The new Iraqi press, 2003

The overthrow of Saddam Hussein led to an explosion of newspaper publishing in Iraq. Below is a list of all Iraqi newspapers and magazines that were known to be publishing in July 2003. It was compiled using information from the BBC Monitoring Service and Arab Press Freedom Watch. Those marked with an asterisk in the "comments" box first appeared after 5 June 2003. Some publications describing themselves as daily were actually published less frequently.

After this initial burst of activity many of them closed as the security situation deteriorated.

Title	Frequency	Lang	Publisher/editor	Affiliation	Comments
9 Nisan [9 April]	Weekly	Arabic	Chairman: Lt-Gen Abdallah Hamid al-Miyahi; editor: Ali Abdallah al-Haydari	Independent Political Prisoners Organisation	Named after "the day on which the tyrant fell and the new Iraq was born". Chairman Miyahi was/is in the air force*
al-Aan [Now]		Arabic
al-Adalah [Justice]	Daily/twice weekly	Arabic	Supervisor: Adil al-Sayyid Abd-al-Mahdi	Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI)	Currently published twice a week by Dar al-Adallah (House of Justice) of SCIRI*
Adwa [Lights]	Weekly	Arabic	Editor: Akram al-Rubay'i		Issued by "a group of journalists" *
al-Ahali [The People]		Arabic	Publisher: Husayn Sinjari; editor: Haval Zakhoubi		"The first liberal newspaper of Iraq". Published by al-Ahali House, Baghdad*
al-Ahd al-Jadid [The New Covenant]	Weekly	Arabic	Founder/editor: Abd-al-Basit al-Naqqash		"Democratic, liberal independent"
al-Ahrar [The Liberals]	Daily/weekly	Arabic	Editor: Muhammad al-Hamdani		"The newspaper of all Arabs", currently published only on Sundays. Focuses on social issuesand calls for improvements in living conditions and the security situation. Shi'ite
al-Akhbar [The News]	Twice weekly	Arabic	Editor: Ali al-Sahrifi		Published by al-Akhbar Foundation for Press and Publication
Akhbar Alyoum [Daily News]		Arabic
al-Alam Bayn Yadayk [The World in Between Hands]	Weekly	Arabic	Chairman: Wisam Karim al-Azzawi; editor: Ahmad Falah al-Amshawi		Issued by the Uruk Independent Media Organisation*
al-Amal [Hope]	Weekly	Arabic	Editor: Atallah Abd-al-Ghafur Zaydan		"Political, economic, social, scientific, medical, and artistic" weekly issued by "an independent company"*
al-Amal al-Islami [Islamic Action]		Arabic	Chairman: Ala Salih al-Tu'mah; editor: Haydar Nawwaf al-Mas'udi	Islamic Action Organisation	*
al-Aswaq [The Markets]	Daily/twice weekly	Arabic	Chairman: Ihsan Abd-al-Razzaq; editor: Talal Tal'at	Iraqi Industries Union	Focuses on industry and commerce*
al-Aswar [The Walls]	Daily	Arabic	Chairman: Arsan Yusuf al-Zu'bi; editor: Abd-al-Rahman al-Issawi		*
al-Awdah [The Return]	Fortnightly	Kurdish	Publisher: Shakir al-Faili	Social Society of Faili Kurds
al-Awqat [The Times]	Daily	Arabic	Editor: Mazhar Arif		Pan-Arab. Editor Arif was a columnist and writer for Babil, the paper that was run by Saddam Hussein's son, Uday *
al-Ayyam [The Days]	Daily/twice weekly	Arabic	Editor: Dr Taha Jazzar		Islamic nationalist; issued by Izdihar Company for Publishing and Distribution. Hopes "to become a daily newspaper and a forum for writers and educated journalists". Says it does not "represent the viewpoint of any party, movement, or direction". Currently issued on Sundays and Thursdays
Azzaman [Time]	Daily	Arabic	Publisher/editor: Sa'ad al-Bazzaz		Partly produced in London, though local stories are now edited in Baghdad
