabinet
The Iraqi parliament is scheduled to hold a vote of confidence for the country's new proposed government this Monday.
Prime Minister-designate Haider al-Abadi's cabinet has not yet been revealed but he is expected to include representatives of all the country's religious and ethnic components in a bid to save Iraq from collapse.
The parliamentary changes have been met with scepticism on the str
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Iraqi President Saddam Hussein holds cabinet meeting
1. Cabinet members saluting Iraqi President Saddam Hussein as he enters room
2. Cutaway Iraqi emblem on wall
3. Various Saddam Hussein and delegates in meeting
STORYLINE:
The United States pushed a revised U.N. draft resolution on Iraq Tuesday that gives weapons inspectors more clout and puts Saddam Hussein on notice that he faces "serious consequences" if Iraq doesn't cooperate.
But th
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Pres Bush addresses Iraqi cabinet with PM Maliki during surprise visit
1. Wide of US President George W Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki at press conference
2. SOUNDBITE (English): George W. Bush, US President:
"I'm impressed by the strength of your character and your desire to succeed and I am impressed by your strategy. We discussed earlier with the prime minister and here with his cabinet and with members of my cabinet the strategy necessary to have
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German Cabinet Approves Training Mission to Iraq
The German cabinet on Wednesday agreed to send around 100 German troops to northern Iraq to train Kurdish peshmerga forces fighting Islamic State (IS) militants. Western powers see the Kurds as a vital bulwark against further IS advances. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said, "With Islamic State, sheer barbarism has returned to the Middle East," adding they were a terrorist group w
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WRAP Iraqi Cabinet approves BP's offer on Rumaila oil field, oil deal expert
Baghdad, Iraq - 1 July 2009
1. Set-up shot of spokesman of Iraqi government Ali al-Dabbagh in his office
2. Close-up of Iraqi flag
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ali al-Dabbagh, spokesman of the Iraqi government
"Iraqi government decided to approve the offer being submitted by British Petroleum and CNPC, the Chinese company, which they had offered to increase the production to its peak, which is 2.85
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Iraq - Hussein meets cabinet members
T/I: 11:27:58 GS 10:44:05
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein chaired a meeting of his cabinet on Sunday (26/10) to discuss a UN Security Council resolution that threatens more sanctions against Iraq.
SHOWS:
0.00 WS Zoom out as Hussein enters council chamber and sits
0.08 WS Council members sit down
0.13 WS Zoom in to Hussein listening
0.19 WS Council member listening
0.22 WS Pan
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Iraqi Cabinet approves BP's offer on Rumaila oil field
Baghdad - 1 July 2009
1.Set-up shot of spokesman of Iraqi government Ali al-Dabbagh in his office
2. Close-up of Iraqi flag
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ali al-Dabbagh, spokesman of the Iraqi government
"Iraqi government decided to approve the offer being submitted by British Petroleum and CNPC, the Chinese company, which they had offered to increase the production to its peak, which is 2.85 (m) mil
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More Ritter, comments by Iraqi vice president and Saddam meets cabinet
APTN
Baghdad - September 8, 2002
1. Former United Nations weapons inspector Scott Ritter arrives
2. Cutaway member of Assembly
3. Wide shot Assembly members
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Scott Ritter, former UN weapons inspector:
"My country seems to be on the verge of making an historical mistake, one that will forever change the political dynamic which has governed the world since the end of the
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Syrian cabinet minister warns Iraq crisis 'threatens security of the whole region'
A Syrian cabinet minister warned on Monday that the dramatic events in neighbouring Iraq threaten to implode the entire Middle East and undermine security in Europe and beyond.
Speaking to The Associated Press in Damascus, Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi called on the international community to unite in its efforts to "confront terrorism".
He also accused Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey of s
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WRAP White House and State Dept briefings on Iraq, Palestinian cabinet
1. White House spokesman Ari Fleischer entering briefing room
2. Pan of White House briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ari Fleischer, White House Spokesman:
"We note some recent reports about Iranian activities. We've made clear to Iran that we would oppose any outside organisations interference in Iraq - interfering with their road to democracy. Infiltration of agents to destabilise the
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Iraq Inquiry told Goldsmith misled Cabinet
Ex-Cabinet minister Clare Short tells the Iraq Inquiry about legal advice given to ministers by the then Attorney General Lord Goldsmith. . Follow us on twit...
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Dep speaker confirms Iraqi cabinet approves security pact with US; reax
1. Wide of news conference by Shiite lawmaker Khalid al-Attiyah
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Khalid al-Attiyah, Shiite lawmaker and Deputy Parliament Speaker:
''The government has presented this afternoon a demand to the Iraqi parliament to submit the security agreement to be debated. The Presidency committee has adopted a decision to submit the pact tomorrow to the parliament to be debated in accord
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WRAP Iraq's new government fills six vacant cabinet seats
SHOTLIST
1. Various of session of the Iraqi National Assembly
2. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Hussein al-Shahristani, Deputy speaker of the Iraqi National Assembly:
"Mr. Abed Mutlak al-Jiburi - Deputy Prime Minister; Dr. Saadoun al-Duleimi - Minister of Defence; Dr. Ibrahim Mohammed Bahr al-Uloum - Minister of Oil; Mihsin Shlash - Minister of Electricity; Osama al-Nujaifi - Minister of Industry and
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British PM's intv about Iraq as new cabinet is sworn in
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Baghdad, Iraq - 20 May 2006
1. Wide of Iraqi National Assembly while Prime Minister-designate Nouri al-Maliki declares names of ministers
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Chequers, Buckinghamshire, UK - 20 May 2006
2. SOUNDBITE (English): Tony Blair, British Prime Minister:
"It's actually a genuine coalition government of all the main political parties in Iraq and that's got t
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Iraqi prime minister al-Maliki announces new Cabinet
1. Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Speaker of Iraq's Parliament Osama al-Nujaifi walking to podium
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Osama al-Nujaifi, Speaker of Iraq's Parliament:
''Today, we have received from Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki the names of the candidates to occupy the ministerial portfolios, and the number was 42 candidates for 42 ministries and portfolios and ministers of stat
Iraq's Kurds boycott Iraq Cabinet in wake of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki comments
Iraq's Kurdish politicians announced they will boycott Cabinet meetings following comments made on Wednesday by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. The protest i......
Iraq's Kurdish politicians announced they will boycott Cabinet meetings following comments made on Wednesday by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. The protest i...
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Iraq's Kurdish politicians announced they will boycott Cabinet meetings following comments made on Wednesday by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. The protest i...
Iraq's new govt fills six vacant cabinet seats
1. Wide shot of session of the Iraqi National Assembly (Parliament)
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Hussein al-Shahristani, Deputy speaker of the Iraqi National Assemb...
1. Wide shot of session of the Iraqi National Assembly (Parliament)
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Hussein al-Shahristani, Deputy speaker of the Iraqi National Assembly
''Mr. Abed Mutlak al-Jiburi - Deputy Prime Minister; Dr. Saadoun al-Duleimi - Minister of Defence; Dr. Ibrahim Mohammed Bahr al-Uloum - Minister of Oil; Mihsin Shlash - Minister of Electricity; Osama al-Najafi - Minister of Industry and Minerals, and Hashim al-Shibli - Minister for Human Rights."
3. MPs (members of parliament) raising hands for granting confidence
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Hussein al-Shahristani, Deputy speaker of the Iraqi National Assembly
"The result was 112 in favour of names out of 155. So the above names have been granted confidence. Congratulations."
5. Wide shot session
STORYLINE:
Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari and his parliament filled six vacancies, including those of defence and oil, in the Cabinet of Iraq's new government on Sunday.
The line-up, chosen after months of delays, included four politicians from the country's disaffected Sunni minority.
In a vote in parliament, 112 of the 155 legislators present approved al-Jaafari's six nominations, which included a Shiite, Ibrahim Bahr al-Uloum, as the new oil minister, and a Sunni Muslim, Saadoun al-Duleimi, as the defence minister.
Oil minister al-Uloum is a Shiite who held the post in the former U.S.-appointed Governing Council.
Defence Minister al-Duleimi is a former army lieutenant colonel who left Iraq in 1984 and lived in exile in Saudi Arabia until the fall of Saddam in April 2003.
He is reputed to be a moderate with family ties to Anbar province, the homeland of the insurgency.
Deputy Prime Minister al-Jiburi is a Sunni former major general in Saddam's army who rose to prominence during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war.
There are four deputy prime ministers in all, and they already include a Shiite and a Kurd, and al-Jaafari said he hopes to nominate a woman as the fourth one.
The other four newly filled Cabinet posts were Hashim Abdul-Rahman al-Shibli, a Sunni, as human rights minister; Mihsin Shlash, a Shiite, as the electricity minister; and Osama al-Najafi, a Sunni, as industry minister; and Abed Mutlak al-Jiburi, a Sunni, as one of the Cabinet's four deputy prime ministers.
120 of the legislators in the National Assembly were absent during Sunday's vote, a sign of how difficult it has been to reconcile differences among Iraq's Shiites, Kurds and Sunni Arabs during a three month debate over the Cabinet vacancies.
Sunnis are believed to make up the backbone of Iraq's deadly insurgency, and they ruled for decades under Saddam Hussein, whose government and Baath Party oppressed Shiites and Kurds.
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wn.com/Iraq's New Govt Fills Six Vacant Cabinet Seats
1. Wide shot of session of the Iraqi National Assembly (Parliament)
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Hussein al-Shahristani, Deputy speaker of the Iraqi National Assembly
''Mr. Abed Mutlak al-Jiburi - Deputy Prime Minister; Dr. Saadoun al-Duleimi - Minister of Defence; Dr. Ibrahim Mohammed Bahr al-Uloum - Minister of Oil; Mihsin Shlash - Minister of Electricity; Osama al-Najafi - Minister of Industry and Minerals, and Hashim al-Shibli - Minister for Human Rights."
3. MPs (members of parliament) raising hands for granting confidence
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Hussein al-Shahristani, Deputy speaker of the Iraqi National Assembly
"The result was 112 in favour of names out of 155. So the above names have been granted confidence. Congratulations."
5. Wide shot session
STORYLINE:
Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari and his parliament filled six vacancies, including those of defence and oil, in the Cabinet of Iraq's new government on Sunday.
The line-up, chosen after months of delays, included four politicians from the country's disaffected Sunni minority.
In a vote in parliament, 112 of the 155 legislators present approved al-Jaafari's six nominations, which included a Shiite, Ibrahim Bahr al-Uloum, as the new oil minister, and a Sunni Muslim, Saadoun al-Duleimi, as the defence minister.
Oil minister al-Uloum is a Shiite who held the post in the former U.S.-appointed Governing Council.
Defence Minister al-Duleimi is a former army lieutenant colonel who left Iraq in 1984 and lived in exile in Saudi Arabia until the fall of Saddam in April 2003.
He is reputed to be a moderate with family ties to Anbar province, the homeland of the insurgency.
Deputy Prime Minister al-Jiburi is a Sunni former major general in Saddam's army who rose to prominence during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war.
There are four deputy prime ministers in all, and they already include a Shiite and a Kurd, and al-Jaafari said he hopes to nominate a woman as the fourth one.
The other four newly filled Cabinet posts were Hashim Abdul-Rahman al-Shibli, a Sunni, as human rights minister; Mihsin Shlash, a Shiite, as the electricity minister; and Osama al-Najafi, a Sunni, as industry minister; and Abed Mutlak al-Jiburi, a Sunni, as one of the Cabinet's four deputy prime ministers.
120 of the legislators in the National Assembly were absent during Sunday's vote, a sign of how difficult it has been to reconcile differences among Iraq's Shiites, Kurds and Sunni Arabs during a three month debate over the Cabinet vacancies.
Sunnis are believed to make up the backbone of Iraq's deadly insurgency, and they ruled for decades under Saddam Hussein, whose government and Baath Party oppressed Shiites and Kurds.
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Iraq Cabinet Backs US Security Pact
The deal draws a line under nearly a year of intense negotiations over the U.S. mission's future. The decision still needs to be approved by Iraq's parliamen......
The deal draws a line under nearly a year of intense negotiations over the U.S. mission's future. The decision still needs to be approved by Iraq's parliamen...
wn.com/Iraq Cabinet Backs US Security Pact
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IRAQ: SADDAM HUSSEIN IN OIL TALKS WITH CABINET
Farsi/Nat
Saddam Hussein has met his cabinet to discuss development plans for Iraq's oil production amid continuing military conflicts with U-S and British j...
Farsi/Nat
Saddam Hussein has met his cabinet to discuss development plans for Iraq's oil production amid continuing military conflicts with U-S and British jets over the no-fly zones.
According to the Iraqi News Agency, Saddam wants to focus Iraq's manpower into developing oil projects in the hope of increasing oil export.
The Iraqi economy suffered severely after trade sanctions and the Gulf War.
And with skirmishes over the no-fly zones continuing, the Iraqi cabinet has had to propose new ways of regenerating its economy.
According to Iraqi News Agency sources, the agenda of the cabinet meeting included a study carried out by the Oil Ministry on ways to pool national capabilities and increase their contribution to the economy by manufacturing oil industry tools.
The Ministry proposed projects on oil-digging and oil-processing to generate investments and increase oil export.
Saddam and his cabinet were said to have approved all proposals.
Iraqi has exported an average of one point nine (M) million barrels of oil per day during the past four months - down from previous months.
The value of the oil exported was one point seven (B) U-S dollars - a figure calculated at an average price of eight and a half dollars a barrel.
Iraq is allowed to sell up to five point two (B) billion dollars for the six-month period ending May 24.
Its oil sales are limited by the United Nations, which imposed sanctions on Iraq following the 1990 invasion of Kuwait.
In December 1996, the Security Council agreed to allow some oil sales to finance humanitarian purchases.
Sunday's cabinet meeting came as U-S and British warplanes struck at several Iraqi air defence sites in retaliation to attacks in the northern and southern no-fly zones.
The Pentagon claims the strikes were in retaliation to Iraq's military which has continually challenged the presence of U-S and British jets over their airspace.
Iraqi TV also broadcast pictures of Saddam meeting the new mayor of Baghdad - Qasim Awwad Jasim - who was sworn in on Sunday.
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wn.com/Iraq Saddam Hussein In Oil Talks With Cabinet
Farsi/Nat
Saddam Hussein has met his cabinet to discuss development plans for Iraq's oil production amid continuing military conflicts with U-S and British jets over the no-fly zones.
According to the Iraqi News Agency, Saddam wants to focus Iraq's manpower into developing oil projects in the hope of increasing oil export.
The Iraqi economy suffered severely after trade sanctions and the Gulf War.
And with skirmishes over the no-fly zones continuing, the Iraqi cabinet has had to propose new ways of regenerating its economy.
According to Iraqi News Agency sources, the agenda of the cabinet meeting included a study carried out by the Oil Ministry on ways to pool national capabilities and increase their contribution to the economy by manufacturing oil industry tools.
The Ministry proposed projects on oil-digging and oil-processing to generate investments and increase oil export.
Saddam and his cabinet were said to have approved all proposals.
Iraqi has exported an average of one point nine (M) million barrels of oil per day during the past four months - down from previous months.
The value of the oil exported was one point seven (B) U-S dollars - a figure calculated at an average price of eight and a half dollars a barrel.
Iraq is allowed to sell up to five point two (B) billion dollars for the six-month period ending May 24.
Its oil sales are limited by the United Nations, which imposed sanctions on Iraq following the 1990 invasion of Kuwait.
In December 1996, the Security Council agreed to allow some oil sales to finance humanitarian purchases.
Sunday's cabinet meeting came as U-S and British warplanes struck at several Iraqi air defence sites in retaliation to attacks in the northern and southern no-fly zones.
The Pentagon claims the strikes were in retaliation to Iraq's military which has continually challenged the presence of U-S and British jets over their airspace.
Iraqi TV also broadcast pictures of Saddam meeting the new mayor of Baghdad - Qasim Awwad Jasim - who was sworn in on Sunday.
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Iraq- Saddam Hussien presides over cabinet meeting
T/I: 10:04:35
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein presided over a meeting of his cabinet on Sunday (15/3) amidst calls on his people to remain vigilant becaus...
T/I: 10:04:35
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein presided over a meeting of his cabinet on Sunday (15/3) amidst calls on his people to remain vigilant because the "American enemy" is seeking a pretext to launch a military strike.
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ, 15/3
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wn.com/Iraq Saddam Hussien Presides Over Cabinet Meeting
T/I: 10:04:35
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein presided over a meeting of his cabinet on Sunday (15/3) amidst calls on his people to remain vigilant because the "American enemy" is seeking a pretext to launch a military strike.
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ, 15/3
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vs Saddam Hussein presiding over cabinet meeting
1.19
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New Iraqi president named, cabinet presented, reax
1. UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, new Iraqi President Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer and Prime Minister Iyad Allawi enter briefing
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Lakhdar Brahi...
1. UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, new Iraqi President Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer and Prime Minister Iyad Allawi enter briefing
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Lakhdar Brahimi, UN envoy to Iraq
"It is my honour and my pleasure to stand alongside their excellencies - Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer, the new president of Iraq, and Doctor Iyad Allawi, the new Prime Minister. Allow me first of all to express to both of them, and through them, to their colleagues in the new government, my sincere congratulations and best wishes for the success of their mission. I think that the people of Iraq will be praying all over the country for the success of their mission which aims at starting the rebuilding of the new Iraq. During the last few days I have had detailed discussions with President Ajil al-Yawer and with Doctor Allawi concerning the formation of the government, and I submitted to Doctor Allawi suggestions and recommendations we arrived at as a result of the consultations we held during three visits to Iraq, and these discussions, as you know, took place with the Governing Council the CPA and large segments of the Iraqi people."
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer, New Iraqi President
"Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. It's my pleasure to stand here in front of you to express on behalf of all Iraqis our deepest gratitude to the United Nations represented by UN General Secretary, his excellency Mr Kofi Annan and our friend, his excellency Mister Lakhdar Brahimi for the great human efforts exerted for assisting Iraqis to step forward towards full sovereignty through the formation of the Ira3qi interim Government which Mister Brahimi spent a great effort with a lot of bravery and distinguished wisdom. We Iraqis also look forward for being granted full sovereignty through a Security Council resolution to enable us to rebuild a free, independent, democratic and federal unified homeland. Thank you very much."
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Iyad Allawi, New Iraqi Prime Minister
"Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. I'm going to lay out my vision and my government goals later today in the official ceremony but now really I would like to express my deepest thanks to the United Nations and the Secretary General and to his distinguished envoy Mr. Lakhdar Brahimi for his vital role and support in the political process in Iraq, and for his unique contribution made to Iraq in these difficult times that Iraq's passing through. After 35 years of ruthless tyrannical regime, and after the liberation of Iraq by the coalition forces under the leadership of the United States, we are starting now our march towards sovereignty and democracy and establishing the interim government in Iraq during this critical junction in history of this nation. It is with acknowledgement and deepest appreciation we thank the United Nations and especially the efforts done by Mr. Brahimi, and his capabilities and unique experience in bringing about a positive experience in Iraq.
5. Brahimi, al-Yawer and Allawi exit briefing
6. Adnan Pachachi, former Iraqi foreign minister, walking up stairs
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Adnan Pachachi, former Iraqi foreign minister
"In fact, I'd like to correct an idea. There were lies and misconceptions saying that the Coalition Authority wanted to impose me as President, this is incorrect. The Coalition Authority didn't nominate me at all. The Coalition Authority nominated another person. After the Authority had seen that the majority of the Iraqi people supported me, so its attitude changed.''
8. Pachachi standing up
9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Adnan Pachachi, former Iraqi foreign minister
10. Pachachi with media
STORYLINE:
At least three people were killed and 20 were injured, the military said.
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wn.com/New Iraqi President Named, Cabinet Presented, Reax
1. UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, new Iraqi President Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer and Prime Minister Iyad Allawi enter briefing
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Lakhdar Brahimi, UN envoy to Iraq
"It is my honour and my pleasure to stand alongside their excellencies - Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer, the new president of Iraq, and Doctor Iyad Allawi, the new Prime Minister. Allow me first of all to express to both of them, and through them, to their colleagues in the new government, my sincere congratulations and best wishes for the success of their mission. I think that the people of Iraq will be praying all over the country for the success of their mission which aims at starting the rebuilding of the new Iraq. During the last few days I have had detailed discussions with President Ajil al-Yawer and with Doctor Allawi concerning the formation of the government, and I submitted to Doctor Allawi suggestions and recommendations we arrived at as a result of the consultations we held during three visits to Iraq, and these discussions, as you know, took place with the Governing Council the CPA and large segments of the Iraqi people."
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer, New Iraqi President
"Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. It's my pleasure to stand here in front of you to express on behalf of all Iraqis our deepest gratitude to the United Nations represented by UN General Secretary, his excellency Mr Kofi Annan and our friend, his excellency Mister Lakhdar Brahimi for the great human efforts exerted for assisting Iraqis to step forward towards full sovereignty through the formation of the Ira3qi interim Government which Mister Brahimi spent a great effort with a lot of bravery and distinguished wisdom. We Iraqis also look forward for being granted full sovereignty through a Security Council resolution to enable us to rebuild a free, independent, democratic and federal unified homeland. Thank you very much."
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Iyad Allawi, New Iraqi Prime Minister
"Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. I'm going to lay out my vision and my government goals later today in the official ceremony but now really I would like to express my deepest thanks to the United Nations and the Secretary General and to his distinguished envoy Mr. Lakhdar Brahimi for his vital role and support in the political process in Iraq, and for his unique contribution made to Iraq in these difficult times that Iraq's passing through. After 35 years of ruthless tyrannical regime, and after the liberation of Iraq by the coalition forces under the leadership of the United States, we are starting now our march towards sovereignty and democracy and establishing the interim government in Iraq during this critical junction in history of this nation. It is with acknowledgement and deepest appreciation we thank the United Nations and especially the efforts done by Mr. Brahimi, and his capabilities and unique experience in bringing about a positive experience in Iraq.
5. Brahimi, al-Yawer and Allawi exit briefing
6. Adnan Pachachi, former Iraqi foreign minister, walking up stairs
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Adnan Pachachi, former Iraqi foreign minister
"In fact, I'd like to correct an idea. There were lies and misconceptions saying that the Coalition Authority wanted to impose me as President, this is incorrect. The Coalition Authority didn't nominate me at all. The Coalition Authority nominated another person. After the Authority had seen that the majority of the Iraqi people supported me, so its attitude changed.''
8. Pachachi standing up
9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Adnan Pachachi, former Iraqi foreign minister
10. Pachachi with media
STORYLINE:
At least three people were killed and 20 were injured, the military said.
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Iraqi parliament to vote on new cabinet
The Iraqi parliament is scheduled to hold a vote of confidence for the country's new proposed government this Monday.
Prime Minister-designate Haider al-Abadi...
The Iraqi parliament is scheduled to hold a vote of confidence for the country's new proposed government this Monday.
Prime Minister-designate Haider al-Abadi's cabinet has not yet been revealed but he is expected to include representatives of all the country's religious and ethnic components in a bid to save Iraq from collapse.
The parliamentary changes have been met with scepticism on the streets of the capital Iraq.
"It is a way of deceiving society and citizens. It's a continuation of t…
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The Iraqi parliament is scheduled to hold a vote of confidence for the country's new proposed government this Monday.
Prime Minister-designate Haider al-Abadi's cabinet has not yet been revealed but he is expected to include representatives of all the country's religious and ethnic components in a bid to save Iraq from collapse.
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Iraqi President Saddam Hussein holds cabinet meeting
1. Cabinet members saluting Iraqi President Saddam Hussein as he enters room
2. Cutaway Iraqi emblem on wall
3. Various Saddam Hussein and delegates in meetin...
1. Cabinet members saluting Iraqi President Saddam Hussein as he enters room
2. Cutaway Iraqi emblem on wall
3. Various Saddam Hussein and delegates in meeting
STORYLINE:
The United States pushed a revised U.N. draft resolution on Iraq Tuesday that gives weapons inspectors more clout and puts Saddam Hussein on notice that he faces "serious consequences" if Iraq doesn't cooperate.
But there were signs that Russia and France - two veto-wielding council members - were disappointed with of the revisions.
The draft was being studied in Paris, Moscow and Beijing while ambassadors from the five permanent Security Council members met in New York Tuesday.
Meanwhile in Baghdad, the Iraqi President met with members of his cabinet on Tuesday, two days after his government released prisoners - a move it said was aimed at thanking the nation for supporting Saddam, who claimed 100 percent of Iraqis voted for him in a presidential referendum last week.
Iraqi officials did not say how many prisoners were covered and it was not possible to confirm how many walked
free.
U.S. officials dismissed the move as a ploy by a desperate President Saddam Hussein to rally domestic and international support.
Saddam's decree, read repeatedly on national television Sunday, said the amnesty applied to "anyone imprisoned or arrested for political or any other reason."
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wn.com/Iraqi President Saddam Hussein Holds Cabinet Meeting
1. Cabinet members saluting Iraqi President Saddam Hussein as he enters room
2. Cutaway Iraqi emblem on wall
3. Various Saddam Hussein and delegates in meeting
STORYLINE:
The United States pushed a revised U.N. draft resolution on Iraq Tuesday that gives weapons inspectors more clout and puts Saddam Hussein on notice that he faces "serious consequences" if Iraq doesn't cooperate.
But there were signs that Russia and France - two veto-wielding council members - were disappointed with of the revisions.
The draft was being studied in Paris, Moscow and Beijing while ambassadors from the five permanent Security Council members met in New York Tuesday.
Meanwhile in Baghdad, the Iraqi President met with members of his cabinet on Tuesday, two days after his government released prisoners - a move it said was aimed at thanking the nation for supporting Saddam, who claimed 100 percent of Iraqis voted for him in a presidential referendum last week.
Iraqi officials did not say how many prisoners were covered and it was not possible to confirm how many walked
free.
U.S. officials dismissed the move as a ploy by a desperate President Saddam Hussein to rally domestic and international support.
Saddam's decree, read repeatedly on national television Sunday, said the amnesty applied to "anyone imprisoned or arrested for political or any other reason."
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Pres Bush addresses Iraqi cabinet with PM Maliki during surprise visit
1. Wide of US President George W Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki at press conference
2. SOUNDBITE (English): George W. Bush, US President:
"I'm ...
1. Wide of US President George W Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki at press conference
2. SOUNDBITE (English): George W. Bush, US President:
"I'm impressed by the strength of your character and your desire to succeed and I am impressed by your strategy. We discussed earlier with the prime minister and here with his cabinet and with members of my cabinet the strategy necessary to have a country that is capable of answering to the needs of the people. We discussed the security strategy, we discussed an economic strategy, a reconstruction strategy and all that makes sense to me. And so I've come to not only look you in the eye, I have also come to tell you that when America gives its word, it will keep its word. It is in our interests that Iraq succeed."
3. Wide of Bush and al-Maliki at press conference
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): Nouri al-Maliki, Iraqi Prime Minister:
"Many thanks, Mr President. On behalf of myself and my ministers we welcome the President of the United States, and I confirm that the meeting and the conversation were objective and productive and formed the basis for a long and good relationship and formed the basis for success. Our success in forming this government from different and many origins - we call it the government of national unity - could be considered the beginning of our success which we hope will come true as a result of the backing of all Iraqi people - Sunni, Shiite, Arab, Kurd, Turkman, Assyrian and Christian."
5. Pan officials at table
6. Pull out of Bush and al-Maliki shaking hands
STORYLINE:
President George W Bush assured Iraqis in a surprise visit to Baghdad on Tuesday that the US stands with them and that the future of Iraq was in the hands of its people.
Bush discussed next steps in the troubled three-year-old Iraq war in a meeting with newly named Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
"I've come to not only look you in the eye," Bush told al-Maliki. "I also come to tell you that when America gives its word, it keeps its word."
Al-Maliki, who didn't know Bush was in coming until five minutes before they met, said Iraq was determined to succeed.
"Our success in forming this government from different and many origins - which we call the government of national unity - could be considered the beginning of our success," he said.
The dramatic move came as Bush sought to bolster support for Iraq's fledgling government and US war policy at home.
Bush travelled to Baghdad less than a week after a US air strike killed militant leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
The president was expected to be in Baghdad a little more than five hours.
It was the president's second unannounced visit to Baghdad since the 2003 invasion.
The two leaders were seated at a table in a room with two large television screens, one showing Bush and al-Maliki and the other showing Bush's aides and advisers at Camp David in the United States.
Bush was flanked at the table by al-Maliki and Zalmay Khalilzad, the US ambassador to Iraq.
The trip was known only to a handful of aides and a small number of journalists sworn to secrecy because of obvious security threats for Bush and
members of his entourage.
The prime minister had been invited to the embassy on the pretence of taking part in a video conference with Bush, supposedly at Camp David, the
presidential retreat north of Washington.
The video conference went on as scheduled, but with Bush appearing alongside al-Maliki.
What had been announced as a two-day meeting at Camp David was part of a ruse to conceal Bush's Baghdad trip and a cover story to bring al-Maliki and his cabinet to the green zone.
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wn.com/Pres Bush Addresses Iraqi Cabinet With Pm Maliki During Surprise Visit
1. Wide of US President George W Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki at press conference
2. SOUNDBITE (English): George W. Bush, US President:
"I'm impressed by the strength of your character and your desire to succeed and I am impressed by your strategy. We discussed earlier with the prime minister and here with his cabinet and with members of my cabinet the strategy necessary to have a country that is capable of answering to the needs of the people. We discussed the security strategy, we discussed an economic strategy, a reconstruction strategy and all that makes sense to me. And so I've come to not only look you in the eye, I have also come to tell you that when America gives its word, it will keep its word. It is in our interests that Iraq succeed."
3. Wide of Bush and al-Maliki at press conference
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): Nouri al-Maliki, Iraqi Prime Minister:
"Many thanks, Mr President. On behalf of myself and my ministers we welcome the President of the United States, and I confirm that the meeting and the conversation were objective and productive and formed the basis for a long and good relationship and formed the basis for success. Our success in forming this government from different and many origins - we call it the government of national unity - could be considered the beginning of our success which we hope will come true as a result of the backing of all Iraqi people - Sunni, Shiite, Arab, Kurd, Turkman, Assyrian and Christian."
5. Pan officials at table
6. Pull out of Bush and al-Maliki shaking hands
STORYLINE:
President George W Bush assured Iraqis in a surprise visit to Baghdad on Tuesday that the US stands with them and that the future of Iraq was in the hands of its people.
Bush discussed next steps in the troubled three-year-old Iraq war in a meeting with newly named Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
"I've come to not only look you in the eye," Bush told al-Maliki. "I also come to tell you that when America gives its word, it keeps its word."
Al-Maliki, who didn't know Bush was in coming until five minutes before they met, said Iraq was determined to succeed.
"Our success in forming this government from different and many origins - which we call the government of national unity - could be considered the beginning of our success," he said.
The dramatic move came as Bush sought to bolster support for Iraq's fledgling government and US war policy at home.
