(c) Information from BBC Monitoring
Swedish Iraqi becomes new head of Iraqi television
Text of report by Swedish radio Ekot web site on 20 May
Swedish Iraqi Ahmad al-Rikabi is to become the new head of Iraqi state television.
Al-Rikabi has worked in Radio Sweden's Arabic service, part of Sveriges Radio [national public-service broadcaster].
He has also been presenter of the SVT [Swedish television] programme 'Mosaik'. Al-Rikabi succeeds former dictator Saddam Husayn's son Uday as head of Iraqi television [as published]. State-owned Iraqi propaganda TV is to be turned into a free medium serving democracy.
Source: Sveriges Radio Ekot web site, Stockholm, in Swedish 20 May 03
(via BBC Monitoring)
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