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    جريدة الصباح - قانون النفط والغاز لحكومة اقليم كردستان - 1 -
    Economic Law : oil and gas to the government of Kurdistan - 1 -





    By : Tariq Shafiq
    The text of the paper presented by the oil expert, Mr. Tariq Shafiq prominent oil expert to the Economic Forum held in Amman on August 26, 2006 invitation of the Iraqi Center for Development and International Dialogue, attended by about one hundred businessmen, experts and thinkers of the Iraqis inside and outside Iraq.





    The oil and gas to the government
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    1-comprehensive review :
    January 1 has published the government of the Kurdistan FFCDs of the draft law to oil and gas, one of the Kurdistan region and the other to the central government of Iraq, as well as the distribution of the draft to the media, as well as to officials of the Alamirikeh government and the government of the United Kingdom and the government of Iraq. This and that the deployment of profit-sharing agreements for oil and gas that makes the government of the Kurdistan government leading governments within the Middle East. especially with an increase in rumors that the profit-sharing was very generous to the companies. January 2 that the drafts of the Act establish the basis for the sharing of production with foreign investment are generally consistent with the conventions of traditional profit-sharing and held in other countries. If compared to these conventions, including those of the previously held in Iraq, we find that it came as generous for contractors working in Iraq for the extraction of oil and abundant low-cost, as shown later. However, the government of the Kurdistan region and the judge retains the option of using other forms of contracts.
    January 3 this process has been adopted for proposals in order to obtain the leave of exploration without abandoning the possibility of holding direct negotiations. January 4 was the first to identify long-duration exploration of five years, subject to extension to a maximum of seven years, with the land area of exploration specifically to be abandoned with the end of each period. .
    5 1 has been identified for development for the duration of the discovery after twenty years, to extend immediate conflict five years, With the possibility of a further extension agreed to negotiate.
    January 6 has been setting the minimum level of royalty rate (7,5%) of crude oil density limit (20) to rise gradually after that to (8, 5%) reduce the intensity (30), and (10%) for raw materials, which exceeded this limit last.
    January 7 A variety of taxes were also mentioned, including the tax profiteer Windfall Profit, but did not specify numbers.
    January 8 identified Tnafiq percentage of the cost of extracting oil with a higher amount (70%) of crude oil intensity (14), with a minimum amount (55%) of crude oil to exceed density (30). The profit-sharing production for the remaining proceeds it is a particular form (unpublished) linking imports accumulated Balklv accumulated oil, The technique is the use of b ((R factors for the purpose of calculating the sharing of oil profits between the contractor and the government.
    January 9 bill provides that the contractors to provide adequate quantities of crude oil to meet the needs of domestic consumption. also given preference in the bill for local contractors. as well as training and technology transfer in a package known as the (local content), however, have not been determined specific percentages.
    January 10 was a dispute-settlement procedures usually applied by the relevant ministry in Kurdistan, which opens the way to international arbitration at the end of the day . This applies to all disputes relating to oil and gas, including disputes relating to the use of the oil fields located on the border of Kurdistan. The fields up to the borders of foreign countries is usually right of the central government.
    January 11 either on the legal framework is worth quoting from the Foundation ((PFC Energy's Advisors)), which described the legal basis Law of the Kurdistan oil sector as follows : "This law written in legal language wholesome, and it raises deep anger politically. This reflects an attempt by the Kurds for the purpose of interpreting the extremist to the maximum limits of the provisions of the new Iraqi constitution private sector oil and gas in the country. an interpretation of the meaning of the federal Aintelk but in this case stems from the meaning of Confederation. In this sense the draft law written in Kurdish nationalist overcrowding develop a template that legislation and national oil to the whole country. and determined to change the balance of power in favor of the province, so as to show the government of Kurdistan as a quasi-independent. " The legal tender of the subject by the government of Kurdistan is that the oil in Kurdistan as a king. While the Constitution provides that the Iraqi oil and gas is the property of all the Iraqi people in all regions and provinces.
