The nature of persistent INTEGRAL sources in our Galaxy

Recent analysis of all INTEGRAL Galactic bulge observations performed so far haslead to the detection of a new population of persistent sources, which arecharacterised by their hard Xray emission. In order to understand theirproperties, and more importantly distinguish between different models (obscuredhigh mass systems or low luminosity LMXBs) followup observations in the softXray regime are needed. By determining the absorption column, the presence ofemission lines and variability on virgul1 hr timescales we will be able todistinguish between the proposed models, and constrain the evolution of thesesystems. We will also obtain improved positions for follow ups in other wavebands. truncated!, Please see actual data for full text [truncated!, Please see actual data for full text]