Thread: Archive News - Iraqi Dinar Think Tank - 28/03/10 - 21/06/10

Shahristani: block independent support al-Maliki for prime minister and there is no plan yet to meet with Maliki, Allawi

Said Iraqi Oil Minister and Chairman of Independent cluster mass support Nuri al-Maliki as prime minister next, explaining that the alleged meeting between the President Iyad Allawi's Iraqi List coalition and the President of the rule of law Nuri al-Maliki is not planned yet .

Dr. (Hussein al-Shahristani) In a statement to the location of the city of Karbala, while attending the opening of the draft project housing complex Karbala, the number one fact in the district of the free "planning for the meeting between Prime Iraqi List, Iyad Allawi, president of a coalition of law Nuri al-Maliki is not so far, adding that meetings among politicians, the issue of natural "he says.

Shahristani said that "the problem of the new alliance between the state of law and the Iraqi National meet within the next two days to study the mechanisms and to consider the nominations to choose the prime minister, stressing that the independent bloc, headed by Nouri al-Maliki's support as prime minister for the next period."

http://non14.net/display.php?id=8806

CBI dollar sales up to $137m

The Central Bank of Iraq’s (CBI) dollar sales went up to reach $137.925 million in its daily auction on Thursday, compared to $115.301 in the previous session.

“The demand hit $4.780 million in cash, covered at an exchange rate of 1,183 Iraqi dinars per dollar, and $133.145 million in foreign transfers outside the country, covered at an exchange rate of 1,173 Iraqi dinars per dollar,” according to a CBI news bulletin received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

None of the 15 banks that participated in today’s session offered to sell dollars.

http://en.aswataliraq.info/?p=131651

Herald Tribune: Iraqi politicians have reached an agreement to stop the eradication campaign and Talabani: eradication campaign has been stopped

Finally, Iraqi politicians to reach what seems to an agreement to halt the campaign which lasted four months, and was aimed at denying some of the candidates of the political action in connection with the Baath party,
And thus afford to eliminate the real obstacle to the process of forming a new government, which is long overdue.

It is known that the removal of hundreds of candidates before the election VII of the March parliamentary had sparked a major upheaval in the political arena in Iraq. Therefore had to result in depriving more candidates after the election of political activity to deepen the sense of crisis, reflecting the differences that still threaten the fragile political system in Iraq.

But officials now say they have reached an agreement on ending the campaign of de-Baathification, when he said President Jalal Talabani: I have stopped, and there is no more, but in spite of that the past had witnessed such predictions and assertions, it remained the issue stationary such as Abu horror in the world of politics Iraq.

But it's different this time, it seems, even the architect of the de-Baathification campaign that Ahmed Chalabi, who was formerly a close ally of America, is now recognized that the dispute over this process is over, will not be denied to any of the winning candidates from political action. This means in other words support to the coalition of former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, who says that a constitutional right to form the next government.

But although the issue of who will be able to form a government remains unclear, especially since the recount of the vote in Baghdad, is still ongoing, U.S. officials welcomed the decision to stop the campaign to de-Baathification as a step forward.

Said Christopher Hill, U.S. ambassador to Iraq! It seems that there is a consensus is being formulated, that the time has come to move forward."

It should be noted that critics of the campaign of de-Baathification had been considered a means of settling accounts, but reopened the wounds of sectarian and reinforced the sense of the difficulty of national reconciliation, and others felt that the tradition of fake justice ridiculous confirmed the ability of one man is Chalabi, the formulation of policy directions of the affiliations and loyalties, personal did not face a little resistance.

Said Reidar Visser, an Iraq analyst at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs: I do not doubt that the ability of Chalabi to manipulate Iraqi politics through the medium of de-Baathification is an amazing ability One year ago were not sectarian Iraqi politics as it appears today.

Visser says: it is through the imposition of de-Baathification process again able to re-Chalabi sectarian polarization of Iraqi politics.

Of course, Chalabi denies the existence of any other goals, saying that the campaign targeted only keep the Baath Party and sympathizers from the political scene in Iraq after Saddam.

It should be noted that the de-Baathification in origin, Paul Bremer, the ruler of Iraq during the early days of American occupation, when the ban on the Baath Party in May 2003 and created a committee in November that same year to oversee the prevention of all Party members adults with the exception of the smaller ones, the public service.

