Thread: Archive News - Iraqi Dinar Think Tank - 06/05/09 - 04/09/09

Members of the Kurdistan Alliance: regime change in Iraq to the presidential result in the return of dictatorship

Against the background of the ideas proposed by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki that the presidential system of government is better than the parliamentary, members of the Kurdistan Alliance that regime change in Iraq to the presidential will lead to the return of dictatorship to Iraq again, while members of the Committee noted the legal that the adoption of a presidential system of government had been reluctant from the oversight role of the Parliament of the government institutions.

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Central faces a shortage of budget revenues

The Central Bank of Iraq adviser, Mohamed Saleh's adherence to the appearance of the bank in achieving the goals set forth in the law and his call not to prejudice the cash reserve. He said Saleh told the independent press (Iba) to reduce inflation and to maximize the purchasing power of the Iraqi dinar and the achievement of balance in the cash market, the necessities of an ongoing World Bank in its application and implementation in support of the national economy.

He explained that the preservation of and use of foreign reserves as the best in the face of market movements is the first concern of the monetary policy of the Central Bank of Iraq.

Saleh added that the successes achieved by the bank is facing major constraints is the first low budget, the financial returns resulting from lower oil prices and the second is the continuation of the market to meet the needs of foreign currency and to meet the demand of the reserve available.

He rejected calls for the benefit of using the reserve to address the budget deficit because of the continuing decline in the price of a barrel of oil than expected in the general budget of Iraq. Returned as a criticism of human offset obligations within the foreign currency balance sheet of the bank. He also called for the development of economic policy for the development of the productive sectors to enhance the budget and create additional revenues, along with oil revenues.

The Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani said yesterday that the government may be forced to use reserves of foreign currency and loans if oil prices do not rise.

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Iraqi parliament begins its campaign against corruption

Iraq's parliament have started to question the Minister of Trade of the files of corruption in the face of a hot Saturday in the parliament, said a member of the Integrity Committee, Rep. of the Iraqi bloc Nasseef the high number of MPs staged a signature campaign, demanding the lifting of immunity for some of their colleagues to allow the judiciary to legal accountability, and you come This campaign, one day after a letter to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's speech in the province of Karbala, threatening what he called "Snakes frivolous" public funds, calculate the "difficult in the coming days," he said, adding that the authorities in the process of launching a campaign "aimed at wide and corrupt."

Said a member of the Committee Alenzahpnaibp high Nasseef that there are two in the parliament to lift the immunity, with the first claim of some deputies of the Group increased from members accused of terrorism Or support, as well as other charges related to corruption'dry and Mali, and noted that the other direction respect to the claim of some deputies in the bloc, which includes ministers accused of corruption and negligence claims as blocks to lift the immunity of some members of the Integrity Commission to question their claim of permanent minister as a kind of pressure on the Commission, A member of the Legal Committee on behalf of the Accordance Front spokesman Salim Abdullah, said that the form of a parliamentary ad hoc committee to consider the issue of lifting the immunity of deputies and there are fears that this will be the case and the paper put pressure on Parliament to prevent him from pursuing his work on the regulatory ministries and ministers for negligence in the performance. while a member of the Committee of integrity Iman Al Assadi in Parliament that 105 MPs had signed a petition to lift the immunity of deputies due to corruption and the campaign will continue until the completion of the quorum to be submitted to the Presidency of the parliament, referring to a legal summons to nine deputies from the different blocks requested the courts to waive their immunity.

The other hand, a member of the Committee for the parliamentary oil and gas, attempts are continuing to collect signatures in order to all and Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani, to the Parliament for the purpose of questioning's. Deputy Bayezid, the Kurdistan Alliance bloc, Hassan sad that "So far, 120 signatures were collected within the Parliament For the purpose of the investigation with the Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani at the failure of his ministry, "he said." If Committee was not convinced that will be with the Minister of Oil can by its replies to the Parliament And by a parliamentary no-confidence against him and remove him from office".