    January 12 for example, requires approval granted prospecting government of the Kurdistan Parliament only. "The draft law in general seems to be a treaty between two sovereign. This draft law stresses that the sovereign authority of the assets and management of oil resources located within the boundaries of the government of Kurdistan is the local authority. " This includes areas that are considered by the government of Kurdistan, "disputed areas", which include Kirkuk and parts of Mosul, Salah al-Din and Diyala. "It proposes the establishment of a Kulaimih (including a company of local workers and another for the sale of oil) for the management of the sector, and categorically states that the transactions negotiated and leave third parties for exploration in the area of operations in Kurdistan is located exclusively in the heart of the government of Kurdistan.
    January 13 while accepting the draft law article that the government of Kurdistan (112) of the Iraqi Constitution, only one control on the production of existing fields, it explicitly rejects the idea of the management of operations in these fields separately by the Ministry of Oil companies hope before national Iraqi oil may establish in the future . That joint administration accorded only on the basis of a prior agreement between the government of Kurdistan and the central government. that is the first to grant leave to participate in the work of Operations, ie *, but this is conditional upon obtaining the government of the Kurdistan share acceptable (in their view) of the revenue.
    * The production processes and the accompanying transfer and export of products.
    January 14 that the agreement sets out the relationship between the government of Kurdistan and the central government on the management of the oil on the cooperative relationship between the Kurdish list and the newly between the Commission and the National Oil proposed composition of the report of quotas between regions and governorates of Iraq quota established by OPEC, , as well as between the national resources to be derived presence of the Iraqi Constitution, in order to determine the distribution of national resources among the provinces and territories. The decisions taken by this body will be issued unanimously so that both the territory and maintain the right of veto.
    January 15 that the government of the Kurdistan region and also make the role of the central government limited to administrative role confined to the export and marketing of oil and gas extracted from "current producing fields," according to the government's interpretation of the said article (112) of the Iraqi Constitution. January 16 was the definition of existing fields as oil fields, which produced more than twenty thousand barrels a day earlier to the date of August 22, 2005 for one year the date of the referendum on the Iraqi Constitution. As such, small fields, or fields of aging, in addition to the discovered fields and non-developed, which amounted to about sixty up oil or gas from the total of which will accrue to the 80th government of the Kurdistan region or in other regions and provinces.
    January 17 that the government of the Kurdistan region and put all the facilities related to the production and the accompanying transfer and export of products, The liquidation process and the accompanying distribution and sale of products, including the facilities of an infrastructure. under the direction of the Oil Ministry to be used for the purpose of use is precisely for the purpose or use other authorized or accepted by the central government. This means that the unilateral action of the federal government confiscation of property belonging to the central government.
    - 2 present situation : that the draft of this law written a good standard, But it is feared that the financial longevity leave exploration of a size longevity contained in the agreements jovial profits held by the government of Kurdistan. In the analysis that follows.
    February 1, the government of the Kurdistan region and the signing of the profit-sharing with the Norwegian company DNO in 2004 for the drilling for oil near the border city of Zakho. The ratio of profit to the contractor (40%) of the profits of the operations, with cost Tnafiq since onward. Said the agreement is the predictable structure of the Kurdistan development confiscation of the oil.
    February 2 the government of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan in Sulaymaniyah has occurred before, in the January 2003 agreement with the Turkish company claims :
    (Petoil and Petroleum Products International Exploration and Production Inc..)
    And concerning the Convention works near the city of Chamchamal, where there are deposits of oil and gas in Jiasorch and Belkhanh and Chamchamal itself. The signing of the Convention on the profit-sharing ratio set by the company's entrepreneurial profit by oil (49%) with Tnafiq cost of oil since the start-rate (80 to 90%)
    February 3 is today eight foreign oil companies carrying out studies in Kurdistan. In addition to the company's Norwegian and Turkish company there dans Australian company, and Canadian companies, a Western Oil Sands company and Heritage Oil Corp., which entered with Eagle Group of Iraq
    Based in northern Iraq, all signed agreements to share profits.
    February 4 in Iraq is estimated that more than (215) billion barrels of probable reserves, (115) billion barrels of proven reserves, any totals 330 billion barrels. There in the Kurdistan region an estimated rate (10%) than any (33) billion barrels.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CharmedPiper View Post
    SGS, look at my post

