IRAQ: LEADERS OF OPPOSITION GROUPS HOLD MEETING TO DISCUSS PROGRAMME FOR A POST-SADDAM HUSSEIN IRAQ AS CONFLICT LOOMS

Record ID: 647750

  • Title: IRAQ: LEADERS OF OPPOSITION GROUPS HOLD MEETING TO DISCUSS PROGRAMME FOR A POST-SADDAM HUSSEIN IRAQ AS CONFLICT LOOMS
  • Date: 13th March 2003
  • Summary: (EU) DUKAN, IRAQ (KURDISH-CONTROLLED NORTHERN IRAQ)(MARCH 10, 2003) (REUTERS) 1. SLV DUKAN RESORT IN MOUNTAINS; SLV SECURITY GUARDS AT RESORT 0.07 2. MV GUARDS PATRIOTIC UNION OF KURDISTAN (PUK) BADGE; SLV GUARDS STANDING OUTSIDE RESORT (4 SHOTS) 0.33 3. SLV PAN EXTERIOR OF RESORT WHERE MEETING OF IRAQI OPPOSITION IS TAKING PLACE 0.41 4. SLV PHOTO-OP AT MEETING OF ISRAELI OPPOSITION LEADERS; MV LEADERS SITTING AROUND TABLE (4 SHOTS) 1.05 5. (SOUNDBITE) (Kurdish) KOSRAC RASSOUL ALI, MEMBER OF THE PATRIOTIC UNION OF KURDISTAN, SAYING "It is the first meeting after the meeting which was held in Salahuddin and it is a follow up, aiming at setting up a committee of of 14-16 members, which will work out a programme in a post war Iraq." 1.13 6. SLV GUARDS OUTSIDE RESORT 1.17 7. (SOUNDBITE) (Kurdish) KOSRAC RASSOUL ALI, MEMBER OF THE PATRIOTIC UNION OF KURDISTAN, SAYING "This meeting was successful and the are working together comfortably on this issue." 1.41 8. SLV GUARDS; MV OPPOSITION LEADERS LEAVING MEETING (2 SHOTS) 2.01 9. SLV CONVOY LEAVING RESORT WHERE MEETING WAS HELD 2.07 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 28th March 2003 12:00
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  • Location: DUKAN, IRAQ (KURDISH-CONTROLLED NORTHERN IRAQ)
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVACWHSISTCVH8LSOO8JEY3NZTR1
  • Story Text: Leaders of Iraqi opposition groups have held a meeting
    in Dukan to discuss a programme for a post-Saddam Iraq as a
    conflict between U.S.-led forces and Baghdad looms.

    The meeting between the Iraqi opposition groups, which
    took place in Dukan in Northern Iraq, about 70 km north west
    of Suleimanya, on Monday (March 10, 2003), was aimed at implementing
    decisions of the Salahuddin conference, which focused on a
    post-Saddam Iraq.

    Members of the opposition groups, which included the
    Patrotic Union Kurdistan (PUK), Kurdish Democratic Party
    (KDP), the Jurdish Communits Group and others said that the
    meetings so far have had positive outcomes and other meeting
    are set for the future.

    "This meeting was successful and the are working together
    comfortably on this issue" said Kosrac Rassoul Ali, member of
    the PUK.

    The meeting is expected to go on for two more days.

    Iraq's fractious opposition groups have been stepping up
    efforts to resolve their differences and present a united
    front in recent weeks as they try to stake a claim for a
    leading role in any Iraqi government if Iraqi President Saddam
    Hussein is removed from power.

    Iraqi opposition groups have become increasingly concerned
    that Washington may freeze them out of a role in a post-Saddam
    Iraq and opt for a transitional period of military rule.


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