Annas [Archives:2004/801/Press Review]

20 Dec.2004
Main headlines
– U.S. ambassador to Yemen makes an official visit to Amran governorate
– Chief of a police station in Sana'a beats a citizen,
– Recommendations by the democratic forum say amendment of elections law, a necessity for the woman participation
– Teachers union demands minister of education to tackle the situation of inspectors
– Hood demands security for the release of a Tunisian detainee
– Due to a dispute over a piece of land, armed clashes in Ibb
Columnist Dr Hosni al-Jawshaie says in his article many observers see that the political situation in Iraq has begun to head for strongly towards stabilization of sectarianism especially during the last six months. This development began to make many Arab countries express their concern, not officially, through newspapers they sponsor and through article published in those papers. Reality has begun to crystallize and there are features of a sectarian rule suppressing the Sunnis.
The premiership of the government there supports that direction, leads this scheme through getting support from occupation armies, and supported secretly, as some observers believe, by Iraq's neighbour Iran. Some newspapers have leaked information, quoting intelligence sources, that there are a million Iranians the coalition forces permitted to enter Iraq to strengthen Iraq's Shiites in the sham elections intended to be held on January 30, despite the boycotting of the Sunnis who represent the majority of the population (around 50%) against the 40% Shiites and despite that the Shiite minority wants to control the rule in Iraq through elections.
The Shiites in Iraq try to delude the world that they represent the majority and that it is in interest of that current and that of the American occupier to support the party that supports their stay in Iraq and does not cause them any kind of resistance, excluding the rebellious Muqtada al-Sadr who has been weakened lately after the battle of Karbala. Many of leaders of the Arab and Islamic world have expressed their concern over stabilization of sectarianism in Iraq in a way affecting the neighborly countries.
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