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Civilian driver killed in Al-Ramadi
US soldiers shot dead a civilian driver in Al-Ramadi on 1 March, reported Al-Sharqiyah TV. According to the channel, an eyewitness said that the driver was speeding toward a checkpoint, which prompted the US soldiers to open fire on him. The incident took place at 1100 local time (0800 gmt). In a separate incident, an explosive charge went off in central Al-Ramadi early on 1 March, killing three people in a civilian car. The circumstances of the incident had not been determined yet, said the report. (Al-Sharqiyah TV 1 Mar 05)

 

시민인 운전사가 라마디에서 죽었다

3월 1일 미군이 시민인 운전사에게 사격해 죽었다. 목격자는 운전사가 검문소를 고속으로 지나가자  미군이 그에게 사격했다고. ...

 

Siege continues in western Haditha as curfew imposed
US forces have been laying siege to the city of Haditha in the western Iraqi Governorate of Al-Anbar for the past six days, Iraqi Al-Sharqiyah TV reported on 1 March. According to the report, they imposed a total curfew on Haditha after ending their siege of the adjacent city of Al-Haqlaniyah. Eyewitnesses said that there were food and medicine shortages and that the only hospital in the city is running out of medicines. (Al-Sharqiyah 1 Mar 05)

 

하디타 서부에 대한 점령이 계속됐다, 통금이 시행되다..

미군은 이라크 서부 안바르주의 도시 Haditha에 대한 점령을 계속했다. 지난 6일동안,,, 목격자는 말했다, 그곳에서는 음식물과 의약품이 부족하다고, 그리고 도시의 유일한 병원은 약이 다 떨어졌다고.

 

Iraqi forces assume "greater responsibility" in militant search
Iraqi Chief of Staff Babakir Zebari said that the military operations in the cities of Al-Anbar Governorate in western Iraq were being coordinated, step by step, by the Iraqi Defence Ministry and the US forces' command. In a press statement reported by Iraqi Al-Sharqiyah TV on 1 March, Zebari disclosed that the Iraqi army had information that many Arab elements coming from outside Iraq were in Hit, Rawah and Anah, and were being protected by Iraqi armed groups. He added that two Iraqi divisions were deployed in Al-Anbar and in the surrounding areas and that they had taken on greater responsibility in pursuing the armed groups. He stressed that Abu-Mus'ab al-Zarqawi was in the Al-Anbar area. (Al-Sharqiyah 1 Mar 05)

 

 

Iraq oil revenues reach 13.4bn dollars - minister
Oil Minister Thamir Abbas Ghadban said that Iraq's total crude oil revenues since the fall of the former regime in April 2003 reached 13.4bn dollars. In a press conference covered by Iraqi Al-Sharqiyah TV, the minister said that Iraq's average production of crude oil during the past nine months reached 2.5m barrels a day. He added that the average export reached 1.5m barrels a day, mostly from the southern region. (Al-Sharqiyah 1 Mar 05)

 

 

Al-Mada [political daily published by Al-Mada Corporation]

Armed militants open fire at civilians in Mosul

 

 

IRAQI BROADCAST MEDIA PROG. SUMMARIES, 1 March 05

 

Al-Diyar Satellite Channel In Arabic, Baghdad, 1 March 05

In an article in The Wall Street Journal published on Monday, Iraqi Prime Minister Allawi criticizes US decision to dissolve Iraqi Army and government agencies after the war...

 

Human Rights Watch warns against US plan to deploy new anti-personnel mine system in Iraq...

 

Australian soldiers who fired at a civilian car in Baghdad acquitted. Australian official says the soldiers acted in accordance with military rules... Iraqi transport minister notes plan to build underground in Iraq...

 

US official says about 1,000 projects costing 5bn dollars now being implemented in Iraq as part of reconstruction...

 

Al-Sharqiyah Satellite Channel, Baghdad, in Arabic, 1 March 05

Iraqi oil minister says oil revenues since toppling of Saddam Husayn's regime reach 13.4 bn dollars; says average of Iraq's oil production in last nine months 2.5 million b/d; says sabotage attacks against oil installation cost 7bn dollars...

 

Iraqi chief of staff says Defence Ministry, US troops command coordinate military operations in Al-Anbar Governorate cities; says Iraqi army has information on presence of many Arabs coming from outside Iraq under protection of armed Iraqi groups; says Al-Zarqawi in Al-Anbar...

 

US troops besiege Al-Hadithah City in Al-Anbar Governorate; eyewitnesses say shortage of goods resulted...

 

Bulgarian sources say dangerous disease begins to spread among foreign soldiers in Iraq...

 

Al-Iraqiah Satellite Channel, Baghdad, in Arabic, 1 March 05

 

Iraqi army kills eight terrorists, two soldiers killed south of Baghdad; railway linking Baghdad and Basra comes under attack...