Archive for October 22, 2011

U.S.-Iraq Status of Forces Agreement, 11/2008

Posted: October 22, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Also Reference: White House / GW Bush Archives – Fact Sheet: The Strategic Framework Agreement and the Security Agreement with Iraq LINK

 

Agreement Between the United States of America and the Republic of Iraq On the Withdrawal of United States Forces from Iraq and the Organization of Their Activities during Their Temporary Presence in Iraq

Preamble

The United States of America and the Republic of Iraq, referred to hereafter as “the Parties´´:

Recognizing the importance of: strengthening their joint security, contributing to world peace and stability, combating terrorism in Iraq, and cooperating in the security and defense spheres, thereby deterring aggression and threats against the sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity of Iraq and against its democratic, federal, and constitutional system;

Affirming that such cooperation is based on full respect for the sovereignty of each of them in accordance with the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter;

Out of a desire to reach a common understanding that strengthens cooperation between them;

Without prejudice to Iraqi sovereignty over its territory, waters, and airspace; and

Pursuant to joint undertakings as two sovereign, independent, and coequal countries;

Have agreed to the following:

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White House / GW Bush Archives – Fact Sheet: The Strategic Framework Agreement and the Security Agreement with Iraq

Posted: October 22, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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The United States and the government of Iraq have negotiated two historic agreements: a Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA) that covers our overall political, economic, and security relationship with Iraq, and a Security Agreement – otherwise known as the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) – that implements our security relationship.

  • Both agreements protect U.S. interests in the Middle East, help the Iraqi people stand on their own, and reinforce Iraqi sovereignty.
  • The SFA normalizes the U.S.-Iraqi relationship with strong economic, diplomatic, cultural, and security ties – and serves as the foundation for a long-term bilateral relationship based on mutual goals.
  • The Security Agreement guides our security relationship with Iraq and governs the U.S. presence, activities, and eventual withdrawal from Iraq. This agreement ensures vital protections for U.S. troops and provides operational authorities for our forces so we can help sustain the positive security trends as we continue to transition to a supporting role.

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Talabani: Necessity to balance Iraqi sovereignty and security

Posted: October 22, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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President Jalal Talabani stressed that there should be an equilibrium on Iraqi sovereignty, away from political arguments.

On his behalf, his political advisor Jalal al-Mashta said in the first conference for Democratic Trend, held today in Baghdad , said that all parties agreed to fully implement the agreement with the US side and use foreign expertise in training and arming our forces.

He stressed the role of democracy and the necessity of finalizing all dossiers, including security, services, economy and corruption.

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Maliki: If US insists on immunity we don’t need the trainers

Posted: October 22, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Maliki: We do not need coaches if the U.S. government insisted on the immunity

Alsumaria News / Baghdad considered a coalition of state law, the Sabbath, that Iraq does not need to stay trained, if insisted the U.S. government immunity, asserting that the withdrawal of U.S. troops will not have much impact on the security situation in the country, in what was to invite the Sadrists to hold an emergency session of parliament is not possible .

The MP said the coalition of state law Jawad Albzona in an interview for “Alsumaria News”, “withdrawal of U.S. troops will not have much impact on the security situation as there are security forces are many and porte-earth and has the experience and armed with weapons of good and may need some information support, training and aircraft numbers, specific , “noting that” that holds the land and lead and manage the security operation in its entirety is the Iraqi forces with U.S. troops. “

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Investors: the decisions of the securities caused a loss in domestic investment

Posted: October 22, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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22/10/2011 14:58

Baghdad, October 22 / October (Rn) – The number of investors, Iraqi economists, Saturday, the Securities Commission that the procedures caused a loss of local investors by taking decisions that affect the trading process.

The director of the company Pharaohs Contracting Baha Rweid told the Kurdish news agency (Rn) that “the Iraqi market for securities dealing selectively with investors and to make decisions detrimental to the investor community by making decisions to stop the trading of financial non-deployed financial disclosure to our companies for technical reasons,” adding, “Despite the provision of more of 36 investors a formal letter to the Securities Commission demanding not to make decisions detrimental to the financial trading of the stock market. “

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Economists: the reduction in oil prices causes budget deficit

Posted: October 22, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics

22/10/2011 19:11

Baghdad, October 22 / October (Rn) – two Iraqi economists said Saturday that oil prices down in the approved 2012 budget increases the deficit outlook.