In the past few days intensified Iraqi newspapers published news of the corruption in the government, with dozens of published articles critical of the government daily Stalled in the implementation of service projects and the spread of Almnsopep and the phenomenon of nepotism and corruption rampant in the financial and governmental institutions, especially the Ministry of Commerce. It also condemned the political stands of some politicians and their insistence on making their loyalties to sectarian bloc, rather than loyalty to the country what is the protection of the corrupt.

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140 Iraqi lawmakers call for summoning the Iraqi oil minister into the Iraqi parliament

Iraqi lawmaker and Determiner of the gas and oil parliamentary committee Jabir Khalifa Jabir addressed a document to the presidency of the Iraqi parliament for summoning the Iraqi oil minister Hussein al-Shahristani into the Iraqi parliament, PUKmedia correspondent in bigheaded reported.

“The call came due to the deterioration of oil sector and mismanagement of oil in Iraq,” Jabir Khalifa Jabir told the reports in Baghdad on Saturday.

On his part, Iraqi lawmaker Ali Husain Balu said that 140 Iraqi lawmakers have signed on the memorandum for summoning the Iraqi oil minister Hussein al-Shahristani into the Iraqi parliament.

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Forward (Lukoil) Russian to win significant opportunities for oil exploration in Iraq

The Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani said in the company (Lukoil) Russian oil major opportunities to win the bidding for oil exploration in Iraq.

The oil ministry had allowed companies from 35 countries to participate in the auction on the extraction of oil in the largest oil fields in Iraq, 6 of which will begin this month.

The Chairman of the Commission on oil and gas in the House of Representatives on the Blu-Hussein said that Iraq was interested in attracting many companies to work in the oil sector, Russian companies, particularly in view of their long experience in working in Iraq.

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Abdul-Mahdi, participate in the opening session of the World Economic Forum at the Dead Sea

Deputy President Adel Abdul-Mahdi in the World Economic Forum for the Middle East at the Dead Sea, the presence of prominent political and economic experts, companies and businessmen from 79 countries worldwide.

A statement issued by the Office of Abdul-Mahdi received agency (Voices of Iraq) a copy of "The World Economic Forum for the Middle East launched the presence of political figures and economic experts, companies and businessmen from 79 countries worldwide participated in the inaugural meeting of the Forum, Vice President Adel Abdul-Mahdi and his entourage ".

The Iraqi delegation included both the Chancellor and the Chancellor Thamir Ghadhban unique Yassin and the Iraqi ambassador to Jordan Saad Hayani.

Forum discusses the three-day effects of the global economic crisis and how to overcome them.

And the World Economic Forum is an independent international organization in which leaders of thought, politics, economics, business and seek to improve the situation in the world.

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Deputies of the Economic Commission: Iraq will soon be among the countries exporting gas to Europe

lawmakers said at the Economic Commission of Parliament on Saturday that Iraq will "soon" in the countries exporting gas to Europe, and there is a tendency to export gas via a pipeline through neighboring countries and the Mediterranean Sea and from there to Europe.

The MP added Mahma Khalil from the Kurdistan Alliance bloc told (Sawat Iraq) that "The European Union expressed serious desire to put Iraq in the sources of gas and there is a project of Baku - Erzurum, which is in a number of Arab states and Iran, Turkey, and this line is 130 kilometers from the crutch of a gas field in the Anbar province. "

Khalilzad said, "When Iraq becomes part of the Gas Exporting Countries to Europe will come to the State budget resources to other less important on the imports of crude oil."

For his part, a Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Oil and Gas Abd al-Hadi al-Hassani, told Voices of Iraq (VOI) on Iraq's possession of approximately three and a half billion cubic meters of gas reserves and is capable of producing more than 700 million standard cubic feet of associated gas is enough to cover the local market and export ".

