http://www.investorsiraq.com/ A forum community to discuss the New Iraqi Dinar and other investment opportunities in Iraq like the ISX - Iraq Stock Exchange and Iraqi Banks. en Thu, 17 May 2012 05:32:47 GMT vBulletin 1 http://www.investorsiraq.com/images/misc/rss.png http://www.investorsiraq.com/ http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174413-1-million-Iraq-Dinar-uncirculated&goto=newpost Thu, 17 May 2012 04:21:09 GMT

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Iraqi official praises Kurdistan investment experience

16/05/2012 12:40

BAGHDAD, May 16 (AKnews)- The investment in Iraq is low comparing to what has been accomplished in the Kurdistan Region, said deputy governor of the Central Bank of Iraq.

Mudhar Mohammed said "unfortunately, we, …. under the auspices of the federal government, are not good at investment process… and are not aware of its benefits because we do not have trust in investment.

"And this is contrary to the Kurdistan Region because the foreign investment law in Kurdistan has incentives for the investors and the administration in Kurdistan."

Kurdistan Investment Law has been commended as investor-friendly on many occasions.

Mohammed said investment in Iraq is in its "infancy" as compared with Kurdistan and hoped that "Baghdad can reach the same level of Kurdistan['s maturity in investment]."

He described Kurdistan's investment experience "successful", adding "but sadly we have not learnt from it."

The official advised Baghdad to be "more flexible" with investment file and reduce the routines to attract more investors.

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First energy conference aims to develop energy sector in Kurdistan

16/05/2012 18:54

ERBIL, May 16 (AKnews) - The first energy conference in Erbil aims to develop the Kurdistan Region's energy sector.

The one-day conference is set to kick off on Sunday in Erbil’s Sad Abdullah Convention Hall.

The conference is expected to be attended by representatives from dozens of foreign and local energy companies, among them 150 Turkish companies who form a delegation headed by the Turkish Minister for Energy.

Adviser to the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Ministry of Trade Fathi Mohammed said the lion’s share of the attendants will be Turkish companies who will stay in the Kurdistan Region for two days following the conference.

After the conference, the Turkish delegation will meet with top officials from the KRG and look into investment prospects in the region, he added.

Turkish companies have been actively involved in the investment sector in the Kurdistan Region since the 2003 toppling of the former Iraqi government.

The attraction of foreign investors has been mainly accredited to the region’s investment law, which has been described as one of the most investor-friendly laws.

Passed in 2007, the law provides incentives for foreign investors, including the possibility of owning land, up to 10-year tax holidays, easy repatriation of profits and the removal of tariffs on exports and imports related to projects.

By Fryad Mohammed
RY/DM/AKnews ]]> Kurdish Oil Hue Mi http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174411-First-energy-conference-aims-to-develop-Kurdistan-energy-sector http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174409-Iraq-Ambitious-plans-to-develop-petrochemical-sector&goto=newpost Thu, 17 May 2012 02:54:37 GMT .
Ambitious plans for Iraq to develop the petrochemical sector

2012-05-16



Baghdad/agencies/... Undersecretary of the Ministry of industry and minerals for Corporate Affairs Mohammad Abdullah be ambitious plan designed to produce 10 million tonnes of petrochemical annually during that period.

Abdullah said that the Ministry is in negotiations with Royal Dutch Shell and Chevron Phillips chemical's investment in some projects being studied.

The shell is in talks to build petrochemical plant will cost eight to 10 billion dollars, at least in southern oil Center of Basra, adding that the company had signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry.

Abdullah said that Chevron Phillips chemical is interested in rehabilitating the petrochemical plant in Basra and building a new plant.

Iraq occurred in November a final deal worth 17 billion dollars with Royal Dutch Shell, Mitsubishi for the incarceration of associated gas to oil fields South which means the exploitation of more than 700 million cubic feet of gas are burned every day.

Officials said he will be addressing two billion cubic feet of gas by 2017.

They added that the gas projects would be used as values for the petrochemical industry and is expected to also contribute to the support of the irregular supply of electricity in the country.

Iraq plans are linked in the gas sector to increase oil production from southern fields.

Iraq aims to boost oil production to 12 million barrels per day by 2017 which puts him in the ranks of the top producers in the world, but officials say that the production of eight million barrels per day seems to be a more realistic goal.

It is expected that oil production to the huge increase in associated gas and possibly produce gas quantities Iraq will soon exceed the needs which opens the door to export gas.

Abdullah said the plant, which is being negotiated in talks with shell will produce different plastic manufacturing petrochemicals. /finished/agencies/ ]]> Iraq Oil Hue Mi http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174409-Iraq-Ambitious-plans-to-develop-petrochemical-sector http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174408-Iraq-asks-oil-project-management-presentations&goto=newpost Thu, 17 May 2012 02:52:07 GMT .
Iraq asks oil project management presentations

2012-05-15



Basra/Reuters/... Senior oil official said that Iraq global consulting firms invited to bid for a multibillion-dollar project management to pump water in oilfields.

Project aims to contribute to the enhancement of extraction rates and maintain the level of pressure in the fields of overcoming declining production in fields such as West Qurna, Rumailah and Zubair and crazy.

The President informed dhiya Jafar SOC Reuters State company sent letters to companies specific advisory services and expect to receive submissions soon.

The winning company will contribute to the implementation of water injection project.

Iraqi oil minister Abdel Karim for last week would have been placed on a short list of a number of companies.

Iraq aims to improve dilapidated infrastructure and become one of the top producers of oil in the world after years of devastating war and sanctions.

The choice was signed by Exxon Mobil among u.s. companies that won contracts to develop the southern fields to coordinate preliminary studies for the project.

But the project was withdrawn from the company in February after exploration contracts signed with the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, which angered the Central Government in Baghdad described the deals as illegal.

Jaafar said that the withdrawal of the project leadership of Exxon not about deals and blamed poor coordination and project economics by Exxon.

Jaafar said that Iraq intends to close its airport main Gulf marine for maintenance.

