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The Republic of Iraq
Council of Ministers-the governmental communications
Media Relations
A press statement / Press Release
Sunday, 10 - 15-2006

National Security Advisor will meet the Minister of Intelligence and Security and Iranian films Convention security between the two countries

He met with National Security Advisor Dr. Muwaffaq Rubaie with the Minister of Intelligence and Security Iranian who is visiting Iraq at present.

It was during the meeting, the Convention security and intelligence coordination that was signed between Iraq and Iran. The two sides agreed to set up a working group to develop appropriate mechanisms for the implementation of the Convention including ways to contribute to and support the security and intelligence cooperation between the two countries.

The meeting was attended on the Iraqi side the Deputy National Security Adviser and gentlemen advisers and directors-general in the National Security Council and members of the Iranian delegation accompanying the guest minister.

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The Republic of Iraq
Council of Ministers-the governmental communications
Media Relations
A press statement / Press Release
Sunday, 10 - 15-2006

Find a large cache of weapons west of Baghdad
An explosive device containing 104

Enable soldiers of the multinational forces / Task Force Baghdad found a large weapons cache west of Baghdad. The cache included 12 rounds of 60 mm mortar shells, 104 of an explosive device and 65 rounds of 120-mm mortar rounds and seven 125-mm mortar rounds and seven 122 mm other, in addition to the materials used in the manufacture of explosives.

This came in a statement issued today by the association's media multinational forces.

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Source : The statement UAE - 14/10/2006
The new investment law granting a large number of concessions to foreign investors. such as the power to purchase the shares and management of investment portfolios, as provided for the establishment of a national body for investment, investment projects and the granting of tax exemptions of up to 15 years. The amended draft of the investment law, which was approved by 36 article. It provided for the formation of a body, the «National Authority for Investment» enjoy moral character represents the body or head of the empowered and be responsible for the formulation of the national policy for investment and the development of plans and controls and monitors the application of controls and regulations in the field of investment.

Specialize the investment projects of the federal and administered by a board of directors composed of nine members, university professors, nominated by the Council of Ministers and head of the rank of minister and deputy chairman of the rank of Under-Secretary for five years, and ratified by Parliament. The Prime Minister also appointed four directors to two years of membership. The Act provides for the right of the House impeachment of the President or his deputy at the request of the Prime Minister, The Center Authority in Baghdad and appoint representatives to the regions and governorates.

A law that the regions and provinces in the territory of irregular composition of the investment in the areas under its control with powers granted leave investment and encourage investment and to open branches in areas under its «controls within this law», in consultation with the National Authority for the investment to ensure that the legal requirements. The regional and provincial bodies of seven members, including at least one president and his deputy, It also coordinate regional and provincial bodies to work with the National Authority for Investment in coordination and consultation with local governments, Regarding the plans and facilities investment.

Added Law : «and accept the requests for clearance of investment projects less capital than the minimum established by the Council of Ministers, the Minister of the Territory, as the case may be issued under the proposal of the body to bring into approval by the Council of Ministers if the value of the project at 150 million dollars». The body will leave the applications projects in the period of less than 45 days from the date of submission of the application. For the annual budget independent resources consist of the amounts allocated to it from the state budget.

The objectives of the law, saying : «The body aims to promote investment through the strengthening of confidence in the investment environment and the definition of investment opportunities and encouraging investment and promoting them and simplify the registration process and leave for investment projects and the follow-up of existing projects and the priority given to them in the completion of the official bodies».

One of the functions of the «completion of the procedures answer requests for investors and obtain the necessary approvals for the investor and the project and the establishment of a single window at the National Investment and other regions and provinces comprising delegates accredited by the ministries and members nominated by provincial and district councils according to the conditions and the relevant authorities of the relationship, the granting of leave and obtain approvals from other parties in accordance with the law, in addition to providing advice to investors and to develop programs to promote investment in the different regions of Iraq to attract investors », , as well as facilitate the allocation of land required for setting up and letting projects without determined by the body to coordinate with the relevant authorities, in addition to working on the establishment of investment safe and free consent of the Council of Ministers ».

The Act further provides that the body «facilities and the granting of loans to investors Iraqis that they operate manpower commensurate with the size of the loan value». «Enjoy investor regardless of the nationality of all the benefits and safeguards and is subject to the obligations contained in this Act, the Iraqi and foreign investor for the purposes of the right to housing projects without jurisdiction land speculation according to rules set by the Commission and with the consent of the Council of Ministers may ownership housing units to the Iraqis after the completion of the project, under this law will enjoy the benefits of investor capital that get introduced into Iraq and proceeds according to the instructions the Central Bank after the payment of all obligations ».