Bush travelled to Baghdad less than a week after a US air strike killed militant leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
The president was expected to be in Baghdad a little more than five hours.
It was the president's second unannounced visit to Baghdad since the 2003 invasion.
The two leaders were seated at a table in a room with two large television screens, one showing Bush and al-Maliki and the other showing Bush's aides and advisers at Camp David in the United States.
Bush was flanked at the table by al-Maliki and Zalmay Khalilzad, the US ambassador to Iraq.
The trip was known only to a handful of aides and a small number of journalists sworn to secrecy because of obvious security threats for Bush and
members of his entourage.
The prime minister had been invited to the embassy on the pretence of taking part in a video conference with Bush, supposedly at Camp David, the
presidential retreat north of Washington.
The video conference went on as scheduled, but with Bush appearing alongside al-Maliki.
What had been announced as a two-day meeting at Camp David was part of a ruse to conceal Bush's Baghdad trip and a cover story to bring al-Maliki and his cabinet to the green zone.
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German Cabinet Approves Training Mission to Iraq
The German cabinet on Wednesday agreed to send around 100 German troops to northern Iraq to train Kurdish peshmerga forces fighting Islamic State (IS) militants...
The German cabinet on Wednesday agreed to send around 100 German troops to northern Iraq to train Kurdish peshmerga forces fighting Islamic State (IS) militants. Western powers see the Kurds as a vital bulwark against further IS advances. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said, "With Islamic State, sheer barbarism has returned to the Middle East," adding they were a terrorist group who showed unimaginable violence to all who opposed them. Germany, which has for decades been cautious about deploying troops and weapons to conflict zones, has already sent military aid to the Kurds in northern Iraq but is not taking part in the U.S.-led air strikes against the Islamic State insurgents.
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The German cabinet on Wednesday agreed to send around 100 German troops to northern Iraq to train Kurdish peshmerga forces fighting Islamic State (IS) militants. Western powers see the Kurds as a vital bulwark against further IS advances. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said, "With Islamic State, sheer barbarism has returned to the Middle East," adding they were a terrorist group who showed unimaginable violence to all who opposed them. Germany, which has for decades been cautious about deploying troops and weapons to conflict zones, has already sent military aid to the Kurds in northern Iraq but is not taking part in the U.S.-led air strikes against the Islamic State insurgents.
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WRAP Iraqi Cabinet approves BP's offer on Rumaila oil field, oil deal expert
Baghdad, Iraq - 1 July 2009
1. Set-up shot of spokesman of Iraqi government Ali al-Dabbagh in his office
2. Close-up of Iraqi flag
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ali...
Baghdad, Iraq - 1 July 2009
1. Set-up shot of spokesman of Iraqi government Ali al-Dabbagh in his office
2. Close-up of Iraqi flag
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ali al-Dabbagh, spokesman of the Iraqi government
"Iraqi government decided to approve the offer being submitted by British Petroleum and CNPC, the Chinese company, which they had offered to increase the production to its peak, which is 2.85 (m) million barrels per day, from the current production which is 950,000 barrel per day, with remuneration fees of two (US) dollars per barrel, for the increment in the production. The Iraqi government as well decided not to accept the offers of the other companies, as they refused to reduce the remuneration fee from their prices, their quote to the prices, and to the quote which the minister of oil had decided."
Rumaila oil field, south of Baghdad, Iraq - 28 June 2009
4. Various shots of refinery and workers at Rumaila oil field
5. Various shots of fire emanating from top of tower
New York, United States - 1 July 2009
6. Wide of the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX)
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ray Carbone, Paramount Options:
"The worry is the nationalisation of oil assets, the reliability of the government in Iraq to honour agreements. We have seen this happen in Russia and we have seen it happen in other countries where much money is spent on the developmental side only to have that investment snuffed out by changing terms and I think that's what is being weighed here by all of the participants."
8. Medium close up of traders on NYMEX floor
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Ray Carbone, Paramount Options:
"Well this fits a pattern that we have seen over the last five years of China being a very aggressive pursuer of energy assets. It does not surprise me in the least that China is a part of this deal. They have been expanding and growing rapidly in the third world in Africa especially and I am sure they would like to get into Iraq and this is a way for them to do it, spreading out some of the risk."
10. Wide of NYMEX floor
STORYLINE:
Iraq's government on Wednesday approved a BP-led consortium's offer to develop a giant oil field in the south, moving forward with the only deal struck during a much-hyped, but ultimately disappointing, international oil auction.
Iraq, which is desperate for cash to fund its reconstruction efforts, had put six oil and two gas fields on offer on Tuesday to foreign firms in the country's first international oil licensing round in over three decades.
But the auction - opposed from the start by many of the country's lawmakers - failed to elicit the kind of excitement or commitments Iraqi oil officials had anticipated.
British giant BP and its Chinese consortium partner CNPC walked away from the auction with development rights for the 17.8 (b) billion barrel Rumaila field.
But their win came only after they agreed to take less money for the oil they produced.
Under the service contracts, the companies are paid a per barrel price for production over a minimum target level.
BP and CNPC had bid 3.99 US dollars per barrel, but slashed their price to the two US dollars per barrel payment sought by the oil ministry.
Their only rivals for the fields, a consortium led by US giant Exxon Mobil, refused to amend its offer of 4.80 US dollars per barrel on a target production of 3.1 (m) million barrels per day.
The Cabinet of ministers signed off on the BP deal, government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said.
The government did not say when the signing would take place.
He billed it as the answer to Iraq's cash crunch, and the lacklustre showing could further embolden his critics.
Carbone also said that China's involvement in the bidding process matches a pattern that has emerged in previous years.
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wn.com/Wrap Iraqi Cabinet Approves Bp's Offer On Rumaila Oil Field, Oil Deal Expert
Baghdad, Iraq - 1 July 2009
1. Set-up shot of spokesman of Iraqi government Ali al-Dabbagh in his office
2. Close-up of Iraqi flag
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ali al-Dabbagh, spokesman of the Iraqi government
"Iraqi government decided to approve the offer being submitted by British Petroleum and CNPC, the Chinese company, which they had offered to increase the production to its peak, which is 2.85 (m) million barrels per day, from the current production which is 950,000 barrel per day, with remuneration fees of two (US) dollars per barrel, for the increment in the production. The Iraqi government as well decided not to accept the offers of the other companies, as they refused to reduce the remuneration fee from their prices, their quote to the prices, and to the quote which the minister of oil had decided."
Rumaila oil field, south of Baghdad, Iraq - 28 June 2009
4. Various shots of refinery and workers at Rumaila oil field
5. Various shots of fire emanating from top of tower
New York, United States - 1 July 2009
6. Wide of the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX)
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ray Carbone, Paramount Options:
"The worry is the nationalisation of oil assets, the reliability of the government in Iraq to honour agreements. We have seen this happen in Russia and we have seen it happen in other countries where much money is spent on the developmental side only to have that investment snuffed out by changing terms and I think that's what is being weighed here by all of the participants."
8. Medium close up of traders on NYMEX floor
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Ray Carbone, Paramount Options:
"Well this fits a pattern that we have seen over the last five years of China being a very aggressive pursuer of energy assets. It does not surprise me in the least that China is a part of this deal. They have been expanding and growing rapidly in the third world in Africa especially and I am sure they would like to get into Iraq and this is a way for them to do it, spreading out some of the risk."
10. Wide of NYMEX floor
STORYLINE:
Iraq's government on Wednesday approved a BP-led consortium's offer to develop a giant oil field in the south, moving forward with the only deal struck during a much-hyped, but ultimately disappointing, international oil auction.
Iraq, which is desperate for cash to fund its reconstruction efforts, had put six oil and two gas fields on offer on Tuesday to foreign firms in the country's first international oil licensing round in over three decades.
But the auction - opposed from the start by many of the country's lawmakers - failed to elicit the kind of excitement or commitments Iraqi oil officials had anticipated.
British giant BP and its Chinese consortium partner CNPC walked away from the auction with development rights for the 17.8 (b) billion barrel Rumaila field.
But their win came only after they agreed to take less money for the oil they produced.
Under the service contracts, the companies are paid a per barrel price for production over a minimum target level.
BP and CNPC had bid 3.99 US dollars per barrel, but slashed their price to the two US dollars per barrel payment sought by the oil ministry.
Their only rivals for the fields, a consortium led by US giant Exxon Mobil, refused to amend its offer of 4.80 US dollars per barrel on a target production of 3.1 (m) million barrels per day.
The Cabinet of ministers signed off on the BP deal, government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said.
The government did not say when the signing would take place.
He billed it as the answer to Iraq's cash crunch, and the lacklustre showing could further embolden his critics.
Carbone also said that China's involvement in the bidding process matches a pattern that has emerged in previous years.
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Iraq - Hussein meets cabinet members
T/I: 11:27:58 GS 10:44:05
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein chaired a meeting of his cabinet on Sunday (26/10) to discuss a UN Security Council resolutio...
T/I: 11:27:58 GS 10:44:05
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein chaired a meeting of his cabinet on Sunday (26/10) to discuss a UN Security Council resolution that threatens more sanctions against Iraq.
SHOWS:
0.00 WS Zoom out as Hussein enters council chamber and sits
0.08 WS Council members sit down
0.13 WS Zoom in to Hussein listening
0.19 WS Council member listening
0.22 WS Pan across other council members listening
0.37 MS Hussein listening
0.46 WS Council member talking
0.50 WS Hussein listening
0.55 WS Council member talking
0.59 WS Zoom out from Hussein listening
1.01 Vision ends
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T/I: 11:27:58 GS 10:44:05
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein chaired a meeting of his cabinet on Sunday (26/10) to discuss a UN Security Council resolution that threatens more sanctions against Iraq.
SHOWS:
0.00 WS Zoom out as Hussein enters council chamber and sits
0.08 WS Council members sit down
0.13 WS Zoom in to Hussein listening
0.19 WS Council member listening
0.22 WS Pan across other council members listening
0.37 MS Hussein listening
0.46 WS Council member talking
0.50 WS Hussein listening
0.55 WS Council member talking
0.59 WS Zoom out from Hussein listening
1.01 Vision ends
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Iraqi Cabinet approves BP's offer on Rumaila oil field
Baghdad - 1 July 2009
1.Set-up shot of spokesman of Iraqi government Ali al-Dabbagh in his office
2. Close-up of Iraqi flag
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ali al-Dab...
Baghdad - 1 July 2009
1.Set-up shot of spokesman of Iraqi government Ali al-Dabbagh in his office
2. Close-up of Iraqi flag
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ali al-Dabbagh, spokesman of the Iraqi government
"Iraqi government decided to approve the offer being submitted by British Petroleum and CNPC, the Chinese company, which they had offered to increase the production to its peak, which is 2.85 (m) million barrels per day, from the current production which is 950,000 barrel per day, with remuneration fees of two (US) dollars per barrel, for the increment in the production. The Iraqi government as well decided not to accept the offers of the other companies, as they refused to reduce the remuneration fee from their prices, their quote to the prices, and to the quote which the minister of oil had decided."
4. Cutaway of Ali al-Dabbagh's hands clasped in front of him
5. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Ali al-Dabbagh, spokesman of the Iraqi government
"The Iraqi government has approved the offers submitted by British Petroleum and CNPC, the Chinese company, to invest and develop the southern and northern oil fields of Rumaila, with a maximum production of 2.85 (m) million barrels per day. The current production is 950,000 barrels per day. The remuneration fee is two dollars per barrel. The Iraqi government rejected the other offers."
Rumaila oil field, south of Baghdad - 28 June 2009
6. Various shots of refinery at Rumaila oil field
7. Mid of sign reading (English and Arabic) "Ministry of Oil, South Oil Company, S. Rumaila Oil Field"
8. Various shots of oil refinery and workers
9. Various shots of fire emanating from top of tower
STORYLINE:
Iraq's government on Wednesday approved a BP-led consortium's offer to develop a giant oil field in the south, moving forward with the only deal struck during a much-hyped, but ultimately disappointing, international oil auction.
Iraq, which is desperate for cash to fund its reconstruction efforts, had put six oil and two gas fields on offer on Tuesday to foreign firms in the country's first international oil licensing round in over three decades.
But the auction - opposed from the start by many of the country's lawmakers - failed to elicit the kind of excitement or commitments Iraqi oil officials had anticipated.
British giant BP and its Chinese consortium partner CNPC walked away from the auction with development rights for the 17.8 (b) billion barrel Rumaila field.
But their win came only after they agreed to take less money for the oil they produced.
Under the service contracts, the companies are paid a per barrel price for production over a minimum target level.
BP and CNPC had bid 3.99 US dollars per barrel, but slashed their price to the two US dollars per barrel payment sought by the oil ministry.
Their only rivals for the fields, a consortium led by US giant Exxon Mobil, refused to amend its offer of 4.80 US dollars per barrel on a target production of 3.1 (m) million barrels per day.
The Cabinet of ministers signed off on the BP deal, government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said.
The government did not say when the signing would take place.
Many expect the oil ministry to try to move forward quickly, if for no other reason than because Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani needs to replenish the already-limited political capital he spent in pushing past lawmaker objections and bringing the bidding round from plan to reality.
He billed it as the answer to Iraq's cash crunch, and the lacklustre showing could further embolden his critics.
Many lawmakers have opposed the bidding process from the start, saying al-Shahristani's push to have the contracts approved by the Cabinet instead of the parliament renders them illegal.
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wn.com/Iraqi Cabinet Approves Bp's Offer On Rumaila Oil Field
Baghdad - 1 July 2009
1.Set-up shot of spokesman of Iraqi government Ali al-Dabbagh in his office
2. Close-up of Iraqi flag
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ali al-Dabbagh, spokesman of the Iraqi government
"Iraqi government decided to approve the offer being submitted by British Petroleum and CNPC, the Chinese company, which they had offered to increase the production to its peak, which is 2.85 (m) million barrels per day, from the current production which is 950,000 barrel per day, with remuneration fees of two (US) dollars per barrel, for the increment in the production. The Iraqi government as well decided not to accept the offers of the other companies, as they refused to reduce the remuneration fee from their prices, their quote to the prices, and to the quote which the minister of oil had decided."
4. Cutaway of Ali al-Dabbagh's hands clasped in front of him
5. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Ali al-Dabbagh, spokesman of the Iraqi government
"The Iraqi government has approved the offers submitted by British Petroleum and CNPC, the Chinese company, to invest and develop the southern and northern oil fields of Rumaila, with a maximum production of 2.85 (m) million barrels per day. The current production is 950,000 barrels per day. The remuneration fee is two dollars per barrel. The Iraqi government rejected the other offers."
Rumaila oil field, south of Baghdad - 28 June 2009
6. Various shots of refinery at Rumaila oil field
7. Mid of sign reading (English and Arabic) "Ministry of Oil, South Oil Company, S. Rumaila Oil Field"
8. Various shots of oil refinery and workers
9. Various shots of fire emanating from top of tower
STORYLINE:
Iraq's government on Wednesday approved a BP-led consortium's offer to develop a giant oil field in the south, moving forward with the only deal struck during a much-hyped, but ultimately disappointing, international oil auction.
Iraq, which is desperate for cash to fund its reconstruction efforts, had put six oil and two gas fields on offer on Tuesday to foreign firms in the country's first international oil licensing round in over three decades.
But the auction - opposed from the start by many of the country's lawmakers - failed to elicit the kind of excitement or commitments Iraqi oil officials had anticipated.
British giant BP and its Chinese consortium partner CNPC walked away from the auction with development rights for the 17.8 (b) billion barrel Rumaila field.
But their win came only after they agreed to take less money for the oil they produced.
Under the service contracts, the companies are paid a per barrel price for production over a minimum target level.
BP and CNPC had bid 3.99 US dollars per barrel, but slashed their price to the two US dollars per barrel payment sought by the oil ministry.
Their only rivals for the fields, a consortium led by US giant Exxon Mobil, refused to amend its offer of 4.80 US dollars per barrel on a target production of 3.1 (m) million barrels per day.
The Cabinet of ministers signed off on the BP deal, government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said.
The government did not say when the signing would take place.
Many expect the oil ministry to try to move forward quickly, if for no other reason than because Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani needs to replenish the already-limited political capital he spent in pushing past lawmaker objections and bringing the bidding round from plan to reality.
He billed it as the answer to Iraq's cash crunch, and the lacklustre showing could further embolden his critics.
Many lawmakers have opposed the bidding process from the start, saying al-Shahristani's push to have the contracts approved by the Cabinet instead of the parliament renders them illegal.
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More Ritter, comments by Iraqi vice president and Saddam meets cabinet
APTN
Baghdad - September 8, 2002
1. Former United Nations weapons inspector Scott Ritter arrives
2. Cutaway member of Assembly
3. Wide shot Assembly member...
APTN
Baghdad - September 8, 2002
1. Former United Nations weapons inspector Scott Ritter arrives
2. Cutaway member of Assembly
3. Wide shot Assembly members
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Scott Ritter, former UN weapons inspector:
"My country seems to be on the verge of making an historical mistake, one that will forever change the political dynamic which has governed the world since the end of the Second World War - namely the foundation of international law, as set forth in a United Nations charter, which calls for the peaceful resolution of problems between nations. My government has set forth on a policy of unilateral intervention which runs contrary to the letter and intent of the United Nations charter."
5. Pan of assembly members
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Scott Ritter, former UN weapons inspector:
"The truth of the matter is that Iraq is not a sponsor of the kind of terror perpetrated against the United States on September 11th and in fact is active in suppressing the sort of fundamentalist extremism that characterises those who attacked the United States on that horrible day."
7. Cutaway
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Scott Ritter, former UN weapons inspector:
"The truth of the matter is that Iraq has not been shown to possess weapons of mass destruction, either in terms of having retained capability from the past, or by seeking to reacquire such capability today. There remain concerns as to the final disposition of Iraq's past prescribed weapons programme, but these concerns are almost exclusively technical in nature and do not overcome the reality that Iraq, during nearly seven years of continuous inspection activity by the United Nations, had been certified as being disarmed to a ninety to ninety-five percent level."
APTN
Baghdad - September 8, 2002
9. Wide of Assembly
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Scott Ritter, former UN weapons inspector:
"I need to make a point and I need to make this point as convincingly and seriously as possible. Iraq is on the verge of a major war with the United States of America, a war from which Iraq will be destroyed one way or the other. We are talking about the destruction of Iraq, we are talking about the death of Iraqi civilians, we are talking about the ruin of your cities. We must focus on the issue at hand which is weapons of mass destruction and inspections which are being used by the Bush administration as an excuse for this war. Once you have resolved the issue of weapons of mass destruction, once you bring a halt to this war, once you save Iraq from certain ruin, then we can start talking about these other legitimate issues."
11. Ritter walking out of building and getting in car
12. Car departing
APTN
File - 1998
13. Various Ritter in UN vehicle during weapons inspection
APTN
Baghdad - September 8, 2002
14. Iraqi Vice President Taha Ramadan entering cabinet building
15. Close-up reporter
16. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Taha Ramadan, Iraqi Vice President:
"He (Scott Ritter) has every right to give his opinion. We welcomed his arrival to Iraq and to discuss with the Iraqi National Assembly and to get the answers from the Assembly."
17. Cutaway reporters
18. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Taha Ramadan, Iraqi Vice President:
"They (US President George Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair) are meeting after being isolated from the world public opinion. In general, Arab-wise, you know the latest meeting of the Arab foreign ministers has unanimously and firmly rejected American aggression and their position is clear. So is the world public opinion and Europe. And their isolation pushes them to meet and coordinate to find a way out of this problem."
19. Wide of presser
20. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Taha Ramadan, Iraqi Vice President:
21. Midshot of presser
IRAQI TV
Baghdad - September 8, 2002
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wn.com/More Ritter, Comments By Iraqi Vice President And Saddam Meets Cabinet
APTN
Baghdad - September 8, 2002
1. Former United Nations weapons inspector Scott Ritter arrives
2. Cutaway member of Assembly
3. Wide shot Assembly members
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Scott Ritter, former UN weapons inspector:
"My country seems to be on the verge of making an historical mistake, one that will forever change the political dynamic which has governed the world since the end of the Second World War - namely the foundation of international law, as set forth in a United Nations charter, which calls for the peaceful resolution of problems between nations. My government has set forth on a policy of unilateral intervention which runs contrary to the letter and intent of the United Nations charter."
5. Pan of assembly members
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Scott Ritter, former UN weapons inspector:
"The truth of the matter is that Iraq is not a sponsor of the kind of terror perpetrated against the United States on September 11th and in fact is active in suppressing the sort of fundamentalist extremism that characterises those who attacked the United States on that horrible day."
7. Cutaway
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Scott Ritter, former UN weapons inspector:
"The truth of the matter is that Iraq has not been shown to possess weapons of mass destruction, either in terms of having retained capability from the past, or by seeking to reacquire such capability today. There remain concerns as to the final disposition of Iraq's past prescribed weapons programme, but these concerns are almost exclusively technical in nature and do not overcome the reality that Iraq, during nearly seven years of continuous inspection activity by the United Nations, had been certified as being disarmed to a ninety to ninety-five percent level."
APTN
Baghdad - September 8, 2002
9. Wide of Assembly
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Scott Ritter, former UN weapons inspector:
"I need to make a point and I need to make this point as convincingly and seriously as possible. Iraq is on the verge of a major war with the United States of America, a war from which Iraq will be destroyed one way or the other. We are talking about the destruction of Iraq, we are talking about the death of Iraqi civilians, we are talking about the ruin of your cities. We must focus on the issue at hand which is weapons of mass destruction and inspections which are being used by the Bush administration as an excuse for this war. Once you have resolved the issue of weapons of mass destruction, once you bring a halt to this war, once you save Iraq from certain ruin, then we can start talking about these other legitimate issues."
11. Ritter walking out of building and getting in car
12. Car departing
APTN
File - 1998
13. Various Ritter in UN vehicle during weapons inspection
APTN
Baghdad - September 8, 2002
14. Iraqi Vice President Taha Ramadan entering cabinet building
15. Close-up reporter
16. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Taha Ramadan, Iraqi Vice President:
"He (Scott Ritter) has every right to give his opinion. We welcomed his arrival to Iraq and to discuss with the Iraqi National Assembly and to get the answers from the Assembly."
17. Cutaway reporters
18. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Taha Ramadan, Iraqi Vice President:
"They (US President George Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair) are meeting after being isolated from the world public opinion. In general, Arab-wise, you know the latest meeting of the Arab foreign ministers has unanimously and firmly rejected American aggression and their position is clear. So is the world public opinion and Europe. And their isolation pushes them to meet and coordinate to find a way out of this problem."
19. Wide of presser
20. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Taha Ramadan, Iraqi Vice President:
21. Midshot of presser
IRAQI TV
Baghdad - September 8, 2002
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Syrian cabinet minister warns Iraq crisis 'threatens security of the whole region'
A Syrian cabinet minister warned on Monday that the dramatic events in neighbouring Iraq threaten to implode the entire Middle East and undermine security in Eu...
A Syrian cabinet minister warned on Monday that the dramatic events in neighbouring Iraq threaten to implode the entire Middle East and undermine security in Europe and beyond.
Speaking to The Associated Press in Damascus, Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi called on the international community to unite in its efforts to "confront terrorism".
He also accused Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey of supporting "armed terrorist groups" in Syria and and Iraq.
The Syrian government has long insisted that the rebels in Syria were foreign-inspired "terrorists" as opposed to democracy-seeking Syrians.
He said that militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, known as ISIL, were transporting weapons and vehicles from Iraq to Syria, but did not elaborate.
The militants are carving out an ever-expanding fiefdom along the Iraqi-Syrian border.
In the past few days, they seized several strategically located towns along the Euphrates
River, including border crossings - advancing their efforts to etch out a large region straddling the two conflict-ridden countries.
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wn.com/Syrian Cabinet Minister Warns Iraq Crisis 'Threatens Security Of The Whole Region'
A Syrian cabinet minister warned on Monday that the dramatic events in neighbouring Iraq threaten to implode the entire Middle East and undermine security in Europe and beyond.
Speaking to The Associated Press in Damascus, Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi called on the international community to unite in its efforts to "confront terrorism".
He also accused Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey of supporting "armed terrorist groups" in Syria and and Iraq.
The Syrian government has long insisted that the rebels in Syria were foreign-inspired "terrorists" as opposed to democracy-seeking Syrians.
He said that militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, known as ISIL, were transporting weapons and vehicles from Iraq to Syria, but did not elaborate.
The militants are carving out an ever-expanding fiefdom along the Iraqi-Syrian border.
In the past few days, they seized several strategically located towns along the Euphrates
River, including border crossings - advancing their efforts to etch out a large region straddling the two conflict-ridden countries.
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WRAP White House and State Dept briefings on Iraq, Palestinian cabinet
1. White House spokesman Ari Fleischer entering briefing room
2. Pan of White House briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ari Fleischer, White House Spokesman...
1. White House spokesman Ari Fleischer entering briefing room
2. Pan of White House briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ari Fleischer, White House Spokesman:
"We note some recent reports about Iranian activities. We've made clear to Iran that we would oppose any outside organisations interference in Iraq - interfering with their road to democracy. Infiltration of agents to destabilise the Shi'a population clearly fall into that category and that is the position that we've made clear to Iraq."
4. Cutaway journalist
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Ari Fleischer, White House Spokesman:
"There's no love lost between the Iraqi people and the Iranian people. The Iraqi Shi'ite community is a very capable community, a very large community, and a very diverse community. And, I think that any efforts by anybody outside of Iraq to try and create an outsiders version of what should take place by the Iraqi people, for the Iraqi people will not have much chance of success."
6. Cutaway journalist
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Ari Fleischer, White House Spokesman:
"Number one we are pleased by the initial reports that we have received about the agreement that the Palestinian authorities have apparently reached between Mahmoud Abbas and Yasser Arafat. The next step would be the submission of the cabinet to the Palestinian legislature as well as the PLC would need to quickly approve it which would take place over the coming days. Those are the next two steps that would take place before this is actually certified and ratified. See no need for that to take any length of time, any period of time. When that happens we will officially provide the road map to the parties soon thereafter."
8. Press cutaway
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Ari Fleischer, White House Spokesman:
"Well the road map is a series of actions that need to be taken by all parties. And I think it's fair to say that when you look at the difficult history of peace in the Middle East, none of this is easy. But it is certainly much easier than the violence that has taken place, and the loss of blood that has taken place between Israelis and Palestinians over the past several years. There's been somewhat of an absence of suicide or homicide attacks recently. There's an increasing willingness, it seems, for the parties to want to work together and that's all to the good. This may very well be the right time, the right moment to do something new and different in the Middle East in terms of the parties working together to achieve peace in the Middle East. The road map in the president's judgement can help foster that climate, can help make that happen."
10. Wide of briefing room
11. Fleischer leaving room
12. State Department spokesman Richard Boucher walking to podium
13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Richard Boucher, State Department Spokesman
"We look forward to speedy confirmation by the Palestinian Legislative Council. The United States also looks forward to working with Abu Mazen and with the Israelis as they begin the hard work of ending the violence and returning to a political process that can achieve the President's vision of two states, Israel and Palestine living side-by-side in peace and security."
14. Wide of news conference
15. SOUNDBITE: (English) Richard Boucher, State Department spokesman
"Certainly we have made very clear that the introduction of armed forces or armed groups from outside of Iraq, the harboring of individuals who may go back and find safe haven, from across the border - these were the things that are not only inappropriate but sometimes dangerous and shouldn't be allowed at all."
16. Wide of news conference
17. Wide of news conference
STORYLINE:
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wn.com/Wrap White House And State Dept Briefings On Iraq, Palestinian Cabinet
1. White House spokesman Ari Fleischer entering briefing room
2. Pan of White House briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ari Fleischer, White House Spokesman:
"We note some recent reports about Iranian activities. We've made clear to Iran that we would oppose any outside organisations interference in Iraq - interfering with their road to democracy. Infiltration of agents to destabilise the Shi'a population clearly fall into that category and that is the position that we've made clear to Iraq."
4. Cutaway journalist
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Ari Fleischer, White House Spokesman:
"There's no love lost between the Iraqi people and the Iranian people. The Iraqi Shi'ite community is a very capable community, a very large community, and a very diverse community. And, I think that any efforts by anybody outside of Iraq to try and create an outsiders version of what should take place by the Iraqi people, for the Iraqi people will not have much chance of success."
6. Cutaway journalist
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Ari Fleischer, White House Spokesman:
"Number one we are pleased by the initial reports that we have received about the agreement that the Palestinian authorities have apparently reached between Mahmoud Abbas and Yasser Arafat. The next step would be the submission of the cabinet to the Palestinian legislature as well as the PLC would need to quickly approve it which would take place over the coming days. Those are the next two steps that would take place before this is actually certified and ratified. See no need for that to take any length of time, any period of time. When that happens we will officially provide the road map to the parties soon thereafter."
8. Press cutaway
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Ari Fleischer, White House Spokesman:
"Well the road map is a series of actions that need to be taken by all parties. And I think it's fair to say that when you look at the difficult history of peace in the Middle East, none of this is easy. But it is certainly much easier than the violence that has taken place, and the loss of blood that has taken place between Israelis and Palestinians over the past several years. There's been somewhat of an absence of suicide or homicide attacks recently. There's an increasing willingness, it seems, for the parties to want to work together and that's all to the good. This may very well be the right time, the right moment to do something new and different in the Middle East in terms of the parties working together to achieve peace in the Middle East. The road map in the president's judgement can help foster that climate, can help make that happen."
10. Wide of briefing room
11. Fleischer leaving room
12. State Department spokesman Richard Boucher walking to podium
13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Richard Boucher, State Department Spokesman
"We look forward to speedy confirmation by the Palestinian Legislative Council. The United States also looks forward to working with Abu Mazen and with the Israelis as they begin the hard work of ending the violence and returning to a political process that can achieve the President's vision of two states, Israel and Palestine living side-by-side in peace and security."
14. Wide of news conference
15. SOUNDBITE: (English) Richard Boucher, State Department spokesman
"Certainly we have made very clear that the introduction of armed forces or armed groups from outside of Iraq, the harboring of individuals who may go back and find safe haven, from across the border - these were the things that are not only inappropriate but sometimes dangerous and shouldn't be allowed at all."
16. Wide of news conference
17. Wide of news conference
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Iraq Inquiry told Goldsmith misled Cabinet
Ex-Cabinet minister Clare Short tells the Iraq Inquiry about legal advice given to ministers by the then Attorney General Lord Goldsmith. . Follow us on twit......
Ex-Cabinet minister Clare Short tells the Iraq Inquiry about legal advice given to ministers by the then Attorney General Lord Goldsmith. . Follow us on twit...
wn.com/Iraq Inquiry Told Goldsmith Misled Cabinet
Ex-Cabinet minister Clare Short tells the Iraq Inquiry about legal advice given to ministers by the then Attorney General Lord Goldsmith. . Follow us on twit...
