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

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Originally Posted by Lunar

Iraq invites Russian oil companies to resume cooperation
27 / 04 / 2007

Iraqi authorities are keen to resume cooperation with Russian companies in the field of oil and gas, as announced by the Iraqi Oil Minister Hussein Shahrastani during a meeting in Baghdad yesterday with the Russian ambassador to Iraq Vladimir Tchamov.

It is expected to submit to parliament soon the new oil law approved by the Iraqi government and allowing - according to the minister-ample scope for investment activity in this sector. "

The Russian companies, including oil in the era of Saddam Hussein enjoyed preferential treatment is defined by political considerations.
In spite of that, as reported by the Russian ambassador in Baghdad, Vladimir Tchamov in a phone call with the Novosti news agency estimated the new system in Iraq, high cooperation, which was linked in the past between our two countries and it is hoped to resume in the near future. " He in the meantime to clear words in this regard responded to the San Iraqi Minister of Oil.

He noted that Ambassador Hussein Shahrastani lent attention, in particular, to what has happened in recent years to train Iraqi national institutes of higher oil in Russia.

Tchamov said, "The Iraqi side highly appreciated the cooperation in this area and looks forward to its continuation." The company announced the "Lukoil" Russian in early April it was ready to do as soon as investing the "West Qurna-2" in Iraq once the new oil law.

Trained in centers "Lukoil" productivity annually by the Iraqi Oil Ministry. In 2004 helped "Lukoil" raise the level of vocational rehabilitation for 59 Iraqi oil experts in 2005-to 177 experts in 2006-to 146 experts

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of course, lol :rofl:

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Originally Posted by Icemann 30

Iraq criticises US pull-out bill

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/image...bari_ap203.jpg Hoshyar Zebari accuses US legislators of "politicking"

Attempts by US Democrats to hasten the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq are "damaging to security" in the country, Iraq's foreign minister says.
Hoshyar Zebari was responding to a vote in the US House of Representatives making further funding of the war conditional on a withdrawal timetable.
The top US general in Iraq said there was still "vastly more work" to do.
The Senate votes on the bill later on Thursday. President George W Bush has promised to veto it.
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Hoshyar Zebari,
Iraq foreign minister

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Partisan duel heats up
National Guard bears burden


Although the Democrats, who sponsored the bill, control both houses of Congress, they do not have enough votes to overrule a presidential veto.
The Democrats have been locked in confrontation with President Bush's Republicans over the future of the war in Iraq.
Mr Zebari said the bill was "part of the politicking, basically, in Washington, and this has been damaging in fact to the security, political development, not only in Iraq, but in the entire region".
He said a decision to withdraw US troops "should depend on conditions on the ground".
"The moment that Iraqi forces, security, military, are self-reliant, capable of standing on their own, defending their own country, providing security, then definitely there would be a way for the troops to leave."
'Surrender date'
The commander of US forces in Iraq, Gen David Petraeus, has met US politicians to argue against the bill.
He is overseeing the "surge" strategy, in which thousands of extra US troops are being poured into Baghdad in an attempt to pacify the Iraqi capital.
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Surge strategy faltering
US jail chief arrested in Iraq


He did not give a direct opinion on the bill at a press conference in Washington on Thursday, but said the US effort "clearly is going to require an enormous commitment over time".
He said the first few months of the surge had led to improvements in Iraq, but said it had still to get fully into its stride, and admitted that progress was "often eclipsed by sensational attacks which overshadow our achievements".
He described the situation there as "exceedingly complex and very tough", and said "there is vastly more work to be done across the board".
The Democrats' bill provides $100bn (£50bn) in new war funds, if troops start leaving in October, with the withdrawal planned to be complete by March 2008.
In other developments in Iraq:

• The commander of a major US military prison in Baghdad, Lt Col William Steele, is arrested on suspicion of offences including aiding the enemy
• Ten Iraqi soldiers are killed and 15 people injured in a suicide car bomb attack on an Iraqi army checkpoint in the town of Khalis
• In Tikrit, gunmen kill the sister-in-law and niece of Ali Hassan al-Majid, the genocide suspect better known as Chemical Ali
• Three people are killed in an attack outside Kurdistan Democratic Party offices in Mosul

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Thanks for posting this terrific story. I am so proud of Mr. Zebari.