    http://www.rolclub.com/iraqi-dinar-d...tml#post115233

    What else are we waiting for on this draft???
    article day before yesterday said mondays parliamentary 2nd reading of it then they would be voting on it in 4 days. they have 3 readings before they vote so i suppose that is refering to the reading in between mondays and the 4th day. i suspected they would be doin that today, wednesday.
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    Violence in Iraq leaves at least 52 dead - Yahoo! News
    Sunni politicians expressed worries over a new government plan to stop sectarian violence. The plan, announced a day earlier by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, won some praise in parliament Tuesday. But Shiite and Sunni leaders delayed potentially contentious talks to work out its details.

    The four-point plan calls for creating neighborhood Shiite-Sunni committees to monitor efforts against sectarian violence. The aim is to overcome the deep mistrust between Sunnis and Shiites.

    Many Sunnis remain skeptical that Shiite leaders will allow security forces to crack down more strongly on Shiite militias blamed for killing Sunnis — including some linked to parties in the government.

    "I haven't seen any real desire in the other side. There are militias supported by the government," said Sunni lawmaker Khalaf al-Alayan.

    U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad said that under the plan, parties that have militias have agreed to take "responsibility for what their groups or people under them are doing, ... committing themselves to ending the sectarian violence."

    Still, "there are forces that are not under their control," Khalilzad said in an interview with National Public Radio. "But if they implement what they've agreed to, there should be a significant decrease in the level of violence in Baghdad."

    Another lawmaker, Izzat Shabandar, from the secular Iraqi Bloc, cautioned "we have to be realistic."

    "Those who signed this blessed agreement have to confess, at least to themselves, they are the basis of the problem and they are part of it," he said.

    Al-Maliki's government has been under intense pressure to put an end to Shiite-Sunni violence that has killed thousands of people this year and raised fears of civil war.
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    Talks on creating joint security committees to end the violence must tackle a range of issues — including how many members will be on the panels, the proportion of Shiites and Sunnis and which areas of Baghdad they will cover.

    Khalilzad said the committees would include Shiite and Sunni political, religious and tribal leaders as well as military figures.

    The intent is that each committee will oversee the effort against violence in its district — with a central body overseeing them and working with security forces. But it still must be decided what powers the committees will have and how decisions will be reached. Every month, the parties will meet to review progress.

    Sunnis hope the committees will give them a voice to ensure that security forces go after Shiite militias. But it remains unclear whether the new system will lead to tougher action. Shiite leaders insist the main problem is attacks by Sunni insurgents.

    Al-Alayan, the Sunni lawmaker, said the two sides made progress in talks over the weekend and agreed on banning weapons and militias. But when a representative of Muqtada al-Sadr, a radical Shiite cleric who holds a place in the government and heads a powerful militia, joined talks Monday, "everything was overturned" and the ban was put aside.

    Still, al-Sadr's party signed onto the new security plan.
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    جريدة الصباح - قارب بوش المخروم !
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    Dia Aljubili
    Do we read the American President George Bush what the German philosopher, "Nietzsche" in one of his letters to "Malveda von Maizenburg" (The world awaits a man act, which aims away the tradition of centuries, customs and compose an example for future generations on the basis of the best walking)? Before answering this question we must listen to the lighting "j Encho not Frene "for what" Nietzsche "