He said the first phase of maintenance will be detected underwater pipelines operating since 1975 in the southern port of export and change any parts of Basra are corrupted. /finished/Reuters/ ]]> Iraq Oil Hue Mi http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174408-Iraq-asks-oil-project-management-presentations http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174407-Hashemi-Trial-Begins-amid-Signs-the-Iraqi-Constitution-Is-Dying&goto=newpost Thu, 17 May 2012 02:23:13 GMT The following article was published (http://gulfanalysis.wordpress.com/2012/05/15/the-hashemi-trial-begins-amid-signs-the-iraqi-constitution-is-dying/) by *Reidar Visser* (http://historiae.org/index.asp), an historian of Iraq educated at the University of Oxford and currently based at the... The following article was published by Reidar Visser, an historian of Iraq educated at the University of Oxford and currently based at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs. It is reproduced here with the author’s permission. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News.
It was perhaps inevitable. An Iraqi politician would eventually declare the Interpol red flag notice for Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi “unconstitutional”.
There are many good reasons for being critical about the reasons that led to the original prosecution of Hashemi. In particular, the timing of the original Iraqi arrest warrant – just hours after the departure of the last US forces from Iraq in December 2011 – smacked of political opportunism. Subsequent allegations about mistreatment of the imprisoned guards of the Iraqi vice president have been met with unsatisfactory replies from the Iraqi judiciary that have prompted suspicion of whitewash on more than one occasion.
However, the Interpol red flag notice is in itself not “unconstitutional”. Iraq is an Interpol member and the government has the option of turning to Interpol to request international assistance for bringing suspects to court. The built-in checks and balances in the system in this case have nothing to do with the Iraqi constitution as such but with the ability of other Interpol member countries – including Turkey, where Hashemi is currently staying – to ignore the warrant or deny extradition if they judge its basis to be unsound or the prospects of a fair trial unlikely. This is precisely what Turkey is doing.


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AFBI provides expert diagnostic and analytical testing services to the Northern Ireland agri-food industry, and to clients abroad, and the Belfast Telegraph reports that it is among is among eight companies and organisations on the current Invest NI mission to Kurdistan.
The University of Mosul was established in 1967 and has centres of excellence in disciplines such as computing, environmental and water resources, sensors and agriculture.
Dr Margaret Patterson, AFBI’s head of food microbiology, said the agri-food industry will benefit from the link-up:
“We see the MoU as the first stage in a relationship that could bring positive benefits to both AFBI and the University of Mosul. Initially, it will bring students from the university to work alongside our expert teams in knowledge transfer activities that will benefit Kurdistan.“
(Source: Belfast Telegraph)


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Read the entire article at IraqDirectory.com. .

Post your thoughts below... ]]> Iraq News Feeds dinarella http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174404-Iraq-Replaces-Iran-As-India-s-Second-Largest-Crude-Oil-Supplier-Preliminary-Data http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174403-ExxonMobil-Caught-in-Iraq-Political-Standoff&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 23:23:12 GMT One of the world’s largest oil producers, ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM), has found itself in the middle of a political minefield as it attempts to take advantage of one of the largest oil plays in the Middle Eastern crude powerhouse of Iraq. Read the entire article at IraqDirectory.com. .... One of the world’s largest oil producers, ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM), has found itself in the middle of a political minefield as it attempts to take advantage of one of the largest oil plays in the Middle Eastern crude powerhouse of Iraq.

Read the entire article at IraqDirectory.com. .

Post your thoughts below... ]]> Iraq News Feeds dinarella http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174403-ExxonMobil-Caught-in-Iraq-Political-Standoff http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174402-Iraq-seeks-up-to-50bn-gas-investment-then-big-petchem-plans&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 23:23:12 GMT Mohammed Abdullah, deputy minister of Iraq's industry and minerals ministry has said the country plans to lure foreign firms to invest $35bn-$50bn in its gas sector to power a new petrochemicals industry from 2017-2023, Reuters has reported.

Read the entire article at IraqDirectory.com. .

Post your thoughts below... ]]> Iraq News Feeds dinarella http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174402-Iraq-seeks-up-to-50bn-gas-investment-then-big-petchem-plans http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174401-Al-Fayha-sees-precast-future-for-better-Iraq&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 23:23:12 GMT Al-Fayha Building Solutions, one of the biggest industrial contractors and service providers in south Iraq, is focusing resources on its precast concrete business in response to soaring demand, according to CEO Sarmad Al-Khudairi. Read the entire article at IraqDirectory.com. .... Al-Fayha Building Solutions, one of the biggest industrial contractors and service providers in south Iraq, is focusing resources on its precast concrete business in response to soaring demand, according to CEO Sarmad Al-Khudairi.

Read the entire article at IraqDirectory.com. .

Post your thoughts below... ]]> Iraq News Feeds dinarella http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174401-Al-Fayha-sees-precast-future-for-better-Iraq http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174400-South-Korea’s-Hanwah-Engineering-to-Sign-7-Billion-Iraq-Project&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 23:23:12 GMT Iraq will soon sign a $7 billion agreement with South Korea’s Hanwah Engineering & Construction Corp.

Read the entire article at IraqDirectory.com. .

Post your thoughts below... ]]> Iraq News Feeds dinarella http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174400-South-Korea’s-Hanwah-Engineering-to-Sign-7-Billion-Iraq-Project http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174396-Gazprom-set-to-pump-oil-from-Badrah-field-early-next-year&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 22:49:32 GMT 16/05/2012 17:16 WASIT, May 16 (AKnews) - Russia’s Gazprom Neft is expecting to export the first barrel of oil to the global market from the East Badrah oil field, Wasit province, early next year. The first export rate is expected to be 15,000 barrels per day (bpd). ... 16/05/2012 17:16 WASIT, May 16 (AKnews) - Russia’s Gazprom Neft is expecting to export the first barrel of oil to the global market from the East Badrah oil field, Wasit province, early next year.