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Dep speaker confirms Iraqi cabinet approves security pact with US; reax
1. Wide of news conference by Shiite lawmaker Khalid al-Attiyah
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Khalid al-Attiyah, Shiite lawmaker and Deputy Parliament Speaker:
''Th...
1. Wide of news conference by Shiite lawmaker Khalid al-Attiyah
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Khalid al-Attiyah, Shiite lawmaker and Deputy Parliament Speaker:
''The government has presented this afternoon a demand to the Iraqi parliament to submit the security agreement to be debated. The Presidency committee has adopted a decision to submit the pact tomorrow to the parliament to be debated in accordance with what is stipulated by the internal system of parliament.''
3. Exterior of administration office to Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in the Sadr city area of Baghdad
4. Set up for Sayed Freed al-Fadhili, senior aide to Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Sayed Freed al-Fadhili, senior aide to Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr
''The approval of the security agreement will be disgraceful to the government. It did a thing which contravenes with its religion and its doctrine. It alleges that it is a struggling government but in fact all its sacrifices went on in vain. It obeys the occupiers and subjects to their orders. Therefore the Iraqi people will regard this government as it violates its religion and genuine Arab traditions. This government did a thing just to satisfy the occupier and to offend the Iraqi people.''
6. Mural for Shiite saints in heart of Sadr city
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ahmed al-Masoudi, spokesman for Sadr block in parliament:
''This agreement won't be passed through legal and constitutional methods. The government's approval of the agreement is a conspiracy aiming to undermine law and constitution. This is something that contravenes Iraqi law and constitution. And if the authorities implement the approval of the pact, we will use all possible means to reject it and reject all those who violate the law and constitution.''
8. Wide street with mural for Shiite saints in background
STORYLINE:
Iraq's Cabinet on Sunday approved a security pact with the United States that will allow American forces to stay in Iraq for three years after their UN mandate expires at the end of the year.
The decision followed months of difficult negotiations and, pending parliamentary approval, will remove a major point of contention between the two allies.
Parliament's deputy speaker, Khalid al-Attiyah, said he expected the 275-member legislature to begin debating the document on Monday and vote on it by November 24.
Followers of Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr protested Sunday's vote.
Al-Sadr, whose militiamen fought US forces in three uprisings since 2003, has threatened to resume attacks on US forces if they don't immediately begin to withdraw from Iraq.
A spokesman for the Sadr block in parliament, Ahmed al-Masoudi, said they would use all "possible means" to reject the proposal.
The final draft of the agreement provides for the departure of US forces from Iraq by the end of 2011 and gives Iraq the right to try US soldiers and defence contractors in the case of serious crimes committed off-duty and off-base.
It also prohibits the US from using Iraqi territory to attack Iraq's neighbours, like Syria and Iran.
Violence continues to plague parts of Iraq despite a dramatic improvement in security over the past year, and the attacks underscore the notion that Iraq's nascent security forces still need U.S. backing to counter the insurgency.
Hours after the Cabinet approved the security pact, seven people died and seven were wounded in a suicide car bombing Sunday at a police checkpoint in Diyala province, northeast of Baghdad, according to a police official.
The dead included one police officer.
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wn.com/Dep Speaker Confirms Iraqi Cabinet Approves Security Pact With US Reax
1. Wide of news conference by Shiite lawmaker Khalid al-Attiyah
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Khalid al-Attiyah, Shiite lawmaker and Deputy Parliament Speaker:
''The government has presented this afternoon a demand to the Iraqi parliament to submit the security agreement to be debated. The Presidency committee has adopted a decision to submit the pact tomorrow to the parliament to be debated in accordance with what is stipulated by the internal system of parliament.''
3. Exterior of administration office to Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in the Sadr city area of Baghdad
4. Set up for Sayed Freed al-Fadhili, senior aide to Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Sayed Freed al-Fadhili, senior aide to Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr
''The approval of the security agreement will be disgraceful to the government. It did a thing which contravenes with its religion and its doctrine. It alleges that it is a struggling government but in fact all its sacrifices went on in vain. It obeys the occupiers and subjects to their orders. Therefore the Iraqi people will regard this government as it violates its religion and genuine Arab traditions. This government did a thing just to satisfy the occupier and to offend the Iraqi people.''
6. Mural for Shiite saints in heart of Sadr city
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ahmed al-Masoudi, spokesman for Sadr block in parliament:
''This agreement won't be passed through legal and constitutional methods. The government's approval of the agreement is a conspiracy aiming to undermine law and constitution. This is something that contravenes Iraqi law and constitution. And if the authorities implement the approval of the pact, we will use all possible means to reject it and reject all those who violate the law and constitution.''
8. Wide street with mural for Shiite saints in background
STORYLINE:
Iraq's Cabinet on Sunday approved a security pact with the United States that will allow American forces to stay in Iraq for three years after their UN mandate expires at the end of the year.
The decision followed months of difficult negotiations and, pending parliamentary approval, will remove a major point of contention between the two allies.
Parliament's deputy speaker, Khalid al-Attiyah, said he expected the 275-member legislature to begin debating the document on Monday and vote on it by November 24.
Followers of Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr protested Sunday's vote.
Al-Sadr, whose militiamen fought US forces in three uprisings since 2003, has threatened to resume attacks on US forces if they don't immediately begin to withdraw from Iraq.
A spokesman for the Sadr block in parliament, Ahmed al-Masoudi, said they would use all "possible means" to reject the proposal.
The final draft of the agreement provides for the departure of US forces from Iraq by the end of 2011 and gives Iraq the right to try US soldiers and defence contractors in the case of serious crimes committed off-duty and off-base.
It also prohibits the US from using Iraqi territory to attack Iraq's neighbours, like Syria and Iran.
Violence continues to plague parts of Iraq despite a dramatic improvement in security over the past year, and the attacks underscore the notion that Iraq's nascent security forces still need U.S. backing to counter the insurgency.
Hours after the Cabinet approved the security pact, seven people died and seven were wounded in a suicide car bombing Sunday at a police checkpoint in Diyala province, northeast of Baghdad, according to a police official.
The dead included one police officer.
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WRAP Iraq's new government fills six vacant cabinet seats
SHOTLIST
1. Various of session of the Iraqi National Assembly
2. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Hussein al-Shahristani, Deputy speaker of the Iraqi National Assembly:...
SHOTLIST
1. Various of session of the Iraqi National Assembly
2. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Hussein al-Shahristani, Deputy speaker of the Iraqi National Assembly:
"Mr. Abed Mutlak al-Jiburi - Deputy Prime Minister; Dr. Saadoun al-Duleimi - Minister of Defence; Dr. Ibrahim Mohammed Bahr al-Uloum - Minister of Oil; Mihsin Shlash - Minister of Electricity; Osama al-Nujaifi - Minister of Industry and Minerals, and Hashim al-Shibli - Minister for Human Rights."
3. Members of parliament raising hands for granting confidence
4. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Hussein al-Shahristani, Deputy speaker of the Iraqi National Assembly:
"The result was 112 in favour of names out of 155. So the above names have been granted confidence. Congratulations."
5. Wide of press conference by Iraq's Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari outside the session
6. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Ibrahim al-Jaafari, Iraq's Prime Minister:
''By endorsing the candidates, the National Assembly has achieved Iraq's unity. So we have given more time for consultations and taken into consideration opinions and viewpoints of all Iraqi politicians for establishing a government with full portfolios comprehending all Iraqi spectra.''
7. Newly appointed Oil Minister Ibrahim Bahr al-Uloum
8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ibrahim Bahr al-Uloum, Iraqi Oil Minister:
''The ministry (oil ministry) will try to fight the corruption and increase production. And there are several plans, I am going to review them and I am going to announce them some time next week.''
9. Oil minister leaving
STORYLINE:
Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari and his parliament on Sunday appointed their final six Cabinet ministers to oversee oil, defence and four other ministries.
The line-up, chosen after months of delays, included four politicians from the country's disaffected Sunni minority.
In a vote in parliament, 112 of the 155 legislators present approved al-Jaafari's six nominations, which included a Shiite, Ibrahim Bahr al-Uloum, as the new oil minister, and a Sunni Muslim, Saadoun al-Duleimi, as the defence minister.
Al-Uloum held the post in the former US-appointed Governing Council.
Al-Duleimi is a former army lieutenant colonel who left Iraq in 1984 and lived in exile in Saudi Arabia until the fall of Saddam in April 2003.
He is reputed to be a moderate with family ties to Anbar province, the homeland of the insurgency.
The four additional Cabinet posts were filled by Hashim Abdul-Rahman al-Shibli, a Sunni, as human rights minister; Mihsin Shlash, a Shiite, as the electricity minister; and Osama al-Nujaifi, a Sunni, as industry minister; and Abed Mutlak al-Jiburi, a Sunni, as one of the Cabinet's four deputy prime ministers.
But al-Shibli, the Sunni selected as human rights minister, turned down the job saying he could not accept a position awarded on sectarian criteria.
Al-Jiburi is a former major general in Saddam's army who rose to prominence during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war.
The other deputy prime ministers include a Shiite and a Kurd and al-Jaafari said he hopes to nominate a woman as the fourth one.
Iraq's Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari said that the endorsement of the National Assembly would protect Iraq's unity.
Newly appointed Oil Minister Ibrahim Bahr al-Uloum vowed to increase oil output and to combat corruption.
President Jalal Talabani and his two vice presidents signed off on the names before they were submitted to the 270-member National Assembly for a vote.
Over 100 of the legislators in the National Assembly were absent during Sunday's vote, a sign of how difficult it has been to reconcile differences among Iraq's Shiites, Kurds and Sunni Arabs during a three-month debate over the Cabinet vacancies.
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wn.com/Wrap Iraq's New Government Fills Six Vacant Cabinet Seats
SHOTLIST
1. Various of session of the Iraqi National Assembly
2. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Hussein al-Shahristani, Deputy speaker of the Iraqi National Assembly:
"Mr. Abed Mutlak al-Jiburi - Deputy Prime Minister; Dr. Saadoun al-Duleimi - Minister of Defence; Dr. Ibrahim Mohammed Bahr al-Uloum - Minister of Oil; Mihsin Shlash - Minister of Electricity; Osama al-Nujaifi - Minister of Industry and Minerals, and Hashim al-Shibli - Minister for Human Rights."
3. Members of parliament raising hands for granting confidence
4. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Hussein al-Shahristani, Deputy speaker of the Iraqi National Assembly:
"The result was 112 in favour of names out of 155. So the above names have been granted confidence. Congratulations."
5. Wide of press conference by Iraq's Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari outside the session
6. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Ibrahim al-Jaafari, Iraq's Prime Minister:
''By endorsing the candidates, the National Assembly has achieved Iraq's unity. So we have given more time for consultations and taken into consideration opinions and viewpoints of all Iraqi politicians for establishing a government with full portfolios comprehending all Iraqi spectra.''
7. Newly appointed Oil Minister Ibrahim Bahr al-Uloum
8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ibrahim Bahr al-Uloum, Iraqi Oil Minister:
''The ministry (oil ministry) will try to fight the corruption and increase production. And there are several plans, I am going to review them and I am going to announce them some time next week.''
9. Oil minister leaving
STORYLINE:
Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari and his parliament on Sunday appointed their final six Cabinet ministers to oversee oil, defence and four other ministries.
The line-up, chosen after months of delays, included four politicians from the country's disaffected Sunni minority.
In a vote in parliament, 112 of the 155 legislators present approved al-Jaafari's six nominations, which included a Shiite, Ibrahim Bahr al-Uloum, as the new oil minister, and a Sunni Muslim, Saadoun al-Duleimi, as the defence minister.
Al-Uloum held the post in the former US-appointed Governing Council.
Al-Duleimi is a former army lieutenant colonel who left Iraq in 1984 and lived in exile in Saudi Arabia until the fall of Saddam in April 2003.
He is reputed to be a moderate with family ties to Anbar province, the homeland of the insurgency.
The four additional Cabinet posts were filled by Hashim Abdul-Rahman al-Shibli, a Sunni, as human rights minister; Mihsin Shlash, a Shiite, as the electricity minister; and Osama al-Nujaifi, a Sunni, as industry minister; and Abed Mutlak al-Jiburi, a Sunni, as one of the Cabinet's four deputy prime ministers.
But al-Shibli, the Sunni selected as human rights minister, turned down the job saying he could not accept a position awarded on sectarian criteria.
Al-Jiburi is a former major general in Saddam's army who rose to prominence during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war.
The other deputy prime ministers include a Shiite and a Kurd and al-Jaafari said he hopes to nominate a woman as the fourth one.
Iraq's Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari said that the endorsement of the National Assembly would protect Iraq's unity.
Newly appointed Oil Minister Ibrahim Bahr al-Uloum vowed to increase oil output and to combat corruption.
President Jalal Talabani and his two vice presidents signed off on the names before they were submitted to the 270-member National Assembly for a vote.
Over 100 of the legislators in the National Assembly were absent during Sunday's vote, a sign of how difficult it has been to reconcile differences among Iraq's Shiites, Kurds and Sunni Arabs during a three-month debate over the Cabinet vacancies.
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British PM's intv about Iraq as new cabinet is sworn in
AP TELEVISION
Baghdad, Iraq - 20 May 2006
1. Wide of Iraqi National Assembly while Prime Minister-designate Nouri al-Maliki declares names of ministers
POOL...
AP TELEVISION
Baghdad, Iraq - 20 May 2006
1. Wide of Iraqi National Assembly while Prime Minister-designate Nouri al-Maliki declares names of ministers
POOL - No Access UK/Ireland/CNNi
Chequers, Buckinghamshire, UK - 20 May 2006
2. SOUNDBITE (English): Tony Blair, British Prime Minister:
"It's actually a genuine coalition government of all the main political parties in Iraq and that's got to be a hopeful sign. Now, even with all the bloodshed that is there and the difficulty, that political process has kept going strong and the question now is: can we together - they as the new government and the multi-national force operating with UN support - can we together then ensure that Iraq makes the transition to a peaceful and democratic state, which its people obviously want."
AP TELEVISION
Baghdad, Iraq - 20 May 2006
3. Pan of some members of Iraqi Parliament leaving hall
POOL - No Access UK/Ireland/CNNi
Chequers, Buckinghamshire, UK - 20 May 2006
4. SOUNDBITE (English): Tony Blair, British Prime Minister:
"Well, I think again, the question is getting the job done. I mean the the time table is governed by the job being done. But, of course, all the time the Iraqi security forces are being built up, and the new prime minister today made it very clear that he like us wants to see Iraq in full control of its own destiny. And the interesting thing again is the common position of the (Iraqi) government, that they want the multi-national force there to help them do that, so we've both got the same objective."
AP TELEVISION
Baghdad, Iraq - 20 May 2006
5. Some members of Iraqi Parliament leaving hall
POOL - No Access UK/Ireland/CNNi
Chequers, Buckinghamshire, UK - 20 May 2006
6. SOUNDBITE (English): Tony Blair, British Prime Minister:
"We've got to take it as we can and lot depends now on what happens with the new Iraqi government. But it's important, I think, the whole of the international community gets behind it now. I mean, people can dispute whether it was right or wrong to remove Saddam, although it's interesting you won't find any sign in this prime minister, the new (Iraqi) prime minister's speech, that they are anything other than joyful that they are liberated from the oppression of Saddam. But we've just simply got to realise that they've come a very, very long way and the important thing now is for the multi-national community, which has got the UN validation there for the troops that we have there now, for the whole of the community to get behind the Iraqi government and help them."
AP TELEVISION
Baghdad, Iraq - 20 May 2006
7. Iraqi Prime Minister-designate Nouri al-Maliki speaking on podium
POOL - No Access UK/Ireland/CNNi
Chequers, Buckinghamshire, UK - 20 May 2006
8. SOUNDBITE (English): Tony Blair, British Prime Minister:
"I buy the fact that there are people trying to pitch the country into civil war but I don't buy the fact that they are going to succeed. Because what has shown by the formation of this government, across all the different factions in Iraq, the fact is they managed to get a unity government that's capable now, with a programme that is a good programme, of governing the country. Now, they've got to make their writ run and that's the task and we've got to help them do it but they are the proof that what the majority of Iraqis want is not a civil war, which would be disastrous for them and the whole of the country, but actually to live in peace with one and other."
AP TELEVISION
Baghdad, Iraq - 20 May 2006
9. Members of Iraqi Parliament raising their hands for approval
STORYLINE:
British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Saturday welcomed the new Iraqi government and said it was important for the international community to continue supporting the country as it rebuilds.
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wn.com/British Pm's Intv About Iraq As New Cabinet Is Sworn In
AP TELEVISION
Baghdad, Iraq - 20 May 2006
1. Wide of Iraqi National Assembly while Prime Minister-designate Nouri al-Maliki declares names of ministers
POOL - No Access UK/Ireland/CNNi
Chequers, Buckinghamshire, UK - 20 May 2006
2. SOUNDBITE (English): Tony Blair, British Prime Minister:
"It's actually a genuine coalition government of all the main political parties in Iraq and that's got to be a hopeful sign. Now, even with all the bloodshed that is there and the difficulty, that political process has kept going strong and the question now is: can we together - they as the new government and the multi-national force operating with UN support - can we together then ensure that Iraq makes the transition to a peaceful and democratic state, which its people obviously want."
AP TELEVISION
Baghdad, Iraq - 20 May 2006
3. Pan of some members of Iraqi Parliament leaving hall
POOL - No Access UK/Ireland/CNNi
Chequers, Buckinghamshire, UK - 20 May 2006
4. SOUNDBITE (English): Tony Blair, British Prime Minister:
"Well, I think again, the question is getting the job done. I mean the the time table is governed by the job being done. But, of course, all the time the Iraqi security forces are being built up, and the new prime minister today made it very clear that he like us wants to see Iraq in full control of its own destiny. And the interesting thing again is the common position of the (Iraqi) government, that they want the multi-national force there to help them do that, so we've both got the same objective."
AP TELEVISION
Baghdad, Iraq - 20 May 2006
5. Some members of Iraqi Parliament leaving hall
POOL - No Access UK/Ireland/CNNi
Chequers, Buckinghamshire, UK - 20 May 2006
6. SOUNDBITE (English): Tony Blair, British Prime Minister:
"We've got to take it as we can and lot depends now on what happens with the new Iraqi government. But it's important, I think, the whole of the international community gets behind it now. I mean, people can dispute whether it was right or wrong to remove Saddam, although it's interesting you won't find any sign in this prime minister, the new (Iraqi) prime minister's speech, that they are anything other than joyful that they are liberated from the oppression of Saddam. But we've just simply got to realise that they've come a very, very long way and the important thing now is for the multi-national community, which has got the UN validation there for the troops that we have there now, for the whole of the community to get behind the Iraqi government and help them."
AP TELEVISION
Baghdad, Iraq - 20 May 2006
7. Iraqi Prime Minister-designate Nouri al-Maliki speaking on podium
POOL - No Access UK/Ireland/CNNi
Chequers, Buckinghamshire, UK - 20 May 2006
8. SOUNDBITE (English): Tony Blair, British Prime Minister:
"I buy the fact that there are people trying to pitch the country into civil war but I don't buy the fact that they are going to succeed. Because what has shown by the formation of this government, across all the different factions in Iraq, the fact is they managed to get a unity government that's capable now, with a programme that is a good programme, of governing the country. Now, they've got to make their writ run and that's the task and we've got to help them do it but they are the proof that what the majority of Iraqis want is not a civil war, which would be disastrous for them and the whole of the country, but actually to live in peace with one and other."
AP TELEVISION
Baghdad, Iraq - 20 May 2006
9. Members of Iraqi Parliament raising their hands for approval
STORYLINE:
British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Saturday welcomed the new Iraqi government and said it was important for the international community to continue supporting the country as it rebuilds.
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Iraqi prime minister al-Maliki announces new Cabinet
1. Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Speaker of Iraq's Parliament Osama al-Nujaifi walking to podium
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Osama al-Nujaifi, Speaker ...
1. Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Speaker of Iraq's Parliament Osama al-Nujaifi walking to podium
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Osama al-Nujaifi, Speaker of Iraq's Parliament:
''Today, we have received from Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki the names of the candidates to occupy the ministerial portfolios, and the number was 42 candidates for 42 ministries and portfolios and ministers of state. By so doing, the Prime Minister has met his constitutional commitments within the limited period and the parliament has received the names and the ministerial programme in full. Tomorrow at 2 p.m. (1100 GMT) the parliament will meet to vote on ministers individually and the ministerial programme to grant confidence to the new government.''
3. Cutaway of reporters
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Nouri al-Maliki, Iraqi prime minister:
''I'll be acting minister of all security ministries as we want to reach to a compromise in naming ministers of the security ministries who can serve all the Iraqi people.''
5. Both officials leaving
STORYLINE:
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki overcame last-minute bickering within his fragile coalition on Monday and submitted his new Cabinet, clearing a key hurdle to seating a government more than nine months after national elections.
But nearly one-third of the nominees were only acting ministers, an attempt to buy time to work out disagreements with a key part of al-Maliki's coalition, the hardline Shiite faction loyal to anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
Parliament was expected to vote on the list of 42 ministers and other top government posts as early as Tuesday, according to Speaker Osama al-Nujaifi, a member of the Sunni-backed Iraqiya alliance that won the most seats in the March 7 election and, until this month, bitterly fought to stop al-Maliki from keeping his job.
Flanked by al-Maliki at a joint news conference on Monday night, al-Nujaifi said the prime minister had met his constitutional deadline to designate Iraq's new leadership.
Although 13 of the posts were filled with acting ministers until a final agreement could be reached before a Saturday deadline, al-Nujaifi's endorsement suggested that Iraqiya was on board.
The Sadrists were another matter. They were promised eight of those jobs but also demanded another, the transportation ministry, and a deputy premiership. Al-Maliki rejected some of the Sadrist candidates because he said they were uneducated or otherwise unqualified.
The Sadrist alliance, which holds 40 of parliament's 325 seats, said they could replace the objectionable candidates but dug in their heels over the transportation and deputy prime minister posts. A Sadrist lawmaker who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the delicate negotiations said the dispute threatens to derail the entire agreement.
Al-Maliki will serve as the acting minister for the nation's top three security posts to give lawmakers more time to ensure they are filled with politically independent officials, said a government spokesman.
The prime minister said that discussions were still ongoing about the ministries, and that the short delay would ensure all parties are fairly represented in the government.
Al-Maliki has until Saturday to present his Cabinet under a 30-day deadline imposed by the constitution. If he does not, President Jalal Talabani will assign another member of parliament to try to form the government.
The constitution does not specify how Talabani would select the next lawmaker to create the government. But it could mean that al-Maliki will lose his shot to remain prime minister after more than nine months of post-election haggling to build enough support from former opponents to remain in power.
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wn.com/Iraqi Prime Minister Al Maliki Announces New Cabinet
1. Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Speaker of Iraq's Parliament Osama al-Nujaifi walking to podium
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Osama al-Nujaifi, Speaker of Iraq's Parliament:
''Today, we have received from Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki the names of the candidates to occupy the ministerial portfolios, and the number was 42 candidates for 42 ministries and portfolios and ministers of state. By so doing, the Prime Minister has met his constitutional commitments within the limited period and the parliament has received the names and the ministerial programme in full. Tomorrow at 2 p.m. (1100 GMT) the parliament will meet to vote on ministers individually and the ministerial programme to grant confidence to the new government.''
3. Cutaway of reporters
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Nouri al-Maliki, Iraqi prime minister:
''I'll be acting minister of all security ministries as we want to reach to a compromise in naming ministers of the security ministries who can serve all the Iraqi people.''
5. Both officials leaving
STORYLINE:
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki overcame last-minute bickering within his fragile coalition on Monday and submitted his new Cabinet, clearing a key hurdle to seating a government more than nine months after national elections.
But nearly one-third of the nominees were only acting ministers, an attempt to buy time to work out disagreements with a key part of al-Maliki's coalition, the hardline Shiite faction loyal to anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
Parliament was expected to vote on the list of 42 ministers and other top government posts as early as Tuesday, according to Speaker Osama al-Nujaifi, a member of the Sunni-backed Iraqiya alliance that won the most seats in the March 7 election and, until this month, bitterly fought to stop al-Maliki from keeping his job.
Flanked by al-Maliki at a joint news conference on Monday night, al-Nujaifi said the prime minister had met his constitutional deadline to designate Iraq's new leadership.
Although 13 of the posts were filled with acting ministers until a final agreement could be reached before a Saturday deadline, al-Nujaifi's endorsement suggested that Iraqiya was on board.
The Sadrists were another matter. They were promised eight of those jobs but also demanded another, the transportation ministry, and a deputy premiership. Al-Maliki rejected some of the Sadrist candidates because he said they were uneducated or otherwise unqualified.
The Sadrist alliance, which holds 40 of parliament's 325 seats, said they could replace the objectionable candidates but dug in their heels over the transportation and deputy prime minister posts. A Sadrist lawmaker who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the delicate negotiations said the dispute threatens to derail the entire agreement.
Al-Maliki will serve as the acting minister for the nation's top three security posts to give lawmakers more time to ensure they are filled with politically independent officials, said a government spokesman.
The prime minister said that discussions were still ongoing about the ministries, and that the short delay would ensure all parties are fairly represented in the government.
Al-Maliki has until Saturday to present his Cabinet under a 30-day deadline imposed by the constitution. If he does not, President Jalal Talabani will assign another member of parliament to try to form the government.
The constitution does not specify how Talabani would select the next lawmaker to create the government. But it could mean that al-Maliki will lose his shot to remain prime minister after more than nine months of post-election haggling to build enough support from former opponents to remain in power.
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Getting There: Iraqi Kurdistan has two international airports, Erbil and Sulaimany. Currently there are direct international flights from Kurdistan to Dubai, Amman, Beirut and Frankfort.
There is the option to reach to Kurdistan by flying to Turkey: - Purchase a ticket to Diyarbakir (the nearest large city to the Turkish / Iraqi Kurdistan border). Upon arrival to the Diyarbakir airport, you will need to take a taxi to the border (Ibrahim Khalil / Habur). Once you have crossed the Turkish border into Iraqi Kurdistan (Ibrahim Khalil/Habur), you will be greeted by the Kurdish customs officials who will issue you a visa and further information on your destination.
Getting Around Iraqi Kurdistan: Taxi, Bus, and Private Car Hire. If you are mainly interested in staying in a city, taxi is reliable and good value for money. An average charge within a city drive is 2 dollers, as for the Bus it is definitely cheaper. To hire a car with or without driver could be the option for you. You can have your own chauffeur at your disposal throughout your stay. This will offer you the choice to travel short or long distances. A local driver has the knowledge and will advise you throughout your visit.
Where to Visit
Erbil city is the capital of Kurdistan Region Government, the oldest city with continuous residentially. This city is regarded as one of the most deep-rooted Governorate in the area, its history begins before A.D. The city was established 6000 prior to A.D. The name of Erbil city has been found in the Somarian transcripts. The city was the main station for The God Ashtar which was the main goddess which was worshiped at that era. The city is a key element for eastern part and Kurdistan Region defining. Geographical Data: Erbil city is located east to Sulaymanyah Governorate and it is only 350 km from Baghdad. The city is surrounded by Nineveh from west and Kirkuk city from east and Iran and Turkey from North. There are two Museum, Erbil citadel museum, which is located in the citadel. It contains about 40 antique parts and anc-ient heritages. The second one is Erbil museum which includes about 5000 ancient parts, which deep-rooted in the history.
Sulaimani City, One of the major cities in both Kurdistan region and Iraq, situated 385 Km north Baghdad and 198 Km north east Erbil the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan Region. The city sits between two chains of mountains (Goyzha & Glazarda), The city was founded by Ibrahim Pasha in the year 1784. Today Sulaimani has developed in most modern life aspects, hotels, motels, supermarkets & Malls, theatres, restaurants & Parks. From the cultural perspective, Sulaimani is considered to be the capital of Kurdish culture, the famous old Saray situates at the center of the city, while many museums are distributed. Sulaimani Embrace several universities & Educational Institutions both Public & Private, in addition to the American University.
Duhok City is the center of Duhok prefecture (governorate) one of main cities in Kurdistan Region. It situates north Iraq, close to both Syrian & Turkish borders. Duhok city is on plane ground between 2 mountain chains, Shandukha from the south and Spi from the north, while mountain Seen stands on the east. On the west side a plane area could be seen with a tourism environment. The majority of citizens are Kurds; they live peacefully with Chaldean, Assyrian, Armenian and Yazidi minorities. Duhok city is famous with historical sites in which sculptures could be seen on the rocks. Yazidic cultural museum, playground for kids, small zoo. The city embraces Duhok University and many cultural centers. Some most important tourist sites inside the city include Masjed Haj Ahmad considered to be the the biggest Masjed of Duhok and Mart Alaha Church the oldest church in Duhok
Kalar, is the administrative center of Garmyan district. It lies 140 Km southeast of Sulaimani prefecture and 30 Km from the Iranian border. Kalar consists of 27 quarters of a population of about 250,000 residents. Kalar is located on a large plain area embracing many historical sites related to different periods; BC, AD, and Islamic periods. Shirwana Citadel, Pasha Citadel and Christian Canal are examples of AD historical sites. In winter, temperatures may reach 2˚C.
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Getting There: Iraqi Kurdistan has two international airports, Erbil and Sulaimany. Currently there are direct international flights from Kurdistan to Dubai, Amman, Beirut and Frankfort.
There is the option to reach to Kurdistan by flying to Turkey: - Purchase a ticket to Diyarbakir (the nearest large city to the Turkish / Iraqi Kurdistan border). Upon arrival to the Diyarbakir airport, you will need to take a taxi to the border (Ibrahim Khalil / Habur). Once you have crossed the Turkish border into Iraqi Kurdistan (Ibrahim Khalil/Habur), you will be greeted by the Kurdish customs officials who will issue you a visa and further information on your destination.
Getting Around Iraqi Kurdistan: Taxi, Bus, and Private Car Hire. If you are mainly interested in staying in a city, taxi is reliable and good value for money. An average charge within a city drive is 2 dollers, as for the Bus it is definitely cheaper. To hire a car with or without driver could be the option for you. You can have your own chauffeur at your disposal throughout your stay. This will offer you the choice to travel short or long distances. A local driver has the knowledge and will advise you throughout your visit.
Where to Visit
Erbil city is the capital of Kurdistan Region Government, the oldest city with continuous residentially. This city is regarded as one of the most deep-rooted Governorate in the area, its history begins before A.D. The city was established 6000 prior to A.D. The name of Erbil city has been found in the Somarian transcripts. The city was the main station for The God Ashtar which was the main goddess which was worshiped at that era. The city is a key element for eastern part and Kurdistan Region defining. Geographical Data: Erbil city is located east to Sulaymanyah Governorate and it is only 350 km from Baghdad. The city is surrounded by Nineveh from west and Kirkuk city from east and Iran and Turkey from North. There are two Museum, Erbil citadel museum, which is located in the citadel. It contains about 40 antique parts and anc-ient heritages. The second one is Erbil museum which includes about 5000 ancient parts, which deep-rooted in the history.
