Identifier | Created | Classification | Origin |
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05BAGHDAD3695 | 2005-09-08 18:19:00 | UNCLASSIFIED | Embassy Baghdad |
1. Acknowledging the rights of Iraqi women as mothers, workers, and citizens in the constitution. 2. Constitutional guarantees preventing all forms of violence and discrimination against women. 3. Constitutional guarantees for no less than 40% of women's representation in all decision making posts. 4. Constitutional acknowledgment of all international agreements and treaties as a source of legislation. 5. Maintaining personal status laws and preventing any replacement by sectarian alternatives." C. "Demonstration in Sulaimaniyah: An Early Test of the Credibility of the Constitution" (Uncited Editorial - Al-Jeeran: http://www.aljeeran.net) "A Kurdish citizen was killed and 16 were injured in one of the most violent demonstrations the government of Sulaimaniyah has ever faced in Kurdistan which is led by the PUK party. More than 1,500 people from the Kalar district took part in the demonstration which witnessed ferocious confrontations. They were requesting improvement of essential services, specifically water and electricity when demonstrators started throwing stones at the mayor's building and security forces started shooting which led to the killing of one demonstrator and the injury of 16 others. Later, demonstrators gathered in front of the hospital where the injured were transferred and new clashes erupted. "Mr. Majeed Saleh, a public relations official in the PUK stated that, "The demonstrators burned the directorate of education in the city, the fire station, the pediatric hospital, a building of the Kurdistan Women's Union, and a radio station. "Accordingly, security forces detained hundreds of demonstrators in a scene most observers believe has had a negative impact and provoked inquiries regarding freedom of assembly in Kurdistan. What is required from the authorities in Sulaimaniyah and Kalar is an investigation into the reasons behind the use of deadly force against demonstrators. "One of the demonstrators, who spoke on condition of anonymity, stated that a group of demonstrators had requested official permission for the demonstration from the mayor and security directorate but `the authorities refused to grant permission.' As a matter of fact he said, it encouraged demonstrators to practice their democratic rights under the new Iraq." D. "The New Iraqi Constitution: The Selling of Kirkuk to the Kurds" (Editorial by Sabri Tarbeh - Iraqi Papers: http://www.iraqipapers.com/9_5_5_sabri.htm) "The following passage was written in the American Constitution of Iraq: `The Arab people in Iraq are part of the Arab nation.' It is well known who is behind this article and that it's a scheme (on behalf of many parties) to divide Iraq and transform it into sectarian and nationalist cantons despite the fact that Iraq is a founding member of the Arab League; and it is illogical to accept Iraq's partial [i.e. divided] membership in the Arab League. "The most dangerous element in the American Constitution of Iraq is the concession of the agent's authority over Kirkuk for the interest of the Kurdish/ Zionist partners. These powers claimed patriotism and said in public that Kirkuk, which produces 60% of Iraq's oil, is an Iraqi city whose ownership is considered a red line that shouldn't be crossed. "Those under orders from their American masters turned into sheep and sold Kirkuk to the Kurds when they omitted item `C' from Article 53 of the TAL which prohibited the joining of Kirkuk or Baghdad with any federal region. Instead, in the most despicable constitution, two substitute articles (136 & 137) gave the Kurds two, one-year opportunities to manipulate Kirkuk's demography to fabricate and fake a constitution to allow them to annex Kirkuk with Kurdistan. When that happens Iraq will lose the majority of its oil fortune because of a deal among agents to resurrect the Haifa/ Kirkuk oil project which aims to provide the Zionist Entity with its oil needs. "Through that deal the agent of the coalition unveiled his ugly face. The image is now more transparent after the sale of Kirkuk. But the victorious Iraqi people won't accept national treason for a constitution--they will absolutely reject it." E. "Farewell Iraqi Unity" (Uncited Editorial - Al-Rayah: http://www.raya.com/site/topics/article.asp?c u_no=2&item_no= 95558&version=1&template_id=27&parent_id=23) "Apart from the total destruction of the infrastructure, killing of children, the elderly and women, humiliating and detainingQn, and torturing people of all categories, the greatest problem Iraq and Arab nations face is Iraq's division and disintegration into small states, in the name of federalism, among Shiites, Kurds and Sunnis--especially following the Iraqi parliament's approval of the draft constitution which carries the poisons of discord and division and hasn't maintained Iraq's rights, freedoms or unity of land, people and identity. "Bush's intention is clear and what the American occupation seeks through Iraqi federalism, the division of the country, will be repeated to tear the Islamic nation apart and dilute Arab unity. "What we are witnessing through Iraq's war: the occupation, humiliation, torture and disintegration of the country is very painful. We as Arabs and Muslims should intervene immediately and support Iraq politically, financially, and morally to help it maintain its Arab nature and unity otherwise we will bid it farewell forever and bid farewell to our Arab unity." SATTERFIELD |