my exact reasoning for detesting the iraqi bashing that goes on here daily by some impatient people. :nono:
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My feelings exactly! It has been a long wait but not nearly as long as the people having to live in Iraq these days. They have been waiting also and with far more at stake then us. Patience is what we all need. Everything will come to pass, in time.
وكالة الأنباء الكويتية (كونا)- صف*ة الخبر - ال*ميضي يترأس جلسة في منتدى الاقتصاد العربي *ول ال...04/05/2007Quote:
Humaidi presiding over a meeting of the Arab economy in a forum on the oil boom
Humaidi presiding over a meeting of the Arab economy in a forum on the oil boom
Beirut-5 - 4 (KUNA) -- chaired by Kuwaiti Finance Minister Badr Al-Humaidi meeting discussion in the Arab Economy Forum held here now about oil boom presence of the governor of the Central Bank of Kuwait Sheikh Salem Abdel Aziz morning along with a galaxy of prominent Finance and Economy and the Arabs.
Speaking at the meeting, entitled (Is the oil boom inputs to build a new base for Arab economies), board chairman of the Group (Aref) Kuwaiti investment Elzimaia Dr. Ali confirmed that the States which did not possess the political will would not be able to benefit from the financial surpluses achieved in the Arab countries as a result of high world oil prices.
He stressed the need Elzimaia be no economic vision backed by a political decision to take advantage of financial surpluses and the establishment of projects undertaken by the Arab private sector and government supervision.
He said that "financial surpluses do not build an economic base, but used most often to overcome some as a crisis."
He stressed the importance of investment in the financial abundance in the Arab areas of human development and the world of knowledge and the development of women's role and investment in the infrastructure and industrial sectors needed by some Arab states including Youdi to Arab integration desired.
He called for "the government to transform the team manager of the development process, not product development."
The forum was attended by Arab economy in the first day, Charge D'affaires of Kuwait to Lebanon, counselor Tarek Al-Hamad.
During the meetings of the Forum discussion again highlighted the British Arab relations in the field of investment and trade and how to develop Arab competitiveness in attracting investment and the future of the Lebanese economy from the perspective of young leaderships.
The second and last day of the Forum will focus on the banking industry and real estate just in the Arab countries.
The Sheikh Salem Sabah keynote address at the meeting under the title (trends in banking business in the Gulf in light of the requirements of rapid economic growth and open markets).
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-Policy : Osman : an International Covenant requires a radical change to the government of Maliki
By aliraqnews in 5 / 05 / 2007 7:18:34
Welcomed Dr. Mahmoud Othman, a leading figure in the Kurdistan Alliance, with the document of the International Conference on Sharm el-Sheikh, as "an international document very important" afterthought, "But the lesson is not in the issuance of this document, which intensified international support
For Iraq to get out of its current crisis, but a lesson in the implementation, and I think that requires the commitment of the Iraqi government, to change current policies to fit with the principles of that document. " Mahmoud Othman explained in a telephone conversation with the agency (Lucky) Italian news today (Friday), said he "issued several documents and covenants during the last four years, but none of them were not implemented, and all remained just ink on paper, so if the Iraqi government to receive, on international and regional support to get out of their present plight, it should change its policy radically, especially for the achievement of national reconciliation, ending sectarian violence, and disarming the militias, as long as the international community promised to abide by that document, It collected in a purely Iraqi document, it can quickly make the changes required, but the document whatever lose their importance, and thus lose the support of Iraq the world. " Othman said "On the other hand, this document will serve the American administration as well, since this administration turn to suffer from many problems in Iraq, and is being exposed to enormous pressure from home and abroad to change its policies in Iraq, and I think that this document through access to international support, will ease some of the pressures faced by the American Administration. " Regarding talks conducted by the American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, with both Syria and Iran, the impacts on the Iraqi situation, said Osman "Talks held between Rice and teacher, talks ahead of her with her Iranian counterpart today, would be very helpful to resolving the situation in Iraq, especially the security situation, we know that there are interventions from these two countries in Iraq under the pretext of anti-Americanism in Iraq, therefore, any understanding between the two countries with the United States, will naturally be reflected in the Iraqi situation, which is suffering mainly because of these two interventions often, are very keen to be a kind of understanding and positive dialogue between the United States and Iran and Syria to secure the security and stability of Iraq. "
Private Sector Development
Developing a vibrant private sector in Iraq is essential to the establishment of long-term economic growth, employment, and the creation of a nation of stakeholders. Complying with IMF commitments and ameliorating the economic effects of Saddam-era policies requires a sustained reform agenda. USAID supports economic development and employment generation through its Private Sector Development Program, "Izdihar" ("prosperity" in Arabic), by encouraging key private sector institutions and reforms. The project is designed to help Iraq attain sustained, higher economic growth rates that are private sector-led, employment generating, and equitable.
Historically a society with a strong merchant class, Iraq's private sector was devastated by decades of Ba'athist mismanagement, sanctions, and conflict. Since September 2004, the Private Sector Development Program has helped promote a market-based economy across six areas:
USAID: Assistance for Iraq - Private Sector Development
- <LI class=iq>Privatization. The majority of economic activity in Iraq is funneled through over 500 state-owned enterprises, creating an unsupportable system. Through technical assistance and support, USAID is helping the Government of Iraq (GOI) privatize much of the economy, removing a major burden from the national budget and revitalizing the private sector. In 2005, USAID helped draft the privatization law and provided assistance to create a Privatization Committee to reduce redundancy, increase efficiency, and ensure a transparent privatization process. <LI class=iq>Trade and Market Access. Through sector studies and regulatory guidance, USAID is helping reconnect Iraq with the international market, allowing the country to benefit from management acumen, capital, and technology as well as goods and services. In mid-2005, USAID assisted the GOI in submitting the Memorandum on Foreign Trade Regime, the first step in joining the World Trade Organization (WTO). The accession process will oblige Iraq to reform its trade regulations and establish an open, market based economy. <LI class=iq>Investment Promotion. By promoting foreign investment and removing the barriers to private sector-led growth, USAID helps create a dynamic, market-driven economy that will generate employment. Drawing on USAID support, the Government of Iraq has established Iraqi Investment Promotion Agency (IIPA) and the Iraq Trade Information Center (ITIC) to encourage international investors. The Investor Roadmap and a Competitiveness Study prepared by USAID analyzed investment constraints and outlining corrective policies. <LI class=iq>Capital Markets. USAID is helping the GOI reform the legal, regulatory, and structural elements of Iraq's non-bank financial markets (e.g., insurance, pension, equity, and commercial debt). To date, USAID has worked with other U.S. Government agencies to establish the Iraq Stock Exchange and Iraqi Securities Commission, essential to attracting foreign direct investment and privatizing state-owned enterprises. <LI class=iq>Business Skills. USAID support for accounting reform helps integrate Iraqi businesses into the global financial system. As of December 2005, USAID has delivered nearly 40,000 hours of training in international accounting standards, enabling businesses to secure loans and manage accounts.
- Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. USAID is working with private banks and microfinance institutions to develop their lending capacity. The availability of loans is essential for private sector growth. Previously, USAID provided technical assistance for Coalition Provisional Authority's $21 million micro-credit program. More recently, USAID awarded long-term grants to three international NGOs to support development of sustainable microfinance operations, encouraging job creation countrywide. Two indigenous micro-finance institutes in key cities have received essential funding while a third, in Fallujah, will be receiving support in coordination with the U.S. military. Technical advisors are also building capacity at the Iraq Company for Bank Guarantees, an organization that will provide loan guarantees to private banks and microfinance institutions to support lending to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).
Speaking of the Rafidain Bank, anyone notice that their site has been down and under construction for about a week? :rolleyes:
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A Number Of Players Discussed The HCL on Tuesday Before Parliament
اربيل/المدىIrbil / long
تستمر فعاليات اسبوع المدى الثقافي الخامس في اربيل، حيث سيتم متابعة مناقشة المحور الثقافي والادبي اليوم الاربعاء فضلاً عن بحث آليات العمل المصرفي في العراق والاستثمار والسياحة في كردستان وعرض فلم حياة ساكنة للمخرج قتيبة الجنابي.Activities will continue a week long cultural V in Arbil, where they will be discussed further cultural and literary hub today, Wednesday, as well as discuss mechanisms banking work in Iraq, investment and tourism in Kurdistan and presented no static life of the director Koutaiba Al-Janabi.
