Kuwait Receives US$1 Billion Compensation For Iraq's Invasion
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 24 (Bernama) -- The United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC), which settles damage claims of those who suffered losses in the 1990 Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, on Thursday provided US$1.06 billion to the Kuwaiti government.
This brings to US$47.8 billion the total compensation received by Kuwait so far with US$4.6 billion due to be paid, Xinhua news agency reported.
Successful claims are paid with money drawn from the UN Compensation Fund, which is financed by a percentage of proceeds generated by export sales of Iraqi petroleum and related products.
The Commission has received nearly three million claims including from some 100 governments, their nationals and corporations for losses and damages incurred as a result of Iraq's invasion and occupation of Kuwait from Aug 2, 1990 to March 2, 1991.
The Kuwaiti government's claim constitutes the largest award by the commission.
In his first speech on the occasion of the month of Muharram, Abadi calls to unite
Brother - Baghdad - Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, on Friday, on the occasion of the new Hijra year and the month of Muharram to unite and inspire lessons from the march of Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) in the victory over the enemies of the nation and Islam who wreak the country's devastation and backwardness, pointing out that history repeats itself, it is fought The murderer of Imam Hussein, they themselves are killing Iraqis and disbelieve all doctrines, saying this month that the month of national unity and the beginning of the perpetuation of victories. Ebadi said in a statement issued today, on the occasion of the new Hijra year and the month of Muharram, and received the Agency for News News (et) a copy of it, The "Iraq is undergoing a serious require everyone to Taatzafar their efforts and unite to achieve victory over our common enemy, which is represented by the organization Daash terrorist and other terrorist organizations," adding that "history repeats itself, it is fought and fought Imam Hussein, peace be upon him they themselves are killing Iraqis and disbelieve All sects today and backed agendas do not want Iraq and its people, the good and the security and stability. " added Abadi we "Taking passes we start the new Hijra year and the anniversary of the victory of blood over the sword, it is necessary to have everyone on the amount of responsibility but not this month, the beginning of the real to expel terrorist organizations from Iraq and live in peace and safety and security and are heading for the reconstruction and construction for the welfare of the children of this country. " and called on the Prime Minister on this occasion to "unite and inspire lessons from the march of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him in the victory over the enemies of the nation and Islam who wreak the country's devastation and backwardness." and stressed Abadi " the need to heed the citizen to the size of the devastation of the terrorist organizations and seriousness on Iraq and its people as we are, as we said earlier, we live in the Battle of the existence of targeting our being and our country, let it be this month is the month of national unity and the beginning of the perpetuation of the victories achieved by our security forces and pathos including Euclid Imam Hussein and his followers peace be upon them In the battle of Taf Fdona one is tarnishing the image of Islam deliberately implementation of foreign plots. " and called Abadi all countries that "contribute to the fight against extremist ideas deviated far from true Islam and that the initiative to uproot these temptations from the root to enjoy the area of security and peace Religion Islam is a religion of peace It is innocent of what he is doing these killers. "
Saleem al-Jubouri: beyond with siblings Kuwaitis black page on the past
BAGHDAD - Iraq Press - October said the head of the Iraqi parliament, Saleem al-Jubouri, from his residence in Kuwait before returning to Baghdad that "the meetings he held with officials of the Kuwaiti, led by the Emir of Kuwait Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and Chairman of Kuwait Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Sabah and Kuwaiti Prime Marzouq Al-Ghanim., dealt Search future prospects between the two countries, bypassing the black page of the past and looking forward to the stage of the best and finest of which we open the pages of mutual cooperation. "
He said al-Jubouri, "I've been a formal invitation to the President of the Kuwaiti National Assembly, Marzouq Al-Ghanim, to await the visit of the Iraqi parliament and through official channels to determine the date and the Iraqi people and we will be very pleased to meet this call."
He pointed out that "the visit, First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah to Iraq recently at the head of a delegation representing the Arab League were positive eating issues which both sides with the utmost transparency and clarity."
