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	Maysan Governorate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Maysan (Arabic: ميسان) is one of the governorates of Iraq.
		The governorate is traditionally home to many Marsh Arabs.
		A proposal to join Maysan with the neighbouring governorates of Basra and Dhi Qar to form a southeastern state in an eventual Iraqi federation is currently in the talking stages.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Maysan (216 words)

	Analysis: Iraqi Prime Minister Faces Biggest Political Test To Date - RADIO FREE EUROPE / RADIO LIBERTY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		This week, leaders in the Al-Basrah, Maysan, and Dhi Qar governorates announced their desire to secede from Baghdad and establish a federal state in southern Iraq if Iraqi and multinational forces refused to withdraw from Al-Najaf.
		Maysan Governorate Council Chairman Ali Hammud al-Musawi told Al-Jazeera on 10 August that the governorate would interrupt oil supplies flowing through Maysan and block all intercity highways until Baghdad changes its stance.
		Any attempts by the governorates to secede could provoke a civil war in Iraq; 90 percent of Iraq's oil reserves are located in the south.
	www.rferl.org /featuresarticle/2004/8/d4855c4e-d4ee-43c5-a0f4-892487cfd0ef.html?napage=1 (1428 words)

	First healthcare conference held in Maysan Governorate - Iraqi paper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Health Department at Maysan Governorate has held its first medical conference for primary healthcare under the slogan of "Let us work together to improve the health situation in our governorate".
		He noted that the research papers discussed at the conference had underlined the governorate's need for a blood bank to assist the Thalassemia patients in the governorate, who number 200.
		The conference also touched on the shortage of ambulances to meet the needs of the health institutions in the governorate as well as the shortage of medicines needed for chronic diseases.
	news.monstersandcritics.com /mediamonitor/printer_1022454.php (316 words)

	"Spikes of Activity" \| Z (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		On 20 June 2002, United States and British aircraft bombed civilian and military sites in Maysan Governorate, killing four citizens and wounding 10 others and damaging civilian and military installations.
		This brutal aggression resulted in the death of three citizens and the wounding of 16 others, as well as the total destruction of a mosque on the outskirts of the city of Nasiriyah, a few metres from the house of the Prophet Abraham, peace be upon him.
		On 1 January 2003, United States and British aircraft bombed civilian and military sites in Maysan governorate, killing one citizen, wounding two others and damaging civilian and military installations.
	blog.zmag.org /index.php/weblog/entry/impeachment3 (4597 words)

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		Al-Zaman publishes on page 4 a 220-word report citing a security source in the Maysan Governorate affirming that security forces have intensified the security measures in the wake of the recent spree of assassinations in the governorate.
		Al-Mada publishes on page 2 a 120-word report saying that the Al-Najaf Governor As'ad abu Kalal has presided over a meeting for the public service departments to discuss the spread of typhoid in Al-Najaf Governorate due to polluted drinking water, adding that the Council has closed a primary school for the same reason.
		The report also quotes the governor confirming that there is a severe shortage in medical supplies and that the supply is 34% short of demand.
	www.blogger.com /email-post.g?blogID=3463907&postID=111707787618208916 (1641 words)

	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Iraq: WHO confirms six samples of cholera from Basra
		Elsewhere in the country, Premiere Urgence, IOM's partner NGO in Baghdad governorate, believes that there may be as many as 35,000 IDPs in and around the city.
		Ockenden International, IOM's partner in neighbouring Maysan governorate to the south, has identified an estimated 12,000 IDPs staying with host families in Al Amrah.
		IOM, at the request of the UN and under the overall responsibility of the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq, is coordinating the efforts of NGOs and others in registering IDPs, managing camps, distributing non-food items, and eventually helping people to return to their homes.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/af8a01a64f64d804c1256d2500561fda (391 words)

	CENTCOM: Iraq's Good News: Reconstruction Continues ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In the Baghdad Governorate, there are 50 Public Works and Water projects programmed, with 22 completed—or 44 percent.
		The scope of this project was for the construction of a border fort along the border between Iraq and Iran.
		In the Maysan Governorate, there are 29 Security and Justice projects programmed, with 23 completed—or 79 percent.
	www.michnews.com /artman/publish/article_12578.shtml (1156 words)

