Thread: Iraq/Dinar News. 09/05 to 01/14/07

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وكيل المالية الأميركي: العراق سيصدر قانونا جديدا يضمن حق كل مواطنيه في النفطUnder American Financial : Iraq issued a new law guarantees the right of all citizens in the oil

اجتماع في الكويت نهاية الشهر لتقييم الالتزامات العراقية والواجبات الدوليةThe meeting in Kuwait the end of the month to assess the Iraqi obligations and duties

لندن: الشرق الاوسطمينا العريبيLondon : Middle Alaoustumina Aribi
قال وكيل وزير المالية الاميركية روبرت كيميت، ان الحكومة العراقية تعمل على اصدار قانون نفط جديد يضمن حق الشعب العراقي كله في ثروة البلاد النفطية قبل نهاية العام.The Deputy Minister of Finance, American Robert Kimmitt, The Iraqi government is working to issue a new oil law guarantees the right of the entire Iraqi people in the country's wealth of oil before the end of the year. وشرح كيميت في حديث خاص لـ«الشرق الاوسط» ان هذا القانون يأتي ضمن «العقد الدولي» الذي وقع بين العراق والأمم المتحدة في يوليو (تموز) الماضي، والذي يهدف الى استقرار العراق وبناء اقتصاده كلياً خلال السنوات الخمس المقبلة.Kimmitt explained in an exclusive statement to the Middle East »« This law comes in the «international» contract signed between Iraq and the United Nations in July last (July), , which aims to stabilize Iraq and the rebuilding of its economy entirely during the next five years. ولفت الى ان ممثلين عن المجتمع الدولي والحكومة العراقية سيجتمعون في الكويت يوم 31 اكتوبر (تشرين الاول) الحالي لتقييم الالتزامات العراقية للعقد الدولي ومن بعدها تقييم الواجبات الدولية تجاهها من اجل تحقيق هذا الهدف.He pointed out that representatives of the international community and the Iraqi government would meet in Kuwait on October 31 (October) to assess the current Iraqi obligations for the International Decade and after assessing international obligations towards in order to achieve this goal. وكان كيميت في لندن بعد زيارة الى دول اوروبية عدة تعتبر رئيسية في اللجنة التحضيرية لـ«العقد الدولي مع العراق» من اجل التحضير للخطوات القادمة من تحقيق اهداف العقد.Kimmitt was in London after a visit to several European countries is a key to the Preparatory Committee for the International Decade «» with Iraq in order to prepare for the next steps to achieve the goals of the decade. وشرح ان العقد الدولي هو عقد بين العراق والأمم المتحدة للاعداد لإصلاحات سياسية واقتصادية في العراق.He explained that the International Decade is a contract between Iraq and the United Nations to prepare for the political and economic reforms in Iraq. وأضاف: «العراقيون وافقوا على اتخاذ اجراءات اصلاحية معينة وفي حال التزموا بهذه التعهدات فستكون هناك مساعدات اضافية لهم».He added : «Iraqis agreed to take remedial action in the event of certain committed these pledges there will be additional aid them». واشار الى ان بعض هذه الاجراءات واجبة على العراق بسبب اتفاقه مع صندوق النقد الدولي سابقاً مما دفع الى بعض الاجراءات.He pointed out that some of these actions and the duty to Iraq because of his agreement with the International Monetary Fund, which previously paid to some of the measures.
وأكد كيميت ان نص «العقد الدولي» يأخذ في الاعتبار الوضع الامني والسياسي في البلاد، مضيفاً: «لا يمكن التوصل الى تقدم اقتصادي من دون تقدم سياسي وامني».Kimmitt stressed that the text of the International Decade »« take into account the security and political situation in the country. He added : «could not be reached economic progress without political progress and security». وأضاف: ان العقد الدولي مع العراق شبيه بذلك الذي وقعه المجتمع الدولي مع افغانستان نهاية يناير (كانون الثاني) الماضي مع افغانستان، مضيفاً: «الفرق هو ان افغانستان ستعتمد على المساعدات المادية الدولية على المدى البعيد، بينما هدف العراق هو الاعتماد الذاتي المالي خلال 5 سنوات».He added : The International Decade with Iraq similar to that signed by the international community with Afghanistan the end of January (January) last with Afghanistan, He added : «difference is that Afghanistan will depend on international assistance in the long term, while Iraq is the goal of financial self-reliance in 5 years ». وبالنسبة الى التعهدات المالية من الدول المانحة في مؤتمر مدريد والتي لم تصرف، قال كيميت: «تحدثت مع كل الدول المانحة والجميع ملتزم بتعهداته ولن يتراجع احد عنها».For the financial pledges from donor countries at the Madrid conference, which did not happen, Kimmitt said : «I talked with each of the donor countries and everyone is committed to its undertakings and will not back down one by». إلا انه اضاف: «كل دولة تختار الطريقة التي تصرف من خلالها المنح، فعلى سبيل المثال يفضل الاتحاد الاوروبي صرف منحه عن طريق البنك الدولي، بينما دول الخليج تفضل الاتفاقات الثنائية، ولكن الجميع متمسك بتعهداته».But he added : «each State choose the method by which the disposal of which the grants, For example, the European Union would pay a grant through the World Bank, while the Gulf states prefer bilateral