Thread: Iraq/Dinar News until April 26, 2007 Midnight cst.

President of the Republic stresses the importance of implementing the agreements signed between the parties participating in the government met with President Jalal Talabani, at his residence Bigaddad, Sunday 4-22-2007 Assistant Vice President for Middle East Affairs John Hannah. And during the meeting, which was attended by the Minister for Water Resources Dr. Latif Rashid, and Chairman of the Presidency Diwan agency Kamran led temple, and American Ambassador Ryan Crocker in Iraq, to review the political developments and an update on the plan to impose law and the government sought to stifle hard on terrorist forces, leading to to achieve security and stability in Iraq. As President Talabani on the need to activate efforts which would make national reconciliation, and establish the principle of consensus and real contribution in decision-making and management of the country, and His Excellency stressed the importance of implementing the agreements signed between the parties participating in government. President of the Republic and urged the American administration to continue its security and political overtures to Iraq, stressing on strengthening the prospects for cooperation between the two friendly countries, which would contribute to the development of bilateral relations. President Talabani thanked American Vice-President for his feelings toward Iraq. His transfer John Hannah, Dick Cheney greetings to President Talabani, and wishes to His Excellency Delivery and success.

[SIZE="5"]Members of the Presidency to meet with Minister of Defense and stress the need to support efforts to ensure the success of national reconciliation and restoring security and stability in the country,[/SIZE] met members of the Presidency, the American Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, in the Presidency in Baghdad, on Friday, April 20, 2007. During the meeting, and discussion of the plan to impose law and developments, where Council members pointed to the existence of many indicators of the success of this plan. The participants reviewed the developments of the political process in Iraq, stressing the importance of supporting efforts for the success of the national reconciliation process, which would restore security and stability in the country. Also speaking members of the Presidency of some positive phenomena that have emerged in recent times between the sons of the Iraqi people, and including the participation of the people in the face of terrorist al-Qaeda group, which was assembled, it is now waging war against all Iraqis of different sects, which requires the consolidation of all efforts to confront it. As conferees discussed the dimensions of the draft law of accountability and justice, which would promote reconciliation and national unity among the people. Members of the Presidency also stressed during the meeting the importance of continued American support for Iraq, in all areas, security, political and economic. And the American Defense Minister Robert Gates, in contrast, his country's commitment to supporting Iraq and the Iraqis, and push the country towards a better future, and establish security and stability. And he reiterated during his meetings with the heads of states and officials, before heading to Baghdad, the American administration's commitment to fully support the Iraqi government headed by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, calling on them to take positions similar to the American position, in support of Iraq's efforts in confronting terrorism and impose security, and re - Construction and stimulate the economy

Originally Posted by davzgirl

Hi goingforit,

There is a whole thread on this in the Rumors section...Did the Dong and Dinar RV?...started by DaRock0116.

Hope this helps,

Patty

Thanks for the info, Patty.
Karen

Rice urges Iran to take part in Iraq meeting - FT
22 Apr 2007 23:54:41 GMT


Iran has not yet decided whether Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki will participate. As for Syria, another of Iraq's neighbours, the secretary of state said: "We have diplomatic relations with Syria. And it is not a matter of having an allergy to talking to certain states.LONDON, April 23 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged Iran to take part in a meeting on Iraq next month, telling the Financial Times it would be a "missed opportunity" if Tehran failed to attend. In an interview published in Monday's edition of the newspaper, Rice also denied the Iran policy of President George W. Bush's administration had been directed at "regime change". Egypt will host the high-level meeting of a group of countries that includes Syria, Turkey and the United States in the first week of May to discuss how to stop the violence in Iraq. The conference is a follow-up to one in Baghdad in March. "It will be a missed opportunity if he doesn't, but obviously it's up to the Iranian government," Rice told the Financial Times. "But we have the neighbours' conference coming up. We'll have a chance to, in a sense, test the proposition that Iraq's neighbours have more to lose from an unstable Iraq than to gain from it." Rice also rejected the idea that Washington sought a change of government in Iran. "It (regime change) was not the policy of the U.S. government. The policy was to have a change in regime behaviour," she said. "It is very clear in the package of proposals that were put forward would open up some possibilities of economic and political dialogue, even advantage. We removed our WTO (World Trade Organisation) objection so that Iran could apply for WTO membership. I think (America's stance) is perfectly clear." Her comments were published after an Iranian official said on Sunday the United States was showing signs of softening its attitude towards Iran.