Baghdad	Daily/weekly	Arabic	Publisher: Dr Iyad Allawi	Iraqi National Accord Movement	Report in the edition of 25 April 2003 said the paper had transferred its headquarters from London to Baghdad
Baghdad Bulletin	Fortnightly	English	Sales manager: Aziz R Sadek		News magazine "incorporated in the United Kingdom and distributed throughout Iraq". Says it is "independent of the occupying forces and not aligned with any political party"*
Baghdad Online	Weekly		Editor: Ali Hasan Tarish	Baghdad Computer Society	Focuses on information technology*
Baladi [My Country]		Arabic	Chairman: Abbas al-Hamadi	Iraqi Folklore Poets Union	*
al-Balagh [The Statement]		Arabic	Editor: Malik Duhan al-Hasan; managing editor: Imran Rashid	National Independence Party	*
al-Balat [The Palace Court]	Weekly	Arabic	Chairman: Dr Sa'd al-Ubaydi	Iraqi National Coalition	*
al-Baqi	Weekly	Arabic	Editor: Shaykh Jasim al-Tamimi	al-Hawzah al-Ilmiyah	Issued by a Shi'a theological seminary in Najaf *
al-Bayan [The Manifesto]	Daily	Arabic	Managing editor: Sadiq al-Rikabi	Islamic Da'wah Party	*
al-Bayda [White]	Weekly	Arabic	Publisher/chairman: Mahmud al-Azzawi; editor: Ghazi Faysal	Iraqi National Bloc	Based in Mosul*
Brayati	Daily	Kurdish		Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP)
al-Burkan [The Volcano]	Daily	Arabic	Editor: Hatim Shihadhah Jasim		Says it is "not linked to any political party, organisation or trend". *
al-Bursah [The Stock Exchange]		Arabic			Began circulating in Baghdad in early July 2003 *
Dar al-Salam [House of Peace]	Weekly	Arabic	Publisher: Fadil Dulan; editor: Ali Baban	Iraqi Islamic Party	Its title is the name originally given to Baghdad by the city's founder, the Abbasid caliph Abu-Ja'far al-Mansur*
al-Da'wah [The Call]		Arabic	Chairman: Abd-al-Karim al-Inzi, and the editor-in-chief is Hasan Sa'id	Islamic Da'wah Party	Shi'a paper which opposes a government formed under the authority of a foreign power
Dijlah [Tigris]	Weekly	Arabic	Editor: Nadhir Kazim al-Rubay'i		*
al-Dimuqrati [The Democrat]	Weekly	Arabic	Publisher: Rahim Abu-Hari al-Sa'di	Iraqi Rally for Democracy
al-Diyar [The Country; the Homeland]	Weekly	Arabic	Chairman: Ala-al-Din Kazim; editor: Walid al-Tamimi		"Self-financed, independent, general, cultural, political weekly newspaper" which provides news "freely and without any restrictions."*
al-Dustur [The Constitution]	Daily	Arabic	Chairman: Basim al-Shaykh; managing editor: Muhammad Harun Hasan		Political daily*
Fajr Baghdad [Baghdad Dawn]	Weekly	Arabic	Publisher: Ali al-Dulaymi; editors: Ali al-Nashmi and Salah Abbas		Claims to be "the first democratic, independent newspaper to be published in Iraq after the change."
al-Fikr al-Islami [Islamic Thought]		Arabic
al-Firdaws [Paradise]	Weekly	Arabic	Chairman: Fahd al-Gharib; editor: Muhammad Sahi Awwad	Free Democratic People's Party	Magazine*
Gandeel		Arabic
al-Ghadir [The Brook]	Weekly	Arabic	Chairman: Sa'd al-Shammari; editor: Hasan Hatif al-Yasiri		"Speaks for the masses"*
Govari Gulan	Monthly	Kurdish		Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP)	Magazine
Habazbuz fi Zaman al-Awlamah [Habazbuz in the Age of Globalization]	Weekly	Arabic	Chairman: Jasim Yusuf al-Yasiri; editor: Ishtar al-Yasiri		"Habazbuz" is a name used in Iraqi folklore with no specific meaning. Satirical weekly, "neither eastern nor western, self-financed, and issued by authorisation from the public."
