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Iraqi Press Monitor
Years active: 2005-2007
IWPR's Iraqi Press Monitor is a daily survey of the main stories in Iraq's newspapers. It features the top stories of the day. Stories are selected and summarised by Ali Kadhim Marzook in Baghdad and Mariwan Hama-Saeed in Sulaimaniyah.
Opinion: Waiting for Baghdad's Hour (of Civil War)
London-based Azzaman is issued daily by Saad al-Bazaz.
Opinion: Evidence and the Saddam Trial
Al-Bayyna is a weekly paper issued by the Hezbollah movement in Iraq.
Opinion: War with Ghosts
Awene is an independent newspaper issued three times per week in the Iraqi Kurdistan city of Sulaimaniyah.
Opinion: Democracy and Fear
Al-Mada is issued daily by Al-Mada institution for Media, Culture, and Arts.
Editorial: The Paralysed Government
Al-Sabah al-Jadeed is an independent daily paper.
Escalation of Violence
Al-Mashriq is published daily by Al-Mashriq Institution for Media and Cultural Investments.
Security Plan to Eliminate Terrorism
Al-Mada is issued daily by Al-Mada institution for Media, Culture, and Arts.
Kirkuk Journalists Threatened
Aso is issued three times per week by Xandan for Broadcasting and Publishing.