It is clear that the campaign of de-Baathification has returned and has appeared on the scene once again strongly after the election when it became clear that Allawi's coalition won parliamentary seats than it won by the consortium led by state law, the current Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.

The Commission has threatened to deny Chalabi nine candidates, 6 of whom Allawi coalition of political activity, and it seemed clear then that such a move political aims.

But it seems that the tension in the world of Iraqi politics push the various parties in the last week of the agreement to cancel the decisions of the Committee on Justice and Accountability, which emerged from the de-Baathification process, as agreed Chalabi not to oppose the appeals which were made by these candidates are deprived of the Court.

http://www.baghdadtimes.net/Arabic/index.php?sid=60967

Washington was considering 3 options to put pressure on Iraqi politicians: withholding aid, stir public opinion, aligned to a political party

In a heated debate was held via video conference between Washington and American diplomats in Baghdad on 28 April last.

The Assistant Secretary of State James Steinberg embassy need for a firmer approach with Iraqi leaders, according to two of the official ... yen high-level Americans who participated in this conversation.

Two of the high-level U.S. officials in Baghdad yesterday, said that the strong arm tactics - or the policy of arm-twisting - to be used by Washington to get Iraq to reach a settlement is likely to include:

- Withhold financial aid to Iraq, so being the new Iraqi government was installed.

- Orientation talk about the criticisms contained on Iraq's leaders publicly to raise the pressure of public opinion on them.

- Threat of a secret at first siding with one side of the political game in Iraq between al-Maliki, Ayad Allawi, who is the biggest rivals.

He stressed that Washington so far followed an unbiased approach during the battle of the two sides aimed at obtaining the support of political parties.

http://www.baghdadtimes.net/Arabic/index.php?sid=60970

Recent accomplishments of milestones by Iraq included the comment that the IQD Reval should occur by Saturday, May 15, 2010. Please confirm the date and at what rate?

Good question,

But as usual, don't believe anything your read on forums like this, no one knows what rate or when, but I do think we are turning the final corner in this long long journey. lol

Success to all, Mike

i feel the same way Mike...thanks for all the work you and Seaview do to keep us informed...as you say,take with a grain of salt what the Iraqi government says....but i do believe we are closer then ever to a RV...when and how much isn't known nor will be known until it happens...IMHO..GO DINARS..Pat

Originally Posted by Squaredaway

Recent accomplishments of milestones by Iraq included the comment that the IQD Reval should occur by Saturday, May 15, 2010. Please confirm the date and at what rate?

Sounds like an internet rumour.

France Telecom Mulling an Investment in Iraq's M.obile Market

­France Telecom has said that it is interested in buying a stake in an unnamed Iraqi m.obile operator but for now, the telecom giant has no plans to take control of it.

"France Telecom is looking at the matter of a m.obile operator in Iraq but there are no plans to take control in the short-term," a France Telecom spokesman told The Wall Street Journal, without providing further detail. France Telecom's new chief E.xecutive officer, Stephane Richard, has previously said that expansion in Africa and the Middle East is a priority for the group.

The only Iraqi operator that is known to be seeking an outside investor is Korek Telecom, although it is still continuing its long-running talks to sell a stake to UAE based Etisalat. Korek Telecom is still planning to list 25% of its shares on the local stock exchange, as required by its operating license.

The country has three operators, Zain, Asiacell and Korek Telecom.

Asiacell is actually a consortium is comprised of Asiacell Iraq - the earlier license holder, Qatar's Qtel and investment banking group, MerchantBridge. Orascom owned the Iraqna network, but failed to get an operating license in the last round of auctions and had tried to set up a joint venture with Korek Telecom but that fell apart. The break-down has left Korek with a national license, but coverage which is limited to mainly the Northern region of the country. An expansion to national coverage would need the financial muscle of an outside partner. Iraqna was later sold to Zain.

http://www.cellular-news.com/story/43317.php

Originally Posted by Squaredaway

Recent accomplishments of milestones by Iraq included the comment that the IQD Reval should occur by Saturday, May 15, 2010. Please confirm the date and at what rate?

Very Funny!