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Tips to accept Kurdish leadership to postpone the Article 140 on Kirkuk
22/05/200722/05/2007
.Arbil : Agency (Lucky) Italian News - The Kurdish parliamentary sources it is expected that the Kurdish leadership made concessions regarding the implementation of Article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution versus maintaining, what it called "further gains" achieved for the Kurds in Kurdistan. ".The transfer site (Sphi) on the Kurdish Jhalak Azad, MP in the House of the Iraqi Sulaymaniyah saying that "there is insistence large blocs of Iraqi political demands with respect to amend some articles of the Constitution, does not provide any of those lumps concessions to each other in order to break the current impasse, therefore Consultations and ongoing meetings on this issue did not yield any desired results. "
".And on the willingness of the Kurdish leadership to accept the postponement of the implementation of article 140 of the normalization of Kirkuk under a political deal, Jhalak said, "All parties must participate in the amendment of the constitution to make concessions, and the Kurds even if offered concessions in this regard, they will be concessions on the principles and main points contained in that article. .The transfer of the site from its own sources as saying that he believed that the Kurdish leadership has agreed to postpone the article 140, as they approved all the oil changes it.

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Originally Posted by Hkp

SAWA, 23 May 2007

Deputy Kurd shows a U.S. pressure on all parties to complete the oil law

The deputy said the bloc Kurdistan Alliance Mahmoud Othman said that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki met yesterday with the head of government of the Kurdistan Ngervan Barzani and his accompanying delegation in Baghdad to continue negotiations and talks on the oil and gas.

The deputy pointed Othman said in an interview with "Radio Sawa" to the presence of U.S. pressure on all parties to complete the oil, revealing the visit of an American delegation to the Kurdistan region to reach an agreement on the distribution of oil and gas, pointing out that the head of government of the Kurdistan met in Baghdad, American and British delegation before meeting al-Maliki.

Othman explained that negotiations between Maliki and the Barzani in Baghdad continued, pointing out that the issue of funding forces would also s on the table talks.

He reviewed the deputy Mahmoud Othman, the most important points to be considered by the parties on the law of oil and gas, explaining that the discussion would deal with how to deal with resources and how to control, pointing out that there are four oil supplements to the law, regarding the competence of the National Oil Company, and the drilling of new oil wells

KRG, Kurdistan Regional Government

Originally Posted by Hkp

Finance Minister stressed that the country's currency reserves, 21

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Finance Minister stressed that the country's currency reserves of 21 billion dollars ...States canceled $ 140 billion owed by Iraq

BAGHDAD - Adel Mahdi life-23/05/07

The Iraqi minister statement Jabr Zubaidi said that 45 state «debts are canceled on Iraq, with rates ranging between 100 and 80%», noting that the total hit 140 billion dollars ».He said that «a part of the framework agreement signed between the Iraqi government and the International Monetary Fund».

Zubaidi praised the role of Saudi «promised to write off 80% of their loans to Iraq, as well as China, which announced its rules« Paris Club », and the cancellation of 80% of its debt also».

The Iraqi minister in a joint press conference held with the Ministers of Planning and trade Baban farmer Abdul Sudanese and Central Bank Governor Sinan Shabibi, the Iraqi government «moved in the direction of the commercial debt of the companies, and reducing the proportion of 96% of Iraq's debts to companies». He pointed out that the remaining «payments Iraq owes to Arab and foreign companies, did not specify the date».

Also expected Zubaidi «reach a solution with Egypt regarding debts», referring to the «declaring its willingness to cancel debts on Iraq, and only funds Egyptian workers left behind in Iraqi banks», stressing deal with these funds «trust in the banks and ourselves back».

Turning to the Iraqi minister's budget in 2007, adding that «differ from the previous year's budget», noting that «a good budget implementation ministries other than unable to do so», stressing that the funds «will be removed from the ministries that have been unable to implement the budget and giving it to other ministries».