وتتضمن فعاليات اليوم عرض مسرحية الجحيم اخراج وتمثيل فاروق صبري عبد الله وامسية فنية تحييها فرقة الخشابة البصرية وقارئ المقام العراقي حامد السعدي وفرقته وشهد امس الثلاثاء عددا ًمن الفعاليات والطاولات المستديرة، فعلى طاولة المدى المستديرة نوقش قانون النفط والغاز المطروح على مجلس النواب، وشارك في طرح البحوث كل من الدكتور عبد الجبار الحلفي (المستشار العلمي لمركز دراسات الخليج العربي في جامعة البصرة) والدكتور نبيل جعفر عبد الرضا (أستاذ في كلية الإدارة والاقتصاد في جامعة البصرة) والمهندس الدكتور كفاح محمد مهدي الجواهري (خبير في الشؤون النفطية).The events today theatrical presentation hell and get representation Farouk Sabri Abdullah Evening technical revive Task Grain and optical reader primarily Iraqi Hamed Al-Saadi and his band saw yesterday, Tuesday, a number of players and tables, at the table long tables discussed oil and gas law before the House of Representatives, and participated in a research each Dr. Abdul Jabbar Halve (Scientific Adviser to the Center for Arab Gulf Studies at Basra University) and Dr. Nabil Jaafar Abdel consent (professor in the Faculty of Administration and Economy at the University of Basra) and Engineer Dr Muhammad Mahdi struggle Jeweler (expert in the affairs of oil).وتم تقديم البحوث التي ناقشت (قانون النفط والغاز العراقي الجديد)، و(قراءة نقدية في مسودة قانون النفط الجديد)، و(قانون النفط والغاز من المستفيد من الاستعجال في تشريعه).A research discussed (the oil and gas new Iraqi), (Critical Reading of the new draft bill oil), (oil and gas law who is the beneficiary of urgency in the legislation).
The values Abduljabbar Halve the law, saying : "The preamble to a successful law stipulates that oil and gas is the property of the people, and the House will take priority in the debate and ratify laws and continued : But we believe that there are negative aspects need to be drastically amended to ensure the people's ownership of the wealth and strategic outlook, so that foreign companies the upper hand in the disposition of these wealth and draining. "
من جانبه وصف الدكتور نبيل جعفر مسودة قانون النفط والغاز العراقي الجديد بأنها متناقضة تماما مع المادة (29) من الفصل السابع لقانون الاستثمار الاجنبي الذي صادق عليه مجلس النواب في 10/10/2006 ، والتي نصت على استثناء الاستثمار الأجنبي في مجال استخراج وإنتاج النفط والغاز". وتابع مشخصاً العيوب التي يحويها القانون: "أن مسودة القانون لم تكتب بلغة اقتصادية رصينة اذ لم يميز المشرع بين الواردات والايرادات، الاولى تعني الاستيرادات والثانية تعني العوائد (عوائد الصادرات النفطية في القانون) وبالتالي لا يمكن لاحداهما ان تكون بديلة عن الاخرى، وهذا يشير الى عدم وجود أي اقتصادي ضمن فريق العمل المكلف بتشريع هذا القانون".For his part, Dr. Nabil Jaafar draft bill oil and gas as a new Iraqi completely contradict the Article (29) of Chapter VII of the foreign investment law, which was approved by the House of Representatives on 10 / 10 / 2006, which stipulates exception of foreign investment in the extraction and production of oil and gas. " He continued Mckhasa defects contained Act : "The draft law did not write the language of economic wholesome as the legislature did not distinguish between imports and income, I mean imports and the second means the proceeds (revenues of oil exports in the law) and therefore one can be a substitute for the other, and this refers to the absence of any economic group within Labor charged that the legislation law."
من جانب آخر وضمن المحور الفني لفعاليات أسبوع المدى الثقافي، ناقش عدد من المسرحيين والتشكيليين ونقاد السينما الواقع الفني في العراق امس الثلاثاء تحت عنوان (مقومات استنهاض الحركة المسرحية والسينمائية في ظل "التابوات"والتحريم) وتم تقسيم الجلسة إلى ثلاثة محاور (التشكيلي و المسرح والسينما ) وطرحت فيها اوراق العمل متضمنة البحوث والمشاكل والمعالجات.On the other hand, within the hub of artistic activities, a week long cultural, discussed a number of theatrical and plastic film critics and artistic reality in Iraq yesterday, Tuesday, under the title (constituents awaken movement and movie theater in the shadow "Altaboat" interdiction) meeting was divided into three axes (Studio and theater and cinema), and raised the working papers included research The problems and treatments.
كما تم بحث موضوع الفكر والاعلام على طاولات المدى الثقافية، وكان من ضمنها، الضمانات الدستورية والمادية لصيانة حرية الصحافة والاعلام والمعايير والضوابط القانونية لأشغال القضاء العراقي في ضوء التجارب الديمقراطية، ومحور تركز حول تنظيم العمل الصحفي في كردستان العراق في ضوء التشريعات الدولية.It also discussed the matter of thought and media on the long tables cultural, and including, constitutional guarantees and material for the maintenance of freedom of press and information, standards and legal controls to divert Iraqi judiciary in the light of experience of democracy, the center focuses on the organization of journalistic work in Iraqi Kurdistan in the light of international legislation.
Translated version of http://www.almadapaper.com/
Be careful OS, DinarTank will throw a tantrum if you question his pennies theory. http://smileys.on-my-web.com/reposit...ing-baby-1.gif
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Warnings of big inflation because of the continuing rise in fuel prices
05 May 2007
Warnings emerged in Iraq of the economic consequences because of the continued rise in fuel prices made by the government of Nuri al-Maliki, similar to the steps taken by the previous Al-Jaafari government which doubled fuel prices more than 5 times by the end of 2005.
The economic expert in the affairs of planning and economic development, Bataa Al-Kubeisi, said that the Iraqi government continuation in raising fuel prices will lead to a rise in the current inflation rates in Iraqi economy because of the direct impact of the drastic increase in prices on the wages of transportation and therefore the result would be an increase in food prices thus raising the prices of materials in all areas.
At a time when Al-Maliki government brought the price per liter of gasoline to 400 dinars a month ago after raising its price from 250 to 350 dinars under their endeavors to bring it to 750 dinars by the end of this year, the Iraqi Ministry of Planning indicated that the inflation rate in Iraqi economy exceeded 70%.
In case the Iraqi government achieved its aim and brought the price per liter of gasoline to 750 dinars by the end of this year after it was only 20 dinars two years ago (before Al-Jaafari government increased its price from 20 to 250 all at once, promising to grant financial returns to the poor but have not been paid yet) the price of petrol in Iraq will come much closer to the one in the United States and Europe
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Maliki, the Iraqi delegation is due to Iraq from Sharm El-Sheikh
(Voice of Iraq) - 05-05-2007
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Baghdad - (Voices of Iraq)
He said media source in the Cabinet that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and his accompanying delegation returned to Baghdad, today, Saturday, noon, in the wake of their participation made with the International Covenant and the neighboring countries of Iraq, who concluded their work in the Egyptian city of Sharm el-Sheikh yesterday.
The source added News Agency (Voices of Iraq) Independent today, "accompanied Maliki in his participation in numerous conferences of ministers and members of parliament .. As well as the Iraqi mission briefing.
The conference final statement, which stipulates that participants agreed to "reaffirm the sovereignty and territorial integrity and political independence of Iraq and its national unity and Arab and Islamic identity and the inviolability of the Iraqi border internationally recognized commitment to the principle of non-interference in Iraq's internal affairs."
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Flights to transfer currency from the Rafidain Bank to a number of banks
Luna / Baghdad / The Iraqi company for banking services several trips to the transfer of currency to the Rafidain bank branches all over in Baghdad during the third week of April.
The source added that the branches are (Rustumiyyah, Haifa, Liberals, the White Palace, paradise, Khansa, Jerusalem, Al-Mansour, Diyala bridge, in essence, Karradat Maryam, the eastern section, Azwaih, projectors, Hotel Babylon, oil compound, Waziriyah, New Dawn), has moved the company private currency Rashid Bank and its branches, some branches of private banks, adding that the company has several flights outside Baghdad governorate to the Wasit governorate, including three special Rafidain Bank branches in the (Suwayrah, Wasit, the project) and another trip to the Rasheed Bank branch in (Nu'maniyah).
Bing West provides his excellent report on the stabilization of Iraq
This SWJ update is an overview of my trip to Iraq, where I had last visited in February of 2007. The April visit - about my 13th time since 2003 - was my typical month-long trip, focused on the company-level. I accompanied twelve Iraqi and American units in Anbar (Habbineah, Haditha, Ramadi, Saqwaniyah, the Zidon, etc.) and Baghdad (Rusafa, Sadr City, Azamiyiah, Khalidiah, Gaziliah).
While I spoke with senior officers -- General Petraeus, LtGen Odierno and MajGen Gaskin run an open organization that goes out of its way to let a journalist accompany any unit -- they were happy to have me go out and take a look for myself. Appended is a list of those who so generously shared their views.
Below are some observations, with my conclusions under point #18. In a nutshell, for the US to achieve the goal of relative stability in Iraq, by the end of 2007 three battlefield conditions must be met. First, Iraq's predominantly Shiite army must demonstrate a strategy and a momentum against a resumption of Shiite ethnic cleansing in and around Baghdad.
Second, in Anbar the Iraqi army and the predominantly Sunni police must sustain the momentum for eradicating al Qaeda in Iraq. Third, in the rest of the Sunni Triangle, the Iraqi Army must prevent al Qaeda from developing sanctuaries.
Background. Iraq's 26 million traumatized inhabitants have few leaders, are rent by religious and ethnic antagonisms, and are slaughtered and terrified by the Grendel-like monster called al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI). The reasonable timeline for counterinsurgency and nation-building under such conditions is ten to twenty years.
