Thread: Archive - Latest News Think Tank - 15/01/09 - 04/05/09

Maliki renewed call to change the Iraqi constitution

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to call the amendment of the constitution, pointing to the need for Iraq to do so in order to يکون able to protect its unity.

Maliki vowed in front of a crowd کبير in the holy city of Najaf to respect the results of provincial elections, calling on Iraqis to choose who is loyal to the homeland is a first class.

Maliki said during a meeting with the tribes of Najaf (160 km) south of Baghdad, said: "Iraq needs to build and change in the laws and constitution, which must be able to protect its unity and the country, stressing the need for cooperation between the Federal Government and the provinces to prevent any gap from infiltrating Iraq, wants to damage.

Maliki said: "We call on the provinces to be cooperating with the federal government in order not to get a gap from sneaking in Iraq want to hit the existence of a strong central federal state capable of keeping the unity of the country does not harm the provinces which will be more support and money."

There is a tension for months between Baghdad and the authorities of the Kurdistan region because of disagreements on a number of important issues, such as boards and support the oil and gas law and authority within the federal Constitution and confirmed by the particular intersection between the authorities and the status of northern Iraq.

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The Ministry of Oil: "crazy" and an Iraqi field, "Abu-West" is a shared field with Iran

The Ministry of Oil that the field is crazy oil (Iraq) and not a common field between Iraq and Iran.

And the transfer of the National Center for information about the Information Ministry spokesman Assem Jihad denying "reports of the media partnership with Iran in Iraq" in this field

The oil field is a common border (Abu West), which was announced by the Ministry of licenses in the second.

He pointed out that the ministry "had approached all the countries which share with Iraq's oil fields, including Iran and Kuwait to resolve the issue in order to protect the national oil wealth."

Jihad said he was "approached the Foreign Ministry to do its part Aldoblomase to speed up the formation of joint committees with these countries to resolve the matter."

The oil ministry was awaiting responses from the parties that have been limited to whom the oil wealth and to accelerate the implementation of the second session of licenses which will be the development of 10 oil fields, the gas field to increase oil production.

The parliamentarians have criticized the remarks attributed to Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani, an Iraqi-Iranian partnership in the field of a madman. The deputies called for urgent clarification of the al-Shahristani, and denied the statements attributed to him.

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Is Iraq remains subject to the conditions of the World Bank?!

Abstract prove the beginning of the seminar is hosted by Oman, which the World Bank with the trade unions and workers councils in Iraq 2008/12/4, a confirmation of the proposals in general

Symposium and a repetition of the previous years and near the conclusion:

1 - To cancel the ration card by 2010.
2 - privatization.
3 - of the tax legislation.
4 - to intervene in the education sector and curricula.
5 - to intervene in the management of the oil sector and control.
6 - Cancellation of the law, arguing that the retirement pension fund Sivels after 3 years and a new law designed to reduce the allocation of that law because it costs huge amounts of money by the bank's claim.
7 - the pressure of government expenditures, which lead to the reduction of jobs.

The spokesman said Ali al-Dabbagh, on Wednesday, that the Council of Ministers decided during its first meeting in the new year to approve a draft law ratifying the Convention signed with the financial institution for International Development of the World Bank.

This means the obligation to confirm the terms of the World Bank, as long as there is a financial agreement signed with him, and contrary to the statement by the Ministry of Finance to lift the conditions of the World Bank for Iraq, after the success of the conditions that have achieved a reduction of debt.

Careful notes breach of the conditions of Iraqi sovereignty, and control of the Iraqi economy and direction of the face with the restricted conditions and a commitment to cancel the ration card, privatization and control of the education sector and the oil sector and control, and the development of formulas and economic determinants of the direction in accordance with the conditions and the shackling of the policy and the Iraqi sovereignty, and control of the constitution and is opposed to these conditions with him and with the provisions of the laws , and required in many of the conditions of the cancellation came as the constitution, or contrary to the demand of the people to choose the means and the economic policy of the State, to act in accordance with the requirements of the Constitution to achieve the content and the distribution of wealth and work to achieve their aspirations to achieve their rights, which made the Constitution, and will cancel some of its conditions and the cancellation of the laws and other work , and applications will prejudice the salaries and will begin privatization of the loss.

The approval of the draft law on ratification of the financial agreement signed with the Foundation for International Development of the World Bank, and referral to the Council of Deputies for approval, establish the Chamber of Deputies, in the position of balance between the application of the Constitution and abide by it, and canceled in violation of national sovereignty and in accordance with the conditions, and the grievances of the segments of society and control oil and its policy and its economic issues, direction and control in accordance with the perspective of the World Bank and the volume of the Iraqi decision.

