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The House gives Iraqi President leave open after encouraging guard beat one of the deputies

Iraqi Parliament Speaker Mahmoud Almchidani

10/06/2007 14:27

10/06/2007 14:27 (GMT)

The House of Representatives decided to grant Iraqi President Mahmoud Almchidani leave open and assign his deputy, Khaled al-Attiyah, took the presidency of the Council until the election of a new president.

The Council adopted a resolution issued after Almchidani matter of his bodyguards attacked Fried MP Mohammad impact of a verbal battle between them Sunday afternoon.

The deputy who wished to remain anonymous told Agence France-Presse that "a quarrel broke out between Shiite coalition deputy Fried Hussein's bodyguards and chairman of the council, because the inspection but Almchidani intervention purporting to guard severely beaten MP rather than calm." For his part, MP Abdel Karim Al-Enezi from the Dawa Party that he submitted a proposal to grant Almchidani "coercive leave open during the first deputy, Sheikh Khaled al-Attiyah functions of the presidency until the election of a new president to submit Accord Front candidate for the position."

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The members of the House "Sabah" that most political blocs, including the Accord Front agreed to find a replacement for Dr. Mahmoud Almchidani to the presidency of the Council, in a closed meeting yesterday.
This comes after a number of protection Almchidani attack on the deputy Fried Hussein and detained some time where sources said the chairman of the Council encouraged his bodyguards to do so.

No indication of Dr. Salim Abdullah to "Assabah" any information about what took place behind closed doors meeting included members Adnan Al-Dulaimi compatibility Izzaldin State and Abdul Karim al-Samarra'i with Dr. Mahmoud Almchidani to discuss options that could be taken.

Sources said that this options ranging from election of a replacement or grant compulsory leave open the first deputy, Sheikh Khaled al-Attiyah during the presidency of the Council.

It is supposed to receive parliamentary blocs proposals Accord Front yesterday to be placed alongside the other proposals in order to vote on Monday.

He says deputy Dawa Party-Iraq Abdel Karim Al-Enezi told AFP he had submitted a proposal to grant leave Almchidani forced open during the first deputy, Sheikh Khaled al-Attiyah functions of the presidency until the election of a new president to submit Accord Front candidate for the position.

Al-Enezi stressed that the council's powers broad and many Almchidani including the right to dismiss or withdraw confidence from him, pointing out that the Accord Front is trying to convince him to resign in order to preserve the dignity.

He continued that the Council remains open its meetings to be voted on Monday. The MP said the coalition consolidated Ridha Jawad Taqi of the "morning" : that the recent assault on the deputy Fried by Dr. Almchidani and some individuals are protected tips of the HRDC cup where Council members discussed the issue of changing Almchidani and replaced by a new candidate the Iraqi Accord Front.

He stressed that the change is settled by all parties in the House and the discussion taking place on the selection mechanism which is left to agree on giving it a new candidate.

He disclosed that the decision of the House of Representatives are supposed passed yesterday provides for the freezing of the functions of head of the Chamber of Deputies and the withdrawal of his powers until the selection of an alternative.

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MP for the Kurdistan Alliance Mahmoud Othman revealed the absence of any objection from the Accord Front to demand change where he expressed representatives in the House of understanding to this request and to reach a solution.

He said the political blocs waiting for the results of talks planned by the front with Almchidani to reach a formula solution through approval of the resignation or any new formula but stressed that Almchidani will remain chairman of the House of Representatives indicating that the absence of a solution would force the House to adopt democratic options for the implementation of this the issue can only MP Othman did not disclose these options.

The Democratic nomination in accordance with the mechanisms of alternative Accord Front, which belongs to Dr. Mahmoud Almchidani.

The Front is composed of three components and from the Islamic Party Tariq al-Hashemi, Vice President and the people of Iraq, led by Adnan Al-Dulaimi and Dr. peace Zubai Deputy Prime Minister and the National Dialogue Council led by Khalaf Al-Alyan, who belongs to Dr. Almchidani chairman of the parliament.

It is attention to Messrs. Iyad al-Samarra'i, Osama Al to replace one Almchidani replaced, but the problem is, according to observers that these two candidates belonged to the Islamic party.

In the event that members did not find a substitute for Almchidani front of the dialogue they conviction that the Islamic party will have two other senior without obtaining the dialogue on something.

It was not possible to "Assabah" therefore questioned that matter any of the members of the RUF who fought to resolve the crisis.

The Accord Front joined in earlier times to advocate change Almchidani also subjected to a lot of criticisms because of the way in the management meetings of the Council.

