Thread: Iraq/Dinar News to April 19, 2007 10PM CST

The first page : increase allocations gravity of the judges and prosecutors by 100%


Baghdad / commoners hailed

The Cabinet decided to increase allocations dangerous granted to judges and prosecutors (by 100%) to the nominal salaries. A statement by the Council received a (long) yesterday, Wednesday, a copy of which : increased allocations do not include the salary paid to the Minister, or is Pedrjth or receive any other allocations under any title. The statement added : increase implemented as of the date of May 1, 2007.

For his part, explained the official spokesman of the Supreme Judiciary Council Qasim Aboudi said that the decision comes in line with the democratic trends and the leading role of the judiciary in laying the foundations of justice and law in society. The resolution Aboudi major step taken by the government to strengthen the role of the judiciary.

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Event : Economic ration card in Iraq between abolition and retention (2 - 1)

Mahmoud Alvkiki
Whenever Sirte News intention of the State to leave the program monthly free food distribution, namely, the so-called ration card, prevailed fears among grain industry in Iraq. Factor producer or cadres of government ministries.
Under the ration card system, the Ministry of Trade in Iraq, the distribution of wheat flour free of charge to families by (9) kilograms per month per capita of the resident population aged one year and above, with other food items include rice, pulses, sugar, tea and cleaning materials different amounts per capita, commensurate with the importance of the article the balance of individual consumption and family. وDistributed Aloazarh these materials mediate a distribution network consisting of approximately (18.6) A. Under the distribution in the private sector owners of shops and stalls, of whom about one thousand (5.4) and Under in Baghdad.

The production of flour to (175) mills in the private sector (with five mills governmental organization). These mills formula contract with the state must state the processing of grain mill, according to the actual grinding energy, in return for the receipt of the quantity of flour by the mill (80%) of the weight of wheat processed it, pouched polypropylene bags or side agreements printed material and bear the name, address and the mill by 50 kg / bag.
وتدThe State of the grinding mill wages and the mobilization by (10) per ton of rubbish for the love of the processed corn. Thus, the return of the mill grinding process per ton (10) dollars plus (20%) bran and impurities purification and milling. The average sale price of tons of waste and bran (Matrouh Square lab) is (135) USD (an annual average of the year) and increases the price of a quarter that in the summer and autumn and the same percentage decrease in the winter and spring of factors related to the seasonal nature of the alternatives forage.
The grain mills in Iraq at the present time, since 1990 the only enjoy several advantages not enjoyed by other Iraqi industry. These advantages are :
1- The production of the content of sales and marketing, they do not know the fluctuation of market crisis or sales or seasonal bouts of depression or unseasonable sluggish than many other industries, but all that is produced and sold throughout the year.
2-إنthat buyers of production and one person is the State, and the mill away from the problems and concerns of multiple parties to purchase.
3- The supply of raw materials wheat, which is characterized by the content and stability and durability, it is far from turmoil processing operations, the possibility of loitering processors or price fluctuations inputs.
4-كثيoften by the General Company for Grain Processing (government) supervising these mills, the supply of spare parts imported preferential foreign exchange rates subsidized.
5-The five-door entry to the industry locked, not allow it to the mill or new mills to enter this industry and compete, but are the exclusive domain of the existing mills which is about (175) mills with the private sector towards Mills (5) government. This is a very important issue, with significant economic impact.
6- The small amount of operating capital in the industry, under the ration card system, which is also an important advantage, is not the amount of operating capital of more than one cent on the capital invested in the project. ذلك ان The mill does not need to invest sums in buying wheat. أنThe small project needed (ie the draft) for working capital is the advantage of the task, and we can imagine the large amount of capital operating in these mills, if adopted, the mill itself in the provision of wheat purchase, Iraq relies on imports by 80-85% of its annual wheat, the amount required was used then to be significant because of the length of time spent between Fatah and the arrival of wheat reliance. إThe grinding mill card actual amount (100) tons per day of love will normally (in the present system) to the capital of the operation may Limits (1.5) million. أكMost are employed in the supply of wheat from abroad and needs storage reserves.
7- with improved cash incomes of the Iraqi family involvement and increased rates of women working outside the home, in public posts and the companies, the number of Iraqi families that depend on commercial bakery ovens to get their bread and freezer ready. And these households currently accounted for 30% of total families of Iraq. At the level of the Baghdad governorate, the rate was 40% (the study of global food). Therefore, these families do not use their share of the flour ration card, as they were working days of siege, but sell at a low price average (0.25) dollars for a kilo, equal to (250) per ton. أThe number of owners of the mills back Vestre this flour at the mill continued (0.30) per kilogram equals (300) dollars per ton.