agreements, But everyone adheres to its commitments ». ولكنه اردف قائلاً: «على العراق العمل على الاعتماد على مصادر ثروته الوطنية بدلاً من الاعتماد على المساعدات الدولية».But he went on to say : «Iraq to work on unreliable sources of national wealth instead of relying on international aid». وقال كيميت «ان قانون الهيدروكربونات سيوضح بأن عائدات صادرات النفط تخص جميع مواطني عراق موحد، وليس فقط المواطنين في المناطق الجنوبية والشمالية التي لديها آبار النفط».Kimmitt said that the law on hydrocarbons «explaining that the proceeds of oil exports belong to all citizens of a unified Iraq. and not only citizens in the southern and northern areas which have oil wells ». وأضاف: «هذه نقطة مهمة، فعلى الرغم من ان هذا اجراء اقتصادي، سيكون لديه وقع سياسي مهم لأنه يقول بأن 20 في المائة من الشعب العراقي، وغالبيتهم من السنة، الذين يعيشون في مناطق غير ثرية بالنفط، إلا انهم سيستفيدون من الايرادات النفطية التي ستوزع حسب التعداد السكاني على المناطق».He added : «This is an important point, Despite the fact that this conduct economic, will have a political impact is important because it says that 20 per cent of the Iraqi people. and most of the year. those who live in areas not rich in oil, However, they will benefit from the oil revenues, which will be distributed according to census areas ». ورأى كيميت ان «ضمان عراق موحد ديمقراطي مسالم يستوجب دوراً ملائماً للحكومة المركزية مع احترام الاقليم» الكردي.He believed that «Kimmitt ensure a unified, democratic and peaceful Iraq requires an appropriate role of the central government with respect Kurdish territory». وأضاف: «هناك اتفاق عام على توزيع الايرادات من النفط (في اقليم كردستان)، ولكن ما زالت هناك نقاشات حول مسؤولية اعطاء العقود للتنقيب واختيار الشركات الدولية بين الاقليم والمركز».He added : «There is general agreement on the distribution of revenues from oil (in Kurdistan), But there are still discussions on the responsibility of giving contracts for prospecting and international companies to choose between the Territory and the Center ». وتابع: «هذا ضمن النقاش الاوسع حول الفيدرالية في العراق، ولكن العقد الدولي يؤكد على ان العراق بحاجة الى حكومة عراقية مركزية قوية وقادرة، حتى مع التنوع الثري للفئات المختلفة للشعب العراقي والأقاليم».He continued : «This part of the broader debate about federalism in Iraq. But the International Decade confirms that Iraq needed a strong central Iraqi government, and capable, even with the rich diversity of different categories of the Iraqi people and territories ». وعن الفقرات الاخرى في العقد، قال كيميت سيكون هناك «تعهد لدعم حكومي لبرنامج نزع السلاح من الميليشيات وإعادة تأهيل عناصرها».And on the other paragraphs in the contract, Kimmitt said there would be «pledged to support the government for the disarmament of the militias and rehabilitation components». وأضاف: «اذا ارادت الحكومة العراقية ان تتخلى الميليشيات عن الاسلحة يجب ان تخلق فرصا اقتصادية لعناصرها، ويجب وضع طرق لقياس التقدم في هذا المسعى».He added : «If the Iraqi government to abandon weapons of the militias must create economic opportunities for its members, We must develop ways to measure progress in this endeavor ». وأشار الى ضرورة انجاح بند آخر في العقد الدولي وهو «زيادة الميزانية المحددة لوزارتي الدفاع والداخلية لدعم القوات الامنية، حتى تزداد المسؤولية العراقية عن الوضع الامني».He pointed out the importance of the success of another clause in the contract which the international «increase the budget set for the Ministries of Defense and Interior to support the security forces. even more responsibility on the Iraqi security situation ». وقال ان الهدف من العقد ان «يكون العراق خلال السنوات الخمس المقبلة قادراً على تمويل العمليات في البلاد، مع استثمارات اجنبية بدلاً من المساعدات».He said that the objective of the contract that «Iraq will be during the next five years able to finance operations in the country. with foreign investment instead of aid ». وأضاف: «سنبذل كل جهد حتى يشعر الشعب العراقي في بانجازات هذا العقد في اقرب فرصة ممكنة»، بدلاً من الانتظار حتى انتهاء فترة العقد المحددة بخمس سنوات.He added : «will make every effort so that the Iraqi people's achievements in this decade at the earliest possible opportunity», instead of waiting until the end of the five-year contract. واعتبر ان قانون النفط الموقع اصداره قبل نهاية العام، وقانون الاستثمار الذي اقره البرلمان العراقي، سيؤديان الى تغييرات جذرية في العراق العام المقبل.He added that the oil law passed in the site before the end of the year, The investment law, approved by the Iraqi Parliament, will lead to radical changes in Iraq next year. وأوضح: «لا احد يريد الانتظار خمس سنوات لرؤية تحسن في الاوضاع، إلا ان بعد انتهاء السنوات الخمس يجب ان تمول الحكومة العراقية جميع مشاريعها بنفسها».He explained : «No one wants to wait five years to see the improvement in the situation, However, after the end of five years must be financed Iraqi government all their projects themselves ».

