Thread: Iraq/Dinar News to April 19, 2007 10PM CST

3-declare the Iraqi Central Bank made buying and selling rates for the dollar on Wednesday morning of April 18, 2007 until the end of office hours on the morning of April 22, 2007.


What do they mean by end of office hours on the morning?
Bad translation?


It is a bit oddly worded / translated . . . and could mean either Sunday or Monday I suppose . . .

Best to all . . . RR . . .

Financial participate in a special symposium on the International Decade .Iraqi national-Luna / Baghdad office / chaired by the Finance Minister Baqer Jabr Al-Zubaydi Iraqi delegation at the workshop, which was convened to discuss issues related to the International Decade of the Iraqi debt and economic reforms and implementation of the budget.

.He said media source in the ministry today, Wednesday, that the delegation included Mr. Sinan Shabibi governor of the Central Bank of Iraq and a number of spe******ts, headed by Mr. punched with Undersecretary of the Ministry of American treasury American side, which included representatives from the State Department and the National Security Council and the Ministry of Defense, attended part of those meetings, Mr. Paulsen Minister American treasury
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Riyadh-agencies

.Saudi Arabia decided to write off 80% of Iraq's debts to, which exceed $ 15 billion.

.The administration of President George W. Bush demanded Iraq's creditors following Washington's example in Iraqi debt write-off as part of its plan to help build Iraq.

.The Saudi official said a large requested anonymity, told the Washington Post that his country had written off 80% of Iraqi debt, estimated that the official debt of Baghdad to Saudi Arabia, ranging between 15 and 18 billion dollars.

88.It is estimated statement Jabr, the Iraqi Minister of Finance that Iraq's debts amounting to 140 billion dollars, and the accumulation of a large part of these debts during the Iran-Iraq war between 1980 and 1988.

و.He said Jabr, who is visiting Washington to attend meetings of the World Bank said that the request from Saudi Arabia canceling Iraqi debt in full, but the request was rejected. العراقي.He added that 52 States had crossed so far between 80 and 100% of Iraqi debt
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Shahrastani : oil law before parliament next week



الاتDubai-agencies

.He said Oil Minister Hussein Shahrastani today, Wednesday, that the cabinet will be a petroleum law, which aims to attract foreign investments worth billions of dollars to the parliament next week.

وقال ل.Shahrastani said to reporters in Dubai that the law will be ready for presentation to Parliament next week.

.He added that all the political blocs in parliament agreed to attempt to pass the bill before the end of May.

وبدأ .It seemed about 60 members of the Iraqi Parliament and experts meeting in the United Arab Emirates today, Wednesday, to discuss the oil law that would grant the right of the Non negotiation with international companies to develop oil fields.

.In last February, the Iraqi Council of Ministers approved a draft law which regulates the oil sharing oil wealth among ethnic groups and creeds.

.And Iraq has the third largest proven reserves of oil and needs billions of dollars to revive the sector, which is a cornerstone in the rebuilding of the Iraqi economy

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والغازThe House of Representatives held a symposium on the draft law on oil and gas



.A delegation of the Chamber of Deputies headed by the Iraqi deputy, Sheikh Khaled al-Attiyah to the city of Dubai on Tuesday evening August 17 April / 2007 for a symposium built by the House of Representatives under the slogan "law of oil and gas reading of the new scientific and technical studies in the light of national interests of the Iraqi people" was to receive the delegation of the Chamber of Deputies officially by the diplomatic bodies in the State United Arab Emirates.

.He met with First Deputy Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, Sheikh Khaled al-Attiyah, head of the delegation a number of prominent international and Iraqi in his headquarters
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A press-activity of the Ministry of Finance

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لماليةThe Ministry of Finance
لاميMedia Bureau
حفيA press
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18/4/2007

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إلتقى0Mr. Baker met with Jabr Al-Zubaydi, Minister of Finance Mr. punched Under the Treasury Department during his visit to Washington 0
وأكد0The Minister during the meeting to intensify international efforts to ensure the presence of a majority of the countries participating in the meeting of the International Meeting and the neighboring countries to assist Iraq to extinguish debts and revive its economy, which possesses all the elements of a sound economy, stressing that the majority of Iraqi debt and the benefits resulting from acts of the former regime, which squandered the wealth of the country and the people heavily burdened and therefore, the Iraqi citizen looks forward to helping all sister and friendly states to extinguish those debts, which introduced him to be 0

الشيخ0And he punched the cooperation in order to mobilize international efforts to attend a meeting of the International Covenant which it is hoped held in Sharm el-Sheikh 0