Tonight I called Larry Nichols and presented this story to his world wide audience that listens to Larry Nichols Live M-TH 9-12 EST on The Official Larry Nichols Web Site

We had a great conversation and I stated that Mr. Zebari deserves to be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Originally Posted by dinartank

Gee I wonder why the people of iraq are pist cause they sit in poverty while they are flying back and forth to dubai where they live living on the high hog making millions of dinar a month.....Id be pist cant earn a living cause jobs are scarce and the value of my currency compared of other countries around them isnt worth a dam....im suprised that they all just dont up and move to a neigboring country where there is more opportunity to provide for there families....maybe its a pride or religion thing..I dont know:rolleyes:

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I don't doubt there is some dog walking going on....I just don't think it is as prevalent as some believe. This is one of the highest profile governments in the world right now...literally living in a fishbowl....I imagine G. Bush & Co. and others, are monitoring their activity closely. There are also a lot of issues going on that we don't hear/read about that are time consuming....it's not all just FIL, HCL and ICI.
Actually there are millions of Iraqis that have already fled from Iraq to other countries...for a variety of reasons. Some are slowly returning....others probably never will.

Exceptionally long article but interesting...

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Gen. Petraeus Holds Defense Dept. News Briefing
CQ Transcripts Wire
Thursday, April 26, 2007; 2:59 PM

SPEAKER: GENERAL DAVID PETRAEUS (USA),

COMMANDER, MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE-IRAQ

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PETRAEUS: Well, good morning. It's good to be with you all, and nice to see some familiar faces here this morning.


My purpose this morning is to provide a short update on the situation in Iraq -- including a brief description of the operational environment, the challenges Iraq faces, and the status of our operations -- and then to take your questions.


This is similar to my briefings to the House and Senate yesterday afternoon but without the classified information that I provided to them, obviously.


The operational environment in Iraq is the most complex and challenging I have ever seen, much more complex than it was when I left last in September 2005 and vastly more complex than what I recall in Central America, Haiti and the Balkans in previous tours in those locations.


The increase in sectarian violence in 2006 following the Samarra mosque bombing did enormous damage, literally tearing the fabric of Iraqi society, changing the demographics of Baghdad neighborhoods, and displacing millions of Iraqis.


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Gen. Petraeus Holds Defense Dept. News Briefing - washingtonpost.com

Iraqi FM underlines importance of upcoming Iraq meeting
Visiting Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari on Thursday underlined here importance of the upcoming neighboring states' meeting on Iraq due to be held in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on May 3-4.

Zebari, who arrived in the Turkish capital Ankara on Thursday, told a news conference that the participants will discuss ways to ensure stability in Iraq, and possible contributions of Iraq's neighbors and international actors to Iraq's stability during the two-day meeting.

The official also expressed belief that the rest of this year is of critical importance for Iraq's future.

Earlier in the day, Zebari met his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul and called on the Turkish government to send a minister to the meeting.

Zebari also said at the news conference that he got the impression from Gul that Turkey would exert efforts for a successful meeting.

International and regional organizations, five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, representatives of G-8 countries as well as foreign ministers of Iraq and its neighboring states are expected to attend the gathering.

