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GCC calls on Iraqi leaders to form a national government far from sectarianism

Gulf Cooperation Council called for Iran to respond to the efforts of the United Arab Emirates to resolve the issue of the disputed islands between the two countries through direct negotiations or recourse to the International Court of Justice.

The Council stated in a statement after a consultation meeting at the level of leaders held in Riyadh, said the UAE's right to "take all peaceful measures to restore their full sovereignty over its three islands."
"And Iraqi leaders called for the formation of an Iraqi government" national non-sectarian, ethnic and foreign interventions for the success of the political process and achieve national reconciliation."

The leaders also expressed grave concern at the continuation of "the imposition of the unjust Israeli siege on the Palestinian people in Gaza and the Israeli government decision to deport tens of thousands of Palestinians in the West Bank."

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The abolition of the meeting Allawi Maliki

Al-Sharqiyah t.elevision reported on Msdermtalaa the upcoming meeting between the president of a coalition of law Nuri al-Maliki and Iraqi President Iyad Allawi's coalition, has been canceled because of al-Maliki's determination to exclude the Sadrists from forming a government.

The source, who did not mention the Eastern name or position that al-Maliki demanded the exclusion of the Sadrists from the new government if the alliance between his list and the Iraqi list led by Iyad Allawi, which was rejected by the latter, returned Sadrist current popular and nationally, great and got great results in recent elections can not be marginalized, indicating that the Sadrists a true partner of the coalition and Iraqi there earlier agreements and understandings between the two sides could not be disregarded and marginalized

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The Pentagon says that the withdrawal of troops from Iraq is going according to schedule
The U.S. Department of Defense (Pentagon) on Tuesday that the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq is going according to schedule in spite of the deadly bombings

That occurred this week and the continuing political uncertainty.

The United States aims to withdraw 40 thousand troops from Iraq over the next four months, a major logistical challenge to the Pentagon says it will begin in earnest in June.

Said Geoff Morrell, Pentagon press secretary said the number of U.S. troops in Iraq is expected to fall to 91 thousand by the end of May about 94 thousand now and then fall sharply to up to a target level of 50 thousand in the first of September.

Morrell said he did not believe that the pace of the withdrawal in May changed because of the events that took place recently in Iraq. But he said the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, has some flexibility as long as it comply with the date of the first of September.

A wave of attacks by bombers and gunmen linked to al Qaeda killed more than 100 people in Iraq on Monday. Morrell acknowledged that he was "a terrible day," but said he was an exception in the security situation is improving year in Iraq.

The tensions also are mounting in the wake of parliamentary elections on the seventh of March, did not produce a clear winner.

The army intends to end U.S. combat operations in Iraq in August and a complete withdrawal in the next year after more than eight years after the invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003

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Allawi: The Middle East is threatened if Washington abandoned its democratic Iraq

Criticized the leader of the Iraqi List, won the general elections, Iyad Allawi, «international community's position and watch what is happening in Iraq, which is exposed to risks of sliding into a sectarian war», warning that the United States if it did not intervene to ensure the safety of democracy in Iraq, the violence will include the entire world, and not only of neighboring countries.

Allawi said in an interview with British newspaper The Guardian yesterday that since the bitter election in the seventh of March (March), the «political groups has abandoned its efforts to build a unified government and returned to the encouragement of sectarian Iran».

The paper Allawi warned «that if he failed to ensure the United States and its allies of democracy emerging in Iraq, renewed conflict could engulf the region and the conflict will remain within the borders of Iraq, but that fight would overflow is likely to prevail in the whole world, not only of neighboring countries», adding that «Iraq now is the platform in the central region, but boiling of the problems and is now stagnant, but it can take another path».

He said «I feel we did not do (anything) and the international community has failed this country».

Allawi believes that the increase in violence was because as long as certain political leaders did not bind their commitments, which called for unity in the elections, pointing out that these undertakings were «hollow attempts to climb to power».

Allawi said in his office in Baghdad «They are returning to their ethnic origin. I ran on the national identity card but the way they do so».

Allawi says in the interview, «there is no clear process in Iraq. There is no provision of law, we politicize justice, there have been arrests of leading candidates and the wave of arrests against the Iraqi».

He added that «strong pressure on the elimination order does not work», adding that «this case and others indicate that we have a long way and we are not there, and things are worse than the former».

