Archive for November 29, 2011

Foreign Policy: Biden in Baghdad; Co-Chair U.S.-Iraq Higher Coordinating Committee

Posted: November 29, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics

Biden in Baghdad, then off to Turkey and Greece

Biden landed on Tuesday afternoon in Baghdad and is expected to hold meetings with top Iraqi officials about the future of the U.S.-Iraqi partnership. He will stay for two days, multiple news outlets reported.

“Vice President Biden has arrived in Baghdad, Iraq,” his office said in a release. “While there, the Vice President will co-chair a meeting of the U.S.-Iraq Higher Coordinating Committee. He will also meet with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, President Jalal Talabani, Speaker Osama al-Nujaifi, and other political leaders. The Vice President will also participate in, and give remarks at, an event to commemorate the sacrifices and accomplishments of U.S. and Iraqi troops.”

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WSJ: Biden Visits Iraq to Mark U.S. Pullout, Plan Ahead

Posted: November 29, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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By CAROL E. LEE And JULIAN E. BARNES

BAGHDAD—Vice President Joe Biden arrived unannounced in Iraq on Tuesday to mark the end of a controversial chapter of American history and the beginning of what the Obama administration hopes is a new partnership with the country after nearly nine years of war.

Mr. Biden’s visit is poised to be rich in symbolism and emotion as he meets with Iraqi leaders and pays homage to U.S. troops, the last of which are preparing to return home by the end of the year. Since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, the Iraq war has claimed more than 4,400 American lives, left some 32,000 service members injured, and cost U.S. taxpayers more than $800 billion.

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Biden arrives in Baghdad on a surprise visit

Posted: November 29, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Joe Biden, US Vice PresidentArbil, November 29 (Rn) – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden to Baghdad on Tuesday evening to visit the media said it aims American to meet his country’s troops approaching from the complete withdrawal from Iraq by the end of this year.

The agency quoted Yu. Me. Any U.S. sources as saying that Biden arrived in Baghdad “in an unannounced visit” in the six-thirty pm local time.

He was welcomed by U.S. Ambassador James Jeffrey and the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, Gen. Lloyd Austin and a group of American diplomats.

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Parliamentary Finance Committee: 2012 Budget delays due to IMF objections and politics

Posted: November 29, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Parliamentary Finance Committee: late submission of the federal budget for 2012 was due to the objection of the International Monetary Fund and the political blocs involved in the delay

Baghdad (news) .. confirmed the Finance Committee representative to the International Monetary Fund objected to the federal budget for 2012, which led to a delay in submission to the House of Representatives, indicating that the objection was the result of Matkdmt by the budget deficit rate of large, which amounted to 30% of the value of the budget, noting they agreed in principle to reduce the investment budget by 15% in order to avoid fiscal deficits there.

He / member of the Finance Committee representative / MP Haitham Jubouri (of the Agency news) on Tuesday: it is both legal and economic may not be detailed budget, but must come to the House a boost one either come at the Ministry of Defense and each internal unit that is not reasonable where they want us to discuss the budget for a number of ministries and we do not know the whole, adding that the demands to discuss the budget of the ministries of interior and defense was the result of demand for real, the file of the U.S. withdrawal, but this is included in the folds of pressure on the government to accelerate the adoption of the budget and sent to the House of Representatives. (more…)

US Ambassador: The U.S. government is interested in the success of the political process in Iraq

Posted: November 29, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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James JeffreyJeffrey says that the success of a democratic Iraq is in his country

Arbil, November 29 (Rn) – The U.S. ambassador to Baghdad James Jeffrey Tuesday that the success of the political process in Iraq is in Washington. He pointed out that the United States will work to support the Iraqi government “legitimacy and democracy.”

The words of Jeffrey operations while implementing his orderly withdrawal from Iraq to the remaining number of troops, amounting to less than 18 thousand.

Despite the claims of the survival of a limited number of U.S. troops to withdraw and that the plan has reached an advanced stage and nearing to withdraw last troops before the beginning of next year. (more…)

Source: U.S. delegation headed by VP Biden expected in Baghdad today

Posted: November 29, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics

29/11/2011 12:46:00

A  senior Iraqi official announced that a U.S. delegation headed by senior Joe Biden, U.S. Vice President arrives in Baghdad on Tuesday afternoon.

He said the reporter ( and independent Iraqi news agency ) that the delegation will be the task of negotiations with Iraqi officials about the planned withdrawal at the end of the year, and will participate in a ceremony held at the base of the occasion of Victory Ba commitment to the security agreement between the two sides.

The source said that “Iraqi officials will sign several Agayat in the cultural, commercial and economic development within the strategic framework agreement.”

