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

Hill: We are guests in Iraq and will not stay after 2011

The U.S. ambassador to Iraq, Christopher Hill said the objectives of both political parties emphasize the need for a government that represents the Iraqi people and achieve their aspirations without any exclusion of any party.

Hill told a news conference Sunday at the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, said that the process of forming a new government and the talks that accompanied it is only evidence of an accelerated pace of resolving the dilemmas and complexities of the birth of that government, explaining that "the United States as a partner with Iraq in support of these efforts, including appropriate with the commitments it made to the international community ", pointing out that the presence of a strong government in Iraq would prove stability in the Middle East.

And on Implementation of the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, between Hill's commitment to reducing the number of U.S. troops in the country at the present time, leading to the ending of its full at the end of 2011, adding that «during this period we will work hard intensively to complete the readiness of Iraqi security forces to assume and take over the mission to maintain security and stability within the country, and we will deal first post of the American part of this Convention in order to achieve Iraq's sovereignty and independence and to support our partners in, and securing borders from any attacks, it is important that the Iraqi people to know that we are guests here in Iraq, will remain more than that " , stressing the importance of the regional countries should be aware of these things and respect the basis of good neighborliness and non-interference in internal affairs of Iraq in word and deed."

The U.S. ambassador to the construction of the state and its institutions rests with the Iraqis and their political leaders in various attitudes, saying «that support for the United States in the next term will be directed to activate the economic and investment and developed so as to ensure the country's progress industrially and economically."

He continued: "I think Iraq does not need now to people who come from abroad to talk about politics and turn after, he wants to companies and institutional investors to help build and restore its economy again after long years of isolation in the industrial aspects of investment and technology, and we are in the next phase we will be partners in developing the economy Iraq, especially in the fields of agricultural, scientific, and in this regard, he visited a few days before the delegation of senior agricultural from the United States consisting of 18 U.S. company, and held 270 meetings with Iraqi companies specialized in this area, concluded with the signing of a number of contracts in more than one side."

http://iraq-beituna.net/show.php?sho=17815

Governor of Basra: Basra income from oil, gas up to 223 million dollars

Vice President of the Basra Governorate Council Ahmad Sulaiti that income derived by a province of Basra from crude and refined oil and gas during the first third of 2010 exceeded 223 million dollars.

The Sulaiti a reporter for the (agency's news news) Sunday: By special instructions will be spent this money for the implementation of projects to maintain as they will be raising projects approved by the council to maintain the Ministry of Planning for approval and inclusion in the budget of the province to launch financial allocations to it by the Ministry of Finance.

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Iraq expresses its disappointment of not charged with forming a government in the first session of parliament

Announced that Iraqi bloc led by Iyad Allawi, on Monday, its adhesion to the formation of the Government, expressed their disappointment they are not given in the first meeting of the Council of Representatives.

The head of the House of Representatives interim Fuad Masum, lifting the first meeting of Parliament, today, after the performance of all new members sworn in at the parliamentary session II, with the exception of Vice President Tariq Hashimi and Adel Abdul Mehdi and Prime Minister outgoing Nuri al-Maliki and all members of the Government, announced that its retention open.

The leader of the Iraqi List, Abd al-Karim al-Samarrai told a press conference held by the House of Representatives in Baghdad and attended by "Alsumaria News", the "Iraqi List does not recognize what I went to the Federal Court interpretation of Article 76 of the Constitution, the fact that it is not the body that granted the power to form a government as stipulated in the Constitution ".

Samarrai said he was "disappointed hope of the Iraqi National List are not given because of the formation of the government during the parliamentary session for this day," stressing that "the Iraqi insisting on its right to form a government as winning elections."

But the Iraqi constitution does not provide for the mandate of any cluster to form a government in the first session of Parliament but rather provides that the new Council to choose at its first meeting as Chairman and two Vice-Presidents, (and not head of government) and then the House of Representatives during a maximum period of thirty days after the election of the President, for the latter within fifteen days after the election, a candidate commissioned the largest bloc in the House of Representatives to form a government, and is to the Prime Minister in charge of thirty days to complete the task, if not successful president assigns people substitute.