Allawi believes that Iran and Turkey have clear interests to intervene in the political process in Iraq during the critical period, declining by U.S. troops waiting to order the withdrawal with a large neighboring countries will seize the political vacuum. He said «there are some neighboring countries, and Iran in particular, to intervene. And all interference has intensified in the last three months and must be stopped. That they have an obligation to let things take its course here and stop their interference».

He called upon the international community to realize that it a commitment to Iraq. He appealed to Britain and the United States and Europe to respect the UN report which ranked the Iraqi elections as free and fair and free from any systematic fraud.

Allawi said that «the American interest in the withdrawal is the right thing they are doing, but the write-off of Iraq from U.S. policy would be wrong».

In the end, see Allawi «It's still on the commitment of Americans to the maintenance of the democratic process under the Convention, Iraq - U.S. and UN resolution, and Chapter VII of the Charter of the Security Council, which sets international forces to maintain peace».

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Iraq says no intention to auction more oilfields - INTERVIEW

Iraq's two remaining supergiant oilfields, Kirkuk and East Baghdad, are not on the table for joint development with international oil firms following two oil contract bidding rounds last year, a senior Iraqi oil official said on Tuesday.

Emerging from violence, Iraq is in desperate need of billions of dollars to rebuild. It signed 10 deals with global oil companies to develop some of its largest oilfields, in a bid to boost its crude output capacity to near Saudi Arabian levels of 12 million barrels per day from 2.5 million bpd now.

Not all the oilfields that were auctioned in the two bidding rounds were awarded.

No deals were struck for the supergiant 8.1-billion-barrel East Baghdad oilfield or the Kirkuk fields with an estimated 8.5 billion barrels in reserves. Nor were bids made for the smaller Eastern Fields and Middle Furat.

Iraq and Royal Dutch Shell briefly explored the possibility of reviving talks over Kirkuk after the first bidding round last year, according to Iraqi officials, and there has also been some discussions over East Baghdad.

But Abdul-Mahdy al-Ameedi, director of the Oil Ministry's licensing and contracting office, said that there were no talks now with any foreign oil companies to develop the fields.

"We have offers from many companies, they want to develop them but really we don't," Ameedi told Reuters in an interview.

"As you know the production levels that companies presented in the two bidding rounds was to reach more than 11 million bpd after six or seven years.

"So adding more production to these numbers is not needed or wanted, that's why the ministry has no intention of discussing developing these fields with the companies."

Ameedi also ruled out resuming talks with Japan's Nippon Oil Corp to develop the Nassiriya oilfield after months of talks reached a dead-end.

He also dismissed reaching out to another foreign company to develop the largely undeveloped field with estimated reserves of somewhere under 5 billion barrels.

"With the Japanese there is no going back... The field is being developed now by the South Oil Co.," he said.

OUTPUT TARGETS, OPEC CURBS

It could be years before Iraq makes significant increases to current output and it could take longer than the seven years it projects to reach 12 million bpd, oil experts said. Baghdad's failure to reach past ambitious targets has fed scepticism.

But production targets set by the international companies for the 10 signed deals have not changed as the companies start working on their development plans for the fields, Ameedi said.

He added that such output targets could increase after seismic surveys are completed.

"There is no intention to decrease these targets and the companies didn't ask for that," he said. "Maybe increase, yes, this of course depends on the agreed development plans."

Years of war and economic sanctions have eroded Iraq's oil infrastructure. It is the only member of the 12-member OPEC producer group that does not have an agreed production limit.

Iraq's Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani told Reuters last week that Iraq sees no need to even discuss an OPEC quota until its output reaches 4 million bpd and any talk of a specific limit before then is premature.

A cap on oil output in the awarded fields could diminish returns for the companies that jumped at the chance to work in Iraq. The return rate on the contracts depends on firms hitting their targets fast.

Ameedi said agreements signed with the oil companies included a provision related to any potential output curbs in the future to cope with an OPEC quota or falling oil prices.

"The contracts have a clause to compensate companies for the period during which production is decreased," he said.

"Either by extending the period of the contracts or by allowing contractors to produce more crude in the future."

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Social implications of the work of Islamic banks

Banks are financial institutions in general terms means attracting the money and run to get returns to their advantage and benefit of the parties with different builders for the imperative of a balance between what you get what you pay for those parties.

