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peasants demonstrated yesterday demanding quotas providing fuel for agricultural machinery for the completion of the harvest for the current season.
Kut - Abdullah urgent peasants demonstrated in terms of the Liberal Bayn Wasit governorate in front of the governorate yesterday demanding quotas providing fuel for agricultural machinery for the completion of the harvest for the current season.

The demonstrators carried banners calling for the preservation and officials to find a solution to their problem and provide fuel for Makainehem explaining (that failure to provide fuel will lead to the destruction of crops not harvested on time).

He called Salman Alausi representative of the farming associations Liberal government and the competent authorities in the province to (provide gas oil for agricultural machines because unavailability will lead to big losses due to the delay in the harvest), adding that (high commercial prices No farmer to buy fuel from the black market).

He said Kazem Alenouhi (we have 281 thousand dunums planted with wheat The barley harvest date has been delayed due to non-receipt of quotas rule kerosine), adding that (more than six thousand families live on this land Ward, and the lack kerosine lead to the loss of most peasants) asking (the preservation providing fuel for the completion of the much-delayed harvest).

In Baghdad demonstrated dozens of distributors and producers of oil derivatives in front of the Oil Ministry officials yesterday, demanding to oust the company in the distribution of petroleum products and meet their demands.

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Sunday, 06 May 2007

Zebari demanding government intervention to stop the country, "Al-Jazeera campaign against Iraq"

Baghdad - (Voices of Iraq)
Student Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari today, Sunday, the Qatari government to intervene to stop what he described as "hostile campaign by the Al-Jazeera satellite against the government and people of Iraq.
A statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and received news agency (Voices of Iraq) independent copy, that Zebari sent a letter today to his country, Sheikh Hamad bin Jasim bin Jabr Al-Thani, in which "to intervene to stop the hostile campaign by the Al-Jazeera satellite against the government and people of Iraq through hosting a number of leaders (of terrorism) and the abuse of Iraqi national symbols in their newsletters and bulletins, "according to a statement.

The statement added that "Zebari pointed out that there have convinced the majority of the Iraqi people that what aired on the Al-Jazeera satellite Iraq constituted interference in Iraqi internal affairs and contribute substantially to incite (terrorism)."

According to the statement, "Zebari said in his letter that the policy of Al-Jazeera media raises infuriated the Iraqi people, which now calls his government to take all means and ways to stop such hostile campaigns against him."

He Zebari in his letter that "the Iraqi government is aware that Al-Jazeera satellite belonging to a private company, but relies on the wisdom of the Qatari Foreign Minister and prestige to rectify the situation and claim Al-Jazeera not to provoke the feelings of the Iraqi people and the commitment to the principles of media professional and committed."


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The low demand for dollar purchase auction CBE

Baghdad - (Voices of Iraq)
Decreased demand for dollar in an auction the Central Bank of Iraq today, Sunday, at the opening sessions of this week, recording the volume reached 90 million and 580 thousand dollars against 100 million and 640 thousand dollars last Thursday.

The daily bulletin issued by the Central Bank, and received the news agency (Voices of Iraq) independent copy of, that purchase orders distributed today by 18 million and 155 thousand dollars in cash and 72 million and 425 thousand dollars in the form of remittances outside the country covered by the bank exchange rate stable capacity of 1267 dinars to the dollar This is the same exchange rate Thursday.

The bulletin added that the 17 banks participating in the auction made offers for the sale million bank bought fully exchange rate reached 1265 dinars, the same purchase price for Thursday and the same amount of the offer.

For his part, Mr. Ali Yasiri told (Voices of Iraq) that the decline in the demand for dollar relative and bids are still high and constitute a real burden for the local market as cash bids exceeded the $ 18 million, the highest figure recorded during the months of the cash purchase offer which reflects the movement active for the domestic market after the recession following the explosions and fires Alshorgh market last month

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Lower demand for dollar in daily auction

By Dergham Mohammed Ali
Baghdad, May 6, (VOI) – Demand for the dollar was down in the Iraqi Central Bank’s daily auction on Sunday, reaching $90.580 million compared with $100.640 million on Thursday.

In its daily statement the bank said it had covered all bids, which included $18.155 million in cash and $72.425 million in foreign transfers, at an exchange rate of 1,267 dinars per dollar, one tick lower than Thursday.
Seventeen banks participated in Sunday's auction and offered to sell one million dollars. The Iraqi Central Bank bought the entire amount at 1,265 per Iraqi dinar.