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Maliki meets with Mubarak in Cairo

He met Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki today, Sunday, in Cairo, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak as part of a tour that also Kuwait to discuss ways to the success of the international conference on Iraq held in Sharm El-Sheikh early next May.
A statement by the Iraqi government, "al-Maliki that he will hold talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak focused on bilateral relations and ways to develop cooperation in the security and political, economic and prospects for regional cooperation to combat terrorism and support Iraq so as to enhance national unity."
He added : "The talks will focus in particular on ways and means to ensure the success of the International Covenant and the neighbors to support Iraq in Sharm el-Sheikh."
Accompanying Maliki delegation including Interior Minister Jawad who is the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Rafie Eissawi and national security adviser Muwaffaq Al-Rubaie and other officials.
The Maliki has expressed few days ago, "Egypt expressed optimism choice for the conference as an Arab country, and this is a concern we want to Nmetd with our Arab and seek to involve them to take responsibility in Iraq."

Critics of early Iraq strategy are now in charge

By ANNE GEARAN
Associated Press


WASHINGTON - The White House search for a "war czar" caps a lengthy reshuffle that has placed pragmatists and critics of the Bush administration's early moves in Iraq in charge of managing a war that the United States feels it can't quit but can't quite win.

Gen. David Petraeus recently took command of U.S. forces in Iraq, Ryan Crocker is the new U.S. ambassador to Iraq and Adm. William Fallon recently became commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East. All are skeptics of the previous strategy. The State Department also has a new chief of reconstruction in Iraq who had been a harsh critic of the war's early policies.

The changes came as President Bush has warmed to strategies and ideas he once rejected to turn around the violence and chaos in Iraq, such as sending thousands more troops to the country in an effort to calm Baghdad.

His new crop of Iraq leaders bypasses ideologues and loyalists in favor of professionals with experience in Iraq and war zones.

"None of them are particularly ideological or were associated with the original public push for the war," said Kurt Campbell, chief executive officer of the nonpartisan, centrist Center for a New American Security. The new leaders "are probably quietly appalled that we find ourselves in the situation that we do in Iraq," Campbell said.

Last fall's firing of former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was meant to carry a powerful message, but the gradual replacement of generals, diplomats and leaders has attracted less attention.

Rumsfeld's replacement, Robert Gates, summed up the administration's awkward position Friday and implicitly acknowledged the political pressure to end the war.

The administration will assess Iraq's political progress when deciding this summer whether to bring home some of the thousands of extra troops Bush has sent this spring, Gates said during a visit to Baghdad.

"Our commitment to Iraq is long-term, but it's not a commitment to having our young men and women patrolling Iraq's streets open-endedly," Gates said.

Last week, National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley noted several of the other personnel changes and said they give the administration a chance to rethink how it manages the war. The overall war chief Hadley wants to hire would report directly to Bush.

Crocker and Petraeus went to Iraq in the first months of the war and emerged disappointed with some of the administration's choices and the centralized management style of American leaders in Baghdad.

Although neither has been a strong critic of the administration, both have suggested that crucial chances were blown at the start. Timothy Carney, the State Department's newly named Iraq reconstruction chief, also had firsthand experience in Iraq in the early months of the war.

All share a reputation for shrewdness and pragmatism. Their writings and resumes suggest they will make the best of a war that has not gone as planned, with an eye to getting U.S. forces and advisers out as fast as possible.