0And then chaired by Mr. Jabr Al-Zubaidi the Iraqi delegation, which includes Mr. Sinan Shabibi governor of the Central Bank of Iraq and a number of spe******ts in the workshop which was convened to discuss issues related to the International Decade of the Iraqi debt and economic reforms and implementation of the budget, with head and punched Mr. Undersecretary of the Ministry of the Treasury America, which the American side included representatives of the State Department and the National Security Council and the Ministry of Defense 0
.Attended the part of those meetings, Mr. Paulsen and the American Secretary of the Treasury

Translated version of http://www.sotaliraq.com/

Originally Posted by Hkp

Shiite bloc discusses Sadrists' exit
18 April 2007 (Voices of Iraq)


The Shiite Unified Iraqi Coalition (UIC) has discussed recent political developments in the country, including the exit of the Sadrist Movement (Iraqis loyal to Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr) from the Iraqi government.
According to a statement by the Shiite Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), part of the UIC, and received by the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI), "a meeting was held by the UIC on Monday under the bloc chief Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim at his office in Baghdad with incumbent Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and former Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari."
The statement discussed the issue of the Sadrist ministers' exit from the government of Nouri al-Maliki, but did not contain any results for the meeting.
Maliki had welcomed Sadr's decision to authorize the prime minister to select new ministers to replace the six who quit the government.
The Sadrists occupy 30 seats within the UIC, which has the largest number of seats in the Iraqi parliament, 130 out of the total 275 seats.
The Sadr Movement’s ministers were withdrawn upon orders from leader Sadr in protest against the government's failure to set a timetable for the withdrawal of foreign troops from Iraq, the movement chief in Iraq's parliament Nassar al-Rubaie, said on Monday.
Reading out a statement by Sadr at the Iraqi Parliament on Monday, Rubaie said "for the sake of public interest and easing burdens from the Iraqi people, we deemed it necessary to inform Sadrist ministers to quit the Iraqi government and steer clear of any sectarian, ethnic, partisan or political calculations."
Sadr, in his statement, called on the six ministers to "continue serving the people" from outside the government, adding "I pray for God Almighty to bestow on the Iraqi people a government that is independent from occupation and one that works hard in the service of its people."
The Sadrist ministers' withdrawal from the government is expected to double pressures on Maliki as the Sadr Movement is considered a powerful supporter of him since he came to power in mid-2006.
The Sadrist ministers held important portfolios in the Iraqi government: health, agriculture, transport, tourism and antiquities, provinces' affairs and civil society.
Rubaie, during a press conference he held earlier on Monday in Baghdad, said the ministers quitted the government due to Maliki's failure to positively respond to the "million-man demonstration," which was staged by Sadrists on April 9 in the holy Shiite province of Najaf, to demand the departure of occupation troops.
A Sadrist official had told VOI on Sunday that the withdrawal "does not aim to bring the government down but we just want to declare our position towards this government, which is reluctant to conform to the people's will."
The Sadrist bloc had suspended its membership in both parliament and government in November 2006 in protest against Maliki's meeting with U.S. President George W. Bush in the Jordanian capital Amman and failure to set a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq.
It returned to the Iraqi government and parliament in January 2007 after reconciliation efforts were exerted.

Shiite bloc discusses Sadrists' exit | Iraq Updates

You know you almost have to conclude that these guys were to be removed as a shake up in the Cabinet. The fact that 30 sadrists remain in parliament prove to me it can't be some principled protest. they just let them leave while retaining their pride......

Originally Posted by Hkp

Withdrawal of al-Sadr Movement from government makes headlines in Iraqi press
By Hamid al-Hamrani
Baghdad, 18 April 2007 (Voices of Iraq)


