Category: World
Service
Date: 20.08.2004
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In Talking
Point on Sunday 22 August presenter Bridget Kendall will
be joined in the studio by Sayyed Mohamed Musawi, President of
the World Islamic League, and Brigadier General E Lessell, spokesperson for the multinational forces in Iraq, who will participate by satellite
from Baghdad.
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The stand off in Najaf and mass demonstrations across many Iraqi
cities in favour of rebel leader Moqtada al-Sadr have tested the stability
of the interim government, as political and religious leaders met to
elect a one hundred member national assembly.
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Bridget asks if the continuing violence in Iraq is threatening
the country's transition to democracy and what should the new national
assembly do now to restore calm and security.
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Sayyed Mohamed Musawi is an Iraqi Shia Muslim who has
just returned from the National Conference in Baghdad.
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He's close to top Shia cleric Ayatollah Sistani and
knows al-Sadr's family.
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Transcripts will be available online from approximately
4.00pm on the . You can also listen online.
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Presenter: Bridget Kendall /
Director: Mark Savage
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Broadcast Times: Talking Point: 1 x 60 minute programme,
Sunday 20 August, 3.05pm (UK time).
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