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The management of the funds and weapons smuggling to Iran exploded events architecture ... »« Mahdi Army engaged in isolation from the battlefields «» Sadr or knowledge!
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A leading figure in the former «» Mahdi Army, Section of the Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. the divisions in the structure of the militias, which fought a war with American forces in the year 2004 in favor of the formation of armed groups «» and militias have different programs. He told the lead role in the organization of Sunni armed information on the link between organized b «» Mahdi Army in the earlier stages of the varied analysis of the reality of this militia, which accuses of being a major source of violence in Iraq in light of the explosion of the situation in Amarah after weeks of similar incidents in the province of Diwaniyah.

The Abu Zeinab «», a name for a leading activist in the former «» Mahdi Army, The Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr did not have the authority to prepare resolution on the militias, founded with the occupation of Iraq in 2003. The decisions issued by the army to re-Hkilh revealed the formation of dozens of small groups and militias.

He said Abu Zeinab «» that Sadr recently tried to restore the authority in the resolution «» Mahdi Army through the demobilization of large numbers of its members and the numbers of individuals in the house and the formation of new leaderships, However, none of the resolutions of al-Sadr was not applied after the army shifted some units in Sadr City in Baghdad, Karbala, Diwaniyah, Nasiriyah and Amarah to the independent militia funded by various intelligence agencies including the regional.

The Abu Zeinab »« about a conflict for the management of the funds and arms smuggling in the city of Amarah (400 km south of Baghdad) Iran and between the elements of the Mahdi Army «» and the other from the Badr Organization situation finally exploded there, He added «sometimes no longer possible to distinguish between the Mahdi Army and the Badr Organization after overlap imposed by the entry of both in the police and the Iraqi army in a number of cities and some factions operating under the banner of the Mahdi Army now receive orders from the leaders of the militias and other».

But people close to the reality of militias in Iraq confirmed that the attempt to show the Mahdi Army «», as if outside the authority of its leader Muqtada al-Sadr has strategic objectives included the possibility of resolving the complexity of the al-Sadr militia decision after understanding with the government is possible to always leave space for the political and military maneuvering that Sadri trend which Significant achievements at the level of government.

Roy, a leading Sunni faction in the armed conflict, as he said, he was a link between the platoon and «» Mahdi Army in 2003 and 2004, Sadr offices in those years granted licenses to kill members of the Badr Organization who constitute the main target of armed militants in the hot spots and some of them are abducted on the road to the Baghdad - Amman and Baghdad-Najaf.

The leadership, who said that the name Abu Dzar «» «that the integrated iron units participated in the guerrilla war waged by the Mahdi Army« »with American and Iraqi forces during the rule of former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi and the Mahdi Army was structural at the hands of former officers of the Iraqi army belonging to armed groups in Anbar».

Worsened the relationship between «» Mahdi Army and Sunni religious parties and armed after the events of Samarra the beginning of the year 2006, and appeared for the first time directly accused elements of this army organized campaigns to murder the people of the right identity of the year in a number of areas in Iraq.

The publication of the Islamic Army, one of the largest armed Iraqi factions, yesterday, a statement emphasizing the killing of dozens of elements «» Mahdi Army in Baghdad during Ramadan, while the leaders of the Sadri movement deny involvement «» Mahdi Army in the killings of the Sunni identity.

The Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr in the recently released repeated statements from any of the Iraqis involved in cold elements trend. stressing on a previous occasion his intention to expose those involved Thus such crimes.

Residents said Shiite areas of Baghdad were empty of the year. because of forced displacement, which is normally done through books signed by the Martyr al-Sadr offices «», The popular trend Sadri retreated considerably after turning many belonging to the groups for the killing and robbery did not exclude the population Shiites themselves. Compare observers that fades Sunni support for the Al-Qaida organization for similar reasons.

October saw the (October) this escalation and clear against Mahdi Army elements «» in Iraq by American and British forces considered al-Sadr's movement leaders in an attempt to drag the current to a new battle probably will be liquidated leader Muqtada al-Sadr who fell near his house in Najaf a few days ago, several mortar shells drew his finger launched in to the American forces.

The Shiite organization calling itself Brigades «» Musawi spirit of God declared war against the occupation and its collaborators. With Informed sources said that this new group is just the one of the Mahdi Army formations «» bolted from the organization.

The challenge of solving the armed militias most government functions within Maliki, which promised to start resolved after the Eid al-Fitr holiday, but certainly aware of the difficulty of this task Kasitin letters after letters, the elements of the Mahdi Army «» Maliki to topple the provinces of Diwaniyah and Maysan last month through military operations claimed the lives of dozens, mostly police, Perhaps he wanted to be armed «say that the solution to the militia will not be as easy as talking about politicians».