Baban revealed that more than 11 billion dollars, earmarked for investment amount is the largest in Iraq so far, representing government investment », adding that this amount« secure more jobs and enhances the activity of the Iraqi economy ».

The Sudanese to the difficulties faced by his ministry, especially in areas relating b «finance, import, transport and storage as well as financial difficulties and the problems of administrative corruption». He declared that the Ministry «imported 2 million tons of grain and other food items to meet the needs of the ration card».

With Shabibi said that this year «witnessed relatively stable inflation ranged between 40 and 45%», pointing to the bank's success in raising hard currency reserves reached 21 billion dollars ».He considered that the amount «well, and can provide a reassuring stability».

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IMF official hails the GCC "regional" economic model

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IMF official hails the GCC "regional" economic model
(with photos) TUNIS, May 22 (KUNA) -- A senior official at the International Monetary Fund (INF) has commended the leading economic merger model of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states at the regional level.

The GCC merger offers a "model of economic integration for the Arab Maghreb, Arab Mashreq and Central Asian states to counter economic challenges and create a favorable investment and private-sector environment as well as curbing unemployment," Assistant Director for the Middle East and Central Asia Region at the IMF Omar Tahari added.

Tahari was addressing on Tuesday a joint press conference with the governor of the Central Bank of Tunis for presenting the IMF regional report on "Middle East and Central Asia Regional Economic Outlook." Tahari highlighted the successful monetary and financial policies adopted by the GGC six member states, either for using the oil revenues for domestic and external investments or the flexible foreign exchange policies.

He also expected the GCC monetary union, slated for 2010, to bolster economic stability and growth saying that the IMF Director had encouraged the member states to proceed with the process during a recent Gulf tour, as a basis for regional economic merge to stand the impact of the economic globalization and trade.

Tahari, a Tunisian, expected the oil prices to settle at USD 61 a barrel at least till October saying that the IMF prepared regular bi-annual reports and set predictions He also anticipated that the oil revenues would be slightly on the decline in 2007 to USD 570 billion, based on USD 61 for a barrel, against USD 64 last year. Based on Tahari's predictions, oil exports of the Gulf region are expected to fall by USD 45 billion and public budget revenues by USD 35 billion.

But still this depends on the current findings and data and it is hard for any one to predict the developments that might take place on the world markets regarding the security and psychological factors that govern oil prices.

As for the IMF report, he said that it covered 14 oil-exporting countries, including the GCC, six emerging markets and 12 low-income countries.

According to the report, presented for the first time outside the IMF headquarters in Washington, the Middle East and the Central Asian countries look ready to start a new year of strong economic performance so that the region's GDP would exceed 6 percent in 2007, for the fifth successive year.

That positive economic performance has been attributed to high oil prices and other non-petroleum basic commodities, a favorable financial environment and the sound policies in many of the region's countries.

He expected the average inflation rate in the region to hit 9 percent in 2007, against 7.5 percent last year. Oil states, in particular, will be hit by the rise for the increase of oil prices leading to a rise in the real exchange rates.
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Economic event : papers week long cultural V : Critical Reading of the new draft bill oil (2 - 2)
22.05.07

The National Oil Company

According to Article (6) of Chapter II founding the National Oil Company to be a holding company owned by the Iraqi government to work contains the following :
1-management and operation fields current production
2-development and management of the discovered fields and other developed their
3-implementation of exploration and production in new areas outside its area of operations in accordance with this law, through applying for licenses exploration and production in new areas on a competitive basis
This means cancellation of the law No. (80) of 1961 through the delivery of special unexploited oil fields to foreign companies respectively in accordance with long-term contracts instead of national development through support of the national oil corporations which own experiences accumulated oil,

The new exploration contracts would devolve exclusively to the national oil company, but to enter in unequal competition with the oil companies originally global capabilities and technological, administrative capital of the world for winning any new holding exploratory, This in turn lead to foreign domination almost exclusively on all areas and Iraqi oil fields

Contracts for exploration and production
There are clear in the draft law to the exploration and production contracts while the legislator did not mention the name of the participation of production contracts, while clearly understood law on the contracts for exploration and production is the same concept contracts known worldwide and unwanted in the petroleum industry Kingdom fully to the public sector, especially in the discovered fields, such as the giant West Qurna and crazy and east of Baghdad and elsewhere, and if there is a difference between the concepts of exploration contracts and participation ought to clarify the law, and it appears that the oil in Kurdistan was more transparent than the federal law as an expression used decades participation production.