al-Hadaf [The Target]	Weekly	Arabic	Editor: Diya Muhammad Taqiy		Issued by the al-Hadaf Foundation for Publication and Advertisement. *
al-Hadath [The Event]	Weekly	Arabic	Chairman: Athir Sa'dun Hamad; editor: Muhammad al-Juburi		*
al-Haqiqah [The Truth]	Weekly	Arabic	Publisher/editor: Abbas Kamil		Published on Tuesdays. Appears to support Abd-al-Karim Qasim, head of the 1958 coup against the monarchy and Iraqi leader until the Ba'ath Party coup of 1963
al-Hawadith [The Events]	Weekly	Arabic	Publisher/editor: Muhammad al-Ani		*
Hawal	Weekly	Kurdish
Hawlati	Weekly	Kurdish
al-Hawzah [Shi'i religious school]	Weekly	Arabic	Chairman: Shaykh Abbas al-Rubay'i; editor: Shaykh Hasan al-Zarkani		"Cultural, religious" newspaper issued every Thursday*
al-Hayah al-Iraqiyah [Iraqi Life]	Weekly	Arabic	Chairman: Sayyid Hamzah al-Musawi	15 Sha'ban Islamic Movement	*
al-Hilal [The Crescent]	Daily	Arabic	Chairman: Dr Abd-al-Wahhab Inad Mi'jil; editor: Imad al-Jalal		Currently issued every Tuesday*
al-Hiwar [The Dialogue]	Weekly	Arabic	Chairman: Dr Sultan al-Ku'ud; editor: Abd- al-Azim Muhammad	National Front for Iraqi Intellectuals
al-Hurr [The Free]		Arabic	Editor: Nabil Sa'ib Ali al-A'raji	Free Islamic Grouping	*
al-Hurriyah [Freedom]		Arabic	Editor: Husam al-Saffar	Arab Democratic Nationalists Movement	Calls for broad participation in decisionmaking and positively assesses the US presence
al-Hurriyah al-Ula [First Freedom]	Weekly	Arabic	Chairman: Muhammad Jasim Hamzah		*
al-Iqtisadi al-Jadid [The New Economist]	Weekly	Arabic	Chairman/editor: Muhammad Ja'far Dawud		Economic magazine issued by al-Muthana Publishing Group*
al-Iraq al-Jadid [New Iraq]	Daily	Arabic	Editor: Abbas Kazim Mahdi		"Published with the empowerment of the Iraqi national conscience"
al-Iraq al-Riyadi [Iraqi Sports]	Weekly	Arabic			Sports Paper
al-Iraq al-Yawm [Iraq Today]		Arabic	Editor: Isra Shakir		Issued by "a group of Iraqi journalists"*
al-Iraqi [The Iraqi]	Weekly	Arabic	Editor: Hamid al-Mukhtar	Islamic Cultural Forum	*
al-Istiqlal [Independence]	Weekly	Arabic	Chairman: Mudar Ghassan Shakat; editor: Kudayyir Miri		Issued on Saturdays
al-Ittihad [The Union]	Thrice weekly	Arabic	Publisher: Kamal Fu'ad; editor: Adil Murad	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK)	Published three times weekly in Baghdad and Sulaymaniyah. Said to be printing 30,000 copies in Baghdad
al-Ittihad al-Riyadi [Sports Union]		Arabic
al-Ittijah al-Akhar [The Other Direction]	Weekly	Arabic	Chairman/editor: Mish'an al-Juburi		Nationalist newspaper issued by the al-Ittijah al-Akhar printing and publication establishment in The Hague. Chairman/editor Juburi is head of al-Watan party*
al-Jamahir [The Masses]	Weekly	Arabic	Publisher: Ali al-Hamdani; editor: Abd-al-Rahman al-Isawi	Iraqi National Congress	*
Jammawar	Weekly	Kurdish
al-Jaridah [The Newspaper]	Daily/thrice weekly	Arabic	Chairman: Abdallah al-Nasrawi; editor: Prof Qays al-Azzawi	Arab Socialists	Issued on Monday, Wednesday and Friday
al-Jazirah [The Peninsula]	Weekly	Arabic	Chairman: Zaydan Khalaf al- Awwad; editor: Mahmud Awwad Hammadi		*
Kaldu Ashur		Arabic			The supplement of Regay Kurdistan, for Assyrians
al-Kawthar [Paradise]		Arabic		Iraqi Information network	Magazine