Sulaimani City, One of the major cities in both Kurdistan region and Iraq, situated 385 Km north Baghdad and 198 Km north east Erbil the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan Region. The city sits between two chains of mountains (Goyzha & Glazarda), The city was founded by Ibrahim Pasha in the year 1784. Today Sulaimani has developed in most modern life aspects, hotels, motels, supermarkets & Malls, theatres, restaurants & Parks. From the cultural perspective, Sulaimani is considered to be the capital of Kurdish culture, the famous old Saray situates at the center of the city, while many museums are distributed. Sulaimani Embrace several universities & Educational Institutions both Public & Private, in addition to the American University.
Duhok City is the center of Duhok prefecture (governorate) one of main cities in Kurdistan Region. It situates north Iraq, close to both Syrian & Turkish borders. Duhok city is on plane ground between 2 mountain chains, Shandukha from the south and Spi from the north, while mountain Seen stands on the east. On the west side a plane area could be seen with a tourism environment. The majority of citizens are Kurds; they live peacefully with Chaldean, Assyrian, Armenian and Yazidi minorities. Duhok city is famous with historical sites in which sculptures could be seen on the rocks. Yazidic cultural museum, playground for kids, small zoo. The city embraces Duhok University and many cultural centers. Some most important tourist sites inside the city include Masjed Haj Ahmad considered to be the the biggest Masjed of Duhok and Mart Alaha Church the oldest church in Duhok
Kalar, is the administrative center of Garmyan district. It lies 140 Km southeast of Sulaimani prefecture and 30 Km from the Iranian border. Kalar consists of 27 quarters of a population of about 250,000 residents. Kalar is located on a large plain area embracing many historical sites related to different periods; BC, AD, and Islamic periods. Shirwana Citadel, Pasha Citadel and Christian Canal are examples of AD historical sites. In winter, temperatures may reach 2˚C.
Further information on Kurdistan Tourism http://www.kurdistantour.net http://www.tourismkurdistan.com
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- published: 08 Aug 2013
- views: 21598
A Tourist's Guide to Erbil, Iraq-Kurdistan
I fly into Erbil, Kurdistan-Iraq. But this is nothing like Baghdad; it's peaceful and full of culture. I wander around a bazaar, see a bit of the citadel, and t...
I fly into Erbil, Kurdistan-Iraq. But this is nothing like Baghdad; it's peaceful and full of culture. I wander around a bazaar, see a bit of the citadel, and then do a rip around the city in a taxi.
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I fly into Erbil, Kurdistan-Iraq. But this is nothing like Baghdad; it's peaceful and full of culture. I wander around a bazaar, see a bit of the citadel, and then do a rip around the city in a taxi.
- published: 25 Apr 2014
- views: 15019
Baghdad Province - IRAQ بغداد عاصمة الرشيد ومدينة السلام
The ancient city of Baghdad and the largest city and capital of Iraq... This movie showcases the beauty of this magnificent, vibrant, awesome and stunning metro...
The ancient city of Baghdad and the largest city and capital of Iraq... This movie showcases the beauty of this magnificent, vibrant, awesome and stunning metropolis inhabited by more than 9 million Iraqis... The slide images featured in this movie will show you a glimpse of life in this world center and beacon of mankind's history, heritage and culture throughout the ages and its many contributions to Arabic, Islamic and other world cultural advancements since the time and rise of the early Mesopotamian civilizations established in Iraq more than 6000 years ago ... Baghdad is also known by its other name, Dar-Us-Salam or the city of peace and it is the first round city in the world... Magnificent places you won't believe your eyes and you wouldn't think 10,000+ ancient and wonderful places still exist in the cradle of civilization once known as Mesopotamia and best known today as Iraq
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The ancient city of Baghdad and the largest city and capital of Iraq... This movie showcases the beauty of this magnificent, vibrant, awesome and stunning metropolis inhabited by more than 9 million Iraqis... The slide images featured in this movie will show you a glimpse of life in this world center and beacon of mankind's history, heritage and culture throughout the ages and its many contributions to Arabic, Islamic and other world cultural advancements since the time and rise of the early Mesopotamian civilizations established in Iraq more than 6000 years ago ... Baghdad is also known by its other name, Dar-Us-Salam or the city of peace and it is the first round city in the world... Magnificent places you won't believe your eyes and you wouldn't think 10,000+ ancient and wonderful places still exist in the cradle of civilization once known as Mesopotamia and best known today as Iraq
- published: 30 Jul 2012
- views: 90582
Iran Vacation Travel Video Guide • Great Destinations
Iran – formerly Persia - is the biggest country of the Middle East. Due to the fact that sky-high snowy mountains, extended deserts, verdant oases, turquoise cu...
Iran – formerly Persia - is the biggest country of the Middle East. Due to the fact that sky-high snowy mountains, extended deserts, verdant oases, turquoise cupola mosques and cultural and architectural relic sites of World Heritage are waiting for all visitors it can be a very desirable destination even for tourists who continuously look for the new and varied.In Tehran the luxurious palaces of Persian shahs, the Museum of Archaeology and the Museum of Carpets and Rugs are the sights that “must” be seen. Yazd and Kerman is well-known for their mosques and bazaars, Naqsh-e Rustam is for its rock-hewn tombs, Rayen and Persepolis are for the remains of their palaces and castles from the time of the Persian Empire. The two most beautiful cities of Iran are the splendidly situated Shiraz and Isfahan that is full of vitality.
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Iran – formerly Persia - is the biggest country of the Middle East. Due to the fact that sky-high snowy mountains, extended deserts, verdant oases, turquoise cupola mosques and cultural and architectural relic sites of World Heritage are waiting for all visitors it can be a very desirable destination even for tourists who continuously look for the new and varied.In Tehran the luxurious palaces of Persian shahs, the Museum of Archaeology and the Museum of Carpets and Rugs are the sights that “must” be seen. Yazd and Kerman is well-known for their mosques and bazaars, Naqsh-e Rustam is for its rock-hewn tombs, Rayen and Persepolis are for the remains of their palaces and castles from the time of the Persian Empire. The two most beautiful cities of Iran are the splendidly situated Shiraz and Isfahan that is full of vitality.
- published: 09 Apr 2015
- views: 20693
A Tourist Guide to Iraq 1982
Iraq in pictures from a tourist guide published in Iraq 1982...
Iraq in pictures from a tourist guide published in Iraq 1982
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Iraq in pictures from a tourist guide published in Iraq 1982
- published: 16 Dec 2007
- views: 13363
Baghdad Travel - Iraq Tourist Information
Baghdad Travel - Iraq Tourist Information
Baghdad Travel - Iraq Tourist Information
Baghdad Travel - Iraq Tourist Information
Baghdad Travel - Iraq Tourist Info...
Baghdad Travel - Iraq Tourist Information
Baghdad Travel - Iraq Tourist Information
Baghdad Travel - Iraq Tourist Information
Baghdad Travel - Iraq Tourist Information
Baghdad Travel - Iraq Tourist Information
Baghdad Travel - Iraq Tourist Information
Baghdad Travel - Iraq Tourist Information
Baghdad Travel - Iraq Tourist Information
Baghdad Travel - Iraq Tourist Information
Baghdad Travel - Iraq Tourist Information
10. Barcelona - The city is a pioneer in smart city and low-carbon solutions.
9. Hong Kong - The city has also been a leader in the use and adoption of smart cards, which are already used by millions of residents for services like public transit, library access, building access, shopping, and car parks.
8. Copenhagen - The city has committed to carbon neutrality by 2025 and 40% of its citizens regularly commute via bicycle.
7. Berlin - Berlin is testing out vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technologies in the hopes of creating a virtual power plant from electric vehicles.
6. Tokyo - The city will create a smart town in the suburbs in partnership with major industry. The eco-burb will contain homes that integrate solar panels, storage ba tteries, and energy efficient appliances all connected to a smart grid.
5. London - also scored relatively high across the board. London has been well-recognized for some of its sustainability innovations (i.e. congestion tax) and its robust transit system.
4. New York - New York scored higher than most other cities in the ranking in all of the categories except of quality of life, where it ranked a poor 47th. It has teamed with innovator IBM to help the city prevent fires and protect first responders as well as identify questionable tax refund claims--a move that is expected to save the city about $100 million over a five-year period.
3. Paris - Paris already has a highly successful bike sharing program, Velib, and just last month, its mayor launched a similar model for small EVs called Autolib.
2. Toronto - smartest city in NA, scored well across the board, it is an active member of the Clinton 40 (C40) megacities, which seek to transition to the low-carbon economy. The private sector is getting in on the action too, setting up a Smart Commute Toronto initiative to increase the city's transit efficiency.
1. The smartest city in the world is Vienna - Vienna was the only city that ranked in the top 10 in every category. It is establishing bold smart-city targets and tracking their progress to reach these goals with programs like Smart Energy Vision 2050, Roadmap 2020, and Action Plan 2012-2015.
A smart city is defined as using information and communication technologies to be more intelligent and efficient in the use of resources, resulting in cost and energy savings, improved service delivery and quality of life, and reduced environmental footprint--all supporting innovation and the low-carbon economy.
The rankings were determined by the cities scores on 4 global categories: Innovation, Green ranking, Quality of life and digital city.
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Baghdad Travel - Iraq Tourist Information
Baghdad Travel - Iraq Tourist Information
Baghdad Travel - Iraq Tourist Information
Baghdad Travel - Iraq Tourist Information
Baghdad Travel - Iraq Tourist Information
Baghdad Travel - Iraq Tourist Information
Baghdad Travel - Iraq Tourist Information
Baghdad Travel - Iraq Tourist Information
Baghdad Travel - Iraq Tourist Information
Baghdad Travel - Iraq Tourist Information
10. Barcelona - The city is a pioneer in smart city and low-carbon solutions.
9. Hong Kong - The city has also been a leader in the use and adoption of smart cards, which are already used by millions of residents for services like public transit, library access, building access, shopping, and car parks.
8. Copenhagen - The city has committed to carbon neutrality by 2025 and 40% of its citizens regularly commute via bicycle.
7. Berlin - Berlin is testing out vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technologies in the hopes of creating a virtual power plant from electric vehicles.
6. Tokyo - The city will create a smart town in the suburbs in partnership with major industry. The eco-burb will contain homes that integrate solar panels, storage ba tteries, and energy efficient appliances all connected to a smart grid.
5. London - also scored relatively high across the board. London has been well-recognized for some of its sustainability innovations (i.e. congestion tax) and its robust transit system.
4. New York - New York scored higher than most other cities in the ranking in all of the categories except of quality of life, where it ranked a poor 47th. It has teamed with innovator IBM to help the city prevent fires and protect first responders as well as identify questionable tax refund claims--a move that is expected to save the city about $100 million over a five-year period.
3. Paris - Paris already has a highly successful bike sharing program, Velib, and just last month, its mayor launched a similar model for small EVs called Autolib.
2. Toronto - smartest city in NA, scored well across the board, it is an active member of the Clinton 40 (C40) megacities, which seek to transition to the low-carbon economy. The private sector is getting in on the action too, setting up a Smart Commute Toronto initiative to increase the city's transit efficiency.
1. The smartest city in the world is Vienna - Vienna was the only city that ranked in the top 10 in every category. It is establishing bold smart-city targets and tracking their progress to reach these goals with programs like Smart Energy Vision 2050, Roadmap 2020, and Action Plan 2012-2015.
A smart city is defined as using information and communication technologies to be more intelligent and efficient in the use of resources, resulting in cost and energy savings, improved service delivery and quality of life, and reduced environmental footprint--all supporting innovation and the low-carbon economy.
The rankings were determined by the cities scores on 4 global categories: Innovation, Green ranking, Quality of life and digital city.
- published: 27 Jul 2014
- views: 1235
Iraq Tourist Attractions: 15 Top Places to Visit
Planning to visit Iraq? Check out our Iraq Travel Guide video and see top most Tourist Attractions in Iraq.
Top Places to visit in Iraq:
Ziggurat of Ur, Nation...
Planning to visit Iraq? Check out our Iraq Travel Guide video and see top most Tourist Attractions in Iraq.
Top Places to visit in Iraq:
Ziggurat of Ur, National Museum of Iraq, Baghdadi Museum, Wadi-us-Salaam Cemetery, Al-Shaheed Monument, Baghdad Zoo, Great Mosque of Samarra, Imam Husayn Shrine, Imam Ali Mosque, Hatra Ruins, Kurdish Textile and Cultural Museum, Sami Abdul Rahman Park, Erbil Kurdistan, Mazi Plus Mall, Shanadar Park
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Planning to visit Iraq? Check out our Iraq Travel Guide video and see top most Tourist Attractions in Iraq.
Top Places to visit in Iraq:
Ziggurat of Ur, National Museum of Iraq, Baghdadi Museum, Wadi-us-Salaam Cemetery, Al-Shaheed Monument, Baghdad Zoo, Great Mosque of Samarra, Imam Husayn Shrine, Imam Ali Mosque, Hatra Ruins, Kurdish Textile and Cultural Museum, Sami Abdul Rahman Park, Erbil Kurdistan, Mazi Plus Mall, Shanadar Park
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- published: 13 Oct 2015
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Iraqi Kurdistan - Is it Safe for Travel?
Travel to Iraqi Kurdistan. Wild Frontiers Adventure Travel's Head of Operations, Marc Leaderman, travelled to Iraqi Kurdistan for the first time earlier this ye...
Travel to Iraqi Kurdistan. Wild Frontiers Adventure Travel's Head of Operations, Marc Leaderman, travelled to Iraqi Kurdistan for the first time earlier this year. He discovered a safe and fascinating destination with a rich history, extraordinary landscapes and warm, welcoming people. Wild Frontiers Adventure Travel will run its first group trip into this northern region of Iraq in 2013.
For more information visit http://www.wildfrontiers.co.uk/world-regions/middle-east/iraqi-kurdistan
wn.com/Iraqi Kurdistan Is It Safe For Travel
Travel to Iraqi Kurdistan. Wild Frontiers Adventure Travel's Head of Operations, Marc Leaderman, travelled to Iraqi Kurdistan for the first time earlier this year. He discovered a safe and fascinating destination with a rich history, extraordinary landscapes and warm, welcoming people. Wild Frontiers Adventure Travel will run its first group trip into this northern region of Iraq in 2013.
For more information visit http://www.wildfrontiers.co.uk/world-regions/middle-east/iraqi-kurdistan
- published: 10 Aug 2012
- views: 25842
A Trip to Iraq (Documentary in Urdu/Hindi)
اس دستاویزی فلم کا آغاز ہم اور سے کریں گے جہاں حضرت ابراہیم الیہسلام پلے بڑھے تھے. پھر ہم آپ کو بابل کے قدیمی شہر لے جاییں گے. وہاں سے ہم نجف اشرف کی زیارت کریں...
اس دستاویزی فلم کا آغاز ہم اور سے کریں گے جہاں حضرت ابراہیم الیہسلام پلے بڑھے تھے. پھر ہم آپ کو بابل کے قدیمی شہر لے جاییں گے. وہاں سے ہم نجف اشرف کی زیارت کریں گے جو حضرت علی علیہسسلام کی خلافت کے دورکا نیا اسلامی دارلحکومت بنا تھا. پھر ہم کوفہ جاییں گے جہاں پرحضرت علی علیہسسلام کے مزار کی زیارت کے بعد وادی السلام جایں گے. یہ دنیا کا سب سے بڑا قبرستان ہے. ہماری اگلی منزل کربلا موالّه ہو گی جہاں پر امام حسین علیہسسلام اور انکے ساتھیوں کو نہایت سفّاکی سے شہید کر دیا گیا تھا. اس کے بعد ہم کاظمین میں رکیں گے جو دو ائمہ کا جائے مدفن ہے. پھر ہم سامرہ جاییں گے. یہاں بھی دو امام دفن ہیں. یہ جگہ امام مہدی علیہسسلام سے بھی منسوب ہے. آپ آخری وقت میں نزول فرماییں گے اور دنیا کو امن کا گہوارہ بنا دیں گے. ہماری آخری منزل اربیل ہو گی جو کردستان کا دارلحکومت ہے. یہاں پرآپ کو اربیل کا مشہورقلعہ دیکھنے کو ملے گا جو دنیا کے مسلسل آباد مقامات میں سے ایک ہے. ہمارے پورے سفر میں لاتعداد دلچسپ مقامات آییں گے. مجھے یقین ہے کہ ہمارا سفر پرلطف رہے گا.
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اس دستاویزی فلم کا آغاز ہم اور سے کریں گے جہاں حضرت ابراہیم الیہسلام پلے بڑھے تھے. پھر ہم آپ کو بابل کے قدیمی شہر لے جاییں گے. وہاں سے ہم نجف اشرف کی زیارت کریں گے جو حضرت علی علیہسسلام کی خلافت کے دورکا نیا اسلامی دارلحکومت بنا تھا. پھر ہم کوفہ جاییں گے جہاں پرحضرت علی علیہسسلام کے مزار کی زیارت کے بعد وادی السلام جایں گے. یہ دنیا کا سب سے بڑا قبرستان ہے. ہماری اگلی منزل کربلا موالّه ہو گی جہاں پر امام حسین علیہسسلام اور انکے ساتھیوں کو نہایت سفّاکی سے شہید کر دیا گیا تھا. اس کے بعد ہم کاظمین میں رکیں گے جو دو ائمہ کا جائے مدفن ہے. پھر ہم سامرہ جاییں گے. یہاں بھی دو امام دفن ہیں. یہ جگہ امام مہدی علیہسسلام سے بھی منسوب ہے. آپ آخری وقت میں نزول فرماییں گے اور دنیا کو امن کا گہوارہ بنا دیں گے. ہماری آخری منزل اربیل ہو گی جو کردستان کا دارلحکومت ہے. یہاں پرآپ کو اربیل کا مشہورقلعہ دیکھنے کو ملے گا جو دنیا کے مسلسل آباد مقامات میں سے ایک ہے. ہمارے پورے سفر میں لاتعداد دلچسپ مقامات آییں گے. مجھے یقین ہے کہ ہمارا سفر پرلطف رہے گا.
- published: 15 May 2015
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Shifa Tour & Travels ziarat iraq, iran, karbala
Shifa Tour & Travels is a sadka of masoomeen as, It is for every ziareen who want to go ziarat iraq iran sham haj umrah... In This video u can see the ziarat......
Shifa Tour & Travels is a sadka of masoomeen as, It is for every ziareen who want to go ziarat iraq iran sham haj umrah... In This video u can see the ziarat...
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Shifa Tour & Travels is a sadka of masoomeen as, It is for every ziareen who want to go ziarat iraq iran sham haj umrah... In This video u can see the ziarat...
- published: 09 Feb 2014
- views: 348
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author: SAMIR SAM
Karbala: City of Martyrs
The bomb blasts in Karbala and Baghdad during the Shia Muslim commemoration of Ashura did more than rock the fragile stability of Iraq - they were a signal to t...
The bomb blasts in Karbala and Baghdad during the Shia Muslim commemoration of Ashura did more than rock the fragile stability of Iraq - they were a signal to the new power base in the country, the Shias, that their mosques, their shrines and their festivals will be targeted by extremists.
For the first time in three decades, Iraqi Shias were able to mark Ashura - the commemoration of the the martyrdom of Imam Hussain, grandson of the Prophet Mohammed - openly in Karbala.
Cameras followed Shia pilgrims from the UK, USA and Iraq as they wrestled with the decision to travel to Karbala and mark the first free Ashura in three decades.
The 90-minute film records pilgrims' decisions, Ashura itself and the intense emotions of the Shia mourning of Hussain's death. It includes footage of the bombings and their aftermath.
wn.com/Karbala City Of Martyrs
The bomb blasts in Karbala and Baghdad during the Shia Muslim commemoration of Ashura did more than rock the fragile stability of Iraq - they were a signal to the new power base in the country, the Shias, that their mosques, their shrines and their festivals will be targeted by extremists.
For the first time in three decades, Iraqi Shias were able to mark Ashura - the commemoration of the the martyrdom of Imam Hussain, grandson of the Prophet Mohammed - openly in Karbala.
Cameras followed Shia pilgrims from the UK, USA and Iraq as they wrestled with the decision to travel to Karbala and mark the first free Ashura in three decades.
The 90-minute film records pilgrims' decisions, Ashura itself and the intense emotions of the Shia mourning of Hussain's death. It includes footage of the bombings and their aftermath.
- published: 05 Oct 2012
- views: 62029
Rick Steves' The Holy Land: Israelis and Palestinians Today
This hour-long special weaves together both the Israeli and the Palestinian narratives. In Israel, we go from the venerable ramparts of Jerusalem to the vibrant...
This hour-long special weaves together both the Israeli and the Palestinian narratives. In Israel, we go from the venerable ramparts of Jerusalem to the vibrant modern skyline of Tel Aviv. In Palestine, we harvest olives near Hebron, visit a home in Bethlehem, and pop into a university in Ramallah. We also learn about security walls, disputed settlements, and the persistent challenges facing the region.
At http://www.ricksteves.com, you'll find money-saving travel tips, small-group tours, guidebooks, TV shows, radio programs, podcasts, and more on this destination.
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This hour-long special weaves together both the Israeli and the Palestinian narratives. In Israel, we go from the venerable ramparts of Jerusalem to the vibrant modern skyline of Tel Aviv. In Palestine, we harvest olives near Hebron, visit a home in Bethlehem, and pop into a university in Ramallah. We also learn about security walls, disputed settlements, and the persistent challenges facing the region.
At http://www.ricksteves.com, you'll find money-saving travel tips, small-group tours, guidebooks, TV shows, radio programs, podcasts, and more on this destination.
- published: 07 Nov 2014
- views: 187264
Travel With Style - Casey Neistat for J.Crew
i made this movie for J.Crew's Ludlow Traveler (that's the name of the suit) go to their website and buy it. or buy something else. www.jcrew.com/jcrewonfilm...
i made this movie for J.Crew's Ludlow Traveler (that's the name of the suit) go to their website and buy it. or buy something else. www.jcrew.com/jcrewonfilm
does anyone read the description?
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i made this movie for J.Crew's Ludlow Traveler (that's the name of the suit) go to their website and buy it. or buy something else. www.jcrew.com/jcrewonfilm
does anyone read the description?
- published: 19 Mar 2014
- views: 1263934
Erbil International Airport, Kurdistan Region of Iraq - Unravel Travel TV
Erbil International Airport (IATA: EBL, ICAO: ORER), is the main airport of Erbil city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Erbil International Airport is centrally...
Erbil International Airport (IATA: EBL, ICAO: ORER), is the main airport of Erbil city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Erbil International Airport is centrally located on the Silk Road of the Airways. Following the liberation of Iraq in 2003, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) decided to transform Erbil's former military base into a modern civil aviation airport to serve as a major gateway to the world. Erbil International Airport (EIA) officially opened on July 7, 2005, and it welcomed its first IATA carrier on 11th December 2006. The KRG has enacted favorable rules to attract foreign investors and to help citizens of the Kurdistan Region in exile return home. Domestic traffic, as well as regional traffic throughout the expansive Middle East, is growing. Kurdistan's great natural resources of oil, natural gas and other minerals are creating a flourishing and rapidly growing business environment. Kurdistan is previously in exile are returning, bringing with them connections to other lands. There is an ever stronger need for efficient air transport, for passengers as well as cargo. The Erbil area has a stable water supply, and is surrounded by scenic and accessible wilderness lands, with greenery, clean streams, waterfalls and caves. This stands in stark contrast to other Middle Eastern destinations,and visitors will fuel an important tourism industry in Kurdistan. These are some of the reasons that the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and EIA have constructed and equipped an airport for the future, with capacity for three million passengers, and one of the world's longest runways, designed to accommodate the Airbus A380 and cargo aircraft of that class. The airport is the culmination of the vision and strategy put in place in 2003.
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Erbil International Airport (IATA: EBL, ICAO: ORER), is the main airport of Erbil city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Erbil International Airport is centrally located on the Silk Road of the Airways. Following the liberation of Iraq in 2003, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) decided to transform Erbil's former military base into a modern civil aviation airport to serve as a major gateway to the world. Erbil International Airport (EIA) officially opened on July 7, 2005, and it welcomed its first IATA carrier on 11th December 2006. The KRG has enacted favorable rules to attract foreign investors and to help citizens of the Kurdistan Region in exile return home. Domestic traffic, as well as regional traffic throughout the expansive Middle East, is growing. Kurdistan's great natural resources of oil, natural gas and other minerals are creating a flourishing and rapidly growing business environment. Kurdistan is previously in exile are returning, bringing with them connections to other lands. There is an ever stronger need for efficient air transport, for passengers as well as cargo. The Erbil area has a stable water supply, and is surrounded by scenic and accessible wilderness lands, with greenery, clean streams, waterfalls and caves. This stands in stark contrast to other Middle Eastern destinations,and visitors will fuel an important tourism industry in Kurdistan. These are some of the reasons that the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and EIA have constructed and equipped an airport for the future, with capacity for three million passengers, and one of the world's longest runways, designed to accommodate the Airbus A380 and cargo aircraft of that class. The airport is the culmination of the vision and strategy put in place in 2003.
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- published: 15 Dec 2013
- views: 6843
Beautiful Iraq Landscape - hotels accommodation yacht charter guide
Beautiful Iraq Landscape - hotels accommodation yacht charter guide http://www.hotels-aroundtheglobe.info/en/Iraq/ Iraq hotels Iraq accommodation Iraq Landscape...
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- published: 07 Jul 2013
- views: 458
Traveling through Kurdistan-Iraq
A week spent traveling around Iraqi Kurdistan, Southern Turkey, and along the Syrian border. Stops include Erbil, Rowanduz, Sulaymaniyah, Dohuk, and Diyarbakir ...
A week spent traveling around Iraqi Kurdistan, Southern Turkey, and along the Syrian border. Stops include Erbil, Rowanduz, Sulaymaniyah, Dohuk, and Diyarbakir Turkey. Go Pro.
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A week spent traveling around Iraqi Kurdistan, Southern Turkey, and along the Syrian border. Stops include Erbil, Rowanduz, Sulaymaniyah, Dohuk, and Diyarbakir Turkey. Go Pro.
- published: 09 Feb 2015
- views: 680
Destination Iraq: A Hitch-Hiking Guide to Turkey
This is a brief overview of our hitching trip from Cappadocia, Turkey to Arbil, Iraq and back to Van, Turkey. A more detailed description is here :
http://r...
This is a brief overview of our hitching trip from Cappadocia, Turkey to Arbil, Iraq and back to Van, Turkey. A more detailed description is here :
http://roamingsavage.wordpress.com/2013/10/24/the-open-road/
wn.com/Destination Iraq A Hitch Hiking Guide To Turkey
This is a brief overview of our hitching trip from Cappadocia, Turkey to Arbil, Iraq and back to Van, Turkey. A more detailed description is here :
http://roamingsavage.wordpress.com/2013/10/24/the-open-road/
- published: 23 Oct 2013
- views: 1031
Reforming Iraq; Prospects and challenges
Open Discussions
in association with
Gulf Cultural Club
presents:
Reforming Iraq; Prospects and challenges
with
Chris Doyle*
Dr Zuhair Al-Naher**
Kare...
Open Discussions
in association with
Gulf Cultural Club
presents:
Reforming Iraq; Prospects and challenges
with
Chris Doyle*
Dr Zuhair Al-Naher**
Karen Dabrowska***
The destabilisation of Iraq in the past decade has contributed to the state of anarchy in the Middle East, the rise of extremism and the mushrooming of terrorism. To achieve stability, Iraq must be supported to achieve meaningful reforms and strong central government. Corruption, quota system and foreign intervention are among the illnesses of the country. What are the prospects of Iraq’s transformation into a sovereign, democratic and stable power? These challenges will be debated at this seminar.
Karen Dabrowska will present her new book: Iraq; the ancient sites & Iraqi Kurdistan
Date: Tuesday, 22nd September 2015
*Chris Doyle is the Director of Caabu. He has worked with the Council since 1993 after graduating with a first class honours degree in Arabic and Islamic Studies at Exeter University. As part of this course he spent a year in Alexandria. Since then he has travelled widely in the Middle East and North Africa. In 1996 Chris moved to work for a professional government relations firm but returned to a more senior role at CAABU in 1997. In November 2002, he was made full-time Director.
As the lead spokesperson for Caabu and as an acknowledged expert on the region, Chris is a frequent commentator on TV and Radio, having given over 148 interviews on the Arab world in in 2012 alone. He gives numerous talks around the country on issues such as the Arab Spring, Libya, Syria, Palestine, Iraq, Islamophobia and the Arabs in Britain. He regularly has articles published in the British and international media. He has travelled to nearly every country in the Middle East. He has organised and accompanied numerous British Parliamentary delegations to Arab countries.
** Dr Zuhair AlNaher is the Spokesperson for the Islamic Da’wa Party in UK. He started his political activity in 1980 among the ranks of the Islamic Union of Iraqi Students, joining the Party in 1982. He became active in political and media activities during the 80s and 90s organising demonstrations, pickets and media relations. In 1997 he was appointed to the Leadership Committee of the Dawa Party in the UK. In 2000 Dr AlNaher became spokesperson for the Party in the UK. He was the Political Representative of the Iraqi PM in UK 2005-2007. In 2008 he became Director of the International relations office of the Dawa party, and liaised with the administration of Prime Minister Nori Al-Maliki. Activities included communications and meetings with MPs, the Foreign Office and political representatives in the UK and Europe.
***Karen Dabrowska is a freelance journalist who has been writing about the Middle East and Islamic Affairs for over 20 years. She is currently London correspondent of the Arab Weekly and has contributed articles to the Guardian and Middle East Magazine. She was the London correspondent of the Tripoli Post, editor of New Horizon Magazine and assistant editor of Islamic Tourism Magazine. Her books include Brad't first travel guide to Iraq, Iraq Then And Now, a guide to Addis Ababa, Into the Abyss: Human Rights Violations in Bahrain and Suppression of the popular movement for change and a collection of short stories: Melancholy Memories; Foreign Dreams.
wn.com/Reforming Iraq Prospects And Challenges
Open Discussions
in association with
Gulf Cultural Club
presents:
Reforming Iraq; Prospects and challenges
with
Chris Doyle*
Dr Zuhair Al-Naher**
Karen Dabrowska***
The destabilisation of Iraq in the past decade has contributed to the state of anarchy in the Middle East, the rise of extremism and the mushrooming of terrorism. To achieve stability, Iraq must be supported to achieve meaningful reforms and strong central government. Corruption, quota system and foreign intervention are among the illnesses of the country. What are the prospects of Iraq’s transformation into a sovereign, democratic and stable power? These challenges will be debated at this seminar.
Karen Dabrowska will present her new book: Iraq; the ancient sites & Iraqi Kurdistan
Date: Tuesday, 22nd September 2015
*Chris Doyle is the Director of Caabu. He has worked with the Council since 1993 after graduating with a first class honours degree in Arabic and Islamic Studies at Exeter University. As part of this course he spent a year in Alexandria. Since then he has travelled widely in the Middle East and North Africa. In 1996 Chris moved to work for a professional government relations firm but returned to a more senior role at CAABU in 1997. In November 2002, he was made full-time Director.