ولفت الى ان من اهم البنود في العقد الدولي هو «التزام الحكومة العراقية بمواصلة مكافحة الفساد والتحلي بالمزيد من الشفافية».He pointed out that one of the most important items in the International Decade is «the Iraqi government to continue the fight against corruption and greater transparency». ورأى ان الحكومة العراقية أخذت خطوات للحد من الفساد في الدوائر الحكومية، ولكنه شدد على ضرورة بذل المزيد من الجهود للتصدي للفساد.He believed that the Iraqi government has taken steps to reduce corruption in government departments. but he stressed the need to exert more efforts to tackle corruption. وقال: «قلص الفساد من جانب صرف الاموال على المشاريع الجديدة، إلا ان هذا عطل بعض المشاريع لأن لجانا وزارية تدرس كل مشروع قبل اقراره».He said : «reduced corruption on the part of the disbursement of funds for new projects, However, that the failure of some projects because of the ministerial committees studying each project before it is approved ». وأضاف انه «ما زالت هناك مشاكل في التصدي للفساد من ناحية تسلم الايرادات وخاصة من ناحية الصادرات النفطية».He added that «there are still problems in dealing with corruption in terms of revenue recognized, in particular in terms of oil exports». وأوضح ان «الشفافية والمحاسبة السبل الأمثل للتصدي الى الفساد».He pointed out that «the transparency and accountability of the best ways to tackle corruption». وعن مشاكل تهريب النفط، قال كيميت: «ما زالت هناك مشاكل، ولكن ليست بالمستوى السابق».Regarding the problems of oil smuggling, Kimmitt said : «there are still problems, But no previous level ». وأوضح: «في يوليو (تموز) الماضي، عاد انتاج النفط العراقي الى مستوى ما قبل الحرب، اي 2.5 مليون برميل يوميا، تصرف 1.7 مليون منها وتخصيص 600 الف منها للاستخدام المحلي».He explained : «in July last (July), Iraqi oil production has returned to the pre-war level, any 2.5 million barrels per day, the disposal of 1.7 million and the allocation of 600 thousand for use local ». وتابع: «هذا يترك 200 ألف برميل يومياً لم تدخل الى الميزانية المركزية، وهذه مشكلة رئيسية وتعمل الحكومة العراقية على حلها من خلال اجراءات أمنية واقتصادية».He continued : «This leaves 200 thousand barrels per day has not entered into the central budget, and this is the main problem that the Iraqi government is working to solve them through security measures and economic ». وأضاف: «أعضاء الحكومة العراقية الذين أعمل معهم، وعلى رأسهم نائب رئيس الوزراء برهم صالح، قادرون على هذا العمل، ولدي أمل كبير فيهم بأن ينفذوا العقد الدولي الذي حاز تأييد جميع الفئات العراقيةHe added : «members of the Iraqi government who work with them. , headed by Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih, capable of this work, I am very hopeful that those implement the International Decade, which won the support of all Iraqi groups

