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  1. Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!gatech!ukma!mont!pencil.cs.missouri.edu!rich
  3. From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
  4. Subject: Intellectuals' Protest Published in Iraq
  5. Message-ID: <1992Sep14.225619.29996@mont.cs.missouri.edu>
  6. Followup-To: alt.activism.d
  7. Originator: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
  8. Sender: news@mont.cs.missouri.edu
  9. Nntp-Posting-Host: pencil.cs.missouri.edu
  10. Organization: PACH
  11. Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 22:56:19 GMT
  12. Approved: map@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
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  15. /** mideast.gulf: 53.0 **/
  16. ** Topic: SF Examiner: Iraq **
  17. ** Written 11:09 pm  Sep 13, 1992 by pnmideast in cdp:mideast.gulf **
  18. From: <pnmideast>
  19. Subject: SF Examiner: Iraq
  20.  
  21. /* Written  2:20 pm  Sep 10, 1992 by hrcoord in cdp:hr.news */
  22. /* ---------- "Iraq" ---------- */
  23. San Francisco Examiner
  24. September 9, 1992
  25.  
  26. Intellectuals' Protest Published in Iraq
  27.  
  28. Baghdad, Iraq - A group of Iraqi intellectuals Tuesday called on
  29. the government of President Saddam Hussein to reform the nation's
  30. rigid one-party political system and pay more attention to opposition
  31. positions.
  32.  
  33. The publication of the statement appeared to be an effort by Hussein
  34. to show that his regime is not a repressive one as portrayed outside
  35. Iraq, but a pragmatic system that allows its citizens to speak their
  36. minds.
  37.  
  38. The statement - highly unusual under Iraq's tightly controlled regime -
  39. was published in the state-run newspaper Al-Jumhouriya and carried
  40. by the Iraqi News Agency, which is monitored in Nicosia.
  41.  
  42. The statement could also be part of the campaign to muster public
  43. support for the ruling Baath Party regime during his latest
  44. confrontation with the West over Iraqi attacks on Shiite Muslims in
  45. southern Iraq.
  46. ** End of text from cdp:mideast.gulf **
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