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Maliki to visit Kuwait in December to resolve the outstanding issues, CH VII

Posted: November 29, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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As announced Baghdad for an expected visit of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to Kuwait in December next, to discuss outstanding issues between the two countries, stressed the mission of the United Nations to help Iraq (UNAMI) to its new president, Martin Kobler touching the good intentions to ensure good-neighborly relations between the two countries.

But the expectations of politicians and observers differed on the possibility that this visit will contribute to close the outstanding issues, to open a new page of bilateral relations.

Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari announced last Saturday that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will visit Kuwait in the coming days in response to an invitation from his Kuwaiti counterpart to discuss all issues the relationship between the two countries. (more…)

Iraq participates in the UNIDO in Vienna And seeks to strategic directions and innovative technology

Posted: November 29, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics

Iraq discusses the activities of the UNIDO Industrial Development for the year 2011

Iraqi delegation headed by Mr. Adel Karim, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Industry and Minerals in Iraq, accompanied by Mr. Najib Shirwan Iraq’s ambassador in Vienna, Permanent Representative of Iraq in the organization and several members of the embassy in the Fourteenth Conference of the UNIDO Industrial Development, held in Vienna. (more…)

Banking expert: Continuing decline of the stock market has no effect on the Iraqi economy

Posted: November 29, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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On: Tue 29/11/2011 12:10

Baghdad (news) .. Between banking expert Mohsen Ali reasons for the decline the stock market for weeks in a row to increase the capital of some private banks, saying: that this decline will not affect the Iraqi economy.

Ali said in a statement to the Agency (news) on Tuesday: The main reason for the decline in stock index in the stock market due to an increase funds some private banks in Iraq that the banking sector constitutes a large proportion of market activity, so increasing the capital of banks leads to a decline in the stock market. (more…)

Expert: Baghdad’s position on oil contracts Kurdistan to target political

Posted: November 29, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Counting an economist, Tuesday, rejecting the position of the federal government for oil contracts concluded by the province recently, “politically targeted,” noting that the Iraqi constitution to give the province the right to conclude oil contracts without reference to the federal government.

Kaveh said Qaradaghi for “Twilight News”, that “the return of the federal government to reject the oil contracts concluded by the Kurdistan Region recently, is a continuation of previous positions in the target region politically.”

And that “the Constitution gave the Iraqi Kurdistan Region for the full right to conclude oil contracts with foreign companies without going back to the federal government.” (more…)

Kirkuk officials: Adoption of the law of oil and gas will not solve the problems of the disputed areas

Posted: November 29, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Kirkuk, November 29 (Rn) – reduced the number of officials from Kirkuk province, Tuesday, the last statement of the existing Iraqi President Iyad Allawi, who pointed out that the adoption of the law of oil and gas will solve the problems of Kirkuk by 70%.

The leader of the Iraqi List, Iyad Allawi had said earlier in the city of Arbil that the adoption of the law of oil and gas will solve the political problems in the province of Kirkuk by 70%.

There are several pending issues between Baghdad and Erbil, especially one of the disputed areas and the budget of the Regional Corps (Peshmerga), but the strained relationship surfaced recently, after the rejection of a draft of the Kurdistan Region Oil and Gas Law approved by the Iraqi government. (more…)

Iraq close to security agreement with NATO and military

Posted: November 29, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Announced by the Commission on Security and Defense Council of Representatives for near complete reading and legislation, the Convention on the security and military cooperation with NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

Committee Chairman MP Hassan Sinead, in a statement to the “morning”: that “referring the project to the House of Representatives means the agreement of the parties to the terms of the agreement. “Sinead said that” the cooperation agreement that will soon not include immunity for any element of NATO, “noting that” the document in force will expire by the end of the year and if the Iraqi government requested renewal will be renewed. ” (more…)

National Alliance MP: Biden will not address the immunity and survival of his country’s troops during his visit to Baghdad

Posted: November 29, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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On: Tue 29/11/2011 12:27

Baghdad (news) .. Predicted by a coalition of state law and the representative / National Alliance / Abbas Hammoud Xiaa that Jobaidn will address during his visit to Baghdad to immunity trainers or the survival of U.S. forces in Iraq.

