Posts Tagged ‘L. Paul Bremer’

Date: 2012-09-11 12: 25: 17 Tuesday

Baghdad (News)/report/Hussein Faleh/… As a result of years of deprivation and destruction of Iraqi citizens since the 1990s made him after the regime change in (2003) compensates that eluded him in especially after high standard of living through increased staff salaries and retirees as generated by the case of waste and drainage for money to buy unnecessary things of life and not think about how to invest the funds collected in small or medium-sized projects will benefit him first and promote national economy. (more…)

09/09/2012

BAGHDAD / JD / .. revealed the Foreign Relations Committee that the parliament will be discussed during the next few days the U.S. report on funds Iraqi lost during the period of the civil governor Paul Bremer.

said committee member and MP for the Rafidain list and a member of the Assyrian Democratic Movement Imad Youkhana’s / JD /: The “Parliament will discuss this week the U.S. report on Iraqi funds lost in the rule of Bremer, who reveals the involvement of Iraqi politicians and U.S. known with corruption.” (more…)

23/08/2012

BAGHDAD / JD / .. unable to investigations and inquiries for knowing the unknown that spent the Iraqi funds during the rule of the civil governor in Iraq Paul Bremer .. As far as the statements of politicians.

noteworthy that the Iraqi government had directed the Committee to Protect Iraqi funds abroad, follow-up file billions lost During the time of the civil governor Paul Bremer and detection fate of these funds as soon as. (more…)

ERBIL, July 28 (AKnews) – The economic committee in the Council of Representatives has criticized the delay in the application of the customs law in the country.

In May the committee demanded postponing the application of the customs law because of its impact on poor people. The law was scheduled to be applied in June. (more…)

Erbil, July 27 (Rn) – accused the decision of the Committee on Finance and Investment in the Iraqi parliament, on Friday, the federal government not to apply the tariff system in the country in response to internal and external pressures.

According Mahma Khalil told the Kurdish news agency (Rn), “The Iraqi government continues to place obstacles in front of the application of tariff in the country, Tjajh reasons different every time,” adding that “the application of tariff would be a strong support for the economy of Iraq, which depends almost entirely on oil imports to the country. ” (more…)

Erbil, July 28 (Rn) – criticized the Economic Committee in the House of Representatives postponed last Saturday for the application of the Tariff Act in the country.

The Economic Commission called for in last May to postpone the application of the Tariff Act because of its impact on the poor.

And was scheduled to apply the law in Iraq as of June next. (more…)

Erbil, July 27 (Rn) – accused the decision of the Committee on Finance and Investment in the Iraqi parliament, on Friday, the federal government not to apply the tariff system in the country in response to internal and external pressures.

According Mahma Khalil told the Kurdish news agency (Rn), “The Iraqi government continues to place obstacles in front of the application of tariff in the country, Tjajh reasons different every time,” adding that “the application of tariff would be a strong support for the economy of Iraq, which depends almost entirely on oil imports to the country. ” (more…)

Tuesday, 05 June 2012

Baghdad (AIN) -MP, Abdul Hussein Resan, the member of the parliamentary Economic and Investment Committee revealed that “The traders are the only beneficiaries by neglecting applying the Tariff Law in Iraq,” clarifying that “All goods and materials are imported from bad origins.

Resan added “Iraq, in recognition of all its governmental departments, follows a dumping policy in importing very poor goods.” (more…)

Baghdad, June 5 (Rn) – The parliamentary Finance Committee on Tuesday it had sent two proposals to the Iraqi Ministry of Finance of the Federal Law on the application of the customs tariff at the time confirmed that the application of the law will equip Iraq to enter the World Trade Organization.

A member of the Committee Haitham al-Jubouri told the Kurdish news agency (Rn) that “the application of tariff law is one of the elements of a state economic as a condition for entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO) and that from one of the conditions of application of the law of customs tariff as well as the protection of national products.” (more…)

30/05/2012 0:00

announced the economy and investment in the Iraqi parliament, rejected the government’s request to wait in the application of tariff law which was passed in 2008. (more…)

29/05/2012 10:07

Baghdad, May 29 (Rn) – Committee announced that the economy and investment in the Iraqi Council of Representatives on Tuesday rejected the government’s request to wait in the application of tariff law which was passed in 2008. (more…)

Baghdad, May 26 (Rn) – The Economic Commission representative, Saturday, that the reactivation of tariff law the end of next month with the absence of legal protection of the product and the consumer will have a Tbaat dangerous for the Iraqi economy in the time pointing out that the proportion of the tariff can not exceed 20 %. (more…)

Attorney alabtan: application of the law on customs tariff without creating the appropriate climate to consumer harm
Date: Wednesday, 09-05-2012 11: 29 am

Baghdad (newsletter) … He is a member of the Economic Commission, the National Alliance Deputy//Abdul Hussein alabtan need to create appropriate ground before releasing tariff laws or consumer protection, stating I lack of strong management of file of the Iraqi economy. (more…)

Economic Committee demands to postpone the parliamentary Tariff Act
07/05/2012 14:50

Erbil, May 7 / May (Rn) – The Economic Committee in the Iraqi Council of Representatives Monday asks to postpone the application of the Tariff Act because of its impact on the poor. (more…)

Posted 26/03/2012 11:50 PM

President Barack Obama named Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad Brett Macgork new ambassador instead of the current James Jeffrey.