The first export rate is expected to be 15,000 barrels per day (bpd).

Project director for the Middle East at Gazprom Alexander V Kolomatsky said during a visit to Wasit governor Mahdi al-Zubaidi that “actual pumping will begin early 2013 with a capacity of 15,000 bpd.”

Gazprom officials had planned to reach the 15,000 bpd capacity by the last quarter of 2013 because the oil field, which is near Iraq’s border with Iran, required clearance from field mines leftover from the bloody eight-year war between Iran and Iraq.

Progress in the de-mining work however has encouraged officials at Gazprom to increase their expectations: “After finishing with the mine problem, which stood as a significant impediment to the companies working on the project, we've extended and paved roads to link the oil fields with the oil constructions," said Kolomatsky.

"And the [initial] capacity [15,000 bpd] will be developed to reach 60,000 bpd by the first half of 2013. And to reach 120,000 bpd by the beginning of 2014."

In January 2010 Iraq signed a deal with Gazprom, Turkey’s TPAO, Korea’s KOGAS and Malaysia’s Petronas to develop its eastern Badrah oilfield, which has estimated reserves of 100 million barrels of oil.

By Hayder al-Azzawi

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IMF: Kuwait risking their savings drain from oil revenue

Date: Wednesday, 16-05-2012 07: 11 pm
Citizen-follow-up

The International Monetary Fund has warned Kuwait that it would all savings of oil revenues by 2017 if current spending rate.

"Fund, which held regular consultations with OPEC Member Kuwait in the last two weeks of April that Kuwait would not be able to save oil revenues in the FGF.

Kuwait needs to diversify its economy and improve its infrastructure and investment climate if it wants continued good financial situation.

He said the Fund would have to shrink the budget deficit Kuwait, excluding oil revenue and debt servicing by seven billion dinars (25 billion dollars) at least by 2017 to achieve long-term financial stability and compares it with the ... Government expenditure expected when about 25 billion dinars in 2017.

UNFPA said that there was an urgent need for financial cohesion in case of low oil prices. He said Kuwait

Times read: 162-comments: 0 ]]> Middle East Affairs Hue Mi http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174398-IMF-Kuwait-risking-their-savings-drain-from-oil-revenue http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174397-Mutleg-resumes-his-duties-at-his-office&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 22:47:54 GMT Wednesday, 16 May 2012 16:16 | | |


Baghdad (AIN) –The Deputy Premier, Salih al-Mutleg, resumed his duties on Wednesday.

The first activity for Mutleg at his office was meeting the Turkish Ambassador.

A statement by Mutleg's office received by All Iraq News Agency (AIN) cited "Mutleg received the Turkish Ambassador and discussed with him the means of developing bilateral relations between the two countries."

"Both sides discussed the regional situation and stressed the importance of adopting the dialogue to reach common points that consolidate historical and brotherly relations among the countries of the region," the statement added.

"Mutleg emphasized the significance of upgrading the cooperation in services, investment, sciences, culture and artistic fields," the statement mentioned.

"For his part, the Turkish Ambassador expressed his gratitude for Mutleg assuring the Turkish government's adherence to enhance relations with Iraq," the statement concluded.

http://www.alliraqnews.com/en/index....tical&Itemid=2 ]]> Iraq Politics JWing http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174397-Mutleg-resumes-his-duties-at-his-office http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174395-The-first-international-economic-conference-in-Karbala&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 22:21:24 GMT . The number of viewers.: 23 * The first international economic conference in Karbala... .
The number of viewers.: 23

The first international economic conference in Karbala

Wednesday, 16 may 2012 20: 11
[Karbala-where]

Concluded today in the Conference the economic events of Karbala, the first international with the participation of researchers and economists from Arab and foreign countries and Iraqi universities.

Associate Dean, said the Administration and Economics at the University of Karbala Mehdi OS for each agency Iraq [where] today that the "Conference aims to develop scientific diagnosis for estimating the country's fiscal policy, particularly regarding monetary circulation and influenced by the economic situation, political conditions through the use of foreign expertise that attended the Conference and participated in the series of research".

"Most of the participants in the Conference considered that the reason for the absence of a unified economic vision implementation effective economic policies is the juicy Iraqi Government regardless of many violations that denied Iraq access to the economies of most developing countries to least." ended 22 ]]> Iraq Economy Hue Mi http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174395-The-first-international-economic-conference-in-Karbala http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174394-1-2-MILLION-NEW-IRAQI-IRAQ-DINAR-20-x-25-000-UNCIRCULATED&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 22:21:06 GMT

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The number of viewers.: 37

Muthanna Governorate Council Chairman talks with a delegation from the World Bank implementing joint projects in conservation

Sunday, 13 may 2012 11: 14
[Muthanna-where]

Search local government in Muthanna Governorate with a delegation from the World Bank ways of mutual cooperation and joint projects previously executed between the two sides.

According to a statement from the provincial Council received both Iraq [where] a "conservative Premier Abdel Latif Al-Hassani and his delegation from the World Bank Presidency [Maria Helen] in Baghdad to discuss ways of mutual cooperation between the Muthanna Governorate and the Bank, in addition to the assessment work in joint ventures between the two sides and previously implemented at Muthanna."

"Al-Hasani stressed the need for the activation and development of cooperation between the parties, notably in the service sector such as electricity, agriculture, industry and other sectors," he said, "the World Bank to contribute in raising the Iraqi economy through the exchange of experiences or subsidized funding of investment projects".

He noted that "the history of the Bank is encouraging and is known to support the economy in developing countries and provinces of Muthanna Province despite poor possess all economic fundamentals." Finished. ]]> Iraq Economy Hue Mi http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174388-World-Bank-implementing-joint-conservation-projects-Muthanna-Governorate-Council-Chairman-talks http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174387-I-am-sad&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 22:05:37 GMT To begin. How sad. I am sad.
I believed. I read. I did research. I followed the forums, the sites, the "intel".
"Only till......"
I believed that one day, my ship would come in. Perhaps one day I would not be a burdon on my children.
So, eight almost nine years later...still I read maybe next week, maybe after this or that.
Yes I am sad.
I am at this moment in time:
Gas to be shut off.
Electrict to be shut off.
Water good, but for 1 month only.
Cable and internet only good till the first.
Mortgage behined by 1 month.
Car in the shop...wreck. oh ya...deductable.
Enough food for 1 week.
So, was it a good investment? Not sure at this point.