Khabat	Weekly	Kurdish		Islamic Unity Movement	Circulates in the north and, more recently, in Baghdad
Komal	Fortnightly	Kurdish		Islamic Group of Iraqi Kurdistan
Kul Jadid [Everything New]	Weekly	Arabic	Editor: Ahmad al-Mani'i	New Iraq Renaissance Movement
Kurdistan Nuwe	Daily	Kurdish		Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK)
Liberator		English			Published in the US
al-Liwa [The Banner]	Weekly	Arabic	Chairman: Rafid Salman Muhsin; editor: Nazim al-Sa'ud		"Speaks for the Iraqi people"*
al-Madar [The Orbit]	Weekly	Arabic	Chairman/editor: Isam Mikha'il		Issued by al-Madar House for Publishing and Distribution. *
al-Majd [Glory]	Weekly	Arabic	Chairman: Khamis Ahmad; editor: Iyad al-Hamdani	Royal Constitutional Movement
al-Malaib [The Playgrounds]		Arabic
al-Manar [The Lighthouse]	Daily	Arabic	Chairman/editor: Muhammad Hamid		First established 1945*
al-Marjan [Corals]		Arabic			Children's magazine
al-Masa [Evening]		Arabic			It is issued by "a group of Iraqi journalists". *
al-Mawsil [Mosul]		Arabic	Publisher: Iyad al-Hamdani; managing editor: Chakir Khalil al-Ali	Iraqi National Congress
Mujtama al-A'mal al-Iraqi [The Iraqi Business Community]	Weekly	Arabic	Chairman: Raghib Rida Bulaybil; editor: As'ad al-Aquli	Iraqi Businessmen's Association	"Professional, economic weekly magazine"*
al-Multaqa [The Forum]	Daily/twice weekly	Arabic	Chairman: Karim al-Khafaji; editor: Abbas Khalil		Currently issued twice weekly
al-Mustaqilla [The Independent]	Weekly	Arabic	Managing editor: Mu'ayyad al-Samsam		Says it is a "free forum for the sincere national writers" and "not linked to any political party"*
al-Mu'tamar [The Congress]	Weekly	Arabic	Oqail al-Ta'i	Iraqi National Congress (INC)
al-Muwajaha [Encounter]	Weekly	Arabic, English	Ra'id Jasim al-Izzawi		Iraqi Students*
al-Naba [The News]	Weekly	Arabic	Editor: Hadi al-Ziyadi; publisher: Khalil al-Atwani		Issued by "a group of Iraqi journalists". Aims to report "without ambiguity or bias". Editorial on 15 May 2003 called for US-led forces to leave Iraq
Nabdh al-Shari [Street Pulse]		Arabic
al-Nahar [The Day]	Weekly	Arabic	Chairman: Karim Kazim al-Khafaji; editor: Abbas Khalil		*
al-Nahdah [The Renaissance]	Weekly	Arabic	Chairman: Fadil Kamil al-Daraji		Edited by "free, independent writers"*
al-Nahdah [The Renaissance]	Daily/twice weekly	Arabic	Chairman: Adnan Pachachi	Association of Independent Democrats	"Daily political newspaper issued temporarily twice a week."*
Nahrayn [The Two Rivers]	Weekly	Arabic	Editor: Muntasir al-Imarah; deputy: Samir Muhsin	Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI)	*
al-Nas [The People]		Arabic	Publisher/editor: Sa'di al-Khalidi		*
al-Natur [The Scarecrow]	Weekly	Arabic	Publisher: Jalil al-Basri		"Satirical, critical, and comical"*
al-Nawaris [Morning Birds]		Arabic
Nida al-Mustaqbal [Call of the Future ]	Daily	Arabic	Publisher: Muhammad Khurshid	Iraqi National Accord Movement (INAM)
Nidaa Arrafidain [Call of the Two Rivers]		Arabic		Bayan Jabr
al-Nur [The Light]	Weekly	Arabic	Editor: Salim Ahmad Ibrahim		Political weekly, currently issued fortnightly. Not to be confused with paper of the same name issued by the Islamic Cultural Centre in Baghdad. *
