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(Voice of Iraq) - 10-31-2006
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Iraq uses private security firms to protect the witness through the international terrorist attacks in Anbar

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Iraq uses private security firms to protect the witness through the international terrorist attacks in the

Anbar, Baghdad-10-31 (KUNA) -- Iraqi government has decided to use private security companies to provide protection to the road is one of the most dangerous roads on its international links Baghdad and the Syrian and Jordanian borders across the troubled Anbar province.

The government statement distributed here today that the Iraqi Council of Ministers decided to approve the conclusion of the Ministry of Transport contracts with private security companies for the purpose of securing the necessary protection for by road to Syria and Jordan. The companies mentioned under contract to provide security services for a flat by the Ministry of Finance of Iraq.

The road is one of the most dangerous roads in Iraq at all where the kidnapping and killing of an almost daily basis and controlled large tracts of groups of the so-called Mujahideen Shura Council.

The Iraq and Jordan agreed earlier to transfer Iraqi oil at preferential prices to Jordan via this route and by transport companies.

This marked the road, in earlier times, the abduction of the Iraqi umpire upon his return from the Jordanian capital, Amman, as well as the killing of about 11 Pakistanis and Indian tourists who were traveling to visit holy sites in Iraq.

Safeguards necessary to achieve the federal project in Iraq

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Safeguards necessary to achieve the federal project in Iraq
Dr. Ibrahim Mohamed Bahr Al-Aloom on the steps to be taken during the coming period after the Parliament approves the executive procedures for the formation of regions. Noting that the federation can grow only in the atmosphere of democracy and nurtured not become like a disabled person. Whenever a deepened democratic practices in the community was the way to choose the most popular option federal possibility of growth and sustainability. What matters which must be emphasized that democracy is the basis for the political process, federalism is a horizontal axis for the sharing of power and wealth between the center and regions. It is useful to study the experiences of indigenous peoples, especially the Spanish experience, where she had lived totalitarian regimes. Regarding concerns raised by some of Mr. Bahr Al-Oloum, although the Iraqi Parliament approves law there Parties bear Hoajsa and concerns that it may cause economic and political Some believed that the capture of some governorates of Iraq oil wealth will become a cause of economic disadvantage to other provinces. There is apprehension political matched apprehension sharply from regional countries in this project to find a political challenge for the future of Iraq and its unity as the obsessive future impacts on the ground and the subsequent repercussions effects outside Iraq and therefore pay a negative standing of the project. He added Dr. Bahr Al-Uloom that these problems must move to address them to absorb serious concern and misgivings at both internal and external to the project becomes a partnership with the Iraqis and not the cause of mutilated. Therefore, we work to provide guarantees economic, political, administrative and popular manner that achieves the essence of the project and the safety of future federal Iraq. He talked about science Sea where guarantee economic imperative for the House of Representatives to speed up the provision of a law that regulates the distribution of oil revenues, the manner in which to achieve a balance in development in a just and create a general feeling of the Iraqis distributive justice. This step is one of safety valves to raise the concerns of deprivation and injustice is expected to occur as a result of the formation of regions. In the same context, the need to speed up the discussion of the law of oil and gas and urged him to draw the features of Parliament oil wealth so as to realize the optimum exploitation of the wealth of the participation and advice of the federal government, provincial governments. So we are facing two Asastin : oil wealth management and revenue management. These tasks need to be regulated by law in carrying Madamniha achieve fairness and justice in the distribution and professional management for the benefit of all the Iraqi people. He pointed out there are fears of political guarantee regional and other internal part of the political process in Iraq, and perhaps escalated after the enactment of the territories that left these concerns without addressing the fundamental political will create more political tension and perhaps further deterioration of the security situation and the state of instability. The time has come to push up the roof of the draft reconciliation and dialogue, which was announced by the Prime Minister of the national framework to include the framework of regional and especially Arab him. Baked reconciliation, we can not achieve its goals unless complemented by regional based on the real guarantees aimed at the stability of Iraq and the region. The absence of regional consensus despite its complexity makes the door open for further conflict and obstruction of the political process and the absence of security. The achievement of the Iraqi religious cohesion in Mecca is a quantum leap in payment of the Arab and Islamic street in support of national unity. The Sea Sciences factors to the success of the experiment and administrative safeguards and the experience of the provincial assemblies revealed the urgent need for expertise to Iraqi reconstruction and achieve security and stability. He called for a supreme body to develop cadres of the project Federal membership includes representatives from the Ministry of Planning and Finance and stakeholders take it upon themselves to draw an integrated program to develop and train cadres on the basis of national standards and professional and use the expertise of Iraqi and Arab and foreign countries in developing the program as well as the implementation of stadium rattled and inside Iraq in the form of special courses. The exploitation of the coming period to move on preparing the ground for such a project is already contributing to the success of the experiment. Mr. Bahr and Science of the People's guarantee of the success of the project, where some of the public lacks adequate convictions should put the project privileges and fitness through the media neutral review the basic features of the project with the expected benefits of its application, in addition to the negative prospects through holding seminars, Wa for conferences away from political slogans. He concluded by saying that the exploitation of the coming period and until 2008 in the provision of these guarantees and within the expectations of improvement in the security situation and stability of the country and improvement in the performance of government and work to promote the principle of partnership to win the confidence of the political parties would result in the concentration of political vision and conviction in the general vitality of the project Kuo a means of power sharing and wealth in order to find other national equivalents for the integrated management of the country with the Center.