	Boston.com / Rebuilding Iraq
		Muhammad Zimam Abd al-Razzaq al-Sadun -- BP Chairman and Commander BP Militia Ta'mim and Ninawa Governorate.
		Rashid Taan Kazim -- BP Chairman and Commander BP Militia Anbar Governorate.
		Khamis Sirhan al-Muhammad -- BP Chairman and Commander BP Militia Kerbala Governorate.
	www.boston.com /news/daily/22/iraq_wanted.htm (519 words)

	LEGAL NEWS - Legal Headline from the wires - full text. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The report says that Biyar Tahir al-Duwsaki, official in charge of the commission office in Duhok Governorate, held a news conference on 27 October to explain the procedures of the upcoming elections in Iraq and in Kurdistan.
		Al-Sabah al-Jadid publishes on page 3 a 120-word report citing a police source in Kirkuk as saying that his forces seized a large quantity of weapons hidden near Kirkuk Olympic Stadium, which the source believed the terrorists were planning to use in an attack in the city.
		The report cites a police officer in Al-Amarah as saying that his forces obtained information stating that 10 booby-trapped cars have entered the Maysan Governorate, some of them on their way to Basra.
	www.romingerlegal.com /newsviewer.php?ppa=8oplo_ZkmjhirpRUfb}38}bfek\! (4694 words)

	Informed Comment
		The bad news is that many Iraqis themselves in the south believe that the British pull-out from Maysan and Muthanna provinces is premature.
		He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.
		Al-Zaman reports that the US is engaged in discussions with the governor of Ninevah province on the possibility of the draw-down of US troops in that province.
	www.juancole.com /?ts=1145472976 (11703 words)

	RedOrbit - Health - Iraqi TV Talk Shows Discuss Health Situation, Pollution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		When I visited the site in the governorate and negotiated with the donors, they acknowledged that the amount which was allocated for the safety of the foreign employees in the project was 15 million dollars, which is 30 per cent of the total sum of the grant.
		If these hospitals are reopened, they will lessen the pressure on state hospitals and recruit the unemployed in Iraq." The caller also adds: "Maysan governorate lacks a hospital for children." He also notes that "the current hospitals such as Al-Zahrawi and Al-Sadr are not efficient.
		In answer to a question about the incomplete maternity hospital in Maysan, Al-Saffar indicates that the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Construction and Housing have finalized all relevant designs and that construction works will be completed as soon as there are enough funds.
	www.redorbit.com /news/display?id=216356&source=r_healt (2585 words)

	IOM Press Briefing Notes - 13 May 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The task of identifying and assessing the needs of IDP populations throughout Iraq - a country the size of France - is labour intensive and time consuming, and with the ongoing lack of security, can be dangerous.
		The risks were underlined last week when two vehicles belonging to the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), IOM’s partner NGO in the western Al Anbar governorate, were forced off the main road and robbed by gunmen 100 km west of Baghdad near Ar Ramdi.
		Its network of 15 governorate focal point (GFP) NGOs use a standardized, IOM-designed framework, database and reporting structure to target assistance at the most vulnerable IDPs.
	www.iom.int /en/archive/PBN130503.shtml (1393 words)

	Webshots AP News Headlines
		The report cites Ninawah Governor Durayd Kashmulah asserting that he has discussed with the reinforcement of security forces in the governorate, with the interior minister, during his recent visit to Mosul.
		The proposal calls for immediate withdrawal from southern and northern governorates, which are relatively stable, followed by withdrawal from central governorates.
		Al-Dustur publishes on page 5 an 80-word report citing the governor of Dhi Qar announcing that 730m dinars, embezzled by the governorate's police, were restored by the governorate.
	daily.webshots.com /content/ap/current/h78041352.html (6875 words)

	U.S. Most Wanted List of Iraqis
		Ugla Abid Sighar al-Kubeiysi -- BP Chairman and Commander BP Militia - Maysan Governorate.
		Ghazi Hamud al-Adib -- BP Chairman and Commander BP Militia Wasit Governorate.
		Adil Abdallah Mahdi al-Duri al-Tikriti -- BP Chairman and Commander BP Militia Dhi Qar Governorate.
	www.iraqfoundation.org /news/2003/emay/29_mostwanted.html (639 words)