Maliki : on the verge of construction and confront terror trend
(Voice of Iraq) - 27-04-2007 | Sotaliraq.com - ÕæÊ ÇáÚÑÇÞ

Baghdad, the birthplace-Mustafa Hamza, agency :
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said that Iraq is a future of the construction phase and face the danger of terrorist orientation,
At a time when the deputy Barham Salih talks with the supreme reference to Al-Najaf al-Sistani focused on developments in the political and security situation in Afghanistan. The spokesperson
He added Maliki's departure from Muscat at the end of an official visit to Oman lasted two days, he briefed Sultan Qaboos on security developments and by the Iraqi government plan to impose law Prime Minister said that there is still a role awaits another construction phase is completed and face the challenges and the seriousness of the terrorist orientation and prospects spread •
Skinner also said the spokesman for the Iraqi government before the departure of the Iraqi delegation that the meeting between Maliki and Sultan Qaboos included many of the ideas and attitudes that are in the interest of Arab Prime Minister said that during the visit, al-Maliki reiterated the demand that the Sultanate reopened its embassy in Baghdad •
Regarding Iraq's debt to Kuwait, "Skinner said that the Kuwaitis said they constitutional State and Parliament to decide and we believe that the Kuwaiti Parliament would spare the Iraqi people to cancel these debts," she hung on the wall being built by the American forces, he said "there is a need to protect the Iraqis from danger and the Iraqi government believed there alternatives to a fence has responded to that and the Americans are not so hung isolation from the other regions. "She came to visit Maliki Muscat under tour of the region also included both Egypt and Kuwait • source high-ranking Saudi diplomat confirmed that Riyadh" apologized "to receive Al-Maliki, who is currently a Gulf tour because of his" non - Positive "of the year in Iraq, are based. In Baghdad," Iraqi television said the government should "Barham Salih arrived in Najaf and met with al-Sistani for two hours to discuss current issues and developments in the political and security situation and the Iraqi Prime Minister's visit to a number of Arab countries and provide services to the Iraqis •, it warned the people of Iraq is one of the components Sunni Accord Front of the return of death squads and armed militias Prime Minister said in a press statement that these teams resumed attacking mosques and homes of Sunnis in parts of Baghdad and said that such provocative practices will increase only aggravated the situation and expedite dragging the country into the abyss of civil war from proper Ioukdha Prime Minister said Conference that a number of areas and Sunni mosques returned once again to be subject to armed attacks by death squads •
He stressed that the campaign death squads are in full swing and executes terrorist militias and death squads sectarian •
The organization accused the Iraqi government stand by my face. Failure to address these attacks, or even condemnation, but invent justifications and statements invented to defend militias and death squads also said •
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Petros : security plan making progress amazing Fochi
(Voice of Iraq) - 27-04-2007 | Sotaliraq.com - ÕæÊ ÇáÚÑÇÞ

Washington-Baghdad-News Agencies : speaking multinational force commander in Iraq, General David Petros progress "astounding" in Alanbaralti considered to be a stronghold of the rebels, stressing the night before last to reporters on the progress registered since the introduction of the new American strategy in Iraq two months ago, speaking about the "decline of sectarian killings in Baghdad" She also spoke about this the killing one security leaders told "Al Qaeda", pointing to the arrest of a large network of Iranian-made explosive devices, as well as progress in the knowledge of the involvement of Iran in the dispute • But Petros said after meeting with members of Congress in the Senate and the House, especially since he has not been arrested yet on the car the booby-trapped, and officials of the suicide operations jobs. turn, said Brigadier Abdul Karim Khalaf head of the Center for national leadership in the Iraqi Ministry of Interior that the line graph of the total armed operations in the country recorded a decrease of between 60 to 65% since the start of a plan to impose "law," she was quoted by the newspaper "Assabah" behind the government yesterday to say "Line graph of the overall terrorist acts Asher declined and the rate of unidentified corpses dropped to between 7-15 day after the corpse was that of the 100 to 120 receive Medical center plan before applying • On the other hand behind : "The number of detainees in the prisons of the Ministry of Interior does not exceed 3180 deployed at 7 prisons controlled substances and periodic visits by humanitarian organizations • However, the Attorney Shiite United Iraqi Coalition Abdel Karim Al-Enezi said that the plan to impose law in Baghdad has achieved important results on the ground and that time is no longer being for the latter •
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