As the lead spokesperson for Caabu and as an acknowledged expert on the region, Chris is a frequent commentator on TV and Radio, having given over 148 interviews on the Arab world in in 2012 alone. He gives numerous talks around the country on issues such as the Arab Spring, Libya, Syria, Palestine, Iraq, Islamophobia and the Arabs in Britain. He regularly has articles published in the British and international media. He has travelled to nearly every country in the Middle East. He has organised and accompanied numerous British Parliamentary delegations to Arab countries.
** Dr Zuhair AlNaher is the Spokesperson for the Islamic Da’wa Party in UK. He started his political activity in 1980 among the ranks of the Islamic Union of Iraqi Students, joining the Party in 1982. He became active in political and media activities during the 80s and 90s organising demonstrations, pickets and media relations. In 1997 he was appointed to the Leadership Committee of the Dawa Party in the UK. In 2000 Dr AlNaher became spokesperson for the Party in the UK. He was the Political Representative of the Iraqi PM in UK 2005-2007. In 2008 he became Director of the International relations office of the Dawa party, and liaised with the administration of Prime Minister Nori Al-Maliki. Activities included communications and meetings with MPs, the Foreign Office and political representatives in the UK and Europe.
***Karen Dabrowska is a freelance journalist who has been writing about the Middle East and Islamic Affairs for over 20 years. She is currently London correspondent of the Arab Weekly and has contributed articles to the Guardian and Middle East Magazine. She was the London correspondent of the Tripoli Post, editor of New Horizon Magazine and assistant editor of Islamic Tourism Magazine. Her books include Brad't first travel guide to Iraq, Iraq Then And Now, a guide to Addis Ababa, Into the Abyss: Human Rights Violations in Bahrain and Suppression of the popular movement for change and a collection of short stories: Melancholy Memories; Foreign Dreams.
- published: 23 Sep 2015
- views: 3
Tourism in Iraq
Iraq has some amazing opportunities for tourism....
Iraq has some amazing opportunities for tourism.
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Iraq has some amazing opportunities for tourism.
Millions travel to Iraq for world's largest pilgrimage known as Arbaeen
An estimated 17 million pilgrims including Shia Muslims - as well as some Sunnis, Christians, Yazidi and other faiths - are on their visited Karbala in Iraq to ...
An estimated 17 million pilgrims including Shia Muslims - as well as some Sunnis, Christians, Yazidi and other faiths - are on their visited Karbala in Iraq to participate in the world's largest annual gathering of people, the religious pilgrimage of Arbaeen.
The pilgrims reached Karbala, south of Baghdad, by 12th December, a date which marks the end of 40 days' of commemorating Ashura, the ritual which marks the martyrdom of Mohammad's grandson Imam Hussein.
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An estimated 17 million pilgrims including Shia Muslims - as well as some Sunnis, Christians, Yazidi and other faiths - are on their visited Karbala in Iraq to participate in the world's largest annual gathering of people, the religious pilgrimage of Arbaeen.
The pilgrims reached Karbala, south of Baghdad, by 12th December, a date which marks the end of 40 days' of commemorating Ashura, the ritual which marks the martyrdom of Mohammad's grandson Imam Hussein.
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- published: 19 Dec 2014
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FRB News Bulletin 13 10 2015
1. Phase two of 'Salahuddin'' liberation begins
2. Unofficial purge of Kurdish cabinet
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Kurdish politicians to boycott cabinet meetings, political analysis and reax
Iraq's Kurds on Thursday said their politicians will stay away from Cabinet meetings to protest against remarks made by embattled Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
The announcement comes a day after al-Maliki accused the largely autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq of harbouring the Sunni militants who have overrun much of the country.
The prime minister provided no evidence, and the Kurds
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Iraq Cabinet imposes a sales tax of 20% on mobile phone companies
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+4:3 Iraq PM arrives in Irbil for cabinet meeting, meets Kurdistan President
SHOTLIST
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1. Wide of military plane carrying Iraqi Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, taxiing at Irbil airport
2. Close of tail of plane with Iraqi flag
3. Al-Maliki coming out of plane and being greeted by the Kurdish region's president Massoud Barzani at end of red carpet
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4. Wide of cabinet meeting
5. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Nouri al-Maliki, Iraqi Prime Minister:
"The region i
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Iraqis express mixed reactions as al-Maliki submits his new Cabinet
SHOTLIST
1. Various of statue in Kahramana Square
2. Mid of people walking past newspaper stand, others reading the morning papers
3. Close of man reading newspaper
4. Close of headline reading (Arabic): ''The formation of the new government will be announced today.''
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Sadiq Awad, government employee:
"It is supposed that all new leaders and all new ministers who
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Prime minister holds first meeting with new cabinet
1. Iraq's prime minister Nouri al-Maliki, his deputies and ministers attending cabinet meeting
2. Various of Iraqi ministers attending cabinet meeting
3. Al-Maliki and his deputies during cabinet meeting
4. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Nouri al-Maliki, Iraqi Prime Minister:
"Difficult tasks require exceptional effort. Governments in stable countries may not need what we need in Iraq and what was ne
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WRAP Blair and Khalilzad on Iraq as new cabinet is sworn in
AP TELEVISION
Baghdad, Iraq - 20 May 2006
1. Wide of Iraqi National Assembly while Prime Minister-designate Nouri al-Maliki declares names of ministers
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Chequers, Buckinghamshire, UK - 20 May 2006
2. SOUNDBITE (English): Tony Blair, British Prime Minister:
"It's actually a genuine coalition government of all the main political parties in Iraq and that's got to
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During a symbolic signing ceremony, Iraq ambassador Ryan Crocker said the Iraqi Cabinet's approval o
HEADLINE: Raw Video: Iraq security pact signing ceremony
CAPTION: During a symbolic signing ceremony, Iraq ambassador Ryan Crocker said the Iraqi Cabinet's approval of a security pact extending the presence of American forces in Iraq for three years is 'historic'. The deal still needs parliamentary approval. (Nov. 17)
APTN STORY NUMBER: 585686
1. Wide of US ambassador Ryan Crocker and Ira
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AP intw with Syrian Cabinet Minister reacting to Blair speech, Baker/Bush mtg
SHOTLIST
1. SOUNDBITE (English) Buthayna Shaaban, Syrian Cabinet Minister:
"Syria has always believed in dialogue and called for talks but it was the American administration and the British Prime Minister who took the policy of starting a war in Iraq, instead of addressing the Arab Israeli conflict. However Syria continues to believe in talking, but of course never accepted conditions either to
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Iraq - Saddam holds cabinet meeting
T/I 11:14:40
Saddam Hussein met cabinet ministers in Baghdad after Iraq said Thursday (12/9) it had fired at allied warplanes in a southern "no-fly" zone in defiance of US threats of retaliation and accused Kuwait of an "act of war" for allowing US fighter-bombers to be based there.
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ, 12 SEPTEMBER, 1996
Vs of Saddam Hussein, Iraqi President with his cabinet;
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USA: CABINET MEMBERS SAY UN INSPECTORS MUST STAY IN CONTROL IN IRAQ
English/Nat
Mindful of broken promises, top Clinton Cabinet members say U-N inspectors must remain in control of the search for Iraqi weapons if a new agreement is to stand.
The Secretaries of State and Defence said on Tuesday some parts of the deal hashed out by U-N Secretary General Kofi Annan need clarifying.
Despite suspicions about Saddam's willingness to abide by the agreement, a
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USA: CABINET MEMBERS SAY UN INSPECTORS MUST STAY IN CONTROL IN IRAQ (2)
English/Nat
The U-S is promising to make sure Saddam Hussein is true to his word.
President Bill Clinton says the agreement Kofi Annan brokered to allow inspections of suspected weapons sites is an important step forward - if it's implemented.
Despite the accord, the troop buildup goes on, and White House
aides say there's no plan for a pullout anytime soon.
The U-S is warning that
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IRAQ: BAGHDAD: SADDAM MEETS CABINET & MILITARY COMMANDERS
English/Nat
The sudden withdrawal of weapons inspectors and other U-N personnel from Baghdad has heightened speculation that the U-S will launch airstrikes in the next few days.
At least 400 weapons inspectors and other U-N staff left in a major pullout of "non-essential" personnel amid preparations for a possible military strike.
Only 40 essential staff members will remain in Baghdad, in
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IRAQ: BAGHDAD: SADDAM HUSSEIN CHAIRS CABINET MEETING
English/Nat
The sudden withdrawal of weapons inspectors and other U-N personnel from Baghdad has heightened speculation that the U-S will launch airstrikes in the next few days.
At least 400 weapons inspectors and other U-N staff left in a major pullout of "non-essential" personnel amid preparations for a possible military strike.
Only 40 essential staff members will remain in Baghdad, in
FRB News Bulletin 13 10 2015
1. Phase two of 'Salahuddin'' liberation begins
2. Unofficial purge of Kurdish cabinet...
1. Phase two of 'Salahuddin'' liberation begins
2. Unofficial purge of Kurdish cabinet
wn.com/Frb News Bulletin 13 10 2015
1. Phase two of 'Salahuddin'' liberation begins
2. Unofficial purge of Kurdish cabinet
- published: 13 Oct 2015
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Kurdish politicians to boycott cabinet meetings, political analysis and reax
Iraq's Kurds on Thursday said their politicians will stay away from Cabinet meetings to protest against remarks made by embattled Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki...
Iraq's Kurds on Thursday said their politicians will stay away from Cabinet meetings to protest against remarks made by embattled Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
The announcement comes a day after al-Maliki accused the largely autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq of harbouring the Sunni militants who have overrun much of the country.
The prime minister provided no evidence, and the Kurds denied the allegations.
Deputy Iraqi Prime Minister Roz Nouri Shawez, the highest level Kurdish official in the government, told reporters on Thursday that Kurdish government ministers would not take part in upcoming Cabinet sessions as they "cannot endure any more such behaviour, statements and stances".
Kurds also hold the Cabinet posts for foreign affairs, trade, health and immigration and displacement.
The move is largely symbolic, since the government has continued operating in the past when the Sunni bloc fully withdrew its ministers from the Cabinet.
But it underlines the deepening split between al-Maliki and the Kurds.
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wn.com/Kurdish Politicians To Boycott Cabinet Meetings, Political Analysis And Reax
Iraq's Kurds on Thursday said their politicians will stay away from Cabinet meetings to protest against remarks made by embattled Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
The announcement comes a day after al-Maliki accused the largely autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq of harbouring the Sunni militants who have overrun much of the country.
The prime minister provided no evidence, and the Kurds denied the allegations.
Deputy Iraqi Prime Minister Roz Nouri Shawez, the highest level Kurdish official in the government, told reporters on Thursday that Kurdish government ministers would not take part in upcoming Cabinet sessions as they "cannot endure any more such behaviour, statements and stances".
Kurds also hold the Cabinet posts for foreign affairs, trade, health and immigration and displacement.
The move is largely symbolic, since the government has continued operating in the past when the Sunni bloc fully withdrew its ministers from the Cabinet.
But it underlines the deepening split between al-Maliki and the Kurds.
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- published: 03 Aug 2015
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Iraq Cabinet imposes a sales tax of 20% on mobile phone companies
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- published: 02 Aug 2015
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+4:3 Iraq PM arrives in Irbil for cabinet meeting, meets Kurdistan President
SHOTLIST
++16:9++
1. Wide of military plane carrying Iraqi Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, taxiing at Irbil airport
2. Close of tail of plane with Iraqi fla...
SHOTLIST
++16:9++
1. Wide of military plane carrying Iraqi Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, taxiing at Irbil airport
2. Close of tail of plane with Iraqi flag
3. Al-Maliki coming out of plane and being greeted by the Kurdish region's president Massoud Barzani at end of red carpet
++4:3++
4. Wide of cabinet meeting
5. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Nouri al-Maliki, Iraqi Prime Minister:
"The region is going through a new tempest, a reckless and sectarian tempest, a tempest of chaos in most countries of the area. And one of its most dangerous aspects is the return of the emergence of extremist organisations such as al-Qaida and the Nasra Front and other advocates of radicalism and sectarianism, sometimes regrettably backed by Fitwas (religious decrees): a matter that brings back the ghost of fear of a return of violence, not only in Iraq, but in the whole region. And, in fact, this is going on in the region."
6. Wide of the cabinet meeting
STORYLINE:
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki arrived in the Kurdish capital of Irbil on Sunday to hold a Cabinet meeting as part of an initiative started last year to hold meetings outside Baghdad to better understand the needs of the provinces.
Al-Maliki and government ministers arrived by military plane to the regional capital, where they were received on a red carpet by the region's president, Massoud Barzani.
The meeting, the first in the Kurdish capital since 2003 US-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein, carries particular significance because it is seen as a way to melt the ice between Baghdad and Irbil.
The two sides have for years been locked in a bitter dispute over oil and land rights, and last year engaged in a military standoff along their disputed internal border.
Al-Maliki's visit comes as a suicide car bomber rammed his explosives-laden vehicle into an Iraqi army checkpoint in a Shiite neighbourhood in Baghdad on Sunday morning, killing at least seven people and wounding 18 others, officials said.
Those killed Sunday included five soldiers and two civilian bystanders, according to police.
Shiites are one of the favoured targets for hardline Sunni insurgents who consider them infidels.
"The region is going through a new tempest, a reckless and sectarian tempest," al-Maliki said during the cabinet meeting in Irbil.
"One of its most dangerous aspects is the return of the emergence of extremist organisations such as al-Qaida and the Nasra Front and other advocates of radicalism and sectarianism...a matter that brings back the ghost of fear of a return of violence, not only in Iraq, but in the whole region," he said.
Violence has spiked in Iraq in recent weeks, raising fears of a return to widespread sectarian bloodshed.
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wn.com/4 3 Iraq Pm Arrives In Irbil For Cabinet Meeting, Meets Kurdistan President
SHOTLIST
++16:9++
1. Wide of military plane carrying Iraqi Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, taxiing at Irbil airport
2. Close of tail of plane with Iraqi flag
3. Al-Maliki coming out of plane and being greeted by the Kurdish region's president Massoud Barzani at end of red carpet
++4:3++
4. Wide of cabinet meeting
5. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Nouri al-Maliki, Iraqi Prime Minister:
"The region is going through a new tempest, a reckless and sectarian tempest, a tempest of chaos in most countries of the area. And one of its most dangerous aspects is the return of the emergence of extremist organisations such as al-Qaida and the Nasra Front and other advocates of radicalism and sectarianism, sometimes regrettably backed by Fitwas (religious decrees): a matter that brings back the ghost of fear of a return of violence, not only in Iraq, but in the whole region. And, in fact, this is going on in the region."
6. Wide of the cabinet meeting
STORYLINE:
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki arrived in the Kurdish capital of Irbil on Sunday to hold a Cabinet meeting as part of an initiative started last year to hold meetings outside Baghdad to better understand the needs of the provinces.
Al-Maliki and government ministers arrived by military plane to the regional capital, where they were received on a red carpet by the region's president, Massoud Barzani.
The meeting, the first in the Kurdish capital since 2003 US-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein, carries particular significance because it is seen as a way to melt the ice between Baghdad and Irbil.
The two sides have for years been locked in a bitter dispute over oil and land rights, and last year engaged in a military standoff along their disputed internal border.
Al-Maliki's visit comes as a suicide car bomber rammed his explosives-laden vehicle into an Iraqi army checkpoint in a Shiite neighbourhood in Baghdad on Sunday morning, killing at least seven people and wounding 18 others, officials said.
Those killed Sunday included five soldiers and two civilian bystanders, according to police.
Shiites are one of the favoured targets for hardline Sunni insurgents who consider them infidels.
"The region is going through a new tempest, a reckless and sectarian tempest," al-Maliki said during the cabinet meeting in Irbil.
"One of its most dangerous aspects is the return of the emergence of extremist organisations such as al-Qaida and the Nasra Front and other advocates of radicalism and sectarianism...a matter that brings back the ghost of fear of a return of violence, not only in Iraq, but in the whole region," he said.
Violence has spiked in Iraq in recent weeks, raising fears of a return to widespread sectarian bloodshed.
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Iraqis express mixed reactions as al-Maliki submits his new Cabinet
SHOTLIST
1. Various of statue in Kahramana Square
2. Mid of people walking past newspaper stand, others reading the morning papers
3. Close of man reading ne...
SHOTLIST
1. Various of statue in Kahramana Square
2. Mid of people walking past newspaper stand, others reading the morning papers
3. Close of man reading newspaper
4. Close of headline reading (Arabic): ''The formation of the new government will be announced today.''
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Sadiq Awad, government employee:
"It is supposed that all new leaders and all new ministers who form the new government work for the interest of the nation and give up the current sectarianism.''
6. Mid of traffic on road
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Khalid Mohsen, resident:
''We hope that the prime minister will choose qualified nominees to occupy the new posts so that they can serve the people.''
8. Wide of traffic on road
STORYLINE
Iraqis in Baghdad voiced mixed reaction on Tuesday to the formation of a new government, ahead of a vote on the new ministers following months of political deadlock.
One government employee said he hoped the new ministers would work together and abandon "sectarianism," rife in the country.
Lawmakers were scheduled to vote later on Tuesday on the fragile coalition government led by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki that includes representatives of all the country's political and sectarian factions, Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds.
The incumbent premier, himself a Shiite, succeeded in ending months of limbo by pulling members from all sides of the political spectrum into a list he proposed on Monday, but serious challenges remain.
Nearly a third of the ministers put forth by al-Maliki are only to be acting ministers since he and followers of anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, a key part of al-Maliki's coalition, couldn't agree on who should take many of the posts allocated to al-Sadr's Iran-backed movement.
The ministries still to be decided include the defence, interior and intelligence posts which are closely watched in Iraq for any sign that they are being abused by one side or another in the country's sectarian divide as the US military prepares to withdraw from Iraq entirely in a year's time.
Al-Maliki is expected to serve as the acting minister for those posts to give lawmakers more time to ensure they are filled with politically independent officials.
Tuesday's vote will see lawmakers voting on the 29 names that al-Maliki submitted on Monday for permanent Cabinet posts, said Kurdish lawmaker Khalid Shwani.
The 13 acting ministers do not need to be approved by parliament, said Omar al-Mashhadani, a spokesman for the parliament speaker, but parliament will have to approve their names at a later date when they are finalised, he said.
The government is eventually to be made up of 42 ministers.
Lawmakers will also vote to create a new council overseeing foreign policy and security related issues to be headed by al-Maliki's Sunni-backed rival Ayad Allawi, said a member of Allawi's Iraqiya coalition, Jaber al-Jaberi.
The council is considered a way to keep the Sunnis and Allawi, who is a Shiite, in the new government, but it's still not clear exactly how much power the council will really have.
The Iraqiya alliance narrowly defeated al-Maliki in the March election, garnering 91 seats to al-Maliki's 89 seats. But after months of wrangling, Iraqiya could not find enough support to form a majority government.
Iraqiya only recently dropped its long-standing demand that Allawi should have the first chance at forming the government.
Allawi's concession came after he was assured that Sunnis would not be excluded from the Shiite-led government.
It was al-Sadr's support, in a deal brokered by Iran, that largely enabled al-Maliki to build the framework for a majority coalition.
Al-Maliki has served as prime minister since May 2006.
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wn.com/Iraqis Express Mixed Reactions As Al Maliki Submits His New Cabinet
SHOTLIST
1. Various of statue in Kahramana Square
2. Mid of people walking past newspaper stand, others reading the morning papers
3. Close of man reading newspaper
4. Close of headline reading (Arabic): ''The formation of the new government will be announced today.''
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Sadiq Awad, government employee:
"It is supposed that all new leaders and all new ministers who form the new government work for the interest of the nation and give up the current sectarianism.''
6. Mid of traffic on road
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Khalid Mohsen, resident:
''We hope that the prime minister will choose qualified nominees to occupy the new posts so that they can serve the people.''
8. Wide of traffic on road
STORYLINE
Iraqis in Baghdad voiced mixed reaction on Tuesday to the formation of a new government, ahead of a vote on the new ministers following months of political deadlock.
One government employee said he hoped the new ministers would work together and abandon "sectarianism," rife in the country.
Lawmakers were scheduled to vote later on Tuesday on the fragile coalition government led by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki that includes representatives of all the country's political and sectarian factions, Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds.
The incumbent premier, himself a Shiite, succeeded in ending months of limbo by pulling members from all sides of the political spectrum into a list he proposed on Monday, but serious challenges remain.
Nearly a third of the ministers put forth by al-Maliki are only to be acting ministers since he and followers of anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, a key part of al-Maliki's coalition, couldn't agree on who should take many of the posts allocated to al-Sadr's Iran-backed movement.
The ministries still to be decided include the defence, interior and intelligence posts which are closely watched in Iraq for any sign that they are being abused by one side or another in the country's sectarian divide as the US military prepares to withdraw from Iraq entirely in a year's time.
Al-Maliki is expected to serve as the acting minister for those posts to give lawmakers more time to ensure they are filled with politically independent officials.
Tuesday's vote will see lawmakers voting on the 29 names that al-Maliki submitted on Monday for permanent Cabinet posts, said Kurdish lawmaker Khalid Shwani.
The 13 acting ministers do not need to be approved by parliament, said Omar al-Mashhadani, a spokesman for the parliament speaker, but parliament will have to approve their names at a later date when they are finalised, he said.
The government is eventually to be made up of 42 ministers.
Lawmakers will also vote to create a new council overseeing foreign policy and security related issues to be headed by al-Maliki's Sunni-backed rival Ayad Allawi, said a member of Allawi's Iraqiya coalition, Jaber al-Jaberi.
The council is considered a way to keep the Sunnis and Allawi, who is a Shiite, in the new government, but it's still not clear exactly how much power the council will really have.
The Iraqiya alliance narrowly defeated al-Maliki in the March election, garnering 91 seats to al-Maliki's 89 seats. But after months of wrangling, Iraqiya could not find enough support to form a majority government.
Iraqiya only recently dropped its long-standing demand that Allawi should have the first chance at forming the government.
Allawi's concession came after he was assured that Sunnis would not be excluded from the Shiite-led government.
It was al-Sadr's support, in a deal brokered by Iran, that largely enabled al-Maliki to build the framework for a majority coalition.
Al-Maliki has served as prime minister since May 2006.
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Prime minister holds first meeting with new cabinet
1. Iraq's prime minister Nouri al-Maliki, his deputies and ministers attending cabinet meeting
2. Various of Iraqi ministers attending cabinet meeting
3. Al...
1. Iraq's prime minister Nouri al-Maliki, his deputies and ministers attending cabinet meeting
2. Various of Iraqi ministers attending cabinet meeting
3. Al-Maliki and his deputies during cabinet meeting
4. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Nouri al-Maliki, Iraqi Prime Minister:
"Difficult tasks require exceptional effort. Governments in stable countries may not need what we need in Iraq and what was needed in the previous phase may not be needed that much in this phase. The previous phase was difficult, a phase of big challenges, but we are still in need of an exceptional effort to develop all the sectors that need to be developed, like industry, agriculture, culture, oil, electricity, foreign relations and everything in Iraq needs to develop so it will rise to the level of nation-building that deserves to compete and be present within the regional and the international community."
5. Al-Maliki's deputies Hussein al-Shahristani and Saleh al-Mutleq during cabinet meeting
6. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Nouri al-Maliki, Iraqi prime minister:
"I'm looking forward to seeing my ministers taking their posts that fast because what is required from us, from our brothers, the ministers, is to present their agenda, what they want to do. It is natural that the agenda is not only written by the minister but with the advice and cooperation of his counsellor at his ministry, so it will be an actuality that will be achieved and so that the efforts will not be wasted in imaginary projects."
7. Iraqi ministers during meeting of cabinet
8. End of cabinet meeting
STORYLINE:
Iraq seated a freely elected government on Tuesday after nine months of haggling, bringing together the main ethnic and religious groups in a fragile balance that could make it difficult to rebuild a nation devastated by war as American troops prepare for their final withdrawal.
One of the government's first priorities will be to decide whether to ask the Obama administration to keep thousands of US soldiers in Iraq after their scheduled departure in December 2011.
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's new government solidifies the grip that Shiites have held on political power since Saddam Hussein's ouster. It leaves open the question of whether the country's disgruntled Sunni minority will play a meaningful role.
Despite tortuous negotiations that threatened to unravel the country's tenuous democratic gains, the public face of the new government will look remarkably like the outgoing one. The prime minister, president and foreign minister will remain the same.
The outcome was a huge victory for al-Maliki, who has made more than his share of enemies as prime minister since May 2006. Parliament originally tapped him as a compromise candidate to lead Iraq following tumultuous elections in December 2005 during the height of the war.
The new government was sworn in on Tuesday immediately after the Iraqi parliament voted to approve 34 Cabinet ministers including al-Maliki. The remainder of the 44-member Cabinet is made up of acting ministers who will be replaced at a later date because of ongoing disputes among coalition partners.
Al-Maliki hailed what he called a unified but diverse government.
But even as he praised the new government, al-Maliki hinted at its weakness: the need to include all the major political factions as a way to preserve stability at the expense of efficiency.
Indeed, two groups blasted the new Cabinet even before it was sworn in.
The Kurdish splinter Goran party, which has only eight lawmakers, said it should have received more than the one Cabinet post it was offered and threatened to boycott the government. And women lawmakers jeered the male-dominated political parties for largely excluding them from the Cabinet though they make up a quarter of parliament.
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wn.com/Prime Minister Holds First Meeting With New Cabinet
1. Iraq's prime minister Nouri al-Maliki, his deputies and ministers attending cabinet meeting
2. Various of Iraqi ministers attending cabinet meeting
3. Al-Maliki and his deputies during cabinet meeting
4. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Nouri al-Maliki, Iraqi Prime Minister:
"Difficult tasks require exceptional effort. Governments in stable countries may not need what we need in Iraq and what was needed in the previous phase may not be needed that much in this phase. The previous phase was difficult, a phase of big challenges, but we are still in need of an exceptional effort to develop all the sectors that need to be developed, like industry, agriculture, culture, oil, electricity, foreign relations and everything in Iraq needs to develop so it will rise to the level of nation-building that deserves to compete and be present within the regional and the international community."
5. Al-Maliki's deputies Hussein al-Shahristani and Saleh al-Mutleq during cabinet meeting
6. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Nouri al-Maliki, Iraqi prime minister:
"I'm looking forward to seeing my ministers taking their posts that fast because what is required from us, from our brothers, the ministers, is to present their agenda, what they want to do. It is natural that the agenda is not only written by the minister but with the advice and cooperation of his counsellor at his ministry, so it will be an actuality that will be achieved and so that the efforts will not be wasted in imaginary projects."
7. Iraqi ministers during meeting of cabinet
8. End of cabinet meeting
STORYLINE:
Iraq seated a freely elected government on Tuesday after nine months of haggling, bringing together the main ethnic and religious groups in a fragile balance that could make it difficult to rebuild a nation devastated by war as American troops prepare for their final withdrawal.
One of the government's first priorities will be to decide whether to ask the Obama administration to keep thousands of US soldiers in Iraq after their scheduled departure in December 2011.
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's new government solidifies the grip that Shiites have held on political power since Saddam Hussein's ouster. It leaves open the question of whether the country's disgruntled Sunni minority will play a meaningful role.
Despite tortuous negotiations that threatened to unravel the country's tenuous democratic gains, the public face of the new government will look remarkably like the outgoing one. The prime minister, president and foreign minister will remain the same.
The outcome was a huge victory for al-Maliki, who has made more than his share of enemies as prime minister since May 2006. Parliament originally tapped him as a compromise candidate to lead Iraq following tumultuous elections in December 2005 during the height of the war.
The new government was sworn in on Tuesday immediately after the Iraqi parliament voted to approve 34 Cabinet ministers including al-Maliki. The remainder of the 44-member Cabinet is made up of acting ministers who will be replaced at a later date because of ongoing disputes among coalition partners.
Al-Maliki hailed what he called a unified but diverse government.
But even as he praised the new government, al-Maliki hinted at its weakness: the need to include all the major political factions as a way to preserve stability at the expense of efficiency.
Indeed, two groups blasted the new Cabinet even before it was sworn in.
The Kurdish splinter Goran party, which has only eight lawmakers, said it should have received more than the one Cabinet post it was offered and threatened to boycott the government. And women lawmakers jeered the male-dominated political parties for largely excluding them from the Cabinet though they make up a quarter of parliament.
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WRAP Blair and Khalilzad on Iraq as new cabinet is sworn in
AP TELEVISION
Baghdad, Iraq - 20 May 2006
1. Wide of Iraqi National Assembly while Prime Minister-designate Nouri al-Maliki declares names of ministers
POOL ...
AP TELEVISION
Baghdad, Iraq - 20 May 2006
1. Wide of Iraqi National Assembly while Prime Minister-designate Nouri al-Maliki declares names of ministers
POOL - No Access UK/Ireland/CNNi
Chequers, Buckinghamshire, UK - 20 May 2006
2. SOUNDBITE (English): Tony Blair, British Prime Minister:
"It's actually a genuine coalition government of all the main political parties in Iraq and that's got to be a hopeful sign. Now, even with all the bloodshed that is there and the difficulty, that political process has kept going strong and the question now is: can we together - they as the new government and the multi-national force operating with UN support - can we together then ensure that Iraq makes the transition to a peaceful and democratic state, which its people obviously want."
AP TELEVISION
Baghdad, Iraq - 20 May 2006
3. Pan of some members of Iraqi Parliament leaving hall
POOL - No Access UK/Ireland/CNNi
Chequers, Buckinghamshire, UK - 20 May 2006
4. SOUNDBITE (English): Tony Blair, British Prime Minister:
"Well, I think again, the question is getting the job done. I mean the the time table is governed by the job being done. But, of course, all the time the Iraqi security forces are being built up, and the new prime minister today made it very clear that he like us wants to see Iraq in full control of its own destiny. And the interesting thing again is the common position of the (Iraqi) government, that they want the multi-national force there to help them do that, so we've both got the same objective."
AP TELEVISION
Baghdad, Iraq - 20 May 2006
5. Some members of Iraqi Parliament leaving hall
POOL - No Access UK/Ireland/CNNi
Chequers, Buckinghamshire, UK - 20 May 2006
6. SOUNDBITE (English): Tony Blair, British Prime Minister:
"We've got to take it as we can and lot depends now on what happens with the new Iraqi government. But it's important, I think, the whole of the international community gets behind it now. I mean, people can dispute whether it was right or wrong to remove Saddam, although it's interesting you won't find any sign in this prime minister, the new (Iraqi) prime minister's speech, that they are anything other than joyful that they are liberated from the oppression of Saddam. But we've just simply got to realise that they've come a very, very long way and the important thing now is for the multi-national community, which has got the UN validation there for the troops that we have there now, for the whole of the community to get behind the Iraqi government and help them."