The law also gives foreign investors the right «trading in the securities market and stocks and bonds, in addition to the composition of investment portfolios in stocks, bonds and leases of land for the project or for the duration Almsatha where the investment project based on not to exceed 50 years, renewable for approval under the body ». , As well as the right of foreign investors in insurance companies, insurance on the project and the opening of the Iraqi currency accounts or foreign bank branches in Iraq or outside Iraq.

The law ensures that the priority of the recruitment and use of employees for the Iraqis. in addition to granting foreign investors and foreign employees in the investment projects right of abode in Iraq and facilitate the entry and exit to and from Iraq, in addition to ensuring that the confiscation or nationalization of the project except what comes in a sentence now. According to the law «The implications of the investor commitments, as for the notice in writing to maintain the territory or immediately after the completion of the installation of the project and the trade date of commencement of work, in addition to brief the documents, records and the feasibility study if requested ».

«Enjoy the investment project, where the project got leave from the investment exemption from taxes and duties for 10 years from the start of commercial operation of the project in accordance with the development areas identified by the Council of Ministers. The rise Sunni exemption if there is a contribution from an Iraqi and up to 15 years if the investor's contribution to the Iraqi amounting to 50% ».

«Also enjoyed the project holder of the exempt assets leave imported for the project from charges to be made within 3 years from the date of granting investment, also exempt materials imported for the purpose of the expansion project of the fees to enter into a period of less than three years from the date of notification of the expansion project, and also exempt spare parts imported for the project from charges that the less the value of these pieces of the 20% of the value of the assets of Aitasserv condition that the investor for purposes other than that for which the imported ».

The law gave «projects of hotels and tourist establishments, hospitals and health institutions, rehabilitation centers and educational institutions importing furniture, furnishings and supplies for renewal once every four years to be used in the project, If it is proved any sale of imports for the benefit of plants and exempt from customs illegally investor fees and taxes consequences ». The general provisions of law to settle the disputes on the projects and financing methods as applied to the Iraqi in addition to explaining the legal procedures for the granting of leave to the project.

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Source : Voices of Iraq - 15/10/2006
Basra Governorate Council canceled a contract with a Kuwaiti cleaning company because she violated the terms of the contract between the two sides three months ago, according to which the company cleaned up by the modern city of Basra for one year the value of eight million dollars.
He said Fouad Mazny member of the council of the province of Basra in a telephone conversation with the News Agency (Voices of Iraq) Independent today, "approved unanimously by the Council in its meeting held yesterday to the cancellation of the company (Blouov) Kuwaiti cleaning because she violated the terms of the contract between them and the province."
He added that "the company violated many of the conditions agreed upon, especially with regard to the mechanisms and the distribution of garbage bags to citizens and the rubble."
He pointed out that he will be filing a lawsuit against the company to separate the ensuing fines and the consequent preservation of the financial obligations payable.
He explained that "the Board formed a committee of five of its members to follow the process of cleaning the city agreement and coordination with the Municipality of Basra."
Almarti did not specify the date of the beginning of the work of the Committee.

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Source : Rafidain - 15/10/2006
An official source from the Customs Police Basra today, Sunday, that the e been seized 250 tons of diesel (kerosine) prepared for smuggling south of Basra. , Said Abdul Zahra Jabr Associate Director of the Customs area fourth in a telephone conversation with the News Agency (Voices of Iraq) alone "have been seized 250 tons of diesel prepared for the smuggling was hidden in large reservoirs under the ground on the banks of the Shatt al-Arab in the Khoisan (10 km south of Basra) yesterday."

He added that "the operation in which more than 50 a component of the Customs Police, and is considered one of the largest operations in terms of the size of the quantity seized."

He went on to say "we have not been able to arrest smugglers as they fled."

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Source : Al-Sabah - 15/10/2006
Allocated draft law on investment in six consecutive materials and various paragraphs of the investment, which will bear the responsibility of promoting and attracting investments. For this purpose, it rose draft ceiling constituency concerned to the Mtaatha personality and moral identity, headquarters, the allocation of Mali, indivisibility of the contract and exercise activities, shoulder the responsibility of civil, penal and legal prosecution. I went further than that given that the head of the degree, and her deputy minister, the Deputy Minister, respectively, and the attributes, experience, competence, post-graduate degrees ...? The same applies to members! , Which is understood that the door of the competition for places will be open to contestants from the required specifications. . Otherwise, each of which have the highest specifications objection in the absence of choice? There will certainly be a controversial position outside the framework of the law?