    Man of the act say (is the human distinguished unusual strong enough to take on heavier burdens and input to improve the humanitarian presence and honor the whole) of this theory that the work which a lot of emperors, kings, and presidents even before Nietzsche and not starting from Alexander and Enbo Take Nasr, Napoleon, The Sultans of the Ottoman Empire and before the Omayyad Dynasty and Abbasiyah, The Hitler We have these names, for example, are not limited to, and finally finish quickly to the George W. Bush who failed to some of his colleagues in the principle of Prophecy and perhaps illustrated by the saying that the Lord told him in what looks like the revelation that Bush liberated Iraq Oh!
    But does Bush really want to read Nietzsche's argument about the "man of action" that the world needs and ran track in the war on terrorism after the opinion in the windows of the twin towers of the World Trade Wall "man of action" Assuming this has redesigned the presidential and ASEAN closer around his neck and red juxtapose poetry and the Lord has received a letter via mail and then left to the world of يبهر the masses? ! And regardless of whether Bush had to read Nietzsche or else there is no doubt he took it on himself to "save the world" as do the heroes of Hollywood, The protection of those who have the same theory but in different and could put the current conflict with Iran as a sign of contemporary parentheses, not to mention the ongoing war with Al-Qaeda and others. But is that really the American president threw behind his back centuries, the traditions and customs? To answer this question we must return to those traditions, customs and law of the jungle, which became a feature of the modern age, to see who was a key ally and parallel to the example of Napoleon Bonaparte or Adolf Hitler. the sense that more incursions in the age-old was administering steered the superpower, the only large military force led by a "man of action" As allies such as Vmthelhm's governing coalition as a friend to prevent evil big blue whale, but the phenomenon disappeared in the world wars for the Allies during the Nazi march great, After the discovery of America to be a parallel in force and arms were among the strongest alliance in the war. But it soon began to re evade the Sharia split in decision-making based on the "man of action" and the argument of freeing the world. What we are seeing now allies of the United States are not only a copy of I will keep. Iraq was the first goal ago. There are those who say that the United States planned to occupy Iraq for decades. If that was part of the truism has been that occurred from disasters and tragedies and serious repercussions, We have to imagine what would happen if the occupation decision came after the Bush letter recognizes the Lord directly. If the boat survived by Bush throwers in the Sea of darkness where Iraq had sunk deeper into the abyss of underdevelopment and injustice, Mthcoba one-sided effort has been in the industry for decades We have to imagine a case Rakbeh Mekhrom already! No wonder that the transmission of us persistent tether, which Ishenkena always boats Chrmtha Azelha promises and political intransigence and banners, "the right person in the right place" and "the leader of necessity" and "a man of action" those who appear suddenly, Suddenly, will not only keep them among their excuses and the echo of press conferences held by looking at the stomachs of the history books talk about the old and tragic incidents similar to what is happening in our markets and our streets manned Itmanoa rights simple and naive that what is happening in the town is not strange and shocking to this degree, it happened elsewhere in the world, as well as the killing of innocent people and hurled bodies flying everywhere, or drowned or eaten wild beasts and the ground or incinerated. There is no reason for concern! After more than three years to the fall of the dictatorship in Iraq is able to become conscious rights of the Iraqi people, professionals and even the simple, which is good at writing his name to be aware that these lifeboats from the boat Bush and Bremer belonging to another boat and national domestic manufacture, , which is still reeling on the surface of a sea of blood and destruction, and amid the winds of homicide greed and hurricanes mass humanitarian and urban : boats are not for fishing! We do not know we occupants whether we confusion sand coast "The safety of the Third World," which is the best kept from drowning Himam Alanfjaryat heavy rain and the blood that has tarnished our faces covered in advance Besfrh death and poverty and fatigue?
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    I love all this late night reading Get it fresh off the press from Bagdad How cool is that

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    جريدة الصباح - دفاعا عن الديمقراطية في العراق
    Consensus : Defense of democracy in Iraq





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    A result of the political impasse science knowledge in the Arab world has taken some Arab intellectuals to re-producing elements thought Hegelian concepts and classifications ideologies Oriental and especially after (the Iraqi), and within this mix and formations and perceptions of transparency are misplaced communities in the Middle East to demonstrate the failure of the Permanent turning towards democracy and modernity.