And on the multiplicity of the People's Armed factions in Iraq today, along with the Iraqi army, al-Jubouri said that "no security, no stability unless the weapon was trapped in the hands of the state and through its official institutions respected and regarded by everyone."
He said al-Jubouri, "need to restore the Iraqi army during the restoration of the building is structured on the basis of incorrect in light of the support by the government and the parliament." Admiral ended
Allawi confirms the importance of the independence of the judiciary, Mahmoud and remove him from the political pressure
[Baghdad-where] His vice-president for national reconciliation, Iyad Allawi, in his office in Baghdad, the head of the Federal Judicial Judge Medhat al-Mahmoud.
A statement by Allawi's office received by all of Iraq [where] a copy of it, "it was during the meeting on the need to develop the work of the judiciary, which play an important role in the effective administration of justice, truth and justice to the oppressed."
The statement added that "the two sides stressed the need to be independent of that away from the political pressure in order to achieve the interests of all Iraqis gathered in a genuine reconciliation of all parties and the rule of law and transparency in the judiciary to protect the citizen, restitution for their owners" Ended
Human Rights: The Iraqi government has failed to dissolve the crisis of displaced people and returning them to their homes
BAGHDAD - Iraq Press - 24 October / October revealed the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, on Friday, for the increasing numbers of displaced relative to previously reported figures, which pointed to the arrival of the preparation of the displaced to 1.8 million displaced people from all regions of the turmoil in Iraq.
A member of the Human Rights Commission and an official file of displaced persons and displaced in Iraq within the Commission, dominated Baghlan, L / Iraq Press / that "that the number of displaced people from the hot spots in Iraq because of the security situation exceeded one million and 800 000 displaced people to reach 2.35 million displaced people Miakd difficult situation through which Iraq from the human side of how to minimize the preparation of the displaced ", alluding to" send the numbers to the United Nations to provide the necessary assistance and rescue thousands of families, especially those living in the tents with the onset of winter and rain. "
He Bajalan "The Iraqi government has proved its failure to contain the crisis, displaced by the failure to provide security for them or bring them back to their home areas or to provide supplies necessary for them in terms of housing and the amounts of money that went into a tunnel of corruption and the reluctance distributed among the displaced," he said, adding that "the Commission raised some quick solutions to accommodate the displaced camps while resolving the problems of providing them with caravans or housed in government buildings unoccupied rental or hotels of category three and four-star to house them because the issue of the provision of mobile homes require time and winter will not wait in light of the government deficit. " Admiral ended
Araji: guide the next phase is to give more powers to the provinces
Alsumaria News / Baghdad - announced Deputy Prime Minister Bahaa al-Araji, said Friday that the trend in the next phase will be about giving more powers to the provinces, pointing out that local governments know the needs of the children of its provinces. said al-Araji said in a statement received "Alsumaria News" copy of it, " orientation in the next phase is to give more powers to the provinces in order to play its role in charge, "noting that" local governments know the needs of the people of those provinces. " added al-Araji, that "local governments at the same time be accountable to the provinces to cover the projects need the necessary and maximum depending on the priorities of service work. " It is noteworthy that many of the local governments in the provinces called on the central government to the need to expand its powers, stressing that this would give it an important role in the completion of service projects lagging, and reduces according to experts from the burden of red tape caused by the central system. https://www.alsumaria.tv/news/114304/...D9%84%D8%A7/ar
Jabbar Yawar: Peshmerga are going to Kobanī coordination with America
Erbil - Iraq Press - 24 October / October revealed the Ministry of Peshmerga in Kurdistan Region, on Friday, the military force of the Peshmerga, which would be sent to Kobanī small but backed semi-heavy weapons to lift the siege of the city in question.
The secretary-general of the Ministry of Peshmerga team, Jabbar Yawar, L / Iraq Press / "The force sent by the Ministry of Peshmerga during the next few days to support the protection units of the Kurdish people in Kobanī small but equipped with sophisticated weapons, semi-heavy."