AP TELEVISION
Baghdad, Iraq - 20 May 2006
7. Iraqi Prime Minister-designate Nouri al-Maliki speaking on podium
POOL - No Access UK/Ireland/CNNi
Chequers, Buckinghamshire, UK - 20 May 2006
8. SOUNDBITE (English): Tony Blair, British Prime Minister:
"I buy the fact that there are people trying to pitch the country into civil war but I don't buy the fact that they are going to succeed. Because what has shown by the formation of this government, across all the different factions in Iraq, the fact is they managed to get a unity government that's capable now, with a programme that is a good programme, of governing the country. Now, they've got to make their writ run and that's the task and we've got to help them do it but they are the proof that what the majority of Iraqis want is not a civil war, which would be disastrous for them and the whole of the country, but actually to live in peace with one and other."
AP TELEVISION
Baghdad, Iraq - 20 May 2006
9. Members of Iraqi Parliament raising their hands for approval
AP TELEVISION
Baghdad, Iraq - 20 May 2006
10. Wide shot of media conference with Zalmay Khalilzad
11. SOUNDBITE (English): Zalmay Khalilzad, US Ambassador to Iraq:
13. Khalilzad at conference
STORYLINE:
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wn.com/Wrap Blair And Khalilzad On Iraq As New Cabinet Is Sworn In
AP TELEVISION
Baghdad, Iraq - 20 May 2006
1. Wide of Iraqi National Assembly while Prime Minister-designate Nouri al-Maliki declares names of ministers
POOL - No Access UK/Ireland/CNNi
Chequers, Buckinghamshire, UK - 20 May 2006
2. SOUNDBITE (English): Tony Blair, British Prime Minister:
"It's actually a genuine coalition government of all the main political parties in Iraq and that's got to be a hopeful sign. Now, even with all the bloodshed that is there and the difficulty, that political process has kept going strong and the question now is: can we together - they as the new government and the multi-national force operating with UN support - can we together then ensure that Iraq makes the transition to a peaceful and democratic state, which its people obviously want."
AP TELEVISION
Baghdad, Iraq - 20 May 2006
3. Pan of some members of Iraqi Parliament leaving hall
POOL - No Access UK/Ireland/CNNi
Chequers, Buckinghamshire, UK - 20 May 2006
4. SOUNDBITE (English): Tony Blair, British Prime Minister:
"Well, I think again, the question is getting the job done. I mean the the time table is governed by the job being done. But, of course, all the time the Iraqi security forces are being built up, and the new prime minister today made it very clear that he like us wants to see Iraq in full control of its own destiny. And the interesting thing again is the common position of the (Iraqi) government, that they want the multi-national force there to help them do that, so we've both got the same objective."
AP TELEVISION
Baghdad, Iraq - 20 May 2006
5. Some members of Iraqi Parliament leaving hall
POOL - No Access UK/Ireland/CNNi
Chequers, Buckinghamshire, UK - 20 May 2006
6. SOUNDBITE (English): Tony Blair, British Prime Minister:
"We've got to take it as we can and lot depends now on what happens with the new Iraqi government. But it's important, I think, the whole of the international community gets behind it now. I mean, people can dispute whether it was right or wrong to remove Saddam, although it's interesting you won't find any sign in this prime minister, the new (Iraqi) prime minister's speech, that they are anything other than joyful that they are liberated from the oppression of Saddam. But we've just simply got to realise that they've come a very, very long way and the important thing now is for the multi-national community, which has got the UN validation there for the troops that we have there now, for the whole of the community to get behind the Iraqi government and help them."
AP TELEVISION
Baghdad, Iraq - 20 May 2006
7. Iraqi Prime Minister-designate Nouri al-Maliki speaking on podium
POOL - No Access UK/Ireland/CNNi
Chequers, Buckinghamshire, UK - 20 May 2006
8. SOUNDBITE (English): Tony Blair, British Prime Minister:
"I buy the fact that there are people trying to pitch the country into civil war but I don't buy the fact that they are going to succeed. Because what has shown by the formation of this government, across all the different factions in Iraq, the fact is they managed to get a unity government that's capable now, with a programme that is a good programme, of governing the country. Now, they've got to make their writ run and that's the task and we've got to help them do it but they are the proof that what the majority of Iraqis want is not a civil war, which would be disastrous for them and the whole of the country, but actually to live in peace with one and other."
AP TELEVISION
Baghdad, Iraq - 20 May 2006
9. Members of Iraqi Parliament raising their hands for approval
AP TELEVISION
Baghdad, Iraq - 20 May 2006
10. Wide shot of media conference with Zalmay Khalilzad
11. SOUNDBITE (English): Zalmay Khalilzad, US Ambassador to Iraq:
13. Khalilzad at conference
STORYLINE:
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During a symbolic signing ceremony, Iraq ambassador Ryan Crocker said the Iraqi Cabinet's approval o
HEADLINE: Raw Video: Iraq security pact signing ceremony
CAPTION: During a symbolic signing ceremony, Iraq ambassador Ryan Crocker said the Iraqi Cabinet's a...
HEADLINE: Raw Video: Iraq security pact signing ceremony
CAPTION: During a symbolic signing ceremony, Iraq ambassador Ryan Crocker said the Iraqi Cabinet's approval of a security pact extending the presence of American forces in Iraq for three years is 'historic'. The deal still needs parliamentary approval. (Nov. 17)
APTN STORY NUMBER: 585686
1. Wide of US ambassador Ryan Crocker and Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari sitting down at table
2. Side view of cameramen
3. Zebari and Crocker at table, preparing to sign security pact document
4. Mid of Zebari signing document, pan to Crocker signing
4. Zebari and Crocker signing documents
6. Close-up of Zebari's hand signing document
7. Close-up of Crocker's hand signing document, pull out to Crocker and Zebari standing up, shaking hands, officials clapping, zoom in on handshake, pull out as they exchange documents
8. Close-up of cameramen
9. Wide of signing ceremony
10. Wide of news conference held by Adnan al-Duleimi, Sunni lawmaker, Head of Iraqi National Accordance Front/Sunni bloc
11. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Adnan al-Duleimi, Sunni lawmaker:
"We are, in principle, with the security pact. But we in the Front have many reservations, among which is the release of all prisoners in the US jails without preconditions."
12. Wide of the news conference
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HEADLINE: Raw Video: Iraq security pact signing ceremony
CAPTION: During a symbolic signing ceremony, Iraq ambassador Ryan Crocker said the Iraqi Cabinet's approval of a security pact extending the presence of American forces in Iraq for three years is 'historic'. The deal still needs parliamentary approval. (Nov. 17)
APTN STORY NUMBER: 585686
1. Wide of US ambassador Ryan Crocker and Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari sitting down at table
2. Side view of cameramen
3. Zebari and Crocker at table, preparing to sign security pact document
4. Mid of Zebari signing document, pan to Crocker signing
4. Zebari and Crocker signing documents
6. Close-up of Zebari's hand signing document
7. Close-up of Crocker's hand signing document, pull out to Crocker and Zebari standing up, shaking hands, officials clapping, zoom in on handshake, pull out as they exchange documents
8. Close-up of cameramen
9. Wide of signing ceremony
10. Wide of news conference held by Adnan al-Duleimi, Sunni lawmaker, Head of Iraqi National Accordance Front/Sunni bloc
11. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Adnan al-Duleimi, Sunni lawmaker:
"We are, in principle, with the security pact. But we in the Front have many reservations, among which is the release of all prisoners in the US jails without preconditions."
12. Wide of the news conference
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AP intw with Syrian Cabinet Minister reacting to Blair speech, Baker/Bush mtg
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1. SOUNDBITE (English) Buthayna Shaaban, Syrian Cabinet Minister:
"Syria has always believed in dialogue and called for talks but it was the America...
SHOTLIST
1. SOUNDBITE (English) Buthayna Shaaban, Syrian Cabinet Minister:
"Syria has always believed in dialogue and called for talks but it was the American administration and the British Prime Minister who took the policy of starting a war in Iraq, instead of addressing the Arab Israeli conflict. However Syria continues to believe in talking, but of course never accepted conditions either to talk or to do anything, and the American administration knows this. Syria never accepts any conditions. Whatever they are saying about Syria not interfering in Lebanon or not allowing terrorists we all know that it is totally unfounded, has nothing to do with the role, the very constructive role that Syria is playing, before the war on Iraq and after the war in Iraq. The unity of Iraq, the sovereignty of Iraq, the independence of Iraq is something that is crucial to Syria, and the interests of the Iraqi people and the Syrian people are totally entangled. And the interests of the regions as well. And this is what Syria is careful to achieve through negotiation, through talks, through co-operation."
2. Shaaban walking into building
STORYLINE
A Syrian cabinet minister said on Tuesday that accusations by the US and British governments of Syrian interference in the Middle East were "totally unfounded."
Buthayna Shaaban made the comments in an interview with AP Television following comments made by the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair on Monday, about the de-stabilising influence of Iran and Syria in the region.
"Whatever they are saying about Syria not interfering in Lebanon or not allowing terrorists we all know that it is totally unfounded, has nothing to do with the role, the very constructive role that Syria is playing, before the war on Iraq and after the war in Iraq," she said
Shaaban also made it clear that in the eyes of the Syrian government, the future of Iraq was closely tied up with that of their own country.
"The unity of Iraq, the sovereignty of Iraq, the independence of Iraq is something that is crucial to Syria, and the interests of the Iraqi people and the Syrian people are totally entangled."
The comments come as the US and British administrations appear to be looking for a new strategy in Iraq and the wider Middle East.
Blair plans to speak privately via video link on Tuesday with a bipartisan Washington panel reviewing US strategy on the conflict.
The US commission, headed by former Secretary of State James A. Baker III and former Democratic Rep. Lee Hamilton, is considering options including whether to solicit Iran and Syria to help stop the fighting.
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wn.com/Ap Intw With Syrian Cabinet Minister Reacting To Blair Speech, Baker Bush Mtg
SHOTLIST
1. SOUNDBITE (English) Buthayna Shaaban, Syrian Cabinet Minister:
"Syria has always believed in dialogue and called for talks but it was the American administration and the British Prime Minister who took the policy of starting a war in Iraq, instead of addressing the Arab Israeli conflict. However Syria continues to believe in talking, but of course never accepted conditions either to talk or to do anything, and the American administration knows this. Syria never accepts any conditions. Whatever they are saying about Syria not interfering in Lebanon or not allowing terrorists we all know that it is totally unfounded, has nothing to do with the role, the very constructive role that Syria is playing, before the war on Iraq and after the war in Iraq. The unity of Iraq, the sovereignty of Iraq, the independence of Iraq is something that is crucial to Syria, and the interests of the Iraqi people and the Syrian people are totally entangled. And the interests of the regions as well. And this is what Syria is careful to achieve through negotiation, through talks, through co-operation."
2. Shaaban walking into building
STORYLINE
A Syrian cabinet minister said on Tuesday that accusations by the US and British governments of Syrian interference in the Middle East were "totally unfounded."
Buthayna Shaaban made the comments in an interview with AP Television following comments made by the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair on Monday, about the de-stabilising influence of Iran and Syria in the region.
"Whatever they are saying about Syria not interfering in Lebanon or not allowing terrorists we all know that it is totally unfounded, has nothing to do with the role, the very constructive role that Syria is playing, before the war on Iraq and after the war in Iraq," she said
Shaaban also made it clear that in the eyes of the Syrian government, the future of Iraq was closely tied up with that of their own country.
"The unity of Iraq, the sovereignty of Iraq, the independence of Iraq is something that is crucial to Syria, and the interests of the Iraqi people and the Syrian people are totally entangled."
The comments come as the US and British administrations appear to be looking for a new strategy in Iraq and the wider Middle East.
Blair plans to speak privately via video link on Tuesday with a bipartisan Washington panel reviewing US strategy on the conflict.
The US commission, headed by former Secretary of State James A. Baker III and former Democratic Rep. Lee Hamilton, is considering options including whether to solicit Iran and Syria to help stop the fighting.
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- published: 23 Jul 2015
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Iraq - Saddam holds cabinet meeting
T/I 11:14:40
Saddam Hussein met cabinet ministers in Baghdad after Iraq said Thursday (12/9) it had fired at allied warplanes in a southern "no-fly" zone i...
T/I 11:14:40
Saddam Hussein met cabinet ministers in Baghdad after Iraq said Thursday (12/9) it had fired at allied warplanes in a southern "no-fly" zone in defiance of US threats of retaliation and accused Kuwait of an "act of war" for allowing US fighter-bombers to be based there.
SHOWS:
BAGHDAD, IRAQ, 12 SEPTEMBER, 1996
Vs of Saddam Hussein, Iraqi President with his cabinet;
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wn.com/Iraq Saddam Holds Cabinet Meeting
T/I 11:14:40
Saddam Hussein met cabinet ministers in Baghdad after Iraq said Thursday (12/9) it had fired at allied warplanes in a southern "no-fly" zone in defiance of US threats of retaliation and accused Kuwait of an "act of war" for allowing US fighter-bombers to be based there.
SHOWS:
BAGHDAD, IRAQ, 12 SEPTEMBER, 1996
Vs of Saddam Hussein, Iraqi President with his cabinet;
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USA: CABINET MEMBERS SAY UN INSPECTORS MUST STAY IN CONTROL IN IRAQ
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Mindful of broken promises, top Clinton Cabinet members say U-N inspectors must remain in control of the search for Iraqi weapons if a new agree...
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Mindful of broken promises, top Clinton Cabinet members say U-N inspectors must remain in control of the search for Iraqi weapons if a new agreement is to stand.
The Secretaries of State and Defence said on Tuesday some parts of the deal hashed out by U-N Secretary General Kofi Annan need clarifying.
Despite suspicions about Saddam's willingness to abide by the agreement, a sense of wary relief pervaded Washington as U-S President Bill Clinton set aside imminent air strikes on Iraq.
But, while briefing the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Madeleine Albright and William Cohen also said the U-S will not let Saddam Hussein take the world from "crisis to crisis"
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"It is very clear that Saddam Hussein reversed course. Now given Saddam's track record what's important is whether he actually lives up to these commitments and there are some question marks and ambiguities in the agreement in respect to some of the procedures for the presidential sites.
SUPER CAPTION: Madeleine Albright, US Secretary of State
The top U-S Cabinet members stressed the need for unlimited access to all Iraqi sites suspected of hiding chemical weapons.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"We are not to be mesmerised by the Presidential palaces. First we have to understand what they mean - buildings or compounds and that's a big difference. But secondly we should not overlook the "quote" sensitive sites which he has also barred the inspectors from and this is something that we tend to get diverted from, from time to time. We are insisting that we look at Republican guard facilities, they've been barred from those sites as well so we have a lot to clarify before there can be any complete acceptance of this agreement.
SUPER CAPTION: William Cohen, US Defence Secretary
Albright said she believed support for military action would be wider if necessary.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"What we have seen is a general sense that the agreement is a useful one but also that they are becoming exasperated with the way Saddam Hussein operates and therefore if we have to act militarily it is my belief that we will have much greater international support for having gone this extra mile."
SUPER CAPTION: Madeleine Albright, US Secretary of State
U-S Senator and committee chairman Jesse Helms appeared unwilling to accept the generally favorable view of the deal coming from the Clinton administration.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"With the possible exception of Britain much of the world appears of a mind to capitulate with Saddam Hussein and Saddam Hussein knows it and that is reflected in the brief, my brief reading of the agreement."
SUPER CAPTION: Senator Jesse Helms, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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wn.com/USA Cabinet Members Say Un Inspectors Must Stay In Control In Iraq
English/Nat
Mindful of broken promises, top Clinton Cabinet members say U-N inspectors must remain in control of the search for Iraqi weapons if a new agreement is to stand.
The Secretaries of State and Defence said on Tuesday some parts of the deal hashed out by U-N Secretary General Kofi Annan need clarifying.
Despite suspicions about Saddam's willingness to abide by the agreement, a sense of wary relief pervaded Washington as U-S President Bill Clinton set aside imminent air strikes on Iraq.
But, while briefing the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Madeleine Albright and William Cohen also said the U-S will not let Saddam Hussein take the world from "crisis to crisis"
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"It is very clear that Saddam Hussein reversed course. Now given Saddam's track record what's important is whether he actually lives up to these commitments and there are some question marks and ambiguities in the agreement in respect to some of the procedures for the presidential sites.
SUPER CAPTION: Madeleine Albright, US Secretary of State
The top U-S Cabinet members stressed the need for unlimited access to all Iraqi sites suspected of hiding chemical weapons.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"We are not to be mesmerised by the Presidential palaces. First we have to understand what they mean - buildings or compounds and that's a big difference. But secondly we should not overlook the "quote" sensitive sites which he has also barred the inspectors from and this is something that we tend to get diverted from, from time to time. We are insisting that we look at Republican guard facilities, they've been barred from those sites as well so we have a lot to clarify before there can be any complete acceptance of this agreement.
SUPER CAPTION: William Cohen, US Defence Secretary
Albright said she believed support for military action would be wider if necessary.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"What we have seen is a general sense that the agreement is a useful one but also that they are becoming exasperated with the way Saddam Hussein operates and therefore if we have to act militarily it is my belief that we will have much greater international support for having gone this extra mile."
SUPER CAPTION: Madeleine Albright, US Secretary of State
U-S Senator and committee chairman Jesse Helms appeared unwilling to accept the generally favorable view of the deal coming from the Clinton administration.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"With the possible exception of Britain much of the world appears of a mind to capitulate with Saddam Hussein and Saddam Hussein knows it and that is reflected in the brief, my brief reading of the agreement."
SUPER CAPTION: Senator Jesse Helms, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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- published: 21 Jul 2015
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USA: CABINET MEMBERS SAY UN INSPECTORS MUST STAY IN CONTROL IN IRAQ (2)
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The U-S is promising to make sure Saddam Hussein is true to his word.
President Bill Clinton says the agreement Kofi Annan brokered to allow i...
English/Nat
The U-S is promising to make sure Saddam Hussein is true to his word.
President Bill Clinton says the agreement Kofi Annan brokered to allow inspections of suspected weapons sites is an important step forward - if it's implemented.
Despite the accord, the troop buildup goes on, and White House
aides say there's no plan for a pullout anytime soon.
The U-S is warning that it will be keeping a close eye on Iraq.
In a speech to the National Council of Jewish Women, President Bill Clinton praised the agreement brokered by U-N Secretary General Kofi Annan.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"If fully implemented, this means that finally and for the first time in seven years, all of Iraq will be open to U-N inspections, including many sites previously declared off limits. This would be an important step forward. I am proud of all of our men and women in uniform in the Gulf. Once again, we have seen that diplomacy backed by resolve and strength can have positive results for humanity."
SUPER CAPTION: President Bill Clinton, United States
But for the second time in as many days, Clinton also said America intends to put Iraq under the microscope to make sure Baghdad keeps its end of the agreement.
The president said the key to compliance is action, not just words.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"We have to be watching very closely now to see not just what Iraq says but what it does; not just the stated commitments, but the actual compliance. Let there be no doubt, we must remain committed to see that Saddam Hussein does not menace the world with weapons of mass destruction."
SUPER CAPTION: President Bill Clinton, United States
Though the threat of military action has been shelved for the time being, U-S forces have not drawn-down.
American forces will remain in the Gulf in case Saddam reneges, and additional troops are still arriving.
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wn.com/USA Cabinet Members Say Un Inspectors Must Stay In Control In Iraq (2)
English/Nat
The U-S is promising to make sure Saddam Hussein is true to his word.
President Bill Clinton says the agreement Kofi Annan brokered to allow inspections of suspected weapons sites is an important step forward - if it's implemented.
Despite the accord, the troop buildup goes on, and White House
aides say there's no plan for a pullout anytime soon.
The U-S is warning that it will be keeping a close eye on Iraq.
In a speech to the National Council of Jewish Women, President Bill Clinton praised the agreement brokered by U-N Secretary General Kofi Annan.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"If fully implemented, this means that finally and for the first time in seven years, all of Iraq will be open to U-N inspections, including many sites previously declared off limits. This would be an important step forward. I am proud of all of our men and women in uniform in the Gulf. Once again, we have seen that diplomacy backed by resolve and strength can have positive results for humanity."
SUPER CAPTION: President Bill Clinton, United States
But for the second time in as many days, Clinton also said America intends to put Iraq under the microscope to make sure Baghdad keeps its end of the agreement.
The president said the key to compliance is action, not just words.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"We have to be watching very closely now to see not just what Iraq says but what it does; not just the stated commitments, but the actual compliance. Let there be no doubt, we must remain committed to see that Saddam Hussein does not menace the world with weapons of mass destruction."
SUPER CAPTION: President Bill Clinton, United States
Though the threat of military action has been shelved for the time being, U-S forces have not drawn-down.
American forces will remain in the Gulf in case Saddam reneges, and additional troops are still arriving.
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- published: 21 Jul 2015
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IRAQ: BAGHDAD: SADDAM MEETS CABINET & MILITARY COMMANDERS
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The sudden withdrawal of weapons inspectors and other U-N personnel from Baghdad has heightened speculation that the U-S will launch airstrikes i...
English/Nat
The sudden withdrawal of weapons inspectors and other U-N personnel from Baghdad has heightened speculation that the U-S will launch airstrikes in the next few days.
At least 400 weapons inspectors and other U-N staff left in a major pullout of "non-essential" personnel amid preparations for a possible military strike.
Only 40 essential staff members will remain in Baghdad, including Hans von Sponeck, the new coordinator for the U-N humanitarian programmes in Iraq.
Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein met his cabinet and military commanders on Wednesday in Baghdad, amid growing signs of a possible U-S military strike against the country.
President Hussein is also the commander in chief of his country's armed forces.
He spent the afternoon briefing commanders and staff of the air force and air defence.
Earlier, and seemingly undaunted by the prospect of a U-S military strike, Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein chaired a meeting of the Revolutionary Council.
Top of the agenda - the possibility of a military attack and "precautionary measures" that ministries should take.
Iraq has so far showed no sign of backing down from its refusal to deal with the arms inspectors, the nub of the crisis.
The evacuation of U-N personnel was not reported by the Iraqi media, and there was little evidence of Iraqis panicking or rushing to stock up on food.
More than 230 U-N humanitarian aid workers remain in Iraq - including Hans von Sponeck, the new coordinator for U-N humanitarian programmes in Iraq.
SOUNDBITE (English)
"There is very definite distinction between the UNSCOM mandate and the mandate for which I'm responsible to the Secretary General. And the humanitarian programme..how can we just stop it we owed to Iraqi people to not just escape from here. We will stay here and I have, on the basis on meetings with a minister of foreign affairs this morning, that we are welcome here, so we will try to do our work is as non-political manner as possible"
SUPER CAPTION: Hans von Sponeck, Coordinator for U-N humanitarian programmes in Iraq
Von Sponeck said that the humanitarian operation would remain until further notice.
SOUNDBITE (English)
"I have no indications that things are not continuing. We continue to receive approvals from the 661 committee, so for me until I'm told otherwise it is really, as I said before, business as usual."
SUPER CAPTION: Hans von Sponeck, Coordinator for U-N humanitarian programmes in Iraq
Iraq barred the U-N commission known as UNSCOM, which is charged with ensuring that Iraq has eliminated its weapons of mass destruction, from carrying out spot inspections on August 5.
After the Security Council offered Baghdad a comprehensive review of its compliance with U-N resolutions - without linking it to the possible lifting of sanctions - Iraq halted all dealings with UNSCOM on October 31.
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wn.com/Iraq Baghdad Saddam Meets Cabinet Military Commanders
English/Nat
The sudden withdrawal of weapons inspectors and other U-N personnel from Baghdad has heightened speculation that the U-S will launch airstrikes in the next few days.
At least 400 weapons inspectors and other U-N staff left in a major pullout of "non-essential" personnel amid preparations for a possible military strike.
Only 40 essential staff members will remain in Baghdad, including Hans von Sponeck, the new coordinator for the U-N humanitarian programmes in Iraq.
Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein met his cabinet and military commanders on Wednesday in Baghdad, amid growing signs of a possible U-S military strike against the country.
President Hussein is also the commander in chief of his country's armed forces.
He spent the afternoon briefing commanders and staff of the air force and air defence.
Earlier, and seemingly undaunted by the prospect of a U-S military strike, Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein chaired a meeting of the Revolutionary Council.
Top of the agenda - the possibility of a military attack and "precautionary measures" that ministries should take.
Iraq has so far showed no sign of backing down from its refusal to deal with the arms inspectors, the nub of the crisis.
The evacuation of U-N personnel was not reported by the Iraqi media, and there was little evidence of Iraqis panicking or rushing to stock up on food.
More than 230 U-N humanitarian aid workers remain in Iraq - including Hans von Sponeck, the new coordinator for U-N humanitarian programmes in Iraq.
SOUNDBITE (English)
"There is very definite distinction between the UNSCOM mandate and the mandate for which I'm responsible to the Secretary General. And the humanitarian programme..how can we just stop it we owed to Iraqi people to not just escape from here. We will stay here and I have, on the basis on meetings with a minister of foreign affairs this morning, that we are welcome here, so we will try to do our work is as non-political manner as possible"
SUPER CAPTION: Hans von Sponeck, Coordinator for U-N humanitarian programmes in Iraq
Von Sponeck said that the humanitarian operation would remain until further notice.
SOUNDBITE (English)
"I have no indications that things are not continuing. We continue to receive approvals from the 661 committee, so for me until I'm told otherwise it is really, as I said before, business as usual."
SUPER CAPTION: Hans von Sponeck, Coordinator for U-N humanitarian programmes in Iraq
Iraq barred the U-N commission known as UNSCOM, which is charged with ensuring that Iraq has eliminated its weapons of mass destruction, from carrying out spot inspections on August 5.
After the Security Council offered Baghdad a comprehensive review of its compliance with U-N resolutions - without linking it to the possible lifting of sanctions - Iraq halted all dealings with UNSCOM on October 31.
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- published: 21 Jul 2015
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IRAQ: BAGHDAD: SADDAM HUSSEIN CHAIRS CABINET MEETING
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The sudden withdrawal of weapons inspectors and other U-N personnel from Baghdad has heightened speculation that the U-S will launch airstrikes i...
English/Nat
The sudden withdrawal of weapons inspectors and other U-N personnel from Baghdad has heightened speculation that the U-S will launch airstrikes in the next few days.
At least 400 weapons inspectors and other U-N staff left in a major pullout of "non-essential" personnel amid preparations for a possible military strike.
Only 40 essential staff members will remain in Baghdad, including Hans von Sponeck, the new coordinator for the U-N humanitarian programmes in Iraq.
Seemingly undaunted by the prospect of a U-S military strike, Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein chaired a cabinet meeting.
Top of the agenda - the possibility of a military attack and "precautionary measures" that ministries should take.
Iraq has so far showed no sign of backing down from its refusal to deal with the arms inspectors, the nub of the crisis.
The evacuation of U-N personnel was not reported by the Iraqi media, and there was little evidence of Iraqis panicking or rushing to stock up on food.
More than 230 U-N humanitarian aid workers remain in Iraq - including Hans von Sponeck, the new coordinator for U-N humanitarian programmes in Iraq.
SOUNDBITE (English)
"There is very definite distinction between the UNSCOM mandate and the mandate for which I'm responsible to the Secretary General. And the humanitarian programme..how can we just stop it we owed to Iraqi people to not just escape from here. We will stay here and I have, on the basis on meetings with a minister of foreign affairs this morning, that we are welcome here, so we will try to do our work is as non-political manner as possible"
SUPER CAPTION: Hans von Sponeck, Coordinator for U-N humanitarian programmes in Iraq
Von Sponeck said that the humanitarian operation would remain until further notice.
SOUNDBITE (English)
"I have no indications that things are not continuing. We continue to receive approvals from the 661 committee, so for me until I'm told otherwise it is really, as I said before, business as usual."
SUPER CAPTION: Hans von Sponeck, Coordinator for U-N humanitarian programmes in Iraq
Iraq barred the U-N commission known as UNSCOM, which is charged with ensuring that Iraq has eliminated its weapons of mass destruction, from carrying out spot inspections on August 5.
After the Security Council offered Baghdad a comprehensive review of its compliance with U-N resolutions - without linking it to the possible lifting of sanctions - Iraq halted all dealings with UNSCOM on October 31.
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wn.com/Iraq Baghdad Saddam Hussein Chairs Cabinet Meeting
English/Nat
The sudden withdrawal of weapons inspectors and other U-N personnel from Baghdad has heightened speculation that the U-S will launch airstrikes in the next few days.
At least 400 weapons inspectors and other U-N staff left in a major pullout of "non-essential" personnel amid preparations for a possible military strike.
Only 40 essential staff members will remain in Baghdad, including Hans von Sponeck, the new coordinator for the U-N humanitarian programmes in Iraq.
Seemingly undaunted by the prospect of a U-S military strike, Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein chaired a cabinet meeting.
Top of the agenda - the possibility of a military attack and "precautionary measures" that ministries should take.
Iraq has so far showed no sign of backing down from its refusal to deal with the arms inspectors, the nub of the crisis.
The evacuation of U-N personnel was not reported by the Iraqi media, and there was little evidence of Iraqis panicking or rushing to stock up on food.
More than 230 U-N humanitarian aid workers remain in Iraq - including Hans von Sponeck, the new coordinator for U-N humanitarian programmes in Iraq.
SOUNDBITE (English)
"There is very definite distinction between the UNSCOM mandate and the mandate for which I'm responsible to the Secretary General. And the humanitarian programme..how can we just stop it we owed to Iraqi people to not just escape from here. We will stay here and I have, on the basis on meetings with a minister of foreign affairs this morning, that we are welcome here, so we will try to do our work is as non-political manner as possible"
SUPER CAPTION: Hans von Sponeck, Coordinator for U-N humanitarian programmes in Iraq
Von Sponeck said that the humanitarian operation would remain until further notice.
SOUNDBITE (English)
"I have no indications that things are not continuing. We continue to receive approvals from the 661 committee, so for me until I'm told otherwise it is really, as I said before, business as usual."
SUPER CAPTION: Hans von Sponeck, Coordinator for U-N humanitarian programmes in Iraq
Iraq barred the U-N commission known as UNSCOM, which is charged with ensuring that Iraq has eliminated its weapons of mass destruction, from carrying out spot inspections on August 5.
After the Security Council offered Baghdad a comprehensive review of its compliance with U-N resolutions - without linking it to the possible lifting of sanctions - Iraq halted all dealings with UNSCOM on October 31.
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- published: 21 Jul 2015
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Iraq's government: united and inclusive?
New prime minister Haider al-Abadi wins parliamentary approval for a power-sharing cabinet. Adrian Finighan speaks to Tariq al Hashimi - a former vice president of Iraq; Ahmed Rushdi - Director of the House of Iraqi Expertise Foundation; and Ghassan Al Attiyah - Founder and Director of the Iraq Foundation for Development and Democracy.
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Iraq's plan for political reform
Corruption, attacks, the battle against ISIL, a fragile economy, and political chaos--just some of the challenges facing Iraq.