Notes in Article (13) of Chapter III of the time granted to the foreign investor for the completion of exploration and implementation of the development plan extending up to (37) years on each stage, This means that foreign investors will be the true owner of the oil reserves, which makes control of Iraq to control its oil resources merely legal, not actual.

They participate in the contracts in the pre-axis basis the new law, the property of the government when it is in the reservoir, as well as government-owned production company formality but the foreign share at the time of extraction, this contrasts with the article (111) of the Iraqi Constitution, which stipulates that the oil and gas belongs to the Iraqi people.

In contracts, or close to it is the foreign company spending on the investigation and exploration, drilling, completing the infrastructure for Oilfield ready for production, export and retreive disbursements from the company through share the company agreed to oil production and called Naft cost and internationally accepted ratio is 40% of the company and 60% the government, and when the company recover its expenses, the remaining oil called Oil profit, which is about 10% of the company and the rest of the government, but the foreign company often resort to the use of complex accounting methods related to the costs allowed downloading of total profit, and how to deal with the capital, which represents large sums paid in the years of the initial investment, The more complicated the tax system increased chance of foreign companies for tax evasion through the use of well-accounting techniques which suggested therefore to increase the share of foreign companies from the oil producer to half or so. It is strange that the draft law did not mention quotas to be granted to foreign companies for oil cost and profit and perhaps left it to the Iraqi negotiator, and, if so, there will be oil contracts vary quotas to be obtained by foreign companies.

With regard to conflict resolution have pointed article (41) of Chapter VIII, that is the arbitration proceedings between the Iraqi government and foreign investors according to regulations and arbitration procedures for the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris and Geneva is unrepayable infringement of state sovereignty over its resources and investments.

everything that the worst contracts that many of them contain so-called proven paragraph under which prevents the laws and tax policies to address the future of the project the contract, Homayani inability of any future government to impose stricter laws or to change the tax rates.

The imposition of the law for investors to rent parts of the oil product development, production and at 5 and 12% of the total production of all types of mineral while should impose varying proportions of rent depending on the type of oil products, light, medium and heavy.

On the other hand, the draft law did not specify the amount of tax paid by the foreign investor income tax note that the new investment law in Iraq, which exempts foreign investors from paying taxes on income investments for a period of up to (15) years.

Given the draft law Territory Awalmhafezh producing the right to negotiate with foreign companies to invest in oil fields, which weakens the bargaining power to the Iraqi side, and therefore Eshettha heartbreaking national oil industry, which needs to negotiate in the central control and surveillance, especially foreign companies themselves Matemtelk of enormous resources they merge and letting certain to get Vimapinha more oil reserves in the world, and the fragmentation of the Iraqi negotiating capacity will be reflected later in oil deals puny Party and the Iraqi significant gains for foreign companies,

Therefore, the task should be undertaken by national oil company to negotiate exclusively, especially as the state's general revenue, including oil revenues will be distributed according to the draft equitable distribution to the Iraqi people in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution

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Iraqi VP arrives in Najaf, meets al-Sistani Najaf - Voices of Iraq

Wednesday , 23 /05 /2007 Time 10:57:16 </B>

By Haider al-Kaabi Najaf, May 23, (VOI)- Iraqi Vice President Adel Abdul Mahdi arrived in Najaf on Wednesday morning and met with top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.

Abdul Mahdi is due to take part in a conference, organized by the Islamic University in Najaf, on the current electricity situation in the Shiite province of Najaf.
Five Iraqi ministers will attend the conference, media spokesman for the Najaf province, Ahmed Daabeil said.
Najaf is the first Shiite sacred city as it hosts the shrine of the Shiite first Imam Ali, cousin of Prophet of Muhammed. It is located about 160 km southwest of Baghdad.