The administration and the Pentagon attempted to complete "full-spectrum counterinsurgency" - i.e., clear, hold and rebuild the key cities - in 2005, transition to Iraqi forces in 2006, and begin leaving in 2007. If accomplished, that would have been the fastest turnaround in history.
In 2006, US troops did indeed fall back into Forward Operating Bases in order to reduce the visibility of Americans. Soldiers on patrol drove to and from the capital in armored humvees, a tactic one colonel said was equivalent "to observing the shoreline through the periscope of a submarine".
The murderous AQI bombing campaign against Shiites, though, provoked ethnic cleansing in and around Baghdad by the Jesh al Mahdi (JAM) militia. Baghdad was slowly falling apart as the violence increased and the American soldiers stood on the sidelines.
In response, President Bush, supported by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, surged five brigades into and around Baghdad, and a new commander, General David Petraeus, implemented a Surge Strategy based on classic counterinsurgency principles. The key was deploying American companies throughout the city in concert with Iraqi police and soldiers. It was back to "clear and hold" again.
The surge is off to a good start. It is, however, based on borrowed forces. The US troops were "borrowed" by a (final?) withdrawal upon the good will of the American electorate, and the Iraqi troops were borrowed from the Kurds and from Anbar, both of which will reclaim them. Thus, at the end of the surge, Baghdad has to maintain stability with fewer American and Iraqi forces.
In Anbar, the unknown is whether the government in Baghdad, especially the Ministry of Interior, will provide the resources to reinforce the unexpected success. In Baghdad, the unknown is whether Jesh al Mahdi (JAM) leaders will resume attacks. On both battle fronts, American rifle companies are the steel rods in concrete that is just beginning to harden.
For the Americans to move out, competent non-sectarian Iraqi security leaders must replace them. The police in Baghdad use most of their manpower at checkpoints and lack the training to respond to persistent attacks. They rarely patrol on foot, are mistrusted with good reason by the Sunnis and viewed skeptically by many of the Shiites.
It is not clear if the Iraqi security forces will be substantially improved in quality within the next year. Time, though, does alter conditions. A habit takes about twelve weeks to develop. Better military habits can be transferred over time from the American to the Iraqi units, and the Ministry of Defense is the least sectarian agency and preaches that its soldiers are Iraqis, not Sunni or Shiite.
The police cannot be entirely discounted, but the army is the more credible defense against a resurgent JAM offensive. The local effectiveness of the army is critically dependent upon the battalion commander and one or two aggressive company commanders.
The Americans on-scene will be able to judge that. They know who the bad apples are that must be replaced. At least one three-star Iraqi general, two division commanders and several battalion commanders have been relieved due to pressure, including giving the details to the press.
2008: How can success be reinforced while numbers decrease? By enhancing the role of the adviser. In Baghdad, The Surge has generated momentum and optimism. Excepting monstrous car bombings, it is likely violence will decrease. What carries beyond The Surge into 2008 is less clear.
In Baghdad, the police, primarily manning checkpoints, will remain distinctly secondary to the Iraqi Army as a stabilizing force. Among Iraqi and US army units, there is wide variation in the number and jointness of the patrols that are the basic tool for securing the population. One advisory team daily leaves the wire, motivating its Iraqi battalion to conduct ten patrols a day. Another team focuses upon staff improvements, and its battalion conducts four patrols a day. One US unit patrols on foot with the Iraqis; another rides in humvees without Iraqis, etc.
The Iraqi army at the battalion level - and many police units - is advancing at an acceptable pace; it is the performance at the national level that is unacceptable. The Shiites govern defensively and reactively, as if they expected to be stripped of their huge majority. Yes, the ministries lack competence due to the dismissal of the Baathists and the flight of the educated class from Iraq.
Lack of capacity, however, can be compensated by the activism of advisers and American logistic skills. Currently, for instance, many advisers pick up and supervise the payrolls of Iraqi battalions and police, fuel is routinely provided when it technically shouldn't be, etc.
As distinct from a lack of capacity, however, there is no means of compensating for determined sectarianism or corrosive obduracy. Iraqi Army officers who do not hesitate to arrest Shiite militia are too frequently relieved of command and shifted to other duties.
It is no secret which ministries and personalities have failed and obstructed too often to be tolerated. Some senior people have to be removed from power. This is the key challenge facing the State Department, requiring remarkable skill, cunning and, above all, a sense of urgency.
Countering an insurgency without the ability to promote the competent and fire the disloyal and the disastrous is an uphill battle.
Based on the talent, candor and experience of our military leaders and strategic staff now assembled, flaws in that strategy should not be a major concern.
And while national-level legislation such as the hydrocarbon law is necessary to provide assurances of national unity and acceptable proportionality of resources, it is not clear legislation will motivate many insurgents and militia to desist.
Imprison the irreconcilables. At the same time, the irreconcilable Sunni insurgents and Shiite militia must be killed or captured. There's a big problem here. The number of insurgents killed is quite low. Iraq, especially Baghdad, is not a shooting war; it's a police war, and police keep order by arrests, not by shootings. But since the scandal of Abu Ghraib, the American military has sought to get out of the arrest business and turn all prisoners over to an Iraqi judicial system that does not exist.
8. Concrete barriers are imperative. The suicide bomber is a long-term terror. Americans tolerate millions of hours of inconvenience daily at airport security checkpoints. Barriers to reduce the bloodshed from murderous bombers should have been erected years ago in Baghdad. That such protection has been limned as an offense to civil rights reflects poorly on the instincts of too many in the press.
Anbar has improved due to years of persistent effort in fighting, an increase in forces and the swing of the tribes. A year ago, the Sunnis in Anbar were in denial, fearing al Qaeda in Iraq, yet hoping to regain the power they had enjoyed under Saddam. For years, I watched American regimental commanders warn the sheiks and local councils that one day the Americans would be gone and al Qaeda would rule, unless they stood up. Now some of the tribes are doing so, and Sunni recruits for the police are standing in line.
Neuter the Ministry of Interior. The Ministry of Interior, with adequate money, will not release the funds to hire more police in Anbar and to reinforce success on the ground. Senior Iraqi leaders are aware of the situation, yet tolerate the inaction. The MoIs prejudice against Sunni Anbar hurts the war effort.
MoI is so dysfunctional that many officers told me it should be neutered as an organization, becoming the paymaster for the provincial governors who would raise and direct the police outside Baghdad, while inside the capital the police would gradually be placed under military supervision.
Greatly increase the Iraqi forces in Anbar. Terror coexists with progress in Anbar. For instance, in Habbineah, I watched a father refused treatment for his son, saying he would be killed if he accepted medical help from the Americans or the Iraqi soldiers. In Haditha, residents who are now secure insisted to me that the irahibin (al Qaeda in Iraq) would return to rout the police, if the Marines left. In Fallujah, city leaders are routinely assassinated and Iraqi forces have stopped patrolling the Pizza Slice/Blackwater Bridge in the trouble-plagued Jolan western end of the city. What is called the Murder and Intimidation (M&I) strategy of AQI is flourishing.
One reason is that Iraqi forces are instinctive raiders who prefer defensive strong points from which they sally forth in large numbers, especially when they have a fixed target. Patrolling in small numbers to hold those neighborhoods where they have no relatives - in other words, securing the population - does not come naturally.
They cannot fight the war the way we do. Yet the more we patrol together, the more they become accustomed to our style, our constraints and our supporting logistics. The solution is not to believe that the ISF will, on their own, patrol like Americans if given another year. Instead, add recruits to the ISF and associates like the tribal forces and let them do what comes naturally: prevail by hugely greater numbers at the point of attack.
In Anbar, for instance, today there are about 18,000 Iraqi and 33,000 Coalition forces. Given the vast distances and an insurgency that numbers over 10,000, several officers suggested a goal of 40,000 Iraqi soldiers and police by the end of 2008. The Marines have so developed their linkages with the tribes that such numbers are credible. Lacking such numbers, these officers implied a need for some highly mobile US battalions launching company-sized operations for years to come.
Iran's influence is malign. Probably in reaction to accepting in 2002 intelligence assessments about Iraq that proved false, the press has bent over backward not to link the central government of Iran with explosive devices, money transfers and Iranian agents active inside Iraq. I was surprised how frequently both Iraqi officials and American officers told me that Iran was in essence waging a proxy war against the US. Whatever the extent of its actual influence over and through the Shiite militias, Iran is widely perceived as a malign influence and the US has found no strategy to compel Iran to desist.
Beware the Thieu syndrome. Congressional expressions that the war is lost are unhelpful, and not just because they encourage the enemy. From 1973 on, the Thieu government lost faith in American support and clammed up. Without American knowledge, Thieu ordered a pullback from the central highlands. This precipitated panic and disaster.
It seems obvious that Mr. Maliki's confidants are bruiting scenarios that consolidate Shiite power and territory, unchallenged by an American rebuttal that explicates the folly of foolish thinking. (Indeed, an explicit narrative in Arabic detailing how and why blood would continue to be shed ought to be circulated widely throughout the Assembly.) By the end of 2007, the United Nations must pass another Security Council resolution approving the Coalition's actions in Iraq. This requires prior negotiations that could be touchy if, like Thieu, Mr. Maliki privately believes he must gain the authority to rearrange sectors to hedge against American withdrawal.