I have decided that to hang and read and hope is wrong. To find our way is right.
So, I will make my phone calls, make my arrangements.

Ask for help? Ya, no I don't do that. Pray? To what?
Who is going to pay my bills? Only me in my expererince.

You as followers of the "intel" and the "gurus" list your thankfulness in the what ever higher power.
Post thiething to your churches, and the blessing.

Me?

I will fall back on my backbone. ]]> sabrina http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174387-I-am-sad http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174386-attempted-7-trillion-dinars-theft-through-forged-instrument-by-unknown-person&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 22:04:34 GMT . The number of viewers.: 260 *Preliminary investigations: attempted theft 7 trillion dinars from the Ministry of finance was through forged instrument by unknown person... .
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Preliminary investigations: attempted theft 7 trillion dinars from the Ministry of finance was through forged instrument by unknown person

Wednesday, 16 may 2012 12: 00



[Baghdad-where]

The parliamentary Finance Committee Chairman al Haitham that "preliminary investigations to try to steal 7 trillion dinars from the Ministry of Finance indicated that it was a false instrument and crossed through anonymous until now has not been arrested."

He said Al-Juburi told AFP all Iraq [where] "this instrument revealed cash section through the accounting department in the Ministry of finance," he said, adding that "the mechanism used between dealing with the accounting department in the Ministry is through non-government accounts numbers that they found forged instrument account is personal and non-governmental.

"All alkhtomat and signatures used by the person who tried to steal the amount called [Abdoulaye] were forgeries", showing themselves on how to form some very secret alkhtomat which isn't possible forgery

This form of House of representative Committee of financialTo investigate the attempted theft of seven trillion dinars from the Ministry of financeThe Committee is headed by the Deputy State Attorney Haitham Al-Juburi membership law Risalat Najib on the Kurdish Alliance, Magda El-Tamimi on comrades, to supervise the Committee formed by the Ministry of finance to uncover the circumstances of that case.

The Ministry of Finance has been revealed through a statement on 17 April last the Ministry's accounting service had foiled major fraud was designed to steal more than 7 trillion dinars from the State Treasury through counterfeiting and forged signatures, official books of important officials in the Ministry of finance and the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers.

And stresses the informal statistics and press reports on financial and administrative corruption may cause the waste of millions of dollars of public money, and that money is its washed through buying property and open the fake companies and organizations outside the country and ended up 2. ]]> Iraq Economy Hue Mi http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174386-attempted-7-trillion-dinars-theft-through-forged-instrument-by-unknown-person http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174384-Central-Bank-return-of-dollar-to-120-days!&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 21:47:25 GMT .
Central Bank: the return of the dollar to 120 days!



Baghdad/Orr news

The Central Bank said that the dinar against the dollar will return to normal before about "120-121" few days criticizing lack of Government control over regional attack that targeted the Iraqi market.

Deputy Central Bank Governor Mohammad Saleh appearance that "dominant Bank heavily on the problem of rising dinar which is temporary due to attack on the Iraqi market from some regional States as well as the circumstances surrounding the result of trade openness without strong controls."

Saleh said "dinar to the dollar will gradually reinstated" 120-121 "after examining the Bank's problem and develop solutions rise to depend on Iraq's economy and its high financial powers, which are the best currently exists."

The Deputy Governor of the Central Bank said "the coming days will see a decrease of dinar and the end of the dollar in the Iraqi market and stability on its back."

The need to develop new solutions and controls to develop trade and goods entering the country to help lower the dollar against the Iraqi dinar and maintain the purchasing power of the Iraqi currency, global currencies", stating "the end regional attack carried out by States around the country in the past and that led to the Iraqi market instability and high dollar." ]]> Central Bank of Iraq: Iraqi Dinar Exchange Rates Hue Mi http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174384-Central-Bank-return-of-dollar-to-120-days! http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174383-Kurdistan-Presidency-threatens-to-disclose-Maliki-confidential-documents&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 21:34:07 GMT . But this has brought the situation caused by this time largely which cannot be tolerated *Presidency of Kurdistan Maliki threatens to disclose confidential documents... .
But this has brought the situation caused by this time largely which cannot be tolerated

Presidency of Kurdistan Maliki threatens to disclose confidential documents

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Kurdistan Presidency threatened to disclose documents concerning agreements between Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and his party and its roster with the territory or some confidential documents relating to matters of interest to the general political situation in Iraq.

Spokesperson for the Presidency of the Kurdistan region, told reporters on an interview Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki with space [r. t] "Al-Maliki and Kurdish during an interview with [space. Bar. T-] Maliki Kurdish "repeat what he used it from prolonged and accusations against the territory and try to blame others in all problems afflicting Iraq and introduced himself as protector of the Constitution and the unity of Iraq, and went further, declared himself protector of the Kurd leaders the Kurds instead of the legitimate representatives of the people of Kurdistan, therefore we will announce to public documents and evidence to refute these charges were contained fabricated".

"Al-Maliki reiterated accusations already answered them on several occasions, but this has brought the situation caused by this time largely which cannot be tolerated, so have to give explanations about the utterance in the language filled bullying anguish, we compared trove does not find us no choice but to take to the arena advertisers on documents and evidence debunking many of the policies pursued by the Office of the Prime Minister."

"We will announce these documents to Iraqi public opinion, whether documents concerning agreements between Mr. Maliki and his party and its roster with the territory, or some confidential documents relating to matters of interest to the general political situation in Iraq.