    As the rebuilding of this Alastekdamat Oriental institutional stagnation on the eternal return to the absurdity of a critical mind in the Arab been putting these patterns legendary ancient connection with the crisis of democracy and modernity without political field study and the intellectual community and for these communities and their complex status Cape financial World and balances as an historic Arab intellectuals neoliberals (Shaker al-Nabulsi, Ahmed al - Baghdadi. to analyze the field of political myths rather than field Alarkolojia political analysis of this world Mideastern Anabut of democracy, freedom, equality and ... within this climate dominated liberal thinker whose apparent awareness of the simple nature of the projects had not been completed.
    Historical and requirements that these readings infected fear or trauma where we find theses (liberal thinker), Ahmed al - Baghdadi was always lurking in Metaphors Alhegelih which are based on two fundamental premises. The first hypothesis : the stagnant social and economic formations of the world east and second hypothesis : is that the United small or minority groups do not contribute to the development of capitalism as a system of global economic relations. These assumptions led to the formation of images ideological model within the strict Alastcheraghi institutional dynamic communities on the west and the fact that communities players in the industry about the history as Estebdadiat Middle communities without history and the political space to the recession and the decadence and chaos and marginal philosophy and culture. Where was this determination within the intellectual and political systems of Western societies and works here and correspond read (liberal thinker), Ahmed Al-Baghdadi, reading Oriental.
    Reading Ahmed al - Baghdadi, characterized the language Allegoricalness Dhage sand and the desert, Dhap and natural gene eastern fixed, It does not belong to the intellectual Alciusiolojeh readings of the socio-economic structures of the Middle communities, but looking at the evidence of natural desert to stabilize the political Allegoricalness historical evidence of the failure lasting change and transformation in terms of say (I am not claimed that the Middle forces, but simply had (Gene normal) all that is not useful human Fe (rejects Congo), with the rest (of tyranny) refuse (equal), with social stratification leader rejects (humanitarian), with the rest (of tyranny) that simply refuses (normal life straight), we find here مكر ideological language being simple language takes a fortiori. address awareness surface and turn into absolute facts e. they lose the language of fascist economic connotations of the economy and effective presence in the history and production relations and the global forces and patterns of historical and Hemenat and conflicts and delete the political field. historical material base of the above concepts of democracy, equality, freedom, humanity and the natural life straight. The speech A. Cree's intellectual Ahmad Baghdadi falls into the trap of metaphysical wonder when (What has changed in the Middle permafrost) repeated in the same eternal, and the nucleus and the Middle this is beyond the roar of history, it is (immunized against everything that does not change no matter what changed the minimum that these arguments bear all the signs in the Oriental Alhegelih institutional assumptions and ill Aya attempting to stabilize and the discovery of elements no comparative gene natural biological legendary idealism outside the field of Middle Eastern history or look for factors Johrateh to determine the cognitive faculties of the Middle substitute for reading the true history of the global division of labor, renewal forms of political conflicts within societies evil s or the nature gain political power or economic failure of a national populist after independence, which is one of the salient features of the structural systems Akalianeh Middle East which resulted in the construction of the ideology of the United defense mechanisms in anti-West and modernity intellectual, political, economic and a re - product Alqumaneh and cultures of modern football and the marginalization of social strata movements.
    Mr. Liberal : the problem does not lie in the genes of natural and this imperialist discourse or coexistence with the tyranny and tyranny against freedom, democracy and modernity, but in the political field and mechanisms of domination and expansion and historic nature of the composition of the Arab countries.
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    That article (thinker) Shaker Al-Nabulsi (America's mistakes and misdeeds and an article (thinker), Ahmed al - Baghdadi (Mr. President : that the East) draw on the experience of the Iraqi situation Astihamih not : change and steadiness total failure and historic rebellion against democracy. while any cash examine proof to the contrary Democracy is not a magic tool (they were then) but tracks historical huge economic, political and ideological parties, classes and conflicts and communities have proved that the Iraqi experiment. millions of Iraqis went to the stations Alaqet shepherd meaning a majority voted for the future know that they risked their lives in every moment of this process, a magnificent achievement "says Bernard Lewis (has won the battle of democracy, not war, and still facing multiple risks and could prove the Iraqi elections as a turning point in the Middle East is no less important than the arrival of General Bonaparte and the French Revolution to Egypt). where stabilization permanent constitution for Iraq and the Federal devote DUTY suggestion in the Arab and Islamic worlds and the peaceful transfer of political authority, which is one Althimat region of the Congo, as well as the establishment of the elements of civil society that takes track across as a pressure force in the Alpes the political faith of the Iraqi society and the quest towards modernization and the establishment of market economies, which turn the state into a political body and building a state of law, leading to the opening of dialogues rational documented is to go towards political rationality that tracks great history, Mr. Liberal.
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    Al-Maliki intends to end sectarian rifts
    Wednesday 04 October 2006, 1:03 Makka Time, 22:03 GMT
    Al-Maliki said he wanted to end sectarian violence
    Profile: Jawad al-Maliki