In terms of a holistic view is no different Islamic banking from conventional banks in the direction but the difference lies in the mechanism of operating profit or profit Return to get the return in how to achieve that revenue or profit, where different routes operating in the recruitment and investment of funds in Islamic banks than in traditional banks, so that banks Islamic focus on the social and highlight the features which tend thus to positive deal, when to be positive in the eyes of traditional banks employ cash to bring in the largest possible return represented by teams of interest without regard for the ornament to deal believe that Islamic banks look at this trend as a negative trend is nullify the principle of interest dealings and seek to employ the money in accordance with the Islamic approach to take into account Ornament deal. Perhaps the perspective referred to in Islamic Banking is associated with the dimensions of the verse:

Money and children embellish life .... Surat Al-Kahf verse 46

Indicate this verse to the importance of money in this life and become a pet if properly used, useful things and therefore submitted on the children such as providing favorable in the philosophy of the Koran in the statement and the implication, in other words to make the money benefiting the community away from the suspicions and incest, which disturb the serenity of these decorations.

Based on the foregoing, the Islamic banks are planning to invest money and in accordance with Islamic law and is reflected in several points, including the following:

1 - positive handling through the creation of investors as positive is not banking on the interest component as a catalyst for investment, but the active participation and approval of the role of work in this area and the development of capital in place right where it is and means for social development through projects beneficial, and that the output of the banking system is for programs that link between the relative importance between the projects and the allocation of resources and this, coupled with a system of social responsibility.

2 - Avoid the interest component, which is based upon dealings traditional banks how we pointed out where the lending of money as is well known in return for interest is guaranteed and that lending is a result increase the capital of a traditional bank, without suffering a loss in other words, wrongfulness of real participation in economic activity where the objective was to allow the money to non- compared to a predetermined fixed income and this is what underlies the views of many economists, this is what traditional banks away from achieving an active social role and gives it the role of Shylock, who exploited without the need to participate in production.

3 - trying to Islamic banks and out its mission of social to encourage depositors to various segments that they are investors involved the bank in its investment and join them in their investments away from the passivity of the depositors in the conventional banks, which are turning to a broad spectrum seek a fair return on a relatively fixed, leaving the banks traditional freedom to dispose of their money Thus, disrupted energy participation and morale in meeting the social needs and desirable in other words, without a positive effort is real.

Through the above, the banking operations of Islamic banks contribute to the various dimensions of development Physical Benefit associated with the monetary rewards Social Benefit and be social welfare social balance in the interests of the bank and the parties dealing with him, whether they are employees or investors or society as a whole, where the priorities of social interest provision of goods and services in the balance of the points of view of the typical investor and the investor from the perspective of economic and social.

In doing so, Islamic banks have been trying to overcome difficulties in terms of investment as:

1 - a broker and partner at the same time between the supply of money and students.

2 - an effective factor in overcoming the difficulties of access to capital.

Based on the approach referred to, we find that Islamic banks envisage the best projects to participate in the financing and extended in studies minute to different areas useful in accordance with the adjustment legitimate banking operations so that the principle of participation, in reality the manifestation of cooperation that leads to a doubling of productive force as it leads for raising credit to the community. On the other hand, the Islamic banks aim to profit, but it is out its mission of social develop the profit within the standards Lingerie awarded by the Islamic Shari'a which constitute the standard positive basis for dealing with others and gain their trust and to facilitate the financing productive ways not accustomed to traditional banks Murabaha and participation, speculation and other processes emerging in order to raise the standard of living of the community, so the role of Islamic banks positive penetrate to the heart of the social need a role stems from the Islamic understanding to direct money to not be a State between rich people and thereby be a message of Islamic banks, message building and social action based on the rules of profit The m.obile economy where it mixes with more money to engage with humanitarian effort and the resulting layer producers without creating dependency on routine work pending the return on fixed income such as interest in traditional banks.

* Professor

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Accession to the WTO requires legal reforms and legislative public

Said Dr. Muzaffar Hosni Ali, professor of economics at the University Mustansiriya that Iraq has submitted a request to join the WTO since 2004, and this requires that the government provide documents relating to agriculture and services in addition to the technical barriers facing the external trade sector and health-related matters and intellectual property .. .

He pointed out that this would require a plan of action the Government intends to legislative Any change in the organizational aspects and legislation in line with the conditions of accession to the WTO

Ali said in an interview with the (economic morning) of the major advantages that can be obtained by Iraq when he joined the organization to attract foreign investment because the infrastructure of the Iraqi economy was affected by many for decades and the resulting devastation to Iraq has become a need to invest in all areas at a time disable the local investment to meet these needs. At the time of need foreign investment to a stable environment, and provide appropriate legislation for the exercise of its activities. In the event meet Iraq to the conditions of accession to the WTO, it will provide an attractive environment for foreign investment and this will result in an increase in foreign trade volume also increased investment will help diversify the economy so that Iraq can not depend on oil as the sole source of income. In addition to opening markets and opportunities new products to Iraq. Particularly Iraq had the potential of several decades ago in several industries and enjoys a good reputation in foreign markets such as the textile industry, leather industry and the cement industry, petrochemical and food industries ...