"Al-Maliki at this time had pulled out and showed everything in its interiors that intentions and his immersion in failed its uniqueness in this round was lost until seeing others and live with them, and this is what compels us to uncover some facts, but it is not our custom secrets revealed or abuse of inviolability of the boards, but we consider the truth and show and delivery to other important public opinion of our tasks, for this we will respond shortly to the accusations made by Al-Maliki against territory of false fabrications." ]]> Kurdish Politics Hue Mi http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174383-Kurdistan-Presidency-threatens-to-disclose-Maliki-confidential-documents http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174382-425-000-iraq-iraqi-17-x-25-000-dinars-25000-25k-dinar&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 21:24:57 GMT

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Nomani: money laundering worth billion dinars in banks eligibility Najaf Governorate

Tuesday, 15 may 2012 13: 07



{Baghdad: Euphrates news} head body integrity in the governorate of Najaf, Khaled Al-numani on money laundering operations worth billion dinars in banks County eligibility through some financial transfers for some investment projects in Najaf.

Najaf governorate is grabbed by investors Iraqis and foreigners to invest in various projects for its religious and tourist visitors flocking to the city from all over the world.

Nomani said Agency {Euphrates News} said Tuesday that "follow-up body integrity in Najaf revealed suspicious relations between private banks and some powerful officials in the province."

"Private banks are breaking investment laws in the country by granting responsible strongmen who give them investment opportunities loans billion dinars, which is not allowed by law".

Nomani said that "there are plenty of granted investment projects by investment were illegally through giving opportunities for responsible mtnfzein ineligible financially, directly or indirectly, and this is leading to destruction of investment in General and Iraq in particular Najaf."

"There are a lot of claims that calls on the Government to limit dealing with investment banks and some private banks that possess high efficiency with the confidence of the Iraqi Central Bank to maintain funds citizens who buy residential units in investment projects in the hopes of solving the housing problem.

The movement in Iraq has been significantly after the fall of the former regime in 2003 through the entry of many investment companies of various nationalities but some projects are sometimes fictitious and be behind fraud. finished 2 m ]]> Iraq Economy Hue Mi http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174381-money-laundering-worth-billion-dinars-in-banks-eligibility-Najaf-Governorate http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174380-GCC-denounces-Iran-quot-hostile-quot-attitude-towards-the-draft-unity-between-Saudi-Arabia-and-Bahrain&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 20:59:32 GMT .
GCC denounces Iran "hostile" attitude towards the draft unity between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain

Editor: OT
Wednesday 16 may 2012 13: 37 GMT
Alsumaria news/Beirut

The secretariat responded to GCC on the positions of Iran, "hostile" and its call for demonstrations Friday in parts of the country to protest the draft consortium between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, and describing it as "reveal bad intentions and concern and tension in the region."

He said the Council's Secretary General Abdel Latif Al-Zayani said in a statement that "the continuation of Iran in a provocative reveal hostility and bad intentions of concern and tension in the region," he said, adding that they "provoke open and flagrant interference in Bahrain's internal affairs".

He stressed that "relations between the GCC Gulf Arabs would not entitled Iran interfere."

And recommended that the leaders of the GCC Consultative Summit Monday (14 may 2012) in Riyadh updated proposals for establishment of Gulf Union and especially between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain in the shadow of threats facing the region, for discussion at the Special Summit held in the Saudi capital at a time when it is selected.

The Islamic propagation Coordination Council, which regulates the official events in a statement Wednesday, called on Iranians, to participate in the events that will take place after Friday prayers (18 may) to protest against "the US plan for annexation of Bahrain to Saudi Arabia and expressing their anger on both systems Khalifa Al Saud" for the United States, "according to the statement.

And Islamic propagation Coordination Council said that "this dangerous plot (a Union) is the result of us ill-boding triangle-British-Zionist to prevent extension of popular revolutions and resolving the crisis in Bahrain which disable System Khalifa on settled," he said, adding that "my family Al Saud and Al-Khalifa that educated that this type of plots will not restrain protest movement in Bahrain and the Islamic Awakening movement in the region."

Relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia soured dramatically since discovery of "conspiracy" to assassinate the Saudi Ambassador in Washington attributed to Iran accuses Saudi leaders also disruption to the Shiite minority in the Kingdom, and increased in worse feet in spring 2011 UK deployed force peninsula shield in Bahrain since 250 years ruled by Khalifa dynasty, Sunni Arabs, face a protest movement led by the country's Shiite majority.

As tensions in the Gulf States relations that are accusing Iran of interfering in their internal affairs by trying to expand and enhance its influence in troubled countries such as Syria and Bahrain and Iraq, as well as the level of high tension triggered by the visit of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's provocative to Abu Musa island at the entrance to the Gulf in April last year (2012) which are the subject of a dispute between Iran and the U.A.E. on sovereignty.

In contrast, Tehran is outraged by the activist support Riyadh and Qatar to Syrian opposition that threaten its manifestations system President Bashar Al-Assad's main ally in the region, Iran ]]> GCC - Gulf Cooperation Council Hue Mi http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174380-GCC-denounces-Iran-quot-hostile-quot-attitude-towards-the-draft-unity-between-Saudi-Arabia-and-Bahrain http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174379-Reconstruction-and-housing-plan-to-convert-all-its-companies-to-win-in-cooperation-with-World-Bank&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 20:47:04 GMT .
Reconstruction and housing plan to convert all its companies to win in cooperation with World Bank

Author: HM
Editor: GS | SS
Monday 14 may 2012 14: 56 GMT
Astbrk Ibrahim forks Deputy Minister of reconstruction and housing
Alsumaria news/Baghdad

Ministry of construction and housing of Iraq, Monday, on a plan to convert all its companies to win companies in cooperation with the World Bank, saying it will help them to develop and rehabilitate, revealed the wishes of global companies to form partnerships with them.

