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Iraqi And Arab Press Critical Of

Juan Cole 07/09/2004

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Iraqi and Arab Press Critical of Emergency Laws

The BBC surveys reaction in the Iraqi and Arab press to the announcement of emergency laws by Prime Minister Iyad Allawi that could gut civil liberties in Iraq.

Typical excerpts:


The government has no option other than to declare a state of emergency through the national security law. Terrorists have gone too far. They revel in slaughtering Iraqis and destroying their infrastructure. No Iraqi has been safe from their evil. This law is the last resort.

Iraq’s al-Adalah

People view with suspicion any new emergency laws, fearful they could continue indefinitely. Despite their support for the new measures taken to curb violence and organised crime, they still expect the new government to show commitment to applying the minimum provisions of the emergency law, without increasing restrictions on people’s freedoms.

Iraq’s al-Bayan

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Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page

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