And add Yawar that "sending troops Peshmerga comes in coordination with the American side and the Turkish and Syrian Kurdish parties the fact that the protection Kobanī the responsibility of everyone and to all parties involved released from the Daash This step is important for the response of the political terms and in terms of national security Kurdish," stressing that "the American side coordinate Today directly with protection units of the Kurdish people in Syria and the Kurdish Democratic Union Party, which is led by Saleh Syrian Muslim. " Ahh ended
Moqtada al-Sadr will not be allowed for "Peace Brigades" take part in the battles of Al-Anbar
BAGHDAD - Iraq Press - 24 October / October: MP from the Sadrist movement, Abdul Aziz Dalimy, on Friday, said that "the current leader Moqtada al-Sadr has decided not to send any element of Saraya peace to participate in the fighting in Anbar province, in case it was agreed that this ".
Said Dalimy L / Iraq Press / "The meeting, which brought together a delegation from the province of Anbar, headed by the provincial council chairman, morning Krhot, and Mr. Muqtada al-Sadr in the holy city of Najaf said al-Sadr in which he would not send Saraya peace to participate in the battles in Anbar province, but will make this the share of people of the province they are exclusively bear the responsibility for the restoration of their wallets and more to know who belongs to Daash today or not. "
He noted that "Mr. Muqtada al-Sadr offered to help one delegation Anbar province is send some leaders of Saraya to train the sons of Anbar and providing them with weapons and military uniforms Talk about sending organizing brigades to Anbar will not get particularly and that the battle for the preservation of the Battle of existence," he described.
On the other hand revealed one of the members of the delegation referred Anbar province, a visit to the province of Najaf, said the "Chairman of the Board of Anbar province, Krhot morning, a request from the leader of Sadr Brigades not to send peace to participate in the fighting, fearing for maintaining some of the developments of sectarian tendencies."
The source said that "Muqtada al-Sadr, as this opinion and going along a decision not to send brigades to be fighting there, the share of people of the province and computes them in case rescued from Daash, especially since the head of the Anbar provincial council, told al-Sadr that there are some parties within the province wants to build-up tribal sectarian against Saraya in If entering "noting that" the head of the Anbar provincial council, told al-Sadr also said that the battle in Anbar long and difficult and no one can eliminate the regulation, but by ground forces, international, especially American and will be admitted in the form of payments as advisors to the rules in Anbar, one of the other reasons that prompted al-Sadr also for not sending brigades to the west of Iraq. " Admiral ended
American officials: the Iraqi army has lost much of its effectiveness in the era of al-Maliki
American officials announced that the Iraqi army need several months to be able to launch a large-scale attack on elements of the organization "Daash" to regain territory controlled by.
The news agency (AFP) military official demanded anonymity, said that "Iraqi forces are now capable of launching attacks narrow band against Daash, but they need time to become ready to launch massive operations even under air assistance provided by its raids international coalition led by the United States against the organization. "
"We can do it in months, not years," but he added, explaining that "it's not imminent."
In response to a question about the time needed to become the Iraqi army was able to launch an attack to regain the city of Mosul, the American official said that this period may be one year.
Officials acknowledged in the Central American military command responsible for the Middle East and Central Asia that "the pace of air strikes in Iraq is limited, because the Iraqi army does not take very much on the defensive rather than offensive."
He said American officials, that "the Iraqi army has lost much of its effectiveness in the era of former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki as a lot of qualified officers have been replaced by others less efficient for political reasons and favoritism as the military equipment that has been neglected."
They said it was "too early to judge the effectiveness of the strategy President Barack Obama to eliminate the organization Daash". (AA)
Sadrist Zamili nominate a substitute for Asadi and leaders of the coalition opposed
Baghdad-Iraq-Presse -24 October / October: A source from within the State of Law coalition, said Friday that the Sadrists addressed the National Alliance, the main parties, in the past two days, to get the position of senior agent of the Ministry of the Interior.
