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Zebari says Iraq is making progress on political reforms
New York (Reuters) -

insisted Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari on Thursday that the government make progress on political reforms, including the dispute over the oil in the face of impatience on the part of Washington.
جاء ذلك في معرض رد زيباري عن بطء التقدم بشأن"المعايير" خلال اجتماع لمجلس العلاقات الخارجية في نيويورك بعد يوم من تجديد مجلس الامن الدولي التفويض الممنوح للقوة المتعددة الجنسيات بقيادة الولايات المتحدة في العراق.
This came in response Zebari about the slow progress on the "standards" during a meeting of the Council on Foreign Relations in New York a day after the UN Security Council renewed the authorization for the multinational force led by the United States in Iraq.
وتحث واشنطن على إحراز تقدم في مجالات مثل قانون مشاركة العائدات النفطية وإجراء تعديلات في قانون يحظر مشاركة الاعضاء السابقين في حزب البعث في الحياة العامة وإصلاحات دستورية.
It urges Washington to make progress in areas such as law and the participation of oil revenue adjustments in the law that prohibits the participation of former members of the Baath party in public life and constitutional reforms.
ونُشر آلاف من الجنود الأمريكيين والعراقيين الإضافيين في بغداد في الأشهر الأخيرة في عملية سيكون نجاحها حاسما بالنسبة للنقاش الامريكي بشأن مدة البقاء في العراق.
The deployment of thousands of American soldiers and Iraqis in Baghdad Additional in recent months in the process of success will be crucial for the American debate on the length of stay in Iraq.
ويحث الديمقراطيون على وضع جدول زمني لخفض القوات.
It urges Democrats to set a timetable for troop reductions.
وقال زيباري"اننا ندرك ذلك واننا نواجه بعض الضغوط من أجل التحرك على نحو أسرع."
Zebari said, "We recognize that and we are facing some pressure to move more quickly."
واضاف "هذه القضايا مهمة جدا انها قضايا خاصة بوجود العراق.
He added : "These issues are very important issues as the existence of particular Iraq.
"انها غير مقيدة بخطوط زمنية معينة من اجل ضغطها وحل بسرعة جدا."
"They are not bound by a specific time lines for pressure to resolve very quickly."
وقال زيباري ان الحكومة مصممة على إدخال كل الأطراف في العملية بدلا من الحكم بالأغلبية المطلقة حتى اذا كان ذلك أبطأ.
Zebari said that the government is determined to introduce all parties in the process instead of an absolute majority even if it were slower.
وأجاز مجلس الوزراء العراقي مسودة قانون نفطي في فبراير شباط ولكن مازال من المتعين ان يقرها البرلمان.
The Council of Ministers approved a draft bill Iraqi oil in February, but still must be approved by Parliament.
وهدد الأكراد بعرقلة القانون معارضين بعض البنود الملحقة به.
The Kurds threatened to disrupt law opponents some items thereto.
وقال زيباري وهو من الأكراد "أعتقد ان القانون النفطي قريب (من الموافقة)
Zebari said the Kurds "I think that the law shortly oil (of approval)
"هناك احتمال كبير ان يتم اقرار القانون لان قدرا كبيرا من التقدم إحرز بشأن قضية الملكية والتوزيع والحصة العادلة."
"There is substantial likelihood that the bill passed because a great deal of progress has been made on the issue of property distribution and fair share."
وعند الإلحاح عليه بشأن المدة المطلوب ان تبقى فيها القوات الأمريكية في العراق امتنع زيباري عن تحديد أي موعد.
When Pressed on the amount of time required to keep the American forces in Iraq, Zebari refrained from identifying any date.
وقال انه سيعود الى الأمم المتحدة في ديسمبر كانون الاول عندما يحين موعد تجديد التفويض الحالي وسيبحث الأمر حينئذ بناء على الأوضاع الموجودة على الارض.
He said he would return to the United Nations in December, in December when the time comes for renewal of the authorization will be present and then build on the existing situation on the ground.
واضاف ان لا أحدا من العراقيين يريد بقاء القوات الامريكية الى ما لانهاية ولكن هناك حاجة اليها الآن لتجنب نشوب حرب أهلية شاملة.
He added that not one of the Iraqis want the American forces to stay in perpetuity, but there is a need now to avoid all-out civil war.
وقال انه حتى بعد رحيل القوات الأجنبية فانه يتصور نوعا ما من "الشراكة الأمنية" مع الولايات المتحدة.
He said that even after the departure of foreign forces, it imagines some sort of "security partnership" with the United States.
وأضاف"الأخطار كبيرة جدا.
He added, "the stakes are so high.
"هذا هو السبب في اننا نفكر في الوقت الحالي في بعض الترتيب الطويل المدى بين العراق والولايات المتحدة والذي يتجاوز .. هذا التمديد المعتاد للتفويض."
"This is why we think at the present time in some long-term arrangement between Iraq and the United States and beyond .. This extension of the usual credentials."
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Iraqi PM, US Defense Secretary have talks in Baghdad