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ho****ality : We have received 40 thousand treatment for officers who wish to return

MP Faleh ho****ality Chairman of the Committee on the Rights of the army and employees of the dissolved entities the right to security forces earlier Mahfouz embodies the pride government sons of the country who have served and sacrificed throughout the previous period, regardless of their nationalities and denominations.

His ho****ality in a press conference in Baghdad from here comes the role of national reconciliation and the degree of influence in winning all spectrums of people and the politicians to make reconciliation something concrete not be debated in electronic Kamferdeh transient but make individual in the way of achievement.

He continued outpouring saying : that the Commission dealt with the file of the Iraqi army without Astthai any one of the army officers who did not join in the ranks of the new army, and on this basis has been prepared forms for the purpose of the statement was the desire to return to communicate with everyone.

The committee so far received 40 thousand applications and the impact has been resorting to quick decisions to deal with this problem and is one of the tasks assigned to the work of the Committee, which in turn has taken a series of decisions the most important is the immediate granting of salary payable to all officers who do not wish to return from the rank and above.

For his part, Maj. Gen. Nabil Khalil, Director of the Veterans Affairs Department, responsible for all administrative issues and the handling transactions retirees, the disabled and family have been completed the greatest number of those files.

He added it is important handled by the Veterans Affairs is to continue regardless batches emergency temporary, pointing to obtain approval of the Prime Minister to make such payments equal to their peers after others had little to suit the size and standard of living current situation of the country.

And the other point is that the addition of the return of those who have been invisible in addition Hajabham receipt of previous installments for many reasons have been added and distributed two months ago.

With renewed stressed the Director of the retirement Assembly that there is a bill in the House of Representatives to amend the pensions according to a new mechanism different from the mechanisms adopted previously.

He said that the mechanism used previously were not required standard, we are introducing a new mechanism and quick to accelerate access to military personnel and their rights according to years of service.

He added for members of the army in connection with the transactions through the achievement of Public Service and directed by ex-Prime Minister became the mechanism by sending directly to the public retirement.

And he renewed for a reluctance in some branches in the governorates are addressing this imbalance is to enable everyone to obtain their rights.

He stressed that the direct transactions officers and mattresses for a month in March 2007 and what has been done about seven thousand treatment.

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Ibrahim al-Jaafari called the armed groups to respond to the draft national reconciliation

Luna / June 10 / BAGHDAD / MP Ibrahim Jaafari called on the coalition unified and former head of the interim government armed groups to respond to the draft national reconciliation put forward by the government of Nuri al-Maliki.
Jaafari said in a press statement that the Iraqi government initiative and the other to think and how to respond in a serious manner to draft national reconciliation for the people of Iraq, who deserve to sacrifice, pointing out that the armed groups to renounce the policy of violence and begin a new journey towards reconciliation / / completed / p u / u p / local.

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American general concern from political interference and the absence of election

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American general concern from political interference and the absence of elections in Iraq

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A senior American military commander on Sunday that local mismanagement and political interference in the security affairs of the two major obstacles facing American and Iraqi forces in fighting against armed groups in Iraq.

Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch commander of the American forces in the area stretching from the southern neighborhoods of Baghdad southward across the area known as the "triangle of death" said that the political decisions are taken in accordance with sectarian considerations at all levels.

He said that the topics of government and administration, which is one of the three pillars on which the American strategy in Iraq raises concern over security affairs and the progress towards the restoration of power to Iraqi institutions.

Lynch told journalists on Sunday, saying, "I am concerned about the ability of the government."

He said, "While I deal with the government to maintain the level I am concerned that if the government is truly representative of Iraqis and respects the human rights of all Iraqis in this province."

The leadership is composed of three of the five additional battalions published by the United States under the security plan in Baghdad four months old and is seen as a last attempt to save Iraq from the brink of a sectarian civil war between the Shiite majority and Sunni Arabs.

The campaign aims also to give security the government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki led by Shiites more time to achieve political goals set by Washington. Those goals seek to promote national reconciliation and to involve Sunni Arabs, who form the backbone of the armed groups firmly in the political process.

Among those goals constitutional reforms and adoption of the Law for the sharing of oil revenues and the law of elections at the provincial level to fix a date for elections.

Parliament chose last month to the Iraqi electoral commission, which was considered a big step toward the call for the local elections but Washington is still exerting pressure to set a date for elections before the summer break of Parliament.

Lynch said that American military leaders believe that the elections is a must if there is to be the government of Iraq represent all the right people and take decisions based on sectarian considerations. The Sunni Arabs boycotted the previous local elections in 2005.