He Xiaa in a statement (the Agency news) on Tuesday: The Vice-President of the American Jobaidn will not address something essential for the provision of immunity for U.S. trainers or the survival of soldiers from the country in Iraq, and that Gallenb U.S. is convinced by the Iraq of these two things, explained that Biden will discuss the relationship between Baghdad and Washington as well as activate the Alotaralastrateja and on the stage of the two countries after the U.S. withdrawal. (more…)

Sadrist MP: Biden will press politicians to give immunity to their trainers

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On: Tue 29/11/2011 13:40

Baghdad (news) .. Confirmed leader of the Liberal block of the Sadrist movement and MP / National Alliance / Jawad Alshahyla, that Joe Biden will carry in his bag pressure on the political blocs to give immunity to the coaches.

He Alshahyla in a statement (the Agency news) on Tuesday: The visit of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden
of Iraq is welcome, and it will carry in his bag or sleeve pressure on the political blocs to give immunity to trained Americans, and expected that the American pressure on the blocks did not work, the fact that the National Alliance and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said last word is not to give immunity, and that Iraq is the other direction of contracting with NATO for training. (more…)

MP asks UN to intervene to stop the excesses of Kuwait to Iraqi oil fields

Posted: November 29, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Baghdad (news) .. MP for the cluster white Aziz Sharif Mayahi United Nations to immediately intervene to stop the excesses of Kuwait to the Iraqi oil fields.

said Mayahi in a statement received by the Agency (news) a copy of it on Tuesday that the United Nations to intervene immediately to stop the abuses of Kuwait continuing on the Iraqi oil fields, which reached its limit by Kuwait drilled more than 800 oil wells on the Iraqi border, compared to drill seven wells only in the Iraqi side. (more…)

Zebari: Political scene will soon be a breakthrough to resolve the outstanding problems

Posted: November 29, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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BAGHDAD (Iba) … A member of the House of Representatives from the list of staff Zebari said the Iraqi political scene will soon be a breakthrough to resolve the outstanding problems between the political blocs.

He said Zebari told the independent press (Iba) said that all the political blocs, whatever the prevailing vision of the situation, it stands on one line and the need to solve the outstanding problems and crises, and pay attention to the promotion of internal stability between the segments of Iraqi society. (more…)

U.S. withdrawal from Iraq is not the end but the beginning of cooperation between the two countries

Posted: November 29, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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When U.S. President Barack Obama end the Iraq war, was looking forward to the start of a new phase of relations between the two countries. If the United States played the possession of the papers well, will prove to everyone that the new phase is more important than the withdrawal of U.S. forces. Critics say that the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq is a defeat for the United States and a victory for Iran, it also makes Iraq susceptible to the outbreak of civil war. They may not be wrong about that.

I have worked in Iraqi politics about eight years. I was an advocate of increasing U.S. forces in Iraq, and assisted in the negotiation of the Convention of 2008, which set conditions for the withdrawal of U.S. troops by the end of this year. As recently helped in the management of the talks with the Iraqi side on the extension of the deadline for withdrawal. (more…)

UN Special Representative for Iraq Visits Kuwait

Posted: November 29, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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During an official visit to the State of Kuwait on 23 – 25 November, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (SRSG) for Iraq, Mr. Martin Kobler, was received by the Amir of the State of Kuwait, H.H. Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, in the country’s capital, Kuwait City.

SRSG Kobler also met with the Prime Minister, Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sheikh Sabah Khalid Al Hamad Al-Sabah, and the Ambassador of Iraq in Kuwait, Mr. Mohammed Hussein Bahr al-Ulum. He held fruitful meetings with a number of interlocutors, including the Speaker of the Kuwait National Assembly, Mr. Jassem Al-Kharafi, and the Deputy Chairman of the Kuwaiti Compensation Commission, Ms. Sabikah K. Al-Abdul-Razzaq. (more…)

Economist warn of continued rise in inflation in the country

Posted: November 29, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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After rising to significant levels

Markets witnessed the capital Baghdad and other provinces rises slightly in the price of food, clothing, household items, both attributed the observers reasons that rises to the expensive prices in the countries of origin on the one hand and to the uncontrollable price of the market, which is not subject to control and the laws of the competent authorities in Iraq, in the meantime confirmed Central Agency for Standardization and quality control high rates of inflation for the past month by 5 percent,

Which called for many professionals to warn of the consequences of continued high inflation indicators, which they said will contribute to the reduction of the growth processes as well as causing increased rates of poor and needy.

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CBI Daily Currency Auction Nov 29, 2011: $160 million

Posted: November 29, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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The latest daily currency auction was held in the Central Bank of Iraq on the 29-NOV-2011. The results were as follows:

DETAILS NOTES
Number of banks 25
Auction price selling dinar / US$ 1170
Auction price buying dinar / US$ —–
Amount sold at auction price (US$) 160,269,000
Amount purchased at Auction price (US$) —–
Total offers for buying (US$) 160,269,000
Total offers for selling (US$) —–