The source told / Iraq Press / that "contacts led the parties to a window inside the Sadrist movement, during the past two days, to convince the parties to the National Alliance that Atsenm candidate for the current position of senior agent of the Ministry of the Interior, especially after the news that indicated that the Interior Minister Mohammed Ghaban intends to change agent Current Adnan al-Asadi. "
He added, "The Sadrists put up one candidate for this position is a member of the Commission on Security and Defense parliamentary governor Zamili" not striking out that "this proposal is obligatory objections range of the leaders of the coalition, which demanded the name of another candidate for the existence of negative indicators on Zamili."
Did not rule out the source, the possibility that "the Ghaban replace Adnan al-Asadi, on the grounds that the latter was a candidate for the position of the last out of Iraq," but he stressed that "a strong relationship linking the two men, especially since Monday a coalition of state law, Ghaban for Badr al-Asadi from the Dawa party." Ended
Union of Kurdistan: Kuwait is ready to turn off Iraq's debts and help the displaced
BAGHDAD - Iraq Press - 24 October / October: Informed sources said, Kuwait has proposed opening the doors in front of its investment instead of remaining amounts owed by Iraq and its willingness to help the displaced before the onset of winter.
The MP said the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), Nawzad Messenger, that "the Kuwaiti side told us during our recent visit to Kuwait within the parliamentary delegation, that Kuwait is ready to extinguish what Iraq owes the debt, but the Security Council hinders Surely orientation due to legal and technical procedures," noting that " Kuwaitis also suggested opening the doors in front of the Kuwaiti companies Investment as a substitute for the amount of the remaining six billion dollars owed by Iraq. "
Abizaid and the Messenger said, "We have been agreed between the delegation of the Iraqi parliament and the Kuwaiti National Assembly on the visit of a delegation from the National Assembly of Iraq in the coming days to promote parliamentary cooperation frameworks in order to serve the common interests of the two brotherly peoples."
He added that "Kuwait also expressed its willingness to aid the displaced and displaced Iraqis in all Iraqi provinces, through the adoption of non-governmental organizations take it upon themselves to expedite the relief of displaced families, which is now under the threat of rain at the beginning of the winter season." Admiral end
Algeria: the American war on Daash big lie and guide munitions and weapons Kobanī
BAGHDAD - Iraq Press - 24 October / October: As it became clear that the United States wants to prolong the war and the fragmentation of the region and to maintain the balance of power to increase the profits of companies that achieve 650 million dollars a day from the war on so-called organization of the state and the double standards they allow Beshmkrh Iraqi fighting in Kobanī Syrian aircraft in time to receive ammunition and weapons on Daash under the banner of "thrown by mistake" to see that the issue of Iran Att be a Daash between NATO and the United States may be directly or indirectly by the war and only the big lie.
In the meantime, said Assistant Chief of the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Brigadier General Massoud Algerian, that American troops and without any shame deliberately throwing gear on Daash Miakd in Iraq that the American coalition against organized a big lie. "
The Dean Algerian told Iranian state television that "On the military side, and without the slightest doubt, take a big load of food, medicine and weapons to Daash by American planes can not only be a thing has been planned and coordinated in advance," he described.
He continued by saying that "the US-led coalition knows this area well and aircraft control to control, and therefore the world is facing a big lie under the title" alliance against Daash, "and expressed" hope that helps the spread of such a news and reports on the region in clarifying the fact that things are public opinion and, unfortunately, The world is facing what could be called state terrorism awry, "he said. Admiral ended
America punishes buyer of oil from the organization "Daash"
BAGHDAD / obelisk: threatened the administration of President Barack Obama to impose sanctions on buying oil from each of the organization of the Islamic state in an effort to disrupt what it says is the source of funding provides a million dollars a day .
It also said that the Syrian government may have agreed to buy oil from the militant group who seized large swathes of Iraq and Syria in a brutal campaign .
