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Jamal Watermelon: reject al-Maliki and we will deal with Abdul -Mahdi
The leader and the representative of the Iraqi List melon beauty that his list that can deal with the National Alliance (a coalition of law and the Iraqi National), if elected, Adel Abdul Mahdi, a candidate for prime minister, while denying any dealings with Nuri al-Maliki candidate rule of law.
He added watermelon to the Iraqi wait what is happening within the National Alliance, and they will deal with the coalition, according to the situation that will end, stressing that Iraq will deal with the Mahdi well if elected, while refusing any contact or deal with Maliki. noting that in the absence of a choice National Alliance candidates, the formation of the government will go directly to its list.
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Hashemi : Iraqis will not take power again, however, to devote one person
Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi said politicians and political blocs have realized the importance and necessity of forming a government in the future, and that the matter will take some time but it will not Needs to be a very long time.
Hashemi said in a statement to the media and moved his office received a copy of it The Iraqis will not take power again, however, devoted to the Prime Minister And that the security, economy, media and all sources of the State, however, one party or the hand of one person or one community, noting that this is totally unacceptable that the Iraqis are equal under the Constitution, regardless of religions and beliefs and describing what happened during the past years as a disaster.
He noted that the "Iraq is the winner, and has the right to form the government, but the problem is that the political blocs did not accept this subject did not recognize this right so far, in addition to interference by neighboring countries and put them on the red lines with a view to hindering the formation of the Iraqi government," he said, adding that "Political blocs are dealt with us in a manner not reasonable and deliberately placed many obstacles in front of Iraq to prevent them from exercising their constitutional right to form a government."
Continued .. "We believe that awarded in the formation of the Iraqi government and we have a constitutional right to that, and we know at the same time we can not set up alone and must share power with another cluster." he said.
Regarding the withdrawal of occupation forces U.S. and the recent security breaches Hashimi stressed that these security breaches have occurred the existence of these forces This means that the fifty thousand troops withdrawals were not able to stop all such violations. Indicating that At the end of the day, the security file and the extension of Sovereignty must be borne by the Iraqi armed forces. After seven years, many still question marks painted on the quality and capacity of these Forces, which compel us to do the process of rebuilding the organization of the Iraqi armed forces in an attempt to raise the level of performance -positioned to face the security challenges existing."
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Hadi al-Amiri : National Alliance will announce this afternoon for an agreed mechanism for the selection of the Prime Minister
Confirmed leader of the Islamic Supreme Council of the National Coalition Hadi al-Amiri, "The National Alliance meeting yesterday focused on the search type of mechanism to choose a candidate to head the coalition government and will be completed this research in another meeting of the leaders of the Coalition this afternoon."
Amery said in a statement singled out by the reporter "The National Alliance is serious in order to reach a single candidate for prime minister, emphasizing that this coalition exists and unshakable, even wounded some coldness."
He added that "We discussed a range of mechanisms will be completing these mechanisms today and we will announce it, especially after the availability of our two candidates and one of the state of law and the second from the National Coalition and we continue to ply the nomination must find a mechanism that satisfies all parties, pointing out that we will continue Dialogues Avenue until reaching an agreement between the components of the coalition and come up with a person Prime Minister, who go by the Parliament."
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Low, central bank sales to 130 million dollars
Close the Central Bank of Iraq on Tuesday Third DIFC Week sessions for the sale and purchase of foreign currency and the dollar down The level of sales of the dollar to 130.952 million dinars After rising at its previous investigators 160 765 000 dollars and a stable exchange rate was 1170 dinars per dollar.
The Information Office of the Bank 's bulletin obtained a copy them to the total sales of the bank ranging from 16.03 million dollars in cash transactions for cash at a bank shot for a stable exchange rate was 1183 dinars per dollar, including the commission the bank of the 13 dinars per dollar.
And amounts transferred out of the country amounted to 114 922 000 Dollars in cash and bank shot at a stable conversion reached 1179 dinars per dollar, including the commission the bank of 9 dinars per dollar.
Did not make the 12 banks participating in the auction of any offers to buy Dollar, noting that the CBI Itqdy commission amount (13) dinars per dollar with a discount (8) dinars per Dollars from the amounts purchased.