Senior industry official assassinated

By Laith Jawad

Azzaman, May 22, 2007

Unidentified gunmen have shot and killed Basem al-Maadhidi, director-general of the State Company for Electronic systems and two of his body guards.

Maadhidi was a senior official at the Ministry of Industry and was spearheading efforts to established a wired administration in Iraq and revamp the country’s electronic industries.

“He (Maadhidi) was a pillar of the Iraqi industrial sector and his assassination is a great loss to the country,” a ministry statement said.

It said Maadhidi was killed last Sunday. He was kidnapped the same day as he left his home on his way to work, it added.

Though a senior official, Maadhidi’s kidnapping and killing has gone unreported by international media whose reporting is now centered mainly on major car bombings and U.S. casualties.

Maadhidi worked hard to repair the ministry’s companies and succeed in operating many of them despite massive damage inflicted during and in the aftermath of the 2003 U.S. invasion.

Hashemi : "The government promised to implement the demands Accord Front.

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الهاشمي: الحكومة وعدت بتنفيذ مطالب جبهة التوافق

Hashemi : "The government promised to implement the demands Accord Front.

كتلة الائتلاف تنفي طرح شروط مسبقة لتحقيق المصالحة الوطنية

Bloc coalition denies putting preconditions for achieving national reconciliation

مسعفون يحاولون انتشال ضحايا تفجيرات بغداد أمس

Msavon trying to pull the victims of bombings of Baghdad

بغداد، عمان، واشنطن: علاء حسن، خالد فخيدة، أ ف ب

Baghdad, Amman and Washington : Alaa Hassan, Khalid Vkhideh, AFP

أكد نائب الرئيس العراقي وأمين عام الحزب الإسلامي العراقي طارق الهاشمي وجود رغبة دولية في إجراء تعديلات على الدستور، مشيرا إلى أن تلويح جبهة التوافق بالانسحاب من الحكومة يأتي في إطار الضغط لتنفيذ الاتفاقات السابقة قبل تشكيل حكومة نوري المالكي.

Iraq's Vice President and Secretary General of the Iraqi Islamic Party, Tariq Al-Hashmi presence in the international desire to make amendments to the Constitution, noting that a hint Accord Front to withdraw from the government came under pressure to implement previous agreements before the formation of the government of Nuri al-Maliki.

وقال الهاشمي لـ"الوطن": "نأمل خلال الأيام القليلة المقبلة حصول توافق بين القادة السياسيين ورؤساء الكتل النيابية على حسم الخلاف بخصوص القضايا التي لم تستطع لجنة التعديلات الدستورية إيجاد الحلول المناسبة لها"، موضحا أن "مشروع التعديل تقدمت به جبهة التوافق العراقية وخصوصا الحزب الإسلامي استنادا إلى قناعتنا بأن تمرير الدستور بشكله الحالي لا يخدم مصالح الشعب العراقي، وهذا ما أشارت إليه أطراف دولية ومنظمة الأمم المتحدة، وأبدت تأييدها ورغبتها في إجراء التعديل".

Hashemi said "Al-Watan" : "We hope in the next few days get consensus among political leaders and heads of parliamentary groups to resolve differences on the issues that the Commission has failed constitutional amendments to find suitable solutions," He explained that "the draft amendment submitted by the Iraqi Accord Front, especially the Islamic Party based on the conviction that the constitution passed in its current form does not serve the interests of the Iraqi people, as pointed out by international parties and the United Nations, and expressed its support and desire to hold the amendment."

وتجري في العاصمة الأردنية عمان مباحثات بين أطراف عراقية مشاركة في الحكومة وخارجها من أجل تشكيل تجمع عراقي جديد يمكن أن يكون بديلاً للعديد من الكيانات السياسية الموجودة حاليا في الساحة العراقية.