and the 2nd


International Covenant with Iraq


تدارس العراق والامم المتحدة المسودة النهائية لوثيقة العهد الدولي مع العراق الذي سيطرح في الاجتماع الدولي الذي سيعقد في الكويت من اجل التوقيع على الوثيقة.Workshop Iraq and the United Nations the final draft of a document the International Covenant with Iraq, which will be put to the International Meeting to be held in Kuwait to sign the document. وقال نائب رئيس الوزراء الدكتور برهم صالح في مؤتمر صحفي مشترك عقدة في مقر المنظمة الدولية في بغداد بحضور ممثل الامين العام للامم المتحدة اشرف قاضي ومستشار الامن الوطني الدكتور موفق الربيعي عقب الاجتماع انه تم تدارس المسودة النهائية التي سيوقع عليها ممثلي الدول المشاركة في العهد الدولي مع ا لعراق وممثلي المنظمات الدولية - صندوق النقد الدولي والبنك الدولي - والتي ستهيء ارضية صالحة لنقل الاقتصاد العراقي الى مصاف الدول النفطية وبما يمكن الحكومة من مواجهة التحديات الاقتصادية والسياسية والامنية.He said Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih in a joint press conference held at the international organization's headquarters in Baghdad, the presence of a representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations, Ashraf Qazi, National Security Advisor Dr. Muwaffaq Rubaie after the meeting that he had been examined by the final draft will be signed by representatives of the countries participating in the International Covenant with a in Iraq, and representatives of international organizations - the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank - which will create suitable grounds for the transfer of the Iraqi economy to the ranks of the oil and enabling the government to meet the challenges of economic, political and security.

واوضح ان العهد الدولي سيوفر للعراق سيولة مالية يحتاجها لتمويل المشاريع الاستثمارية والمشاريع الاقتصادية التي تسهم ببناء البنى التحتية ومشاريع الخدمات الاخرى في الوقت الذي لم يتمكن العراق من انجازها لعدم توفر النقد اللازم مشيرا الى ان هذه الاموال المدفوعة من الموقعين على وثيقة الع هد خالية من اية شروط سياسية كانت او اقتصادية او مالية.He explained that the International Covenant of Iraq will provide financial liquidity needed to finance investment projects and economic projects which contribute to building infrastructure projects and other services at a time when Iraq was unable to complete the lack of the necessary cash, pointing out that the funds paid by the signatories of the document pw Head free of any political conditions or economic or financial.

وقال ان الدول المشاركة في العهد مع العراق اعربت عن ثقتها بامكانية نهوض الاقتصاد الوطني العراقي في اقرب فرصة نظرا لتوفر الموارد من ناحية النفط والزراعة والنقل والسياحة بالاضافة الى وجود اياد عاملة وطنية مبينا ان العراق بعد توقيع الوثيقة سيقفز قفزة نوعية في المجال الاقتصادي خلال اربع س نوات .He said that the countries participating in the Covenant with Iraq expressed confidence the possibility of advancement of the Iraqi national economy at the earliest opportunity due to the availability of resources in terms of oil, agriculture, transport and tourism as well as a national working Iyad stating that Iraq after the signing of the document will climb a quantum leap in the economic field during the four o tsunamis.

واعرب الدكتور برهم صالح عن امله في ان تشطب الدول الشقيقة التي ستشارك في المؤتمر الذي سيعقد نهاية الشهر الحالي في الكويت ديون العراق بما تسهم في فتح مجالات اخرى للاقتصاد العراقي.And Dr. Barham Salih expressed the hope that the Delete sister States, which will participate in the conference, which will be held late this month in Kuwait, including Iraq's debts contribute to the opening of other areas of the Iraqi economy.

Old Article but informative:

Billions in Iraqi assets, but where are Saddam's?

(Geneva-AP June 21, 2003 12:30 PM) _ Iraqi assets worth hundreds of millions of dollars have been found in European and Middle Eastern banks in a global search for Saddam Hussein's riches, but little if anything has his name on it.

Lebanon, Britain and Switzerland have each found about half a billion dollars in Iraqi assets, but it is not clear to whom the money belongs beyond official Iraqi government accounts.

"There's no way Saddam Hussein would have opened an account in his own name," said James Nason of the Swiss Bankers Association, whose members are required to report any suspicious accounts to the government of Switzerland.

The United States, which launched the search for Saddam's wealth the day after the U.S.-led invasion started last March, acknowledges that finding the hidden assets will be very difficult.

"The greatest challenge lies in identifying and tracing the flow of funds that Hussein has stolen and injected into the international financial system," David D. Aufhauser, general counsel of the U.S. Treasury Department, told Congress last month.

