Iraqi Resistance Grouips Form Unified Command---New WMW

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WORLD MEDIA WATCH FOR OCTOBER 3, 2003

1//Islam Online, Qatar--IRAQI RESISTANCE GROUPS FORM UNIFIED COMMAND (In a statement, a copy of which was sent to IslamOnline.net, the National Front for the Liberation of Iraq revealed that "after intensive contacts with a number of armed Iraqi groups and Arab volunteers who flocked to the country ahead of the U.S.-led invasion, a unified resistance command has now been forged." It indicated that the contacts made also included elements from Saddam Fedayeen and Baathists who are not loyal to ousted president Saddam Hussein.)



2//The Jordan Times, Jordan--DEPLOYMENT OF TURKISH TROOPS TO IRAQ HUNG UP OVER US’ CRACK DOWN ON KURDISH REBELS (Pressure is mounting on Turkey to decide if it will become the first Muslim nation to send troops to Iraq, but deployment appears to increasingly hinge on Turkish demands that the United States crack down on Kurdish militants who seek an autonomous region in Turkey and have set up base across the border in Iraq. Turkish troops could give much-needed relief for the US military operation in Iraq. But for now, the United States appears reluctant to fight the militants, fearing the confrontation could spark tension in one of Iraq's most stable regions.)



3//Moscow Times, Russia--NEW BOOK LINKS PUTIN TO UNDERWORLD (Now, as prosecutors in Germany and Liechtenstein tighten the noose and move closer to the courts, a new book has hit German bookstores offering the most in-depth look yet at SPAG, its ties with Putin, and into Rudolf Ritter, a co-founder of the company who is now awaiting trial in Liechtenstein for allegedly laundering cocaine cash for the Cali cartel.)



4//The Independent, UK--OIL AND GAS RUNNING OUT MUCH FASTER THAN EXPECTED, SAYS STUDY (Research presented this week at the University of Uppsala in Sweden claims that oil supplies will peak soon after 2010, and gas supplies not long afterwards, making the price of petrol and other fuels rocket, with potentially disastrous economic consequences unless people have moved to alternatives to fossil fuels. While forecasters have always known that such a date lies ahead, they have previously put it around 2050, and estimated that there would be time to shift energy use over to renewables and other non- fossil sources…Dr James McKenzie, senior assistant on the climate change programme at the World Resources Institute in Washington, said: "We won't run out of oil - but what will happen is that production will decline, and that's when all hell will break loose.")



5//Inter Press Service, Italy--G22 WARMS UP FOR POST-CANCUN WTO TALKS (The group of developing countries known as G22, or G20+, united in condemnation of hefty farm subsidies in the United States and European Union, is already preparing to continue WTO negotiations despite the debacle of the ministerial conference last month in Cancun…Now all that is needed is to get the United States and European Union excited about joining the process, commented Pérez del Castillo. He will meet Monday in Washington with the U.S. trade representative Robert Zoellick, and will then set a meeting with Pascal Lamy, the EU trade commissioner. The two trade powers are hesitant about a renewal of the negotiating process, and avoid taking the initiative, said the General Council chairman.)

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