And others in addition to agricultural products such as date p.alm, livestock ... And have had overseas markets and exports growing. However, the economic policies that have been implemented in the fluctuation of production and degradation are continuing, leading to the loss of the ability to export. It is possible to restore Iraq's standing trade after the accession to the WTO and for Iraqi industry development opportunities and modernization at the level that makes them able to compete globally.

He explained that the most important advantages that will get Iraq's openness to services and provide new opportunities for service providers because Iraq is behind the very services that the accession to the WTO will provide many opportunities for suppliers of services in areas such as banking, insurance and telecommunications .... and other sectors. And protect the interests of Iraq through the dispute settlement body of the organization. Where is the understanding to resolve conflicts in the organization and the most important achievements of the organization is also the organ of the Organization to settle disputes-the-art equipment to resolve disputes, most effective in international relations, owing to the adoption of the adjustment mechanism of the Organization of the principle of mandatory prosecution and the enforcement of sentences, two of the most important elements of success of any legal system international or local. The organization adopts the concept of solving international conflicts in general diplomatic means and are based on flexible procedures and avoid situations of profit and loss. As well as the legal procedures are based on the application of legal texts to particular situations.

As well as the updating of regulations and legislation of new laws in various areas of economic activity: a major problem that has plagued Iraq is that the laws and regulations in force are still linked to the nature of political and economic system that prevailed throughout the past decades, which is not proportionate with the transformations of new and this requires intensive efforts to update regulations and legislation of new laws in the various spheres of economic activity and in line with the conditions of accession to the WTO, and in fact this is a good opportunity and can take advantage of the technical services provided by the Organization in this area in order to speed up legislation of laws and updated regulations. In achieving all of the above, Iraq will be able to restore the economic position in the international community.

On the subject of the challenges facing Iraq to join the World Trade Organization said that the challenges are many and can not be covered briefly, as it can not be condoned, and most important is that the accession to the WTO requires the updating of regulations and legislation of new laws, this quest must be accompanied by economic reform and social effect on a large scale. For example, the absence of laws related to supporting national product, since the existence of this law shows the government's position on the issue of support to the private sector and to identify economic sectors that the government will continue its support after accession to the WTO.

The provision of the conditions of accession to the WTO and negotiate with not Manmam the Ministry of Commerce alone, but is supposed to be involved other relevant ministries such as agriculture, industry, health attention to this matter and provide necessary facilities, holding seminars and awareness of the importance of accession to the World Health Organization. In addition to the absence of the role of the private industrial sector of Iraqi Federation of Industries and the absence of a professional union for farmers, as well as for exporters and importers ..

http://www.alsabaah.com/paper.php?so...age&sid=102248

Wael Abdul-Latif: Maliki, Allawi's insistence on the prime minister will lose elements of their meeting

According to a member of the Iraqi National Coalition Wael Abdul Latif, "The insistence of al-Maliki, Allawi for prime minister of the new government will lose elements of the meeting between them in practice."

He said in connection with the Independent Press Agency (Iba), "The meeting is important and necessary so as to help break the ice between the political forces and for the public interest non-names is the next prime minister," adding "The atmosphere prevailing between the parties highlight that to concede to someone else the Presidency of the next cabinet. "

It is expected that a meeting between the heads of my coalition of law Nuri al-Maliki and the Iraqi List, Iyad Allawi, today or next few days.

He said Abdul Latif, "The two parties hold the prime minister and leader Stzvi sole failure of their meeting," noting "that the meeting between them would be a sign of great benefit if you do not insist on this position clear."

The leaders of the coalition of the rule of law has confirmed that Nuri al-Maliki is the sole candidate to head the next government, while insisting the Iraqi election in due form the next government headed by Iyad Allawi.

He was surprised Abdel-Latif, "al-Maliki to go in the event of the meeting was to make a deal with the Iraqi List coalition in the absence of the original plans," adding, "without giving a sense." He said.

And entered a coalition of law a new alliance with the Iraqi National Coalition to form the biggest bloc in the House of Representatives next year.