Estimates of Saddam's wealth have ranged from $2 billion to $40 billion. The U.S.-funded International Campaign to Indict Iraqi War Criminals, said much of the money was sent out of Iraq through a network of people who were given the money to invest or keep the money until it was needed.

Treasury Undersecretary John B. Taylor told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee earlier this month that the total Iraqi assets found and frozen outside the United States since March 20 was $1.2 billion. That comes on top of $1.1 billion frozen outside the United States since 1990.

Iraqi assets found outside the United States _ although it is not clear that all of them have been frozen _ add up to $3 billion.

Aufhauser said the U.S. government, which has dispatched teams of investigators to other countries, had pressed more than 50 governments to join in the search.

"International assistance is needed to track the illicit assets of Hussein, his family, his cronies and the front companies and straw men they used," Aufhauser said.

The United States is treating all assets from Saddam's regime as suspect. Washington has already sent Iraqi assets it has seized in U.S. banks to Iraq to help pay for essential services.

Other countries are awaiting United Nations instructions on exactly whose money to seize.

But the Bush administration says it is pleased with the response of other countries.

"Countries around the world, not just the United States, understand the needs of the Iraqi people and understand that this money is to be returned to the Iraqi people," U.S. Treasury Department spokesman Taylor Griffin told The Associated Press. "Countries understand that, countries are responding, and we are very pleased to see that."

The Security Council resolution on postwar Iraq passed last month requires countries to seize funds from the government as well as from officials of the regime and "immediately cause their transfer to the Development Fund for Iraq," which is to be controlled by Britain and the United States.

However, the Security Council still hasn't released a list of names so that governments can act.

Othmar Wyss, spokesman for the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, said Switzerland already has protectively frozen suspect assets but is awaiting the formal U.N. blacklist.

"We want to avoid giving figures that will subsequently have to be corrected downward because they involve accounts of people who are not on the list of the U.N. sanctions committee," Wyss told the AP.

On Tuesday, the United States will forward a list of more than 50 senior Iraqi officials whose assets should be frozen to a U.N. Security Council committee, council diplomats said Friday in New York. It is similar to the list of the 55 most wanted former members of Saddam's regime, which was given to troops in the form of a card deck, the diplomats said on condition of anonymity.

Security Council members have three days to submit objections, and if they don't the list will be issued to all governments with orders to seize assets of those named.

The Swiss National Bank disclosed Wednesday that as of the end of last year Swiss banks and financial managers were holding $315 million in Iraqi assets. There were no details on who the owners were.

The British Treasury has frozen $650 million of Iraqi assets. Of that, $455 million was Iraqi government money and $195 million belonged to individuals.

The British, too, are following Security Council instructions on what to do with the money, a spokesman said.

Lebanese Central Bank Governor Riyadh Salameh said Lebanon has frozen millions of dollars in Iraqi government funds.

"It is up to the legitimate Iraqi authorities, when they are formed, to dispose of them as they see fit," Salameh said in a statement.

U.S. officials said the amount frozen in Lebanon was $495 million.

Jordan has about $1 billion in Iraqi money, the bulk of it in letters of credit held by Saddam's government to facilitate trade, an official told the AP on condition of anonymity.

But two officials denied that Jordanian banks were holding any assets of Saddam or his family.

Saudi Arabia says its relations with Iraq, which soured over the 1990 invasion of Kuwait, made it unlikely that any of Saddam's funds are there. It claims to have tight financial regulations that would have made it very difficult for Saddam to transfer funds into the kingdom, even under fake names.

The Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland, where 130 central banks keep foreign reserves, has been blocking Iraqi assets under U.N. sanctions since 1991, said spokeswoman Margaret Critchlow.

She declined to say how much was involved, but Aufhauser said the bank is holding about $570 million.

Aufhauser said some of the money might have to be paid to legitimate third-party claimants, but that the rest would be sent to Iraq.

Within hours of the start of the U.S. led attack on Iraq, the U.S. government confiscated $1.7 billion in Iraqi assets that had been frozen in the United States since the first Gulf War.

The money was turned over to a special account with the U.S. Federal Reserve in New York. Much of that money has already been flown to Iraq to pay pensions, government salaries and provide funds for Iraqi ministries, officials said.

Taylor said U.S. forces also have seized $900 million in currency in Iraq, as well as $350 million in currency and gold discovered in vaults at the Central Bank of Iraq.

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Hi Neno,

Sorry to bother such a busy guy but would you check your PM again, we need to take care of something.

