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The highest bids of the Bank for selling the dollar versus high purchase offers

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01 February 2007 (Iraq Directory)

The sale and purchase of dollar offers from and to the Iraqi Central Bank recorded a big rise last Thursday, where the volume of demand hit 101 million and 510 thousand dollars against 65 million the day before.

The purchase orders were distributed between 15 million and 110 thousand dollars in cash, and 86, 400 thousand dollars in the form of remittances outside the country fully covered by the Bank at an exchange rate hit 1292 dinar, dropping three points from exchange rate of the day before which hit 1295 dinar.

Thursday’s session witnessed the highest offer to sell the dollar for over a year, when the 14 banks participating in the auction, made bids for the sale of ten million dollars bought by the Bank in full at an exchange rate reached 1290 dinar.

Mr. Ali Al-Yasiri, one of the dealers with the Bank, explained that sales offers will rise with time because of the entry of the Ministry of Finance to the auction to sell the dollar for the dinar, which is needed to fill the components of the budget.

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Iraq: Financial Position in the Fund
as of December 31, 2006

Summary of IMF members’ quota, reserve position, SDR holdings, outstanding credit, recent lending arrangements, projected payments due to the IMF, and monthly historical transactions with the Fund.

I. Membership Status: Joined: December 27, 1945; Article XIV

II. General Resources Account: SDR Million %Quota
Quota 1,188.40 100.00
Fund holdings of currency 1,314.41 110.60
Reserve Position 171.10 14.40
Holdings Exchange Rate

III. SDR Department: SDR Million %Allocation
Net cumulative allocation 68.46 100.00
Holdings 291.65 426.00

IV. Outstanding Purchases and Loans: SDR Million %Quota
Post-Conflict Emergency Assistance 297.10 25.00

V. Latest Financial Arrangements:

Date of Expiration Amount Approved Amount Drawn
Type Arrangement Date (SDR Million) (SDR Million)
Stand-By Dec 23, 2005 Mar 22, 2007 475.36 0.00

VI. Projected Payments to Fund 1/
(SDR Million; based on existing use of resources and present holdings of SDRs):
Forthcoming
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Principal

148.55 148.55

Charges/Interest
16.27 12.59 4.40 0.00 0.00
Total
16.27 161.14 152.95 0.00 0.00
1/When a member has overdue financial obligations outstanding for more than three months, the amount of such arrears will be shown in this section.

VII. Implementation of HIPC Initiative: Not Applicable

VIII. Implementation of Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI): Not Applicable

Prepared by Finance Department

Disclaimer
The information provided is for your convenience and is not intended to replace other official IMF reports and statements.

Financial Position in the Fund for Iraq as of December 31, 2006

This is from last year, but I thought it provided some thought process into what is happening now...

12 Jun 2006
Oil and gas rights of regions and governorates

Erbil, 13 June 2006 (krg.org) - In response to various enquiries, Dr. Ashti A. Hawrami, the KRG Minister of Natural Resources, answers questions about the constitutional rights of regions and governorates regarding oil and gas resources. The answers have been prepared in accordance with independent constitutional advice provided to the Minister.

There has been some media speculation as well as a number of press releases, articles and interviews, calling for federal constitution articles related to oil and gas resources to be amended. What are the views of the KRG on these issues?

Dr. Hawrami: These calls are irrelevant. They are initiated largely by those who hold anti-federalist views and are supported by some sympathisers of the former regime. These individuals seem to have conveniently forgotten that the Constitution is already in place. It has been ratified in a nationwide referendum and on this basis Iraq has formed its first democratically elected government.

It is understandable that not everyone likes all the articles, but the Constitution was adopted as a package by all the people; it is a single document. Therefore, its individual articles cannot be amended to suit the views and wishes of individual persons or parties. The rights of the regions and governorates are clear and cannot be modified in any way to enhance the powers of federal authorities.

Would the KRG consider renegotiation or amending these oil and gas related articles?

Dr. Hawrami: The constitutional negotiations are behind us now and we have to live with the constitution and respect it as the ultimate law of the land. The oil and gas articles are important for the whole country, so now we need to concentrate on providing the necessary guidelines to the federal and the regional parliaments and to all other authorities within the governorates to draft requisite petroleum laws. This should be conducted in private, without the intervention of unhelpful and uninvited guests or media speculators.

Has the KRG been in discussion with the federal authorities on the creation of the petroleum laws and on its relations with Baghdad?

Dr. Hawrami: The KRG is in regular contact through the senior Kurdish members of the federal government, and just before our respective appointments, I met Dr. H. Shahristani, the federal oil minister in Baghdad, and we agreed to fully cooperate for the benefit of all Iraq. The regions and the governorates will be represented and they will participate in the drafting of petroleum laws. The KRG intends to be proactive, constructive, and cooperative on these important matters.