President Obama’s nomination of the young diplomat needs Senate approval, which means discussing Macgork in his vision of Iraq, especially the escalation of the crisis following the withdrawal of U.S. troops.

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Sunday, March 25, 2012
BAGHDAD – Naseer Goldfinch
Official sources in the Iraqi Central Bank to the project to delete three zeros from the Iraqi dinar actually began, and that the process will cost the budget 172 billion dinars (150 million dollars). She explained that the budget next year will be the new dinar, which will serve the Central Bank to gradually raise its value against the dollar and equal access to price, any dinars per dollar.

Showed official documents private replace the dinar obtained by the «life» that the new edition will be issued in three languages, Arabic, Kurdish and English, as will cost the printing process, which will be forwarded to one of four international companies specialized $ 150 million, including printing, transportation, insurance, and work outside of office hours for the destruction of the currency old within the «central». (more…)

Arbil, March 19 (Rn) – Economic Commission renewed its claim to the parliamentary Monday Iraqi Council of Ministers to create the basic introductions to the activation of the Tariff Act.

The Iraqi Finance recently decided to activate the Tariff Act in Iraq as of June next after Tagelin row.

According to the parliamentary economic committee that activation of the tariff will provide additional financial revenue to the state treasury could be invested in the revitalization of agricultural and industrial sectors, but economists believe the futility of activating the law.
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Posted 23/01/2012 04:30 PM

Deputy Prime Minister Ruz Nuri Shaways with the help of U.S. Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Ginger Cruz and her accompanying delegation records exchange two billion and $ 8 million after the Coalition Provisional Authority, headed by Paul Bremer.

Shaways and Cruz: where the looted Iraq’s money? (more…)

Iraqi justice minister, a formal letter to the Chairman of the Committee to Protect Iraq’s assets Rose Nuri Shaways asking to approach the U.S. side to restore what is left, which was monitored by the Inspector General of the amounts subject to the restoration and of (5.27) million dollars. He had been of them (1.13) million dollars in March 2009.

A statement issued by the Office of the Iraqi Justice Minister Hassan al-Shammari, about his meeting with the Inspector General Stuart Bowen, received the “Twilight News” a copy of which had been discussed in the “re-payments development fund,” noting that the two sides discussed the reports issued by Bowen since May 2003, and included in the audit mechanism to spend the amount of (7.20) billion dollars, on the aspects identified by the UN resolutions under the Coalition Provisional Authority led by Paul Bremer and spent during the period of (14) months approximately (4.14) billion dollars. “

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BAGHDAD (Iba) .. In the early days of the occupation of Iraq, there was uncertainty the fate of 6 billion dollars, it seemed to have disappeared, but came to a new report finally reveals the secret.

The Web site, CNN Arabic website that new evidence showed that most of the funds amounting to $ 6 billion, has not disappeared during the chaos that prevailed in the early days of the invasion, but Anththit must be, that is under the control of the Iraqi government, according to the report issued by the special inspector general for reconstruction Iraq. (more…)

Millions of dollars were found in the palaces of American soldiers after the fall of Saddam regime in April of 2003

Alsumaria News / Baghdad relocating U.S. economic, Wednesday, a new report to the Ministry of Defense confirmed that the investigation carried out showed that the funds in the reconstruction program the U.S. provided to Iraq in 2004 and is said to have been lost in mysterious circumstances, were not lost was not stolen but was transferred to the Central Bank Iraq which is found it is now.

The report said that “the Coalition Provisional Authority led by Paul Bremer, set up by the United States to run Iraq after the invasion in 2003, it controlled during their rule of 14 months (replaced in June 28, 2004) to $ 20.7 billion, within $ 6.6 billion lost, “according to site Bloomberg U.S.. The Inspector General Stuart Bowen’s report said that “money is not missing, and we have enough information to confirm that most of them around to the Central Bank of Iraq, and the other to the Board of Directors of Federal Reserve Bank of New York,” after release of the report did not reach the results of tracking the process of auditing in 2010. The Integrity Committee in the Iraqi parliament and directed, in June 2011, a formal letter to the United Nations says that the “data all indicate that the institutions of the United States in Iraq, committed corrupt financially by theft of $ 6.6 billion allocated for the reconstruction program the U.S..

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the committee said that the cabinet will do the Tariff Act in December of 2012, which is important and essential in reducing the prices in the market.