    Iraq's prime minister has announced a plan to end the deepening divisions between Shia and Sunni parties in his government, and to unite them behind the drive to stop sectarian killings in the country.


    The four-point plan, which emerged after talks between both sides, is to resolve disputes by giving every party a voice in how security forces operate against violence on a neighbourhood by neighbourhood level.

    Nuri al-Maliki, Iraq's prime minister, said: "We have taken the decision to end sectarian hatred once and for all. We have vowed before Almighty God to stop the bloodshed."

    Local committees will be formed in each Baghdad district, made up of representatives of every party, religious and tribal leaders and security officials, to consult on security efforts.

    A Sunni representative, for example, could raise a complaint if he feels police are not pursuing Shia fighters after an attack.

    A central committee, also made up of all the parties, will co-ordinate with the armed forces.

    In a possible boost to the effort to rein in the violence, a radical cleric who heads one of the most powerful Shia militias, Muqtada al-Sadr, has ordered his followers to put aside their weapons temporarily, an al-Sadr spokesman said.

    Mass kidnappings

    Al-Maliki announced his plan hours after gunmen abducted 14 computer shop employees in a midday attack in central Baghdad on Monday, the second mass kidnapping in as many days.

    The bodies of seven of 24 captives seized on Sunday were found dumped in southern Baghdad. Sunni politicians blamed Shia militias for both mass kidnappings and demanded the government should take action.

    Al-Maliki announced a 24-point reconciliation plan when he took office in May, which laid down ways to tackle violence, including an amnesty for fighters who put down their weapons, as well as security crackdowns.

    So far, his previous plan has done little to stem the daily killings.

    In addition to the local and central committees, the new plan calls for the setting of a media committee and a monthly review of progress, al-Maliki said.

    However, it does not directly tackle the issue of cracking down on Shia militias, a step Sunnis demand but many Shia oppose.

    In theory, the committees would give Sunnis a venue to press security forces to take action against fighters. But Shia on the committee would have an equal chance to try to prevent action.

    Plan welcomed

    The plan endorsed by al-Maliki to stop sectarian killings in that country offers a "ray of hope", the ranking Democrat on the Senate's Armed Services Committee said on Tuesday.

    Senator Carl Levin said he was hopeful that the four-point plan announced by al-Maliki to unite Shia and Sunni parties in his government would end sectarian violence. But Levin also voiced concerns that it lacked a plan to disband the militias that have been blamed for some of the ethnic and sectarian fighting.

    "While there is a ray of hope because there is an announcement, nonetheless we have to be very, very cautious to see whether it leads to anything concrete," Levin said in a conference call with reporters from Israel. "At least it's a bit of optimism that we leave with."

    Levin was traveling with Senate Armed Services Committee Republican chairman John Warner, Republican Jeff Sessions and Democrat Mark Pryor, on a five-day trip to Jordan, Iraq and Israel. They met with al-Maliki, Jordan's King Abdullah II, the Iraqi president and vice president, and General George Casey, the top US commander in Iraq.
    Aljazeera.Net - Al-Maliki intends to end sectarian rifts
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    2006 press releases
    Ambassador Khalilzad, General Casey Congratulate Iraqi Leaders on New Initiative
    Khalilzad and Casey call plan a "significant step" forward
    Baghdad, Iraq
    October 2, 2006
    The following is a joint statement by U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad and Multi-National Forces-Iraq (MNF-I) Commanding General George W. Casey, Jr.