How does the KRG interpret the oil and gas related articles?

Dr. Hawrami: The same way as all the commentators who have been complaining about them. These articles are clear to all concerned, so we do not interpret them differently from those who have been complaining about them. The only difference being is that we like them and they don’t.

Can you explain and elaborate on the oil and gas related articles, particularly the role of Baghdad, revenue distribution, control of field operations, relations with OPEC and oil exports?

Dr. Hawrami:There are two specific articles and a governing article in the federal Constitution relating to oil and gas resources.

Article 111 states, “Oil and gas are the property of all Iraqi people in all regions and governorates.”

This article is intended to clarify that these natural resources remain public and cannot be sold to the private sector. The additional text added at the end of this article (underlined) stresses the rights of the people in the regions and the governorates to these resources, but it does not deal with revenue sharing as this is defined separately in Article 112.

Article 112 has two distinctive parts. Part 1 deals with existing producing fields and states:

“The federal government in cooperation with the producing regions and governorates shall administer the extracted (produced) oil and gas from existing oil and gas fields provided that the proceeds (revenues) are evenly distributed in accordance with the demographic distribution around the whole country, and a specific share of the proceeds for a specific period of time shall be allotted to the regions which were unjustly deprived by the previous regime, and were affected by it, to secure a balanced development of the different areas of the country and this shall be regulated by law”.

This part of Article 112 makes it clear that the role of the federal authorities is only an administrative role confined to the handling, i.e. exporting and marketing, of the extracted oil and gas from existing producing fields. This does not entitle the federal authorities to a broader role on operations; otherwise, the word ‘extracted’ (‘produced’), would not have been inserted in the text.

The right to handle extracted oil and gas is directly related to revenue distribution. Therefore, the federal administrative role does not extend to the actual oil and gas extraction process, such as drilling, field operations, day-to-day running and management of oil and gas fields. This should not be a problem because these functions are currently, as they have always been, locally managed by the people living in the regions and the governorates.

Under the new constitution, however, the elected authorities of the regions and producing governorates are now entitled to administer and supervise the extraction process, in other words local oilfield managers are answerable to the local authorities. This is not a big deal, after all we all live in one Iraq.

It is also clear that even the limited handling role available to federal authorities is conditional upon an agreement being reached with the regions and the governorates on (a) an even demographic distribution of the oil and gas proceeds (revenues), and (b), a specific additional share or top-up above the demographic rights, for a period of time for all the deprived areas.

This means an agreement by the federal authorities with the regions and governorates is to be reached on a range of clearly defined and legally binding formulas to unconditionally allocate an additional percentage of revenue to each region and governorate for an initial period (to be defined) to redress the balance, and also for long-term entitlements beyond the initial period. Of course, there should be no dispute that the Kurdistan Region and many of the southern governorates have been deprived areas for a long time. Therefore, they would expect to receive or negotiate a reasonable share of the top-up revenues.

Part 2 of Article 112 deals with strategic policy issues and states:

“The federal government together with the governments of the regions and governorates shall put in place (draw up) requisite strategic policies for the development of the natural oil and gas resources in order to achieve for the Iraqi people the highest benefits by adopting the most modern market-driven principles and techniques to encourage investments”.

Here the emphasis is on an agreement being reached between the federal authorities and the producing regions and governorates to draw up strategic policies for all Iraq. This primarily pertains to overall short, medium, and long term production targets or limits that are to be achieved or allowed from each region and governorate, and to overall relations regarding the OPEC quota for Iraq.

Any laws related to Article 112 need to be agreed with the regions and the governorates. Therefore, the only difficulty here occurs if no agreements are reached, in which case the regions and governorates are entitled to create their own laws. These laws will prevail over federal laws by relying on the use of powers per Article 115, which is in their favour. While this would only happen if one of the parties becomes unreasonable, we should remain optimistic that this will not happen.

Is Article 115 specific to oil and gas, and how does it work?

Dr. Hawrami: This is a general overriding article which applies to oil and gas resources and to all other shared rights of the regions and governorates under the constitution. Article 115 states:

“Any rights that are not stated under the exclusive powers of the federal authorities shall come under the authorities of the regions and the governorates, and with regard to all the other jointly shared authorities between the federal government and the regions and governorates the priority shall go to the laws of the regions and the governorates in the case of conflicts between them”.

This article states the supremacy of regional laws over federal laws, and can be invoked if no agreement is reached on the management of oil and gas resources and the distribution of proceeds under Articles 111 and 112. This should only arise, however, if one of the parties becomes unreasonable, which is unlikely. If that occurs, then the regions and the governorates may exercise full control over all the fields, both old and new, including some oil and gas exports, and revenue collection and distribution.