After weeks of protests calling for better government services and an end to corruption.
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has unveiled changes.
One of his proposals includes slimming down his government by eliminating the positions of Vice president, and Deputy Prime Mini
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Saudis spreading radical ideology, causing mass murder, destroying states: ex-Iraqi Def Min
The 2003 invasion of Iraq is widely considered to have been a mistake, even by many policy makers in the US. But despite that recognition, the lesson was not learned and the pattern of catastrophic interventions in the region continued in subsequent years. How can the international community tackle the product of that chaos - the Islamic State, and could an all-encompassing regional agreement brin
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How the Bush Administration Lied in Pre-War Statements on Iraq (2008)
General Tommy Franks's autobiography states that, while the Afghanistan operation was only a few months old, he was told by Donald Rumsfeld on November 27, 2001 that President G.W. Bush "...wants us to look at options for Iraq. What is the status of your planning….” [1] Rumsfeld demanded Franks--then lead general in Afghanistan coordinating Army, Navy, Airforce and the CIA--provide Rumsfeld with u
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Abbott Govt Authorises Air Strikes Against ISIL In Iraq (Oct 3, 2014)
This is video of Prime Minister Tony Abbott, Defence Minister Senator David Johnston and Chief of the Defence Force Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin at their joint press conference in Canberra following Cabinet's authorisation of air strikes in Iraq against ISIL forces.
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Saudis spreading radical ideology that leads to mass murder: Ali Allawi, ex-Iraqi minister
The 2003 invasion of Iraq is widely considered to have been a mistake, even by many policy makers in the US. But despite that recognition, the lesson was not learned and the pattern of catastrophic interventions in the region continued in subsequent years. How can the international community tackle the product of that chaos - the Islamic State, and could an all-encompassing regional agreement brin
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Alan Johnson on wishing he was a rock star, the legacy of the Iraq War, and Blair's final days
Former Home Secretary and Cabinet member for both Blair and Brown, Alan Johnson, talks to us about his biggest regrets, his plans for stepping down from poli...
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Is Iraq War 3 really illegal Syria war? 9/11 Truthers 'as dangerous as ISIS'?
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War in Iraq: Rushanara Ali MP steps down from Labour front bench in protest at military action
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/war-in-iraq-rushanara-ali-mp-steps-down-from-labour-front-bench-in-protest-at-military-action-9758967.html
Britain’s involvement in the new Iraq war is a doomed and dangerou
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Canada in Iraq : The Hidden War - the fifth estate
One of the largest decisions weighing on the shoulders of prime minister-designate Justin Trudeau is what role what role, if any, should Canada play in the war against ISIS. And how will Canadians know whether their efforts are having the intended results? Do we really know what our troops are doing in Iraq? Do we even know whether Coalition airstrikes are hitting intended targets?Bob McKeown repo
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Lord Butler of Brockwell on Iraq
In 2004 Lord Butler led a major investigation of the British decision to go to war in Iraq. The document produced by that investigation is still referred to ...
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"Worlds Apart" Force for change? Ft. Ali Allawi
The 2003 invasion of Iraq is widely considered to have been a mistake, even by many policy makers in the US. But despite that recognition, the lesson was not learned and the pattern of catastrophic interventions in the region continued in subsequent years. How can the international community tackle the product of that chaos - the Islamic State, and could an all-encompassing regional agreement brin
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IISS Global Perspectives - The future of Iraq
Under the current Status of Forces agreement that regulates US-Iraqi relations, all American forces are set to be removed from Iraq by 31st December, 2011. T...
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From PNAC to PARIS
The Project for the New American Century, also know as "PNAC", was established in the spring of 1997 and mostly funded by the energy and arms industries. PNAC was founded as a neoconservative think tank whose stated goal was to usher in a “new American century”. Having won the cold war and no military threat to speak of, this group of ideologues created a blueprint for the future whose agenda wa
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Post Cabinet Press Conference 16-11-14
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key met with reporters to discuss:
• The governmental, independent and other departmental inquiries into the Philip Smith incident
• Roger Sutton’s resignation as Chief Executive of CERA owing to sexual harassment
• The APEC East Asia summit and the G20
• New Zealand’s Free Trade Agreement with South Korea
• TPP talks and the dairy industry
• Upcoming legislation ar
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Mayor Bowser Announces Cabinet Appointees, 5/8/15
Mayor Muriel Bowser announces the appointment of several cabinet members as she continues to create a fresh start for the District of Columbia. Mayor Bowser appointed Melinda M. Bolling as Director of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA); George Shutter as Chief Procurement Officer for the Office of Contracting and Procurement (OCP); Raymond Davidson as Director of the Child an
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The Strange Death Of Dr David Kelly
Norman Baker joined us to discuss his book the strange death of Dr David Kelly. On the19th of May 2006 Norman steped down from the shadow cabinet to pursue a quest to establish the truth behind the death in 2003 of Dr David Kelly,an expert in biological warfare employed by the Ministry of Defence and a former United Nations weapons inspector in Iraq. Kelly's discussion with BBC Today programme jou
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Statesmen's Forum: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi
H.E. Dr. Haider Al-Abadi
Prime Minister of the Republic of Iraq
Introduction by:
Dr. John Hamre
CSIS President and CEO
Moderated by:
Dr. Jon B. Alterman
Senior Vice President, Zbigniew Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy, and Director, CSIS Middle East Program
H.E. Dr. Haider Al-Abadi is prime minister of the Republic of Iraq, a position he has held since September 2014. Prior
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How Did President Bush Deal with Foreign Policy? George Soros Fund Management (2003)
Beginning with the Iraq Liberation Act signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1998, the U.S. government officially called for regime change in Iraq. Th...
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Care for America's Returning Wounded Warriors, War on Terror at American Legion (2007)
http://thefilmarchive.org/ March 6, 2007 Today, President Bush Discussed The War On Terror In Remarks To The American Legion's Annual Convention In Washingto...
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Insight with Clare Short
14/02/2007 - Clare Short, the former cabinet minister who resigned over the war in Iraq, talks to Richard Beeston about Iraq, her time as Secretary for Inter...
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Mosaic News - 10/03/11: Libya's NTC Forms Cabinet
Yemeni protestors, scholars denounce state clerics' Fatwa, Bahraini court sentences 36 additional protestors to prison, Libya revolutionaries launch fresh as...
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State Department Operations in Iraq
State Department Operations in Iraq - House Oversight Committee - 2007-10-25 - Product 201755-1-DVD - House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. Sec...
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Your Government Failed You: Richard Clarke at the September 11 Commission on Counterterrorism (2004)
Richard Alan Clarke (born October 27, 1950) is the former National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counter-terrorism for the United States.
Clarke worked for the State Department during the presidency of Ronald Reagan. In 1992, President George H.W. Bush appointed him to chair the Counter-terrorism Security Group and to a seat on the United States National Security Counci
Iraq's government: united and inclusive?
New prime minister Haider al-Abadi wins parliamentary approval for a power-sharing cabinet. Adrian Finighan speaks to Tariq al Hashimi - a former vice president...
New prime minister Haider al-Abadi wins parliamentary approval for a power-sharing cabinet. Adrian Finighan speaks to Tariq al Hashimi - a former vice president of Iraq; Ahmed Rushdi - Director of the House of Iraqi Expertise Foundation; and Ghassan Al Attiyah - Founder and Director of the Iraq Foundation for Development and Democracy.
wn.com/Iraq's Government United And Inclusive
New prime minister Haider al-Abadi wins parliamentary approval for a power-sharing cabinet. Adrian Finighan speaks to Tariq al Hashimi - a former vice president of Iraq; Ahmed Rushdi - Director of the House of Iraqi Expertise Foundation; and Ghassan Al Attiyah - Founder and Director of the Iraq Foundation for Development and Democracy.
- published: 09 Sep 2014
- views: 1351
Iraq's plan for political reform
Corruption, attacks, the battle against ISIL, a fragile economy, and political chaos--just some of the challenges facing Iraq.
After weeks of protests calling ...
Corruption, attacks, the battle against ISIL, a fragile economy, and political chaos--just some of the challenges facing Iraq.
After weeks of protests calling for better government services and an end to corruption.
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has unveiled changes.
One of his proposals includes slimming down his government by eliminating the positions of Vice president, and Deputy Prime Minister.
He says the goal is to improve government performance and reduce corruption.
Iraq's cabinet has backed the proposals, but the plan still needs approval from the Parliament.
But do these measures go far enough to fix Iraq's political problems?
Presenter: Sami Zeidan
Guests:
Mowaffak Al Rubaie - Senior Member in the Shia National Alliance Coalition and Member of Parliament.
Alaa Makki - A member of the Wataniya Alliance, and a former Member of Parliament.
Dhiaa Al Asadi - Chairman of the Al Ahrar Parliamentary Bloc and Representative of the Sadrist Movement
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wn.com/Iraq's Plan For Political Reform
Corruption, attacks, the battle against ISIL, a fragile economy, and political chaos--just some of the challenges facing Iraq.
After weeks of protests calling for better government services and an end to corruption.
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has unveiled changes.
One of his proposals includes slimming down his government by eliminating the positions of Vice president, and Deputy Prime Minister.
He says the goal is to improve government performance and reduce corruption.
Iraq's cabinet has backed the proposals, but the plan still needs approval from the Parliament.
But do these measures go far enough to fix Iraq's political problems?
Presenter: Sami Zeidan
Guests:
Mowaffak Al Rubaie - Senior Member in the Shia National Alliance Coalition and Member of Parliament.
Alaa Makki - A member of the Wataniya Alliance, and a former Member of Parliament.
Dhiaa Al Asadi - Chairman of the Al Ahrar Parliamentary Bloc and Representative of the Sadrist Movement
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- published: 09 Aug 2015
- views: 50
Saudis spreading radical ideology, causing mass murder, destroying states: ex-Iraqi Def Min
The 2003 invasion of Iraq is widely considered to have been a mistake, even by many policy makers in the US. But despite that recognition, the lesson was not le...
The 2003 invasion of Iraq is widely considered to have been a mistake, even by many policy makers in the US. But despite that recognition, the lesson was not learned and the pattern of catastrophic interventions in the region continued in subsequent years. How can the international community tackle the product of that chaos - the Islamic State, and could an all-encompassing regional agreement bring stability to the troubled region? Oksana is joined by Dr Ali Allawi, an Iraqi Cabinet Minister from 2003 to 2006, to analyse these issues.
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wn.com/Saudis Spreading Radical Ideology, Causing Mass Murder, Destroying States Ex Iraqi Def Min
The 2003 invasion of Iraq is widely considered to have been a mistake, even by many policy makers in the US. But despite that recognition, the lesson was not learned and the pattern of catastrophic interventions in the region continued in subsequent years. How can the international community tackle the product of that chaos - the Islamic State, and could an all-encompassing regional agreement bring stability to the troubled region? Oksana is joined by Dr Ali Allawi, an Iraqi Cabinet Minister from 2003 to 2006, to analyse these issues.
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- published: 21 Sep 2015
- views: 690
How the Bush Administration Lied in Pre-War Statements on Iraq (2008)
General Tommy Franks's autobiography states that, while the Afghanistan operation was only a few months old, he was told by Donald Rumsfeld on November 27, 2001...
General Tommy Franks's autobiography states that, while the Afghanistan operation was only a few months old, he was told by Donald Rumsfeld on November 27, 2001 that President G.W. Bush "...wants us to look at options for Iraq. What is the status of your planning….” [1] Rumsfeld demanded Franks--then lead general in Afghanistan coordinating Army, Navy, Airforce and the CIA--provide Rumsfeld with updated Iraq invasion plans within a week. [2] Franks writes, "At the time I was working with… operations staff on air support for Afghan units pushing into the spin mountains around Tora Bora." Id. The Tora Bora fortress was where intelligence placed Bin Laden; December 7, 2001, after bin Laden was sighted near Tora Bora, CIA operative Gary Berntsen, made repeated requests for 800 rangers to block bin Laden's escape but they were refused.[3] Shortly after Christmas, General Franks (having toured Afghanistan shortly before Christmas) was called to Texas to meet President Bush. President Bush briefly asked about Afghanistan--and whether Bin Laden had been killed. General Franks then fully briefed Bush, Rumsfeld, Cheney and the other members of the Cabinet on plans for Desert Storm II, another Iraq invasion, which he had been updating since the end of November. [4]
Beginning at his January 29, 2002 State of the Union address, President Bush began publicly focusing attention on Iraq, which he labeled as part of an "axis of evil" allied with terrorists and posing "a grave and growing danger" to U.S. interests through possession of "weapons of mass destruction".[5] In the later half of 2002, Central Intelligence Agency reports requested by the Administration contained assertions that Saddam Hussein was intent on reconstituting nuclear weapons programs, had not properly accounted for Iraqi biological weapons and chemical weapons material in violation of UN sanctions, and that some Iraqi missiles had a range greater than allowed by the UN sanctions.[6] In particular, the CIA drew together an October 1, 2002 National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction, pulling together the intelligence, estimations, opinions and judgments of 16 different U.S. intelligence services, including dissenting views or challenges to various assertions. Several versions of this report were or have been produced with varying levels of declassification, inclusion of dissenting opinions, and completeness.[7] President Bush received a one-page summary of the National Intelligence Estimate.[8] The question of whether the Bush Administration manipulated or exaggerated the threat and evidence of Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction capabilities or attempted to create a tie between Sadaam Hussein and the al Qaeda terrorists who carried out the September 11, 2001 attacks would eventually become a major point of criticism and controversy for the President.
In late 2002 and early 2003, President Bush urged the United Nations to enforce Iraqi disarmament mandates, precipitating a diplomatic crisis. On November 13, 2002, under UN Security Council Resolution 1441, Hans Blix and Mohamed ElBaradei led UN weapons inspectors in Iraq. There was controversy over the efficacy of inspections and lapses in Iraqi compliance. UN inspection teams departed Iraq upon U.S. advisement given four days prior to the U.S. invasion, despite their requests for more time to complete their tasks.[10] The U.S. initially sought a UN Security Council resolution authorizing the use of military force pursuant to Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter.[11] Upon facing vigorous opposition from several nations (primarily Russia and China), however, the U.S. dropped the bid for UN approval and began to prepare for war; Benjamin Ferencz, a former chief prosecutor of the Nuremberg Trials and an anti-American proponent argued that for these actions Bush, with his Administration, could be prosecuted for war crimes. Kofi Annan, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, as well as leaders of several nations made similar statements, implying that the attack was illegal.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush_and_the_Iraq_War
wn.com/How The Bush Administration Lied In Pre War Statements On Iraq (2008)
General Tommy Franks's autobiography states that, while the Afghanistan operation was only a few months old, he was told by Donald Rumsfeld on November 27, 2001 that President G.W. Bush "...wants us to look at options for Iraq. What is the status of your planning….” [1] Rumsfeld demanded Franks--then lead general in Afghanistan coordinating Army, Navy, Airforce and the CIA--provide Rumsfeld with updated Iraq invasion plans within a week. [2] Franks writes, "At the time I was working with… operations staff on air support for Afghan units pushing into the spin mountains around Tora Bora." Id. The Tora Bora fortress was where intelligence placed Bin Laden; December 7, 2001, after bin Laden was sighted near Tora Bora, CIA operative Gary Berntsen, made repeated requests for 800 rangers to block bin Laden's escape but they were refused.[3] Shortly after Christmas, General Franks (having toured Afghanistan shortly before Christmas) was called to Texas to meet President Bush. President Bush briefly asked about Afghanistan--and whether Bin Laden had been killed. General Franks then fully briefed Bush, Rumsfeld, Cheney and the other members of the Cabinet on plans for Desert Storm II, another Iraq invasion, which he had been updating since the end of November. [4]
Beginning at his January 29, 2002 State of the Union address, President Bush began publicly focusing attention on Iraq, which he labeled as part of an "axis of evil" allied with terrorists and posing "a grave and growing danger" to U.S. interests through possession of "weapons of mass destruction".[5] In the later half of 2002, Central Intelligence Agency reports requested by the Administration contained assertions that Saddam Hussein was intent on reconstituting nuclear weapons programs, had not properly accounted for Iraqi biological weapons and chemical weapons material in violation of UN sanctions, and that some Iraqi missiles had a range greater than allowed by the UN sanctions.[6] In particular, the CIA drew together an October 1, 2002 National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction, pulling together the intelligence, estimations, opinions and judgments of 16 different U.S. intelligence services, including dissenting views or challenges to various assertions. Several versions of this report were or have been produced with varying levels of declassification, inclusion of dissenting opinions, and completeness.[7] President Bush received a one-page summary of the National Intelligence Estimate.[8] The question of whether the Bush Administration manipulated or exaggerated the threat and evidence of Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction capabilities or attempted to create a tie between Sadaam Hussein and the al Qaeda terrorists who carried out the September 11, 2001 attacks would eventually become a major point of criticism and controversy for the President.
In late 2002 and early 2003, President Bush urged the United Nations to enforce Iraqi disarmament mandates, precipitating a diplomatic crisis. On November 13, 2002, under UN Security Council Resolution 1441, Hans Blix and Mohamed ElBaradei led UN weapons inspectors in Iraq. There was controversy over the efficacy of inspections and lapses in Iraqi compliance. UN inspection teams departed Iraq upon U.S. advisement given four days prior to the U.S. invasion, despite their requests for more time to complete their tasks.[10] The U.S. initially sought a UN Security Council resolution authorizing the use of military force pursuant to Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter.[11] Upon facing vigorous opposition from several nations (primarily Russia and China), however, the U.S. dropped the bid for UN approval and began to prepare for war; Benjamin Ferencz, a former chief prosecutor of the Nuremberg Trials and an anti-American proponent argued that for these actions Bush, with his Administration, could be prosecuted for war crimes. Kofi Annan, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, as well as leaders of several nations made similar statements, implying that the attack was illegal.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush_and_the_Iraq_War
- published: 15 Jan 2015
- views: 1
Abbott Govt Authorises Air Strikes Against ISIL In Iraq (Oct 3, 2014)
This is video of Prime Minister Tony Abbott, Defence Minister Senator David Johnston and Chief of the Defence Force Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin at their join...
This is video of Prime Minister Tony Abbott, Defence Minister Senator David Johnston and Chief of the Defence Force Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin at their joint press conference in Canberra following Cabinet's authorisation of air strikes in Iraq against ISIL forces.
wn.com/Abbott Govt Authorises Air Strikes Against ISIL In Iraq (Oct 3, 2014)
This is video of Prime Minister Tony Abbott, Defence Minister Senator David Johnston and Chief of the Defence Force Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin at their joint press conference in Canberra following Cabinet's authorisation of air strikes in Iraq against ISIL forces.
- published: 03 Oct 2014
- views: 13
Saudis spreading radical ideology that leads to mass murder: Ali Allawi, ex-Iraqi minister
The 2003 invasion of Iraq is widely considered to have been a mistake, even by many policy makers in the US. But despite that recognition, the lesson was not le...
The 2003 invasion of Iraq is widely considered to have been a mistake, even by many policy makers in the US. But despite that recognition, the lesson was not learned and the pattern of catastrophic interventions in the region continued in subsequent years. How can the international community tackle the product of that chaos - the Islamic State, and could an all-encompassing regional agreement bring stability to the troubled region? Oksana is joined by Dr Ali Allawi, an Iraqi Cabinet Minister from 2003 to 2006, to analyse these issues.
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wn.com/Saudis Spreading Radical Ideology That Leads To Mass Murder Ali Allawi, Ex Iraqi Minister
The 2003 invasion of Iraq is widely considered to have been a mistake, even by many policy makers in the US. But despite that recognition, the lesson was not learned and the pattern of catastrophic interventions in the region continued in subsequent years. How can the international community tackle the product of that chaos - the Islamic State, and could an all-encompassing regional agreement bring stability to the troubled region? Oksana is joined by Dr Ali Allawi, an Iraqi Cabinet Minister from 2003 to 2006, to analyse these issues.
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- published: 20 Sep 2015
- views: 56
Alan Johnson on wishing he was a rock star, the legacy of the Iraq War, and Blair's final days
Former Home Secretary and Cabinet member for both Blair and Brown, Alan Johnson, talks to us about his biggest regrets, his plans for stepping down from poli......
Former Home Secretary and Cabinet member for both Blair and Brown, Alan Johnson, talks to us about his biggest regrets, his plans for stepping down from poli...
wn.com/Alan Johnson On Wishing He Was A Rock Star, The Legacy Of The Iraq War, And Blair's Final Days
Former Home Secretary and Cabinet member for both Blair and Brown, Alan Johnson, talks to us about his biggest regrets, his plans for stepping down from poli...
Is Iraq War 3 really illegal Syria war? 9/11 Truthers 'as dangerous as ISIS'?
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War in Iraq: Rushanara Ali MP steps down from Labour front bench in protest...
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War in Iraq: Rushanara Ali MP steps down from Labour front bench in protest at military action
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/war-in-iraq-rushanara-ali-mp-steps-down-from-labour-front-bench-in-protest-at-military-action-9758967.html
Britain’s involvement in the new Iraq war is a doomed and dangerous gesture
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/25/britain-new-iraq-war-doomed-token-gesture
With no proper strategy, the return to conflict will only reinforce the politics of fear that is the grimmest legacy of the Blair era
Simon Jenkins The Guardian, Thursday 25 September 2014
This is the moment in any war when peace goes dumb. The cause is just. The enemy is in our sights, and the provocation is extreme. Blood races through tabloid veins. It is white feathers for dissenters. The British government’s evident eagerness to bomb Iraq will be put by David Cameron to the House of Commons on Friday. With an election in the offing, Labour’s Ed Miliband dares not disagree.
The prime minister’s case, made to the United Nations on Wednesday, is that the Islamic State (Isis) rebellion is “an evil against which the whole world must unite”. No one would quarrel with that. Unlike Cameron’s abortive bid to bomb Syria last year, legality is covered by an invitation from Iraq’s hapless rulers in Baghdad and a refusal to bomb Syria. Past mistakes in Iraq, says Cameron, should not be an excuse for inaction. “We must not be so frozen with fear that we do not do anything at all.”
Nor should we be so intoxicated by war fever as to do the wrong thing. Iraq has been chief bomb target for western electoral machismo since Bill Clinton’s “Monica Lewinsky” air strikes in 1998. They initiated a decade of mendacity. Saddam Hussein’s weapons arsenal was declared eliminated, then it was not. After killing hundreds of civilians, Tony Blair and his cabinet declared that Iraq still posed “an imminent threat to Britain”. The subsequent war was said to have installed freedom and democracy in that country, another untruth. As the Royal United Services Institute concluded in a recent survey, far “from reducing international terrorism … the 2003 invasion [of Iraq] had the effect of promoting it”.
Those demanding a resumption of the bombing should explain how things are different this time – or be guilty of willing mission creep. So far they could hardly be less convincing. An indication is their resort to adjectival hysteria, Isis being variously repulsive, genocidal, atrocious, monstrous, unspeakable, satanic. Everyone seems to accept that air strikes “alone” cannot win. Yet everyone also asserts that there is no question of following them with ground attacks, which is the essence of coordinated war. They are merely to “degrade Isis assets”, mostly by demolishing empty buildings at vast expense. They are sending “a message” to someone or other.
Cameron’s strategy is apparently to leave local Iraqi forces to deliver victory. That might be reasonable, given that they are the most expensively trained troops on earth. But they have shown themselves useless. They have been given intensive bombing cover by the Americans for seven weeks, and Isis is firmly in place. Meanwhile, Cameron refuses to hold his nose and form a tactically vital alliance with Assad of Syria and with the Iranians. He appears not to want to win................
The return to war will reinforce the politics of fear – which is the grimmest legacy of the Blair era in Britain. It has Cameron popping in and out of his Cobra bunker like a rabbit in a hole. Every government office, every train, every airport welcomes visitors to Britain with terror warnings and alerts. Cameron does this because he knows he can only get Britons to go to war by portraying Isis as a “threat to Britain’s national security”. Some Isis adherents may have criminal intent, but that is a matter for the police. Britain survived a far greater menace from the IRA without crumbling. Its existence is not threatened by jihadism. The claim is ludicrous. Cameron must have no faith in his own country.
The contrast between Asia’s eastern and western extremities is now stark, the one booming, the other descending into catastrophic instability and medieval horror. It is impossible not to relate this to two centuries of western imperialism and meddling. It strains belief that further intervention – through the crudest of all forms of aggression – can bring peace and reconciliation.
Islam’s wars are not Britain’s business. We owe their human victims all the aid we can to relieve suffering. We do not owe them our incompetence in trying to recast their politics. That is a task for the Arabs and their neighbours, not for Britain’s soldiers and taxpayers.
wn.com/Is Iraq War 3 Really Illegal Syria War 9 11 Truthers 'as Dangerous As Isis'
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War in Iraq: Rushanara Ali MP steps down from Labour front bench in protest at military action
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/war-in-iraq-rushanara-ali-mp-steps-down-from-labour-front-bench-in-protest-at-military-action-9758967.html
Britain’s involvement in the new Iraq war is a doomed and dangerous gesture
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/25/britain-new-iraq-war-doomed-token-gesture
With no proper strategy, the return to conflict will only reinforce the politics of fear that is the grimmest legacy of the Blair era
Simon Jenkins The Guardian, Thursday 25 September 2014
This is the moment in any war when peace goes dumb. The cause is just. The enemy is in our sights, and the provocation is extreme. Blood races through tabloid veins. It is white feathers for dissenters. The British government’s evident eagerness to bomb Iraq will be put by David Cameron to the House of Commons on Friday. With an election in the offing, Labour’s Ed Miliband dares not disagree.
The prime minister’s case, made to the United Nations on Wednesday, is that the Islamic State (Isis) rebellion is “an evil against which the whole world must unite”. No one would quarrel with that. Unlike Cameron’s abortive bid to bomb Syria last year, legality is covered by an invitation from Iraq’s hapless rulers in Baghdad and a refusal to bomb Syria. Past mistakes in Iraq, says Cameron, should not be an excuse for inaction. “We must not be so frozen with fear that we do not do anything at all.”
Nor should we be so intoxicated by war fever as to do the wrong thing. Iraq has been chief bomb target for western electoral machismo since Bill Clinton’s “Monica Lewinsky” air strikes in 1998. They initiated a decade of mendacity. Saddam Hussein’s weapons arsenal was declared eliminated, then it was not. After killing hundreds of civilians, Tony Blair and his cabinet declared that Iraq still posed “an imminent threat to Britain”. The subsequent war was said to have installed freedom and democracy in that country, another untruth. As the Royal United Services Institute concluded in a recent survey, far “from reducing international terrorism … the 2003 invasion [of Iraq] had the effect of promoting it”.
Those demanding a resumption of the bombing should explain how things are different this time – or be guilty of willing mission creep. So far they could hardly be less convincing. An indication is their resort to adjectival hysteria, Isis being variously repulsive, genocidal, atrocious, monstrous, unspeakable, satanic. Everyone seems to accept that air strikes “alone” cannot win. Yet everyone also asserts that there is no question of following them with ground attacks, which is the essence of coordinated war. They are merely to “degrade Isis assets”, mostly by demolishing empty buildings at vast expense. They are sending “a message” to someone or other.
Cameron’s strategy is apparently to leave local Iraqi forces to deliver victory. That might be reasonable, given that they are the most expensively trained troops on earth. But they have shown themselves useless. They have been given intensive bombing cover by the Americans for seven weeks, and Isis is firmly in place. Meanwhile, Cameron refuses to hold his nose and form a tactically vital alliance with Assad of Syria and with the Iranians. He appears not to want to win................
The return to war will reinforce the politics of fear – which is the grimmest legacy of the Blair era in Britain. It has Cameron popping in and out of his Cobra bunker like a rabbit in a hole. Every government office, every train, every airport welcomes visitors to Britain with terror warnings and alerts. Cameron does this because he knows he can only get Britons to go to war by portraying Isis as a “threat to Britain’s national security”. Some Isis adherents may have criminal intent, but that is a matter for the police. Britain survived a far greater menace from the IRA without crumbling. Its existence is not threatened by jihadism. The claim is ludicrous. Cameron must have no faith in his own country.
The contrast between Asia’s eastern and western extremities is now stark, the one booming, the other descending into catastrophic instability and medieval horror. It is impossible not to relate this to two centuries of western imperialism and meddling. It strains belief that further intervention – through the crudest of all forms of aggression – can bring peace and reconciliation.
Islam’s wars are not Britain’s business. We owe their human victims all the aid we can to relieve suffering. We do not owe them our incompetence in trying to recast their politics. That is a task for the Arabs and their neighbours, not for Britain’s soldiers and taxpayers.
- published: 27 Sep 2014
- views: 1687
Canada in Iraq : The Hidden War - the fifth estate
One of the largest decisions weighing on the shoulders of prime minister-designate Justin Trudeau is what role what role, if any, should Canada play in the war ...
One of the largest decisions weighing on the shoulders of prime minister-designate Justin Trudeau is what role what role, if any, should Canada play in the war against ISIS. And how will Canadians know whether their efforts are having the intended results? Do we really know what our troops are doing in Iraq? Do we even know whether Coalition airstrikes are hitting intended targets?Bob McKeown reports from the front lines of Canada's war in Iraq and Syria.
Deep behind ISIS lines, two brave people agreed to talk to the fifth estate about what life is really like under brutal occupation. One is Rami, a young man who tells us his story as he sees his town destroyed and its citizens terrorized -- fearing all the while that he will be found out and killed. The other, Leila, is a journalist who made a treacherous journey overland to meet our team in Erbil, Iraq. She documents what she says is the little-known toll of civilian casualties from Coalition air strikes. Through their stories, a narrative emerges about fear of ISIS and of the bombs dropped from the sky. The fifth estate explores how the true reality of this war is hidden from all.
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wn.com/Canada In Iraq The Hidden War The Fifth Estate
One of the largest decisions weighing on the shoulders of prime minister-designate Justin Trudeau is what role what role, if any, should Canada play in the war against ISIS. And how will Canadians know whether their efforts are having the intended results? Do we really know what our troops are doing in Iraq? Do we even know whether Coalition airstrikes are hitting intended targets?Bob McKeown reports from the front lines of Canada's war in Iraq and Syria.
Deep behind ISIS lines, two brave people agreed to talk to the fifth estate about what life is really like under brutal occupation. One is Rami, a young man who tells us his story as he sees his town destroyed and its citizens terrorized -- fearing all the while that he will be found out and killed. The other, Leila, is a journalist who made a treacherous journey overland to meet our team in Erbil, Iraq. She documents what she says is the little-known toll of civilian casualties from Coalition air strikes. Through their stories, a narrative emerges about fear of ISIS and of the bombs dropped from the sky. The fifth estate explores how the true reality of this war is hidden from all.
For more on the fifth estate : http://www.cbc.ca/fifth
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- published: 31 Oct 2015
- views: 1343
Lord Butler of Brockwell on Iraq
In 2004 Lord Butler led a major investigation of the British decision to go to war in Iraq. The document produced by that investigation is still referred to ......
