WAIT UNTIL SPRING FOR IRAQ DISPATCH...SKorea--New WMW

[Gloria]

Excerpts, links up now at http://www.zianet.com/insightanalytical.com
Tomorrow at Buzzflash.com


WORLD MEDIA WATCH FOR DECEMBER 1, 2003

1//The Jordan Times, Jordan--IRAQ INTERIM LEADERS REVIEW TRANSTION PLANS(Iraq's US-installed interim leadership held key talks Saturday on demands from the powerful Shiite religious hierarchy for immediate elections that have undermined the democratic credentials of the US-led coalition and left its plans for an accelerated transfer of power in tatters. The talks that opened at 10:00am (0700 GMT) lasted for about four hours and were expected to resume Sunday, but the deep divisions within the Governing Council over the matter have prompted an urgent meeting with the US overseer in Iraq Paul Bremer. "There will be a meeting with Bremer Wednesday morning or maybe before," council member Mahmud Othman told AFP at the end of Saturday's talks.)



2//The Chosun Ilbo, South Korea--WAIT UNTIL SPRING FOR IRAQ DISPATCH, OFFICIAL SAYS(The motion to send additional troops to Iraq is unlikely to be endorsed in the current regular session of the National Assembly, due to the pile of issues concerning the scandal involving the president's top aides and to a lack of deliberation with the United States. The current Assembly session ends on Dec. 9…governmental officials predict that the date for the troop dispatch would be after the 17th general elections take place on April 15, 2004.)



3//The Guardian, UK--RUSSIA ACCUSED OF PLOT TO SABOTAGE GEORGIAN OIL PIPELINE (A £2bn pipeline to carry Caspian oil to Europe through Georgia risks being damaged by Chechen mercenaries or ecological saboteurs sponsored by Russian intelligence, a senior Georgian security official and sources in Moscow claim. The GRU, the sophisticated elite of Russia's military intelligence corps, has allegedly allocated money towards hiring or training eco-warriors and mercenaries to sabotage the 1,100-mile project, which is run by a consortium headed by BP and is expected to be operational by 2005… The alleged plan exposes the continuing face-off between the west and Russia in Georgia. Because of the pipeline the geopolitical significance of the former Soviet republic now vastly outweighs its 4 million population.)



4//The Philippine Daily Inquirer, Philippines--ROCO: LET’S CHANGE THIS ADMINSTRATION(At the official launching of his quest for the presidency, former senator Raul Roco Sunday fired a broadside at his rivals, targeting first President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo whose administration he said "is not up to the task and should be changed."Roco, who once served as education secretary under Ms Macapagal, accused the President of being too preoccupied with politicking, noting that she used the visits of boxing champion Manny Pacquiao and American singer Mandy Moore to gain media mileage…On Sunday, Roco told the crowd, who waved blue and yellow balloons and handed cutouts, that he expected cheating in the May presidential election.)



5//The News International, Pakistan--PAKISTAN AGREES ON OVER-FLIGHTS: MUSHARRAF(In yet another major peace initiative, President General Pervez Musharraf on Sunday announced resumption of over-flights with India. He said the recent thaw between the two countries should lead to the resolution of all disputes including Kashmir. "As a goodwill gesture to settle all disputes, we will agree to resume all flights with India at the meeting beginning in New Delhi on Monday (December 1st)," announced the president.)

[chenGOD]

1. THe current parliamentary session is actually....

not in session right now, thanks to the GNP and their reduction of democracy to a tattered joke.

[Gloria]

2. Ah, can't escape the propaganda wherever you go.....

eom

[chenGOD]

3. What propaganda are you referring to?

Do you know what the GNP is doing?

[chenGOD]

4. I reiterate: which propaganda are you referring to?

eom