A member of the Economic Commission Salman al-Moussawi’s (the future of Iraq): The law will include tax includes primarily the goods and imported goods and the poor have flooded the Iraqi market. He added that more goods that are subject to tax and high levels are items that can be manufactured locally; but stalled because of competition and dumping, which is practiced upon by the imported goods, pointing out that the tax law is the law of correction will help industries and laboratories of Iraq and domestic products more than they are.

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Posted 08/10/2011 06:23 AM

BAGHDAD – Babinaoz: accused of Integrity Committee in the House of Representatives, the United States wasting Iraqi funds through its disposal 17 billion dollars without the face legal. A member of the high Nassif, “The To inspect the Parliamentary Integrity Committee recommendations That will come out in the interim report of the parliamentary committee responsible for monitoring the funds file Development Fund for Iraq. “

The parliament instructed its Committee of some of its members under the chairmanship of the National Congress leader, Ahmed Chalabi, deputy to follow the disappearance of 17 billion from the funds of the Development Fund for Iraq.

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07/10/2011 12:13

Erbil, October 7 / October (Rn) – The Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, that the Iraqi government approved the formation of a special committee to follow up the disappearance of $ 17 billion from the fund for the reconstruction of Iraq, which was overseen by the Coalition Provisional Authority headed by Paul Bremer, said in a statement Office Shaways.

According to the statement received by the Kurdish news agency (Rn) a copy of it, that “the Special Committee to establish a mechanism to ensure the protection of Iraqi funds studied the disappearance of $ 17 billion of Iraqi funds,” adding that “the Commission hosted a meeting of the Deputy Inspector General of American Affairs, re- Ginger Cruz, the reconstruction of Iraq. “

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10/5/2011 8:24 PM

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Deputy parliament speaker Aref Taifour said today that the parliament is keenly following the investigations related to the fate of Iraqi funds and waiting the final report from the General Inspector for the Reconstruction of iraq, according to a statement issued by his office.

The statement added that Taifour met deputy General Inspector for the Reconstruction of Iraq Ginger Cruze and discussed the fate of Iraqi funds in a transparent way.

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Palm-carrying Deputy Governor Central Bank of Iraq Coalition Provisional Authority Chief Paul Bremer was responsible for the loss of US $ 6.6 billion.

He denied the alabrihi during a media interview: Central Bank be liable for loss of 6.6 billion dollars lost in the period between 28-5-2004-28-6-2004.

He said the Central Bank in that period the situation if all the institutions of the State was subject to the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA (Bremer civil administrator for Iraq is in this period, stressing that the Central Bank of Iraq did not have funds of its own database of this size.

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Baghdad, August 8 / August (Rn) – The Iraqi Ministry of Finance said on Monday the postponement of the Tariff Act of work until next year because of the absence of mechanisms of action and high commodity prices in the Iraqi market.

The Iraqi Ministry of Finance has been postponed in February 16 of a law the tariff for an indefinite period because of some of the obstacles faced by the law and the mechanisms of action.

The Information Officer for the Office of the Minister of Finance Mohamed Zaid told the Kurdish news agency (Rn) that “the ministry has sent a formal letter to the Directorate General of Customs requesting the postponement of work applying the tariff until the beginning of next year.”

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Wednesday, July 13, 2011 15:22

Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Ruz Nuri Shaways with the Deputy Inspector General, the fate of the U.S. Iraqi funds disbursed from the Development Fund in the Iraqi Coalition Provisional Authority.

A statement by the Office of Shaways Agency has received all of Iraq [where] a copy of that “Shaways listened to a detailed explanation by the Deputy Inspector General Ginger Cruz and her accompanying delegation on the details of the investigation on the fate of more than 17 billion lost in 2004 during the U.S. civil administrator Paul Bremer” .

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Ibrahim Khalil borderAdviser to the owners of the law will eliminate customs tariffs and taxes placed Bremer

Baghdad, July 7 (Rn) – The adviser to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki for Economic Affairs, on Thursday, that the law of the customs tariff, which will be directly applied mid-month will eliminate some taxes set by the civil administrator Paul Bremer on some consumer goods, indicating that the prices consumer goods will fall after the application of the law.

The Ministry of Finance of Iraq for the direct application of the law of customs tariff, the middle of this month after postponing its application in March / March for political reasons.

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The head of the Iraqi Council of Representatives Osama Najafi, Thursday, that his visit to the United States succeeded and came to establish the rights and Iraq’s money.

Osama al-Najafi, during a press conference held at Parliament House today, attended by “Alsumaria News”, “My visit to the United States was successful in all standards and was the defense of the interests of Iraq and the installation of the rights and Iraqi funds looted from the Development Fund for Iraq,” noting that “There are more than 17 billion dollars has been manipulated by the officers and U.S. officials involved with some of the Iraqis.”

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