Ali al-Yasseri, a trader at the auction, told VOI "the decline in today's demand for the dollar was reasonable as bids remianed high compared to the average offeres in a session over the last two months."
He added, "bids in cash were largset over the two months reflecting an active local market after the rescess in April due to the blasts that ripped the main wholeslae market of Shurja in central Baghdad."
The Iraqi Central Bank runs a daily auction from Sunday to Thursday.

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Sunday 06 May 2007
Financial : new strategic in addressing inflation

Luna / May 6 / Baghdad / The Finance Minister Baqer Jabr Al-Zubaydi in a strategic deal with inflation and raise the growth rates for 2007 as well as taking a number of measures to activate cooperation with the neighboring countries and increase investment opportunities to achieve economic integration and the utilization of productive capacities.

A source in the Ministry of Finance that the Finance Minister said during a meeting with his British counterpart, the Iraqi delegation in Washington that the Ministry is currently implementing programs and a strategic task for the new rates to reduce inflation and the advancement of the Iraqi economy, pointing out that the Iraqi government is seeking to open up to all nations and countries and ways of activating cooperation in the economic and investment cooperation to serve the interests and support the economic reform process and to achieve ratios for 2007 and future years.

The source added that the action taken on the promotion of investment and trade will be key to achieving economic integration and the utilization of productive capacity.

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Sunday 06 May 2007
Financial : new strategic in addressing inflation

Luna / May 6 / Baghdad / The Finance Minister Baqer Jabr Al-Zubaydi in a strategic deal with inflation and raise the growth rates for 2007 as well as taking a number of measures to activate cooperation with the neighboring countries and increase investment opportunities to achieve economic integration and the utilization of productive capacities.

A source in the Ministry of Finance that the Finance Minister said during a meeting with his British counterpart, the Iraqi delegation in Washington that the Ministry is currently implementing programs and a strategic task for the new rates to reduce inflation and the advancement of the Iraqi economy, pointing out that the Iraqi government is seeking to open up to all nations and countries and ways of activating cooperation in the economic and investment cooperation to serve the interests and support the economic reform process and to achieve ratios for 2007 and future years.

The source added that the action taken on the promotion of investment and trade will be key to achieving economic integration and the utilization of productive capacity.

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Sunday, 06 May 2007
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Sharm al-Sheikh resolutions dominate Iraqi press

By Hamid al-Hamrani
Baghdad, May 6, (VOI) -While evaluating the resolutions from the Sharm al-Sheikh conferences held last Thursday and Friday, some Iraqi newspapers published on Sunday said that it is difficult to know which resolutions are achievable, while others described the Iraqi issue as a difficult equation that has to be solved.

In its editorial, the independent al-Dustour newspaper said that the obligations placed on the Iraqi government to restore its role in the regional and international scenes indicate that the help provided by the international community is "not for free."

Discussing the obligations placed on both the Iraqi government and the international community, the newspaper wrote that not setting a deadline for responding to requests from both sides does not serve the current Iraqi situation. According to the newspaper, the absence of benchmarks for evaluating progress being made by either side makes it difficult to know which resolutions are achievable.

The Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm al-Sheikh hosted on Thursday the International Compact for Iraq Conference, which produced a document bearing its name that specified assistance to be provided by the international community to help Iraq reconstruct its economic and military institutions. In a further attempt to back the Iraqi government, the resort also hosted the Iraq's Neighboring Countries' Conference, with the participation of Egypt, Bahrain, representatives from the G8, the UN Security Council's five permanent members, the United Nations, the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) and the Arab League.

Criticizing the Sharm al-Sheikh conferences, Shakir al-Jabouri wrote in an article entitled, 'Why Sharm al-Sheikh?', asserting that the conferences held to solve the "Iraqi riddle" have added fuel to the fire. Al-Jabouri said that most of the promises and commitments made at the conferences will disappear when the television cameras leave. Only whispers during private sessions remain, al-Jabouri added.

The Shiite al-Bayyina al-Jadida published an editorial entitled, 'Iraq shines in Sharm al-Sheikh,' in which it wrote that Iraq has proved to every one that it has managed to start its ascent from the bottom of the heap in spite of terrorism. "Every one has realized that the Iraqi issue is a difficult equation that cannot be passed over and Iraq cannot be removed from the map," the newspaper said.

