SH'ALAAN THREATENS AL- SADR LOYALISTS WITH COUP DE GRACE  
Najaf , As-Sabah, August 25, Page 1
The US armored force has mobilized around Imam Ali Shrine indicating more growing of the crisis amid the stoppage of the political efforts that coincided with the outbreak of the military clashes between Al- Sadr loyalists and the Iraqi and US forces. That military escalation is accompanied by the escalation of threatening released by Al- Sh'laan the minister of interior and the leader of the National Guard Major General Mudhir al- Maulla who threatened to break into Imam Ali Shrine forcefully.There are some indications that Najaf crisis might be expanded to include all the southern cities through the distribution of scores of gunmen loyal to Al- Sadr trend in Basra.Notably, the city of Najaf witnessed most violent clashes in the last days. The US tanks were seen roaming the neighboring roads of Imam Ali shrine. Meanwhile, Al- Sh'laan threatened Al- Sadr loyalists with coup de grace, saying that the force which will carry out the raid on Imam Ali Shrine will be pure Iraqi force and the US forces has no role in this operation.

MORE THAN 100 SERVICE PROJECTS ACHIEVED
Baghdad, As-Sabah, August 25, Page 1 
The cadres of the ministry of municipalities and labor have achieved more than 100 service project within the ministry's plan for 2004.Eng. Rakaan al- A'laaf the director general of municipalities clarified that the service projects that achieved in Baghdad and other cities included paving, covering and cleaning the roads besides planting the road isles with seedlings further for establishing new municipality headquarters in the districts.The projects range among 15 projects in the southern provinces, 42 in the middle region and 45 projects in the northern region.In the meantime, the ministry continues its 2nd campaign for realizing the project"Towards beautiful and clean Iraq". That project is aiming to improve the environmental situation of the Iraqi cities and put a limit for the contagious diseases owing to the accumulation of germs and viruses transferring the epidemics. 

IRAQI PLANT FOR MANUFACTURING 230,000 VEHICLES ANNUALLY
Baghdad, As-Sabah, August 25, Page 1 
The Iraqi ministry of industry has signed a contract with US Company, to establish a factory for manufacturing 90,000 GMC vehicles with annual productivity energy 130,000 Pick up vehicles, 10,000 other kind of vehicles.Mr. Hachim al- Hassani the minister of industry said that his ministry is to adopt practical steps for implementing the project which is considered one of several other projects are to be implemented in coordination with the companies.On the other hand, the Iraqi federation of industries signed a contract for the industrial cooperation with a number of Arab and foreign countries.Mr. Qais al- Khafaji the chief of the federation said that this cooperation includes the Egyptian federation of industries, Amman chamber of industry, Abu Dhabi chamber of industry and commerce and Damascus chamber of industry.He added that other contracts were signed between the Iraqi federation of industries and a number of foreign countries and organizations i.e Italy, Iran and Sweden. 

IRAQ REJECTS PARTICIPATION IN NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES CONFERENCE
Baghdad, As-Sabah, August 25, Page 1 
Anew, Iraq has rejected any initiative from neighboring countries and organizations regards solving Najaf crisis.Mr. Hoshiar Zibari the minister of foreign affairs said that Iraq will not support any attempt to make this crisis as international one and reject participation in the conferences held in this concern as the cause is considered as pure Iraqi interior affair, demanding all Arab and Islamic governments to take a suitable position in denouncing criminal and non-Islamic practices through violating the holiness of the sanctities. Zibari denied the interference of the multi –national forces or any foreign parties in treating the crisis, affirming the government's demands in dissolving all militias and evacuating Imam Ali shrine.He indicated to the several meetings held with the representatives of some neighboring countries to get them acquainted with the reflections of the crisis and crystallize view points. 

  CHILDREN INFECTED  WITH CHRONIC DISEASES TREATED OUTSIDE IRAQ
Baghdad, As-Sabah, Aug 25, page 3 
The Ministry of Heath received an offer from different countries to treat the Iraqi children infected with chronic diseases that can not be treated in the Iraqi hospitals due to the shortages of technical and financial potentialities. An official source at the Ministry said that they already send 8 children infected with cardiac and blood diseases to be treated in hospitals in Croatia and worked on facilitating the travel of those children to be treated there. The source added that the Ministry intends to send about 108 children to be treated in hospitals in India and America after receiving a call from an American organization to treat this number of children. The ministry has also received similar offers from England, and Italy to send another group of children.On the other hand, the ministry called on humanitarian organizations to treat kids infected with heart, blood diseases and fractures as the kids with these diseases reached about 4152 cases.  

MINISTER OF TRADE: "FOOD TRUCK LOOTED IN THE SOUTH THREATENS FOOD RATION"
Baghdad, As-Sabah, Aug 25, page 3 
The minister of Trade Mohammed Al-Juburi said that some trucks loaded with foodstuff were looted yesterday by gunmen in Amara under the pretext that these trucks are the city's share of food ration. The minister said that those armed group unloaded a truck full of sugar, indicating that those people confiscated some trucks three days ago. And these acts are dangerous on the foodstuff storage. He added that the ministry has big cargos of foodstuff at Basra ports did not put on storages due to the security situation there. And the trucks that are supposed to go to Najaf, their drivers are still subjected to attacks from unknown groups.       The minister added that along the attacks on the trucks of the ministry, many trucks were stolen during the war and smuggled to Kurdistan, Iran, Syria and Jordan, in addition to what is being stolen now. He said that the ministry gave the chassis numbers of the stolen trucks to be regained to Iraq.