There may, for instance, be a temptation to retrench in Anbar. The danger lies in unintended consequences that ignite a cascade of emotions such as occurred in the first week of April, 2004, when catastrophe was narrowly avoided. The Americans didn't see it coming with Thieu. It would be prudent to examine now Thieu-type precipitate actions by the GoI.
Dedication. I've read about our army being "broken", and certainly much more time at home for the units is deserved. I'm not Pollyannaish; I heard the complaints about the extension, etc. But I was out with enough different units to attest to the energy and mission focus of our soldiers and marines. These are good guys and they understand the strategy Petraeus has laid out. The core of our strength lies in our battalions and at that level it has positively infected the performance of the Iraqi battalions and the local police.
AQI are mean bastards, but they can be broken. That means they have to be put away permanently when caught, or put in the earth.
Standing back. From this trip, five variables struck me.1. The sense of momentum that the surge strategy and leadership have infused into the effort.2. The biggest challenge is at the top level of the Iraqi government, to include the National Assembly. It is very uncertain whether the higher ranks of the Iraqis can rise above the concept that seniority means privilege and can compromise with the Sunnis, when past oppression has been so real and pervasive. If the top persists in passive or active anti-Sunni manifestations, the effort is doomed.3. The persistence of the murder and intimidation campaign. An increase in the number and the certainty of imprisonments is needed. More broadly, given that in Fallujah and elsewhere the numbers of Iraqi forces have not been enough in themselves, a police-based strategy is needed for rooting out the assassins. The root of the dilemma is the American insistence upon strict rules of law that are foreign to the Iraqi culture and have not been supplemented by American detective methods as a substitute for the old Iraqi way of doing business.4. The vast distances versus the modest mobility and sustainability of Iraqi forces favor the mobile insurgent. An identification system - not episodic gestures - is imperative. That way, the mobility and anonymity of the insurgents are limited. Identification, though, also means trust in the ministries of government - a problematic assumption.5. AQI must be beaten psychologically. Both JAM and AQI prey on the weak. They don't fight each other or the Iraqi army. The Iraqis in Special Forces units scorn the AQI and literally chase them down during night raids. The jundi don't express any particular fear of them. Yet AQI has a mystique of ferocity among the people, too many of whom believe AQI zealotry will overwhelm the Iraqi security forces.The Iraqi Army must break that mystique by picking fights, by venturing into areas like the Zidon, by publicly mocking and humiliating the AQI and by smashing it.
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Iraqis jailing innocent Sunnis, U.S. officials say
U.S. officers here are increasingly troubled by the high number of innocent Iraqis being detained and held in some cases for many months by the Iraqi army.
Several officers who serve as advisers to the Iraqis said at least half the people detained by the Iraqi army in Baghdad are innocent.
And the advisers say their close association with the units doing the detaining is placing the Americans on the horns of an ethical dilemma: On one hand, they are forbidden from taking unilateral action in order to free the prisoners; on the other hand, by not freeing innocent detainees being held by their close allies, they feel complicit in what some termed a war crime.
Of the lists that come down from higher, maybe 5 percent are Shia, and even those names may be there only because of the influence of the U.S. advisers at the division level or higher, Johnson added.
The main reason why the Iraqi army is detaining so many people that both U.S. and Iraqi officers are convinced are innocent is that the Iraqi defense and interior ministries are drawing up lists of individuals to be detained and sending them down to brigade and even battalion levels of the Iraqi army, all based on intelligence that is never shared with either Iraqi commanders or their U.S. counterparts, according to American and Iraqi officers.
Between 50 percent and 60 percent of all detainees picked up by the 6th Iraqi Army Division 5th Brigade were detained only because their names were on lists sent down from above division level, Johnson said.
In the old days and now we are the ones who create intelligence according to information we receive from sources, said Capt. Amjad Abbas Hasson, intelligence officer for 3rd Battalion, 5th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division.
Back in the day the orders were to investigate the targets, Amjad added. Now its always detain, never investigate.
I understand the concern, said a senior U.S. Army official in Baghdad. I share the same concern. ... Believe me, I fight this every week.
The murkiness of the system and the fact that the target lists are overwhelmingly made up of Sunni Muslims has led many U.S. and Iraqi officers to suspect that sectarian bias in Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Malikis Shia-dominated government is driving the process.
The senior U.S. Army official said he had boycotted a joint targeting meeting with Iraqi generals three months ago because for two weeks running the Iraqis had presented target lists made up entirely of Sunnis.The U.S. official said that when he had told the Iraqis, Youve got to have some balance, they replied that all the terrorists are Sunnis.
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Hundreds of Jordanians eager to become suicide bombers to kill Shia in Iraq
Abu Ibrahim considers his dead friends the lucky ones. Four died in Iraq in 2005. Three more died this year, one with an explosives vest and another at the wheel of a bomb-laden truck, according to relatives and community leaders.
Abu Ibrahim, a lanky 24-year-old, was on the same mission when he left this bleak city north of Amman for Iraq last October. But he made it only as far as the border before he was arrested, and is now back home in a world he thought he had left for good biding his time, he said, for another chance to hurl himself into martyrdom.
I am happy for them but I cry for myself because I couldnt do it yet, said Abu Ibrahim, who uses this name as a nom de guerre. I want to spread the roots of God on this earth and free the land of occupiers.
I dont love anything in this world. What I care about is fighting.
Zarqa has been known as a cradle of Islamic militancy since the beginning of the war in Iraq. It was the home of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of the insurgent group Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia, who was killed last summer. Today it is a breeding ground for would-be jihadists like Abu Ibrahim and five of his friends who left about the same time last fall, bound for Iraq.
Interviews with Abu Ibrahim and relatives of the other men show that rather than having been individually recruited by an organization like Mr. Zarqawis, they gradually radicalized one another, the more strident leading the way. Local imams led them further toward Iraq, citing verses from the Koran to justify killing civilians. The men watched videos depicting tortured and slain Muslims that are copied from Internet sites.
The sheik, he was a hero, Abu Ibrahim said of Mr. Zarqawi. But, he added, I decided to go when my friends went. For the final step, getting the phone number of a smuggler and address of a safe house in Iraq, the men used facilitators who act more like travel agents than militant leaders.
The anger is palpable on the streets of Zarqa. Hes American? Lets kidnap and kill him, one Islamist activist said during an interview with a reporter before the host of the meeting dissuaded him.
The stories of the men from Zarqa help explain the seemingly endless supply of suicide bombers in Iraq, most of whom are believed to be foreigners. Suicide bombings in Iraq are averaging roughly 42 a month, American military officials said.
The anger among militants in Zarqa, a mostly Sunni city, is now directed at Shiites as much as Americans, reflecting the escalation in hostility between the two branches of Islam since Shiites gained dominance in the new Iraqi government. They have traditions that are un-Islamic and they hate the Sunnis, said Ahmad Khalil Abdelaziz Salah, an imam whose mosque in Zarqa was attended by some of Zarqas bombers.
Asked to name his targets, Abu Ibrahim said: First, the Shiites. Second, the Americans. Third, anywhere in the world where Islam is threatened.
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Last weekend a traffic jam several miles long snaked out of the Mansour district in western Baghdad. The delay stemmed not from a car bomb closing the road but from a queue to enter the city's central amusement park. The line became so long some families left their cars and walked to enjoy picnics, fairground rides and soccer, the Iraqi national obsession.
Across the city, restaurants are slowly filling and shops are reopening. The streets are busy. Iraqis are not cowering indoors. The appalling death tolls from suicide attacks are often high because of crowding at markets. These days you are as likely to hear complaints about traffic congestion as about the security situation. Across Baghdad there is a cacophony of sirens from ambulances, firefighters and police providing public services. You cannot even escape the curse of traffic wardens ticketing illegally parked cars.
These small but significant snippets of normality are overshadowed by acts of gross violence, which fuel the opinion of some that Iraq is in a downward spiral. The Iraqi people are indeed suffering tremendous hardships and making grave sacrifices -- but daily life goes on for 7 million Baghdadis struggling to take back their capital and country.
Today, at an international summit on the future of Iraq in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, my government will ask the international community to maintain its engagement in our country to help us achieve our goals of security and stability. We recognize that our request conflicts with a plethora of voices decrying the situation in Iraq and those in the British and American publics who seek an expeditious withdrawal from a war they claim is all but lost.
So why should the world remain engaged in Iraq?
There is no denying the difficulties Iraq faces, and no amount of good news can obscure the demons of terrorism and sectarianism that have risen in my country. But there is too much at stake to risk failure, and everything to gain by helping us protect our hard-won democratic achievements and emerge as a stable, self-sustaining country.
We remain determined in spite of our losses. Spectacular attacks may dominate foreign headlines, but they cannot change the reality that Iraq has made steady political, economic and social progress over the past four years. We continue to strengthen our nascent democratic institutions, pursue national reconciliation and expand Iraqi security forces. The Baghdad security plan was conceived to give us breathing space to expedite political and economic development by "securing and holding" neighborhoods across the capital. There is no quick fix, but there have been real results: Winning public confidence has led to a spike in intelligence, a disruption of terrorist networks and the capture of key leaders, as well as the discovery of weapons caches. In Anbar province, Sunni sheikhs and insurgents have turned against al-Qaeda and to the side of Iraqi security forces. This would have been unthinkable even six months ago.