Here, it should be noted that the laws of the countries interested in investing did not go beyond the formation of an ad hoc investment unit in one of the ministries, with the participation of specialists from other ministries concerned. As for the Iraqi He gave it the right to open branches in the regions and provinces as well as outside of Iraq (representations), and to workers in an endless body privileges ... . Given the great interest that the draft constitution of the positions and privileges of workers sent to the company law is unrelated administrative matter and not from the core issue of investment, which looks at the relationship with the investor, It is not believed that the investor will be problematic in this regard ... It was better allocation rules is defined as a body concerned with investment and the work of the Commission for investors such as investment applications and the decisions to accept or reject the applications and the granting of exemptions and privileges ... As for the actions of investment issued by the instructions that specify the formalities and documentation, archives to be provided by the investor.

Chapter III (advantages and safeguards)
In four articles, the draft law provided certain advantages and guarantees within the framework of the investor, while deferred the issue of exemptions to the chap. Most legislation in the investment framework Radft between the advantages and exemptions side by side, Vaevae investor of the obligation or burden is also an advantage in its favor stimulating or encourage investment.

Stated that the advantages of the draft articles do not give the investor more than provided by other countries in the region or in other regions of the world, graduation capital, profits and the rental of land and the opening of accounts in Iraqi currency or foreign insurance or falling outside of the project right of residence and facilitating the entry of Auchroj investor and his staff ... in addition to the assurances that he has made, the issues are settled in one of the world looking for investments Jordan, Egypt, Morocco and even to Malaysia, In fact, most had allowed investors to own land of the project investment ... Considering that the foreign investor will not detract from the sovereignty of the state to having to cover certain land within the state, as long as it is subject to the law of the State in which the investor. The talk of land ownership in which wealth or oil fields are far from the vocabulary of law, surely that all the territory of Iraq will be at the disposal of investors, but the land will be allocated to specific agreed with the concerned bodies in the State.

Legislation is often taken to allocate a specific area with the exemption or a symbolic rent for a period of time commensurate with the project and its importance ... After the expiration of the period gives the investor's option to rent or expropriation. To encourage investor can study the subject after the investment and the importance of the consent of the Council of Ministers, Granting additional privileges and exemptions, except for the privileges and exemptions listed in the law.
As for guarantees, it is to ensure the inadmissibility of the expropriation of any investment project depends on the symptoms of this Act, except in accordance with the provisions of judicial or to the requirements of "public interest", according to just compensation ... The term nationalization, instruments it not mentioned before a global trend of privatization.

As in the case of modification or addition or Agherarganon Vejer another investor to get the best privileges ... In addition, Flmestthmer also guarantee reference to the provisions and the provisions of international conventions and bilateral agreements, ratified by Iraq. if the investor's best privileges of the investment law.

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China ready to support the rehabilitation of the electricity network and power stations
The continued maintenance of lines and towers, which were vandalized
Source : Al-Sabah - 14/10/2006
China expressed its willingness to support the Ministry of Electricity through the rehabilitation of the network and provide standby power stations currently held in the ministry tables continue technical and engineering work of the maintenance and rehabilitation of a number of towers that has been subjected to vandalism.
He said Dr. Kareem Wahid and the Minister of Electricity after a meeting with a delegation of the Chinese embassy in Baghdad : The Chinese side expressed its readiness to support the electricity sector in Iraq through the establishment of new power stations and rehabilitation stations at present and in the provision of spare own and other obstetric units.
He added that during the meeting, discussed common issues with China, including activation of the contract for the establishment of a power station and Wasit estimated production capacity b (1320) megawatts with a timetable for the delivery of up to 34 months from the date of the direct particular that the Council of Ministers approved the implementation of the contract with China.
He pointed out that Karim called the Chinese side to increase the volume of cooperation and coordination between the Ministry and specialist in the affairs of the electric power in the People's Republic of China as well as the provision of spare parts for electricity-generating stations that have contributed to the construction of China previously.
On the other hand, continue technical and engineering capabilities of the ministry in the rehabilitation work of the (15) error of power transmission lines in different parts of the country has been exposed to acts of sabotage and military.
An official source at the Ministry of Electricity (morning) : The lines that has been subjected to acts of sabotage, and will continue to Personnel qualification is six lines of the line, west of Baghdad, Baiji-2 (400) KV hope to re rehabilitative end of the month, and the Msib south of Baghdad / 1 and 4 (400) KV due to be completed on 10 / 15, and the Secretary south of Baghdad (400) KV and it is hoped to be completed in 10 / 14 line of Diyala, Kirkuk (400) KV, which will be completed on 10 / 20, west of Baghdad, Baiji 1-(400) KV and it is hoped to be returned to service tomorrow, and finally the Kirkuk-Baiji gas (400) KV, which is hoped to be completed tomorrow, the other is to go into service again.
He added that the lines were to sabotage a result of military operations of the six lines of a session-Kassibh / 1 132 KV and role-Kassibh / 2 132 KV and south of Baghdad-west of Baghdad, 400 KV and modern-west of Baghdad, 400 KV and spectral Iosevih 400 KV Finally, the Yosfiah / 2 (132) KV adding that the coming few days will witness the return of this line Cat after the completion of the re-canceling tables by the ministry technical and engineering. The other three lines emerged as a result of a technical malfunction crown carbonated Nasr 132 KV and 132 KV Rashdeh beautiful and these lines due to return to service during the coming few others.
He added that the reconstruction of these lines will contribute to the stability of the electricity supply and the return of reliable electrical grid throughout the country, especially as the rehabilitation work included towers installed wiring and Kabloat the new request more time and effort and the size despite the difficult security proportions completed advanced rehabilitation campaign e Settlements lines.
According to the source, the military and sabotage operations which lead to the ruin and destruction of the electric grid reflect negatively on the implementation of the ministry's plan for developing the network, especially that these processes contribute to waste a lot of money for the development of the electricity network in the whole country.

