WASHINGTON, DC
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
A House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee conducted a hearing on Iraq. Government officials from State Department, USAID and the Defense Department discussed the U.S. strategy in Iraq as well as the upcoming troop withdrawal transition period. All U.S. military forces are scheduled to leave Iraq by December 31st, 2011. Rep. Steve Chabot (R-OH) chairs this Foreign Affairs Subcommittee hearing.
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Erbil, June 1 (AKnews) – According to Kuwaiti media, Kuwait is not interested in intelligence operations in Iraq.
A Kuwaiti newspaper quoted unnamed sources that were described as “informed” and said that Kuwait does not want to spy on his northern neighbor.
“The Iraqis should better search for other countries’ intelligence in their territory and respond to them”, the sources was quoted with assumption of Iranian intelligence actions in Iraq.
The remarks were a response on Iraqi MP Aziz Sharif al-Mayahi who said in an interview on Sunday, Iraqi responses on Kuwaiti intelligence operations in Iraq would be “tough” and bilateral relations would come to an end, if evidence was found.
Erbil, June 1 (Rn) – The Iraqi bloggers on social networking sites in particular “facebook” They will return to demonstrate after the deadline set by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to improve the performance of his government, which will expire after about a week.
And dissemination of bloggers on their pages in “Facebook” invitations to demonstrate doubly against the promises of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, and some of them said that it promises “false”.
It is likely, analysts said the Maliki’s calls for a reshuffle or “feminine” in the ministries in an attempt to avert the anger of the population percent after a period of days.
Source close to Maliki says its unlikely to achieve major breakthroughs during the Hundred Days and the PM is expected to isolate Almtlkiin
Ruled out close to Maliki, on Wednesday, to achieve major breakthroughs by the ministries within a hundred days set by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, while pointed to the possibility of isolating some ministers Almtlkiin, confirmed the presence of political agendas behind the suggestion that the government will solve all the problems in that period.
The leader of the state law Hassan Sinead, said in an interview for a number of media, including “Alsumaria News” during his visit to the province of Karbala, said that “time-out per cent a day set by the Prime Minister to assess the performance of government were designed to shape the work during the remaining years of the life of the government,” He pointed out that “significant achievements during this period is unlikely.”
01/06/2011
Foreign direct investment in the oil sector as a requirement for economic reform: means foreign investment in general the companies or foreign individuals establish projects with local investors from the private and public sectors in any field related to economic activities.
In the Iraqi oil sector specifically intended to foreign direct investment by foreign oil companies establish investment projects, whether exploratory or developmental partnership with the public sector, according to a formula I have an investment certain is the Iraqi oil sector of the main sectors attracting FDI and for the benefits of the following:
Advantages of Iraq’s oil:
Characterized by the Iraqi oil pay an economic advantages to attract foreign investment in this sector and these features are as follows: (more…)
Beirut, June 1 – The Iraqi National Business Council Wednesday that the country on the verge of “great economic revolution” turning into a center of attraction for Arab investment and regional levels.
He declined a lot of investors are pumping money into projects within Iraq because of the violence that followed the fall of the former regime in the spring of 2003, and the political crisis that lasted for most of 2010 until a new government formed an incomplete last December.
He urged Iraq on several occasions, Arab businessmen to invest in their land, confirming the existence of facilities that will attract a lot of them into the country and check them interest.
Allurentis has commenced planning towards the 2012 edition of ‘The New Iraq – Discovering Business’, which will be published in October this year. This will be the third edition allurentis has produced of the Iraq investment guide.
The publication has become the must have reference to doing business in Iraq and is endorsed by the National Investment Commission of Iraq (NIC) and UK Trade and Investment (UKTI). ‘The New Iraq’ is distributed through the NIC, UKTI, government departments, international embassies as well as pertinent Iraq conferences, seminars, trade associations and selected airport lounges and hotels.
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Financial stresses that it is launching debts owed by Iraq
The Ministry of Finance of Iraq, on Wednesday, it will launch the funds Bzmtha to the Egyptian government, indicating that the Council of Ministers approved the disbursement of funds exceeding a moratorium on the balance sheet of the Shiite financial savings derived from the increase in oil prices.
He said Finance Minister Rafie al-Issawi in an interview for “Alsumaria News”, “Egyptian debts dusty owed by Iraq is divided into two categories, first is the government debt and the second is the debt of the private sector (remittances yellow), which is not defined as a religion but is the money transferred was reserved in the Central Bank, “asserting that” Iraq would be the money that is negotiated with the Egyptian government Egyptian government debt according to the Paris Club agreement. “
Central Bank: Aqrarrf zeros from the currency maker .. and needs to work in the fields of
Baghdad (news) .. Central Bank of Iraq that the decision to raise zeros from the Iraqi currency maker, but he needs to work in a field.
And said Mstcharalpennek appearance of the central Mohammed Saleh in a statement to correspondent Agency (news) on Wednesday: “The decision to raise zeros from the Iraqi currency maker But he needs to work convicts at the level of banks and international accounts in addition to the withdrawal of old currency. “
The latest daily currency auction was held in the Central Bank of Iraq on the 1-JUN-2011. The results were as follows:
| DETAILS | NOTES |
| Number of banks | 22 |
| Auction price selling dinar / US$ | 1170 |
| Auction price buying dinar / US$ | —– |
| Amount sold at auction price (US$) | 163,956,000 |
| Amount purchased at Auction price (US$) | —– |
| Total offers for buying (US$) | 163,956,000 |
| Total offers for selling (US$) | —– |