Iraqi newspapers published on Tuesday focused on the withdrawal of al-Sadr Movement from the Iraqi government. While some newspapers described the withdrawal as an attempt to dismantle the quota system and adopt a correct parliamentary and political approach, others expressed their concerns that the action may open the door to similar withdrawals from other political movements.
Under a main headline reading, 'Al-Sadr Movement chooses the parliament and gives up the quota system in the government,' the semi-official al-Sabah newspaper wrote, "Some political analysts considered the withdrawal of al-Sadr Movement from the government as the first serious attempt to dismantle the quota system and adopt a right political and parliamentary approach."
According to the newspaper, "Other politicians believe that it will certainly serve the Iraqi political process, which they say is suffering from the burdens of the quota system, if other political blocs followed suit."
Al-Sabah quoted a spokesman from the Iraqi Accordance Front (IAF), Saleem Abdullah, as saying that the withdrawal of al-Sadr Movement will affect the political situation and asserting that the IAF has no intention to quit the government.
Quoting Nassar al-Rubaie, a spokesman for al-Sadr bloc in parliament, al-Bayyina al-Jadida newspaper said that the bloc had quit the government in reaction to the non-response of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to the one-million strong demonstration organized by the bloc in Najaf on April 9. Following calls from Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr, more than one million people demonstrated in Najaf on the fourth anniversary of the entry of foreign troops into Iraq, calling for the withdrawal of the troops from their country.
Commenting on the repercussions of al-Sadr bloc's withdrawal, al-Bayyina al-Jadida published a headline reading, 'Al-Maliki agrees to dismiss the minister of defense to avoid the withdrawal of IAF.'
"A source close to the prime ministry revealed that al-Maliki had dismissed defense minister Mohammed Abdul-Qader al-Obeidi, while personally filling in for the coming two months. The source did not indicate a time for the dismissal, but asserted that the action was taken in response to the IAF's strong demands to replace the minister," the newspaper explained.
Al-Mutamar newspaper quoted Maryam al-Rayis, an advisor to the prime minister, as saying, "By quitting the government, al-Sadr movement has made a democratic choice and exercised its constitutional right." Al-Rayis called on other political blocs to follow suit, leaving the final decision to the prime minister, nothing that the political process is in dire need of reform through peaceful opposition.
On the recent violent attacks that targeted al-Sarafiya Bridge, Wissam al-Najafi wrote an article in the same newspaper, entitled 'Was al-Sarafiya Bridge an agent?!' "It was history more than a bridge. It was more a retreat for the exhausted. It was one of Baghdad's masterpieces. My question to the depraved murderers is: Why did you kill al-Sarafiya Bridge? Was it an agent for the government or the Americans?" al-Najafi wondered.
On its front page, al-Taakhi newspaper, the mouthpiece of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), published a main headline reading, 'Al-Sadr Movement announces official withdrawal from the government after prime minister refused to set a timetable for the withdrawal of coalition forces from Iraq.' The newspaper quoted MP Bahaa al-Araji as saying, "The withdrawal is a clear and explicit message to the Iraqi people that we have had enough of the quota system. It is also a message to the government that the timetable of the withdrawal should be set by the parliament," al-Araji added.

Withdrawal of al-Sadr Movement from government makes headlines in Iraqi press | Iraq Updates

Can anyone say Pinochio? The reports from bloggers in Iraq reported less than five thousand and they had to be bused from other cities to boot . bunch of jokers.

Originally Posted by rvalreadydang

Riyadh-agencies

.Saudi Arabia decided to write off 80% of Iraq's debts to, which exceed $ 15 billion.

.The administration of President George W. Bush demanded Iraq's creditors following Washington's example in Iraqi debt write-off as part of its plan to help build Iraq.

this is a good brotherly token to reset future economic trade & foster better ties. for the present moment, it is a breathing bid and gesture of goodwill but certainly is not a free lunch many may jump to conclude.

this gesture will create and mend wounds Saddam inflicted and all parties involved from the new administration will benefit better links Saudi Arabia plans to rejuvenate in the coming months and years, this we are certain will be the right path to focus positively with Iraq.

P.

Originally Posted by rvalreadydang

Riyadh-agencies

.Saudi Arabia decided to write off 80% of Iraq's debts to, which exceed $ 15 billion.

.The administration of President George W. Bush demanded Iraq's creditors following Washington's example in Iraqi debt write-off as part of its plan to help build Iraq.

.The Saudi official said a large requested anonymity, told the Washington Post that his country had written off 80% of Iraqi debt, estimated that the official debt of Baghdad to Saudi Arabia, ranging between 15 and 18 billion dollars.

88.It is estimated statement Jabr, the Iraqi Minister of Finance that Iraq's debts amounting to 140 billion dollars, and the accumulation of a large part of these debts during the Iran-Iraq war between 1980 and 1988.

و.He said Jabr, who is visiting Washington to attend meetings of the World Bank said that the request from Saudi Arabia canceling Iraqi debt in full, but the request was rejected. العراقي.He added that 52 States had crossed so far between 80 and 100% of Iraqi debt
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Does this just leave Kuwait as the only other large creditor? This is great news and expected as well in light of the recent activity. Plus suddenly the oil law goes before the Parliament Hmmmmm..... it may be a Rube Goldberg operation but it seems as though it is working......