https://freerepublic.com/tag/cpairaq/ en-us Mon, 12 Jan 2004 19:04:09 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1056409/posts Iraqi letters and packages soon will feature updated postage stamps without the face of deposed dictator Saddam Hussein. The new stamps will be issued Jan. 15, Dan Senor, senior Coalition Provisional Authority spokesman, told reporters during a Jan. 10 press conference in Baghdad. Haydar al-Abadi, the Iraqi minister of communication, and Iraqi Postmaster General Ibraheem Kuhdair announced the new stamp that day, Senor said. The new stamp will be the first Iraqi postal stamp issued since the April 9, 2003, fall of Saddam Hussein's government, the U.S. official pointed out. Five million new stamps, Senor said, will become available for... American Forces Press Service https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1056409/posts#comment Mon, 12 Jan 2004 19:04:09 GMT