He said the Ministry's senior agent astbrk Ibrahim in an interview for "thistle Sumerian news", on the sidelines of a seminar held by the Ministry, today, about the necessary steps to transfer the subsidiaries to the winner, "the Ministry of construction and housing has devised a plan to consolidate their investments would transfer to private companies or State enterprises or contribution, and compete with winners from other companies in the domestic market in line with economic transformations present in Iraq."

Adding thorns that "participation will allow Ministry companies work quickly and completed projects to bat", adding that "convert to profitable companies would help to develop and rehabilitate productive factories and machinery, in addition to implementing projects mission and strategy without delay".

He thorns that "this command will in cooperation with the World Bank, consultants from him and from the British company Mackenzie", revealing "a desire for a number of foreign companies in the fields of contracting construction and advisory work and designs, for the purpose of partnerships with companies including Ministry, Turkish and Iranian companies Germany and British".

He thorns "highlighted the challenges facing the process of conversion is in Iraqi companies Act No. 22 of 1997 which prohibits State companies participate with local Iraqi companies, allowing them to conduct global partnerships with companies and only Arab", urged "the need for a rapid amendment of this law."

22 companies act of 1997 to allow the establishment of joint-stock companies and limited liability mixed state through contribute one or more configurations with at least 25% of the shares of the company with one or more private company also allows for the right to participate with companies and institutions in Arabic and foreign acts related to company objectives within Iraq.

Ministry of construction and housing nine companies are companies which finance themselves, these companies have deteriorated, especially after 2003 due to looting which hit at the time, add an and its machines which are not mechanisms keep pace with development located in the States of the world, and the Ministry's companies are companies, FAO and Mansour, peace and Saad al-Faruq and rational wehamorabi and Al-Mu'tasim and motion. ]]> Iraq Economy Hue Mi http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174379-Reconstruction-and-housing-plan-to-convert-all-its-companies-to-win-in-cooperation-with-World-Bank http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174378-Iraqi-dinar-iqd-currency-new-25k-one-500-000-(1-2-million)-25000-x-20-notes&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 16:21:29 GMT

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oops old info, nevermind. :dull: ]]> WhiteFeather http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174376-National-Chemical-amp-Plastic-Ind-(INCP) http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174373-RECRUITER-VIDEO-James-Allen-On-Security-In-Iraq&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 14:33:58 GMT http://musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2012/05/recruiter-video-james-allen-on-security.html http://musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/20...-security.html ]]> Iraq General News JWing http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174373-RECRUITER-VIDEO-James-Allen-On-Security-In-Iraq http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174375-Maliki’s-Visit-To-Kirkuk-Meant-To-Divide-Iraqi-National-Movement-And-Kurdish-Coalition&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 14:32:29 GMT At the beginning of May 2012, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki made a provocative trip to Kirkuk in Tamim province. There he held a meeting of his cabinet, and declared the city an Iraqi one. This was a bold move aimed at not only his main rivals, the Iraqi National Movement (INM), which won half... At the beginning of May 2012, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki made a provocative trip to Kirkuk in Tamim province. There he held a meeting of his cabinet, and declared the city an Iraqi one. This was a bold move aimed at not only his main rivals, the Iraqi National Movement (INM), which won half the votes in the province in the 2010 elections, but also the Kurdish Coalition, that wants to annex Kirkuk. The event was meant to bring back Maliki’s nationalist image, which he had dropped for sectarianism in the last vote, as well as drive a wedge between the National Movement and Kurds who had increasingly been working together to oppose the prime minister.

continued ]]> Iraq Politics JWing http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174375-Maliki’s-Visit-To-Kirkuk-Meant-To-Divide-Iraqi-National-Movement-And-Kurdish-Coalition http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174374-US-ARMY-VIDEO-Abrams-Tanks-Being-Fired-By-Iraqis&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 14:30:37 GMT http://musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2012/05/us-army-video-abrams-tanks-being-fired.html http://musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/20...ing-fired.html ]]> Iraq General News JWing http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174374-US-ARMY-VIDEO-Abrams-Tanks-Being-Fired-By-Iraqis http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174372-Union-bank&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 14:01:32 GMT *Received free shares from union bank and placed in proxy. Just information.* Received free shares from union bank and placed in proxy. Just information. ]]> calstar http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174372-Union-bank http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174371-May-15-amp-16-1166&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 11:58:13 GMT *Announcement No. (2135)* The latest daily currency auction was held in the Central Bank of Iraq on the 15-MAY-2012. The results were as follows: Number of banks *20* Auction price selling dinar / US $ *1166* Amount sold at auction price (US $) *241. 961.000* Cash: *$* *4.705.000*...

Announcement No. (2135)

The latest daily currency auction was held in the Central Bank of Iraq on the 15-MAY-2012. The results were as follows:
Number of banks 20
Auction price selling dinar / US $ 1166
Amount sold at auction price (US $) 241. 961.000
Cash: $ 4.705.000
Transfers: $ 237.256.000

Announcement No. (2136)

The latest daily currency auction was held in the Central Bank of Iraq on the 16-MAY-2012. The results were as follows:
Number of banks 17
Auction price selling dinar / US $ 1166
Amount sold at auction price (US $) 153.330.000
Cash: $ 2.155.000
Transfers: $ 151.175.000
]]> Central Bank of Iraq: Iraqi Dinar Exchange Rates bultn http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174371-May-15-amp-16-1166 http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174370-Iraq-tempted-international-companies-billions-of-dollars-in-oil-projects-management&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 06:20:12 GMT .
Iraq tempted international companies billions of dollars in oil projects management

Tuesday, 15 may 2012 10: 23

Twilight news/ Federal Oil Ministry invited, global consulting firms to bid for a multibillion-dollar project management to pump water in oilfields.



Project aims to contribute to the enhancement of extraction rates and maintain the level of pressure in the fields of overcoming declining production in fields such as West Qurna, Rumailah and Zubair and crazy.

Head of southern oil company, dhiya Jafar "State company sent letters to companies specific advisory services and expect to receive submissions soon", stating that "the winning company will contribute to the implementation of water injection project."

