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  1. #11
    Zamili calls Federal Court to reconsider its decisions over investigating Ministers in parliament
    Thursday, 27 December 2012 15:20 | | |

    Baghdad (AIN) –MP, Hakim al-Zamili, of Ahrar bloc called "The Federal Court to reconsider its decision over accepting the appeals of the Ministers who are summoned by the parliament for investigation."

    He stated to AIN "The FC has to reconsider these decisions since ignoring them will create doubts over its neutrality."

    "Preventing the investigation will give a chance for other corrupted Ministers to neglect the parliament and continue their corruption," he concluded.

    Earlier, the Federal Court accepted the appeal presented by the Minister of Youth and Sport concerning the investigation that was supposed by the parliament on last Wednesday for charges related to corruption.

    https://www.alliraqnews.com/en/index....tical&Itemid=2



  2. #12
    Peshmerga Ministry describes its negotiations with CG over security file in disputed areas as "Positive"
    Thursday, 27 December 2012 12:06 | | |


    ************* POSITIVE IS NOT CONCLUSIVE - WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THIS DISPUTED AREA " AGREEMENT " ? *******************



    Baghdad (AIN) –Peshmerga Ministry of Kurdistani Regional Government described its negotiations held with the Central Government on last Wednesday over the security file in the disputed areas as positive.

    A statement by the Ministry received by AIN cited "On last Wednesday, the Supreme Ministerial Committee of KRG and CG held its meeting at the headquarter of the General Command of the Armed Forces in Baghdad."

    "The general atmosphere of the meeting was positive where all sides confirmed the importance of the joint performance in the Kurdistani areas outside Kurdistan Region till the implementation of Article 140 of the constitution," the statement added.

    "Both KRG and CG presented their plans and agreed upon considering the plans by the Committee during its next meeting that is scheduled on next week to reach a common project over the joint performance in these areas," the statement concluded.

    https://www.alliraqnews.com/en/index....tical&Itemid=2

  3. #13
    Mahdi criticizes involving Federal Court in issues related to political process
    Thursday, 27 December 2012 09:25 | | |


    Baghdad (AIN) –MP, Ruz Mahdi, of the Kurdistani Alliance pointed out "Involving the Federal Court in the issues of the political process related to the parliament's legislative or supervisory role led to doubts over its role."

    He stated to All Iraq News Agency (AIN) "Reducing the parliament's role continuously by the Federal Court is among the critical indicators that create serious problems the country."

    "The supervisory role of the parliament is granted by the constitution since the parliament has the right to summon, host and investigating Governmental officials in addition to withdrawing confidence from them," he stressed.

    "Currently, we do not know whether our regime is parliamentary or run by the Federal Court, he mentioned.

    He accused "Some political sides of making use of the Federal Court to serve their interests."

    Federal Court rejected investigating the Minister of Higher Education, Ali al-Adib, and the Minister of Youth and Sport, Jasim Mohamed Jaafar in addition to some other laws.

    https://www.alliraqnews.com/en/index....tical&Itemid=2

  4. #14
    Parliament Chairmanship hinders lifting immunity of some MPs, says MP
    Thursday, 27 December 2012 08:55 | | |

    Baghdad (AIN) –The member of the Legal Committee, Azad Abu Bakr, assured "There are demands to lift immunity of some MPs yet the Parliament Chairmanship does not present these demands within parliament agenda."

    He stated to All Iraq News Agency (AIN) "Lifting immunity of any MP or Minister must be done through a demand to be submitted by the Federal Court to the Parliament Chairmanship," noting that "No any other side can lift the immunity of MPs or Ministers."

    It is worth mentioning that there are demands submitted for the Parliament Chairmanship to lift immunity of some MPs who face charges related to terrorism and corruption.

    https://www.alliraqnews.com/en/index....tical&Itemid=2

  5. #15
    Othman describes Esawi's case as "Part of political disputes"
    Thursday, 27 December 2012 08:23 | | |

    Baghdad (AIN) –MP, Mahmoud Othman, of the Kurdistani Alliance described the case of arresting the guards of the Finance Minister, Rafi al-Esawi, as a part of the political disputes.