Link Removed.-neno Sorri for posting in news but I know this is where you focus most of your attention.

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Got it and forwarded to all mods and the Admin's. The Admin will make the decission. Please just use the pm for this.-neno

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Holiday in Iraq beginnings of a possible three. And citizens are preparing to welcome him with caution

The year was celebrated by the followers of al-Sadr on Monday and Tuesday and Wednesday, supporters of Sistani

Baghdad : Al-Salem Al-Rahma
«Day any way you promised Eid». This is a time when the Iraqis with their willingness to start their day. Amid the atmosphere of cautious preparing Iraqis to celebrate Id al-Fitr, , which comes with memories of days has brought so much grief and pain. events, which was broken and caused many of the victims.
Despite the fact that the Eid in Iraq Nkhath special and different from other countries, However, it takes each year take of traditions and customs that they have exercised during the Eid days. This year, the Eid loaded varying pace of hand, because the basis of sectarian grown strongly, It seems that Iraq is on the verge of Eid-standing week, especially that the Sunnis had celebrated the first day Monday, The Shiite supporters of Muqtada al-Sadr Vehttfelon Powell day Tuesday, while the supporters of Ayatollah Ali Sistani, will celebrate the first day of Eid on Wednesday. Before this situation stands repercussions of the Iraqi family, Nevertheless, it insisted on the exercise of the ritual feast, notably Shopping leaving worries and grief instead of joy in their children even for a few days. Umm Ahmed, a teacher, neighborhood resident green (west of Baghdad) says of the Middle East «», has every year to visit the market to buy new clothes for my kids, to receive the first day of Eid, in particular, we used to go to the first day of the Feast of the large family house meeting with the other brothers and their families ». Following Palm «this year different from the rest of the past will not bought holiday clothes for my kids, because I simply can not get out of the areas, , which is considered one of the hot spots, and it will not go anywhere during the day of the Feast Vagnathm (my kids) not need to buy clothes for Eid remain in the wardrobes without use. We will wait upon the coming days with an improvement in the situation due to previous ones nowadays love and security ». And the most important preparations for the Eid said Umm Ahmed «We have started work (Alclejeh) is a kind of pasta Iraqi famous, manufactured in the holidays, and every year has to work with my kids, This year also tried to Albee is asking the inside of the house, True to spread the joys of a wedding in a few days where they would be locked in the house ».

In the Al-Mansour and specifically when the complex (arrows Obeidi), which is the largest market in the Karkh. and much the stores that sell clothes for women, men and children, monitored «» Middle East situation. Naeem Radi, His shop selling children's clothes, said «This market has become a substitute for the famous markets, that used to visit families such as shopping day of the Feast of the recipient (Kazimiya and hung Street and the river) because of the security situation deteriorating, now this market as a market for ocean most families could not have access to those markets ». Regarding the size of the market reception of the families of the «that the market sees considerable momentum because of what I mentioned earlier, In spite of the bad security situation, but we thank God we are in the process of selling rather well, This is what we believe to rejoice and families with their children going to the market to panic, they hope that the joy of the holidays to disappear from the face of the Iraqi ». He continued, «there is some families trying to buy clothes for cheap prices sons, calling out to us that they will not go to any place, They will be confined to homes, but they insist on buying them to enjoy this joy ».

Kadhim Nafie, an employee, he tells of the Middle East »« suffering shop, He says «I went a few days ago to market-Mansour, I was dismayed and I saw what my kids five, we were in the midst of shopping, whether by police cars crossing the road ahead to see (police) cars loaded with unidentified bodies were scattered in the region. I have tried to draw the attention of my children to the other hand, so as not to see the landscape, but I failed to blind their eyes to this scene », It goes «previously we go to the edges of the Tigris to see boats decorated with expansive joy and feel holding the Baghdad sky with fireworks, and we dream a thousand dreams, the dream, Our children, but now see only death and shots What do we do to return today to what they were before? ». As for the most Astaadadth of Eid said «I have to buy clothes for my kids and will be the first day of Eid in the house my father and despite the bad conditions, but I will go because I do not want to lose the joy of meeting my father and my mother and my brothers, in particular, we do not see each other because of the many concerns and also because of bad conditions ».

As Samir Saleh, owner of a store that sells women's clothing, in the Harithiya Ghobashi, «two months ago, and local closed because of bad conditions in the region. especially after targeting shops (banking) near the local owners, kidnapping and stealing ». It goes «I have decided to open the doors of a local during the holidays to liquidate the goods in the store, Now I sell at least what Abian to be less Khsarti ». The following will be closed «local and closed back to Amman, where stabilized now pending an improvement in conditions in the capital Baghdad».