The al-Hassani, "Iraq is currently losing approximately 80 million dollars a day result in the waste gas from the combustion in the air and sufficient quantities of gas burned for almost filled with a gas cylinder 300 a day."

"The discussions and agreements on the exploitation of gas in the field of a crutch in the Anbar province and exported to Europe through the Arab common pipe carries gas from several Arab countries through Turkey and into Europe; But Saudi Arabia had not been approved so far, one of the countries participating in the export of gas to Europe through this pipeline. "

The Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani, said recently that Iraq and Syria began to invest a crutch and they agreed on the export of 50 cubic feet per day to the Syrian market, and that the ministry had a plan to develop the field of productive capacity and access to five hundred million cubic feet, an increase of ten times what it is now and This increase will be allocated to the European market, which had expressed interest and concern for the purchase of Iraqi gas.

Hassani said that "the Russian company Gazprom is willing to agree with Iraq gas investment, one of the companies that have experience in this area and Europe financed by approximately 25 percent of its gas and soon to enter the field of the crutch in the investment licenses for gas where it is."

The deputy governor of Anbar province, was sentenced on Friday said Jassim (5-15) The Council approved the Anbar province, a crutch gas field for investment and is now awaiting the approval of the Council of Ministers on this matter.

The ministry spokesman Assem Jihad said the oil beginning this May, the ministry expressed its readiness to meet the desire of the European Union access to Iraqi natural gas, indicating that they will be able to develop a crutch if the gas in western Iraq in the results of the first licensing announcements next June.

Jihad said that the field produces a crutch now little more than 50 Mqmq (standard cubic meters) of gas per day, despite the size of gas reserves in which good, noting that the development work will start immediately after the announcement of the names of companies that won the first licensing cycle.

According to the results of the first session of the licenses by the Ministry in February 2008 included the development of six oil fields and gas fields, one crutch and the other is Mansourieh in Diyala, he said, adding that the Iraqi gas field would be removed from the crutch of a gas pipeline across the Arab common to Syria and Turkey and then to Europe.

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Iraq Interior Ministry announces readiness to take over security responsibility

Interior Ministry Operations Chief Brigadier General Abdul Karim Khalaf affirmed that the ministry forces are now completely ready to take over security responsibility from multinational forces.

Moreover, the parliamentarian defense and security committee clarified that there is no more need for US Forces in Iraqi cities given the upgrade of military forces.

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European and Arab companies, announces its readiness to pump gas from the territory of Iraqi Kurdistan

The companies on the European and Arab readiness to pump a sufficient quantity of gas from the Kurdistan region of Iraq.

The Reuters news agency that the two European and two more in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday announced the formation of a consortium to pump a sufficient quantity of gas from the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

Adding that this step comes to begin the feeding pipeline project Nabucco natural gas to supply Europe with gas.

Confirmed by the Austrian company OMV MOL Hungarian in a joint statement that they have contributed to the project, which is estimated at eight billion dollars in conjunction with the oil companies, Dana Gas and Crescent start gas development in the Plan.

Believes each of Crescent Petroleum and Dana Gas existence of a sufficient quantity of gas in fields that are operated in the province of Kurdistan and that the amount would be enough to supply the pipeline after the gas to meet domestic demand in the region of Kurdistan and Turkey.

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Trade Minister Abdul Falah Sudanese for the first time recognizes the poor ration card items

Network Fayha'a The Minister for trade Abdul Falah Sudan during the examination, which was held yesterday in the Iraqi parliament poor vocabulary Batavp supplies.

Sudan said in response to questions from the Chairman of the Integrity Commission, Sheikh Sabah Saadi in the parliament with regard to the administrative and financial corruption in the Ministry of Trade: Yes there are bad items in the ration card as well as where there is a shortage, but there is no harm, no citizen of any indication that the items of information card Altamonip caused poisoning of citizens.

This is the first recognition by the Minister of Trade and poor vocabulary Altamonip card.

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