He said Lynch "must happen. Facilitate elections but the government of Iraq to set a date for those elections.

"There are already leaders in the prestigious sites make decisions on sectarian basis no doubt in this. Larry indicators on the decisions and not sectarian Iraqi decisions. "

The Sunni Arabs are represented in the government and parliament after their participation in the general elections in December, in December 2005 but the main Sunni bloc threatened to withdraw, saying that both the corruption and widespread communal violence in the government-Malki.

Lynch said he was also concerned about corruption within parts of the Iraqi police force and because of government interference in the security affairs, especially in the release of persons detained by Iraqi security forces on suspicion of armed groups.

Lynch and striking example of an incident three weeks ago, had been released 42 detainees in Hilla, the capital of Babylon province south of Baghdad, "orders from the national government." He did not refer to those issued such orders.

Hilla police reported "many examples" of government interference. He said Lynch "That is a problem."

By Paul Tait

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Adoption of the draft submitted by the Iraqi ministries and international bodies

Luna / June 10 / BAGHDAD / approved 15 projects presented by Iraqi ministries and international bodies within 17 projects.
This came during a strategic outlook for the reconstruction of the Ministry of Planning and Development Cooperation meeting of the 37 headed adviser to the ministry assurances Abdul Rasool, in the presence of representatives of international organizations and agencies operating in Iraq.
A source in the ministry today, Sunday, that the 15 projects include four projects of the Ministry of Health (draft strengthen basic health services for women and children in three provinces and a draft assist victims of conflict in northern Iraq and the draft rehabilitation ho****al in Ramadi and Tikrit, and the project to strengthen health services in the Muthanna governorate cost 61 million net), and 3 projects for the territory of Kurdistan (power station construction project in a small Bykhal Erbil, the establishment of a housing compound in Halabja to the Ministry of Construction and Housing, the establishment of laboratories for multiple languages at the Universities of Dohuk and Sulaymaniyah cost 14 million dollars). The two projects for the Ministry of Education (Project for the rehabilitation of schools and the development of capacities for the promotion and preservation of access to primary education and the draft program of capacity-building and institutional strengthening of the Muthanna governorate cost eight million dollars).
The source added that the project was approved by the Ministry of Municipalities and Public Works (solid waste management project in the provinces of Baghdad, Basra and the cost of 6.317 million dollars). It also approved the draft (job creation and employment in small-scale industries in the province of Nineveh, a cost of over four million dollars) to the Ministries of Planning and Development Cooperation, The Labor and Social Affairs, Agriculture and approve the draft (the creation of the Internet and establishing a unit for information technology in Iraqi universities cost $ 1.5 million) of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.
As the three projects approved in principle the importance and will cooperate with concerned ministries to negotiate with donors to find funding for them is (the establishment of industrial strategic agricultural projects cost $ 50 million and the establishment of a housing compound in Halabja cost of over $ 48 million to the Ministry of Construction and Housing Kurdistan and the draft of the Ministry of Communications at 300 million dollars. "
However, the source pointed to the postponement of projects submitted by several ministries to incomplete information, data and detailed studies on those projects to be approved / / completed / u p / b p / local ..

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Iraqis to U.S. Congress: Back off oil law
WASHINGTON, 10 June 2007 (UPI)


Iraqi union leaders met with a U.S. congressman they say is their biggest friend in Washington, urging a united front against Iraq's draft oil law.

Faleh Abood Umara, general secretary of the Iraq Federation of Oil Unions, and Hashmeya Muhsin Hussein, president of the Electrical Utility Workers Union, called the proposed law a theft of Iraq's oil.

"We believe this is a new invasion of our economy and especially to take over our oil fields," Umara told Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, in a private meeting Thursday in the congressman's inner office, which UPI was allowed to attend. Kucinich is a presidential candidate and Congress' most vocal war opponent.

The law, which is stuck in negotiations, is feared by the unions as giving foreign oil companies too much access to Iraq's oil.

Umara was one of 10 union leaders for whom arrest warrants were issued earlier this week as Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki responded to a strike of oil workers, who are demanding improved working conditions and a seat at the oil law negotiating table.

The unions began a strike Monday over the law, as well as working conditions, but the work stoppage has been temporarily halted as negotiations continue in Basra.

"Therefore we believe this is a very aggressive act to take over our resources," Umara said. "The oil law, in its current status, does not serve the Iraqi people."

Umara said foreign companies were welcome to Iraq's oil sector, but warned it should be limited.

The unionists urged the United States, via Kucinich, to oppose the law. President Bush and the Democratic-led Congress have called on the Iraq parliament to pass the law soon, both in official speeches and as part of legislation funding the war through September.