The central bank held five meetings during the Iraqi week of financial support for the sale and purchase of foreign currencies and the dollar.
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The former Iraqi minister criticizes directed the Ministry of Oil of ignoring the role of the national companies
The Iraqi oil minister the previous day, Monday, he and the Iraqi Oil Ministry to the absence of the role of national companies in development projects of oil production in the country.
The Iraqi oil minister the previous day, Monday, he and the Iraqi Oil Ministry to the absence of the role of national companies in development projects of oil production in the country.
Said Ibrahim Bahr al-Ulum told Kurdistan News The "two rounds of licensing the first and second did not support the national oil companies, but tended to strongly support international oil companies, which could harm Iraq's oil strategy."
He pointed out that "the right of the next government to review the failures in the two rounds of licensing the first, second and other projects carried out by the Ministry of Oil to develop oil production, but in the end shall be binding and no right to make any change contrary to what was agreed upon with the international oil companies."
Bahr al-Ulum said that "the national oil companies disappeared due to loss of confidence between them and the government, but they need to take an active role and to develop a real oil production in the coming period."
The Iraqi Oil Ministry had signed earlier this year signed contracts with international companies to develop 10 oil fields, in two rounds of licensing the first and second, to reach a production of about 11 million barrels per day, within the next six years, and 12 million barrels a day, after you add the quantities produced from the fields Other national effort.
Were raised after the signing of contracts the possibility of lack of commitment to the future Iraqi government signed contracts, while others noted a lack of legality, which raised fears of contracting companies.
But the Iraqi Oil Ministry confirmed that the next government may not terminate the oil contracts, stressing that the contracts contain penalty clauses that will harm the interests of Iraq.
The country produces around 2,4 million barrels of oil per day currently, which is more than 90 percent of the proceeds of the country.
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Allawi hopes talks would progress by end-October
It seems that talks between Al Iraqiya List led by Iyad Allawi and State of Law Coalition headed by Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki were still at an early stage six months after a general election and while the countdown for US Forces withdrawal has started, Allawi noted in an interview with Reuters.
Allawi hopes coalition talks will have progressed by end-October stressing that forming a government was key to security in Iraq after the United States formally ended combat operations.
"We are still in a preliminary stage. We know that there is a delay, but it is important to be safe and sure than sorry ... the United States is leaving, they have started already to draw down, and we believe that there is a lot to be done in this country to make it safe and stable”, former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said.
Allawi warned that the crisis in Iraq has caused a political vacuum which has left a void for insurgents to exploit with persistent attacks particularly against the army and police.
"Eight years have gone and we haven't been able to build a full-blown security. So God knows when Iraqis will be able to be responsible for their own security and the security of the Iraqi people," Allawi added.
Allawi pointed out to two main pending points in coalition talks namely the position of prime minister and the question of who had the right to form the next government.
Allawi said it was important to divide power amongst all political blocs in Iraq's fledgling democracy.
“Because we are transitioning, we need to divide power, and we need to say that no one is going to be disenfranchised, and that no one is going to be the junior partner and the other is the senior partner. Unfortunately, some of our colleagues in the political spectrum believe that to offer you one or two seats in the government is enough, and this is regarded as being part and parcel of the political process. We don't see this”, he said.
But the political impasse has kept many foreign investors waiting on the sidelines, Allawi added.
http://www.alsumaria.tv/en/Iraq-News...d-October.html
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Al Iraqiya insists on forming new government
Part of ongoing political talks to resolve the governmental crisis, Al Iraqiya List reiterated its insistence to form the new government given that it won over parliamentary elections even if with a slight difference.
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Historic U.S. Trade Mission to Iraq
U.S. Commerce Department said on Wednesday that it will lead an historic trade mission to Iraq in October, the first since the end of the U.S. combat mission in Iraq.
Francisco Sanchez, under secretary of Commerce for International Trade, will lead the mission, which will include representatives from 15 U.S. companies including Boeing and General Electric, the Commerce Department said in a statement.
The announcement came one day after U.S. President Barack Obama formally announced the end of combat operations in Iraq, saying the United States has met its responsibility, and “it is time to turn the page.”