Iraqi oil minister Abdel Karim for would last week, announced that he was developing an abbreviated list of a number of companies.

Jaafar said that "pulling lead project from Exxon not Kurdish deals and blamed poor coordination and project economics by Exxon.

Jaafar said that "Iraq intends to close its port maritime Gulf President of maintenance".

The check was signed to ExxonMobil u.s. oil companies that won contracts to develop the southern fields to coordinate preliminary studies for the project.

But the project was withdrawn from the company in February after exploration contracts signed with Kurdistan region which irritated the Federal Government in Baghdad described the deals as illegal.

Jaafar said that "the first phase of maintenance will be detected underwater pipelines operating since 1975 in the southern port of export and change any parts of Basra damaged." ]]> Iraq Oil Hue Mi http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174370-Iraq-tempted-international-companies-billions-of-dollars-in-oil-projects-management http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174369-Iraq-plans-to-develop-fledgling-gas-sector-to-provide-energy-for-petrochemical-industry&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 06:11:58 GMT .
Iraq plans to develop the fledgling gas sector to provide energy for petrochemical industry

15/05/2012 5: 14 pm
Iraq/Baghdad gate:

Undersecretary of the Ministry of industry and mining corporations Mohammed Abdullah ” that Iraq planned to develop the fledgling gas sector to provide energy to petrochemical industry and looked forward to foreign companies to invest between 35 and 50 billion dollars in the period between the years 2017 and 2023. This ambitious plan designed to produce 10 million tonnes of petrochemical annually during that period.

He added that the Iraqi Ministry of oil negotiations with Royal Dutch Shell and Chevron Phillips chemical's investment in some projects being considered, said shell is in talks to build petrochemical factory costing between eight to 10 billion dollars in Basra, adding that the company had signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry in this regard.

He noted that Chevron Phillips chemical is interested in rehabilitating the petrochemical plant in Basra and building a new plant.

This was Iraq occurred in November a final deal worth seven ten billion dollars with Royal Dutch Shell, Mitsubishi for the incarceration of associated gas to oil fields South which means the exploitation of more than 700 million cubic feet of gas are burned every day. ]]> Iraq Oil Hue Mi http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174369-Iraq-plans-to-develop-fledgling-gas-sector-to-provide-energy-for-petrochemical-industry http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174368-Maliki-is-trying-to-block-the-national-conference-says-Kurdish-Blocs-Coalition&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 02:59:16 GMT 15/05/2012 16:55 CAIRO, May 15 (AKnews) - The Kurdish Blocs Coalition (KBC) today demanded Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to implement the Erbil agreement, apply the principle of national partnership in the management of the country, respect the constitution and solving all... 15/05/2012 16:55 CAIRO, May 15 (AKnews) - The Kurdish Blocs Coalition (KBC) today demanded Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to implement the Erbil agreement, apply the principle of national partnership in the management of the country, respect the constitution and solving all the problems related to it.

The KBC said it wants Maliki to focus on these activities instead of disbanding the Council of Representatives or freezing the constitution to block the national conference.

The vice chairman of the KBC in the Iraqi Council of Representatives Mohsen al-Sadoun said on the sidelines of his participation in the meetings of the Arab Parliament in Cairo that "the daily meetings by the president with the prime minister and heads of political blocs to find solutions is the appropriate chance to hold the national conference and solve all the political problems.

"There's a need to give importance for the message of Moqtada al-Sadr and the consultative meeting held in Erbil, and this letter was addressed to the National Coalition and an answer was supposed to be given to approve on the Erbil agreements and the approval of all political parties to hold the conference as soon as possible.

"All political parties want to meet, to end the crisis and there should be a clear agenda that all parties should be committed to in order implement the remaining agreements of Erbil and apply the principle of national partnership."

With regard to the Prime Minister's visit to Kirkuk, Sadoun said: "We in the KBC consider that Maliki's visit to Kirkuk is inappropriate at the current time and the concerned parties and politicians must find the right solutions and a suitable platform for the national conference instead of going to a tense province and creating problems.

"Calling for disbanding the Council of Representatives and freezing the constitution are negative attitudes that don't meet the aspiration of the Iraqi people. Freezing the constitution is risky because it represents the will of the people who voted for it and no one can freeze it and a referendum can be done to amend some of its paragraphs."