Then again processed according to a contract between him and the Ministry of Trade and making it appear "that the Ministry has produced flour from wheat love to receive them. Thus, the equation between him and the ministry (as much as it is this process) : The ministry gave 1.2 tons of wheat, plus 12 dollars in return received one ton flour. The total value of what gives the ministry is (370) dollars, while the owner of the mill to give him is what may cost $ (300), Valerbah net in the process of reciprocity is (70) per ton of flour playback. The wheat received by the factory for these quantities of flour replaced, the owner of the mill is milled for him and the production of white flour (Namira 7-0) Vibian in local markets at a price of the total (0,35) $ / kg, or the equivalent of 350 dollars per ton, or to sell wheat as received from the ministry at a rate of $ 300 ton (infers). This is another source of profit for the private sector mills which exercise of the peace process in light of the ration card and was officially prohibited.
As previously stated, the study prepared by the World Food Program of the United Nations in cooperation with the Ministry of Planning and Development Cooperation and the Central Agency for Statistics in Baghdad that Iraqi families that relied on the purchase of insurance and bread stores in 2005 hit (30%) of the total number of families of Iraq, if we know that the quantity of flour to Iraq card for the year about 2006 (3.7) million tons of flour. The proportion (30%) are (1.1) million tons (approximately) is the estimated annual quantity of flour card, which is essential for the Iraqi families (by sale or otherwise) and replaces them with the direct purchase of the bread and stores of furnaces and commercial bakeries. The amount of flour mills dating back to once again be injected is not known and perhaps because of the same bag to the mill for more than once. This is the explanation of the spread of flour Almtafan and corrupt, which is now received by many people in recent times, and what it has found (helminthes).
To enjoy the benefits of the seven above-mentioned bill continuing work ration card system current, and the owners of the mills are well aware of that. This is the explanation for the cancellation of fears of the system.
The new economic policy in Iraq now shift from the adoption of strategic subsidized prices to strategic entry supported. Under the new strategic outlook is supposed to convert amounts spent by the state in the purchase of ration card and the current estimate (2.7) billion dollars annually to the cash input by the State to the poorest families and lower-income, ending the ration card system shall be Iraqi families are all different levels of entry to ensure its articles on direct procurement. New Valstratejeh claimed to equity, justice and social balance and closer to sustainable development, provided that the complete abolition of price support revenues to support cash Muawwad real and effective for the poor, and not marginal, in addition to other actions complementary support balance economic, social and work is not as desperate social protection systems current. Knows that more than half the Iraqi people, or (15.7) million people live on one dollar a day liable for this number more than four million people living half a per capita They live extreme poverty despite the receipt of the ration card. , And the unemployment rate is 50%. About 60% of the number of school students complain anemia. If the lifting of ration cards without an effective compensation program, there will be a major disaster. اThe distribution of (10) per person per month, "will not compensate tranche living half dollars per day." They need the continuation of the quota with the amount of (10) per person each month "in addition to (Total purchase in the form of coupons)

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Event : The Ministry of Economic oil exports : oil rose to the highest level in March 2007

Baghdad / Karim Sudanese
An official source at the Oil Ministry said that oil exports flowing normally denying the supply disruption from southern Iraq as a result of a grenade attack.
And he pointed out that this news is incorrect and pipelines are functioning well and exports well.