al-Nur [The Light]	Weekly	Arabic		Islamic Cultural Centre, Baghdad	Supports Grand Ayatollah Sistani and says Shi'a religious authorities are the legitimate representatives of the Iraqi people
al-Olympi al-Iraqi [Olympic Iraqi]	Weekly	Arabic			Sports magazine
Oyoon al-Fan [Artistic Masterpieces]	Weekly	Arabic	Dr. Hussain Ali Harif
al-Qabas [The Flag]	Weekly	Arabic	Editor: Abdallah al-Lami	New Iraq Charitable Society	Nationalist*
Qanadil [Lanterns]	Weekly	Arabic	Editor: Ahmad Khalid al-Ghayyad		*
Qardashliq Yedu	Fortnightly	Turkoman, Kuurdish, Arabic		Turkoman Brotherhood Party
al-Raqib [The Observer]	Weekly	Arabic	Publisher: Abd-al-Wahhab al-Samarra'I; chairman: Ziyad al-Zubaydi		Issued every Saturday*
al-Rasid [The Monitor]	Daily	Arabic			Currently issued Saturday and Tuesday*
al-Rasif [The Pavement]	Daily	Arabic	Publisher: Husayn al-Ayas		One-man newspaper handwritten by Husayn al-Ayash, an unemployed Iraqi electrician, on sheets of cardboard and displayed on the pavement in Sa'dun Street, Baghdad*
al-Ra'y al-'Amm [Public Opinion]	Daily	Arabic	Chairman: Muhammad Jasim Hamzah; editor: Wasal Amir Musi		*
Regay Kurdistan	Weekly	Kurdish		Communist Party of Iraqi Kurdistan
al-Rihab [The open space]		Arabic	Chairman: Dr Nabil al-Janabi; editor: Mahmud al-Hashimi	Democratic Royal Coalition	Named after the palace where republican officers killed the last king of Iraq, Faysal II, and other members of the royal family on 14 July 1958*
al-Risalah [The Message]	Weekly	Arabic	Editor: Dr Fadil al-Shuwayli; managing editor: Dr Shanshul al-Sulaymawi		Political, cultural and religious issues. *
al-Riyadi al-Jadid		Arabic
al-Sa'ah [The Hour]	Twice weekly	Arabic		Iraqi Unified National Movement (?)	Seems to be connected to Sunni cleric Ahmad al-Kubaysi, but an internal rift led to the publication of two separate editions on 14 June 2003 - one pro-Kubaysi, one anti-Kubaysi*
al-Sabah Morning]	Daily/twice weekly	Arabic	Ismail al-Zair	Coalition Provisional Authority (Iraqi Information Network)	Launched on 17 May 2003; published every Tuesday and Saturday
al-Sada [The Echo]	Weekly	Arabic	Chairman: Dr Sadiq Abbadi; editor: Qasim al-Maliki
Sada al-Hal [Echo of the Solution]	Weekly	Arabic	Editor: Hasan Salih Hasan	Kurdistan Democratic Solution Party	*
Sada al-Sadr [Echo of al-Sadr]		Arabic
Sada al-Ummah [Echo of the Nation]	Weekly	Arabic	Chairman: Razzaq al-Nuri	Supreme Council for the Liberation of Iraq	*
Sadr al-Iraq	Weekly	Arabic	Chairman: Karim Amir Unayz; editor: Amir Hamid		Its title refers to two prominent Iraqi Shi'a clergymen, Ayatollah Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr and Muhammad Sadiq al- Sadr*
al-Safir [The Ambassador]	Weekly	Arabic	Publisher/editor: Dr. Raad Jasim		Shi'ite
al-Salam [Peace]	Weekly	Arabic	Editor: Taha Hamid al-Shibibi	Fraternity and Peace Movement
Samir		Arabic			Magazine for children
Sawt al-Jumaa [Friday Voice]		Arabic
Sawt al-Talabah [Voice of the Students]	Weekly	Arabic	Editor: Mustafa al-Hayim	New Iraq Youth and Students Organisation	Currently issued fortnightly by Iraqi students*
Sawt al-Tali'ah [Voice of the Vanguards]	Weekly	Arabic	Supervisor: Yahya al-Najjar	Islamic Vanguards Organisation	Issued every Sunday*