By Sara Ali

http://www.aknews.com/en/aknews/4/307193/ ]]> Iraq Politics JWing http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174368-Maliki-is-trying-to-block-the-national-conference-says-Kurdish-Blocs-Coalition http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?174367-Iraqi-VP-s-ex-guards-say-they-had-orders-to-kill&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 02:53:41 GMT By SINAN SALAHEDDIN, Associated Press – 5 hours ago
BAGHDAD (AP) — Former bodyguards for Iraq's fugitive vice president testified Tuesday that they were ordered to kill security officials and plant roadside bombs as a politically charged terror trial against the Sunni leader got under way.
Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi, who was in Turkey but faced trial in absentia, has denied all charges against him. If convicted, he could face the death penalty.
The case threatens to paralyze Iraq's government by fueling simmering Sunni and Kurdish resentments against Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who critics claim is monopolizing power. Al-Hashemi is an ardent critic of al-Maliki, whose government issued a warrant for the vice president's arrest the day after U.S. troops left Iraq last December.
Al-Hashemi has been accused of playing a role in 150 bombings, assassinations and other attacks from 2005 to 2011, according to the judicial council. The Iraqi government alleges that Sunni death squads were largely composed of his bodyguards and other employees.
The charges against the vice president span the worst years of bloodshed that followed the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq as retaliatory sectarian attacks between Sunni and Shiite militants pushed the country to the brink of civil war. He has been in office since 2006.
Tuesday's testimony focused on more recent years, when violence ebbed but insurgents continued to attack security forces and other targets in a bid to undermine the Iraqi government in the run-up to the U.S. withdrawal in December.
Bodyguard Odai Ghazi Amin, who served in the Iraqi army under Saddam Hussein, said he joined al-Hashemi's staff in 2008 and was ordered by the vice president's son-in-law in 2009 to escort bomb-planting missions on roads across Baghdad.
In 2011, Amin said he was told to assassinate an army general and a lawyer — orders he tried to avoid by asking for a job transfer. But he said he was threatened by the son-in-law, who ran al-Hashemi's office, that he would be killed and his family in danger if he refused the deadly missions.
Last September, Amin testified, he was summoned to meet with the vice president.
"Al-Hashemi told me that he is going to assign me to kill some officers who work against the interests of the state and to carry out operations on security checkpoints," Amin said.
Amin testified that after the meeting, al-Hashemi's son-in-law Ahmed Qahtan, who also faces terror charges, gave him and two other bodyguards silenced guns and told them to assassinate army Brig. Gen. Talib Balaasim. The bodyguards tracked down Balaasim in western Baghdad, and Amin testified that he killed the general, in a Sept. 26 drive-by shooting before returning to al-Hashemi's office in the heavily guarded Green Zone.
"About two days after the attack, al-Hashemi received us (in his office) and said to us, 'God bless your efforts,'" Amin testified. He said the bodyguards shared a $3,000 payment.
Amin's account was later contradicted by testimony from another bodyguard, Yassir Saadi Hassoun. Hassoun said he and his brother opened fire on Balaasim, not Amin.
A third bodyguard, Ahmed al-Jubouri, described a November 2011 shooting that killed national security official Ibrahim Saleh Mahdi and his wife. Al-Jubouri said Mahdi was ordered killed because he had become "a source of annoyance" to al-Hashemi.
Al-Hashemi is in Turkey, where he has said he is receiving medical treatment. His spokesman, Fahad al-Turki, said al-Hashemi was not available to comment on Tuesday's proceedings. Ahmed Qahtan also is in Turkey.
He has hotly denied the charges, and accuses the government of torturing his bodyguards to obtain confessions from them. The Iraqi judiciary last month investigated and dismissed his claims.
The vice president believes he will not get a fair trial in Baghdad's criminal court, and has asked that the case be heard by a special tribunal appointed by parliament.
His allies see the trial as another political power battle in Iraq.
"As far as I'm concerned, the issue of al-Hashemi is more political than a legal one," said Sunni lawmaker Hamid al-Mutlaq of the Iraqiya political bloc that opposes al-Maliki.
Al-Hashemi's trial has also strained relations between Iraq and several of its mainly Sunni neighbors, including the Gulf states and Turkey.
Earlier this month, Interpol issued a so-called "red notice" on al-Hashemi, which puts member countries on alert that he is wanted for arrest in Baghdad. But Turkey, which has provided sanctuary to al-Hashemi and is on tense terms with his opponents in the Iraqi government, is hesitant to pursue the Sunni vice president.
The trial was scheduled to resume on Sunday.
Underscoring the continued violence in Iraq, a suicide bomber drove an explosives-rigged fuel truck into the front gate of an army post in the northern city of Mosul, a former al-Qaida stronghold, wounding 15 people, authorities said.

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The source, who asked not to be named and belongs to the mediating parties, told AKnews: "We started a political movement in order to end the political dispute between Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and his deputy Saleh al-Mutlaq. The issue will be resolved soon."

Maliki said on Sunday that Mutlaq's issue is political and cannot be resolved except through political meetings, emphasizing that Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi's issue cannot be included within the political discussions since it is a judicial issue.

Maliki decided to freeze the work of the office of his deputy Saleh al-Mutlaq after the latter described the PM as "dictator". Maliki considered this as an insult against him and the Iraqi state.

The word "dictator" was used later more than once against Maliki by prominent leaders, including the cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, leader of Iraqiya Ayad Allawi and the Kurdistan Region's President Massoud Barzani.

Article 78 of the Iraqi constitution states: "The Prime Minister is the direct executive official responsible for the general policy of the state, and is the commander of the armed forces, manages the Council of Ministers, presides its meetings and has the right to dismiss ministers with the consent of the Council of Representatives."

Mutlaq heads the National Dialogue Front and he was included within the de-Baathification procedures. The Justice and Accountability Committee (JAC) excluded him from the political process but a political agreement allowed dropping the proceedings against him after signing a renunciation from the disbanded Baath Party.

By Raman Brosk

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Nineveh (AIN) –The member of The Justice and Reformation Movement, Mohammed al-Jouburi, has drawn his personal weapon against the member of the Nineveh Fraternity Slate, Durman Khtari, while holding the session of Nineveh Provincial Council."
An informed source stated to All Iraq News Agency (AIN) "Jouburi had a heated argument with Khtari over the offices of the committees of Nineveh PC which resulted in drawing his weapon against Khtari."
The source did not mention further details.

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KARBALA/ Aswat al-Iraq: Water Resources Minister announced today that Iraq will resort to the United Nations to get its water share from its neighboring countries, disclosing the formation of a higher Water Council to be run by Premier Nouri al-Maliki.
Muhanad Si'aidi announced today in Karbala at the opening ceremony of one of the main canals in the province, attended by Aswat al-Iraq, that there are international agreements that control the distribution of waters from the origin countries to passing by ones.
He added that "Iran, Turkey and Syria do not give Iraq sufficient shares of water, which made the country pass in a water crisis in both the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers".
Si'aidi confirmed that Iraq will resort to the United Nations for help to solve such crisis and halting water atrocities.

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The three-year contract has an estimated value to Hill of approximately IQD 3.8 billion ($3.3 million).
The new Olympic-sized, 30,000-seat stadium, which will be designed to comply with FIFA standards, is expected to have a construction cost of approximately IQD 116 billion ($100 million).
“We are honored that the Ministry of Youth and Sports continues to show confidence in Hill,” said Mohammed Al Rais, Senior Vice President and Managing Director (Middle East) for Hill’s Project Management Group. “We look forward to helping manage construction of this prestigious project,” Al Rais added.
(Source: Hill International)


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