Who controls infrastructure facilities, downstream activities, exploration or related exports, and revenues from new fields?

Dr. Hawrami: The articles are silent on many aspects of the oil and gas industry. However, anything which is not stated under the federal powers or under the shared powers comes under the absolute authority of the regions and governorates. For example as noted by many, with respect to oil and gas resources no reference has been made to the following and, therefore, these will be exclusive to the regions and governorates:

a) Article 112 does not mention anything about discovered undeveloped fields, or about any new fields, or any of the unexplored areas.

b) Article 112 does not mention the handling of extracted oil and gas, or related proceeds, from undeveloped fields, or from any new fields resulting from new drilling and further exploration activities.

c) Article 112 does not address any of the infrastructure and downstream activities such as refining, storage facilities, pipelines, pumping stations, export terminals, tankers, filling stations and buildings, and thus, these are the property of the regions and governorates.

Who controls new contracts, production sharing agreements and major service contracts?

Dr. Hawrami: Again, as these are not defined under the shared powers, the regions and governorates will have all the controls. It would be easier, however, and preferable for all to adopt common contracts, common fiscal terms and models to simplify matters and to avoid confusions with potential investors and service providers. Once again, this is not a big deal, we all live in one Iraq so the contracts can be awarded and managed locally. But officials, wherever they may be, should be fully transparent and must be accountable to their parliaments and authorities for all their decisions.

We should not listen to the alarmist views that these arrangements will not work and they may become uncontrollable. If a few people sitting in their offices in Baghdad can be trusted to do all these things, why can’t the real people who do all the actual work within the regions and governorates be trusted to do the same? Some can argue that the regions and the governorates may lack some expertise to perform some of the functions on these contracts. However, even if that were the case, the answer is not to change the articles, but let the experts go and work in the regions and the governorates instead of sitting in Baghdad.

Is the KRG awarding new contracts?

Dr. Hawrami: We just had our first excellent discovery by DNO earlier this week under the new Constitution and that is good for attracting more investment to the Kurdistan Region and hopefully to all of Iraq in the future. The KRG is moving ahead with its local activities as defined under the Constitution and is discussing potential contracts with a number of parties.

Has your appointment as the KRG’s new Minister for Natural Resources, and your background as a well known experienced former international oil executive, lead to more enquiries?

Dr. Hawrami: Yes since my return, the KRG has received a number of enquiries from experienced, reputable and capable companies who wish to set up bases in Erbil or Suleimaniah to invest in this Region and perhaps further south once the security situation improves.

What types of contracts do you intend to issue and what about transparency?

Dr. Hawrami: We will be fully transparent and shall adopt standard internationally recognised contractual models, which can be defended at all times and hopefully resulting from petroleum laws that we wish to be put in place during the next few months. The Kurdistan Region is safe, secure, and stable, and we have already started to discuss and negotiate with some well-known companies. Hopefully this process will pave the way for the rest of Iraq in the near future.

KRG, Kurdistan Regional Government

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http://www.krg.org/pdf/MODEL_PRODUCT..._KURDISTAN.pdf

http://www.krg.org/pdf/Explanatory_M..._Kurdistan.pdf
In this Memo articles 20, 21, 22 are the Anti-Corrupition Articles
maybe this was why there has been such a big delay in getting
things agreed upon

KRG, Kurdistan Regional Government

KRG Minister for Tourism: Kurdistan is a tourist destination in need of investment

At a joint press conference held in Erbil on Wednesday, Kurdistan’s Minister for Tourism and the board of IKB Travel and Tours travel agency gave details of the results of their meeting.

At the meeting Nimrud Baito, KRG Minister for Tourism, explained how the ministry has plans to promote the tourist sector in the Region by attracting local and foreign investors.

Kurdistan’s beautiful scenery, archeological sites and history of religious tolerance are major factors which could help make Kurdistan into a popular tourist destination.

The minister also thanked Austrian Airlines which has reopened its office in Iraq for the first time in 17 years.

Saad Khafachi, Managing Director of UK-based IKB International in Iraq, explained how he intends to promote the Region by encouraging tourists to visit Kurdistan.

He added that once the tourist industry is established in Kurdistan, the company will then be able to add to its business interests in the Region. The new Austrian Airlines office in Erbil marks an important step in encouraging other European countries to promote travel to Kurdistan

Lets see how far they can get beyond the article!

