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Iraq parliament delays session after bomb plot
Reason: Revelations security guard working for senior Sunni politician is involved in plot to carry out multiple car bombings in Green Zone.
By Assad Abboud

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BAGHDAD, 03 October 2006 (Middle East Online)
Baghdad was abuzz Sunday over revelations of a plot to attack the heavily fortified Green Zone, the seat of the government, as parliament cancelled a session to discuss a contentious law.

Traffic was moving again on Baghdad's streets after the end of a total curfew, which brought the city to a halt between Friday evening and Sunday morning, trapping residents in their homes during the holy month of Ramadan.

Shortly after the curfew's end, however, a car bomb exploded near a US patrol killing at least one bystander, in a sharp reminder of the conflict that was killing more than 100 people per day before the lock-down.

The vehicle ban was believed to be prompted by US revelations that a security guard working for senior Sunni politician Adnan al-Dulaimi was involved in a plot to carry out multiple car bombings in the Green Zone.

Parliamentarians decided to postpone their session, which would have featured the second reading of a contentious law on federalism that would lay down the mechanisms for carving the country up into autonomous regions.

"The session is postponed until tomorrow because of what happened with Dulaimi - we want to know what is going on exactly," said a deputy from the Shiite parliamentary bloc.

Another parliamentarian, however, rushed to say there was no relation between the two events and insisted the decision had been made three days earlier, though this was the first indication there would be a delay.

US officials and Sunni leaders were careful to say the arrest of Dulaimi's guard in no way implicated him in the plot, but Shiite politicians were quick to demand that any possible links must be investigated.

Bahaa al-Aariji, a deputy from radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's movement, appeared on state television to say there was a crisis of confidence in the government and called for a cabinet reshuffle.

"If you do not reshuffle the government, the situation will only get worse," he said. "We demand a reshuffle, especially in the security dossier."

The security situation in the normally restive capital was substantially improved on Saturday by the curfew which resulted in almost no violence for the entire day.

"The situation in Baghdad yesterday was good. No incidents happened," said interior ministry spokesman, Brigadier General Abdel Karim Khalaf.

With the traffic flow, however, came the return of car bombs and the blast in western's Baghdad's leafy, residential Jamaa neighborhood killed an Iraqi, wounded four other people, left a building in flames and destroyed several cars.

Security officials said US and Iraqi forces took advantage of the curfew to conduct a number of operations around the city as part of the ongoing effort to bring peace to the troubled city.

Residents of Sadr City, a teeming Baghdad slum of two million inhabitants and a stronghold of Sadr's Mahdi Army militia, reported a joint US-Iraqi military operation in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Several residents described an attack that involved house searches, gunfire and some civilian casualties.

"Specially trained Iraqi army forces conducted an early morning raid today to capture a suspected terrorist involved in the kidnapping and murder of Iraqi civilians in northeast Baghdad," a US military statement said.

"Iraqi forces with coalition advisers conducted the operation to detain an individual believed connected to illegal armed groups and involved in improvised explosive device attacks targeting innocent Iraqi civilians, Iraqi forces and US forces."

Much of Baghdad's violence has been laid at the feet of the Mahdi Army, but until now the US military has not attempted to include the vast Sadr City neighborhood in weapons searches taking place under the security plan.

Elsewhere, in southeastern Iraq, two British soldiers were seriously injured when a roadside bomb hit their supply convoy, a British spokesman said.

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Iraq has completed a draft law on securities and stock exchange

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Iraq has completed a draft law on securities and stock exchange
Baghdad-Adel Mahdi life-03 / 10 / 06 / /

The Executive Director of Iraqi Stock Exchange, Taha Ahmed Salam, The committee, consisting of the Securities and Exchange Iraqi Al completed a draft securities law in Iraq, after consulting with a number of international experts, At the forefront of the American Stock Exchange to make the specifications of Iraqi law in the global reality, not a slogan ».

He pointed to "update» phases of the project in the form in which Al makes it compatible with the requirements of modern investment and circulation mail and link with the outside stock exchanges, the Arab economies and regional ».


Electronic trading

And electronic trading expected to begin implementation early next year. Salam said that this system Al important results in strengthening its ability to activate the potential investors and shareholders to benefit from the advantages. It will provide the possibility of opening the rooms bourse Iraqi territory in the provinces of Kurdistan and the central and southern governorates ». He pointed out that the market for a plan that would include the possibility of Al registering non-Iraqi companies in the Stock Exchange and the Iraqi Iraqi companies in Arab stock ».

He said Salam, who returned to Baghdad after a follow-up with a delegation headed by the President of the Stock Exchange of Trustees asked Tabatabai, phased implementation of the electronic system in Oman by the international company, The issuance of the new investment law which allows non-Iraqis trading on the Stock Exchange and the application and use of electronic systems, Al encourage and stimulate investor-Iraqi circulation in the Iraqi market. This means the high market value of the shares in light of the high demand, and increase the incomes of investors in the market and the wealth ».