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Under American Financial : Iraq issued a new law guarantees the right of all citizens in the oil

The meeting in Kuwait the end of the month to assess the Iraqi obligations and duties

London : Meena Aribi
The Deputy Minister of Finance, American Robert Kimmitt, The Iraqi government is working to issue a new oil law guarantees the right of the entire Iraqi people in the country's wealth of oil before the end of the year. Kimmitt explained in an exclusive statement to the Middle East »« This law comes in the «international» contract signed between Iraq and the United Nations in July last (July), , which aims to stabilize Iraq and the rebuilding of its economy entirely during the next five years. He pointed out that representatives of the international community and the Iraqi government would meet in Kuwait on October 31 (October) to assess the current Iraqi obligations for the International Decade and after assessing international obligations towards in order to achieve this goal. Kimmitt was in London after a visit to several European countries is a key to the Preparatory Committee for the International Decade «» with Iraq in order to prepare for the next steps to achieve the goals of the decade. He explained that the International Decade is a contract between Iraq and the United Nations to prepare for the political and economic reforms in Iraq. He added : «Iraqis agreed to take remedial action in the event of certain committed these pledges there will be additional aid them». He pointed out that some of these actions and the duty to Iraq because of his agreement with the International Monetary Fund, which previously paid to some of the measures.
Kimmitt stressed that the text of the International Decade »« take into account the security and political situation in the country. He added : «could not be reached economic progress without political progress and security». He added : The International Decade with Iraq similar to that signed by the international community with Afghanistan the end of January (January) last with Afghanistan, He added : «difference is that Afghanistan will depend on international assistance in the long term, while Iraq is the goal of financial self-reliance in 5 years ». For the financial pledges from donor countries at the Madrid conference, which did not happen, Kimmitt said : «I talked with each of the donor countries and everyone is committed to its undertakings and will not back down one by». But he added : «each State choose the method by which the disposal of which the grants, For example, the European Union would pay a grant through the World Bank, while the Gulf states prefer bilateral agreements, But everyone adheres to its commitments ». But he went on to say : «Iraq to work on unreliable sources of national wealth instead of relying on international aid». Kimmitt said that the law on hydrocarbons «explaining that the proceeds of oil exports belong to all citizens of a unified Iraq. and not only citizens in the southern and northern areas which have oil wells ». He added : «This is an important point, Despite the fact that this conduct economic, will have a political impact is important because it says that 20 per cent of the Iraqi people. and most of the year. those who live in areas not rich in oil, However, they will benefit from the oil revenues, which will be distributed according to census areas ». He believed that «Kimmitt ensure a unified, democratic and peaceful Iraq requires an appropriate role of the central government with respect Kurdish territory». He added : «There is general agreement on the distribution of revenues from oil (in Kurdistan), But there are still discussions on the responsibility of giving contracts for prospecting and international companies to choose between the Territory and the Center ». He continued : «This part of the broader debate about federalism in Iraq. But the International Decade confirms that Iraq needed a strong central Iraqi government, and capable, even with the rich diversity of different categories of the Iraqi people and territories ». And on the other paragraphs in the contract, Kimmitt said there would be «pledged to support the government for the disarmament of the militias and rehabilitation components». He added : «If the Iraqi government to abandon weapons of the militias must create economic opportunities for its members, We must develop ways to measure progress in this endeavor ». He pointed out the importance of the success of another clause in the contract which the international «increase the budget set for the Ministries of Defense and Interior to support the security forces. even more responsibility on the Iraqi security situation ». He said that the objective of the contract that «Iraq will be during the next five years able to finance operations in the country. with foreign investment instead of aid ». He added : «will make every effort so that the Iraqi people's achievements in this decade at the earliest possible opportunity», instead of waiting until the end of the five-year contract. He added that the oil law passed in the site before the end of the year, The investment law, approved by the Iraqi Parliament, will lead to radical changes in Iraq next year. He explained : «No one wants to wait five years to see the improvement in the situation, However, after the end of five years must be financed Iraqi government all their projects themselves ».