"Mr. Kucinich, we see you as a friend of the Iraqi people and that is the general belief over there," Umara said. "We would hope that your government could put pressure on our government to not pass the oil law."

Kucinich replied, "Unfortunately our government is putting pressure on your government to pass it."

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The House voted Sunday on a number of draft laws

Baghdad -10-6 : The House of Representatives held Sunday at the Palais des Congrès meeting chaired by Dr. Mahmoud Almchidani where he is scheduled to be voting on a number of draft laws.


He said media source in the House, who requested anonymity, told the Independent News (Voices of Iraq) that the Council's agenda includes voting on a number of bills on its agenda. including the vote on the draft Code of Criminal Procedure military and vote on proposed Act to amend the Supreme Iraqi Criminal Court No. (10) for 2005 and vote on a bill owning residential plots of the judges.


He added that he also planned to do the second reading of the draft law on accession of the International Agency for Investment Guarantee and the second reading of the draft law on accession of the Republic of Iraq to the Islamic Corporation for Insurance of Investment and Export Credit, as well as a discussion meeting of the Presidency and the heads of lumps with the Commission on Security and Defense Council.


He explained that the agenda of the Council vote on proposals to abolish a number of the Revolution Command Council dissolved.


The source did not refer to provide further details.


The MP Mohamed khaz'ali the Islamic Virtue Party announced at the parliamentary session, Saturday, that the House examine withhold confidence from the chairman of the Integrity Radi Hamza Radi at the request of the morning Sa'idi Chairman of the Integrity Commission to the Council.


He told khaz'ali (Voices of Iraq) said that the council hosted a meeting in Parliament on Saturday, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari was discussed issues relating to Iraq's foreign relations and extend the mission of the multinational force.


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Iraq oil strike on hold, troops remain

By Ben Lando
WASHINGTON, 10 June 2007 (UPI)


With an arrest warrant looming, an Iraqi union leader warned during a U.S. visit failed negotiations will escalate the standoff in Basra's oil sector.

Faleh Abood Umara, general secretary of the Iraq Federation of Oil Unions, said a five-day cooling off/negotiation period, which began Wednesday, is crucial to keep Iraq's oil sector pumping and 1.6 million barrels per day flowing to the global oil market.

IFOU, an umbrella group representing more than 26,000 workers, has threatened to strike since early May over the draft oil law and other working conditions.

It postponed the strike twice after meeting with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki May 16. IFOU says Maliki agreed to their demands, which included union entry to negotiations over the oil law.

Citing a lack of response from Maliki, and sparked by the Iraq Pipeline Company's halt of regular bonus payments, the Iraq Pipelines Union began the strike Monday, shutting off oil products from Baghdad and the southern regions.

The situation in Basra, Iraq's main port city and oil export hub, escalated Tuesday as Iraqi armed forces surrounded striking workers and Maliki issued arrest warrants for union leaders.

"I am one of them," said Umara, waiting to talk to Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, in his office. "Luckily I was out of the country." Warrants were issued for 10 union leaders, he added.

While the strike is on hold until Monday, Naftana, a British solidarity group, reports union officials in Basra say troops are still surrounding workers in Sheiba, in Basra province, and the warrants are still active.

U.S. Labor Against the War, a large, anti-war faction of U.S. unions, reports a Iraqi general tasked with arresting protesters refused, threatening to resign and join the striking workers.

Umara said if no deal is reached, the warrants will likely be executed and the strike back on.

"Not just the oil unions are going to strike throughout the country," he said, "but all the other unions will be striking as well, in solidarity."

Umara and Hashmeya Muhsin Hussein, president of the Electrical Utility Workers Union, are touring the United States this month.

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After clashes s and Mahdi militia in Bai'aa inspired group-Maliki held DEAL against Baghdad, Kirkuk

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After clashes s and Mahdi militia in Bai'aa inspired group-Maliki held DEAL against Baghdad, Kirkuk

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A member of the Iraqi Parliament that violent clashes between troops s contribution to the security plan and Baghdad Mahdi Army militia loyal to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. The fear that extending these clashes and move into Kirkuk Nuri al-Maliki has traveled to northern Iraq and met Bemsaud Barzani and Jalal Talabani, and there was a suspicious package : handing over Kirkuk to the Kurds through the installation Mowafaq Al-Rubaie outlet of rule 140-compared to the Kurds to support government and non-Maliki contributing to the downfall, In withdrawing from areas Peshmargas neighborhood group and Bai'aa, and not stand in the face of these militias during the invasions of the Sunni areas of Baghdad, and this is what actually happened - they have militias Fattah Pasha mosque bombing and burning mosques and other memorial Setarat imaginary citizens to slaughter year.