In 2004 Lord Butler led a major investigation of the British decision to go to war in Iraq. The document produced by that investigation is still referred to ...
wn.com/Lord Butler Of Brockwell On Iraq
In 2004 Lord Butler led a major investigation of the British decision to go to war in Iraq. The document produced by that investigation is still referred to ...
"Worlds Apart" Force for change? Ft. Ali Allawi
The 2003 invasion of Iraq is widely considered to have been a mistake, even by many policy makers in the US. But despite that recognition, the lesson was not le...
The 2003 invasion of Iraq is widely considered to have been a mistake, even by many policy makers in the US. But despite that recognition, the lesson was not learned and the pattern of catastrophic interventions in the region continued in subsequent years. How can the international community tackle the product of that chaos - the Islamic State, and could an all-encompassing regional agreement bring stability to the troubled region? Oksana is joined by Dr Ali Allawi, an Iraqi Cabinet Minister from 2003 to 2006, to analyse these issues.
Recorded from RT, Worlds Apart, September 20, 2015
wn.com/Worlds Apart Force For Change Ft. Ali Allawi
The 2003 invasion of Iraq is widely considered to have been a mistake, even by many policy makers in the US. But despite that recognition, the lesson was not learned and the pattern of catastrophic interventions in the region continued in subsequent years. How can the international community tackle the product of that chaos - the Islamic State, and could an all-encompassing regional agreement bring stability to the troubled region? Oksana is joined by Dr Ali Allawi, an Iraqi Cabinet Minister from 2003 to 2006, to analyse these issues.
Recorded from RT, Worlds Apart, September 20, 2015
- published: 20 Sep 2015
- views: 33
IISS Global Perspectives - The future of Iraq
Under the current Status of Forces agreement that regulates US-Iraqi relations, all American forces are set to be removed from Iraq by 31st December, 2011. T......
Under the current Status of Forces agreement that regulates US-Iraqi relations, all American forces are set to be removed from Iraq by 31st December, 2011. T...
wn.com/Iiss Global Perspectives The Future Of Iraq
Under the current Status of Forces agreement that regulates US-Iraqi relations, all American forces are set to be removed from Iraq by 31st December, 2011. T...
- published: 05 Jul 2011
- views: 476
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author: The IISS
From PNAC to PARIS
The Project for the New American Century, also know as "PNAC", was established in the spring of 1997 and mostly funded by the energy and arms industries. PNAC w...
The Project for the New American Century, also know as "PNAC", was established in the spring of 1997 and mostly funded by the energy and arms industries. PNAC was founded as a neoconservative think tank whose stated goal was to usher in a “new American century”. Having won the cold war and no military threat to speak of, this group of ideologues created a blueprint for the future whose agenda was to capitalize upon our surplus of military forces and funds and force American hegemony and corporate privatization throughout the world. In their statement of principles they outline a fourfold agenda: 1) Increase an already enormous military budget at the expense of domestic social programs. 2) Topple all regimes resistant to our corporate interests. 3) Force "democracy" at the barrel of a gun in regions that have no history of the democratic process. 4) Replace the United Nation’s role of preserving and extending international order. This all can be read in their own words at www.newamericancentury.org. Their method, according to their own document, "Rebuilding America’s Defenses", stated their goals would never be realized “absent some catastrophic catalyzing event,... like a new Pearl Harbor”, (page 63 of their own pdf. document). George W Bush, whose political career has been nearly fully funded by the energy and defense industries, was appointed by the Supreme Court after the disputed election of 2000. "Bush Jr." immediately appointed signatories of P.N.A.C. documents to top levels of the Whitehouse and Pentagon. It has now been proven that once Bush had all of his top levels filled by the PNAC, a plan was hatched which involved deliberately letting our guard down to facilitate a scenario where it would appear "terrorist" pulled off the most insane attack in World History,... "9-11". Richard Clarke, whose position as terrorism czar was promoted to a cabinet level position under Clinton, was subsequently demoted from the cabinet and reassigned by Bush to other projects. Dick Cheney himself has said that Clarke was kept “out of the loop”. Paul O’Neil, former Secretary of Treasury, has stated that the Bush administration did not treat Al-qaeda as an imminent threat. The Bush administration ignored and denied the existence of a presidential briefing entitled “Bin Laden determined to attack inside the United Sates” until it was revealed to the public. Testifying before the 9-11 commission, Rice referred to this as an "historical document'. We were led to believe that this was the only warning. It has since come out to the public, that she was lying. Lying 52 times over. It has now been learned that Condi didn't disclose that they had, in fact, received 52 warnings in the months leading up to September 11th.
We are being led to believe 9-11 was completely planed and carried out by Osama Bin Laden, however the fact remains that the Bush administration needed a “new Pearl Harbor” to implement the PNAC agenda, thus the key members of PNAC itself were the folks whom planed and carried out the "attack of 9-11". PNAC, aka The Powers That Should Not Be", would like you to continue falling for the bullshit our wonderful government/corporate-sponsored/controlled "main stream" media has spewed over the subsequent years. Knowing what we know today, the invasion of Iraq was based on falsehoods and was an unnecessary and dangerous diversion from the effort to reduce terrorist attacks on the United States. Iraq posed no threat to us. The PNAC members of our government told us that it would be “a cake walk”. That we would be greeted as “liberators”. That we’d see parades in the streets. Look what actually occurred in the first days of the Iraq invasion: The museums, the hospitals, the munitions depots, the nuclear facilities were left unprotected at the onset of the invasion. The ministry of oil was securely guarded. Who has benefited from all of this at the expense of thousands of US soldiers lives and tens of thousands of Iraqi civilian lives? The very arms and energy industries that funded the PNAC:
· Halliburton, once headed by Vice President Dick Cheney
· Bechtel, once headed by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
· Trireme, a defense company started by Deputy Secretary of Defense, Richard Perle shortly before the invasion
FACT: Where did the first oil tanker to leave Iraq after the invasion go? Answer: Texas. Now that you understand PUPPET-MASTER's are controlling all major world "terrorist events", how can you believe what is reality and what is fiction?
Could it be events such as "Sandy Hook", the "Boston Marathon Bombing", many other so-called "lone wolf shootings" which have been "reported" in recent months, even the events happening right now in Paris, are all nothing more then elaborate staged productions designed to steer people and governments toward the goals laid out in PNAC's original plan? Do as much research you can until your convinced what is reality.
wn.com/From Pnac To Paris
The Project for the New American Century, also know as "PNAC", was established in the spring of 1997 and mostly funded by the energy and arms industries. PNAC was founded as a neoconservative think tank whose stated goal was to usher in a “new American century”. Having won the cold war and no military threat to speak of, this group of ideologues created a blueprint for the future whose agenda was to capitalize upon our surplus of military forces and funds and force American hegemony and corporate privatization throughout the world. In their statement of principles they outline a fourfold agenda: 1) Increase an already enormous military budget at the expense of domestic social programs. 2) Topple all regimes resistant to our corporate interests. 3) Force "democracy" at the barrel of a gun in regions that have no history of the democratic process. 4) Replace the United Nation’s role of preserving and extending international order. This all can be read in their own words at www.newamericancentury.org. Their method, according to their own document, "Rebuilding America’s Defenses", stated their goals would never be realized “absent some catastrophic catalyzing event,... like a new Pearl Harbor”, (page 63 of their own pdf. document). George W Bush, whose political career has been nearly fully funded by the energy and defense industries, was appointed by the Supreme Court after the disputed election of 2000. "Bush Jr." immediately appointed signatories of P.N.A.C. documents to top levels of the Whitehouse and Pentagon. It has now been proven that once Bush had all of his top levels filled by the PNAC, a plan was hatched which involved deliberately letting our guard down to facilitate a scenario where it would appear "terrorist" pulled off the most insane attack in World History,... "9-11". Richard Clarke, whose position as terrorism czar was promoted to a cabinet level position under Clinton, was subsequently demoted from the cabinet and reassigned by Bush to other projects. Dick Cheney himself has said that Clarke was kept “out of the loop”. Paul O’Neil, former Secretary of Treasury, has stated that the Bush administration did not treat Al-qaeda as an imminent threat. The Bush administration ignored and denied the existence of a presidential briefing entitled “Bin Laden determined to attack inside the United Sates” until it was revealed to the public. Testifying before the 9-11 commission, Rice referred to this as an "historical document'. We were led to believe that this was the only warning. It has since come out to the public, that she was lying. Lying 52 times over. It has now been learned that Condi didn't disclose that they had, in fact, received 52 warnings in the months leading up to September 11th.
We are being led to believe 9-11 was completely planed and carried out by Osama Bin Laden, however the fact remains that the Bush administration needed a “new Pearl Harbor” to implement the PNAC agenda, thus the key members of PNAC itself were the folks whom planed and carried out the "attack of 9-11". PNAC, aka The Powers That Should Not Be", would like you to continue falling for the bullshit our wonderful government/corporate-sponsored/controlled "main stream" media has spewed over the subsequent years. Knowing what we know today, the invasion of Iraq was based on falsehoods and was an unnecessary and dangerous diversion from the effort to reduce terrorist attacks on the United States. Iraq posed no threat to us. The PNAC members of our government told us that it would be “a cake walk”. That we would be greeted as “liberators”. That we’d see parades in the streets. Look what actually occurred in the first days of the Iraq invasion: The museums, the hospitals, the munitions depots, the nuclear facilities were left unprotected at the onset of the invasion. The ministry of oil was securely guarded. Who has benefited from all of this at the expense of thousands of US soldiers lives and tens of thousands of Iraqi civilian lives? The very arms and energy industries that funded the PNAC:
· Halliburton, once headed by Vice President Dick Cheney
· Bechtel, once headed by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
· Trireme, a defense company started by Deputy Secretary of Defense, Richard Perle shortly before the invasion
FACT: Where did the first oil tanker to leave Iraq after the invasion go? Answer: Texas. Now that you understand PUPPET-MASTER's are controlling all major world "terrorist events", how can you believe what is reality and what is fiction?
Could it be events such as "Sandy Hook", the "Boston Marathon Bombing", many other so-called "lone wolf shootings" which have been "reported" in recent months, even the events happening right now in Paris, are all nothing more then elaborate staged productions designed to steer people and governments toward the goals laid out in PNAC's original plan? Do as much research you can until your convinced what is reality.
- published: 16 Nov 2015
- views: 157
Post Cabinet Press Conference 16-11-14
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key met with reporters to discuss:
• The governmental, independent and other departmental inquiries into the Philip Smith incide...
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key met with reporters to discuss:
• The governmental, independent and other departmental inquiries into the Philip Smith incident
• Roger Sutton’s resignation as Chief Executive of CERA owing to sexual harassment
• The APEC East Asia summit and the G20
• New Zealand’s Free Trade Agreement with South Korea
• TPP talks and the dairy industry
• Upcoming legislation around passport cancellation
• Concerns about the global economic outlook raised at the G20
• Representatives of the air forces of Five Eyes nations currently in New Zealand
• The role of SAS troops in Iraq
• The CAA investigation into Gerry Brownlee
wn.com/Post Cabinet Press Conference 16 11 14
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key met with reporters to discuss:
• The governmental, independent and other departmental inquiries into the Philip Smith incident
• Roger Sutton’s resignation as Chief Executive of CERA owing to sexual harassment
• The APEC East Asia summit and the G20
• New Zealand’s Free Trade Agreement with South Korea
• TPP talks and the dairy industry
• Upcoming legislation around passport cancellation
• Concerns about the global economic outlook raised at the G20
• Representatives of the air forces of Five Eyes nations currently in New Zealand
• The role of SAS troops in Iraq
• The CAA investigation into Gerry Brownlee
- published: 17 Nov 2014
- views: 12
Mayor Bowser Announces Cabinet Appointees, 5/8/15
Mayor Muriel Bowser announces the appointment of several cabinet members as she continues to create a fresh start for the District of Columbia. Mayor Bowser app...
Mayor Muriel Bowser announces the appointment of several cabinet members as she continues to create a fresh start for the District of Columbia. Mayor Bowser appointed Melinda M. Bolling as Director of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA); George Shutter as Chief Procurement Officer for the Office of Contracting and Procurement (OCP); Raymond Davidson as Director of the Child and Family Services Administration (CFSA); and Alexis Taylor as Director of the Office of Disability Rights (ODR).
"Each of these agencies plays an integral role in ensuring our residents and businesses receive top-notch service and care. I am confident each of these appointees will carry out my vision to create pathways to the middle class for District residents," said Mayor Bowser. "I look forward to working with them to make the District of Columbia an even greater place to live, work and play."
Melinda M. Bolling
Director of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA)
Melinda M. Bolling has served as Interim Director for DCRA and will continue to lead the agency that protects the health, safety, and economic interests of District residents, businesses, and visitors by issuing licenses and permits, conducting inspections, enforcing building, housing, and safety codes, regulating land use and development, and advocating for and educating consumers. Previously, Bolling served as DCRA’s General Counsel where she managed the agency’s legal staff in both prosecutorial and defensive litigation before administrative and judicial forums in the District of Columbia. Bolling earned her undergraduate degree from Georgia Tech and her law degree from the Catholic University of America’s Columbus School of Law.
George Shutter
Chief Procurement Officer for the Office of Contracting and Procurement (OCP)
George Schutter previously served as the Chief Financial Officer for TechnoServe Inc., an international non-profit providing business solutions to poverty, where he leads financial strategy, procurement, grants, contracts, and systems coordination throughout the TechnoServe global network in over 30 countries. Prior to joining TechnoServe, he was Grant Thornton’s Global Public Sector Executive Director in the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia, where he opened regional operations in Dubai’s International Financial Center and developed offices in Iraq. Prior to joining Grant Thornton, George was the Chief Financial Officer of the Peace Corps for four years following serving as the Peace Corps’ first Chief Acquisition Officer for three years.
Raymond Davidson
Director of Child and Family Services Administration (CFSA)
Raymond Davidson has served as interim director of CFSA and will continue to direct the city’s first response to reports of child abuse and neglect and provision of services that help child victims and those at risk and their families. Davidson has over 25 years of supervisory, management, and executive experience, with a specialty in human resources, in both the public and private sectors. Davidson holds a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology/business administration and a Masters of Business Administration in marketing/international affairs.
Alexis Taylor
Director of the Office of Disability Rights (ODR)
Alexis Taylor has served as Interim Director of the Office of Disability Rights and was previously the General Counsel for the DC Office of Human Rights. As General Counsel, she drafted administrative decisions and legislation, and responded to all legal matters in the office. In addition, she provided training on various local civil rights laws, including the DC Human Rights Act, the Parental Leave Act, and the Language Access Act. Ms. Taylor also provided training on the corresponding federal laws including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Americans with Disabilities Act to thousands of constituents including District employees and private sector staff. Ms. Taylor collaborated on EEO and ADA training programs with the Office of Disability Rights (ODR), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). Ms. Taylor received her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Georgetown University and her Juris Doctor from Georgetown Law Center. She received her graduate law degree, Master of Laws (LL.M.), from DePaul University in Chicago.
wn.com/Mayor Bowser Announces Cabinet Appointees, 5 8 15
Mayor Muriel Bowser announces the appointment of several cabinet members as she continues to create a fresh start for the District of Columbia. Mayor Bowser appointed Melinda M. Bolling as Director of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA); George Shutter as Chief Procurement Officer for the Office of Contracting and Procurement (OCP); Raymond Davidson as Director of the Child and Family Services Administration (CFSA); and Alexis Taylor as Director of the Office of Disability Rights (ODR).
"Each of these agencies plays an integral role in ensuring our residents and businesses receive top-notch service and care. I am confident each of these appointees will carry out my vision to create pathways to the middle class for District residents," said Mayor Bowser. "I look forward to working with them to make the District of Columbia an even greater place to live, work and play."
Melinda M. Bolling
Director of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA)
Melinda M. Bolling has served as Interim Director for DCRA and will continue to lead the agency that protects the health, safety, and economic interests of District residents, businesses, and visitors by issuing licenses and permits, conducting inspections, enforcing building, housing, and safety codes, regulating land use and development, and advocating for and educating consumers. Previously, Bolling served as DCRA’s General Counsel where she managed the agency’s legal staff in both prosecutorial and defensive litigation before administrative and judicial forums in the District of Columbia. Bolling earned her undergraduate degree from Georgia Tech and her law degree from the Catholic University of America’s Columbus School of Law.
George Shutter
Chief Procurement Officer for the Office of Contracting and Procurement (OCP)
George Schutter previously served as the Chief Financial Officer for TechnoServe Inc., an international non-profit providing business solutions to poverty, where he leads financial strategy, procurement, grants, contracts, and systems coordination throughout the TechnoServe global network in over 30 countries. Prior to joining TechnoServe, he was Grant Thornton’s Global Public Sector Executive Director in the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia, where he opened regional operations in Dubai’s International Financial Center and developed offices in Iraq. Prior to joining Grant Thornton, George was the Chief Financial Officer of the Peace Corps for four years following serving as the Peace Corps’ first Chief Acquisition Officer for three years.
Raymond Davidson
Director of Child and Family Services Administration (CFSA)
Raymond Davidson has served as interim director of CFSA and will continue to direct the city’s first response to reports of child abuse and neglect and provision of services that help child victims and those at risk and their families. Davidson has over 25 years of supervisory, management, and executive experience, with a specialty in human resources, in both the public and private sectors. Davidson holds a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology/business administration and a Masters of Business Administration in marketing/international affairs.
Alexis Taylor
Director of the Office of Disability Rights (ODR)
Alexis Taylor has served as Interim Director of the Office of Disability Rights and was previously the General Counsel for the DC Office of Human Rights. As General Counsel, she drafted administrative decisions and legislation, and responded to all legal matters in the office. In addition, she provided training on various local civil rights laws, including the DC Human Rights Act, the Parental Leave Act, and the Language Access Act. Ms. Taylor also provided training on the corresponding federal laws including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Americans with Disabilities Act to thousands of constituents including District employees and private sector staff. Ms. Taylor collaborated on EEO and ADA training programs with the Office of Disability Rights (ODR), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). Ms. Taylor received her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Georgetown University and her Juris Doctor from Georgetown Law Center. She received her graduate law degree, Master of Laws (LL.M.), from DePaul University in Chicago.
- published: 09 May 2015
- views: 5
The Strange Death Of Dr David Kelly
Norman Baker joined us to discuss his book the strange death of Dr David Kelly. On the19th of May 2006 Norman steped down from the shadow cabinet to pursue a qu...
Norman Baker joined us to discuss his book the strange death of Dr David Kelly. On the19th of May 2006 Norman steped down from the shadow cabinet to pursue a quest to establish the truth behind the death in 2003 of Dr David Kelly,an expert in biological warfare employed by the Ministry of Defence and a former United Nations weapons inspector in Iraq. Kelly's discussion with BBC Today programme journalist Andrew Gilligan about the British government's dossier on weapon of mass destruction (WMD) in Iraq inadvertently caused a major political scandal. Kelly had been found dead days after appearing before the Parliamentary committee investigating a political scandal arising from a discussion with Today Programme journalist Andrew Gilligan about the British government's dossier on weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in Iraq.
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wn.com/The Strange Death Of Dr David Kelly
Norman Baker joined us to discuss his book the strange death of Dr David Kelly. On the19th of May 2006 Norman steped down from the shadow cabinet to pursue a quest to establish the truth behind the death in 2003 of Dr David Kelly,an expert in biological warfare employed by the Ministry of Defence and a former United Nations weapons inspector in Iraq. Kelly's discussion with BBC Today programme journalist Andrew Gilligan about the British government's dossier on weapon of mass destruction (WMD) in Iraq inadvertently caused a major political scandal. Kelly had been found dead days after appearing before the Parliamentary committee investigating a political scandal arising from a discussion with Today Programme journalist Andrew Gilligan about the British government's dossier on weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in Iraq.
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- published: 03 May 2015
- views: 177
Statesmen's Forum: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi
H.E. Dr. Haider Al-Abadi
Prime Minister of the Republic of Iraq
Introduction by:
Dr. John Hamre
CSIS President and CEO
Moderated by:
Dr. Jon B. Alterman
Senio...
H.E. Dr. Haider Al-Abadi
Prime Minister of the Republic of Iraq
Introduction by:
Dr. John Hamre
CSIS President and CEO
Moderated by:
Dr. Jon B. Alterman
Senior Vice President, Zbigniew Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy, and Director, CSIS Middle East Program
H.E. Dr. Haider Al-Abadi is prime minister of the Republic of Iraq, a position he has held since September 2014. Prior to this, he served as deputy speaker of parliament, and minister of communications in the Iraqi Governing Council. He was also elected to the Iraqi parliament in 2005 and 2010 as a representative of Baghdad, and has chaired the parliament’s finance committee and committee for economy and investment. Before returning to Iraq in 2003, Dr. Al-Abadi worked as a high-tech transportation design and development consultant in the United Kingdom. Dr. Al-Abadi earned his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Manchester.
wn.com/Statesmen's Forum Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi
H.E. Dr. Haider Al-Abadi
Prime Minister of the Republic of Iraq
Introduction by:
Dr. John Hamre
CSIS President and CEO
Moderated by:
Dr. Jon B. Alterman
Senior Vice President, Zbigniew Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy, and Director, CSIS Middle East Program
H.E. Dr. Haider Al-Abadi is prime minister of the Republic of Iraq, a position he has held since September 2014. Prior to this, he served as deputy speaker of parliament, and minister of communications in the Iraqi Governing Council. He was also elected to the Iraqi parliament in 2005 and 2010 as a representative of Baghdad, and has chaired the parliament’s finance committee and committee for economy and investment. Before returning to Iraq in 2003, Dr. Al-Abadi worked as a high-tech transportation design and development consultant in the United Kingdom. Dr. Al-Abadi earned his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Manchester.
- published: 16 Apr 2015
- views: 5228
How Did President Bush Deal with Foreign Policy? George Soros Fund Management (2003)
Beginning with the Iraq Liberation Act signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1998, the U.S. government officially called for regime change in Iraq. Th......
Beginning with the Iraq Liberation Act signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1998, the U.S. government officially called for regime change in Iraq. Th...
wn.com/How Did President Bush Deal With Foreign Policy George Soros Fund Management (2003)
Beginning with the Iraq Liberation Act signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1998, the U.S. government officially called for regime change in Iraq. Th...
Care for America's Returning Wounded Warriors, War on Terror at American Legion (2007)
http://thefilmarchive.org/ March 6, 2007 Today, President Bush Discussed The War On Terror In Remarks To The American Legion's Annual Convention In Washingto......
http://thefilmarchive.org/ March 6, 2007 Today, President Bush Discussed The War On Terror In Remarks To The American Legion's Annual Convention In Washingto...
wn.com/Care For America's Returning Wounded Warriors, War On Terror At American Legion (2007)
http://thefilmarchive.org/ March 6, 2007 Today, President Bush Discussed The War On Terror In Remarks To The American Legion's Annual Convention In Washingto...
Insight with Clare Short
14/02/2007 - Clare Short, the former cabinet minister who resigned over the war in Iraq, talks to Richard Beeston about Iraq, her time as Secretary for Inter......
14/02/2007 - Clare Short, the former cabinet minister who resigned over the war in Iraq, talks to Richard Beeston about Iraq, her time as Secretary for Inter...
wn.com/Insight With Clare Short
14/02/2007 - Clare Short, the former cabinet minister who resigned over the war in Iraq, talks to Richard Beeston about Iraq, her time as Secretary for Inter...
Mosaic News - 10/03/11: Libya's NTC Forms Cabinet
Yemeni protestors, scholars denounce state clerics' Fatwa, Bahraini court sentences 36 additional protestors to prison, Libya revolutionaries launch fresh as......
Yemeni protestors, scholars denounce state clerics' Fatwa, Bahraini court sentences 36 additional protestors to prison, Libya revolutionaries launch fresh as...
wn.com/Mosaic News 10 03 11 Libya's Ntc Forms Cabinet
Yemeni protestors, scholars denounce state clerics' Fatwa, Bahraini court sentences 36 additional protestors to prison, Libya revolutionaries launch fresh as...
- published: 04 Oct 2011
- views: 639
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author: Link TV
State Department Operations in Iraq
State Department Operations in Iraq - House Oversight Committee - 2007-10-25 - Product 201755-1-DVD - House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. Sec......
State Department Operations in Iraq - House Oversight Committee - 2007-10-25 - Product 201755-1-DVD - House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. Sec...
wn.com/State Department Operations In Iraq
State Department Operations in Iraq - House Oversight Committee - 2007-10-25 - Product 201755-1-DVD - House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. Sec...
Your Government Failed You: Richard Clarke at the September 11 Commission on Counterterrorism (2004)
Richard Alan Clarke (born October 27, 1950) is the former National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counter-terrorism for the United Sta...
Richard Alan Clarke (born October 27, 1950) is the former National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counter-terrorism for the United States.
Clarke worked for the State Department during the presidency of Ronald Reagan. In 1992, President George H.W. Bush appointed him to chair the Counter-terrorism Security Group and to a seat on the United States National Security Council. President Bill Clinton retained Clarke and in 1998 promoted him to be the National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counter-terrorism, the chief counter-terrorism adviser on the National Security Council. Under President George W. Bush, Clarke initially continued in the same position, but the position was no longer given cabinet-level access. He later became the Special Advisor to the President on cybersecurity. Clarke left the Bush administration in 2003.
Clarke came to widespread public attention for his role as counter-terrorism czar in the Clinton and Bush administrations in March 2004, when he appeared on the 60 Minutes television news magazine, released his memoir about his service in government, Against All Enemies, and testified before the 9/11 Commission. In all three instances, Clarke was sharply critical of the Bush administration's attitude toward counter-terrorism before the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and of the decision to go to war with Iraq.
On March 24, 2004, Clarke testified at the public 9/11 Commission hearings.[17] At the outset of his testimony Clarke offered an apology to the families of 9/11 victims and an acknowledgment that the government had failed: "I also welcome the hearings because it is finally a forum where I can apologize to the loved ones of the victims of 9/11...To the loved ones of the victims of 9/11, to them who are here in this room, to those who are watching on television, your government failed you. Those entrusted with protecting you failed you. And I failed you. We tried hard, but that doesn't matter because we failed. And for that failure, I would ask, once all the facts are out, for your understanding and for your forgiveness."[17]
Many of the events Clarke recounted during the hearings were also published in his memoir. Clarke charged that before and during the 9/11 crisis, many in the Administration were distracted from efforts against Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda organization by a pre-occupation with Iraq and Saddam Hussein. Clarke had written that on September 12, 2001, President Bush pulled him and a couple of aides aside and "testily" asked him to try to find evidence that Saddam was connected to the terrorist attacks. In response he wrote a report stating there was no evidence of Iraqi involvement and got it signed by all relevant agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the CIA. The paper was quickly returned by a deputy with a note saying "Please update and resubmit."[18] After initially denying that such a meeting between the President and Clarke took place, the White House later reversed its denial when others present backed Clarke's version of the events.
Clarke is currently Chairman of Good Harbor Consulting and Good Harbour International, two strategic planning and corporate risk management firms; an on-air consultant for ABC News, and a contributor to the Good Harbor Report, an online community discussing homeland security, defense, and politics. He is an adjunct lecturer at the Harvard Kennedy School and a faculty affiliate of its Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.[35] He has also become an author of fiction, publishing his first novel, The Scorpion's Gate, in 2005, and a second, Breakpoint, in 2007.
Clarke wrote an op-ed for the Washington Post on May 31, 2009 harshly critical of other Bush administration officials, entitled "The Trauma of 9/11 Is No Excuse".[36] Clarke wrote that he had little sympathy for his fellow officials who seemed to want to use the excuse of being traumatized, and caught unaware by Al-Qaeda's attacks on the USA, because their being caught unaware was due to their ignoring clear reports a major attack on U.S. soil was imminent. Clarke particularly singled out former Vice President Dick Cheney and former Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice.
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Richard Alan Clarke (born October 27, 1950) is the former National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counter-terrorism for the United States.
Clarke worked for the State Department during the presidency of Ronald Reagan. In 1992, President George H.W. Bush appointed him to chair the Counter-terrorism Security Group and to a seat on the United States National Security Council. President Bill Clinton retained Clarke and in 1998 promoted him to be the National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counter-terrorism, the chief counter-terrorism adviser on the National Security Council. Under President George W. Bush, Clarke initially continued in the same position, but the position was no longer given cabinet-level access. He later became the Special Advisor to the President on cybersecurity. Clarke left the Bush administration in 2003.
Clarke came to widespread public attention for his role as counter-terrorism czar in the Clinton and Bush administrations in March 2004, when he appeared on the 60 Minutes television news magazine, released his memoir about his service in government, Against All Enemies, and testified before the 9/11 Commission. In all three instances, Clarke was sharply critical of the Bush administration's attitude toward counter-terrorism before the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and of the decision to go to war with Iraq.
On March 24, 2004, Clarke testified at the public 9/11 Commission hearings.[17] At the outset of his testimony Clarke offered an apology to the families of 9/11 victims and an acknowledgment that the government had failed: "I also welcome the hearings because it is finally a forum where I can apologize to the loved ones of the victims of 9/11...To the loved ones of the victims of 9/11, to them who are here in this room, to those who are watching on television, your government failed you. Those entrusted with protecting you failed you. And I failed you. We tried hard, but that doesn't matter because we failed. And for that failure, I would ask, once all the facts are out, for your understanding and for your forgiveness."[17]
Many of the events Clarke recounted during the hearings were also published in his memoir. Clarke charged that before and during the 9/11 crisis, many in the Administration were distracted from efforts against Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda organization by a pre-occupation with Iraq and Saddam Hussein. Clarke had written that on September 12, 2001, President Bush pulled him and a couple of aides aside and "testily" asked him to try to find evidence that Saddam was connected to the terrorist attacks. In response he wrote a report stating there was no evidence of Iraqi involvement and got it signed by all relevant agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the CIA. The paper was quickly returned by a deputy with a note saying "Please update and resubmit."[18] After initially denying that such a meeting between the President and Clarke took place, the White House later reversed its denial when others present backed Clarke's version of the events.
Clarke is currently Chairman of Good Harbor Consulting and Good Harbour International, two strategic planning and corporate risk management firms; an on-air consultant for ABC News, and a contributor to the Good Harbor Report, an online community discussing homeland security, defense, and politics. He is an adjunct lecturer at the Harvard Kennedy School and a faculty affiliate of its Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.[35] He has also become an author of fiction, publishing his first novel, The Scorpion's Gate, in 2005, and a second, Breakpoint, in 2007.
Clarke wrote an op-ed for the Washington Post on May 31, 2009 harshly critical of other Bush administration officials, entitled "The Trauma of 9/11 Is No Excuse".[36] Clarke wrote that he had little sympathy for his fellow officials who seemed to want to use the excuse of being traumatized, and caught unaware by Al-Qaeda's attacks on the USA, because their being caught unaware was due to their ignoring clear reports a major attack on U.S. soil was imminent. Clarke particularly singled out former Vice President Dick Cheney and former Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice.
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