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In Irbil Ainakauh met His Excellency the Minister of Culture of Iraq's Kurdistan region, professor of religion around Kach Yi and a delegation from the Federation of literati Iraq.
Starting HE welcomed the delegation and the minister dissolved in the capital of the region, then praised the role of the European and Araghth, it has ordered the allocation of sovereignty (5) million dinars monthly grant of the Federation for the permanency of his activities and the activities of its subsidiaries.
Adoption of the proposal as secretary general of the al-Jawaheri a festival in its fourth in Erbil and during the last month of the current year and Ptziev (300) Adib from within Iraq and 12 from outside, and morally for over three days and promised to put the proposal at the first meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Territory.
This delegation of the Russian capital, Mr. Alfred Samaan Secretary-General Nizar included Friends Hanna Dirani and Ibrahim Khayyat organic Executive Office.

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The investment law at a glance
the iraqi investment law at a glance
22/10/2006
Source: Niqash


The Iraqi investment law approved by the Iraqi parliament in its session on 10 October 2006 will come into effect after its approval by the president and its publication in the Iraqi Official Gazette. It will regulate the national and foreign investment process in Iraq.

Judge Dr. Wa'il Abd Al-Latif, legal expert, MP and deputy head of the Legal Committee, outlines for Niqash the most important points in the law.

Privileges and Guarantees Offered to Investors:

1. Taking out the capital brought into Iraq with its revenues in hard currency
2. Dealing with the Iraqi securities market
3. Leasing land needed for the project or using it on condition that the term does not exceed a period of 50 years that can be renewed
4. Insuring the investment project at any national or foreign insurance company
5. Opening accounts in Iraqi or foreign currency or both at Iraqi banks or at banks outside Iraq
6. Obtaining residency and facilitating investors’ entry to Iraq and leaving Iraq
7. Non-confiscation or nationalization of the investment project
8. Non-Iraqi workers have the right to transfer their salaries and indemnities outside Iraq
9. Exemption from fees and taxes for ten years beginning with the date of starting the project. This period is renewable. Also, furniture and assets needed for expanding and modernizing the project are exempt.

Investors’ Commitments:

1. Informing the commission of the date of starting work on the project
2. Maintaining accurate book-keeping checked by an authorized lawyer
3. Presenting economic and technical feasibility studies with all the maps related to the project
4. Keeping a record of imported materials, protecting the environment, and commitment to qualitative control systems
5. Complying with Iraqi laws and the action plan methodology presented by investors

Areas of investment

The law opened all areas of investment before Iraqi and foreign investors except:
1. Investment in the field of extracting and producing oil and gas
2. Investment in the sectors of banks and insurance companies
3. Land cannot be owned except for housing projects. It can be owned by Iraqis as separate units; otherwise, it is given for a period of fifty years, which is renewable.

Investment Commissions in Iraq

The law stipulates the formation of two commissions in Iraq:

1. The National Commission for Investment: It is a legal entity managed by a board comprised of nine members who have had a minimum of ten years of experience and specialization and who hold university degrees. The commission will be responsible for the formulation of the national policy for investment, the development of plans and controls, and monitors the application of controls. It exclusively specializes in federal investment projects. The government nominates its head on the level of a minister and a deputy head on the level of an undersecretary. Both will be approved by the parliament for a period of five years. The board also has four members on the level of general managers and three representatives from the private sector chosen by the prime minister.

2. Commissions in regions and governorates. Since the federal structure in Iraq has been approved through the law on the formation of regions, which then will enjoy legislative, executive, and judicial powers, the investment law has provided for the establishment of commissions in federal regions. Governorates which are not organized as regions enjoy financial and administrative powers, and thus the law has regulated the right of formation of investment commissions in governorates as well.

The commissions in regions and governorates have powers to grant investment licenses, encourage investment, and open branches in areas under their jurisdiction in consultation with the national commission and in accordance with this law.

Each of those commissions is comprised of seven members who have a minimum of seven years of experience and specialization. The regions’ commissions are coupled to the prime ministers of the regions, and the governorate commissions are linked to the governors and monitored by the respective governorate council. The law authorizes regions and governorates to form these commissions, which draw up investment plans in such a way that does not contradict the federal investment plans.

The law allows governorates and regions to exercise their role in encouraging investment as the national commission will be limited to the role of federal investments only and thus not take over the role for investment in the regions and governorates.

The national commission has a special budget. It has to deal with license applications within 45 days. It also has to facilitate granting licenses and use electronic correspondence.