	RFE/RL Newsline, 04-08-12
		Jawat al-Qurayshi, the second deputy head of the Al-Najaf Governorate's council, resigned on 12 August in protest of the U.S.-led attacks on Al-Najaf, which he referred to as "terrorist acts" in a statement announcing his resignation.
		Officials from three Iraqi governorates this week threatened to form a federal union and secede from Baghdad if the fighting in Al-Najaf is not halted, Arab news agencies reported.
		Maysan Governorate Council Chairman Ali Hammud al-Musawi told Al-Jazeera on 10 August that the governorate will interrupt oil supplies flowing through Maysan and block all intercity highways until Baghdad changes its stance.
	www.hri.org /news/balkans/rferl/2004/04-08-12.rferl.html (8047 words)

	Iraqi Groups Build Democracy at Grassroots Level, January 16, 2004
		A January 13 bulletin from USAID reported that the town of Najmeh (Al Muthanna' Governorate) elected its first woman to serve on the District Council January 6.
		A January 8 update from USAID highlighted a story in the Al Amarat neighborhood of Al Amarah (Maysan Governorate) where local officials determined that the most crucial need was to install safe stairwells in the 58 tenement buildings that house some 10,000 displaced Marsh Arabs.
		LGP's most recent workshop, highlighted in the January 8 report, brought together television, radio and newspaper staffs from around Ninawa' Governorate to discuss the role of the media in the democratization process and specific concerns the journalists have in pursuing their work.
	www.usembassy.it /file2004_01/alia/a4011611.htm (1053 words)

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		He and his neighbours were now getting help from the aid group Premiere Urgence under an expanded definition of what it means to be an internally displaced person (IDP), said Baptiste Martin, coordinator of the French NGO's IDP project.
		But Layla's eight-year-old daughter, Nur, is unhappy in the new neighbourhood, which is right next to the highway and very far away from the school she used to attend and her former playmates.
		Some Marsh Arabs, or Madan, want to return to the south, but many of those in the Republican Guard camp want a better life for their children, saying they had been marginalised by the former regime.
	www.irinnews.org /report.asp?ReportID=38307&SelectRegion=Iraq_Crisis&SelectCountry=IRAQ (999 words)

	Most Wanted List - Who Is Still Outstanding? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Muhammad Zimam Abd al-Razzaq al-Sadun - BP Chairman and Commander BP Militia Ta'mim and Ninawa Governorate.
		Ugla Abid Sighar al-Kubeiysi - BP chairperson and Commander BP Militia - Maysan Governorate.
		Ghazi Hamud al-Adib - BP chairperson and Commander BP Militia Wasit Governorate.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1040401/posts (681 words)

	RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY
		According to the report, the Iraqi Property Claims Commission established by the former Coalition Provisional Authority has done little to help alleviate the crisis.
		Some 6,000 claims have reportedly been filed in 10 Iraqi governorates, "but the judicial mechanism put in place for the adjudication of these property disputes has still not been implemented," HRW said.
		In addition, the commission's statute does not indicate where Arab settlers are to be resettled; many have lived in Kirkuk for some 30 years.
	www.rferl.org /reports/iraq-report/2004/08/30-120804.asp (3362 words)

	Environmentalists Against War
		Sadiq In the city of Mosul, the deputy governor said that four towns did not receive the election process materials.
		Ayyar The deputy governor is not authorized to make a statement on behalf of the IECI, which is impartial.
		Results have started to appear and they are being sent to Al-Sharqiyah TV, but we do not want to announce them so as not to cause chaos or discrepancy in figures.
	www.envirosagainstwar.org /edit/index.php?op=view&itemid=2319 (1614 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The overall consensus of the meeting was that the DDA in Salah ad Din governorate are still actively engaging large numbers of participants and giving Iraqis the opportunity to express their reactions to current political events.
		All meeting participants agreed that the continuation of the activities is important and will enable Iraqis to fully participate in their new democratic society.
		The program is unique to the governorate; the councils are non-governmental and have no explicit political authority or role in government.
	www.isx-data.com /research/docs/CPA_WEEKLY_GOV_04162004.doc (1704 words)