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Iraqi PM, US Defense Secretary have talks in Baghdad
BAGHDAD, June 16 (KUNA) -- The Iraqi government is seriously seeking political partnership through securing success to the national reconciliation initiative, Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki said on Saturday.

Maliki had talks with the US Defense Secretary Robert Gates who arrived in Baghdad on an unannounced visit late Friday.

"Iraq had ended a dictatorial rule, replacing it with democracy through constitutional mechanisms," Al-Maliki told Gates.

He noted that the Iraqi security bodies had managed to restore control following the latest attack that targeted al-Askari shrine in Samarra saying that "the Iraqi people turned the criminal act into an example of unity, failing the terrorists who sought provoking sectarian sedition." Units from the Iraqi military have been deployed on the Baghdad-Samarra road after agreeing with the UNESCO on a repairing process of the shrine.

During the talks with Al-Maliki, the US Defense Secretary referred to the measures taken by the government following the Samarra explosions as "wise" saying that the Premier's visit to the site the same day was daring.

He also renewed US support to the Iraqi government, especially at the security level.

Earlier, Gates and the Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and his two deputies, discussed means of realizing security and stability nationwide as well as the necessity of involving all the Iraqi people in the policy making. (pickup previous) ah.
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US Launches New Offensive in Iraq
Released : Saturday, June 16, 2007 1:34 PM
BAGHDAD-The U.S. military, which just days ago completed its latest troop buildup in Iraq, has launched a large offensive operation in several al-Qaida strongholds around Baghdad, the top U.S. commander said Saturday.
Gen. David Petraeus said the operation began in the last 24 hours and will put forces into key areas surrounding Baghdad that, according to intelligence, al-Qaida is using to base some of its car bomb operations.
Petraeus, who met with Defense Secretary Robert Gates at a morning breakfast, also said that he doesn't have all the American troops he might want, but he knows he's got all he's going to get.
"There's never been a military commander in history who wouldn't like to have more of something or other, that characterizes all of us here," he told reporters traveling with Gates. "The fact is frankly that we have all that our country is going to provide us in terms of combat forces. That is really it right now."
He said the buildup of nearly 30,000 additional forces that has just been completed allowed him to launch the latest assault. The move, he said, is allowing him to send operations for the first time into "a number of areas around Baghdad, in particular to go into areas that were sanctuaries in the past of al-Qaida."
American and Iraqi forces have absolute control over only 40 percent of the capital, according to U.S. officials.
He said: "Our job now, frankly, along with the job of our Iraqi counterparts ... is to do everything that we can with the additional forces that we have."
Underscoring the challenges ahead, Gates arrival Friday night for his unannounced visit, brought him to a city all but shut down by a security lockdown. Iraqi leaders imposed a strict curfew this week after a bombing of an important shrine north of the city.
It is Gates' fourth trip to Iraq since he took over the Defense Department last December. He was meeting with military and political leaders to assess progress, and to continue to urge the Iraqi government to move more quickly toward reconciliation and stabilizing their country.
Petraeus provided few details of the new offensive, but said he believes it will help the military make some progress in Iraq, where the war is in its fifth year and U.S. casualties have surpassed 3,500.
Gates and his military leaders are under intense pressure from Congress and the American public to begin to show real progress in Iraq so that troop withdrawals can start.
There are currently about 155,000 U.S. troops in Iraq.
At the same time, Gates and U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker expressed continuing frustration with the lack of political progress by the Iraqis to meet a number of benchmarks set by the U.S., including oil revenue-sharing legislation and political reconciliation.