    Speaking to All Iraqi News Agency (AIN), he said "Undoubtedly, Esawi's case has a political side," noting that "It is a part of the political and sectarian disputes but we do not have clear details over this case."

    "The case has also an electoral side in addition to its political and sectarian side," he concluded.

    Anbar province recently witnessed demonstrations and sit-ins in protest for arresting the guards of the Finance Minister, Rafi al-Esawi.

    Earlier, a military force raided the office of the commander of the Esawi's guards in the International Green Zone and arrested the guards in spite of Esawi's presence in the office.

    https://www.alliraqnews.com/en/index....tical&Itemid=2

  6. #16
    Kurdish Parties Say Talabani’s Death Will Weaken PUK Influence, Alliances
    27/12/2012 06:23:00By HEVIDAR AHMAD

    Secretary general of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and Iraq's President Jalal Talabani. Photo: AFP.

    ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Iraqi President Jalal Talabani’s death will plunge his Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) into a crisis, other parties agree. But they differ over whether the party can remain strong, or maintain its strategic alliances, without him.

    The 79-year-old Talabani, an ethnic Kurd and leader of the PUK which is a partner in the Kurdistan Regional Government together with the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), is recovering from a serious stroke at a Berlin hospital.

    “The KDP will keep its agreement/alliance with PUK even after Talabani,” says KDP spokesman Jaafar Ibrahim. “That is because our alliance with PUK is crucial for our nation. For us, a strong PUK and a united PUK is a priority,” he adds.

    He dismisses speculation that the PUK would disintegrate once Talabani passed away.

    “This is not a realistic analysis. It is a very remote possibility because the PUK has many other capable leaders. We believe they will be able to continue the PUK’s struggle,” he says.

    That view is not shared by the Change Movement, which broke away from the PUK in 2009 and is known as Gorran.

    “We believe that the PUK after Talabani will run into some serious problems,” says Gorran activist Safeen Mala Qara. “Replacing Talabani in PUK is not an easy task. PUK will have a crisis.”

    But Mala Qara says that Gorran would work with the PUK, helping members overcome difficulties in a post-Talabani era. He notes that the two parties had forged relations since Talabani’s stroke early last week.

    The Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU) also says it would work with the PUK after Talabani.

    “As the KIU we will respect any decision made by a post-Talabani PUK,” says Muthana Amin, a member of the KIU leadership council, adding that the president’s demise would affect the party, but not the whole province of Sulaimani, where the PUK holds sway.

    “However, after Talabani PUK will run into major problems. Groups may break away from PUK. That is because in Kurdistan the political parties are not based on a healthy political system. Most of the parties are tied to a leader or a family,” Amin adds.

    Abdulstar Majeed, a politburo member of the Kurdistan Islamic Group, suggests that PUK members should gather around a common agenda in order to survive after Talabani, saying the president has been instrumental in keeping problems within the party under control.

    “PUK members should gather around an agreed program for the party. In the Middle East it is difficult for parties to lose their leaders, but if there is a program in place the parties can overcome their difficult times.”

    https://www.rudaw.net/english/kurds/5594.html

  7. #17
    Erbil and Baghdad Reach Tentative Agreement on Troops Dispute
    27/12/2012 07:53:00RUDAW

    A high level Kurdish delegation arrives in Baghdad for talks with Iraqi officials over a military stand-off in the disputed territories. Photo: Jabar Yawar/Facebook.

    ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Erbil and Baghdad have reached a tentative agreement to resolve a tense dispute over troop deployments in Iraq’s northern disputed territories, Iraq’s acting defense minister said on Wednesday.

    “Erbil and Baghdad have agreed to solve all their disputes,” Sadoon al-Dulaimi said at a news conference. He said that both sides have submitted a roadmap to a joint committee for final approval, and that a delegation from Baghdad would travel to Erbil on Sunday to sign the final deal.

