Thread: Archive News - Iraqi Dinar Think Tank - 06/10/2010 - 24/01/2011

Planning: Inflation in Iraq fell from 53% in 2006 to 3% in 2010

the Central Agency for Statistics and Information Technology of the Ministry of Planning, reduced the annual inflation index of the past year compared to years past.

U.S. Undersecretary of the Ministry of Planning and Development Cooperation Mahdi Keywords in a press statement that the rate of decline index annual inflation of the past year amounted to 3% compared to 2006 which amounted to 53%, and in 2009, amounted to 7%.

Keywords and added that the device is calculated using the monthly rates of inflation the consumer price index, collected through the field from various markets, in times of a specific time and include food, rent, transportation, communications, health, education, and all goods and services acquired by the consumer

http://alrayy.com/16061.htm

A local Kurdish official: al-Faisal in the Constitution is to resolve the issue of Kirkuk

The head of the provincial council in Kirkuk Rizgar that the substance of Article 140 of the Iraqi constitution and put the safest solution to the issue of Kirkuk, adding that despite all the proposals and solutions, plug-in that will Aldstoralfaisal.

http://radionawa.com/ar/NewsDetailN....165&LinkID=151

United Nations .. Respect for diversity a fundamental force in Iraq to establish a stable democracy

Dan the Special Representative of the United Nations in Iraq, Ad Melkert bombings that struck the city of Karbala south of Baghdad yesterday that killed more than 200 victims were killed or wounded pilgrims, mostly women and children.

Melkert stressed that "respect for diversity in Iraq is the primary force that will push forward the efforts of the country's efforts to establish a stable democracy and a pluralistic society, including for all."

And Dan Melkert said in a statement issued by the United Nations Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) in the strongest terms the terrorist attack that targeted the pilgrims in the holy city of Karbala, killing dozens and wounding many others.

The statement said that the Special Representative of the United Nations "offers sincere condolences to the bereaved families and wished speedy and full recovery to the wounded."

The Melkert for "serious concern at the continuing attacks against certain groups in Iraq and those directed against the security forces and government figures and political."
According to the mission that Melkert "may appalled heinous attacks against the devotees of different religions in Iraq during their neighborhoods and religious occasions for the exercise of their religious rights."

http://www.marsadiraq.com/strategy-i...-11-44-09.html

Source: Iraqi Minister of Finance will discuss the issue of the federal budget in his upcoming visit to Arbil

The Minister of Finance of the Kurdistan region said on Saturday he is scheduled to arrive and the Federal Minister of Finance of Iraq in Irbil on Thursday evening, to discuss issues of federal budget allocations and forces (Peshmerga) with Kurdish Kurdish side.

Baez said Talabani told the Kurdish news agency (Rn) announced today that it was "scheduled to arrive and the Minister of Finance of Iraq, Federal Rafie al-Issawi to the Kurdistan region on Thursday evening, to discuss a number of issues with officials of the Kurdistan region, in the forefront of the issue of the federal budget."

According to Talabani that "al-Issawi's visit comes in the wake of a formal state visit by a delegation from the province of Kurdistan, Barham Saleh, headed to Baghdad over the past week."

He pointed out that "the presence of al-Issawi to Arbil, and his meeting with the Minister of Finance of Kurdistan, and the Prime Minister, comes because there is a lot of problems between Erbil and Baghdad on the share of the Kurdistan region from the federal budget."

He continued by saying that "the share of the Kurdistan region of the budget is set at 17% did not reach its full so far, because it is in the foreground deduction budget presidential and budget of the three presidencies, then determine the region's share of 17%, and eventually reach the region's share of the total federal budget about 12%. "

The federal budget for Iraq for 2011 to 95 trillion Iraqi dinars, according to the budget bill now before the Iraqi Council of Representatives, the region's share of 11 trillion dinars, an increase of 11.6% of the total budget.

And held Iraqi Council of Representatives the first reading of the draft federal budget law for 2011, despite the disapproval of members of the Kurds in the Council, deputies say the Kurds that the draft budget, if approved in its current form we will not vote for him, and we will take a lawsuit in federal court in this regard .

http://www.aknews.com/ar/aknews/4/212521/

Iraqi Foreign: No reservations to attend an Arab summit to Baghdad

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iraq, today, it had not received any reservations on the part of Arab States on attending the Arab summit to be held after about two months in Baghdad., "Said Undersecretary of however Abbawi" Many Arab countries expressed their willingness and readiness to attend to the work of the Arab Summit in Baghdad and the high-level participation in it."

It is hoped that the Arab summit held in 23 of the next March in Baghdad amid security and political crises facing the country, but the Baghdad government describes the holding of the Arab summit national achievement and evidence of Iraq's return to foster Arab and regional levels.