The economist said, and teaching at the University of Mustansiriya Mohammed Globe, told the Kurdish news agency (Rn) that “the cabinet’s decision to cut crude oil prices, which will depend upon the budget of $ 85 per barrel to $ 80 per barrel would increase the deficit by 3%.”

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Controversy rises over Iraq’s demand to amend the Constitution

Posted: October 22, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Baghdad, October 22 (Rn) – varied opinions powers Parliamentary about the formal request made by the coalition in Iraq to the Presidency of the Council of Representatives and expressing their desire to the possibility of forming a parliamentary committee in particular consider amending the constitution to a maximum of two months from the date of the vote on the committee.

He said the coalition in Iraq the reasons that prompted him to submission of the application and determination to convince the powers parliamentary other to move its application, the MP said Salim al-member Iraqi Kurdistan News Agency (Rn), “we deem it necessary to amend the constitution soon as the first step to resolve political crises that beset the project to build state institutions. “

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Baghdad Stock Exchange is trading an increasing share of foreign investors

Posted: October 22, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Sat 22/10/2011 6:02

have seen the Iraqi market for securities during the past week shares increasing for foreign investors, at the time of preparing the market for the shares of mobile phone companies three main operating in the country. The managing director of the Stock Exchange, Taha Ahmed Abdul Salam in a press statement

“The values ​​of shares traded in the year to September 30 rose to $ 495 million compared with $ 337 million in 2010 as a whole.”

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PM: Amount of US trainers and their length of stay will be settled in future arms deal with US

Posted: October 22, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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22/10/2011 19:09
Baghdad, Oct. 22 (AKnews) – Iraq’s Nuri al-Maliki said Saturday that the number of US trainers and the period they should stay in the country will be determined in the arms deal between Baghdad and Washington.

Maliki’s statement, who was speaking in a press conference in Baghdad, comes as the US forces are nearing the December 2011 deadline set for them under the security deal signed between Baghdad and Washington to withdraw from Iraq.

Maliki said the retaining of US trainers the period they should stay will “be inserted in the arms deals that will be done as an essential condition”.

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SLC leader says its time for Kurds to form their own independent state

Posted: October 22, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics

22/10/2011 16:33
Baghdad, October 22 (AKnews) – Izzat Shabandar, a leader in the ruling State of Law Coalition (SLC), called on the Kurds to found their own state.

Shabandar said that the time has come to achieve the nationalist demand of the Kurds to form their independent state, now that the tensions between the federal government and the Kurdistan Region Government (KRG) have risen again.

“I suggest putting the disputed areas under national control and forming international committees to discuss mechanisms to solve the problem of disputed areas according to international standards,” Shabandar said, disclosing the catch of his announcement.

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Direct warning from Clinton to Iran: Do not interfere in Iraq and we will keep a strong presence in the region

Posted: October 22, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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and sent Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Saturday, a veiled warning to Iran not to seek to intervene in Iraqi affairs, a day after confirmation of President Barack Obama to withdraw U.S. military from Iraq at the end of the year.

The Hillary Clinton on the sidelines of her visit to Dushanbe “When we open this new chapter of relations with a sovereign Iraq, telling the Iraqis, the United States to your side when you step a new confirmation of your democracy.” and U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday, he would pull about 39 000 troops are still stationed in Iraq by the end of 2011 this, after almost nine years to enter the U.S. to Iraq, which killed more than 4,400 American soldiers, criticized the American right decision, saying it would increase Iran’s influence in this country.

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Fox News: Clinton Says U.S. Commitment to Democratic Iraq Still Strong Despite Troop Withdrawal

Posted: October 22, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the U.S. commitment to the democratic future of Iraq remains strong despite the withdrawal of American troops by the end of the year.