Crocker is one of the State Department's most experienced Middle East experts and has worked for both Republican and Democratic presidents. He reportedly warned then-Secretary of State Colin Powell before the 2003 invasion that toppling Saddam Hussein would lift the lid on sectarian violence in Iraq.

In the summer of 2003, Crocker was a top political adviser to the U.S.-led occupation government, the Coalition Provisional Authority. He worked to set up an Iraqi governing council and soon ran into trouble recruiting qualified Sunni Muslim leaders and convincing some of his U.S. colleagues that they must include Sunnis, the minority elite that ruled the country under Saddam.

After Crocker left Iraq, the Sunni-Shiite sectarian violence he had feared rose to become a bigger source of killing than the anti-American insurgency.

Crocker went back to Baghdad last month to replace the talented Zalmay Khalilzad, an energetic, Afghan-born U.S. diplomat with a Republican pedigree. Although Khalilzad made inroads with Sunni leaders and developed a reputation as a dealmaker, Crocker may carry greater credibility across sectarian lines and among other Arab governments.

Petraeus brings experience and perspective to the top U.S. military job in Baghdad, having commanded the 101st Airborne Division during the initial invasion in 2003. He then returned to build a viable program for training Iraqi security forces.

Petraeus disliked the way some fellow military leaders tried to rout the incipient insurgency in 2003, suggesting that heavy-handed tactics would cause more problems than they might solve. He agreed with critics of the decision to disband the Iraqi army.

Many former intelligence, security and military officials are believed to have joined the Sunni insurgency after former U.S. administrator L. Paul Bremer disbanded Iraq's 350,000-member military in May 2003, a month after Saddam's regime was ousted.

Petraeus is also an author of the Army's new doctrine on how to fight a counterinsurgency, developed during his stint last year as head of the Combined Arms Center and the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.

Petraeus' revamped strategy is designed to win back public support along with turf.

Carney's return to Iraq this spring is more startling, given the retired diplomat's scathing assessment of what he called bad planning and bad choices immediately after the invasion. After two bitter months in Iraq in 2003, he left as a critic of the policy of wholesale "de-Baathification," or ridding Iraqi government and public service of members of Saddam's Baath party. Carney saw no point in firing ordinary civil servants.

Bush's new plan calls for the rehiring of many who were fired, and U.S. advisers are prodding Iraq's fragile Shiite-led government to pass a law addressing de-Baathification and encouraging Sunnis to rejoin the political process.

Iraq's prime minister this month ordered pension payments for senior officers of Saddam's military and offered a return to service for lower-ranking soldiers.

Ray DuBois, who served as acting undersecretary of the Army earlier in the Iraq war, agreed that the new group of leaders represents a reappraisal but doesn't read it as a sign of backtracking under political pressure to pull out of Iraq.

DuBois, now a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said, "The assignment of these folks in particular is in my view a recognition of the absolute importance of being successful in Iraq and Afghanistan."

• Associated Press military writer Robert Burns contributed to this story.

Critics of early Iraq strategy are now in charge | The Bryan-College Station Eagle

Roc has posted that the oil law is passed...Maybe...the link is http://nahrain.com/d/law/oil_law.pdf dated 22 april 07

Could you check it, please.

TIA

Fred

Maliki cancel construction of the wall around A'zamiyyah

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki pm today, Sunday, a decision to cancel the construction of a wall around the area hung in Baghdad.
Al-Maliki said during a joint press conference held this evening in Cairo with the Secretary General of the Arab League Amr Moussa "to find alternatives to protect residents hung."

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Iran did not take a decision on participation in the Sharm el-Sheikh

.Iran said it had not yet taken a decision on participating in the conference to be held early next month in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt on Iraq.
A spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, "that despite the flexibility shown by the United States determined participation decision after a meeting with the foreign ministers of Iraq and Iran this week."
Pointing out that "this has nothing to do with what was published about the requirement of Iran to release five of its citizens who are detained by the United States in Iraq."
The spokesman added without clarifying that the problem lies in place and the context in which the conference was being held.

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