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The Republic of Iraq

مجلس الوزراء- دائرة الإتصالات الحكومية

Council of Ministers-the governmental communications

العلاقات الإعلامية

Media Relations

بيان صحفي / Press Release

A press statement / Press Release

الخميس 1-2-2007

Thursday 2 - 1-2007

نائب محافظ النجف يكشف تفاصيل هامة عن عمليات يالثارات الحسين عليه السلام في الزرقة

Deputy governor of Najaf reveal important details about the Yaltharat Hussein of peace in El-Zarka

في لقاء خاص بالمركز الاعلامي لمحافظة النجف الاش رف مع الاستاذ الحاج عبد الحسين عبطان نائب محافظ ا لنجف الاشرف تحدث فيه عن تفاصيل الحادث الارهابي ف ي منطقة الزرقة والذي حاول فيه الارهابيين دخول مد ينة النجف الاشرف قال أن سبب تسمية العمليات (يالث ارات الحسين عليه السلام في الزرقة) هو أنتقام أب ناء النجف الاشرف من أعداء الحسين عليه السلام وسو ف تبقى هذه العمليات خالدةً في ذاكرة النجف والنجف يين الاصلاء على أمتداد التاريخ لما تحتويه من أهم ية.

In a special press center of Najaf Alash a shelf with Professor Haji Abdul Hussein Abtan deputy governor of a the Najaf in which he talked about the details of the terrorist incident P j El-Zarka region and the terrorists who tried to enter the D soft Najaf said that the reason for the nomination processes (Yalth lari Hussein peace in the El-Zarka) is retaliation August remote Najaf from the enemies of peace by Hussein Su P operations remain immortal in the memory of Najaf and Najaf Yin evicted throughout history, as it contains the most important Yeh.

واكد كنا ومنذ أكثر من أربعة أشهر نتتبع معلومات عن وجود تنظيم عقائدي منحرف في محافظتنا والمحافظات الجن وبية ودققنا بشكل كبير حول هذا التنظيم وتوفرة لدي نا معلومات زودنا بها من مصادرنا الاستخباراتية ع ن هذا التنظيم الخطر الذي يجذب السذج والفقراء وتط فو عليه الصبغة البعثية المقيتة وأصابعها واضحة ع لى التنظيم وتقول معلوماتنا أن هذه المزرعة مشكوك في أمرها وكشفنا هذه المزرعة مراراً وتكراراً ولم نجد فيها ما يثير الريبة أذ كانت تبدو للعيان عبارة عن أرض زراعية ومكان لتربية الابقار ولكن شدة المع لومات بدأت تصل الينا من واحد محرم حول هجوم أو ضربة على محافظة النجف الاشرف في العشرة الاول من شهر مح رم والامر الاخر في بداية شهر محرم داهمنا فندقاً ف ي شارع الرسول جهة منطقة الحويش فيه أشخاص يثيرون ا لريبة وهم معممين ولهم صلة بهذا التنظيم .

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قمنا ب ا ستطلاع هذا المكان من جهات مختلفة وكما قلت سابقاً لم تبدو أي حركة غير طبيعية وأستطلع قائد الشرطة بن فسه المكان بدقة وأشار ت مصادرنا بأن المكان أخذ يتوافد عليه أشخاص وبشكل متزايد وأبتد اءً من اليوم الخامس والسادس والسابع وكنت في اليوم ال سابع أشرف على مواكب المشاعل وبعد انتهاء المواكب عقدنا أجتماع أمنياً عالي المستوى في الساعة الحا دية عشرة والربع ليلاً وأعددنا خطة خاصة بالهجوم ج هزنا قوة حسب تقديراتنا الاولية لعددهم ولم نكن نت وقع بهذا الكم الهائل من الرجال والاسلحة.

We have a b Sttalae this place from various quarters and, as I said before any movement did not seem unnatural and explored the police chief Ben Vssa place strictly He coordinates our sources that the place is visiting people and it is increasingly and purchase of Aptd today, V, VI, VII and today I was in the seventh supervised the funeral and after the torch processions we held a high-level security meeting at pressed he had ten and one quarter of the night and we have prepared a special plan of attack c shocked by the initial estimate of the numbers did not Net signed this awesome number of men and weapons.

و تابع نائب المحافظ حديثه قائلا نحمد الله الذي مدنا باليد الغيبية والتسديد الذي لولاه لما أستطعنا ان نحقق هذا النصر الكبير حيث لو هجمنا عليهم في اليوم الاول او الثاني من شهر محرم ل ما أستطعنا ان نقظي عليهم لانهم تجمعوا بعد اليوم ا لسادس وخلال التحقيقات التي جرت مع المعتقلين تبي ن أن الاسلحة دخلت الى المكان وعلى مدى ثلاث سنوات و دخلت الى المحافظة على شكل قطع وأجزاء بحيث لاتعرف مع مواد مختلفة ودفنت تحت الارض وقبل العملية بثلا ث أيام أستخرجت وأجريت عليها عمليات التنظيف والص يانة والتركيب .