“Even as our troops come home, the United States’ commitment to Iraq’s future as a secure, stable, democratic nation remains as strong as ever,” she said at a news conference in the Tajik capital. “This will end the war and it will open a new chapter in our relationship,” Clinton said Saturday
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Washington advises oil giants to wait to invest in Iraq because of ambiguity in Iraqi laws

Posted: October 22, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics

20/10/2011 21:14

BAGHDAD – Bahaa Haddad

Although the available opportunity of transparency, she saw an international organization specialized consulting with Iraqi oil and strategies, that the draft oil law made by the parliamentarians, would create a council government jointly govern the process of decision-making on contracting with foreign oil companies, and even the entire strategy of Iraq’s oil almost, which could politicize the very process of reviewing all oil deals signed since 2003, but the report of Iraq’s oil, indicated that a law to establish a national oil company responsibilities and wide, and transmitting the Oil Ministry to regulatory institution as, but strong.

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Editorial: Towards a stable dinar .. Easy handling and storage and arithmetic

Posted: October 22, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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The decision of the zeros of a broad debate between supporters and opponents .. We wish a broader debate in the universities and the Council of Representatives and the rest of the institutions … But an explanation of the picture, audio, and cardboard to create the public to this process. However, the phenomenon of health Valenqashat to mature opinion.

Especially with the availability of all information, such as money supply and the number of banknotes, exchange rates and others. When available the basic information of any file, the debate becomes positive, and not just rumors and controversies in the headlines of newspapers and news bar.

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Talabani calls for enhancing economic relations with US

Posted: October 22, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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President Jalal Talabani called for enhancing economic relations and encouraging U.S. companies to work in Iraq, according to a presidential statement.

President Talabani met U.S. Ambassador to Iraq James Jeffrey today. The statement, as received by IraqiNews.com, said both sides discussed bilateral relation in light of the agreement signed between them.

It added that Talabani called on U.S. companies to rehabilitate and develop Iraqi infrastructures in the economic and services fields. Ambassador Jeffrey, for his part, praised Talabani’s role in bringing viewpoints closer together to serve the political process and in building the new Iraq.

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Ahmadinejad: U.S. withdrawal from Iraq is a good thing; Will lead to change in the relations between Iraq and Iraq

Posted: October 22, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday, the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of this year a good thing, adding that he expected lead to a change in relations between Tehran and Baghdad. Ahmadinejad said during a television interview with the CNN ” I think the withdrawal is a good thing I was supposed to happen for a long time, “explaining that” had happened before the seven or eight years, it fell a smaller number of dead Iraqis and American soldiers. “

He said the Iranian president that “the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq” will lead to a change in relations between Tehran and Baghdad, “did not specify the type of change to expect. and President Obama Friday the withdrawal of approximately 39 thousand American soldiers are still present in Iraq before the end of the year, criticized the American right decision, saying it increases Iran’s influence in this country.

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Iraqi politicians criticize PM on circumstances leading to U.S. withdrawal

Posted: October 22, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Baghdad, Oct. 22 (AKnews) – Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki received criticism from various politicians and lawmakers after U.S. President Barack Obama officially announced the failure of negotiations between Iraq and the U.S. to keep 3,000 to 5,000 troops in Iraq as trainers, leading to the complete withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq.

Although politicians aligned in criticizing Maliki, the reasons for their complaints differed.

Iraqiya List, led by former Prime Minister Ayyad Allawi and one of Maliki’s biggest opponents, praised the U.S. decision and expressed dislike for Maliki’s attempts to keep trainers in Iraq.

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Yusuf Tai calls for implementation of the policy of economic protection and promotion of local industries

Posted: October 22, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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2011-10-22 13:36:55

BAGHDAD (Iba) … Tai Liberal MP for the mass of the Sadrist movement, to the protection of economic policy at this stage to the survival of the funds within the country and encourage domestic industries.

Tai said in a statement reported by the Information Office of the Political Commission of the Sadrist movement: that the application of the policy of economic protectionism at this stage of the help and protection of national industries, helping to keep money within the country and to encourage local industries and increase employment and reduce unemployment.

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Iraq: 34 to conclude an economic agreement in 2011

Posted: October 22, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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22/10/2011 13:20

Baghdad, October 22 / October (Rn) – The adviser in the Iraqi government on Saturday that the number of economic agreements concluded by the Iraqi government in 2011 reached 34 Convention.