    Al-Dulaimi’s announcement followed the arrival in Baghdad of a high-level delegation from the autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), which included the Peshmarga minister Sheikh Jaafar Mustafa.

    Erbil and Baghdad have been locked in a tense stand-off since November, after Iraq’s Arab Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki deployed his controversial Dijla forces in the disputed territories that are claimed by both sides, and the KRG countered by sending in thousands of its own Peshmarga troops. Both sides have warned of a possible Kurdish-Arab war ever since.

    “The visit of the Kurdish delegation was at the formal invitation of the Iraqi government,” Halgurd Hikmat, spokesman of the Peshmarga ministry, told Rudaw.

    He said that the Kurdish delegation met with al-Dulaimi, Iraq’s commander of infantry troops Ali Ghaidan and commander of border forces Muhsin Abdulhussein.

    Jabar Yawar, chief of staff of the Peshmarga ministry and part of the Kurdish delegation in Baghdad, released a statement on his Facebook page on Wednesday about the talks, saying, “Both sides agreed to work jointly together until Article 140 has been fully implemented.”

    “The Kurdish delegation presented a detailed roadmap to this end that outlines a solution for the disputed territories and it obliges the central government to respect its clauses to the full,” Yawar wrote.

    Article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution outlines steps that would ultimately determine whether a local administration or Baghdad governs vast tracts of land in areas of Kirkuk, Nineveh and Diyala that are claimed by both the Arabs and Kurds.

    News of an agreement between Erbil and Baghdad came just a day after KRG President Massoud Barzani told reporters in Sulaimani that he was not hopeful about the talks.

    “I am not optimistic about solving the disputes between Erbil and Baghdad,” Barzani said on Tuesday. “And the withdrawal of the Peshmarga forces is directly related to the withdrawal of Iraqi troops from those areas,” he said.

    Separately, Barzani said following a meeting with US Ambassador to Iraq Robert S. Beecroft on Wednesday that, “The doors of negotiation are open to solve all the problems between Erbil and Baghdad.” He added that he hoped the Iraqi government would respect Article 140.

    According to Barzani’s website, the US ambassador expressed his country’s concern about the tense situation in the disputed territories, and expressed hope that “Iraq’s political sides come to a common view to end the tensions.”

    In a separate meeting with the US ambassador, KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani stressed his government’s commitment to peace talks with Baghdad.

    “The Kurdistan Region is committed to solving our problems through a constitutional mechanism,” he said. “Sending our delegation to Baghdad proves our belief in dialogue.”

    https://www.rudaw.net/english/kurds/5595.html

  8. #18
    Surrendering Costly Achievements in Iraq
    27/12/2012 04:06:00By DAVID ROMANO

    Under the Oil-for-Food program between 1997 and 2003, Iraq’s budget amounted to some six billion dollars a year. With that money, every Iraqi had a monthly food basket, the country had electricity around the clock in nearly every city, services like garbage collection were conducted reasonably well, and people enjoyed security as long as they did not run afoul of their vicious Ba’athist dictatorship.

    Today’s Iraq enjoys an unimaginably higher budget. Oil revenues bring in some one hundred billion dollars a year. One would think that with such vast sums of wealth, the country would enjoy spectacular increases in standards of living. Instead, garbage lies uncollected on street corner after street corner, with little children playing in disease-ridden alleyways. Security remains elusive as kidnappings, mafia shakedowns and political assassination cast a shadow across entire communities. Baghdad and other cities still lack electricity, with noisy portable generators rumbling through the night and spewing their pollution across entire neighborhoods. Some twenty-five billion dollars “spent” on restoring the country’s electricity grid seems to have produced little tangible results, possibly because the business interests who rent generators don’t want the electric grid restored. Recently, brand new, huge and publically financed generators were found in the desert near Basra, unused and gathering dust.