He says Undersecretary of the Treasury David Cohen that he could pose a threat to the United States and its allies if it did not stop .
Cohen added, "with the important exception of some terrorist organizations sponsored by the states is likely to be regulated by the state Islamic terrorist organizations is the best that we face funding." His comments were intended to cast them at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace .
Cohen said it is reviewing the most comprehensive financial strategy against the US-Islamic state even now that the militant group gets tens of millions of dollars a month through sources include sales of oil and ransom, extortion and other criminal activities, along with the support of wealthy donors .
He added that an important source of funding for oil. The organization works through the black market for oil in Syria, Iraq, and repeats some of the production and sell it to smugglers pass it on to Turkey and the Kurdistan region of Iraq .
Cohen said that the Syrian government, which is fighting a civil war for more than three years against the forces of the opposition and also apparently agreed to buy oil from the organization of the Islamic state .
He added that some of the air strikes in recent times from the United States and allied countries destroyed some refineries controlled by the organization, disrupting its revenue from oil but still it is important to reach other ways to attack the sources of funding and prevent the arrival to the formal financial system .
Cohen said, "You must know the brokers and traders, refineries, transport companies and any one else is dealing in oil Islamic state that we are working hard to identify them and we have the means available to stop them . "
The sanctions prohibit American companies and individuals from access to the American financial system and is usually followed by banks around the world, which is concerned to deal with the enemies of the United States .
The United States will also disable other financing activities of the organization and of which about 20 million dollars achieved from kidnapping people for ransom this year .
Khandan - ali Naji MP for the coalition of state law on the Keywords, for a planned visit by Turkish Prime Minister Ahmed Davutoglu to Baghdad, to discuss relations between Turkey and Iraq, while noting that the Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has a tour planned to the countries of the region may include Turkey as well. Alak said in a statement to "Khandan" that "there are round anticipated to Ebadi to countries in the region, after he visited the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran, and will be his visit to Jordan," adding that "the visit of Jordan will discuss strengthening relations aspects of security, economic and other topics." He noted relationship to "the existence of an expected visit by the Turkish prime minister to Baghdad, to discuss ways to develop relations between the two sides, especially the challenges the terror faced by Iraq, and discussed in the rest of the other files," likely that "there will be a visit to Ebadi to Turkey as well," asserting that "dates of visits did not specify, and it is left to the federal Office of the Prime Minister."
Finance Minister calls on the government and parliament to serious cooperation in tackling the financial crisis
BAGHDAD / NINA / Finance Minister Hoshyar Zebari called on to serious cooperation among the three presidencies and the government and the parliament, ministries and state bodies and pursue transparency in dealing with the financial crisis.
A statement by the Ministry of Finance said that "the ministerial committee set up by the Council of Ministers held its sixth meeting, to arrange the priorities of the federal budget for fiscal year 2014, and to reduce the budget deficit and the search for solutions to finance the deficit and increase the resources of the state.
They emphasized during the meeting, which was headed by the Minister of Finance in the presence of Ministers of Oil, Defense Interior, Electricity, and representatives from the Ministry of Planning and the Central Bank and a number of experts, on the importance of reducing expenses and serious cooperation among the three presidencies, the government, the parliament, ministries and state bodies and pursue transparency in dealing with the financial crisis, with an emphasis on supporting the military effort and security to combat terrorism. / End
Iraq receives two trains from China in a deal comprises ten unites
Basra / NINA / Iraq has received two new trains, the second shipment of the deal signed with China includes ten units.
Chairman of the border ports Committee in Basra Council Murtaza Shahmani told the National Iraqi News Agency / Nina / that the two trains arrived in the port of Umm Qasr, bringing the number to four after the receipt of two similar trains recently.
He pointed out that the trains will join the fleet of the rail link between the capital, Baghdad- Basra, and will be ready for the start after ten days, explaining that the Iraqi ports awaiting the arrival of other trains. / End
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