Abdul Latif stressed on "One of the main things that work a meeting between Maliki and Iraq's Allawi convinced that the next prime minister had already been decided for the Alliance of coalitions are taking into consideration the requests outside the scope of the post of prime minister."

Opinions differed on the interpretation of the constitutional article commissioned by the biggest bloc to form a new cluster is it the largest single number or seats, the electoral bloc formed by the largest coalition of blocs or more at the first meeting of the Council of Representatives.

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Abdel-Bari Zebari: the national interest to impose the participation of all blocs winning the next administration

stressed member of the Kurdistan Alliance Abdul Bari Zebari said Iraq's national interests require that all blocks within the winner of the next government which reflects the current trend of political blocs.

Zebari said in connection with the Agency for the independent press (Iba), "The past years have produced one of the disadvantages of the so-called national participation through the participation of all political blocs in the government and the defense for each block of their representatives," noting that this is one of the drawbacks of the Government of National Partnership.

"It's supposed to take the lumps that will not participate in the government oversight role of Parliament and must be notified of this and to take this role for itself not to impose them through the processes of marginalization and exclusion."

Zebari said that "the figures that emerged from the parliamentary elections that have taken this fact, who broke the all the political blocs to participate in the next government."

The parliamentary elections that produced a narrow outcome, if you get Iraqi bloc, 91 seats, followed by a parliamentary coalition of the rule of law with 89 seats while the Coalition won 70 national seats in the next parliament and the Kurdistan Alliance 43 seats.

Zebari said that the exclusion of the political blocs to participate in the next government by various means will harm the political process and democracy in Iraq.

And moving the political blocs to form a government representing all the political blocs of winning the elections, while some expressed fears that a continuation of quotas approach experienced by the previous government and impact on performance.

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To meet with Allawi and Maliki is canceled or still standing?

Take a topic of the meeting between the Presidents of the two lists two winners in the parliamentary elections, Iyad Allawi, and Nuri al-Maliki, the bulk of the concerns of citizens, politicians and the media at both.

Although the meeting is still between the ebb and flow between the supporters and dismissive, but the majority believe that direct dialogue between the presidents current and former Iraqi government could come out with good results to avoid Iraq's many problems arising from the tension between the two lists and mutual accusations between the poles.

As reported by a s.atellite channel that the meeting had been canceled, or is revoked, spokesman for the Iraqi Haider Mulla told the independent press (Iba) that such a thing did not respond to the Iraqis and the Iraqi side to not have any reservation to hold the meeting.

The al-Sharqiyah t.elevision quoted a source familiar with (not remember his name) that the upcoming meeting between the president of a coalition of law Nuri al-Maliki and Iraqi President Iyad Allawi's coalition, has been canceled because of al-Maliki's determination to exclude the Sadrists from the new government, according to al-Sharqiya,.

Mulla said that the meeting had been canceled, which denied knowing him, it is certainly not by the Iraqi List, which welcomes the convening of the meeting at any time.

The leadership in the state of law Khalid al-Asadi said in remarks to the newspaper al-Hayat published today that "al-Maliki agreed in principle to hold a meeting with Allawi, but there must be established for the meeting," adding that "the meeting, if held now, it would be a formality to take photos Memorial, and this is what we reject, and we demand to be fruitful."

The al-Asadi "The meeting must be based on dialogues between the two blocs and studied the files that should be discussed to be productive and positive," adding that "not a runner myself between them, must be focused dialogue to discuss the political files on the thorny and complex and the initiation of negotiations to form a government."

While stressing the media adviser to Prime Minister Ali al-Moussawi the importance of the meeting between Allawi and al-Maliki, adding that "nobody talked about the cancellation of the planned meeting, but the change became the dates and the scheduling of the meeting," according to the Middle East of London.

The number of members of the Iraqi National List have suggested that the members of the state of law are not willing to hold a direct meeting between the President of the menu Nuri al-Maliki and Iraqi President Iyad Allawi's coalition.

The question remains before the tongue of the Iraqi citizen if this meeting was of sufficient importance to the center to form a government, which delayed its formation, despite two months to the elections, what prevents from his contract with urgently, and whether the wishes of the militants in the lists, and their resolve to something more important than the requirements of the people Iraqi and the future of Iraq.

All observers and politicians stress the importance of bilateral dialogues and meeting taking place in the corridors of blocs and parties, why not to meet the political process polar adults elections proved that they enjoy the support of the majority of the Iraqi people?

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