The matter will be a difficult test of sovereignty, and stifle freedom of disposition of resources and the economy as a whole, and the volume of the constitution and its contents to be achieved for the individual and family to enjoy Butroath, and the well-being of citizens and the rule -30 / of the Constitution: Article (30):

First, the State guarantees the individual and the family, especially children and women of social security and health, and infrastructure to live in a free and dignified lives, provide them with the appropriate income, and adequate housing.

Secondly, the State guarantees the social and health security to Iraqis in the event of illness or old age or incapacity for work or displaced or orphaned or unemployment, and to prevent them from ignorance, fear and want, and provide them with housing and approaches to rehabilitation and care, and regulated by law.

And this was for salaries and pensions on the job over the past six years, because of the constitutional breaches the terms of the World Bank and the ((SBA)), which has controlled the salaries led to the cancellation of many of the articles of the Constitution and the cancellation of the laws, despite the fact that the pension rights fortified Chapter II of the Constitution does not suppression, may be adjusted, but after two elections as stated under Article -126 - measures had been revoked by the rule of this article was the lack of implementation of the law of the deployment has been canceled, the provision of Article -129 - -130 article - not to work laws in force, and the abolition of articles (2 / c, 13.46) for the DPRK to implement the instructions to the law or building, and the cancellation of (14.16) non-discrimination and equal opportunities for the salaries of officials, as well as to go beyond the provisions of the laws, starting with the exception of those responsible for all the provisions of the laws in the stabilization of their salaries more than the acquisition have been finalized and others, and the differences fiction between the salaries of officials other than the laws and legislation.

And violations of the provisions of the Evidence Act and the following: (singing of the legal presumption established in the interest of any other evidence of the evidence, and the work goes beyond the laws in force) (may not accept the evidence of the authority to overturn the verdicts appeal., Has been exceeded) (of the rulings handed down by Iraqi courts which won a degree of bits, including an argument dismissed by the combination of the rights of the parties to the proceedings did not change their status and the same dispute concerned the shops and the right reason, has not been taken out of Retired Persons) and others, is it permissible in line with [the terms of the Constitution of the World Bank] overcome and eliminate Iraq's constitution?!

That puts the parliament and the government to the national position and the moral and legal responsibilities, and to violating the constitution.

We look in depth of the citizens of the national interest, and the resolution of violating the constitution and would be beyond the rule of a cruel history.

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Atrushi: reserve force behind the dollar and the Iraqi dinar

MP Sami al-Atrushi that the policy of the Central Bank of successful and dollar reserves have been behind the strength of the Iraqi dinar, despite the crises that affect the currencies States.

Atrushi said in a press statement on Thursday that the weakness associated with the Iraqi market and banks, the financial terms of the deal outside of saving the global financial crisis which has affected the economies of most countries and especially those linked to their markets to global markets as well as for the banks.

Atrushi said he had noted the recent fluctuation in the prices of the currencies of most countries as a result of the financial crisis and particularly associated with the U.S. dollar, however, continued to rise in the value of the Iraqi dinar against the U.S. dollar stood at 1170 dinars to the dollar as the official price.

He noted that this rise has led to a slight decline in the prices of dollar-based commodity groups in the Iraqi market as reflected in the report Ask the "ASK" on the prices of goods in Iraqi Kurdistan.

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Talabani, Hakim, the outcome of talks with Kuwait's economic summit

President of the Republic, Jalal Talabani, with the President of the Supreme Islamic Council Abdel Aziz al-Hakim, the results of the meetings of Arab Economic Summit held recently in the State of Kuwait, according to a presidential statement.

The statement said the NOAA radio, who received a copy of which was outlined to President Talabani during a visit to the Iraqi delegation Hakim activities in the summit.

He stressed the importance of his meetings with the leaders of the participating countries, and has been the exchange of views with respect to the issue of Iraq closer relations with these countries.

Talabani also said, according to the statement, the positive results achieved in the bilateral talks between Iraq and Kuwait, and its importance to the consolidation and strengthening of relations between the two countries.

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U.S. announces readiness to withdraw from Iraq

James Conway, commandant of the Marines that the U.S. Marines the right time to leave the Marine Corps units in the areas of deployment to Iraq in view of the considerable improvement in the security situation.

Conway said in a press conference that his forces were ready to leave Iraq and that he was ready to send 20 thousand additional troops to Afghanistan to bolster U.S. forces fighting there.

He pointed out that continuing to withdraw its troops from Iraq and the equipment they need now to about eight months to complete the withdrawal of all its equipment from the theater of operations in Iraq.

