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

As the late night people slowly filter in.............or early morning depending on where you are.

The allocation of one billion and 400 million dinars to count spare housing in Basra
Basra - (Voices of Iraq)

Deputy Governor of Basra, Luay al-Battat today, Saturday, that the preservation devoted billion and 400 million dinars for the settlement and counting for the counties containing the 21 thousand pieces of housing for distribution to citizens.

And al-Battat said in a press release received news agency (Voices of Iraq) independent copy of today "that the pieces of residential counted the number of pieces in 4000 strengthened the bond sale by the Directorate of Land Registration and will be distributed to the families of the martyrs and political prisoners, military and civilian personnel, according to the controls established . "

The statement added : "The work under way to complete the count and the settlement of the rest of the territories."
Pointing out that "the process of distribution will not own role or spare housing and will be distributed in the next few days."
The city of Basra, which has a population of about three million citizens of the bottlenecks in housing because of the return of migrants from outside Iraq and harboring thousands of families displaced to areas of tension.

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The Ministry of Trade buys many of the items of the ration card through direct procurement
25/11/2006

The Ministry of Trade declared buying many of the items of the ration card through direct purchase from Iraqi and foreign companies. A media source in the ministry said that the General Company for food Trade has a contract to buy sugar in a direct purchase and the total recipient for one month was 399231 tons. 2900 tons of tea were settled, while the receipt was 31500 tons of tea under the stage (MOT5) and another 12000 tons by paying in cash.

According to the source, it had been contracted to buy 15000 tons of children's milk as well as settling 105000 tons of vegetable ghee. Contracts were concluded according to Phase (MOT4) and the total amount received was 30.000 tons of cooking oil, in addition to what has been received through direct purchase.

Also, there was an invitation to buy soap and detergent, where 40.000 tons of soap type (Fa, Lux and Came`) has been settled, as well as another 56000 tons after lifting canceled contracts under phase (MOT3) and (4), where the amounts received were 63000 tons of detergent and 31656 tons of soap according to the third and fourth stage.

The Ministry of Trade announced the obtaining of official approvals to meet the shortfall in the ration card items in the governorates of Anbar, Diyala and Salahuddin, as was confirmed by Mr. Abdul Khaliq Nassir Al-Ameri, director general of Administrative Service and Finance in the Ministry of Trade. He added that the Economic Committee of the Cabinet authorized the Ministry of Trade to sign contracts for the purpose of quick delivery of the ration card items to these governorates, and that the new mechanisms of the Ministry ensure that all people in all governorates gets the ration card items through contracts with Iraqi merchants and companies that have the ability to deliver these items very quickly. Al-Amri added that some of these materials has already arrived at the warehouses of those provinces and the other is on its way to them, which will help those included by the ration card to get the items within a specific period of time and according to schedules prepared by each of the ministry's companies, responsible for the ration cards.

Al-Amri called upon the people and dignitaries elite in all governorates to cooperation with the Ministry of Trade in order to obtain the items of the card, as often the trucks are exposed to theft and their drivers killed; thereby delaying the receipt of their materials in a fair and expeditious manner.

He pointed out that the Ministry of Trade completed all the procedures for the signing of contracts with giant companies for the purpose of supplying the components of the ration card during the next term in a transparently, justly and continuously.

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Canceling improper deal for the purchase of oil
25/11/2006

The Ministry of Oil canceled an improper deal for the purchase of black oil with an international company at local prices. The Iraqi crude oil production is about two million, six hundred thousand barrels a day and it is hoped that it will be up to three million barrels per day during the coming period.

Oil Minister, Dr. Hussein Shahrastani, said: The ministry had prepared a plan to fight the financial and administrative corruption spreading in the ministry of the considerable resources, and the most important one is smuggling oil derivatives.

Shahrastani explained that the ministry had uncovered the sale of oil products from Baiji refinery and converting its revenues to terrorists to carry out sabotage, adding that those responsible for this process had been put to investigation.

He added that the ministry canceled a contract for buying black oil with an international company for violating the legal regulations of contracting, pointing out that a number of associates concluded this deal in local currencies which is against the regulations because the sale contracts of Iraqi black oil with international companies sold according to world prices and not local ones.

The minister emphasized that the ministry is fighting financial and administrative corruption in all the ministry's joints, where a number of its associates, who violated the public's right, had been dismissed and many others were put to investigation, stressing that any employee trying to manipulate the Iraqi funds will be put to investigation and the judiciary.

On the other hand, the Ministry of Oil confirmed that Iraqi crude oil production from the southern and northern fields amounted to two million, six hundred thousand barrels a day, and that the Iraqi exports amounted to about one million, six hundred thousand barrels a day from the southern ports only because of the continued suspension of the export operations through the Turkish port of Ceyhan due to sabotage operations.

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Iraq raises pensions to cope with inflation
25/11/2006

Iraqi government is currently engaged in taking large and quick actions in order to face the inflationary wave resulted in a sharp rise of the prices of many services and goods which burden those with limited income, especially government employees, because of the deteriorating income, which impacted negative economic and social backgrounds.

The government has approved an amount of one trillion, 480 billion dinars to support the unemployed and help them cope with living conditions. The estimated number of beneficiaries is more than 2 million families believed to be in need of support. Minister of Labor, Sheikh Mahmoud Radi, said the government adopted this amount in the 2007 budget to provide sufficient imports of a large number of job-seekers in order to subsidize their families, in addition to adopting the draft of social protection network to support the needy families.

It is likely that attracting the unemployed would help in reducing the incidents of violence, since the terrorist organizations trying to lure them with money to implement their plans.

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki hinted, on more than one occasion, that the 2007 budget, which amounted to about $ 40 billion, is sufficient for operating a large number of projects.

It is expected that more than one million government employee, of small ranks, will receive a salary increase up to 60% next January. Iraqi Ministry of Finance believes that the salaries of small grades will increase by 40 to 60% approximately. The ministry, according to special information, was working to activate the increase to subsidize the employees' salaries for months.

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We know a large and quick action also that will work!

Originally Posted by shotgunsusie

auction moniter backup........

Originally Posted by kiko

Iraq raises pensions to cope with inflation
25/11/2006

Iraqi government is currently engaged in taking large and quick actions in order to face the inflationary wave resulted in a sharp rise of the prices of many services and goods which burden those with limited income, especially government employees, because of the deteriorating income, which impacted negative economic and social backgrounds.

The government has approved an amount of one trillion, 480 billion dinars to support the unemployed and help them cope with living conditions. The estimated number of beneficiaries is more than 2 million families believed to be in need of support. Minister of Labor, Sheikh Mahmoud Radi, said the government adopted this amount in the 2007 budget to provide sufficient imports of a large number of job-seekers in order to subsidize their families, in addition to adopting the draft of social protection network to support the needy families.

It is likely that attracting the unemployed would help in reducing the incidents of violence, since the terrorist organizations trying to lure them with money to implement their plans.

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki hinted, on more than one occasion, that the 2007 budget, which amounted to about $ 40 billion, is sufficient for operating a large number of projects.

It is expected that more than one million government employee, of small ranks, will receive a salary increase up to 60% next January. Iraqi Ministry of Finance believes that the salaries of small grades will increase by 40 to 60% approximately. The ministry, according to special information, was working to activate the increase to subsidize the employees' salaries for months.

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We know a large and quick auction also that will work!

Do you think there will be an auction today?

I think it's quite possible we won't know until tomorrow due to the curfews.