    Perhaps if there weren’t so much money to be made in Iraq, politics would prove a little less corrupt. Much poorer countries have managed to get their house in order and provide fairly good governance to their people with a lot less public resources. In Iraq, on the other hand, the Prime Minister goes on a senseless $4.2 billion dollar weapons shopping spree to Russia, after which it turns out his son set himself up to skim a good deal of the money off the top of the deal. Politician after politician engages in an elaborate charade of parliamentary theater and sectarian populism as they collude with their “enemies” to line their pockets.

    Average Iraqis increasingly lose faith with their government as the shell game continues. As Nuri al-Maliki increasingly rides rough shod over the Constitution and the law of the land, the American State Department seems to forgive him all his transgressions. Instead of demanding a better showing from Maliki, they pressure the Kurds, the Sunnis and non-Dawaa Party Shiites to make nice with Maliki. It’s a mind-boggling stance for the Americans to take, after they have shed so much blood and treasure in Iraq. They left the country with a good constitution and the basis for solid institutions and responsible security forces, only to see all these hard-fought achievements squandered by a Prime Minister more intent on lining his pockets and monopolizing power than advancing the country.

    Under Maliki, the Iraqi state seems headed right for some kind of implosion. If the United States wants to make one last effort at avoiding a new civil war in the country, they need to warn Iran’s man in Baghdad in no uncertain terms. Instead of asking the Kurds not to build an oil pipeline with the Turks, or demanding that the Sunnis submit to yet more arrests and exclusion (one estimate I heard today was that only ten per cent of current prison detainees in Iraq are Shiite), they need to push Maliki to respect Iraq’s constitution and share power. That means no extra-parliamentary military appointments such as the Tigris Operations Command, Article 140 or some consensus based alternative for the disputed territories, the right of governorates to form into regions, truly independent commissions, reducing nepotism, and so forth. Failing this, Washington should inform Maliki behind closed doors that they will support his opponents. That could mean Kurdish secession from a dysfunctional Iraqi state, a renewed Sunni insurgency that makes common cause with Sunnis in Syria, or other projects. He just might get the message before he sails the Iraqi ship into the rocks.

    * David Romano has been a Rudaw columnist since August 2010. He is the Thomas G. Strong Professor of Middle East Politics at Missouri State University and author of The Kurdish Nationalist Movement (2006, Cambridge University Press).

    https://www.rudaw.net/english/science...ists/5587.html

  9. #19
    Currency Auctions

    Announcement No. (2283)

    The latest daily currency auction was held in the Central Bank of Iraq on the 27-Dec-2012. The results were as follows:

    Details

    Notes

    Number of banks

    20

    Auction price selling dinar / US$

    1166

    Auction price buying dinar / US$

    Amount sold at auction price (US$)

    191,803,000

    Amount purchased at Auction price (US$)

    Total offers for buying (US$)

    191,803,000

    Total offers for selling (US$)
    Exchange rates

  10. #20
    ****** IS THE PHRASE " ESCALATION IN ATTITUDES " A EUPHEMISM FOR CIVIL WAR ? ********


    Iraqiya MP expects escalation in attitudes.
    27/12/2012 13:15:00


    BAGHDAD / NINA / MP< of the Iraqiya coalition, Hassan al-Jubouri expect that an escalation to be witnessed in the coming days, because of what he called the government neglect of the people's demands.

    In a statement to the National Iraqi News Agency / NINA / today 27, Dec he called on the government to respond to the demands of the people before it is too late.

    Al-Juburi stressed that "the Iraqi people bear a lot due to the government's actions towards them, like arrests and rape the female prisoners and other violations of human rights in prisons."

    He noted that "the case of the detention of protection team of the Finance Minister Rafie al-Issawi is the spark to express what the people suffered , so the government has to meet the demands of the protesters to prevent the escalation."

    The Anbar province is witnessing demonstrations and open sit-in led to cutting off the international road links between Iraq and Syria and Jordan.

    https://www.ninanews.com/English/News...ar95_VQ=GFFLEK

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