The retired General Mohamed Sultan (who works as a special advisor) get this deal, and added it is clear that Iraqi political leaders want to rush the partition of the country in order to facilitate the exit of the Americans.
After the withdrawal of the Kurdish forces surprised citizens by Interior Ministry troops replaced, as these half many Shiite militia forces and the administration, which accuses the death squads across the country.
And immediately after that Kurdish forces withdrew, a Shiite militia appeared to sweep Sunni mosques and started killing and expulsion of the year in the region. Where control these militias now on the many mosques, including Fatah Pasha mosque, which was destroyed, said a member of the Islamic Party, Abdul Karim al-Samarra'i said that he contacted Interior Minister and Muwaffaq Al-Rubaie tried to stop the flow of Shiite militias in the attack on the region, but did not receive any response from these parties.

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Cabinet decides to re rights of all former officers immediately and without exception

Baghdad-haven Secretary

The Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki grant immediate salary pension for officers from the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and above who do not wish to return to the Iraqi army, and without exception, as provided by the Commission on Human army and the dissolved entities proposing to the government to replace the dissolved body manufacturing reconstruction of Iraq.

This announcement at a press conference yesterday, attended by (morning), Chairman of the Human army and the dissolved entities emanating from the Supreme national reconciliation Faleh ho****ality, pointing out that the Prime Minister had made a number of decisions after meeting with departments concerned, the granting of an immediate salary pension to all officers who do not wish to return to the army with the rank and above and the return of all former army officers from the rank of captain or below who wish to return to the new army.

He added ho****ality during the conference, which was attended by Director General of the Department of Veterans Affairs in the Ministry of Defense and general manager of the retirement and adviser to the Defense Minister General Thamer Sultan that the competent departments, for its part, members of the former army inventory to promote their own pensions transactions, as well as preparing statistical forms for the officers and employees of the former army who did not join the new army by the Commission to identify the problems that preclude joining in the ranks of the army.

He explained that the Committee and distributed 350 thousand new form between the army and employees of the dissolved entities through special centers to receive emergency grants, calling this segment to expedite the filling of forms in order to resolve this issue as soon as possible.

He added that the number of employees of these entities who receive emergency grants currently stands at 218 thousand associate after they have more than 350 thousand in the wake of the fall of the former regime in 2003.

This decline in the number was the result of absorbing large numbers of those between the Ministries of Defense, Interior and the protection of vital installations and other miscellaneous jobs, have been resolved with the disabled who receive these grants after referral to the Assembly for receiving retirement benefits, stressing that the persons currently granting emergency files will be resolved between repatriation and referral service to retire on par with their peers according to the new retirement law which hopefully done soon.

And on the promotion of transactions officers who had left the country, his ho****ality : that e-mail has been allocated in this regard they can send the forms in which power, or their representatives, adding that the Commission received during the past more than (40) A form of the officers living outside the country.

The outpouring army officers who have joined the armed groups to abandon their arms and return to either the army or promote their dealings pensions.

He called the House ho****ality expedite the review of the law dismissed as part of a reconciliation, saying : the implications of these amendments would abide by the Commission, calling on the Council to develop the political process through the development of legislative work.

The detection team Thamer Sultan adviser to the minister of defense of the proposal has been submitted to the Prime Minister replacement MIC gotten the reconstruction of Iraq and to take advantage of tables affiliates in the reconstruction of the country.

Sultan said that consideration has been given to the issue of manufacturing firms operating before the fall of the military regime of practical competence, which has been forwarded a number of its affiliates to the Ministry of Science, Technology and the other to the Ministry of Construction and Housing.

He added that only 30 companies from manufacturing firms, which have been distributed Form No. (2) between its affiliate for the return of those willing to contribute to the reconstruction of the country. Meanwhile, the Major General Nabil Khalil Said, director-general of the Veterans Affairs in the Ministry of Defense during the conference, as well as all of invisible waves emergency payments to the program.

He quoted Prime Minister reiterated the lifting transactions retirement from the Veterans Affairs Department to retirement without directly sent to the dissolved entities.

For his part Mallees Service Retirement renewed public had been completed more than seven thousand treatment of retirement to employees of the former Iraqi army.

He renewed during the conference that there pension transactions completed pending review the owners to give them the identity of retirement, pointing out that the Service is currently auditing transactions retirement of the security organs to be disbursed pension to them in the coming weeks.

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