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Governing Ministers Appointed in Iraq
Aired September 01, 2003 - 05:03 ET
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: But first, let's get the latest on Iraq's governing council. We just got word overnight that it has named some new governing ministers.
Live to Baghdad now and Rym Brahimi. Bring us up to date, Rym.
RYM BRAHIMI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Carol, it's an interim cabinet, if you will. But it is dispersed government in post-war Iraq. Now the list of 25 ministers would have been approved by Paul Bremer, the U.S. administrator here. Among the two key posts, Interior Ministry, a member of the Iraqi National Accord and the foreign affairs ministry is held by a member of the Kurdish Democratic Party.
And the good side, there is no more information ministry. And there doesn't seem to be, for the time being, anyone appointed at the post of defense minister. We'll have to find out more about that.
Now of course this - there's a lot of hope that the creation of this cabinet will gradually help transfer responsibilities from the country from the coalition authority gradually into the hands of the Iraqis.
And the Iraqis certainly want that, especially members of the governing council. They've been asking to be in charge of security over the country, especially after the bomb blast in Najaf that killed 85 people and injured many hundreds of people.
Now the mourning still goes on, as the second day of three day mourning period that was announced today. This second day of mourning, the funeral procession that began yesterday here in the Iraqi capitol continues. It's been going on - it was - it went from Baghdad to the holy city of Kesbalah (ph) yesterday. And today, it's going to go gradually toward Najaf.
Now it's a procession that's mourning not only the death of Ayatollah Mohammad Bakla Hakim (ph), the political and religious leader who was killed in the blast, but it's also literally mourning the death of all the other people. And also, something that's really expressing the anger of the Shi'ite community as an act of violence that many believe is directed against the Shi'ite community itself - Carol?
COSTELLO: Rym Brahimi live from Baghdad this morning.
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Aired September 1, 2003 - 05:03 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: But first, let's get the latest on Iraq's governing council. We just got word overnight that it has named some new governing ministers.
Live to Baghdad now and Rym Brahimi. Bring us up to date, Rym.
RYM BRAHIMI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Carol, it's an interim cabinet, if you will. But it is dispersed government in post-war Iraq. Now the list of 25 ministers would have been approved by Paul Bremer, the U.S. administrator here. Among the two key posts, Interior Ministry, a member of the Iraqi National Accord and the foreign affairs ministry is held by a member of the Kurdish Democratic Party.
And the good side, there is no more information ministry. And there doesn't seem to be, for the time being, anyone appointed at the post of defense minister. We'll have to find out more about that.
Now of course this - there's a lot of hope that the creation of this cabinet will gradually help transfer responsibilities from the country from the coalition authority gradually into the hands of the Iraqis.
And the Iraqis certainly want that, especially members of the governing council. They've been asking to be in charge of security over the country, especially after the bomb blast in Najaf that killed 85 people and injured many hundreds of people.
Now the mourning still goes on, as the second day of three day mourning period that was announced today. This second day of mourning, the funeral procession that began yesterday here in the Iraqi capitol continues. It's been going on - it was - it went from Baghdad to the holy city of Kesbalah (ph) yesterday. And today, it's going to go gradually toward Najaf.
Now it's a procession that's mourning not only the death of Ayatollah Mohammad Bakla Hakim (ph), the political and religious leader who was killed in the blast, but it's also literally mourning the death of all the other people. And also, something that's really expressing the anger of the Shi'ite community as an act of violence that many believe is directed against the Shi'ite community itself - Carol?
COSTELLO: Rym Brahimi live from Baghdad this morning.
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