He added that the explosion of a bomb planted on the side of the road last Wednesday gave a fragment of a pipeline carrying oil from the South Rumaila to the storage tanks at Zubayr and the flow of oil has not been affected by this explosion
It is worth mentioning that Iraqi oil exports rose in March to hit the highest level since September 2006 thanks to the rise in shipments from Basra

According to the liner has increased exports to 1.62 million barrels a day from 1.49 million barrels a day last February. This was the highest level seen since the year 2007 total exports in March remained lower than targeted Iraq, which was seeking to increase its exports to 1.7 million barrels a day during that month. The total figure for the exports in March (2360061) barrels were exported from the port of Khor Al-port on the Arabian Gulf.

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Local news : Assadi participate in the symposium to discuss the Karbala oil and gas

Baghdad / long

Mr. Minister of State for civil society just Assadi in a symposium to establish non-governmental institutions, civil society institutions in Karbala on the draft law on oil, gas and was attended by a number of experts and spe******ts in oil and gas, in addition to law professors and the economy. The draft law was discussed in the oil, gas and emerged from the discussions several recommendations will be submitted to the House of Representatives.

On the other hand, the minister visited the University House officials, and met with the Dean of the University, the rector of colleges and teachers, students and discuss with them ways to develop curriculum in line with the development of scientific and humanitarian stressing the need for students to play a prominent role in the democratic process, and through the establishment of organizations of civil society in all disciplines.

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Local news : In the latest statistics .. Baghdad police confirm the low rates of crime and terrorism

Baghdad / long

اBaghdad police commander confirmed that the rates of organized crime and terrorist operations Ankhvaza Mlhoudha achieved during this period. He said Major General Hamid Kazim Sharhan 4 at the police first meeting yesterday at the Ministry of the Interior and under the auspices of the Minister of the Interior Jawad who is the role of police to maintain employees in the fight against crime and the elimination of terrorism was different in all areas. He emphasized that the statistics show how low rate of crime and terrorist acts in Baghdad thanks to the efforts of the police and their quest to eradicate hotbeds of terrorism.

Sharhan 4 and pointed out that these achievements could not have been achieved without the determination of the people of the Interior to purge the capital as a hotbed of corruption and terrorism and the unlimited support provided by the Ministry of the Interior and all its officials. During the conference was positive and constructive discussions between the two conferences, in order to identify and support the positive work and raise their efficiency and diagnosis negative situations that may be committed and to try to eliminate them.

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Al-Bayati : of the Constitution Review Committee discussed the distribution of wealth.

Baghdad-Iraq votes :

Abbas Bayati said deputy parliament on the United Iraqi Alliance that of the Constitution Review Committee discussed the issue at a meeting with Russian financial and distribution of wealth. Al-Bayati said in a telephone conversation with the News Agency (Voices of Iraq) Independent was at the discussion paper presented by the United Nations include the policy of imposing taxes and financial charges between the federal authorities and provincial and district and the types of taxes and how it fits into the overall budget. Al-Bayati pointed out that the Committee had concluded yesterday, the first of two important themes in the Constitution are supplementary Federal Council and the Independent Alhiat added Committee reached a number of proposals in this regard, and will be formulated by the competent constitutional law. The Constitutional Review Commission functioning on three axes are supplementary and controversial matters and legal. And this Bayati said the Commission had started matters to the beneficiaries of substantial supplementary Kaljoanb which is about five files, which will expire with the end of next week, the Committee will proceed to open files and the files of the controversial federalism, the distribution of wealth, and uprooting the Baath and the application of Article 140 of Kirkuk. He Bayati expressed optimism that the committee will finish its work within the constitutional period specified, are the 15th of May next. He said it seems the Navach and atmosphere of openness and continuing periodic meetings of the Committee as control of the constitutional period. It is noteworthy that the re-drafting of the constitution committee had been formed in the month of November last November and consists of 29 members representing the various Iraqi spectrum.