Contrary to popular belief, most government ministries are located outside the Green Zone, and employees drive to work every day despite death threats and attacks on colleagues and families. We government ministers are always at risk of assassination. When a suicide bomber attacked parliament last month, the legislators sat in defiance in an extraordinary session the following day. I am particularly inspired by the commitment of the young diplomats in the Foreign Ministry, a diverse mix of Sunni, Shiite, Christian, Arab and Kurdish men and women who serve their country without subscribing to religious or sectarian divisions.
Iraqis are standing up every day, and we persevere because there is no other option. We will not surrender our country to terrorists. They have failed to cripple the elected government, and they have failed to intimidate us into submission. Iraqis reject their vision of a future whose hallmarks are bloodshed and hatred.
Those calling for withdrawal may think it is the least painful option, but its benefits would be short-lived. The fate of the region and the world is linked with ours. Leaving a broken Iraq in the Middle East would offer international terrorism a haven and ensure a legacy of chaos for future generations. Furthermore, the sacrifices of all the young men and women who stood up here would have been in vain.
Iraqis, for all our determination and courage, cannot succeed alone. We need a healthy and supportive regional environment. We will not allow our country to be a battleground for settling scores in regional and international conflicts that adversely affect stability inside our borders. Only with continued international commitment and deeper engagement from our neighbors can we establish a stable democratic, federal and united Iraq. The world should not abandon us.
The writer is foreign minister of Iraq.
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This is taken from an Iraqi Forum I frequent....
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Another genuis comes up with a "new" plan for Iraq. http://www.iraq4u.com/forum/image/s8.gif
WASHINGTON, May 2 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Joe Biden has reintroduced his decentralization plan to effectively partition Iraq into three distinct regions.
Biden, D-Del., the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the U.S. Senate, drew up a plan that envisioned dividing Iraq into three distinct Kurd, Sunni and Shiite regions. He introduced the plan last year, but on Tuesday he called for a second look at the proposal.
"One year ago today, Les Gelb (the president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations) and I announced our plan for a way forward in Iraq. And one year later -- with the administration's flawed policy leading us nowhere and today's news that April is the deadliest month this year -- our plan becomes more urgent every day," Biden said in a statement.
Biden's plan calls for the three main groups in Iraq to have regional autonomy while a central government manages common interests such as border security and distribution of oil revenues.
"The Bush administration still believes that Iraqis will rally to a strong, democratic central government that treats everyone equitably. ... But there is no trust within the government, no trust of the government by the people and no capacity by the government to deliver security and services," Biden said.
The Biden plan may fuel the violence, however, because it provides incentive to continue or even accelerate the sectarian killing. In the process of drawing the regional borders, sectarian militias would have every incentive to use ethnic cleansing to create a majority of their sect in order to be included in one region or another.
Meanwhile, violence in Iraq is creating a de facto situation similar in some ways to the Biden plan. Sectarian militias are carving out spheres of influence that tend to fall within the boundaries of their respective regions.
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Rice Presses Maliki on Eve Of Conference on Iraq Aid
By Karen DeYoung
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, May 3, 2007; A13
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, May 2 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki here Wednesday that he needs to work harder to convince Iraq's Arab neighbors of his commitment to heal sectarian divides and ensure more participation by minority Sunnis, as she redoubles her efforts to persuade those governments to be more understanding and supportive of Iraq.
On the eve of an international conference the Bush administration hopes will lead to increased financial and political backing from the region for Baghdad, Rice told Maliki in a 90-minute meeting that "progress has to take place as rapidly as possible" toward political reconciliation among Iraq's ethnic and religious groups, a senior administration official said.
For their part, the official said, Arab governments need to show more appreciation of the problems Maliki faces and the progress, however slow, he has made. Iraq's Sunni Arab neighbors, including Saudi Arabia, do not understand "what's really happening in Iraq," he said.
The official, who briefed reporters after attending the Rice-Maliki meeting, said that negative Arab views of Maliki's Shiite-dominated government are skewed by a fixation on the Sunni-Shiite divide, based on information from "interested parties" inside Iraq.
While the administration shares their concerns about Sunni minority rights and Shiite Iran's growing influence in Baghdad, he said, the answer "is not exclusion, passivity and ostracization of Iraq" by its neighbors.
The comments highlighted what has become a significant challenge for U.S. efforts to prop up the Maliki government, as growing sectarian violence in Iraq deepens ethnic divides and suspicions throughout the Middle East.
Much of the attention surrounding the two-day gathering of nearly 60 governments has focused on whether Rice will meet with her counterparts from Syria and Iran, who are also attending. Rice said early Wednesday that she "wouldn't rule out" a meeting with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem.
The Bush administration downgraded relations with Damascus in early 2005 after Syria's alleged complicity in the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri. Washington has accused Syria of supporting foreign terrorist groups and allowing foreign fighters and suicide bombers to cross its border into Iraq.
A bilateral meeting with either Moualem or Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki would mark a sharp change in policy for the administration, which has accused Tehran of training and sending weapons to Shiite militias in Iraq. Last month, the White House sharply criticized House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for visiting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, saying Syria had shown no interest in stopping its support of terrorists.
Syria will also figure in an informal meeting Friday, on the sidelines of the Iraq conference, to be held by Rice and envoys from other major powers involved in finding a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Rice was less optimistic about substantive talks with Mottaki, saying it was "probably better not to speculate on whether this will happen." While she said she was a "polite person" and would not turn away from an encounter with Mottaki, "we're not seeking a bilateral session."
U.S. officials have said they have received indirect messages recently from the Iranian government that Mottaki is not a senior player in Tehran and could not speak for the country's religious leaders.
Both Syria and Iran have denied U.S. allegations of aiding insurgents and militias in Iraq and have called for U.S. military forces to withdraw.
This week's gathering of foreign ministers, following a preparatory "neighbors conference" in Baghdad in March, is the beginning of a lengthy process, Rice said. "The most important message I'll be delivering is that a stable, unified and democratic Iraq is an Iraq that will be a pillar of stability in the Middle East," she said. "The region has everything at stake here. Iraq's neighbors have everything at stake here."
On Thursday, senior officials from 60 governments and organizations, including 30 foreign ministers from the Middle East, Europe and Asia, will meet to approve an Iraq compact, under which Iraq is to pledge to undertake specific economic reforms over the next five years in exchange for debt relief and foreign aid.
While some countries have balked at requests to cancel all of Iraq's foreign debt, U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Robert M. Kimmitt, who is attending the meeting, said it was "fair to say there will be billions of dollars, both in new assistance and in debt relief," pledged at the meeting.
The administration insists it is pushing Maliki to move faster toward national unity across sectarian lines, pressing for faster progress on constitutional reform and a legal framework to equitably divide Iraq's oil revenue. But it argues that the Arabs, led by Saudi Arabia, are risking the very outcome they fear -- all-out civil war in Iraq and increased Iranian influence -- by failing to credit Maliki for some progress and withholding full backing for his government.
The Iraqis, the senior official said, need "basic legitimization, validation from their Arab neighbors that there is a new Iraq, a post-Saddamist, post-Baathist Iraq, whatever its problems, challenges and difficulties."
The administration also has grown exasperated with the Arabs, and would like them to use their influence to persuade Sunnis who have taken up arms against the government and U.S. military forces to instead join the political process.
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Maliki using Saddam-era law to block corruption probes
The office of Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has used a Saddam Hussein-era law to halt dozens of corruption-related probes of government ministries, a US auditor's report said Monday.
The report by the special inspector general for Iraq Stuart Bowen, said Iraq's Commission on Public Integrity (CPI) estimates the cost of corruption at around five billion dollars a year.
"The Prime Minister's Office has ordered CPI not to refer to any investigative court any case involving a minister or former minister without prior approval of the Prime Minister," Bowen's quarterly report to Congress said.
In doing so, the prime minister has invoked a law originally enacted in 1971 that requires that the minister of an affected agency's give permission for a corruption case to go to trial.
The law was originally intended to be applied after an investigation by an investigative judge, but is now being used to stop investigations before an investigative judge has decided whether to bring a case to trial, the report said.
A review of corruption-related cases by the Iraq Reconstruction Management Office "showed that ministers have stopped prosecution and investigations on 48 cases involving 102 individuals under Article 136B."
The report added that some observers believe that the law was "a necessary check to an anticorruption effort that has become politicized."
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i thought I had gone back far enough, but on another site i read that a robbery had occured in Iraq. stolen 184 million dinar. fact or crap
but i read where some of the countries have told them they gotta do something to recover economically on their own before they will grant the debt relief. so, they might not get all the debt relief UNLESS they do somethin to recover economically and we all know they have raised interest rates enough that it hasnt helped enough. only one option at this point, painted into the corner. they want debt relief and wont rv til they get it but countries wont give it until they rv. standoff? i think not!! :woohoo:
It's fact...