Said Salam al-Quraishi, told the Kurdish news agency (Rn) that “Iraq signed 34 economic agreements, 18 of the Convention on the consensus reached between the Council of Ministers, and 16 agreements entered into by the ministries and institutions of the state.”

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Maliki, Obama calls for implementation of the strategic framework agreement after the withdrawal

Posted: October 22, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics

10/21/2011 20:41

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki today, Friday, on the necessity of activating the strategic framework agreement, which he said it painted a path to the nature of relations between Iraq and the United States, after the withdrawal of U.S. troops end of the year,

A statement by the Prime Minister’s Office that it came during the “closed-circuit television with U.S. President Barack Obama held this evening,” he said, adding that President Obama has invited Prime Minister Maliki to visit the United States.

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Biden in Baghdad soon to negotiations “secret” on the immunity

Posted: October 22, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Posted 22/10/2011 04:01 AM

BAGHDAD – Babinaoz: deliberate political circles reported an expected visit by U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden to Baghdad to hold talks was described as “confidential” related to the position of Washington adheres to the requirement of granting immunity for its troops remaining in Iraq.

While not confirmed government sources and the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, the news, not denied by the same time, the MP for the Liberal bloc parliamentary Ali al-Timimi that attempts conducted by Biden is currently in secret with the government to urge them to agree to keep the number of American soldiers in Iraq after the end of the year outside the the framework of the training.

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President of the private banks: the need to save the banks by the bankruptcy through the exchange of instruments and payments

Posted: October 22, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Baghdad (news) .. student president of the Association of private banks Abdul Aziz Hassoun, monetary and fiscal management in the country, saving the banks exposed to losses and bankruptcy for the purpose of protecting the shareholders, called for the need for a joint action of the banks, public and private through the exchange of instruments and payments.

said Hassoun a statement to the Agency (news) on Saturday: there must be a role for the cash management and financial rescue banks that are bankrupt or losses by lending money accessible and be paid until the restoration of confidence to it through access to the profits in order to protect the funds of depositors or shareholders in this the banks.

stressed Hassoun, the need to create a partnership between the work of government and private banks and private lack of separation between them through the exchange of instruments and payments for the purpose of promoting the banking sector in the country.

He said Hassoun: that private banks have started to work within systems of international banks modern, but the government banks remained unchanged because of the dominated and the Ministry of Finance on the work and made ​​it bound to work systems, banks of old, and continued Hassoun: proposed many solutions and strategic plans big for the advancement of the banking sector in general and government in particular by the World Bank and carried out studies and research are many, but not implemented.

and the President of the Association of private banks that plans included the introduction of banking systems the world of modern banking system, government programs are well suited for implementation, adding to the Rasheed Bank eager to implement the plan update.

is noteworthy that Iraq declared earlier in the postponement of a program to restructure the Iraqi financial system until the year 2013, which included restructuring of the largest banks Iraqi owned by the state and are the Rafidain and Rasheed, and restructuring of the Audit Department at the Central Bank and the development of the private banking sector.

The Central Bank of Iraq ed in November of last year, 2010, that foreign banks operating in Iraq do not work independently, but under the umbrella of the banks, local community, indicating that the investments of the regional countries in Iraq with a commercial character and lacking in international standards

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Arab spring did not lead to increased investment

Posted: October 22, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics

On: Sat 22/10/2011 12:31

Baghdad (news) / report / Faleh Hussein / .. He specialized in the field of economy and investment conditions that occur in the Arab spring did not lead to increased investment, or the entry of investors to Iraq as part of the region, and conditions similar to happen in these countries, pointing out of the conversations (of the Agency news) to: the foreign investor when he goes to investment it looks for the safe area and a suitable ground so as not to display his money at risk and loss.

says economic expert as Jamie can not isolate Iraq from what is happening in the Arab world as a part of what is happening in the Arab spring, it affects the reality of Iraq.

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Investors: the decisions of the securities caused a loss in domestic investment

Posted: October 22, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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22/10/2011 14:58

Baghdad, October 22 / October (Rn) – The number of investors, Iraqi economists, Saturday, the Securities Commission that the procedures caused a loss of local investors by taking decisions that affect the trading process.