Translated version of http://www.inciraq.com/Al-Mutamar/2007/1301_1400/1320/070408_1320_1.htm

Turkey rattles saber in row with Iraqi Kurds


12 April 2007


Turkey has the right to chase Kurdish guerrillas inside Iraq if Baghdad is not strong enough to fight them itself, Turkey's foreign minister said Wednesday as Baghdad sought to ease tensions sparked by Iraqi Kurdish threats to interfere in Ankara's affairs. "If Turkey is harmed, then its neighbors should do whatever is necessary to prevent it. If they are powerless to do so, then international laws enable" Turkish intervention, Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said.

Massoud Barzani, president of northern Iraq's largely autonomous Kurdish region, angered Turkey with comments he made in a weekend television interview and repeated again on Tuesday at a ceremony in Irbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan.

Barzani warned Ankara that if it interfered in Kurdistan, as it has threatened to do, Iraqi Kurds would interfere in Kurdish cities in Turkey.

"We're not making threats or indulging in bravado. We are simply making clear that events have come to a very dangerous point," Gul told reporters in Ankara. "Turkey has no secret agenda in Iraq."

Seeking to mollify Turkey, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said in a statement issued by his office that Iraq's foreign policy was decided by the government in Baghdad and it was based on maintaining good ties with its neighbors.

"Iraqi foreign policy is represented by the commitment to build the best of relations with its neighbors and non-interference in their internal affairs and by not allowing these countries to interfere in Iraq's internal affairs," he said.

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has already telephoned his Turkish counterpart to express his regret over Barzani's remarks.

Ankara on Monday handed a diplomatic protest note to the Iraqi government over Barzani's comments.

A Foreign Ministry spokesman said Wednesday that the note contained demands for action against rebels from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).

"Turkey demanded that Iraq ensures its border security and captures and hands over to Turkey members of the PKK terrorist organization," Levent Bilman told reporters.

Bilman, asked whether Turkey was ready to send troops into Iraq, declined to comment, saying only that Ankara expected "decisive and urgent" steps from Baghdad against the rebels.

Speaking on condition of anonymity, a diplomat said Turkey also demanded the closure of organizations linked to the PKK and the group's inclusion on Baghdad's list of terrorist groups.

Bilman also declined to confirm a report in the Turkish daily Radikal that Ankara was considering shutting its main border crossing with Iraq and banning Iraqi aircraft from using Turkish airspace if Baghdad fails to act against the rebels.

Barzani said Tuesday that his latest remarks, which drew Turkish ire, were from a television interview that was recorded in late February but only broadcast recently. He said his comments were taken out of their chronological context. He said he was responding in the remarks to Turkey's having urged Iraq to delay a vote on whether the northern Iraqi of Kirkuk should be put in the Kurdish autonomous region.

"My comments were in response to Turkish threats," Barzani said during a speech in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil on Tuesday.

Political analysts say Turkey is very unlikely to mount a full-scale invasion of northern Iraq but says the government, facing elections this year, is under pressure to take some limited action, possibly cross-border commando raids or air strikes against rebel positions inside Iraq.

Turkey is especially worried that Iraqi Kurds will wrest control of the oil-rich and multi-ethnic city of Kirkuk after a referendum on its status due by the end of 2007, turning it into the capital of a new state. - Agencies

Turkey rattles saber in row with Iraqi Kurds - Zawya.com | Middle East Business News

Announcement No.(902)

D.G. of Foreign Exchange Control

The 902 daily currency auction was held in the Central Bank of Iraq day Thursday 2007/4/ 12 so the results were as follows :

Details Notes
Number of banks17-----
Auction price selling dinar / US $1272-----
Auction price buying dinar / US $----------
Amount sold at auction price (US $)64.310.000-----
Amount purchased at Auction price (US $) -----
Total offers for buying (US $)64.310.000-----
Total offers for selling (US $)----------

The CBI Arabic exchange does not have any additional footnotes at this time, Thursday AM. Well, Sweet Dreams.

Originally Posted by inquisitive1

The CBI Arabic exchange does not have any additional footnotes at this time, Thursday AM. Well, Sweet Dreams.

Just this one:

The Iraqi Central Bank announced the adoption of buying and selling rates for the dollar on Thursday, April 12th, 2007 until the end of office hours on Sunday, which falls on April 15, 2007.