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The House resumes its sessions tomorrow
Baqir al-Hadi 05 / 03 / 2007-14:43

The Euphrates channel space is that the parliament will resume its meetings tomorrow, Tuesday after the end of the first Legislative chapter for the current year. It added that the first deputy Canal the President of the House of Representatives Sheikh Khaled al-Attiya confirmed that he will be tomorrow, Tuesday held the first hearing of the House of Representatives for the first Legislative chapter for the current year.

She explained that it is expected to be ratified by the House of laws and a number of important projects including the oil, gas and cabinet reshuffle the new law, expected to uproot the Baath. The news agency pratha (father)

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MENAFN) The Turkish Energy Minister announced that the Turkish government will host discussions with US and Iraqi officials over Iraq's oil development program, Iraq Directory reported.

The objective of the meetings is to welcome Turkey to invest in the Iraqi oil sector and contribute to the development of the oil in the northern region of Iraq on the basis of the new Iraqi oil law, which the government drafted last month.

The discussions will highlight the necessity of international contribution to the reconstruction of Iraq to achieve stability in all Iraq's regions.

(MENAFN) An Official at the American Agency for International Development in Baghdad announced that the Iraqi government has finished all the procedures needed to apply for joining the World Trade Organization (WTO), Iraq Directory reported.

The Iraqi government will hold its first meeting with the organization in Switzerland to discuss the terms required from the Iraqi government to join the organization in an attempt to get Iraq back on the economical track.

To be a member in the WTO will guarantee Iraqi goods a way in the world market, hence, enhance, improve and stabilize Iraq's economy and commercial relations in near future, he explained.

Remarks by U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad to Students at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Diplomatic Institute
March 5, 2007


Zalmay Khalilzad to Students at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Diplomatic Institute



Good morning. Minister of State Issawi, it’s good to see you. Deputy Foreign Minister Abbawi, thank you for the comments you made. The Dean of the Diplomatic Institute, Mushin Ali, it’s very good to see you. – I want to thanks the Ministry and the Diplomatic Institute for inviting me to be here.

I’m delighted to have the chance to talk with all of the students here. I understand that these students are nearing the end of the six-month training here at the Diplomatic Institute. And I want to commend – I’m addressing here now the students – commend you on your choice of a career. You should not be surprised that I commend you for that – being a diplomat myself. As diplomats, I believe you will be representing your country – with the hopes and dreams of the Iraqi people guiding you.

As you know, Iraq is an ancient land but it is still coming to terms with what sort of a country it wants to be. It faces challenges at home – and in dealing with its neighbors and the rest of the international community.

In your careers, you will play a central role in shaping the future of Iraq: maintaining the friends you have and bringing other nations into the fold of Iraq’s supporters; helping Iraq's economy grow by encouraging investment and seeking opportunities for trade;

discouraging interference in Iraq; and promoting Iraq’s interests in foreign capitals around the world.

Iraq is a very rich country – you know that. But it is going through a difficult transition. Therefore, now is a particularly important time to be an Iraqi diplomat. Support from Iraq's friends and neighbors is essential at this critical juncture in Iraqi’s development. Through your work, you will help Iraq re-establish itself as a leading national in the community of nations. You may be working here at the Ministry, in Iraqi embassies – or helping re-open or open new embassies. You can make a difference in helping your beloved Iraq succeed.

Iraq and the future of the Middle East is the defining issue of our time – just as Europe was the defining issue of the early 20th century and then the Cold War was the focus of a generation. Iraq and the future of the Middle East is important. Iraq’s success will change the Middle East. And a changed Middle East will change the world. So, you are going to play a role not only to help your own country – but also you will play a role that will affect the course of history.

Next week, Iraq will be hosting an important conference of neighbors, other regional players, and the permanent members of the UN Security Council will also be here.

This conference is an Iraqi initiative. It highlights the fact that Iraq's security is of critical interest – not just to Iraqis – but also to the region and to the world. The United States looks forward to participating in the conference as a key strategic partner of Iraq – and as a friend committed to helping Iraqi democracy. We will support Iraqi efforts to engage their neighbors. It is my hope that the participants will be able to move beyond words toward sincere and concerted actions to reduce violence and help the Iraqi government continue to move in a positive direction.

As you know, Iraq Security Forces are working with American and Coalition forces to secure Baghdad. Getting Iraq’s neighbors to work together with Iraq is key to increasing security here in Baghdad, allowing political progress, and securing the rest of the country. The security plan they are implementing was designed and structured by Iraqis and – it is led by Iraqis. It’s based on a reciprocal understanding with the United States and the Coalition that all who break the law will be targeted and that no militia will be a replacement for the state – or control local security.