He pointed out that one of the most important items in the International Decade is «the Iraqi government to continue the fight against corruption and greater transparency». He believed that the Iraqi government has taken steps to reduce corruption in government departments. but he stressed the need to exert more efforts to tackle corruption. He said : «reduced corruption on the part of the disbursement of funds for new projects, However, that the failure of some projects because of the ministerial committees studying each project before it is approved ». He added that «there are still problems in dealing with corruption in terms of revenue recognized, in particular in terms of oil exports». He pointed out that «the transparency and accountability of the best ways to tackle corruption». Regarding the problems of oil smuggling, Kimmitt said : «there are still problems, But no previous level ». He explained : «in July last (July), Iraqi oil production has returned to the pre-war level, any 2.5 million barrels per day, the disposal of 1.7 million and the allocation of 600 thousand for use local ». He continued : «This leaves 200 thousand barrels per day has not entered into the central budget, and this is the main problem that the Iraqi government is working to solve them through security measures and economic ». He added : «members of the Iraqi government who work with them. , headed by Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih, capable of this work, I am very hopeful that those implement the International Decade, which won the support of all Iraqi groups ».
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Moneymaker said Bush was on Goodmorning America!!!!!!!

Today!!!!!!!!

Well there goes that therory..................

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According to the CAA, who is the Scientific Studies and Research Center astronomical, it can be seen the crescent of the month of Shawwal 1427 the naked eye in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Iraq and neighboring countries at sunset on Tuesday 24 / 10 / 2006.

Because of the CAA scientific told City (46) in different regions of the world, starting from the city of Sydney in eastern Australia to the city of Whitehorse in Canada West, indicative of the potential sighting of the crescent with the naked at sunset time in the local areas in the south of the equator, such as : Australia, Indonesia and southern India, Yemen and South and Central African continent such as the Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso and South and Central American continent.
Based on these CAA and field tests in the past to try to monitor the heavily at the beginning months of Mayotte in similar cases and the lack of light and high Crescent acquired by the CD Moon then shows that the possibility is visible with the naked eye at sunset on Monday in Iraq, the Islamic Republic and neighboring countries e fields.
Note that some groups interested in monitoring Crescent with competence and experience in the field called the possibility of a sighting of the crescent naked when armed sunset on Monday in the southern and central regions of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Iraq as well as Kuwait, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Oman and the city pain Nour, and will be confirmed or denied this claim upon the arrival of special reports vision Crescent and then investigate.
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Wow this is good and confirmed right here. In Bold red is the HCL to be done and this year. Need this for a r/v right? Who cares when they award the contracts after that, but the contractors them selves.

Yes I belive that the Hydrocarbon Law is the Last Law that we need in place to allow our dream to come true. Beyond a little debt forgiveness, it should allow the party to begin!

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The government of Kurdistan threatened to resort to the judiciary if Baghdad failed to pay the region's share of the budget
Sulaymaniyah - Mohammed al-Tamimi life-22 / 10 / 06 / /

The Kurdish government threatened to resort to a special Iraqi court to settle their differences with the government of Nuri al-Maliki in the event insisted on negligence demands of the Kurds and oil contracts Kurdish quota of 17% of the state budget. The organizations demanded the Kurdish security adviser to the Iraqi president, Wafiq al-Samarra'i to the Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal for crimes committed genocide against the Kurds.

Sources «Kurdistan Democratic Party», led by the President of the Kurdistan region Masoud Barzani, l «life» «The Kurdish delegation headed by Prime Minister Najirfan Barzani and the ministers of reconstruction and Finance and Foreign Affairs will discuss in Baghdad next week on the differences with the Iraqi government, particularly those relating to contracts signed with foreign companies to invest in the oil region ».

The newspaper «Kurdistan» Noi spokeswoman «» Patriotic Union of Kurdistan led by Jalal Talabani and the Kurdish delegation will visit Baghdad to demand the Iraqi government to convert the amount of $ 485 million Baghdad had abstained in the last year purely »pointed out that the delegation would discuss in the talks to share the Kurds of diplomatic representation embassies and consulates in the Iraqi ».

The Kurds threatened to independence because of what he described as «b government's interference in the Kurdish threat to the economy at a time» insists the Iraqi Oil Ministry to be involved in the contracts signed with foreign companies investing in Kurdistan.

In the meantime called «» MEMBERSHIP Jacques Kurdish organizations on the Anfal crimes to provide security adviser to the Iraqi president, Wafiq al-Samarra'i to the Iraqi High Criminal Court on the question of Anfal. It called in a statement the government and the Kurdish President Jalal Talabani to «dimensions Samurai from his present and brought to trial on charges of selling girls Kurdish nightclubs to Egyptian participation in the bombing of the cities of Kurdish CHEMICAL».

It is said that Wafiq al-Samarra'i was occupying the post of chief of the military intelligence before leaving the former Iraqi regime in 1999.

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