Originally Posted by texaslonghorns

Int''l Compact with Iraq preparatory meeting issued final communique

ECO-7LD KUWAIT-IRAQ-ICI
Int'l Compact with Iraq preparatory meeting issued final communique

KUWAIT, Oct 31 (KUNA) -- The fifth and final preparatory meeting for the International Compact with Iraq (ICI) Tuesday said recognizing challenges facing Iraq has helped shaping up strategies, objectives and benchmarks to overcome all difficulties facing the nation.

In a final communique following a one-day meeting, the ICI said the participants recognized the current challenges facing Iraq, which lead to shaping a series of strategies, objectives and benchmarks that would help in composing an integrated plan to overcome all difficulties.

"The compact, jointly co-chaired by the Government of Iraq and the United Nations, with the support of the World Bank, will over the next five years, bring together the international community and multilateral organizations to support Iraq in achieving its national vision" that would achieve security, democracy, freedom, equality and prosperity for Iraq, noted the communique.

ICI aims at creating a mutually reinforcing dynamic of national consensus and international support that would back up the Iraqi government's programs, restore Iraqi people's trust in the state, establish a framework of mutual commitments to support Iraq, settle security and political challenges, ascertain good governance, as well as kick start economic development.

The compact's members have pledged to provide Iraq with financial, technical and political support to overcome all current difficulties.

"Mindful of the urgency of rapid progress and firmly endorsing the compact as presented, the formal adoption of ICI is scheduled for a high-level event during the next six weeks," explained the communique. (pickup previous) kt.

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Six weeks will put us in the second week of December. Just in time to be able to buy my son that $200.00 PSP he wants for christmas.

Keep up the great spirits for November! Just be prepared for DECEMBER. I'm personally getting a good feeling about Nov. 1st. YEAH SURE.


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Originally Posted by MrsCK

PREPARATORY MEETING FOR THE INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ

I posted it on page 10 or 11 this morning and page 13, plus yesterday - it goes with

International Compact with Iraq

gives ya a huge hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm what's up iraq???

CLICK THE LINKS - OPEN SESSION AND INSIDE THE MEETING

TYVM
Couldnt get feed to play at all, doesn't matter anyway, Shabs, IMF, and WB were there, thats all I need to know.

This week has just been amazing with all the news. I know this thread is for news on the dinar, but the news of all the efforts being made to control the security can only make me feel like the Iraqis are giving it all they got to succeed and quickly. I'm trying to stay level headed and not get over excited, but it's not working. I've got that twitchy feeling like something very good is happening and I feel blessed that I have been given this awsome opportunity.