Evaluation

The new investment law will surely make a big qualitative change in the Iraqi economy by means of incoming capital and foreign experience, which will contribute to establishing the basic infrastructure of the Iraqi economy. Iraq suffers from lack of capital available for reconstruction and development due to the accumulation of loans as well as lack of experience due to ongoing wars. This law will immensely help in meeting this need.

The Iraqi federal budget is derived to 93-95% from the proceeds of crude oil. These proceeds are spent on the subsidies for the ration cards, low fuel prices, the social welfare system, as well as the salaries and wages of workers in the Iraqi state. The remainder is not enough to realistically rebuild in Iraq an infrastructure that needs hundreds of billions, which are not readily available according to the reality of the Iraqi state that owes more than 130 billion dollars to the rest of the world, and on the other hand we cannot boost the state through the small projects that cannot achieve sustainable development. And thus, like many countries in the world, it must resort to investment.

The Iraqi economic infrastructure has been destroyed over more than 25 years since the beginning of the Iraq-Iran War in 1980. With the increase of its population Iraq may become an economic machine that will not stop for fifty years in the areas of services, housing, economy, agriculture, and commerce. This law will enable this progress by means of establishing a secure environment for investment.

That the investment law establishes the basic rules for the investor with guarantees and protection is a very good step in the field of investment, although the land problem remained unresolved or at least not in the way that we want it to be where the investor could own property except for the housing projects which are to be owned by Iraqis. In our opinion this is a tautology as every Iraqi has under the constitutional right to own property, reside and travel in any region of Iraq.

More than nine governorates, in addition to Iraqi Kurdistan, have a secure environment for investment. The growth and development of these governorates will create an incentive for governorates which lack security to seek to create a secure environment. Surely the economy, through investment, will contribute to achieving security in the country.

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What is the web address for the iraqi gazette?

Originally Posted by cigarman

What is the web address for the iraqi gazette?

جردية الوقائع العراقية

Translated version of http://www.uruklink.net/iqlaw/

Originally Posted by Adster

CP, how new do you think the above article is off the CBI site??

I think the last part is as good as saying r/v.....here it is...........Anyone else see it??????



The bank will maintain Marazi Iraqi on the other tracksin its monetary policy to achieve intermediate goals for reducing inflation and contain inflationary expectations, relying on "stabilizing nominal" cash Aatar Yazzmen rate of the Iraqi dinar against the dollar and boosted the purchasing power of the Iraqi dinar to move across the tracks and cash assistance in inflation targeting. eitherAlihalanange reflect the Bank's monetary Marazi Iraqi Without doubt on the link between climate and means of monetary policy,whether in the area of interest rates or exchange rates on one hand,The stability of the general level of prices on the other hand promised the Association of tasks President underlying the Marazi Bank in the implementation of its goals to maximize the purchasing power of cash income and the strengthening of the capacities of the country coffers in a way that achieves the objectives of economic growth in the long term.

okay I have been looking at this for the last two hours and I can not understand what they are talking about. I have also been checking theit web site for quite sometime and this article is new (it's dated 10/18/06) so whay put this up now all of a sudden??? IF ANYONE can explain this please do!!!

الأحد, 22 أكتوبر, 2006

Voices of Iraq: Baghdad-Eid (Feature)
كتب: nadioshka في يوم الأحد, 22 أكتوبر, 2006 - 01:59 PM BT