Deputy Governor and continued by saying thank God that cities and hand Otherworldliness reimbursement we would not have been able to achieve this great victory as if Hjmana them in the first or second day of the month of Muharram told what we have been able to Enkezi them because they rallied today after a the sixth and during the investigations conducted with the detainees Tpe n that the weapons entered the venue, and over three years, entered to preserve the form of spare parts and so knows with various materials and buried under the ground and before the operation Bhla w days were extracted by the clean-up operations and Els Ianh and installation.

كانت تهدف عملياتهم الى دخول مدينة النجف الاشرف و احتلال مراكز الشرطه وقتل العلماء ورجل الدين واح تلال مرقد الامام علي عليه السلام ومن ثم اجبار اها لي الجف على البيعه لزعيمهم الذي يدعي بأنه المهدي .

Their aim was to enter the city of Najaf, the occupation of the police stations and killing scholars and clerics Wah the hills of the Imam Ali peace be upon him and then forcing Aha I Atraqchi allegiance to the leader who claims that al-Mahdi .

وكانت معلوماتنا الاستخباراته من داخل المحافظه ومن خارجها ممتازه جدا بحيث وصلت الينا معلومات من بغداد وبالتحديد من الشورجه بشراء1500شماغ بلون واحد وارسلت الى النجف في نفس هذه الفتره وكانت مقت رنة بشكوك حول هذه الكمية الكبيرة .

The Alastekhbarath our information from inside the preserve It is so very excellent outside and hit us information Baghdad, specifically the purchase Alcheorgh 1500 Shmag color one was sent to Najaf in the same period and the loathing here doubts about such a large amount.

واوضح مؤكدا أن ورائهم تنظيم القاعدة وعند جمع المعلومات وصلن ا الى النتيجة ذاتها وأغرب ما بهذا التنظيم أنهم يج علون الذين ينتمون أليهم يمولونهم بمبالغ من الما ل من خلال الاحتيال عليهم بعقائدهم الضعيفة لان أغ لب المنتمين اليهم ضعيفي اليقين ويأمنون بالرواي ات الهامشية.

He explained he behind that Al Qaeda and in the collection of information and daughters a to the same conclusion and the strangest thing about this organization they% pw stipulate who belong to finance them in amounts of pain told them through fraud doctrines vulnerable because ag the heart of belonging to the poorly certainty and believe Balroai AT marginal.

وأما بالنسبة لقائدهم أصله من الحله وسافر الى الخ ارج عدة مرات وكان موجوداً في أفغانستان ونمتلك صو راً له مع قادة أفغان من تنظيم القاعدة وجوازه موجو د لدينا وتدرب في أفغانستان وأخو ه وبناته من ضمن المعتقلين وتوجد معهم عناصر بعثية و مصريين وسودانيين وشخصيات أخرى.

As for the origin of their leader, traveled to Hilla, etc. erg several times and was in Afghanistan and have Sow OL him with Afghan leaders of Al Qaeda and the group with his passport d have trained in Afghanistan and e brother and daughters of the detainees there with the elements of state and Egyptians and Sudanese and other personalities.

كان هذا التنظيم يعتبر هذه العملية عملية العمر له وللبعثيين وبالمقابل لانقلل من شأن أستخباراتنا وقواتنا الامنية لان أمريكا قد ضربت بالعمق من قبل نفس هذا التنظيم وأمريكا تمتلك أستخبارات لها شأن كبير وضخامة الحدث يدلل على قوة مانمتلكه من عناصر أستخباراتية رائدة ومقاتلين أشاوس أبطال لان الم عركة كانت شرسة وأعتبر النجف بها مؤسسة أمنية يعت م د بها وبدوري أقدم شكري وأمتناني لكل من ساهم وساند من أبناء مدينة النجف الغيارى وبالخصوص قوات الام ن بمختلف تسمياتهم فبجهود كل المساهمين أمنا مدين ة النجف وأبنائها أثناء مراسيم العزاء بحيث قمنا ب العمليات والقتال الشرس على حدود المدينة وأبناء المدينة يمارسون طقوسهم الدينية دون أن يشعروا بش يء .

This organization is this process has life For the Baathist contrast to the Angull our intelligence and our security forces as America has been hit by the depth this same organization, America possesses intelligence with the a large and the magnitude of the event demonstrates the strength of the elements Manmtlkh intelligence pilot and fighters Achaus heroes because the pain Arch was fierce and it Najaf by the security firm Yat m d and extend my thanks and my gratitude to all those who have contributed and supported the the sons of the city of Najaf and in particular the fervent forces mother n various nominations Vbjehoud all shareholders safer debtor e Najaf and kids during ceremonies consolation that we have b operations and fierce fighting on the border of the city and the people city practice ritual acts without realizing Pec % pw.