"We are pressing hard on those," said Crocker. "The Iraqi government is pressing itself. Progress has ben frustratingly slow. We will see where we are by September."
After a meeting with Gates, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's office said he had told the U.S. defense secretary Iraqi leaders are making "persistent efforts" and have "a chance" to achieve national political reconciliation.
Al-Maliki also pointed out that Iraqi security forces generally headed off any greater explosion of Shiite-Sunni sectarian violence in Iraq after last Wednesday's bombing at the holy Shiite shrine of al-Askariya in the city of Samarra, his office said.
During his visit, Gates also stopped by the al-Madain Joint Security Station Saturday morning in southeast Baghdad, traveling under tight security, and wearing body armor. His helicopter sent up a cloud of dust as it set down in the rectangular, walled station in the largely Shiite enclave of Karada, a relatively stable area of the city.
Gates heard from both Iraqi and U.S. military officials, who talked about the effort to put as many as 60 of the security outposts in the Baghdad region. There are about 27 joint security stations, which are staffed by Iraqi police and army soldiers as well as U.S. troops. And there are about the same number of smaller combat outposts.
Col. Jeffrey Bannister, commander of the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division which has forces at the station, said the facility was a model for Baghdad and "has a very good fusion effect amongst the Iraqis."
He added, however, that his troops have faced a lot of newer armor-piercing roadside bombs. "We are at the tip of the spear for that," he told reporters who traveled to the station with Gates.
Gates thanked the Iraqi forces there for their service and expressed sympathy for those who have been wounded and killed. "They are serving the interests of the Iraqi people," Gates said.
Gates is the third top U.S. official to travel to Baghdad this week to press the Iraqi government to move more quickly toward political reconciliation and other vital reforms that many see as critical to putting a cap on the violence.
The top U.S. commander in the Middle East, Adm. William Fallon carried that message to the Iraqis last weekend, and John Negroponte, the No. 2 State Department official, reinforced it in a visit midweek.
Gates also was cautious in his assessment of the progress in the war. He's to give Congress an update next month, and a full review in September, of how well the buildup ordered by President Bush has worked.
"It remains to be seen how much progress will be made over the course of the next two or three months," Gates said, adding "There are some positive trends, there are some negative trends."


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Originally Posted by oldskiier

The Time is now !!!

i told ya so mr. september.

Originally Posted by bluedangle

LMDAO SO BAD!!!!

Originally Posted by rkpdwp

SGS are you saying parliament is not meeting until tuesday? thanks

yep

Originally Posted by Lunar

This may have been posted previously....interesting info regarding the WTO Accession on Page #17


Iraq Weekly Status Report 13.06.07

http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/86626.pdf

QUOTE: [5.] Help Iraq Strengthen Its Economy –Economic Events
USAID Advisors Meet with Minister of Trade Regarding WTO Accession:
•Advisors from the USAID-funded Izdihar Private Sector Development Program met with Minister of Trade Abd al-Falah al-Sudani June 6 to discuss the first World Trade Organization (WTO) Working Party meeting that took place May 25 in Geneva. After general discussion on the meeting and the accession process, the advisors highlighted several priority areas including: completion of the Legislative Action Plan to be distributed to WTO members through the Secretariat; work on responding to written questions which should be received by the GOI from WTO members by June 26; and submission of accession documentation tothe WTO Secretariat.
•The Minister raised some points that had been brought up in Geneva, noting that Iraq had been asked whether it intends to sign up for the WTO’s “plurilateral agreements”with a particular focus on the WTO Government Procurement Agreement. He said Iraq is studying the matter but has not taken a position on this yet.