Baghdad-Eid (Feature)
Baghdadis robbed of the Eid joy as violence rages unabated
Hamed al-Hamarani
Baghdad, Oct 22, (VOI) – Abu Ahmed could not sleep for two successive night when his little daughter Nadia asked him: “Where will you take us during Eid?”
He realized he had only two choices; either to succumb to her wishes and take the family for an Eid al-Fitr outing, turning a blind eye to the grave security deterioration, or cite excuses he already knows they are no good.
Violence has been raging unabated in Iraq with daily bombings and killings claiming score of lives in Baghdad and other towns.
Iraqi Sunnis will celebrate Eid al-Fitr on Monday to mark the end of the Moslem fasting month of Ramadan while Shiites could start celebrating Eid on Tuesday or Wednesday depending on the sighting of the new moon.
With Eid outings and picnics out of the question, Abu Ahmed, like most Iraqis, is also unable to buy his children new clothes as customary for Eid.
“Baghdad used to be a joyful city rife with entertainment, tourism and places of fun,” Abu Ahmed told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq VOI).
“There were al-Azamiya cornice, al-Zawraa Park and many theaters that show comic plays during Eids, not to mention the cinemas in Baghdad which I’m sure not a single Iraqi family has entered since (the U.S.-led invasion) in April 2003,” he added bitterly.
Children playgrounds were abound in Baghdad and kids used to go by themselves to enjoy the swings, slides and merry-go-rounds before returning home safe and happy, Abu Ahmed recalled.
“Now, we fear for them if they stand in front of the house, so how about if they want to go for an outing far from home,” he exclaimed.
Hajj Abu Te’ma, 72, believes the spiral of violence in Baghdad with all the killings, kidnappings and evictions has been detrimental to breaking up family bonds and spoiling Eid traditions.
Abu Te’ma, a retired Baghdadi who lives in the multi-ethnic al-Amel neighborhood in southern Baghdad, laments the old days when visiting relatives and neighbors on the first day of Eid was of paramount importance.
“With one half of our families living in camps because of forced evictions and the other half living abroad to escape killing, where can we go in Eid?” he exclaimed angrily.
With fears gripping Iraqi families, new clothes unaffordable and keeping kids away from the risk-fraught streets becoming imperative, watching the television is now the only attraction parents can promise their children during Eid.
“I convinced my kids to forget what they consider the joy of Eid and stay home to watch Eid through the TV screen,” Umm Seif, a teacher in al-We’am primary school, told VOI.
“But when I convinced them with this idea, they begged me to appeal to the ministry of electricity to have mercy on the poor in Eid days and go easy on power rationing so that they can eventually watch the TV,” she said.
For the well-to-do Baghdadis, the northern Iraqi town of Sulaymaniya offers a great escapade.
Samir Attallah, a company manager, is used to take his family to the relatively-calm Sulaymaniya “to enjoy Eid away from car bombings, thieves and murderers.”
“The only thing that worries me is traveling on Baghdad-Sulaymaniya road,” he said.
However, for Umm Mounir, a housewife in the heavily-populated Sadr City neighborhood, neither the raging violence in the streets nor the children demands for Eid were enough to provoke her rage.
“What really hurt me most and made me steam with anger is the Iraqi parliamentary decision to give each citizen 10,000 Iraqi dinars ($6.7) on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr,” she said.
“What would this amount do for any one if a pair of children shoes costs 15,000 dinars?” she exclaimed sourly.

Baghdad-Eid (Feature) :: Aswat al Iraq :: Aswat al Iraq

Originally Posted by doublescorpio

okay I have been looking at this for the last two hours and I can not understand what they are talking about. I have also been checking theit web site for quite sometime and this article is new (it's dated 10/18/06) so whay put this up now all of a sudden??? IF ANYONE can explain this please do!!!

thats the translator.

after reading back through the posts i see that others have already either deciphered it or have seen it a couple times. i was just overly excited when i woke up to it. lol

Originally Posted by doublescorpio

Okay, I have been looking at this for the last two hours and I cannot understand what they are talking about. I have also been checking their web site for quite sometime and this article is new (dated 10/18/06), so why put this up now all of a sudden??? If anyone can explain this, please do!!!

To me it's a whole lot of nothing. Perhaps Adster &/or SuzieQ (SGS) can help us on this.

Also, I still cannot see anyone jumping for joy over $6.70 USD as a gift. I'd be angry enough to stick it up their backsides...

وکالة ال�رات العراقية للانباء

10/23/2006 12:20:55 AM10 / 23 / 2006 12:20:55 AM

Termination of the final document to the International Covenant with Iraq
Workshop Iraq and the United Nations the final draft of a document the International Covenant with Iraq, which will be put to the International Meeting to be held in Kuwait to sign the document.

He said Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih in a joint press conference held at the international organization's headquarters in Baghdad, the presence of a representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations, Ashraf Qazi, National Security Advisor Dr. Muwaffaq Rubaie after the meeting that he had been examined by the final draft will be signed by representatives of the countries participating in the International Covenant with a in Iraq, and representatives of international organizations - the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank - which will create suitable grounds for the transfer of the Iraqi economy to the ranks of the oil and enabling the government to meet the challenges of economic, political and security.

He explained that the International Covenant of Iraq will provide financial liquidity needed to finance investment projects and economic projects which contribute to building infrastructure projects and other services at a time when Iraq was unable to complete the lack of the necessary cash, pointing out that the funds paid by the signatories of the document pw Head free of any political conditions or economic or financial.

He said that the countries participating in the Covenant with Iraq expressed confidence the possibility of advancement of the Iraqi national economy at the earliest opportunity due to the availability of resources in terms of oil, agriculture, transport and tourism as well as a national working Iyad stating that Iraq after the signing of the document will climb a quantum leap in the economic field during the four o tsunamis.

And Dr. Barham Salih expressed the hope that the Delete sister States, which will participate in the conference, which will be held late this month in Kuwait, including Iraq's debts contribute to the opening of other areas of the Iraqi economy.