Thanks everyone for your hard work and for keeping us up to date on all the great news!!

It's sooooo close now

BIBF to train CBI officials | Iraq Updates

BIBF to train CBI officials

31 October 2006 (Gulf Daily News)
Sixteen high-ranking officials from Iraq Central Bank (CBI) are to undergo advanced training at the Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance (BIBF).The banking supervision programme is being organised by BIBF in co-operation with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Fed NY).

It will be held from November 12 to 16 at the BIBF, Juffair, and conducted by a team of international experts from IMF and Fed NY.

The BIBF was selected to host this important workshop because of Bahrain's excellent reputation as a leading world financial hub and the institute's ability to provide world-class training and business advisory services, said deputy director and head of Banking Learning Centre Hussain Ismail.

"For the last two-and-a-half years, the IMF and the Fed NY have co-ordinated their efforts to provide technical assistance to the CBI to help in the reconstruction and development of the Iraqi economy," he said.

"A comprehensive initial training curriculum was defined and has been implemented between 2004 and early this year for the staff of the CBI's Banking Supervision Department.

"A series of joint workshops were also delivered, covering all key banking supervisory issues."

The workshop will be focusing on the practical implementation in the field of banking supervision, said Mr Ismail.

It will also review the actual work and outputs produced by the Iraqi supervisors in order to give them feedback and guidance on how to improve their scope and their quality, both for off-site and on-site supervision, he told the GDN.

"The programme is part of a series of successful workshops, which will further contribute to the training and education process of the Iraqi people," said Mr Ismail.

A similar workshop on banking supervision was conducted successfully at the BIBF in June 2004 .

I thought that this might be a bit of good news...didn't see it posted anywhere.

Six weeks will put us in the second week of December. Just in time to be able to buy my son that $200.00 PSP he wants for christmas.

I think the article was dated 6th Oct not 31st Oct so over 3 weeks have already passed...!

Originally Posted by MrsCK

PREPARATORY MEETING FOR THE INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ

that the link that I just post on page 10 or 11 - plus posted it yesterday that the 2 top links were the only ones working - but now the bottom links are starting to work.

Hope you know somebody the can understand what they are saying.

Since it has a live feed - was hoping that someone could watch the live feed - translate for us - instead of us "waiting' for the outcome in the news.

My Mom's fiance' is from iraq. I sent the link to him for interpretation. I'll let you know when I get an answer.

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"We've had a very successful" high level preparatory meeting -- UN envoy

KUWAIT, Oct 31 (KUNA) -- Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Iraq Ambassador Ashraf Qazi termed on Tuesday the fifth and final preparatory meeting of the International Compact (ICI) with Iraq as "very successful." During a press conference after the meeting's conclusion, Qazi said "We've had a very successful high level preparatory group meeting," extending much gratitude to Kuwait for hosting this event.

He said the meeting played the role of developing ICI's documents and a major step towards fully completing the documents for the final adoption of the compact's resolution.

The adoption would either take place during the end of November or the beginning of December and the final location of the meeting was under consideration, he said.

ICI is an international partnership with Iraq to support the Iraqi government's initiatives in economics and security to overcome all relevant challenges to serve Iraq and the entire world, he explained.

Iraq's reforms, he said, would receive broad-range support from the international community through this initiative that was currently being detailed in terms of specific goals, mechanics and policies to ensure progress.

"We believe that the government of Iraq has already indicated its complete determination to fulfill its part of the international partnership and indeed the international community pledged its support for the compact process. And we are extremely optimistic about the commitments that will be made by the international community on the final event," he said.

He believed that today's meeting has clarified things and given further reasons for hope and optimism.

ICI's preparatory group included the UN, US, UK, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Kuwait, World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF), European Union (EU), Arab development funds, Islamic Development Bank (IDB), France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Saudi Arabia, South Korea and Spain. (pickup previous) kt.