The head of the House of Representatives interim Fuad Masum, the adjournment of the first parliament after the performance of all new members sworn in at the parliamentary session II, with the exception of Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi and Adel Abdul Mahdi, the Prime Minister's outgoing Nuri al-Maliki and all members of the Government, announced to keep open.

http://www.alsumarianews.com/ar/1/77...-details-.html

Atta: the failed attempt to storm the Central Bank carried out in four stages

Baghdad Operations Command announced that the final figure for the number of victims of abuse by the long building in the Central Bank of Iraq Al-Rashid Street on Sunday, was 18 killed and 55 wounded.

A spokesman for the Baghdad Operations Command Major-General Qassim Atta, in a special statement by the National Center for the media to total number of martyrs, including two policemen, civil defense and three members of the Facilities Protection Service (FPS), while the toll includes martyrs, wounded six of civil defense, 13 wounded The men (FPSO) and five soldiers, including commander of the brigade band 43 band 11 in the army, who led a purge of the elements of the bank the gang attacked him.

Atta and detect the attempt carried out by the terrorist gang for control of the bank were on the four stages. He said that the first phase was the explosive device was detonated near the fuel tank, electric generator at the entrance outside of the Central Bank. He added that the second stage was in a clash aggressors with force to protect the entrance outside of the bank included a bombing of one of the attackers himself, explaining that the third phase was the arrival of the attackers to the courtyard of the Bank's internal and detonate suicide bombers blew themselves up at the door of procedure of the Bank and the attack force that protects the back entrance to it. He noted that the fourth and final phase was the entry of a number of militants into the bank buildings and setting fire to a number of floors.

Atta said that the force, which has cleared the bank was led by commando regiment band 11 and the reconnaissance squadron band VI, was given the force's Regiment, the Anti-terrorism.

The spokesman said the Baghdad Operations Command that the high-level committee headed by Minister of National Security was set up to investigate the circumstances of the incident, saying that the committee began to examine the content of the video surveillance tapes of the Central Bank of Iraq.

http://www.nmc.gov.iq/mnews/2010/6/14_2.htm

Baghdad operations: the aggressors, the central bank wearing a military uniform and one of them carrying the rank of captain

A spokesman for the Baghdad operations command said the investigation into the operation failed terrorist gang which tried to implement in the building of the Iraqi Central Bank said on Sunday that led to the attackers were wearing military uniforms.

Major-General Qassim Atta, in a special statement by the National Center for the media to the latest investigations have proved that a member of the terrorist gang that tried to storm the bank had held the rank of captain, accompanied by a person holding the rank of lieutenant, and the third holds the rank of lieutenant, while wearing the rest of the gang members, uniforms soldiers.

He pointed out that forensic and explosives have been working on Sunday to prepare reports on the quality of the explosives used and the fingerprints lifted from the site of the attack and determine the identities and the things the attacker's identity.

Atta disclosed that the committee investigating the cause of the attack on a block of the Central Bank reached, through intelligence information, to determine the points, from which the aggressors, as well as unquantifiable.

A spokesman for the Baghdad operations that follow the health of people wounded in the terrorist attack contributed 44 of them to leave hospital after receiving treatment, while 11 others completed the process of treatment in preparation for leaving hospital.

He said that Atta Baghdad Operations Command relay details of the investigation in this case first hand, insisted it would be an immediate declaration of any new information if available.

http://www.nmc.gov.iq/mnews/2010/6/14_3.htm

Member of the line: the government formation process will take about two weeks

A member of the Accordance Front, the Iraqi province of Anbar, Walid Abboud, that "how long the process of forming a government may have two weeks of the presence of interactions, and the movement of the push and pull, and the role of consensus is the mediator in resolving some of the differences between the blocks and find a project that serves the political process."

And that "the most important demands of the Iraqi Accordance be no genuine national project for all blocks away from the party of quotas and to accelerate the achievement of the dream of an Iraqi citizen who went to the polls and elected the person who finds the righteous."

