Thread: Iraq/Dinar News. 09/05 to 01/14/07

Maybe we'll find out later today - even though right now it is almost 2 pm in Baghdad - for how long this curfew will be:

Aljazeera.Net - Curfew continues after Saddam verdict

The article says :
Baghdad remains under curfew as Saddam Hussein's appeal over his crimes against humanity conviction begins.


..and I am referring to the line that says:

The curfew has been in place since early on Sunday morning.

"The prime minister will discuss with the concerned committee about the security measure later today and will take a decision on further steps," Ridha added.

Mayor Nasiriyah : plans to set up the first draft of a waste treatment

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Nasiriyah News Network / Akram al-Tamimi :
The Municipality of Nasiriyah preparing a draft of waste treatment and power generation and the production of organic fertilizers and modern manner, Hassan stressed that Dadosh municipal administrator Nasiriyah in a statement to the News Network Nasiriyah, where he said : The draft waste treatment and the production of organic fertilizers is the first in Iraq since the ministry responded to the request and maintain a study that we submitted to the Directorate of Municipal Assembly was adopted by order of the minister were allocated amounts supportive of the project and will be announced tenders for the project in the Directorate of the municipal commission has been formed to study Experience and circulated to some governorates.

Originally Posted by CharmedPiper

It was not working earlier but you are correct that it is working now. The ticker was not working before though.

I believe you Charmed. Still everywhere old rates though.

Hope that we finally see a nice change!

The State Department decided to end the mission of its ambassador in Baghdad

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The State Department decided to end the mission of its ambassador in Baghdad, Zalmay Khalilzad,

The Ministry of Foreign ending the mission of the American ambassador in Baghdad, Zalmay Khalilzad, and the appointment of a new ambassador in Iraq.
This will be the announcement of this decision formally in the next few days. The Ambassador Khalilzad will leave Iraq immediately assign a new ambassador, has not yet been disclosed.
The French news agency quoted sources in the State Department today, Monday, that "Khalilzad will be the Assistant to the Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice."
The term also saw Khalilzad, the United States embassy significant developments in the Iraqi arena, the foremost of the mounting wave of sectarian violence, The removal of Ibrahim al-Jaafari as prime minister, The strife between the Sadri trend and the American forces.
Tigris

Originally Posted by arpking

Photocopies of dinar will do you no good at all. Just because you photocopy what you have, does not mean that is what you gave the bank. They could easily say " They were fake and we destoryed them", even though you gave them legit bills and have photocopies. It will be a he said she said battle. I am not letting mine out of my site, even if I have to drive to New York. jmo

Banks have notaries . Demand a document acknowledging that the notes you are exchanging match the photocopied ones. Then have it notarized by the bank's notary. Pay for it if you have to.

Imams Friday and the group in Iraq hold their convention V

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Imams Friday and the group in Iraq will hold their fifth in Najaf

The media center of the communication Khader Elias

Under the slogan ((imams Friday, Community Voice unity and brotherhood between the sons of the Iraqi people)) imams held Friday and the group in Iraq their fifth in the holy city of Najaf to honor the amounts and discuss the latest developments on the Iraqi arena.

Honor ceremony was attended by a galaxy of scholars, teachers and students Hawza in Najaf, led by Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Mohammad Mehdi Alesfi argument and tolerance of Islam and Muslims Mr. issued Din Al Khatib and before Friday Najaf, Eminence Sheikh Ali Najafi, representing Samaha religious authority, Ayatollah Sheikh Bashir Allen Jafi argument and tolerance of Islam and Muslims, Mr. Yasin al-Musawi, imam and before Friday Saydia area in Baghdad, Samaha Mr. Haider inner sanctuary Hakim, son of the martyr Ayatollah Mohammad Baqer Al-Hakim and al Eminence, Mr. Baker, son of Grand Ayatollah Sayed Alaa al-Din and Ali Yasiri, a representative of His Eminence Ayatollah Al Sheikh Mohamed have deployed.

The scientists honored in their speeches during the ceremony to honor the importance of the role of informants in clarifying the true reality of the Iraqi people and awareness of what is happening in the country of attempts to clear portable Sadamion and Baathists and support the media from abroad and the existence of the satellite channels paid for distortion and the falsification of the Wa chosen in the minds of the Iraqi citizen.

