Iraq Council Makes Day of Saddam's Fall a Holiday [View All]

Iraq Council Makes Day of Saddam's Fall a Holiday
Sun July 13, 2003 07:57 AM ET
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's new Governing Council said Sunday its first decisions were to cancel all holidays related to Saddam Hussein and his outlawed Baath Party and to declare April 9, the day of his downfall, a national holiday.
In a statement read out by one of its members, the council also said establishing security, reviving the economy, drawing up a constitution and preparing for a general election would be among its priorities.

Filling a power vacuum after the fall of Saddam, the council roughly reflects Iraq's religious and ethnic make-up, with 13 Shi'ite Muslims, five Sunni Muslims, five Kurds, one Christian and one Turkmen. The 25 council members opened the inaugural session in the former Military Industrialization Commission building in central Baghdad shortly before midday.

Coinciding with the move to outlaw public holidays with links to Saddam, U.S. forces have launched Operation Ivy Serpent against militants suspected of planning attacks on upcoming anniversaries related to him, the U.S. military said Sunday.


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Ok we have the Holdays down. Now what about Water and Electricity

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