كنا نؤكد دوماً على الحيطة والحذر لاننا على يقين ب أن النجف مستهدفة والتشيع مستهدف وأعتقد أن الاره اب والتكفيريون لن يتوقفوا عند هذا الحد فقد توجه ض ربة الى المدينة بطريقة آخرى هذا الظرف حساس ويجب أ ن نتكاتف فيما بيننا ونحتاج الى وعي وهذين الامرين موجودين عند أبناء النجف الاصلاء .

We have always stressed the caution because we are convinced b The target of Najaf and targeted Shiism, and I think that Alarh Altkverion August and will stop at this point went z Rabbo to the city some other way this time sensitive and must be a n join hands with us and we need to understand and these two things when the sons of Najaf were evicted.

فيجب على أبناء النجف رصد أي حركة غريبة ومريبة وأب لاغ قوات الامن لاننا كلنا نمثل وحدة واحدة وكان دو ر مدير الشرطة بطولي أذ كان متقدماً أمام القطعات و قد أصيب وحتى دور الجماهير النجفي كان بطولي ورائع مع شراسة العدو وكثرة أسلحته وأعتدته وبفضل الله ل م ننقذ النجف فقط وأنما التشيع أجمع .

We the people of Najaf to monitor any movement of strange and suspicious father null security forces because we all represent one unit and the De R. police director heroic as he was ahead of the Iraqi units and been injured and even the role of the masses Najafi was heroic and wonderful with vicious enemy, and the large weapons and Aatdth Thanks to God M. save Najaf, but the Shiite world.

كان عملهم سريعاً جداً فخلال 24 ساعة تم أعداد الاس لحة ونصبها لانهم كانوا يمتلكون ورش حدادة بحيث عم لوا قواعد حديدية وأعمدة لاسلحتهم.

Work has been very rapid during the 24 hours has been prepared Wallace Hoh and installed because they have so blacksmith workshops uncle Loa rules and iron poles for weapons.

خسائرهم كانت كبيرة جداً أذ تم أعتقال 736 بينهم 4 48 شاب مقاتل و288 نساء وأطفال تابعين لهم ومقتل أك ثر من 300 شخص وجرح بحدود 300 شخص والاسلحة التي كان يمتلكونها عبارة عن بيكيسيات دميتروفات ورباعيا ت وقناصات وأسلحة خفيفة ومتنوعة .

The losses were so large as 736 were arrested, including four 48 young fighters and 288 women and children belonging to them and the killing of Ak been more than 300 people and wounded about 300 people and the weapons that were gained a Bikisiat Dmitrovat and quadruple T. and Qanasat weapons and light variety.

وشدد على ان فضائية الشرقية وعلى عهدها المعروف لدى الجميع بن هجها المنحرف غيرة الخبر وقالت بأنه معركة بين أحد عشائر النجف وقوات أمن النجف والحقيقة عكس ذلك أن ا لعشائر النجفية الاصيلة وقفت موقفاً مشرفاً في هذ ه المعركة وقد أتصل بي شيوخ العشائر والسادة الافا ضل وأنا في أرض المعركة وعشيرة الحواتم من أبناء ال نجف الغيارى .

He stressed that space Timor and the back-known to everyone bin brightness other deviant report and said that the battle between one Tribes in Najaf and the security forces in Najaf and that the truth is otherwise a the clans Nagvih inherent got a supervisor in this e battle has contacted me clan elders and gentlemen thousands I lost in the battleground tribe of the sons of Alhwatm Najaf fervent.

أما عندما يكون أحد أبناء العشائر ضالاً فأنه لايم ثل عشيرته فهناك ضمن هؤلاء يوجد أشخاص من النجف وال ديوانية والحلة والسماوة وبغداد ومع أن الشرقية أ لتقت بي مباشرة ولكن كما قلت سابقاً أنها معروفه بك ذبها وأنتماءاتها المشبوهة .

But when one of the sons of the clans prohibits it Laem regarding those within the family, there are no people of Najaf and the 1110, Hilla, Samawa and Baghdad with the East a Tut to me directly, but as I said earlier it known you *bha affiliation and suspicious.

يجب ان نستعد لكل حالة وأن لانطرح الثقة بسهول ة لان أمن النجف والمذهب أهم من كل شيء ويجب على التجا وزات أن تنتهي والمزارع يجب أن ترفع السواتر الترا بية وتضع بدلها (بي أر سي ) خلال أسبوع ومن لايتعاون يحاسب بشدة حسب القانون أما المتجاوزين يجب ان يتر كوا النجف أن كانوا من غير أبناء النجف أو يجدوا بيو ت لهم .