The theft of 184 million dinars in the armed robbery downtown Baghdad
Baghdad - (Voices of Iraq)
Iraqi Police said that unknown gunmen stole Sunday amount (184) million dinars, in the armed robbery at a bus transporting the salaries of a government circles downtown Baghdad.
A security source stated that unknown armed men "attacked noon bus was carrying the salaries of a service of the Ministry of Culture, having received from the Bank Street (Al) downtown Baghdad." He added : "The gunmen stole amount, and the ability of (184) million dinars ($ 138 thousand), and fled to an unknown destination."
The region (Al) regions task commercial center of the capital, where many checkpoints .. Terms of sensitive government departments, as well as hotels mission in Baghdad, which is often frequented by Arab and foreign journalists. This incident was the first in that region since the Iraqi government to implement its security plan called (a law) mid last February, in Baghdad and a number of Iraqi cities
Legislative debate on the possibility and feasibility of re-work service
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Legislative debate on the possibility and feasibility of reintroducing compulsory military service
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Arena has been since the days of legislative debates on the ongoing viability and feasibility of reintroducing compulsory military service and inclusion in the Constitution paragraph in this regard.
In this context, spokesman for the Iraqi Accord Front Dr. Salim Abdullah Jabouri, yesterday, Saturday, : that the House was discussing the compulsory service and included in the Iraqi constitution, denied one of the members of the committee for reconsidering the constitution in parliament this.
He added that the target of a number of members of the House suggested the mandatory military service in Iraq and included in the Constitution in the context of the paragraph on building the Iraqi armed forces.
He said it was necessary legislation includes compulsory service law, even if a few of this service, explaining that the criteria ages and birth do not discriminate between national and religious affiliations.
He pointed out that the target of this call reflects the citizenship real contribution to everyone in the armed forces.
On his part, MP Abbas Al-Bayati of the coalition consolidated and member of the Committee to reconsider the constitution in the Parliament that the Constitutional Commission has not yet received an invitation or request contains the compulsory service, and that the constitutional article in the Iraqi constitution confirms that the service of science must be included in the law.
Bayati added that these invitations need to enact a law in the House, and there are several views in this regard; but that no national consensus around it.
He explained Bayati We want to give our young people a "Code" and "reliable" to be built not to carry weapons, and we want a professional army and a strong professional protects Iraq's borders ..".And this is the nature of democracy and advanced to where no conscription, because conscription broke three generations of young people in the "deadly warfare."
He pointed out that the national consensus on this issue must be politically and legally crystallized in the House of Representatives.
The compulsory service has begun the first time in Iraq in 1936 and was required by the total of eighteen years of age the so-called duty of serving the flag for a period of four months during which charged service receive basic training in one of the units of the Iraqi army. This service has seen an increase in a period of 18 months until the increasing According to the conditions of war and peace in Iraq.
The canceled this service with the American forces entered Iraq on the 9th of April 2003 dissolution of the Iraqi army before.
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Great optimism outcome of Sharm El-Sheikh to take confirm
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Great optimism outcome of Sharm El-Sheikh confirmation to take practical steps to apply .. Citizens : Iraq needs to be a national covenant before the Internationalhttp://www.almadapaper.com/sitepicture/937-2.jpgBaghdad-reaching and agencies
A number of members of the House Saturday, the need to translate the decisions of both the Sharm el-Sheikh on Iraq to the practical reality and real application even caress the Iraqi street fact those decisions.
He had been held in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt on Iraq, one of two International Covenant on which it is launching a document that name to support Iraq financially and politically and the other neighboring countries to help stabilize the situation in Iraq. He said Abbas Bayati MP from the United Iraqi Alliance decisions of the conference "a big step on the political and economic levels is to extract a confession stable political process and support government projects in the fight against terrorism and to disarm the militias and reconstruction."
"Summarizing the results of the two-Bayati on three areas : the economy, security and refugees, and said, "economically the government got promises for debt reduction and the provision of grants, loans and technical assistance .. This promises a good needs to be followed up, and reflected on the situation of Iraq's economy. "
"There is a security agreement and the Arab regional states to support a plan to impose law and will unify regional and international support for national reconciliation."
With regard to immigrants, he said : Sttatef participating States with the humanitarian situation for a certain period and for a while to enable the government to impose law and control of the situation. "
It was Hamid Majid Moussa, deputy Iraqi National List that the decisions reached by the Sharm el-Sheikh "requires perseverance and effort and work to be applied on the ground." He said "good results, and could if they were applied with seriousness and commitment to full fruition on the positives of concrete on the security situation and economic development.".
"Musa promised that the Sharm El-Sheikh differs from the rest of the conferences held for Iraq as it "reflects the strong concerned on Iraq to take positive steps"
For his part, Abdel-Khaleq Zankenh pregnancy, the deputy in the coalition of Kurdistan, the Iraqi government and the regional and international parties to work for the success resulting from the decisions, and said "the parties regional and international commitment not to interfere in Iraqi affairs and to support the government and expect them not reflect differences on the Iraqi arena, because we have enough disasters and tribulations ... the crisis in Iraq is a regional crisis, international and domestic. "
Promised Zankenh, who belongs to the second largest parliamentary bloc, said that the conference is generally in favor of supporting Iraq and said, "is a step forward and a success for the Iraqi diplomacy. "Afterthought" But Maehem Iraqi citizen practical reality, these conferences end with a series of recommendations and decisions take some way to implement some expected lifting of debt and launch Grants, decisions awaiting for a long time. "
For his part, preferred Harith Obeidi, the deputy in the Iraqi Accord Front waiting and waiting to be taken by the parties that participated in the practical and positive steps in the Iraqi arena to a successful conference. Obeidi, who belongs to the third largest parliamentary bloc "look each conference involving international parties function of weight on the scene and the Arab League, and hopes to build on activating the findings of the conferees said that the lesson not only in putting in the conference or decisions but in practical implementation."
The Obeidi "the importance of the constitutional amendments, and to disarm militias without integration in the state's institutions of the fact that their loyalty to the party.
The leadership in Kurdistan Alliance Mahmoud Othman issuance of a document of the International Conference on Sharm el-Sheikh, and considered an international document is very important, stressing that the problem does not lie in the issuance of this document, which intensified international support for Iraq to get out of its current crisis, but a lesson in the implementation.
And across Othman said he believed that if the Iraqi government to obtain international and regional support to get out of their present plight, it should change its policy radically, especially for the achievement of national reconciliation, ending sectarian violence, and disarming the militias.
The heart of Dr. Salim and Minister of Human Rights in Iraq on the sidelines of the meetings of the International Covenant and the Iraqi neighboring conferees that the results were positive and fruitful because it is in the plan to bolster security and stability and to support Iraqi economy.
Salim pointed out that several paragraphs dealt with a document relating to the International Covenant on Human Rights, in support of human rights and work to protect and uphold the rule of law and overcome the heavy legacy of the past.
A member of the Chamber of Deputies and leader Accord Front Adnan Al-Dulaimi that the outcome of the International Covenant, includes positive points are in the interest of Iraq, but we fear wary of the non-application of these resolutions. Al-Dulaimi and expressed the hope that "the credibility of the parties concerned to implement the decisions of the Sharm el-Sheikh summit, but if the mere rhetorical speeches delivered by the participants and then went home, they will be added to a series of previous conferences did not exceed its media." He explained : "The most important thing in this matter is the project of national reconciliation.
In the poll of the views of citizens including emerged from the conferences, he said Samurai "Can we to judge the results of the International Conference on neighboring Iraq held in Sharm el-Sheikh once a funeral announcement through the media, surely there has not been announced, and that the conference, good for the real results of the conference would be clearer and more accurate after giving concerned who participated in the conference, which committed to those pledges, a reasonable period of time to implement what was decided at the conference, and then we can say that the conference was good and successful. "
And across the Samurai believed that the "most important thing in the conference is what the majority of participants said that the solution lies in the hands of the Iraqis and there must be a national covenant before the International Covenant."
With finds Raed Mohammad, "two step Sharm el-Sheikh was unfortunately late, and was supposed to declare the Arab States and the neighboring countries of Iraq and other countries interested in the Iraqi support of Iraq since 2003, although these pledges made at that time, what has befallen Iraq injury."
He says Haider Institini "There is no doubt that such an international conference may achieve something on the security front, Personally, I am counting on you to a lengthy meetings and individually or collectively to the neighboring countries of Iraq with the American delegation, to believe that the security problem related to the neighboring countries of Iraq to some of the armed groups causing lawlessness.
"He says the Sudanese "all Iraqis want quick and successful solutions to the crises plaguing Iraq, particularly the security had not been solved so far because of regional interventions, due to the insistence of armed groups to achieve its goals in Iraq."
Sudanese adds that "the results of the international conference in Sharm el-Sheikh all point to the support of Iraq, government and people, and this means that the positive results of the conference will affect the situation in Iraq as positive if this support."
