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THREE AIR RAIDS ON FALLUJA
$ 50 MILLIONS FOR RECONSTRUCTION IN
SAMARAA
Baghdad, As-Sabah, Oct 4, Page 1
The US and Iraqi sources reported controlling the city of Samaraa
as the multi national forces launched new offensives on Falluja yesterday
.The US forces launched new air raid on a site in Falluja for the 3rd
time respectively during 24 hours .The US army reported destructing a
building in Falluja outskirts was thought to be used by the gunmen.The US
forces said that the raid was targeted the building and that a series of
explosions were heard later on. It seemed the building was full of
ammunitions.Interviewed by Al- Arabia satellite channel, Hazim al-
Sha'laan the minister of defense said that fighting has ended in Samara ,
adding that the Iraqi forces played a main role in the course of fighting
and that the US forces contributed in the air cover for the operations of
the Iraqi forces. Notably, around 5,000 troops were flowed into Samara
during Friday in one of grandest offensive operations on the city since
the occupation on Iraq .Meanwhile, the government sources announced about
$ 50 millions allocating for reconstruction in Samara.Spokesman of Basim
Salih Barham the deputy premier said that the government concentrated its
efforts on the reconstruction drive in the city which was under the
control of the gunmen .Meeting with Aiyham al- Samaree the minister of
electricity, he said that the government allocated $ 25 millions for the
reconstruction of Samara infrastructure after the end of military combat.
MA'SOUM : ELECTION IS TO BE HELD IN
SPECIFIED TIME
Baghdad, As-Sabah, Oct 4, Page 1
Dr. Fuad Ma'soum the chief of the national assembly has denied what is
circulated by the media as quoted by the Qatari news agencies on 2nd
October , describing these news as groundless.In a press statement,
Ma'soum said that what is circulated by the said news agency are
groundless lies , stressing his latest declarations calling for making the
elections in the decided time on 31st Jan in 2005.The statement
said that the Iraqi national assembly represented by his chief has full
right to sue the Qatari news agency , referring that this behaviors went
contrary to the bases and morals of press.Notably, the media was
circulated groundless news quoted by the said agency on interviewing
Ma'soum..
IRAQI COASTAL DEFENSE FORCE
INAUGURATED
Baghdad, As-Sabah, Oct 4, Page 1
The Iraqi coastal defense force has been inaugurated in Umm Qasr port
southern Iraq.During the celebration, the salutations ceremonies were
performed by the important personalities in the beginning of the sailing
of the navy.A source at the ministry of defense said that the Iraqi
coastal defense force was created in December 2004 . The members of the
force received training courses by a joint team consisted of the British
royal marine, Australian, US and Dutch marines.The trainees received
training courses in navigation, extinguishing, shooting and steering the
ships.Notably, the 1st Iraqi coastal defense operation started
on 1st October as it shouldered the responsibility of
protecting the Iraqi naval sovereignty through a number of patrols in Khor
Abdallah and protecting the distant institutions and Umm Qasr port.A
number of personalities representing the naval commands at the
multi-national force and the Iraqi army were attended the inauguration
ceremony.
JUDICIAL ORDER TO ARREST MITHAAL AL-
ALOUSI
Baghdad, As-Sabah, Oct 4, Page 1
The central investigation court has issued an order to arrest Mithaal al-
Aloussi the ex-member of the national conference owing to his violation to
the Iraqi penalty law No. 111 amended in 1969.Well acquainted source at
the central investigation court said that Al- Aloussi committed a crime of
contacting a state hostile to Iraq further for his visit to the Zionist
entity.As-Sabah has learned that the central court is to sue whoever
violating the law under the pretext of normalizing relations or any other
crime to secure the independent implementation of the law and maintaining
Iraq's Islamic and Arab identity.
500 HEPATITIS INFECTIONS IN SADR CITY
DURING SIX MONTHS
Baghdad, As-Sabah, Oct 4, Page 1
The ministry of health has declared the number of the hepatitis infections
in the city of Al- Sadr over the last six months reached to more than 500
infections as the total number of the infections all over Iraq amounted
19824 infections.Dr. Attallah al- Selmani the director of the hepatitis
section at the ministry of health said that the infections increased for a
number of reasons among which non-availability of examination materials ,
water contamination and the bad sanitation in addition to the existence
of chemical materials as depleted uranium as well as the foods sold in
the markets without noticeable control.
NEW MECHANISM TO DISTRIBUTE OIL ON
CITIZENS, FARMERS
Baghdad, As-Sabah, Oct 4, P3
The Oil Ministry in coordination with the municipality departments
in Baghdad has created committees to supervise the mechanism of
distributing oil products coping with the family's ration card.An official
source at the ministry said that the distribution mechanism will be done
in according to the information fixed on the ration card to calculate the
family's share, indicating that each card will be registered through
municipality councils distributed in Baghdad and other provinces.The
source called citizens to visit the municipality councils to follow up
this subject, confirming that the ration of each family for Oct will be
according to certain timetable.Notably, the ration of each citizen for
this month will be 15 liters kerosene. The ration of two persons will be
25 liters, the ration of the third persons 30 liters, the four persons 35
liters, five persons 40 liters, six persons 45, seven persons 50 liters,
eight persons 55 liters, nine persons 60 liters and the ten person 65
liters in case that family's individuals reach to more than 10 persons.
MOSCOW READY TO DROP 50% OF IRAQI
DEBTS
Baghdad, As-Sabah, Oct 4, P3
The Russian Finance Minister Elixy Codrean revealed Russia's
preparedness to drop 50% of the Iraqi payable debts, saying that his
country is seeking to join the French-German initiative due to drop half
Iraqi debts, indicating that the main problem to take such decision is
sticking to not specifying the frameworks of this problem and that
dropping debts in Paris Club will be done on the base of estimating the
long and mid terms estimations of these states concerning paying debts. He
indicated that conflict in Iraq is not finished yet a matter that makes it
difficult to specify certain horizons to solve this problem, so that
Russia is looking for new formulas to solve this problem include backing
the French-German initiative."I see myself very close to support this
initiative", the Finance Minister said, referring that the Russian
government doesn't take its final decision towards this problem. |
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