We must be ready for every situation and lay confidence easily e because the security of Najaf, the most important doctrine of everything and the refuge , Sat end and farms must lift barriers Altera marvel place was changing (PRI CNN) during the week and to Aitaaoun severely punished according to the law, either squatters must liters Kwa Najaf, said that they were not members of Najaf or find Pio T. them.

و وجه شكر ه لكل أبناء المحافظة ولكل من ساهم في هذه المعركة ال خالدة التي يجب ان تدخل ضمن تاريخ النجف الاشرف من أ وسع أبوابه ويبقى (يالثارات الحسين في الزرقة ) ال اسم المشرق لهذه المدينة .

And in thanking e each village and all those who helped in this battle of Khaleda, which must fall within the date of a Najaf expanded door remains (in Yaltharat Hussein El-Zarka) of Orient name of this city.

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$ 42 billion Iraq budget for the current year
Source : Middle East
03 / 02 / 07

A Fouad Massoum, President of the Kurdish bloc in the House of Representatives (Parliament), a for Iraqis, The Iraq budget for the current year, which delayed approval a, amounting to 42 billion dollars. He pointed out that the ratification would be after the allocations Guard Kurdistan.

He said Massoum told <Middle East> on the phone from Baghdad yesterday> supposed to finish the ratification of the budget tomorrow ( today) after resolving differences over the issue of allocations guard territory Kurdistan (constitutional name of the s)> , explaining that <Kurdistan guards assigned to protect a stick Iraqi borders and the establishment of checkpoints and control , and the tasks of the Ministry of Defense and must bear the pain financial Ssat to such responsibilities>.

The head of the Kurdish bloc in the House of Representatives that <Meza Iraq's intention to 2007 will be very large, amounting to 42 carefully t dollars; including 17% dedicated to the Kurdistan region, that is deducted from allocations sovereign institutions; the Presidency of the Territory and the head of government and the presidency Alberlm that, as some of them and international compensation, This means that the government of Iraqi Kurdistan would not receive the 17 full%>.

He explained that <majority of the ministries of Iraq has not spent facet Anyatha of last year, or before the full, due to the non-implementation of projects for the poor security situation, although these ministries did not spend less than 30% of Mizania elsewhere, and that these budgets are not, any not added to the Ministry's budget for the following year, but returning to the state treasury>.

The Iraqi government official had revealed l <Middle East> a n There is a surplus in the budgets of previous years, estimated 30 billion dollars>.

The official added that the government refused to be identified, saying <k it is possible to implement large-scale projects in safe areas Iraq and the operation of idle hands and the lives of Cree - à-vis them, instead of re-payments to the Treasury>.

The entire Iraqi MPs in a statement to the Agency they said German news <that the delay approval ALMAO offset delay the work of the government and parliament> demanded the Deputies promptly resolve the contentious points.

03 / 02 / 07
A Fouad Massoum, President of the Kurdish bloc in the House of Representatives (Parliament), a for Iraqis, The Iraq budget for the current year, which delayed approval a, amounting to 42 billion dollars. He pointed out that the ratification would be after the allocations Guard Kurdistan.
He said Massoum told <Middle East> on the phone from Baghdad yesterday> supposed to finish the ratification of the budget tomorrow ( today) after resolving differences over the issue of allocations guard territory Kurdistan (constitutional name of the s)> , explaining that <Kurdistan guards assigned to protect a stick Iraqi borders and the establishment of checkpoints and control , and the tasks of the Ministry of Defense and must bear the pain financial Ssat to such responsibilities>.

The head of the Kurdish bloc in the House of Representatives that <Meza Iraq's intention to 2007 will be very large, amounting to 42 carefully t dollars; including 17% dedicated to the Kurdistan region, that is deducted from allocations sovereign institutions; the Presidency of the Territory and the head of government and the presidency Alberlm that, as some of them and international compensation, This means that the government of Iraqi Kurdistan would not receive the 17 full%>.

He explained that <majority of the ministries of Iraq has not spent facet Anyatha of last year, or before the full, due to the non-implementation of projects for the poor security situation, although these ministries did not spend less than 30% of Mizania elsewhere, and that these budgets are not, any not added to the Ministry's budget for the following year, but returning to the state treasury>.

The Iraqi government official had revealed l <Middle East> a n There is a surplus in the budgets of previous years, estimated 30 billion dollars>.The official added that the government refused to be identified, saying <k it is possible to implement large-scale projects in safe areas Iraq and the operation of idle hands and the lives of Cree - à-vis them, instead of re-payments to the Treasury>. وThe entire Iraqi MPs in a statement to the Agency they said German news <that the delay approval ALMAO offset delay the work of the government and parliament> demanded the Deputies promptly resolve the contentious points

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Henry Kissinger referring to <secret plan> to end the war in a for Iraq Source : Middle East
02 / 02 / 07

Across Henry Kissinger, former American Secretary of State, he expressed the belief that President George Bush for his plans Special to end the war in Iraq.