Abboud explained that "a lot of contacts between large blocs and political projects that have integrated with conversations we had had positive results, although the consensus has a small number of seats in parliament, but know that we are keen on Iraq's future."

Abboud and expressed hope that "are not unique to any political bloc to take decisions and give everyone the opportunity to express opinion and exit from the party to the active participation of all and ensure the rights of voters of Iraq."

http://www.uragency.net/index.php?aa=news&id22=8336

CBI suspends session due to armed attack

The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) decided to suspend its dollar sales on Monday and will resume its sessions on Tuesday after the recent armed attack, a media source said.

On Sunday (Juen 13), the spokesman for the Baghdad Operations Command (BOC) Maj. General Qassem Atta said fifteen civilians and three terrorists were killed in the armed attack on the CBI in Baghdad.

“The assault left 15 local residents and three terrorists killed,” Atta was quoted by al-Iraqiya TV.

Atta had told Aswat al-Iraq news agency that security forces were closing in on the group of gunmen that detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) off the CBI entrance in central Baghdad.

http://en.aswataliraq.info/?p=133216

Omar al-Jubouri: Law and the Constitution Egizan to be an open meeting of the Council of Representatives

A member of the Iraqi List Omar al-Jubouri that the law and the Constitution of the Egizan that the meeting will be open to new Council of Representatives, noting that the circumstances and political imperatives had hoped the House measure.

The head of the first session Fuad Masum has also announced the adjournment of the meeting, but have them open until the political blocs to reach a consensus on candidates for presidential elections.

"Jibouri in contact with the agency, the independent press (Iba) The political circumstances faced by the country especially in light of the atmosphere created by Ray the Federal Supreme Court interpretation of the main grouping, which came across the political pressure contributed to making the meeting is open to give the opportunity for political blocs to choose candidates for positions sovereign.

Maintains the existing Iraqi sovereign right to legal and constitutional commissioned candidate to form a government as the biggest bloc emanating from the final results of the recent electoral benefit.

He Jubouri a result of this procedure, there is no specific time for this meeting when will the winner have exceeded the political blocs to agree on candidates for the Board will hold a vote on candidates.

And expect some political forces and personalities that these items are not common consensus on the names of candidates for positions longer sovereign month or more.

http://www.ipairaq.com/index.php?nam...itics&id=26623

Mohammed al-Bayati: Khalid al-Attiyah's reprehensible innovation to make the open sessions of the Council of Representatives

A member of the National Coalition, Mohammed al-Bayati said the First Deputy Speaker Khalid al-Attiya former is a bad innovation pioneered by making the Council of Representatives open stressing there were no legal or constitutional support for such meetings.

The new Council of Representatives has kept its first session open until the winner reached the political blocs to a common consensus about the political candidates Ketlb winner.

Al-Bayati said in connection with the Agency for the independent press (Iba) does not exist for such meetings within the statement of procedure of the House of Representatives, but the existing regular meetings or quorum of the Meeting of the various committees of the Council or require the important issues of his contract.

He explained that what happened yesterday in the meeting of the Council of Representatives of the new non-performance of officials and ministers of the department of constitutional heresy new ones which may lead to end the role of the statement of procedure of the Council.

And considered some of the forces and political figures not to perform the official oath as a constitutional violation.

Bayati said that the President of the first session of the Council over the new role and he can not call the Council for another session because this is the prerogative of the President of the Republic.

He was the eldest member of the new Council for the Kurdish Alliance New Fuad Masum has presided over the first session of the Council and in accordance with paragraph relevant constitutional.

http://www.ipairaq.com/index.php?nam...itics&id=26647

18 German, Dutch companies take part in oil conference in Arbil

total of Eighteen German and Dutch oil companies will participate in an oil conference in Arbil on Tuesday with the participation of federal oil ministry and the Kurdistan natural resources ministry, Dutch honorary consulate in the Kurdistan Region Salah Khedr said on Monday.

“The Netherlands government organizes this conference along with Shell, 14 Dutch oil companies and three German companies,” Khedr told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

“The two-day conference will tackle Netherlands’ participation in reconstructing Iraq, mainly the oil sector,” he explained.

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