Dar al-Salam newspaper, whose board of directors is chaired by First Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, quoted MP Dhafir al-Aani from the Iraqi Accordance Front (IAF) as saying, "We wish that the Sharm al-Sheikh conferences had offered serious solutions and yielded clear commitments and obligations on all sides to support the Iraqi people, particularly with regards to security and development issues."

Analyzing the speech on national reconciliation made by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki at the conferences, al-Aani stated, "Al-Maliki overlooked Iran's interference and devastating role in the Iraqi security file."

The Kurdish al-Ittihad newspaper published an article entitled 'National accord first' by Farid Rawondouzi, who said that the Iraqi delegation to the conferences, led by al-Maliki, did not represent all segments of Iraqi society.
On another matter, the newspaper published a headline that read, 'Sulaymaniya Brigade leaves Baghdad after accomplishing its mission, under which it wrote "The head of Sulaymaniya Brigade, Anwar Doulani, announced that the brigade had left Baghdad, returning to Sulaymaniya, after spending four months protecting the neighborhoods of al-Shula and al-Harba."
"The Iraqi Defense Ministry did not expect the Sulaymaniya Brigade to achieve such success," Doulani added.

In an interview with the Shiite al-Bayyina al-Jadida that it said it will publish on Monday, al-Maliki stated, "The U.S. occupation is an official occupation registered by the United Nations. However we have started to take the reins of many of our affairs and we will not allow the U.S. occupation to remain for a long time." "We will not allow anyone to divide our country. Whoever bets that Iraq will be divided is mistaken. There will only be a unified Iraq, no matter what," the newspaper quoted the prime minister as saying.

Discussing the reasons why al-Maliki did not visit Saudi Arabia during his tour of Arab countries a few days before the Sharm al-Sheikh conferences, the newspaper quoted Iraqi President Jalal al-Talabani as saying, "The reason which was officially announced is related to the business of Saudi officials, but the real reason is that Saudis do not like al-Maliki."


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Al-Dulaimi : compatibility welcomes the decisions of both the Sharm el-Sheikh and success

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The President said the Iraqi Accord Front Dr. Adnan Al-Dulaimi, today, Sunday, that the Front welcomes Sharm El Sheikh Enforcement Conferences held on Thursday and Friday in Egypt two years, and their success is "subject to the Iraqi government."

Al-Dulaimi added in a press conference held in Baghdad today that the decisions of both the Sharm el-Sheikh demanded the Iraqi government to work for "a true balance in government institutions .. As well as the marginalization of any party in the political process. "

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The decisions of both the Sharm el-Sheikh held in the third and fourth month of May this March in the Egyptian city of Sharm el-Sheikh called for the Iraqi government to work for a balance in the political process .. In addition to disbanding.

The Al-Dulaimi : "We are happy with these decisions and support; He, however," a matter of the government, not us .. "Let us wait and see whether the government would abide by these decisions?. "
Al-Dulaimi described these decisions as helping "to contribute effectively to the restoration of security and stability in Iraq in the event of application."
Al-Dulaimi warned of the spread of armed rallies in Baghdad, in spite of the government's continued implementation of the security plan Baghdad (a law), which began in mid-February last year.

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He continued that the Accord Front announced support for the security plan in Baghdad since the beginning; but soon turned (operation), "The sword of Damocles is hanging on the necks of the Sunnis."

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He pointed out that he witnessed in the past two regions (neighborhood group, and Mansour Al Bai'aa) Baghdad exodus of many families to safer areas .. As well as attacking mosques and the killing of many citizens in these areas.

The two mortar rounds at the compound of liquefaction water west of Baghdad last Friday, with gunmen detonated a mosque located in the middle of the region last Wednesday through packagings detonate explosives.
Also killed nine people belong to one family shot by gunmen amid Al Bai'aa suburb west of Baghdad the day before yesterday, Thursday,.
The security source told (Voices of Iraq) yesterday that unidentified gunmen riding in two civilian vehicles stormed the house of one static families in the suburb of Al Bai'aa west of Baghdad on Thursday afternoon and killed all the family members and withdrew to an unknown location.
Recall that in the neighborhood of Al Bai'aa mix of Sunnis and Shiites.
On a question regarding a possible withdrawal of the Iraqi Accord Front government of Al-Maliki, Al-Dulaimi said that "compatibility list will not withdraw from the political process (parliament) never .. We were in the process of conviction in order to build a unified Iraq is free from sectarian control. "
He added that our presence in the government of Maliki is still "weak and marginalized."
Maintains Iraqi Accord Front (Sunni), the third largest bloc in Parliament, (44 seats) out of 275.
Front and owns five portfolios in the government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki .. As well as the office of Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi.