He called Kissinger, the American administration the need to involve Ji Ran Iraq in the solution, particularly Syria and Iran.

The hints and signals Kissinger on the belief that Bush have <what proposals> concludes that the newspaper <Washington Post> that President Bush has <secret plan> to end the war Iraq.

Kissinger said on this <secret plan> without peering s by this description <I am fully convinced, but it is not based on the evidence, the President (Bush) intends to move towards a consensus b Yen parties for the restoration of Iraq through the effort Dplomas j>.

However, Senator Barrack Obama Democratic candidate j for the presidential elections in 2008, Kissinger questioned the conclusions, He said that there was no place in the world, it happened such a consensus.

Asked about whether the Bush administration does not know the secret plan Congress anything about it.

He called Kissinger during his testimony, made before a committee the Foreign Affairs in the Senate. to build the United States in a diplomatic effort for the Middle East in order to achieve stability in Iraq.

The conservative Kissinger on sending more forces of American to Iraq.

But he said that sending more troops <perhaps> p help I bring stability, and the formation of a government of national unity.

It should be noted that Congress intended to adopt next week p this resolutions opposing send more troops to Ara s, but those decisions are not binding.

In spite of that, such as Kissinger, James Baker, clearly supports dialogue with Syria and Iran. which would be rejected by the White House strongly, the position of the two men were not going to oppose a policy visions. S. Bush in Iraq.

Baker was asked in a similar, President Bush granted a chance in Iraq.

Kissinger said that the biggest threat is happening in the region now , was to encourage Iran to the radical trend.

In spite of the belief that Iran has incentives pw worm to help the United States in resolving the crisis Ar jackets, it is believed that Washington is seeking to persuade Iran to Basa j to participate in this solution.

And grabbed Kissinger in his testimony before the Senate of the cane center usual, It spoke about the risks <revolution and the explosion of violence> in Alment Ka whole.

On the other hand, said he did not believe the possibility of the withdrawal of Amir Ka from Iraq. He said <I I firmly believe that we can not withdraw from region>, But he pointed to the possibility of withdrawing part of the American forces e in Iraq.

When asked about whether any alternative plan with Mkhat R. great answered <certainly>.

He said that the goals set by some members of the Committee on Affairs Foreign Affairs in the Senate. consistent with the goals of those trying to be carried out by a for President Bush>.

The overall impression of each member to the Committee that Kissinger supported his position.

Originally Posted by $onedaysoon$

03 / 02 / 07
A Fouad Massoum, President of the Kurdish bloc in the House of Representatives (Parliament), a for Iraqis, The Iraq budget for the current year, which delayed approval a, amounting to 42 billion dollars. He pointed out that the ratification would be after the allocations Guard Kurdistan.
He said Massoum told <Middle East> on the phone from Baghdad yesterday> supposed to finish the ratification of the budget tomorrow ( today) after resolving differences over the issue of allocations guard territory Kurdistan (constitutional name of the s)> , explaining that <Kurdistan guards assigned to protect a stick Iraqi borders and the establishment of checkpoints and control , and the tasks of the Ministry of Defense and must bear the pain financial Ssat to such responsibilities>.

The head of the Kurdish bloc in the House of Representatives that <Meza Iraq's intention to 2007 will be very large, amounting to 42 carefully t dollars; including 17% dedicated to the Kurdistan region, that is deducted from allocations sovereign institutions; the Presidency of the Territory and the head of government and the presidency Alberlm that, as some of them and international compensation, This means that the government of Iraqi Kurdistan would not receive the 17 full%>.

He explained that <majority of the ministries of Iraq has not spent facet Anyatha of last year, or before the full, due to the non-implementation of projects for the poor security situation, although these ministries did not spend less than 30% of Mizania elsewhere, and that these budgets are not, any not added to the Ministry's budget for the following year, but returning to the state treasury>.

The Iraqi government official had revealed l <Middle East> a n There is a surplus in the budgets of previous years, estimated 30 billion dollars>.The official added that the government refused to be identified, saying <k it is possible to implement large-scale projects in safe areas Iraq and the operation of idle hands and the lives of Cree - à-vis them, instead of re-payments to the Treasury>. وThe entire Iraqi MPs in a statement to the Agency they said German news <that the delay approval ALMAO offset delay the work of the government and parliament> demanded the Deputies promptly resolve the contentious points

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