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New defence min. says Iraq is "intersection" for international terrorism

(9 May 2005) 1. Exterior of cabinet headquarters 2. Iraqi flag 3. The word "Cabinet" written in Arabic on the building 4. Ministers and members of the new and old governments posing for pictures 5. Pan of government ministers having their photo taken with al-Jaafari 6. Newly appointed Defence Minister Saadoun al-Duleimi taking the oath of office 7. Defence Minister Saadoun al-Duleimi (in the middle) is sworn in next to Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari (screen right) 8. Cabinet members at ceremony 9. Various outgoing Defence Minister Hazim al-Shaalan and al-Duleimi at the Defence Ministry press conference 10. Journalists 11. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Saadoun al-Duleimi, Defence Minister: "Today I took over the job and I think that security is a top priority for Iraq and the Iraqis. I also think that Iraq has become an intersection for international terrorism and therefore the suffering of the Iraqi government and people will be much more than in other countries." 13. Shaalan handing over documents STORYLINE: Iraq's new Defence Minister Saadoun al-Duleimi said Iraq had become an "intersection" for international terrorism and that security would be his priority. At a handover ceremony on Monday with the outgoing interim minister Hazim al-Shaalan, al-Duleimi said Iraq and the Iraqi people were suffering because of the terrorism. Saadoun al-Duleimi is a former lieutenant colonel in Saddam Hussein's General Security Directorate who left Iraq in 1984 to lived in exile in Saudi Arabia and returned after Saddam's fall in April 2003. A moderate, he comes from a powerful Sunni tribe in Anbar province, the homeland of the insurgency. Sunni Arabs, who dominated Iraq during the rule of Saddam Hussein, were mostly sidelined in the Jan. 30 elections, winning only 17 of parliament's 275 seats. Iraq's parliament approved six new government ministers on Sunday, with three of the posts given to Sunni Arabs. Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari appointed a Sunni Arab deputy prime minister, Abed Mutlak al-Jibouri, to join Shi'ite and Kurdish deputy prime ministers. Al-Jaafari's had also initially appointed Hisham al-Shibli's to the post of human rights minister, but he turned down the job on the grounds of tokenism, undermining the Shiite premier's bid to include the disaffected minority believed to be driving Iraq's deadly insurgency. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...