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Adib told «life» : American administration wishes to make adjustments

(Voice of Iraq) - 16-06-2007

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Maliki submit to the parliament and provincial laws abolishing the Baath Party and the distribution of oil soon ... Adib told «life» : American administration wishing to conduct constitutional amendments during a specific timeframe

Baghdad-Salhi leadership life-16/06/07 / /

Under pressure and the threat of American withdrawal continued political support and security, the Iraqi government has announced the completion of the preparation of the Law on the Election of the provincial assemblies in preparation for presentation to the House next week for a vote, to be followed by Law «accountability and reconciliation», the alternative to abolishing the Baath Party in the next week. followed by the oil and gas mutatis mutandis it.

With continued parliamentary blocs moves to contain the repercussions of the bombing of Samarra, discussed the presidency of the republic «need to make collective leadership and management of the country by involving all the components of the Iraqi people» in the resolution.

The MP said the writer, one of the leaders of the Shiite coalition l «life» that «hint American administration to withdraw support from the government is not new», pointing out that the American administration «urging the government to take specific actions within a specific timeframe». He explained that «reconciliation and Accountability Act, which calls the American administration to endorse it needs to be further amendments to be acceptable, particularly as it is in its original version allow the return of the repressive elements that were active during the previous regime to the location, and this is not possible», noting that the government considers that «could open doors for the return of the Baathists who have not committed crimes against the Iraqi people to their previous condition that pledge not to return to the party again», and stressed that the law «will be presented to the House of Representatives within the next two weeks».

Law and the provincial assemblies and district-associated territory, he went on : «it will be completed next week to the House for a vote», and added that «this law proved powers will be divided equally between the government and the local government for the rehabilitation of these governorates, and prepared for the federal system of hand, and avoid overlapping of powers on the other hand». He concluded the leadership of the Party «invitation» that «spe******ts are working on studying the oil and gas», and stressed that the law «will be subject to amendment and address the objections made by blocs which briefed him earlier to be accepted by all the parties».

For his part, MP Wael Abdel Latif member list «Iraqi» of «life» that «contacts Palmerjayat and other foreign dignitaries Iraqi resident abroad and have an impact on the trends and forces active in the home resulted in the rapid containment of the crisis that followed the Samarra explosions last», adding that «move now register success for the Iraqi political forces». And on the move within the parliament to change the centers of power, Latif said that «contacts between all parties is essential to exploit the incident Samarra to entrench the concept of national unity and Islamic».

So, President Jalal Talabani, a meeting of the presidency attended by Vice Adel Abdel Mahdi and Tariq Al-Hashmi to discuss «need to make collective leadership and management of the country by involving all the components of the Iraqi people», The meeting underlined «that activate and energize the public affairs of the state and its institutions, such as the Supreme Council presidency and the prime minister and parliament commensurate with the seriousness of this sensitive stage».

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

laws totally completed within 2 weeks. (thats in june btw)

Originally Posted by Hkp

Political developments and developments in the Iraqi situation TALKS President Talabani and Special Envoy of the President of the American

Luna / June 16 / BAGHDAD / Research Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and Special Envoy to President George Bush to Iraq, which reached Baghdad last night, the overall political developments and update the situation in Iraq and how to address the security, political Altadthat.
A statement from the Office of the President Talabani said he spoke, Ms. O'Sullivan Miguén consultations on the current political and mobility between the political blocs in order to strengthen cooperation and coordination between existing institutions necessary for the State Department.
The Taliban statement by the need to involve everyone in the political process and management of the country through the collective leadership for the completion of the political program agreed upon between the blocs participating in the government.
The statement said he was also discussing legislation and the basic laws have been stressing the need to expedite reaching an agreement acceptable to all parties. / / Completed / p u / u p / Presidency of the Republic.

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political = completion
security = in place
economic =