At the time of press reports stating in advance that the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and Saudi Arabia have expressed their concerns about an Arab summit to be held in Baghdad in light of the security situation is stable.

Abawi and in this regard that "any Arab country did not declare to the moment of reservation on the attendance of the Arab summit to be or has been notified of Baghdad so."
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Jawad al-Jubouri: The process of the formation of parliamentary committees to the government to drop the House of Representatives

MP from the National Alliance, Jawad al-Jubouri, on Friday, the process of the formation of parliamentary committees is a "projection" of the government in the House of Representatives.

The Jubouri that "it is after the parliamentary committee of the ministry and the ministry is yet another parliamentary committee, saying that the process of the formation of parliamentary committees is" to overthrow the Government in the House of Representatives."

The Jubouri that the current government "is a government post and the satisfaction of the parties among themselves, as well as the government, but it is a political consensus," noting that "the process of forming the committees have not been going smoothly, although it carried out according to rational political consensus."

The source said earlier, that the distribution of parliamentary committees of the 26, was at 12 of the Committee of the National Alliance, seven committees of the coalition in Iraq, four committees of the coalition blocs Kurdistan, one for mass change and the same for each of the center coalition and minority groups.

http://www.kurdiu.org/ar/hawal/index.php?pageid=59942

Jamal watermelon: Maliki is borne by the delay in the announcement and completion of the security cabinet line-up

MP for the Iraqi List, beauty melon Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to delay the choice of ministers security.

The melon in a press statement on Saturday: "The delay Minister Maliki's security bear on the grounds that it is authorized by agreement with the political blocs."

He added that "this subject is out of the will of the political blocs and political blocs is not responsible for the delay, pointing out that Maliki is the only one that will determine how long this crisis will be resolved and formed security ministries."

He Melon "No state government in the world are formed in this way, which was formed by the Iraqi government."

http://www.shatnews.com/index.php?sh...article&id=815

But Talabani: The Prime Minister is interested to nominate women in the new government

Revealed a member of women's parliamentary bloc and MP for the coalition, but Talabani's Kurdish blocs that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki rejected the male characters are provided by the vacant blocks to its ministry.

Said Talabani in a statement to the Agency by news Saturday that Maliki did not respond to a mass women's, and the lack of response does not mean ignoring the message, revealing that the al-Maliki rejected the male characters are made by the political blocs to its ministry, which got it but have not resolved their candidates, and that the rejection shows that the Prime Minister name the interested women in the new government.

http://radionawa.com/ar/NewsDetailN....227&LinkID=151

Al Sadr heads to Iran

Al Sadr Front leader cleric Sayyed Moqtada Al Sadr left Iraq on Friday heading to Qumm, Iran, a close source to Al Sadr told Alsumaria News.

The source did not specify how long Al Sadr will stay in Iran. Cleric Moqtada Al Sadr returned to Najaf City in Iraq in mid-January after a three and a half year absence.

http://www.alsumaria.tv/en/Iraq-News...s-to-Iran.html

PM Maliki to confer with former PMs Allawi and Jaafari to settle security cabinet posts:

Iraq's Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki is planning to confer with former Prime Minister and Leader of al-Iraqiya Coalition, Iyad Allawi and former Prime Minister and Leader of the National Coalition, Ibrahim al-Jaaafari, soon to settle the issue of the security cabinet posts and the National Council for Strategic Policies (NCSP), al-Iraqiya Coalition's Spokesman, Shaker Kattab said on Saturday.

"Tripartite meetings among Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and al-Iraqiya Coalition's Leader, Iyad Allawi, with the presence of the Leader of the National Alliance, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, are expected to be held this week to settle the issues of the security ministries and the National Council for Strategic Policies (NCSP)," Kattab told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

As regards to the nomination of Falah al-Naqib for the post of Defense Minister, Kattab said: "Falah al-Naqib is still al-Iraqiya Coalition's candidate for the post, but we are prepared to get to an agreement with the others, in such a way that would serve the interest of our country, because we are a flexible bloc that respects the Prime Minister's notes towards our candidate, prepared to reach solutions that achieve a government of national-partnership."

The Iraqi Parliament has granted trust on 21/12/2010 to the new Iraqi cabinent, led by Nouri al-Maliki, after about 9 months of serious dialogue that followed March 7th nationwide parliamentary elections, including 42 cabinet posts, whilst Maliki kept the administrations of the Interior, Defense and National Security Ministries under him on temporary basis, whilst he assigned several other ministrial posts on "acting" basis for other ministers, pending the final assignment of their ministers.

http://en.aswataliraq.info/Default1....&id=140643&l=1