Maliki send a ministerial committee of inquiry to the city

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Maliki send a ministerial committee of inquiry to the city of Amarah
The Chairman of the Council of Ministers Nuri al-Maliki investigative committee to the city of Amarah fact-finding mission on the recent events that took place in the city.
A member of the Provincial Nader Daoud Radio (Tigris) today, Monday, "that the ministerial committee headed by Justice asked Kinani met with the heads of political parties and Maysan governor to find the views and suggestions and access to the full facts of the crisis."
For his part, the leadership in the current Sadri Sheikh Abdel Hadi al-Mahmadawi's Deputy, also clarified the extension of the truce between the parties to the crisis to fifteen days.
He pointed out that "putting the point of view of the Sadri movement to the Committee official to transfer to the prime minister to ensure the best solution to this crisis."
It is noteworthy that the city of Amarah had witnessed the beginning of last month, armed clashes between elements of the Mahdi Army and police forces on the other.
Tigris

Minister of the Interior : legal action against media outlets

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Minister of the Interior : legal action against media outlets that incite violence

- Baghdad (votes)


Minister of the Interior ordered Jawad who is taking legal action according to the Anti-Terrorism Act against media outlets that incite violence.
Who is Al in a statement : the need for the media releases and covenants not inciting violence.

Iraqi officials on oil laws of central government, Kurdistan Region | Iraq Updates

Iraqi officials on oil laws of central government, Kurdistan Region
06 November 2006 (BBC Monitoring)

Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih, who has been appointed chairman of the committee drafting the new Iraqi Oil Law, has acknowledged the existence of "problems" over the draft oil law for Kurdistan Region. He said in a contact with Al-Sharq al-Awsat: "Despite these problems I am sure that the will of the righteous will prevail and we will come up with a law that will develop the resources and benefit from private investments so as to guarantee the interests of all parties."

The deputy prime minister refused to go into the details of the disagreement between Baghdad and Arbil on the Kurdish oil law. However, he affirmed that "talks on completing the Iraqi oil law will be resumed soon with the participation of Kurdish representatives". He added that the committee drafting the Iraqi oil law will submit a draft to the Iraqi parliament by the end of the year and that this law will specify the responsibilities of the regional governments and the central government concerning the oil industry as well as the rights of each party. He said that the draft oil law for Kurdistan Region is ready and is expected to be approved soon, which would mean that the regional law would be issued before the federal government law.

On the other hand, the official spokesman of the Kurdistan Region Government, Khalid Salih, affirmed to Al-Sharq al-Awsat the Kurdish government's intention to go ahead with implementing its law. He explained: "The law is consistent with the Iraqi constitution, which clearly acknowledges the supremacy of the regional law over the federal government law on this matter."

It will be recalled that the draft law is based on Article 115 of the Iraqi constitution, which stipulates that all that is not stipulated in the powers of the federal authority falls within the powers of the regional authorities and the areas and governorates that have not been formed into regions. Regarding the joint powers between the federal government and the regions, priority in them, in the case of any disagreement between them, is for the law of the regions and the governorates that have not been formed into regions.

Khalid Salih explained that the draft oil law for Kurdistan Region has not yet been officially submitted to the Kurdish parliament. But the minister for Kurdish national resources, Ashti Hurami, has finished the work on the draft and has submitted it to the Council of Ministers of the Kurdish Region for submission to the Kurdish parliament within the next few days. This law comes before the Baghdad central government, which has submitted its draft of the Iraqi oil law, which is expected to explain the final form for distribution of oil resources among the Iraqi people and the regions' role in administering this wealth, which led to opposition in some Iraqi circles.

Despite the clear confidence which the officials express in the ability of the Kurdistan Region Government to develop the oilfields in the region, the main point that might pose an obstacle for exporting oil from the region and benefiting from its revenue will be the transportation of oil, especially since the oil pipelines belong to the central government. A Kurdish delegation led by Kurdish Prime Minister Nechervan Barzani is expected to go to Baghdad in the next few days to resolve the differences over the Kurdish draft law and to hold consultations on the drafting of the Iraqi oil law. Although a previous draft of the Iraqi oil law set three months for resolving the differences between the central government and the Arbil government on the Kurdish law since its approval, the recent draft does not set a deadline for that. Clause 24 of the draft law explains that in the case of the failure of the Iraqi government and the regional government to reach an agreement on sharing and running the oil resources, the regional governments will completely run the oil operations, including the control of the oil revenues.

Former Iraqi Oil Minister Abd-al-Aziz al-Wattari explained that the current law applied in Iraq is "the National Oil Company law", which goes back to 1964. Al-Wattari told Al-Sharq al-Awsat that the law places all oil operations in the hands of the central government so that its revenue will return to the central treasury. Regarding the Kurdish oil law and the dispute over the distribution of the oil resources, Al-Wattari, who was oil minister when the Iraqi law came into effect more than 30 years ago, said: "The matter depends on the legitimacy of these resources and international recognition of Kurdistan and its right to dispose of its oil resources."

Regarding the exportation of oil from Kurdistan Region, Al-Wattari explained: "Oil must be transported through the Iraqi oil pipelines. Even it is exported in small quantities on trucks, this must take place through cooperation with the neighbouring states."

Valerie Marcel, specialist on oil affairs in "The Royal Institute for International Affairs" in Britain, pointed out that "the Iraqi government's strongest point in its negotiations with the Kurdistan Region Government is the means of transporting oil". She explained that "transporting oil for exports will take place across Iraqi territory (outside Kurdistan Region) or across Turkey (to the port of Cihan). Both parties [Iraq and Turkey] have an interest in postponing the independence of the region, and therefore they might obstruct the exportation of oil if an agreement is not reached with them.

