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Ghazi al Yawar given presidency
Governing Council leader Ghazi al Yawar has been given the job of Iraqâs new president.He was appointed after US-backed Adnan Pachachi turned the job down. The choice had been between 81-year-old Mr Pachachi and al Yawar but there had also been talk that a third surprise candidate may have been nominated. UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi has confirmed al Yawar as the choice. In Mosul, al Yawerâs hometown, crowds swept into the streets to celebrate the news, cheering and firing weapons into the air. American soldiers there appealed for calm. He will be supported by two vice presidents, who have been named as Ibrahim al Jaafari and Rowsch Shaways...Meanwhile the jihadis planned a welcome boom or two IRAQ BLASTS: 25 DEAD At least 25 people have been killed in a series of explosions in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, local police have said. The blasts took place near the headquarters of a Kurdish party, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. Reports indicated that at least three security guards were among those killed. Police at the scene said that in addition to the deaths, at least 20 people had been wounded. Early reports had indicated that the attacks were centred on the Green Zone headquarters of the US-led Coalition. The Kurdish HQ is located near the Iraqi Foreign Ministry and an entrance to the Green Zone... Posted by: Lux 2004-06-01 |
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