This plan for Iraq is comprehensive and includes political, economic, services, and public affairs programs. The Prime Minister has put senior people in charge of each of these areas and we are supporting them. The Iraqi government has also committed to meet its own targets to make progress on the political front.

While there are some that question the Iraqis’ resolve to rise to the occasion and take the hard, necessary steps to break the cycle of violence that is tearing Baghdad apart, I am encouraged by what I have seen in recent weeks.

For example, last week’s Council of Ministers decision to approve the national hydrocarbon law which gives all Iraqis a shared stake in their country's future. This law demonstrates that the leaders of Iraq's principal communities can pull together to peacefully resolve difficult issues of national importance. It is a big step towards Iraqis' national reconciliation.

This country has the third-largest oil reserves in the world, and more than 90 percent of federal income comes from oil revenues. Resolving concerns about control of oil is central to overcoming internal divisions in Iraq. The effective and equitable management of these resources is critical to economic growth here in Iraq and creating a greater sense of shared purpose among all Iraqi communities.

Arriving at this agreement was not easy – but nothing important ever is. It has taken other countries years to complete such legislation. This is the first time since 2003 that all major Iraqi communities have come together on a defining piece of legislation. A national reconciliation that helps stabilize Iraq can be achieved if similar compromises are made on other tough issues such as the future of de-Baathification, the future of militias and other armed groups, and amending the constitution.

I have confidence in the future of Iraq. I also have confidence that Iraqis are willing and able to make the steps needed for Iraq's success and I am further encouraged when I look at all of you – young diplomats, the future of diplomacy in Iraq. You have a bright future ahead of you. I wish you the best of luck as you finish your training and start your new careers here with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. I am confident that you will do well and make your country proud.

Thank you and God bless the people of Iraq.

FEATURE-U.S. builds Baghdad garrisons to fight violence
05 Mar 2007 10:58:58 GMT
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BAGHDAD, March 5 (Reuters) - Barricaded in a small garrison in a Baghdad neighbourhood, U.S. soldier Aaron Larson keeps an uneasy eye on the traffic for suicide car bombers.

A mortar bomb had just landed a few metres away, shaking the sandbagged outpost where some 30 American soldiers are hunkered down with Iraqi police and army under a new security plan to rein in sectarian violence in the Iraqi capital.

"We feel like sitting ducks here," said Larson. "They are watching us all the time. We don't know what they'll do next."

U.S. commanders are moving troops from the relative safety of their sprawling bases and stationing them in small outposts in Baghdad's most violent districts in a pivotal tactical shift.

More than a dozen joint security stations have opened in a fresh approach designed by General David Petraeus, the new U.S. commander in Iraq, a counter-insurgency expert who warns troops to be ready to be "greeted with a handshake or a hand grenade".

The effort, one of the main components of a Baghdad security plan seen as the last chance to avert all-out civil war, aims to break the militants' grip on neighbourhoods by expanding troop presence and building on local intelligence.

Rather than launching incursions into strongholds and pulling troops back into their bases, the goal now is to set up 24-hour neighbourhood garrisons, where U.S. troops live with their Iraqi counterparts, U.S. commanders said.

The U.S. military will establish around 30 outposts, including one in the Shi'ite militia bastion of Sadr City.

So far, the plan has met little resistance, but it has placed hundreds of U.S. soldiers at greater risk, leaving them more vulnerable to insurgent attacks and in danger of being caught up in the middle of sectarian fighting.

NEIGHBOURHOOD FORTS

From the outside, the outposts look like frontier forts.

Many of these buildings were dilapidated police stations or community halls before they were upgraded. U.S. soldiers crouch in rooftop sniper nests with views of markets and blue-tiled mosque domes. Barbed wire and cement walls protect the buildings from car bombs and rockets.

"We are in the middle of everything," said gunner Josh Barlow, gripping his M240 machine gun at a joint security station in the central neighbourhood of Karrada.

"You gotta keep your eyes open all the time. You never know if somebody is just standing or planting a bomb," said Barlow, from Rapid City, South Dakota.

At a base in Rustimaya, east of Baghdad, soldiers enjoy American-style fast food, Internet cafes and even a recent visit by the Buffalo Bills cheerleaders, who signed autographs and posed with ecstatic troops next to the tanks.

But at the spartan joint security stations, soldiers sleep in mud-caked cots, take cold showers in crude bathrooms and eat MREs, or meals-ready-to-eat.

"I hardly get any sleep here," said Private Miguel Burgos, a gunner from Puerto Rico. "I can hear the blasts at night."

During the day, U.S. and Iraqi commanders sort through intelligence tips and coordinate checkpoints. At night, they drink tea together and share family pictures.

"I have taught them some Spanish and learned some Arabic. We sometimes play some soccer in the parking lot," Burgos said.