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President of the Kurdistan : there is no room for compromise or negotiation on
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President of the Kurdistan : there is no room for compromise or negotiation on the historic character of Kirkuk
PUKmedia : Chairman of the Kurdistan Mr. Masoud Barzani that Kirkuk is an Iraqi city-a Kurdistani identity, no room for compromise or negotiation of this historic nature, as we have always stated, the Iraqi constitution to resolve the controversy over this vital, in Article 140, and take measures to be applied politically.And Barzani told the Saudi newspaper town : that the only acceptable solution passes through the full normalization, the return of Kirkuk to what it was before the forced change and population affected, and a democratic referendum for the self-determination of peoples, that the referendum is the deciding factor.
What will be determined by the population of Kirkuk is our full and will not apply another option acceptable to us, we do not want Kirkuk to the city of coexistence and brotherhood among citizens, and visit the cities of Kurdistan, will see that all components coexisting in Kirkuk live brotherly love and harmony and equal.
As for the Kurds from the Iraqi crisis is worsening head of the Kurdistan We Iraq with a democratic, pluralistic and federal system, and we will make every effort to help others to get rid of this problem, and we are against regional and foreign intervention, but we know that the withdrawal of American forces now Seardhna of the largest catastrophe in the history of Iraq since the civil war raging their withdrawal will begin immediately.
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Skinner : Sharm El-Sheikh conference stressed rejected all of the failure
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Skinner : Sharm El-Sheikh conference stressed rejected everyone for the failure in Iraq
CAIRO-Russian : The spokesman for the Iraqi government to Skinner that the most important characteristic of both Sharm El-Sheikh on Iraq from the rest of the previous conferences, they contained a general feeling of all the participants reject the failure in Iraq and the need to resolve the Iraqi crisis and the eradication of terrorism Prime Minister said "what distinguishes the two Sharm el-Sheikh is a general feeling among the countries of the region that failure in Iraq is unacceptable; because Iraq is subject to the threat of terrorist groups want a disservice not only Iraq but the entire area. "She added that this fact became aware years to everyone that there must be sought to resolve the problem in Iraq and resolving the issue of terrorism
With regard to the scheduling of the withdrawal of foreign forces from Iraq, Skinner stressed that the withdrawal is the Iraqi government to decide troop withdrawal from the lack pointing out that the foreign forces exist decision of the Iraqi government and to international jobs. Observers believe widespread, that the neighboring countries expanded ended "without achieving results "She decisive This is the 18th conference to be held on Iraq since the coalition forces invaded the leadership of the United States in ,2003 But divisions between the main actors in this case are still deep
They said that words were wonderful, but unfortunately they did not reflect the reality of Iraq, which seems on the brink of disintegration during the meeting of Prime Minister al-Maliki said that Iraq demands the neighboring countries to stop the flow of "terrorists" into its territory she also believes that most Arab-Maliki sectarian policies constitute one of the fundamental reasons behind the escalation of violence she also seems that the Saudi Foreign Minister, Saud al-Faisal was responding directly to the Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said, "when everyone calls Iraqi people and the government to live up to the historic and moral responsibility to preserve the unity and independence and the sovereignty of Iraq and the Arab-Islamic identity," she said Faisal and the importance of the national reconciliation advocated by the closing statement of the conference all Iraqis, saying that it should not miss the opportunity, which must be reconciliation conference coincides with the security plan for Baghdad to take prompt and effective steps to eliminate violence and disarm the militias
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Iraqi political blocs differ about the recommendations of the neighborly
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Iraqi political blocs differ about the recommendations of the Iraqi neighboring and the International Covenant
Coalition : a road map> compatibility : crossroads> Iraq : some positive and negative impact
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Opinions varied political blocs about the recommendations made by a conference of the International and the Iraqi neighboring states, who concluded their work in Sharm el-Sheikh the day before yesterday. While described bloc United Iraqi Alliance recommendations of the positive and it serves the interest of the stability of Iraq and the region, linked the success of the Iraqi Accord Front Conferences Iraqi government's ability to implement the recommendations of the conferences, and the Iraqi National List felt that the conditions imposed significant on the Iraqi government, and questioned the government's ability to fulfill their obligations. The recommendations of the Iraqi neighboring attended by representatives of the United Nations, the European Union and the Arab League and the Islamic Action Organization, to preserve the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Iraq, also called for the preservation of political independence and national unity of Iraq, as well as the Arab and Islamic identity. Iraq also got to reduce the debt, as well as grants and loans to support economic and start in the reconstruction. Only those States linked its support for Iraq's obligations to the Iraqi government implemented; disbanding the militias, such as the Security Council and move forward a draft national reconciliation and review the constitution and the law abolishing the Baath Party. Abbas Bayati prominent member bloc, the United Iraqi Alliance (Shiite bloc), the conferees forward to support the Iraqi government and the political process, said in an telephone conversation with Middle East said that the recommendations that came out Conferences positive, and that it reflected sensors everyone that stability in Iraq would, in the interest of stability in the region and exacerbate the crisis would befall the region leveled negative . Bayati said that the Iraqi government got international support, which will be positively reflected on the Iraqi political reconciliation. Bayati described the recommendations as road map common between the Iraqi government and the United Nations needs to mutual cooperation between the two parties to achieve what the Iraqi government to fulfill the obligations and implications of the Iraqi government.
Meanwhile, Harith al-Ubaydi member of the Iraqi Accord Front, the largest Sunni bloc in the parliament, said that important at this conference is implementation of the recommendations, said Obeidi told Middle East in a telephone call from Baghdad that important decisions, we want to see on the ground is reached, said Obeidi that these conferences crossroads methods . He added that the government did not investigate the aspirations of the Iraqi people and the political parties through the recommendations, the government reconsider all calculations. For its part, the deputy high Nassif Jassem the existing Iraqi national conferences that some of the results have been positive and the other negative. She said that the positive results were Iraq to get economic aid, as well as to reduce part of its debt owed to the international community. But they promised not to get a meeting between Iranian and American delegations on the sidelines of the Iraqi neighboring, from negative points. Jassim added in a dialogue with Middle East on the phone from Baghdad we aspire access to a meeting between American Secretary of State, and the Iranian delegation .. We hope that this meeting to settle accounts between them and thus bring about security in Iraq , adding that we would get political consensus between the United States and Syria on one hand and between them and Iran on the other hand to prevent the leakage of weapons and armed groups in Iraq.
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ok, this is dated the 2nd so by sharistanis own words it went to parliament before the conference even started. and the kurds were happy when it went so those other stories since then have been smoke and mirrors.
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The government of Iraq sent oil new law to Parliament
02 / 05 / 2007
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi government sent a bill to parliament in the oil major step towards fulfilling one of the political criteria set by Washington to Baghdad.
The declaration of the Iraqi Oil Minister Hussein Shahrastani Wednesday, the eve of a major conference in Egypt exploring the major industrial powers and Iraq's neighbors how to achieve stability in Iraq and seeking to implement reforms in return for reconstruction.
The draft law is to regulate the distribution of Iraq's vast oil wealth on sectarian and ethnic groups in the country.
The government had approved the bill in February last and was praised by the then Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki as Shiite pillars of the unity of Iraq. But the differences between the central government and the government of Kurdistan region rich in oil, which enjoyed autonomy in the north of the country on the control of the third largest oil reserves in the world disrupted send Act of Parliament.
And pressed President George W. Bush on Maliki to approve agreements on the division of power to help alleviate violence in the country. And Bush had used the veto on Tuesday against legislation sponsored by Democrats that would set a date for the withdrawal of American forces from Iraq.
After Bush described such a timetable Tuesday Alastana unwieldy, the American army announced on Wednesday the arrival of approximately 4000 additional troops to Iraq under the "increase" in the forces led by the White House, which are seen as the latest attempt to avoid all-out civil war between Shiites and Sunnis.
He Shahrastani told reporters in Saudi Arabia hoped to be approved oil bill by the end of May this month.
Shahrastani said that the bill was sent to Parliament now that the political blocs agreed to work together for approval end of the month.
He added that the government of the Kurdistan is not opposed to the bill but very happy done.
It was not possible to obtain an immediate comment from Kurdish officials who said earlier that supplements of the law were unconstitutional because they tend to control the oil fields of regional governments and placed under the control of a government company.
But Haider Abadi, Deputy Chairman of the economy and investment People said to Reuters that the Parliament had not received the bill yet. He expected that the council of ministers will meet on Thursday to send the draft law to Parliament. and who is he??
In addition to the oil include standards set by Washington to retreat from Iraq to prevent former members of the Iraqi Baath party from assuming positions significantly, amending the constitution and calling for elections of the provincial assemblies.
The United States hopes that supports those standards reconciliation and attract Sunni Arabs to participate in the political process and away from armed operations.
Because most of Iraq's oil reserves in areas controlled by Kurds in the north and Shiites in the south is the equitable distribution of wealth in oil revenues Iraq is the key to reducing the violence that resulted in the deaths of tens of thousands of Iraqis and more than 3300 American troops since the invasion led by the United States in 2003.
Naturally, those standards American agenda during the conference Thursday in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on the Red Sea port where it is expected to endorse the 60 States (International Charter for the sake of Iraq), a plan to be implemented over five years to provide foreign support in return for reforms.
The highlight of the talks held Thursday and Friday in order to contain the violence in Iraq and to prevent its spread to the region will be meeting on the margin between the American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her Iranian counterpart Manouchehr Mottaki.