	US Labor Against the War : Iraqi Elections: Media Disinformation on Voter Turnout?
		In Tikrit, some 170 km north of Baghdad, 75 percent of the voting stations have not been visited till now.
		Several cities in Iraq did not receive electoral materials, "In the city of Mosul, the deputy governor said that four towns did not receive the election process materials.
		Vote turnout in Al-Anbar (western Iraq) and Salah-al-Din governorates is a big surprise; it will be announced in the coming news conference (as heard), God willing.
	www.uslaboragainstwar.org /article.php?id=7687&printsafe=1 (1093 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Al-Sabah al-Jadid runs on page 7 a 600-word report from the Diyala Governorate, commenting on the issuing of some leaflets that give "brief and simplified explanations of the upcoming elections process." These leaflets have been issued by a number of civil society associations.
		Al-Nahdah publishes on page 5 a 100-word report citing a National Guard source in the Maysan Governorate as saying that in a raid on Qala'at Salih district, the Iraqi security forces arrested nine terrorists and seized a large quantity of weapons and explosives in their possession.
		Al-Furat publishes on the front page a 70-word report citing a number of poor people complaining that their social security formalities in the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs are not processed unless they pay bribes to the ministry's officials.
	www.intellisearchnow.com /pwrpub_view.scml?ppa=6inngWZkqnhfilTTgdwQq3bfej[v (3413 words)

	RedOrbit - Health - Iraqi TV Talk Shows Discuss Health Situation, Pollution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		As for medical services, we write a monthly report to the pharmaceutical ward, which is then made known across the governorate.
		We report on insufficient, unavailable and excess medications." She elaborates on insufficient medications, saying: "We suffer a shortage of nutrients; namely, glucose saline and glucose water." She adds that some nutrients have not been available for four months, which compelled patients to buy them from other places.
		A caller from Maysan says: "We have noticed that people open pharmacies without the supervision of the Ministry of Health.
	www.redorbit.com /news/display?id=216356&source=r_healt (2585 words)

	Interview with Housing and Construction Minister (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		There are experts from the ministries of planning and public works working on it as well.
		We expect construction companies from Egypt, Syria and the United Arab Emirates to build 3,500 units of housing in Najaf, Maysan Governorate, Basra, Diwaniyah and Hillah.
		We actually have no plan to solve the crisis of people who have been forced out of their houses, but the private sector will contribute.
	www.irinnews.org /print.asp?ReportID=38589 (958 words)

	Xignite WorldNews - HUNDREDS OF POLITICAL ARTICLES DAILY FROM THE WORLD's LEADING MEDIA SOURCES
		Al-Manarah on 18 December carries on the front page and on page 6 a 650-word editorial by Chief Editor Khalaf al-Munshidi praising the elections despite some violations and criticizing parties which say that elections under "occupation" are illegal.
		Al-Zaman carries on page 8 a 170-word report citing security sources in Diyala Governorate confirming the death of two civilians and a police officer during an attack on a hair dresser's shop in Balad Ruz district on 17 December.
		Al-Bayan carries on the front page a 170-word report citing Maysan deputy governor saying that 52 projects at a cost of $12.4 billion will be finished by the end of this year.
	www.xignite.com /xWorldNews.aspx?articleid=GMP20051219656001 (5007 words)

	Weekly Update #47 : Iraq Reconstruction - 9/1/04 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The team will compile data on plant performance, conduct interviews with plant staff and utility officials, evaluate field operations, identify and prioritize performance limiting factors, and train plant staff on how to use software to track the water’s turbidity, which is the amount of soil or foreign material in the water.
		This new system will help the Department manage the city’s water system sustainably through a combination of central budget financing and locally generated revenues.
		• The rehabilitation of a wastewater treatment plant in Babil Governorate is continuing and is on schedule for completion by November.
	www.waterandwastewater.com /www_services/news_center/publish/printer_00283.shtml (391 words)

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