The director of the company Pharaohs Contracting Baha Rweid told the Kurdish news agency (Rn) that “the Iraqi market for securities dealing selectively with investors and to make decisions detrimental to the investor community by making decisions to stop the trading of financial non-deployed financial disclosure to our companies for technical reasons,” adding, “Despite the provision of more of 36 investors a formal letter to the Securities Commission demanding not to make decisions detrimental to the financial trading of the stock market. “

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Dabbagh: Ready to solve the problem of Iraq’s debts incurred to Jordan

Posted: October 22, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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2011-10-22 12:08:17

BAGHDAD (Iba) .. Showed the Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said Saturday the Iraqi government’s willingness to resolve the problem of debt to Jordan from the era of the former regime that ended after this file with the Egyptian side.

The value of the claims about the Jordanian official and a half billion dollars owed to the Central Bank of Jordan on his Iraqi counterpart, while there are no exact figures for the benefit of traders and Jordanian companies.

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Deputy calls for the inclusion of private sector employees pension security

Posted: October 22, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics

On: Sat 22/10/2011 14:45

Baghdad (news) .. I suggest a member of the economic and parliamentary deputy / coalition in Iraq / Qusay Fri inclusion of private sector employees social security pension for the purpose of encouraging work in this sector and its activation, stressing that the government is unable to provide jobs and jobs for all graduates and the unemployed in the state.

The Friday in a statement to the Agency (news) on Saturday: the government that the new system any person who works in the private sector includes social security pension in the future as applicable with the government employee to ease the state of the burden and provide more job opportunities for graduates and the unemployed, in addition to This initiative will contribute to activating the private sector and encourage action by leading to the advancement of the national economy.

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Ministry of Oil: export more than 63 million barrels last month

Posted: October 22, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics

The Oil Ministry announced that the total crude oil exports for the month of September amounted to (63.1) and sixty-three million one hundred thousand barrels, and that the amounts realized from the sale was estimated at (6.619) six billion, six hundred and nineteen million dollars.

And the transfer of media source in the ministry’s solution (News) on the speaker’s spokesman, Assem Jihad: the exported quantities of crude oil to Shahrailol last Tksmt between the Basra oil, which total exports (53.0) fifty-three million barrels and that the value of the amounts realized from the sale estimated ( 5.529) five billion five hundred and twenty-nine million dollars.

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Sadr calls for convening an emergency session of the House of Representatives

Posted: October 22, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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On: Sat 22/10/2011 12:39

Baghdad (news) .. called Sadr to hold an emergency session of the House of Representatives to discuss the letter of the chest the last to withdraw the U.S. from Iraq, warning of conspiracies of internal and external conspiracies against the country.

He said the head of the Liberal parliamentary Bahaa al-Araji, told a news conference held in the House attended by the correspondent Agency (news) on Saturday: The bloc called on House Speaker Osama Najafi, during a meeting with him today, to convene an emergency session to discuss the demands of the cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and the issue of the American withdrawal from the country because the demands need to discuss and
enact laws.

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Liberal bloc called the House of Representatives to cancel his vacation to the fact that the legislative Iraq was in a critical stage

Posted: October 22, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Liberal parliamentary bloc called the House of Representatives to cancel his vacation to the fact that the legislative Iraq is passing through a critical stage needs to have a legislative and regulatory institution in the country.

The head of the bloc Bahaa al-Araji, told a news conference attended by the correspondent of all of Iraq [where] on Saturday that “the Liberal bloc demanding the House of Representatives to cancel his holiday legislative fact that the country with special circumstances necessitate Activity House members to discuss some important topics, especially the question of U.S. withdrawal as well as the readiness of security forces. “

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Source: Meeting of the Iraqi list to determine political position

Posted: October 22, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics

BAGHDAD / With: A source in the Iraqi List, said a meeting was held, on the morning of Saturday, the leaders of NGO coalitions to determine the position of the existing political process.

The source added to the delegate and the future that the news agency: “The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Vice-President Tareq al-Hashemi, head of the Movement to change internalized within the coalition in Iraq as well as the number of members of the list and where the parties Almazavih held Saturday morning.

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