    Today Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki -- accompanied by all the key Arab Shiite and Sunni leaders or their authoritative representatives -- announced a new four-point plan aimed at uniting Shiite and Sunni parties to reduce and ultimately stop sectarian violence. This agreement was the result of two days of frank and intense discussions and negotiation. This is a significant step in the right direction and shows that the Iraqi leaders want their country to succeed and are responding to the wishes of their people for security. Now begins the hard work of implementing the plan. We congratulate Prime Minister Maliki and other Iraqi leaders for this important initiative, and assure them of U.S. support.

    May God bless the people of Iraq.
    Ambassador Khalilzad, General Casey Congratulate Iraqi Leaders on New Initiative - U.S. Embassy Baghdad, Iraq
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    The first political The House of Representatives : : Non views of projects under discussion



    The agenda of the House of Representatives at its first session held yesterday, Tuesday, the vote on the draft bill to abolish notes the removal of judges, prosecutors and the second reading of the proposed amendment of the law on the public prosecution No. / 159 / 1979 and to complete the discussion of the draft law on investment, and reading the data

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    Oil denies sale to Jordan at low prices. The emergency room to address the gasoline crisis

    Baghdad - 3-10 : Denied official spokesman for the Oil Ministry today, Tuesday, that the ministry sell oil at preferential prices to Jordan amounting to ten dollars per barrel, With formed ministry (emergency room) to address the gasoline crisis raging in Baghdad, especially

    The spokesman said the ministry official Assem Jihad News Agency (Voices of Iraq) alone "outlets some of the media statements to the official Jordanian spokesman, his name has not been revealed, the price differential by Iraq sells crude oil to Jordan amounting to ten dollars per barrel. "

    He added that Jihad "these allegations to be false and utterly," explaining that Iraq "reduces the price little, compared with the international price, at its preferential Jordan. as the price per barrel sold to Jordan be in the range of (60) per barrel, The low price is not mentioned in the statements referred to. "

    But the spokesman for the Oil Ministry pointed to the presence of "other facilities" provided by the ministry to Jordan

    , "Such as the sale of oil accept returns in the form of consumer goods Jordanian Iraq needs,

    According to Iraqi ministries need for those commodities, in order to lighten the load on the Amman in case they could not pay

    The full cash value. "

    He Jihad and a "security obstacles impeding the access of Iraqi oil to Jordan now, which is to transport oil through the tank," He said that "We hope to start exporting to Jordan by ten thousand barrels a day. and gradually increase the number to bring it to about (60) thousand barrels a day, according to Energy (liquidator Aqaba) Jordanian. "

    However, the Iraqi official did not specify a date for the start of export operations to Jordan.

    On the other hand, A spokesman for the Oil Ministry that the ministry "has been a (emergency room) to address the crisis of the new gasoline, which began with the end of curfew" imposed a few days ago in the capital, Baghdad.

    Assem Jihad, said that the ministry "reported today (100) tank oil from the south to Baghdad in

    Urgent bridge the shortfall ", and stated that the cargo tanks" around (3,5) million liters of gasoline. "

    He added that similar measures "would be taken within the next few days, pending the return of Iraqi production in the refineries to normal."

    The Jihad said in previous statements to the crisis caused by several elements : the first curfew sudden, imposed on Baghdad last (Friday) until Sunday morning, and generated high demand on the stations.

    He also pointed out that the power outages led to a rise in demand for gasoline to operate generators on one hand, Moreover, he caused the suspension of the production of local refineries, which were produced between the (12-11) million liters of gasoline per day. In addition to the disruption of warehouses belonging to the Ministry of Oil because of the electricity Extinguished



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