The executive director of the market circulation that counts now adopted at the Stock Exchange and two meetings a week for two hours each meeting. The continuation of the process of changing ownership from the seller to the buyer in a period ranging between two and four weeks to prevent Al investor buyer of the sale until after this time. while allowing the circulation of electronic trading through intermediaries, according to spread their offices in Baghdad and elsewhere. The Exchange could also be held during the ten deliberative sessions five days a week, divided into two mornings and evenings, For two hours each ». He pointed out that it will be "investor who could buy the shares in the morning session, selling in the evening as well as in the opposite direction».

The sign said, "the number of contracts executed now 350, with the adoption of the electronic system hundreds of times, This means achieving high liquidity of the shares traded by perhaps up to 100% ».

Translated version of http://www.sotaliraq.com/iraqi-news/nieuws.php?id=35029

Aside : the government agreed to invest Ahdab oil field and construction of a power station

Kut - 10-2 : Wasit governor Latif Hamad aside today, Monday, that the central government in Baghdad had agreed to put up the draft (Al-Ahdab field) of oil production in southern Iraq to investors. The establishment of a For electricity generation in hand Alzbideh north of Kut.

The governor added in a statement to the News Agency (Voices of Iraq) alone "and approved the central government in Baghdad to the Al-Ahdab oil field investment, located in hand (Free), and avoids some (28 km) west of Kut, to exploit oil resources and the advancement of the country's economy after the modification of the contract in the past with the Chinese government to invest in this field. "

China was negotiated with the former regime (1997) for the Al-Ahdab oil field investment, which

One of the fields in the oil-rich Iraq. The estimated production of (120-150) thousand barrels a day.

He explained that aside and the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity, "and agreed to proceed with the implementation of a power station Alzbideh (southern Iraq), , which amounted to capacity (1200 megavolts watts) at an estimated cost of $ 900 million. "

He also mentioned that he "will direct the project early next year 2007, and set the time period for delivery between 28-32 months."

The governor of Wasit to that the two projects might contribute to the economic recovery of the province, and providing job opportunities in many different disciplines.

He said that the origins of the highest in the reconstruction of Iraq "and recently agreed to allocate (50) million dollars to implement service projects in the districts and their conservation," He pointed out that the ceiling has not been determined timetable at the present time.

He explained that these projects "is divided between sectors : roads and bridges, education, water and sanitation, youth and sport," referring to the existence of other financial grant from the reconstruction will be allocated for the Supreme Wasit governorate during the next year.

The reconstruction was dedicated early this year (2006) $ 54 million for the implementation of different service projects, several sectors included in the Wasit governorate.

He added origins "has been preparing a study integrated with a Kuwaiti company specialized, to carry out cleaning towns in the province of Wasit. for a full year and manpower Iraqi. "

But he did not indicate when the Kuwaiti company start its work.

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Hey my "lightbulb" just came on with putting something together. So bear with this grandma ok - I'm a founder in a World Conference Center - we have a Forex program for our members. The Forex guy gave us an update last night of our trades for the last week. Well - the "first" friday of the month is a one day HUGE trade day. He said that the "brokers" that he uses are going to want something like 30-40 pips commissions instead of the 3-5 pips on this up coming friday - October 6th. So our Forex fellow wanted to see if it was ok - not to trade that day since the broker is wanting higher commissions that "day". Plus this is the same date FreeDinar used in their "example or plan" October 6th.

Help me here - but why is this date keep coming up?

R/V friday??? LET HOPE

that is very odd, isn't it? and a decimal place change in commissions?!? goes to prove my thought that brokers = fleas (more like big fat ticks or leeches on Friday)

Seems like jacking up commissions because of insider knowledge of an upcoming event can't be above-board/ethical.

Originally Posted by clueless

if anybody finds any information about a virus or other malware from the site, PLEASE post enough here to help others find and remove it. i visited that site one time after the first spam email while RC was down and my security software did not detect any problems but i know from sad experience that is not always enough to feel safe.

thanks.

It was posted on IIF this morning to beware of this site....better safe than sorry.

The first friday of every month is non-farm payrolls and the forex market moves based on news. My forex trader get 150 pips from straddling this.

Originally Posted by zipper

Seems like jacking up commissions because of insider knowledge of an upcoming event can't be above-board/ethical.

I agree - I don't understand Forex exchange - I leave that to experts. But the Forex Fellow said many people are very upset at this broker.

But really it's the date the keeps coming up in my notes - October 6th.

Plus was there something that passed or was voted on Monday - they 4 days later they would vote/read on it again???Help on this one please. Wouldn't that make it friday October 6th?

HMMMMM just food for thought.

Originally Posted by danny51

Move forward to what? The November reval?

reading along fine and i stumble against this smart aleck negative comment. cmon dude, be productive here....