The outposts offer the Americans a chance to try Iraqi dishes away from their bases, where buffet food is brought in from Kuwait. Falafel sandwiches have become a hit. Iraqis, meanwhile, seem to find American beef jerky peculiar and are resistant to changing their morning omelettes for Cheerios.

American commanders credit a decline in sectarian murders in Baghdad to the "clear, hold and build" approach of the outposts but have warned that militants could be waiting them out.

General Abdul Hamid, police chief for eastern Baghdad, said gunmen will probably sit tight until the Americans leave.

"It's like a water balloon. You press on one side and the water goes to another side," he said.

Two Ajnbetan offer bids for the implementation of eight development projects in Missan
- 05 / 03 / 2007

Committee chairman, reconstruction and development in the Maysan Governorate today, Monday, the council received bids from two world wars, one English and the other German, for the implementation of eight development projects in the governorate.

Al Mohan told Mahe (Voices of Iraq) Independent today that the council received the proposals during a meeting with representatives of the two companies today in the building of the governorate, where he was examined the nature of these projects. "

He added that "the projects submitted by the two companies are distinguished from other productive ventures, and, yes, and growing Pklv appropriate, as well as contain various sectors. "

He pointed out that the Council asked the representatives of these two companies providing additional information on these projects in order to study the possibility of funding budget (2007) or through foreign grants. The projects presented is the "project of setting up oil refinery reimbursed in the form of payments or crude oil The capacity to (70000) thousand barrels a day, and the project for the production of water pumps operating on solar energy that can be operated from sundown the first of the morning and even into the night hours and the ability to pump cover (2 meters). " He added that the project had also introduced for the production of medical devices containing syringes and filtered water and different sizes and intravenous tubes, and others.

He pointed out that if this project was implemented in the province, "it is the first of its kind not only in Iraq but in the neighboring countries as well. " He continued : "There is a project for establishing a lab compressed wood, which depends on the raw materials - costly as Abakul Almtibsh plants and palm fronds and so forth and at relatively low cost. "

He stated that "of the projects presented in the electric power sector project processing generators ranging different cards (15 20 25) Mika Watt, working on the black oil, which are available in the governorate of Missan and in large quantities, to operate the generators frequencies consistent with the vibration the national grid. "

He pointed out that the two companies submitted another project in this sector "is a project for the industry bodies to rationalize power words on the links in each house, and after linking Bvolteh occasion will be allowed to waive the quota surplus of electricity, which will this not be wasted energy and provided to the areas of need. " His "In the health sector, the offer in this sector is the establishment of a hospital for disabled persons free of charge capacity (400) beds and with global specifications. "

In the housing sector Shabib said that "the draft presented by the two companies is to build complexes and the role of the rule plastic and prefabricated concrete, and it will be fully equipped requirements Kaltbrid and heating, and others. "

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Monday, March 05, 2007 US plans to vitalize Iraq's Economy
(MENAFN) MWC News reported that the Pentagon's Under Secretary, accompanied by 45 US business figures will visit all Iraqi provinces in an attempt to revive the business in post-war Iraq. The visit aims to get the economic engine running again through reactivating Iraqi enterprises that have stopped since the launch of 2003 war and providing all Iraqis with many job opportunities in those companies, in addition to encouraging foreign companies help revitalizing the Iraqi business bodies. The business figures are working to achieve the goals in cooperation with the Iraqi ministries of finance and industry.
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The province of Baghdad : Abu Neas Street opened downtown Baghdad soon
Zulfiqar Ali-05 / 03 / 2007-12:33

The Director informed the council of the province of Baghdad today, Monday, that the Council and the Secretariat of Baghdad are determined to open Street (Abu Neas) Central Baghdad soon remove excesses that took place on the streets of the city and government buildings, squares and land belonging to the secretariat.
They said Iman Abdel Hassan told (Voices of Iraq) today, "to coincide with the security plan (the imposition of the law) will the Baghdad governorate, in collaboration with the secretariat of the capital removal all excesses. in addition to the opening of roads closed, including the main roads, especially Street (Abu Neas), which is considered one of the biggest streets of Baghdad . "

She added, "will also be open street Bgelkha partisan offices and other organizations in order to ease the delivery of services."

She pointed out that Abdel-Hassan will be opened soon, most of the streets closed and clearing concrete barriers. Director of information did not specify a date for the removal of those barriers. She explained that "these barriers contributed to the addition are new to the concerns of Iraqis."

It went Abdul Hassan, "the Council was determined to eliminate all abuses regardless of the curves, according to directives of Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki, who emphasized his support for the plan, The secretariat will issue a warning last resort and those who did not strictly abide by the law and Evictions (154) to eliminate the excesses. "

Most streets of the capital, Baghdad, including Street (Abu Neas) closed since the American invasion of Iraq on the 9th of April (2003) thus was born a large traffic bottlenecks.

March 12, 2007
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