“The U.S.-Iraq bilateral relationship is entering a new phase of commercial engagement,” Sanchez said. “This trade mission will connect American and Iraqi companies in a partnership to rebuild the Iraqi economy. This mission will be economically and commercially beneficial to U.S. and Iraqi firms, and the citizens of Iraq.”
“This mission brings business expertise into the country at a critical time, and will enable U.S. companies to position themselves to enter or expand their presence in Iraq,” Sanchez said.
The mission will provide U.S. participants with first-hand market information and access to government decision makers. Additionally, one-on-one meetings will be arranged with potential agents, distributors, and partners, according to the Department.
The U.S. government sees great opportunities for increased trade and investment in Iraq, whose Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has more than doubled since 2006, soaring from 57 billion dollars to 112 billion dollars in 2009.
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Talabani denies rows with Allawi
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani denied rows with head of Al Iraqiya List and former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi.
Allawi is worth any sovereign position appointed to him whether by the people or by parliamentary majority.
President Talabani noted that he had supported Allawi in his candidature for Premiership.
Iraqi President said he is confident that rumors will not affect the long time relationship with Allawi.
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Weak Laws Deter Iraq Investors More Than Violence
Seven years after the invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein, Iraq largely has been unable to revamp business laws that would help make the country more attractive to investors, according to a report from Bloomberg.
“Investors still note security concerns, but now are more likely to cite regulatory hindrances and other practical barriers to doing business,” the U.S. State Department said in its 2010 Investment Climate Statement on Iraq.
Foreign direct investment totaled $1.1 billion in 2009, most of it in the oil industry, according to the United Nations July World Investment Report. Neighboring Iran, under a fourth set of UN sanctions, took in three times as much.
Lawmakers in the outgoing parliament weren’t able to approve 72 draft laws meant to help accelerate economic growth, said Thair Feely, director of the government’s Baghdad Investment Commission.
Legislation awaiting approval includes a measure that would make it easier to register a company. “It can take four or five months and costs a fortune, about $15,000 to $20,000, compared to only 200 pounds ($300) in the U.K.,” Feely said by phone from Baghdad. “It’s unfair.”
The World Bank estimates it takes an average of 77 days to open a business in Iraq, almost four times the average in the region. Iraq fell three places in the Washington-based bank’s 183-country ease-of-doing-business scale to 153rd this year, below Tajikistan and Haiti.
Issues such as a cash-based banking system, corruption and limitations on land ownership have also damped investment, said Arndt Fritscher of the Berlin-based Rebuild Iraq Recruitment Program, which works with 160 European, mostly German, companies with business interests in Iraq.
“The security situation is not our problem because we just pay more,” Fritscher said. “German industry is ready to go, but there is no basis to go from. We would like to set up power plants, for example, we just need the ground.”
Iraq’s National Investments Law of 2006 bars foreigners from owning land, though it was amended in November to allow non-Iraqis to buy property for housing projects. Berlin-based Transparency International, an anti-graft group, placed Iraq and Sudan in fourth to last place in its 2009 corruption index of 180 countries.
The economy is estimated to have expanded 4.2 percent last year, the Washington-based IMF said, powered by oil exports. Companies including London-headquartered BP Plc, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, which is based in The Hague, and Paris-based Total SA, have signed contracts with Iraq to boost oil production after two bidding rounds for development rights last year, even in the absence of a hydrocarbons law. A third bidding round for natural-gas deposits is set for later this year.
“The oil business has such great profits and returns on investments that companies are willing to take risks,” said Ascanio Martelli, chairman of Bari, Italy-based Atami Group, which acts as a consultant for Italian energy companies working or seeking to work in Iraq, in a telephone interview.
The government has pushed through some measures to attract investors. The National Investments Law exempts foreign companies from paying taxes for 10 years and from paying import fees for three years.
“We are trying to offer incentives,” Iraqi government spokesman Ali Al-Dabbagh said in an interview from Baghdad. “Our industries have many problems that do not encourage foreign investors or even local industrialists.”
Iraq needs $400 to 500 billion to get things back on track, according to the Baghdad Investment Commission’s Feely.
“Unfortunately, we only receive hopes and promises,” he said. “We can’t do it without foreign investment. We can’t do it on our own.”
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