And in the Jordanian capital, Amman talks between Iraqi parties participate in and outside the government for the formation of a new Iraqi government can be a substitute for many political entities currently in the Iraqi arena.

وذكرت مصادر أن نائب الرئيس العراقي ورئيس جبهة الحوار الوطني صالح المطلق ورئيس القائمة العراقية الوطنية والأمين العام لحركة الوفاق الوطني العراقي إياد علاوي وشخصيات عراقية أخرى تبحث ترتيب جبهة جديدة بعد الانسحاب من حكومة المالكي.

Sources said that the Iraqi Vice President and President of the Front National Dialogue Saleh absolute and the Iraqi National List President and the Secretary General of the Movement of Iraqi National Accord Iyad Allawi and other Iraqi figures looking arrangement of a new government after the withdrawal from Maliki.

من جانب آخر نفت كتلة الائتلاف العراقي الموحد التي تقود الحكومة الحالية طرح شروط مسبقة في التفاوض مع الأطراف الراغبة في المشاركة في العملية السياسية في إطار تحقيق المصالحة الوطنية.

On the other hand denied bloc United Iraqi Alliance, which leads the current government put preconditions in negotiating with parties interested in participating in the political process in the framework of national reconciliation.

وأكد النائب عن الائتلاف ضياء الدين الفياض فتح قنوات اتصال مع البعثيين وقوى أخرى مستثنيا من وصفهم بالتكفيريين من الحوار.

The deputy said the coalition Ziauddin outpouring open channels of communication with Baathists and other forces, excluding them from Baltkeverien dialogue.

إلى ذلك بدا الديموقراطيون الأمريكيون مستعدين للتخلي عن إصرارهم على إدراج جدول زمني لسحب القوات من العراق في خطوة قد تؤدي إلى حلحلة في المواجهة القائمة مع الرئيس جورج بوش بهذا الشأن.

Democrats began to Americans willing to give up their insistence on the inclusion of a timetable for withdrawing its forces from Iraq in a step that might lead to resolving the confrontation with President George Bush in this regard.

وقال عضو ديموقراطي في الكونجرس "باتت الكرة في الملعب الآخر"، مضيفا "أن أي نص يوقع عليه الرئيس سيتضمن نوعا من القيود".

He said democratic member of Congress "is the ball in the playground other," adding that "any text signed by the president will include some sort of restrictions."

من جهته أكد بوش من جديد ثقته في رئيس الوزراء العراقي نوري المالكي وسط شعور بالإحباط من إمكانية إحراز تقدم في العراق.

For his part, Bush reaffirmed his confidence in Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki amid frustration from the possibility of progress in Iraq.

وقال المتحدث باسم الرئاسة الأمريكية توني فراتو إن بوش اتصل بالمالكي أول من أمس بمناسبة مرور عام على توليه رئاسة الحكومة". وأكد المالكي من جهته في بيان التزامه بتحقيق مصالحة بين الفصائل المتحاربة في البلاد وإحلال مزيد من الأمن في العاصمة.

A spokesman for the American presidency Tony Fratto that Bush contacted Palmaliki yesterday to mark the first anniversary of the assumption of the presidency of the government. " The Al-Maliki said in a statement its commitment to achieve reconciliation between warring factions in the country and bring about greater security in the capital.

Constitution Reform Commission pleads Iraqi leaders failed to provide lumps

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عراقية - لجنة إصلاح الدستور العراقي تستغيث بقادة الكتل

Iraqi-Constitution Reform Commission pleads Iraqi leaders lumps

PNA- لم تقدم اللجنة التي كلفها البرلمان العراقي مراجعة الدستور، توصياتها النهائية للبرلمان امس كما كان مقررا، بسبب استمرار الخلافات بين اعضائها الذين قرروا إحالة الأمر الى قادة الكتل السياسية لمعالجة قضايا حساسة مثل اقتسام الثروة النفطية واجتثاث البعث.

