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Ministry threatens to sue newspaper Baghdad, Iraq Press, December 2, 2003 – The Ministry of Communications has threatened to sue Azzaman, Iraq’s most influential newspaper, over alleged inaccurate reporting. In an angry letter, which Azzaman published on Monday, the ministry denied reports by the newspaper that members of the council were tainted and that anyone of them was ever involved in corruption. It threatened to sue Azzaman if such “unfounded allegations” were repeated in the future. Reports of bribery and embezzlement in the granting of new contracts in Iraq first surfaced in the international press. AFP, the French news agency,...

http://iraqataglance.blogspot.com/ Wednesday, November 19, 2003 Saving Grace I read this article in one of the newspapers published in Baghdad named (Baghdad Now), and I found it worthy to be republished in the blog. Here it goes: “The st. Catherine de Siena orphanage is a Catholic orphanage in eastern part of Baghdad, the orphanage is home to 30 children ranging in age from 7 to 17, the children were homeless, and taken in by the sisters of The st.Catherine de Siena orphanage. The children rescued by the sisters of The st.Catherine de Siena were saved from a life of abject poverty...

October 16,2003 Iraqi Columnist:The Occupation of Iraq Means Liberty, Even if the Whole World Maintains Otherwise In three articles published by the London-based Arabic daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, columnist Kamel Al-Sa 'doun, an Iraqi writer who resides in Norway, justified the U.S. occupation and political rehabilitation of Iraq. The following are excerpts from the three articles: The Occupation of Iraq is a Blessed Liberation "Yes, the occupation is a blessed and promising liberation for Iraq, even if the U.N., Europe, Russia, India, and all the Arabs say otherwise. The logic of international law could be of interest to the French, the...

Editorials from the New Iraqi Press: MEMRI Baghdad Dispatch (9) The following is the ninth release from MEMRI's Baghdad office. It focuses on editorials concerning President Bush's speech of September 7, 2003, [1] the establishment of democracy, and the security situation in Iraq.In Annex VII, MEMRI publishes the seventh biographical note on one of Iraq's post-Saddam leaders. In this issue, the biographical note is that of Al-Sharif Ali bin Hussein. Editorials I. The Iraqi Press on President Bush's September 7th Speech - Continued The Iraqi press continued to report, with minimal reaction and commentary, on President Bush's speech. The...

Editorials from the New Iraqi Press: MEMRI Baghdad Dispatch (6) The following report is the sixth release from MEMRI's Baghdad office. It focuses on editorials which appeared in the Iraqi press regarding Iraq's relations with the Arab world, terrorism in Baghdad, and the rebuilding of Iraq. There are over 100 dailies and weeklies published in Iraq, many of which characterize themselves as "politically independent," while others are clearly associated with established political parties or groups such as Al-Mu'tamar (Iraqi National Congress headed by Dr. Ahmad Al-Chalabi), Al-Nahdha (Liberal Democratic Group under Dr. 'Adnan Al-Pachachi), and Al-'Adala (of the Supreme Council...

The New Iraqi Press and the Jews By: Dr. Nimrod Raphaeli* The demise of Saddam Hussein's regime and the control it exerted over the media has unleashed an outburst of feelings of freedom reflected in a large number of dailies and weeklies which, for the first time in Iraq's modern history, are free, uncensored, and often highly imaginative. While some of the dailies are associated with the many burgeoning political parties and political movements which themselves are unprecedented in terms of their number and orientations, there are other dailies and weeklies which introduce themselves as politically independent. Unaccustomed to journalistic...

Inquiry and Analysis Series - No. 146 August 26, 2003 No.146 The New Iraqi Press and the JewsBy: Dr. Nimrod Raphaeli* The demise of Saddam Hussein's regime and the control it exerted over the media has unleashed an outburst of feelings of freedom reflected in a large number of dailies and weeklies which, for the first time in Iraq's modern history, are free, uncensored, and often highly imaginative. While some of the dailies are associated with the many burgeoning political parties and political movements which themselves are unprecedented in terms of their number and orientations, there are other dailies...

Title: Iraqi Military Spokesman on 'Crushing, Devastating' Attacks Document Date: 28 Mar 2003 Citysource: Baghdad Iraqi Satellite Channel Television Language: Arabic Subslug: Announcer-read report over video [FBIS Translated Text] A military spokesman has stated the following: In the name of God, the merciful, the compassionate. All the claims of the Zionists and the Zionized rulers of America and Britain have collapsed. They claimed that their war will be easy and surprising. Not only the Iraqis [und-minute break in reception] witness. The tyrant invaders themselves admit that their war is not as easy as they expected and that it will not...

SECRETARY of State Colin Powell put a snarky Iraqi reporter in his place the other day. The scribe tried to sandbag the statesman by asking, "Isn't it true that only 13 percent of young Americans can locate Iraq on a map?" "That may be true," Powell snapped. "You're probably right. But unfortunately for you, all 13 percent are Marines."