Washington accuses Iran leveled violence in Iraq, which Tehran denied.
Rice said to reporters en route to attend the conference "on Iraq's neighbors take the risk ... Iraq is the center of the Middle East that is stable or unstable Middle East. Hence all of us organize our way contribute to the achievement of stability. "
"Let us not pass guesses exaggerated (for the meeting). Take remove doubts in the region for some time. "
In Baghdad, Saleh Al-Ojaili spokesman for the parliamentary bloc of the extremist Shiite cleric opposed to the United States Moqtada Sadr said that 133 deputies from among 150 Iraqis were present on Wednesday parliament, which includes 275 members signed the non-binding memorandum sponsored Sadr demanded determining a timetable for the withdrawal of American forces.
The Al-Maliki said that he will be for the American forces to stay until the Iraqi army and police are ready to take over security. Some deputies said that they had signed a memorandum of chest after adding a clause stating that he should not be for the American forces to leave, as long as the Iraqis are not ready.
(Participated in the unlawful Villelabeitia coverage from Baghdad Su Blemenge from Washington and Jonathan Wright in Cairo)
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Minister Naimi .. Political situation in Iraq affect the world oil market
02 / 05 / 2007
Riyadh-5-2 (KUNA) -- The Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Ali Naimi, the Saudi political situation in Iraq had a negative impact in the use of non-petroleum energy stressing that the current world production does not suffer from a shortage appropriate to meet demand in the international oil market.
The Minister Naimi, in a joint press conference with Minister of Economy, Trade and industrial resources Japanese Akira Amari expressed the hope that Iraq enjoy stability so as to benefit from the global market in the huge reserve of oil and gas, to return once again to raise production capacity He referred in this respect to the anticipated Iraqi Oil Minister raising productivity to six million barrels per day by 2015.
He explained that the round table forum for the Asian continent which concluded here today discussed a number of important issues relating to investment in the field of energy and secure energy supply for producers and consumers, as well as discuss energy alternatives and energy conservation and rationalization of consumption, especially for consumers.
It was announced that Saudi Arabia is planning to raise oil production to 5 million barrels a 12 t the end of 2009 in light of plans to study the need to raise productivity to this level.
For his part, the Japanese minister of the parties participating in the Conference on the reduction of oil prices in order not to adversely affect the global economy and cooperation to fill the shortage in the event of emergency and find a formula for joint cooperative face obstacles in the energy supply.
He revealed his plans to meet the emergency in the event of shortage of energy supplies based on the storage of crude oil, despite differences about its impact on oil prices, in addition to the use of organic chemistry alternative energy, taking into account their environmental impacts.
He said that the meeting focused on energy investments and the need to maintain price stability and to encourage dialogue and promote the concept of the common interests between producers and consumers to agree on appropriate prices in the oil market.
The ministers of oil in the Asian continent have concluded today in Riyadh work second round-table meeting, which brings together producers and consumers in order to promote dialogue between the two parties so as to achieve common interests on the preservation of a stable energy supply and to maintain appropriate prices for oil.
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Second Iraqi Forum for businessmen begin its work in Amman
05 / 05 / 2007
Second Iraqi Forum for businessmen begin its work in Amman
Beginning next Monday in Amman Activities Forum's second Iraqi businessmen organized by the Conference
Trade and Industry Iraqi-US companies big Iraqi and Iraqi businessmen with about 100 companies.
The statement of the chamber that 15 Jordanian company working in the fields of industry, trade, construction, transport, banking and fixtures
Medical and food industries and plastic industries will participate in the activities of the Forum.
Before the sidelines of the Forum reconstruction projects and projects and investment opportunities currently available in Iraq
For investors and Arab businessmen and foreigners
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Differences between various Iraqi parties of the outcomes
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Varied reactions parties and parliamentary blocs Iraqi decisions of the Sharm el-Sheikh summit, which concluded Friday, and considered bloc Alliance successful by all standards and came in to support the government Al-Maliki, but the Accord Front, led by Adnan Al Dulaimi, said that the items requiring Iraq be difficult to achieve, said one Parliamentarians Conference oratory festival is not needed one substance .
He said the leadership of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution, the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the House Humam Hamoudi told life that the presence of a large number of countries of the world represents a successful record in favor of the Iraqi diplomatic after Iraq had managed to collect various parties to one table, which reflects the desire of the participants to find solutions seriousness of the situation Iraqi . He pointed out that the full backing of the efforts of the present government at both the political and security the most important outcome of the Conference.
But Sunni Accord Front urged political entities to review many of the pending files within them, and called in a statement issued yesterday to respect the covenants and political commitments and negotiate on the contentious issues between the political blocs to achieve International Covenant committed to by the Iraqi government, otherwise the Front taught many the hard political choices and we will not hesitate to take the appropriate political decision in a timely manner . The MP said Zafir Ani, a member Accord Front told life : We were disappointed with the conclusion of the Sharm el-Sheikh, pointing out that the Front was looking forward to the conference to find solutions to the Iraqi problem seriously and that there are promises and commitments and clear by everyone .
The Kurdistan Alliance questioned the government's ability to fulfill the obligations that called for achievable and made it a key element in providing international support, and welcomed the leadership of the alliance, Mahmoud Othman issuance of the document the international viewing it as very important, but he pointed out that the lesson lies in implementation, pointing out that the government promised the international community commitment end sectarian violence, disbanding the militias, and to achieve national reconciliation and these represent significant challenges facing the government, expressing his belief that achieved with difficulty.
He added : if the government Maliki obtain international and regional support to get over the hump, it should change its policy radically and rapidly accelerate the changes are in this framework, the document that you lose its importance.
The link, Lubaid Abbawi, announced the Foreign Ministry Undersecretary issue honoring States pledges to support the government in order to achieve freedom, independence and democracy and federalism in doing the required reforms at the political, security and economic. He Mufeed al-Jazairi deputy Iraqi List, led by Iyad Allawi, that the conference was successful by all standards and at the political, economic and security all, stressing that the government before a real choice to achieve what it is .
For its part, considered the Association of Muslim Scholars Conference starter, calling on Iraqis not to expect good of the Conference. Muhammad Bashar al-Faydi, spokesman body in a statement We consider the Sharm El-Sheikh conference last attempt by the international community and the occupation forces to support this government, emphasizing said that the international community tried to save the current government involved committing crimes against the Iraqi people.
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Washington urges the Iraqi Parliament not to take leave
(Voice of Iraq) - 06-05-2007
Washington urges the Iraqi Parliament not to take leave during the summer and deputies refuse
: The White House announced Friday that the administration of President George W. Bush urging the Iraqi parliament to reconsider the draft and transmit it to take leave during the summer, especially since there is an urgent draft laws require approval. White House spokesman Gordon Jondro said that several American officials, including United States Ambassador Ryan Crocker in Baghdad, thought that this might send a "bad signal not only to the international community but also for the Iraqi people." The American ambassador Thursday that he "raised this issue before the Iraqi officials at various levels, including the Prime Minister."
(Crocker said that the sentiment in the United States and Iraq is, "How can you go throughout the summer in fighting Iraqi soldiers and American and die just to give you, the members (of Parliament), the area necessary for the country's political work, while you take a holiday for two months."
The institutions reflect American pressure on the Bush administration in the United States. It is no secret umbrage at the American Vice possibility that the Iraqi parliament takes leave for two months, leaving behind projects are in the reconciliation may not be neglected.
White House attaches great importance to the approval of this project as soon as possible, especially on the management and sharing of oil revenues, amid the Democratic Majority in Congress to put an end to the American military presence in Iraq, today before tomorrow.
The Crocker that Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki American administration shares this concern, and said that the Prime Minister believed that the (holiday Parliament) should not be two months or even one month or week, but perhaps weekend only. "
But he expressed no confidence could take this view because "in the new Iraq, al-Maliki Department could not be ordered Parliament to continue its work if He did not want that." He added, "We hope and expect that the act (parliament) in the form of an official."
Meanwhile, the MPs Iraqis on Saturday they may cut their vacation summer for the ratification of a number of laws, but they refused to enter the United States in this matter, which he regarded as "an internal matter".
A number of deputies to the pressure exercised by Washington on the Iraqi Parliament may generate a kind of insistence by the political parties to take the summer vacation which will last for two months.
The MP Mahmoud Othman from the Kurdistan Alliance bloc that the American position. "Undue interference", adding that "Parliament is a responsible and if they saw there was a need for urgent legislation laws, it is likely not only take a holiday."
The Sheikh Khaled al-Attiyah, first deputy chairman of the Iraqi Parliament to take the summer recess "internal affair, which is decided by the Board or nullify."
On his part, Wael Abdel Latif, deputy Iraqi List, "The people elected and must work 24 hours a day, we talked It is a shame that the United States and tell us what to do for our country" On his part, head Nassar Al-Rubaie chest bloc in the parliament, "We are with the cancellation of the summer vacation, despite the fact that cancellation violation the Constitution not enjoy the holiday, we could find a way out in some way. "
He added, "We asked for such permission canceled before the (American), in order to pass laws that many of us, we must finish this year."
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