PNA-did not provide the mandated Iraqi Parliament review the constitution, final recommendations to Parliament yesterday, as scheduled, because of continuing disagreements between the members who decided to refer the matter to the leaders of the political blocs to address sensitive issues such as the sharing of oil wealth and uprooting the Baath.

وذكرت فرانس بريس ان الجبوري عضو جبهة التوافق كبرى الكتل السياسية السنية في البرلمان، سليم قال ان الجبهة وافقت على بعض المواد، لكنه أشار الى وجود موضوعات حساسة تحتاج الى اتفاق بين الزعماء السياسيين، حسبما افادت وكالة رويترز.

The France-Presse that al-Jabouri member Accord Front major Sunni political blocs in parliament, Salim said that the Front had agreed to some of the material, but he pointed to the presence of sensitive issues require agreement among political leaders, according to Reuters.

وقال الجبوري ان الاعضاء العرب السنة والشيعة في اللجنة، لم يوافقوا على مطلب كردي للسماح للمناطق بتوزيع عائدات النفط بدلا من الحكومة المركزية.

He said that al-Jabouri member Sunni Arabs and Shiites in the Committee did not approve the request to allow the Kurdish regions of the distribution of oil revenues, rather than the central government.

كما يعارض بعض النواب من الطائفة الشيعية التي تسيطر على الحكومة بشدة، شغل البعثيين السابقين للوظائف الحكومية.

As opposed to some deputies from the Shiite community, which controls the government, former Baathists to fill government posts.

من جهتهم، يعارض الكورد صياغة تنص على الهوية العربية للعراق.

For their part, opposed Alcord formulation provides the Arab identity of Iraq.

ويخشى العرب السنة أن تسمح الفيدرالية للكورد في الشمال والشيعة في الجنوب حيث توجد احتياطيات العراق النفطية، بالانفصال وتكوين دول مستقلة لهم.

Sunni Arabs fear that allowing federal Cord in the north and Shiites in the south, where Iraq's oil reserves, secession and the formation of independent states.

ويعيش غالبية السنة في وسط العراق وغربه؛ وهي مناطق فقيرة نفطيا.

A majority of the year in central and western Iraq; An oil-poor regions.

وقال الجبوري إن من بين الموضوعات المختلف عليها وضع مدينة كركوك.

Al-Jabouri said that among the issues disputed status of the city of Kirkuk.

وقال مسؤول آخر في اللجنة إن الاعضاء العرب شيعة وسنة يقترحون جعل كركوك منطقة منفصلة والتخلي عن فكرة الاستفتاء التي من المرجح أن يخرج منها الكورد فائزين على أية حال.

He said another official in the Arab members of Shiites and Sunnites SUGGEST make Kirkuk a separate area and abandon the idea of a referendum, which is likely to leave these Alcord winners anyway.

وقال المسؤول «بالطبع لا يريد الكورد ذلك لأنهم ما زالوا يريدونها جزءا من منطقتهم التي تتمتع بحكم ذاتي..

The official said «Alcord of course does not want that because they still want part of their autonomous okrugs ..

وحدهم القادة السياسيون يستطيعون البت في هذا الامر.

Only political leaders can decide on this matter.

هذه قضايا تتسم بحساسية بالغة».

These issues are very sensitive ».

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Constitution Reform Commission pleads Iraqi leaders lumps

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فشلت في رفع توصياتها للبرلمان بسبب استمرار الخلافاتFailed to submit its recommendations to Parliament because of the continuing differences

بغداد: «الشرق الأوسط»BAGHDAD : «Middle East»
لم تقدم اللجنة التي كلفها البرلمان العراقي مراجعة الدستور، توصياتها النهائية للبرلمان امس كما كان مقررا، بسبب استمرار الخلافات بين اعضائها الذين قرروا إحالة الأمر الى قادة الكتل السياسية لمعالجة قضايا حساسة مثل اقتسام الثروة النفطية واجتثاث البعث.Unless the Commission mandated the Iraqi parliament review the constitution, final recommendations to Parliament yesterday, as scheduled, because of continuing disagreements between the members who decided to refer the matter to the leaders of the political blocs to address sensitive issues such as the sharing of oil wealth and uprooting the Baath.
وقال سليم الجبوري عضو جبهة التوافق كبرى الكتل السياسية السنية في البرلمان، ان الجبهة وافقت على بعض المواد، لكنه أشار الى وجود موضوعات حساسة تحتاج الى اتفاق بين الزعماء السياسيين، حسبما افادت وكالة رويترز.He said Salim al-Jabouri member Accord Front major Sunni political blocs in parliament, the Front agreed to certain materials, but pointed to the existence of sensitive issues require agreement among political leaders, according to Reuters.