al-Shaheed [The Martyr]		Arabic	Hadi Al Modarissi	Islamic Action Party	Shi'ite
al-Shahid [The Witness]	Weekly	Arabic	Manager: Ali Husayn		*
al-Shams [The Sun]	Weekly	Arabic	Chairman/editor: Karim Masht al-Musawi		Shi'ite*
al-Sharia	Weekly	Arabic	Saad Ibrahim		Islamic
Shihab al-Tamimi	Weekly	Arabic
al-Shira [The Sail]	Weekly	Arabic	Proprietors: Abd-al-Wahhab Hantush and Ra'id Talib Hasan; editor: Abd-al-Husayn Buraysim		*
al-Shira al-Siyasi [The Political Sail]	Twice weekly	Arabic	Chairman/editor: Dr Sattar Ghanim		Every Tuesday and Thursday. *
al-Shrooq [Sunrise]		Arabic			Magazine
al-Shula [The Torch]		Arabic
al-Siyasah al-Yawm [Politics Today]	Weekly	Arabic	Chairman: Ghanim al-Fatlawi; editor: Jabbar al-Fartusi		*
Spotlight		Arabic	Chairman: Abd-al-Razzaq al-Ubaydi; editor: Fayan al-Khalidi		Its title appears in English with a small Arabic translation beneath, but the paper itself is in Arabic*
Sumer	Daily	Arabic	Editor: Hasan al-Alawi	Coalition Provisional Authority	Published in Kuwait*
al-Taakhi [Fraternity]	Daily	Kuurdish, Arabic	Falakeddin Kaka'ie	Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP)	Editor is a member of the Kurdistan parliament. Paper says it will be "democratic" and represent different political and ethnic groups. Claims a circulation of 20,000 in Baghdad
al-Tadamun [Solidarity]	Weekly	Arabic	Chairman: Mazhar Muhammad Abd; editor: Faris al- Katib	Reconciliation and Peace Party	*
al-Tajammu [The Grouping]	Weekly	Arabic	Chairman: Dr Zuhayr Abd-al-Amir Hammudi; editor: Hammudi Azab	Iraqi Popular Grouping
Tariq ash-Sha'ab [The Way of the People]	Monthly	Arabic		Iraqi Communist Party	Previously available only in the north, it is now also sold in Baghdad.
al-Tayyar [The Current or Trend]		Arabic	Chairman: Aziz al-Yasiri; editor: Muhammad al-Askari		Founded in London in 1982*
al-Thiqalayn	Weekly	Arabic	Editor: Basim al-Shaykh		Religious weekly. Title is ann Islamic religious term meaning the two worlds of genies and men *
Turkomaneli	Fortnightly	Turkoman, Arabic		Turkoman Brotherhood Party
Umm al-Rabi'ayn [Mother of the two springs]	Weekly	Arabic	Chairman: Alman Muhammad Ali; editor: Ghanim Isma'il		Its title is one of the older Arabic names for Mosul*
Wadi al-Rafidayn [Mesopotamia]	Weekly	Arabic	Proprietor: Sakfan al-Barwari; editor: Dulufan Muhammad Salih		*
al-Wahda al-Watania [National Unity]		Arabic
al-Wasat [The Centre]	Weekly	Arabic	Publisher: Ali al-Sayyid Yusha; editor: Riyad Muhammad al-Isma'ili	Unified National Coalition	*
al-Watan [The Homeland]	Weekly	Arabic	Chairman: Hatim Mawlud Mukhlis; editor: Hatif al-Thalj	Iraqi National Movement
al-Watan al-Iraqiyah [The Iraqi Homeland]		Arabic	Editor: Abd-al-Razzaq Abd-al-Wahhab Husayn	Iraqi National Unity Coalition	Published in Maysan*
al-Yageen [Certainty]		Arabic
al-Yaqazah [The Awakening]	Daily	Arabic	Founder/editor: Muhan al-Zahir		*
al-Yawm al-Akhar [The Other Day]	Weekly	Arabic	Editor: Faris al-Katib
al-Zahra		Arabic
al-Zawra	Weekly	Arabic	Editor: Shihab al-Tamimi	Iraqi Journalists Union	Issued before in 1969. al-Zawra is one of several Arabic names for Baghdad; it is also the name of the first Iraqi paper published in Baghdad in 1869*

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Last revised on 21 June, 2009