Marcel said: "There are several points of disagreement" over the oil in Iraq. She said that the first of these points is "on the current and future oilfields. Constitutional interpretation of the current and future fields is not clear." She added: "It is possible to resolve the problem of the mechanism of distributing the revenues, but the problem is: which revenues in particular will revert to which side?"

For his part, the official spokesman of the regional government explained that Arbil has so far not received "any official objection or even comment" on the law. He also explained that so far the objections have been in the form of "press statements". But he added: "The federal government has no right to object to the law because it is consistent with the Iraqi constitution."

Khalid Salih added: "We want to avoid problems and resolve this matter through open discussions." The draft law does not yet specify the revenue for the Iraqi government from the oil revenue in Kurdistan. Article Five of the Kurdish draft law stipulates that "the regional government will share the oil revenue with the Iraqi people according to the Iraqi constitution", without specifying the rates. Attachment (A) stipulates that the Kurdish government's share from "all the Iraqi government revenue from the current fields" will be "fair rates". Khalid Salih explained that these rates have not been specified because they have to be discussed in the Kurdish parliament in order to reach the final rates. On the other hand, Marcel said that this must be specified in the Iraqi oil law issued in Baghdad. However, the draft law states that 10 per cent of all revenue will be distributed annually among "all the citizens of Kurdistan Region". This is in addition to the 7 per cent allocated for "the Investment Fund for future generations among the citizens of the Kurdistan Region" and the 15 per cent allocated for "the Kurdistan Region citizens who have suffered and are still suffering from hardships owing to the policies pursued by the former Iraqi regime".

Former US Treasury Secretary Robert Kemmet told Al-Sharq al-Awsat earlier that the argument between Baghdad and Arbil is not over the distribution of resources but over the right of granting contracts to international companies to prospect for and produce oil in Kurdistan Region. He added: "There is a general agreement on the distribution of revenues, but discussions are still taking place on the responsibility of the government and the region on contracts and which international companies should prospect for and discover oil wells." He believed that these discussions "fall within the general context of federalism in Iraq". The second paragraph of Clause Seven of the draft Kurdish Law affirms that the minister of the Kurdish Region is responsible for negotiating, approving and implementing any oil agreements. Article 80 of the draft also stipulates that any agreements pertaining to oil in Kurdistan Region must be endorsed by the Iraqi government.

Dr Muhammad Ali Zayni, the expert on oil affairs at the "Centre for World Energy Studies" in London, pointed out that the situation in Kurdistan is unique, saying: "Oil operations normally revert to the central government. For example, British oil is in the North Sea, which belongs to Scotland. Still, the central government in London supervises the oil operations." Regarding the taxes due on the oil industry operations, Paragraph Five of Clause 49 of the Kurdish draft law stipulates that "the regional government's tax law will be the only law" applicable to the oil operations. The clause refers to Article 115 and the second paragraph of Article 121 of the Iraqi constitution, which permit that. The latter says: "The regional authority has the right to amend the implementation of the federal law in the region in the event of the existence of a conflict between the federal law and the regional law over an issue that does not fall within the powers of the federal authorities."

For his part, Higa Ebba, director of the Norwegian D & O Company, which is one of the leading foreign petroleum companies in Kurdistan Region, affirmed that his company will continue with its prospecting work in the region and that it does not fear any problems arising from the new draft law. He added in a contact with Al-Sharq al-Awsat: "The dispute will not hamper our work. We have concluded an agreement with the Kurdistan Region Government that conforms to the Iraqi constitution and this dispute will be resolved at the appropriate time." He explained: "We depend on what we hear from the Kurds." He indicated that his company has contracts with the Iraqi Oil Ministry "and during the past year and a half we have not seen any sign from the ministry that there is any resentment against our work in Kurdistan", he said.

Ebba affirmed that oil production is expected to begin in the first quarter of next year following the discovery of oil in Tuki and Taq Taq oilfields in Kurdistan Region. He added that D & O is evaluating the two fields and expects the discovery of more oil wells by the end of this year.

Barham Salih expressed his intention to resolve any dispute over oil in Iraq. He stressed that it is time that the oil wealth in Iraq became a boon for his people and not a scourge causing more problems for the country, owing to the struggle to control this wealth. He said: "We want to turn the oil wealth from the scourge that it was for the Iraqis - due to the despotism of the past decades - into wealth that is enjoyed by the whole of Iraq."

Exactly!!

So RV the Dinar, Enact the FIL, get the HCL's done and start boosting that Economy and save your own people.

Curfew to be lifted off on Tuesday morning

I just read an article and it was saying that - because Monday was pretty peaceful in Iraq, they may end the curfew on Tue morning...which means that banks may open??

My browser crashed, so - no link...