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Iraq reduces the reconstruction plans for 2009 by 40 per cent

Reduced the Iraqi government plans for reconstruction in 2009 by 40 per cent.

The media said that he expected the government to reduce spending on public services is also due to the lack of budget.

For his part, came back, chief economist at Standard & Poor's American David Leis and the cause of the crisis faced by the Government to adopt largely on oil revenues.

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Zubeidi oversee the final preparations for the banks

Minister of Finance Bayan Jabr said on the evolution of the banks, is a quantum leap in the field of banking work, which corresponds to the evolving work of international banks, stressing his call for organs and the Ministry of Finance to improve its work Through a scientific approach in their daily work.

This came during his meeting with managers of public banks, the government adviser and in the presence of the Ministry for the banks. A source in the ministry of the reporter (news agency, Iraqi Information / INA) that during the meeting, direct access to the final preparations for the banks to be held on 28-29 January 2009, with the participation of a large Global banks, researchers and specialists in the field of banking and commercial work in Iraq. "The minister stressed the need to fully prepare for this event and the bank in Iraq for the first time in its history in order to keep up with the full development by the banks in the world, calling Ilyalastvadp of experience in this area will be set up as workshops between the banks and government and private banks in addition to the heavy presence of Iraqi private sector and for the fields of the global experiences in the field of investment and the opening credits, which will be very beneficial to Iraq's economy and will contribute actively in promoting the comprehensive development process in the provinces and ministries Iraq, noting the importance of modernizing the banking industry and create the appropriate atmosphere for the opening of banks and the global sustainable development as the end and the means in Iraq and an effective engine for all sectors.

Zubaidi praised the monetary policy in Iraq, which contributed to the Iraqi economy to avoid shocks to the financial world have been caused by the global financial crisis, calling for the participation of banks with the banks to give effect to the Iraqi civil participation in supporting the reconstruction process and the advancement of Iraq after the ongoing improvement in the security situation in which stressed the importance of developing study of the merger agreement among some banks to strengthen its financial position in order to raise the ceiling on the amounts to be opened by the government appropriations.

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Zebari: the new American administration has assured Iraq that Obama will not make a radical decision on early withdrawal of U.S. troops

As the country prepares to run for provincial councils, and waiting to see what would have resulted in new political conditions, successive reactions of local and U.S. positions on the recent by U.S. President Barack Obama on the question of early withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq.

In this context, Israel's Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari Ankara after talks with his Turkish counterpart Ali Babacan, said the new American administration has assured Iraq that U.S. President Barack Obama will not make a radical decision on early withdrawal of U.S. troops from the country, and he was taken in the event of such a decision, will be through consultations with the army's field commanders and the government, Zebari expressed his personal belief that he will not be a significant withdrawal from Iraq because the risks are very high for the United States and Iraq, the region and all.

U.S., the General James Conway, commandant of the Marine Army / Marine / The army is ready to leave Iraq within six or eight months, and the liberation of most of its forces to provide military reinforcements expected in Afghanistan, which may amount to twenty thousand men.

The U.S. general in a meeting with the journalists that when the defense decided to withdraw, it does not wish to leave part of the Marine force behind because they need it in another place, stressing that sending additional forces to Afghanistan must necessarily be accompanied by the reduction of the Marines in Iraq, but the departure of Twenty thousand members of the Marines deployed in Iraq with the necessary leadership on the U.S. troops in Iraq, which wants to maintain the deployment of sufficient military as a key electoral benefits.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has emphasized that the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the country during the six-month period as desired by President Barack Obama, is one of several options now, he said, adding it is the duty of military leaders to offer several options to the President and the risks associated with each of them, He pointed at the same time that Obama has said he wants an official and before making any decision that wants to talk to military commanders and listened to their point of view, Gates said that the transfer of priority from Iraq to Afghanistan is under way, while the head of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Michael Mullen, the importance of Iraqi elections in Iraq to establish stability in the country, with the latest confirmation that more confidence, but not very quickly, he said, adding that the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, General Raymond Odierno, is that security in the country is better but still fragile.

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Zubeidi: Iraq terminated all of its obligations with the IMF in late March

The Ministry of Finance that Iraq will end all of its financial obligations with the International Monetary Fund, the end of next March.

The Finance Minister Bayan Jabr told a news briefing that the meeting which was held recently in the Jordanian capital Amman with the IMF officials that led to new reductions on Iraq's debt of up to about eighty percent, which is equivalent to thirty billion dollars of the total debt.

Zubeidi said that Iraq out of its commitments with the International Monetary Fund within a specified time limit is the end of next March, which will be followed by a performance audit as the actual implementation phase.

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