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The Republic of Iraq
Council of Ministers-the governmental communications
Media Relations
A press statement / Press Release
Sunday, 10 - 15-2006

The postponement of the political forces to further notice

An official spokesman of the Ministry of State for National Dialogue this afternoon, including the following :

For reasons beyond the control of the emergency ministry will announce the postponement of the Iraqi political forces, which was scheduled to be held next Saturday approved 10-21-2006 until further notice.

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City pleads country - to the President of the Republic and Prime Minister Mr esteemed

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The esteemed President of the Republic and Prime Minister Mr city-country pleads

Statement

The city of the country pleads
New terrorist crime and another tragedy

To / Mr. Iraqi President Jalal Talabani esteemed.

And / Mr. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki esteemed.

Two days before the seventeen workers of the country to the city of kidnapping at the hands of terrorist groups in the area of Ad Duluiyah was tortured and slaughtered Nhara and thrown into the street. not content with this thing started, but the group recruited from the former regime, the henchmen and Altkverein Qaeda members, hit them periods and left the issue of Fallujah, Samarra, Tikrit and Diyala. today morning, where they attacked the city of the country from all sides with mortars and Katyusha rockets and light and medium weapons, now the city, where a blood bath of dead and wounded proposed in the streets, and roads to the city are blocked.

We therefore call on the sons of the city of the country you quick Nhamlkm full responsibility to save the city from the criminal factions that want to shed SATISFACTION city and the killing of their sons.



Signatories :

1-clerics and mosque imams in the city of the country.

2-clan elders in the city of the country.

Three-parties, movements and organizations and political groupings in the country.

4-Center seventh Al (p) for reporting and counseling.

5-Akbra Center for Studies and Research.

6-Youth Center country.

Seven-General of prisoners and missing persons in the country.

8-Women's Society in the country.

15 / 10 / 2006


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The Republic of Iraq
Council of Ministers-the governmental communications
Media Relations
A press statement / Press Release
Sunday, 10 - 15-2006

The supreme national body to uproot the Baath statement today declared its possession of documents and evidence on the involvement of elements of the dissolved Baath terrorist and criminal operations against the people and all segments of the Following is the text of the statement :

Press agencies have reported statements Mosul governor and the leaders of the security services there that the security services had thwarted an attempt to maintain criminal occupation of a building maintenance carried out by terrorist groups admitted after her arrest that it is one of the members of the dissolved Baath Party is the party of return, members of Mohammed's Army, the security forces confronted them, Wah Batt process.

While not surprised by the supreme national body to uproot the Baath from the news, as it had repeatedly warned of the danger of the return of the Baath dead - and-buried to the political life and full of new and other labels, since the terrorist organization secret capacity and the possibility to re-regulations through the seizure of the wealth of the country for four decades from its fascist and سخرتها to work to undermine the democratic experiment in Iraq.

It also owns the supreme national body to uproot the Baath many of the documents and crucial evidence of the involvement of elements of the dissolved Baath much of the terrorist operations, which affected all segments of our people.
I worked supreme national body to uproot the Baath and will prevent the return of the disbanded Baath penetration in the state's institutions and government departments, prevented him from returning to political life, both under his name known, or through new names.

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