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Iraq's interior ministry sacks 15,000 staff

By Adel Fakher
Baghdad, 06 May 2007 (Voices of Iraq)

The Iraqi interior ministry dismissed 15,000 of its staff recently within a campaign to "purify" the ministry of "bad" workers, a ministry official said on Saturday.

"The ministry will continue dismissing anyone found involved in financial or administrative corruption cases or in other crimes marring the ministry or Iraqi citizens," Maj. General Abdul-Kareem Khalaf, director of the interior ministry's National Command Center, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).

Khalaf said a number of those sacked were referred to courts on charges of corruption, bribe-taking, forgery and theft, while others were dismissed for inefficiency in protecting civilians.

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Arab League start preparations on national reconciliation conference

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Arab League start preparations on the Iraqi National Accord

Cairo - The Voice of Iraq - Ibrahim Mohammad Sharif

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He met Mr. Amre Moussa, Secretary-General of the League of Arab States yesterday evening, Mr. Barham Ahmad Salih Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister has been discussing how to prepare for the reconciliation conference under the auspices of the Iraqi comprehensive Arab League at the earliest, according to the item XIII of the final statement of the Iraqi neighboring held on yesterday in the city of Sharm el-Sheikh.
In the same vein, a well-informed source revealed that the Arab League has begun to intensify its contacts with members of the Iraqi government and various parties to consult on ways to implement the recommendations of the Sharm el-Sheikh activating the Arab League initiative for Iraqi National Accord.
The source said that despite the statement ignored the conference final, had called for an end to sectarian and dismantle militias and armed groups, promote reconciliation and expand political participation, which will be done at the university.
The source expressed hope in the implementation of the covenant document endorsed by the Sharm el-Sheikh Arab and international consensus has been identified time frame as much as five years.
It should be noted that (third item) ten from the final statement of the International Ministerial Conference of the neighboring countries of Iraq and Egypt and Bahrain and the permanent members of Security Council and the Group of Eight Summit in Sharm El Sheikh on May 4 being referred to (the importance of supporting the United Nations and the need to strengthen the central role in coordination of international assistance in support of the political process and national reconciliation and to welcome the role played by the Arab League to activate the initiative of the Iraqi National Accord and the call to resume preparations for a reconciliation conference under the auspices of the Arab League as soon as possible and welcome the effective contribution of the Organization of the Islamic Conference in the process Alessayashalgareh and their active role in promoting tolerance among different communities in Iraq.)

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China to grant Iraq 50 mln yuan in aid this year: FM

Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi announced in Sharm El Sheikh on Thursday morning that the Chinese government will give a grant of 50 million yuan of RMB ( about 6.5 million U.S. dollars) to Iraq in 2007 and forgive all the debts owed by the Iraqi government.
The sum will be used to provide assistance in Iraq's public health and education, Yang said at a ministerial meeting of the International Compact with Iraq (ICI) opened in the day at this Egyptian Red Sea resort.

"The Chinese government is ready to substantially reduce and forgive the debts owed by Iraq. In particular, it will forgive all the debts owed by the Iraqi government," he said.

Yang, who was named as Chinese foreign minister on April 27, also said China is ready to resolve through continued friendly consultation with Iraq the issue regarding its request for debt reduction and forgiveness according to the arrangement of the Paris Club.

Yang, who arrived at this Red Sea resort on Wednesday afternoon, was on his first international mission after he replaced retired Li Zhaoxing as Chinese foreign minister.

The ICI meeting, with the attendance of some 60 nations and 12 regional and international organizations, was the largest international meeting on Iraq ever since the U.S.-led coalition forces seized Baghdad in April of 2003.

The ICI was initially launched on July 28, 2006, in the hope of creating "a permanent partnership between Iraq and the international community" to help Iraq in its reconstruction efforts and to pursue political, economic and social development over the next five years.

The initiative, with strong support from the United States, looks like a type of five-year plan for Iraq, yet it is also based on economic, political and security commitments by the Iraqi government in the next five years.

The ICI is supposed to be chaired jointly by Iraq and the UN, with the support of the World Bank.