وقال الجبوري ان الاعضاء العرب السنة والشيعة في اللجنة، لم يوافقوا على مطلب كردي للسماح للمناطق بتوزيع عائدات النفط بدلا من الحكومة المركزية.He said that al-Jabouri member Sunni Arabs and Shiites in the Committee did not approve the request to allow the Kurdish regions of the distribution of oil revenues, rather than the central government. كما يعارض بعض النواب من الطائفة الشيعية التي تسيطر على الحكومة بشدة، شغل البعثيين السابقين للوظائف الحكومية.As opposed to some deputies from the Shiite community, which controls the government, former Baathists to fill government posts.

من جهتهم، يعارض الأكراد صياغة تنص على الهوية العربية للعراق.For their part, the Kurds opposed formulation provides the Arab identity of Iraq.

ويخشى العرب السنة أن تسمح الفيدرالية للاكراد في الشمال والشيعة في الجنوب حيث توجد احتياطيات العراق النفطية، بالانفصال وتكوين دول مستقلة لهم.Sunni Arabs fear that federalism allows for the Kurds in the north and Shiites in the south, where Iraq's oil reserves, secession and the formation of independent states. ويعيش غالبية السنة في وسط العراق وغربه؛ وهي مناطق فقيرة نفطيا.A majority of the year in central and western Iraq; An oil-poor regions. وقال الجبوري إن من بين الموضوعات المختلف عليها وضع مدينة كركوك.Al-Jabouri said that among the issues disputed status of the city of Kirkuk. وقال مسؤول آخر في اللجنة إن الاعضاء العرب شيعة وسنة يقترحون جعل كركوك منطقة منفصلة والتخلي عن فكرة الاستفتاء التي من المرجح أن يخرج منها الأكراد فائزين على أية حال.He said another official in the Arab members of Shiites and Sunnites SUGGEST make Kirkuk a separate area and abandon the idea of a referendum, which is likely to come from the Kurds winners anyway. وقال المسؤول «بالطبع لا يريد الأكراد ذلك لأنهم ما زالوا يريدونها جزءا من منطقتهم التي تتمتع بحكم ذاتي..The official said «course, the Kurds do not want it because they still want part of their autonomous okrugs .. وحدهم القادة السياسيون يستطيعون البت في هذا الامر.Only political leaders can decide on this matter. هذه قضايا تتسم بحساسية بالغة».These issues are very sensitive ».

"...the Commission has failed constitutional amendments to find suitable solutions," He explained that "the draft amendment submitted by the Iraqi Accord Front, especially the Islamic Party based on the conviction that the constitution passed in its current form does not serve the interests of the Iraqi people, as pointed out by international parties and the United Nations, and expressed its support and desire to hold the amendment."

"...Only political leaders can decide on this matter. هذه قضايا تتسم بحساسية بالغة».These issues are very sensitive..."

Seems like "RR" was/is right that the passage of these laws will come down to a phone call between the real, political powerbrokers and the MP's will merely vote as directed by their party leadership...everything else is smoke and mirrors.

Seems like such a waiste of everyone's time to pretend this is a democracy...I'm sorry to say...that this is an never ending loop - here's why:

Until the committee presents their bills they can not be acted upon by anyone in Parliament and now the committee says it can not do this because it's way above their paygrade to make such decisions and the political leadership can't act till the committee submits their bills to Parliament...

Is that all clear in a looped-loopy sort of way?!?