Posts Tagged ‘New York Times’

New York Times suggests Maliki’s resignation will resolve most problems in Iraq

Posted: May 6, 2013 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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The New York Times: Maliki departure is alone capable of solving the problems of Iraq
05-05-2013 11:16 AM

The New York Times felt that the solution to Iraq’s problems lies in the resignation of Maliki’s responsibility.

The newspaper said in analyzing her about what the situation in Iraq, that Iraq is going through a serious crisis and that the solution lies in that step down the prime minister and replaced by another figure elected by Parliament, there are other Shiite politicians who are able to lead a government of national unity. (more…)

New York Times: Next US president must hold Maliki accountable for misuse of power

Posted: November 5, 2012 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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11/05/2012 12:04:56

NEW YORK (Iba) … The New York Times reported widespread that under the American presidents so far, the regime of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is moving in a climate of impunity, while the U.S. administration focused on calming Iraq and building their way to leave. In the context of fear and Washington how that is reflected by the criticism of Iraq on U.S. policy and its opposition to the critical date for any return of involvement in Iraqi affairs, the curriculum followed may represent in الإشاحة her face away, while moving Iraq, contrary to the strategic interests of the U.S. in the region. (more…)

US Senator Menendez Presses PM Maliki to Ensure Iraqi Compliance with Iran Sanctions

Posted: August 22, 2012 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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August 21, 2012

WASHINGTON – In response to reports that Iraqi entities are breaching sanctions on financial transactions with designated Iranian entities and with respect to Iranian petroleum exports, U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) today sent a letter to Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to urge him to take steps to ensure that Iraqi entities are abiding by U.S. and international sanctions regimes designed to deliver a financial impact on Iran’s nuclear weapons program. (more…)

Iraqi denies helping Iran skirt sanctions

Posted: August 21, 2012 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Iraqi government announced on Tuesday that its trade with neighboring Iran “clear and public”, denying reports that the health to help them to Tehran to circumvent the international sanctions imposed on it through oil smuggling and the transfer of large sums of cash. (more…)

Reuters: Iraq helps Iran to evade sanctions

Posted: August 19, 2012 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Translation / Baghdadiya News / .. Reuters reported, quoting the New York Times in its report that Iraq helps Iran to circumvent the economic sanctions imposed on it by its nuclear program, through the use of a network of financial institutions and oil smuggling operations to ensure that Tehran’s flow of hard currency, benefiting some Iraqi officials.

In some cases, some of the turns a blind eye to Iraqi officials trade with Iran while others benefit from these activities. (more…)

Iraq News: New York Times says political parties in Iraq ministries used to expand their constituencies

Posted: July 1, 2012 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Sunday, July 1, 2012 12:08

New York Times said in its report that “the construction of shopping malls in the Iraqi capital is evidence of progress happening in the country but at the same time develop a culture of consumer society in the country still suffers from many problems, not least inflation, the number of employees in the public sector, corruption, and that makes the building such large complexes like putting crust above the nucleus is corrupt according to the expression represented by the World Bank in Iraq. (more…)

Saudi Arabia names first Iraqi Ambassador to Iraq since 1990 to re-establish full diplomatic ties

Posted: February 21, 2012 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics, Top Headlines
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Iraq says Saudi Arabia names first envoy since 1990

Saudi Arabia has named an ambassador to Iraq to re-establish full diplomatic ties for the first time since Saddam Hussein invaded neighbouring Kuwait, Iraq’s Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said on Tuesday.

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Obama administration continues to keep the pressure on Baghdad to pass the oil and gas (HCL) law

Posted: January 24, 2012 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Western companies controlled almost entirely on the Iraqi oil market

English: South façade of the White House, the ...

Western companies, oil producers such as BP and Exxon Mobil, Shell has the best to enter them into Iraq’s southern oilfields, says Andy Angeles Executive Director of Exploration at BP: We see this as the beginning for us and we look forward to the relations of long-term relationships with Iraq and look forward to more opportunities in the future. Dr Abdul Hai Yahya Salloum economic and international consultant oil says that Western companies have won many contracts in spite of the lack of transparency and clarity of vision with regard to legal issues The Iraqi government has given a small piece of this cake to China and other countries and other companies in order to stay silent.

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Iraqi’s in the US: Iraqi politicians are like teen vampires

Posted: January 24, 2012 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Iraqi citizens in the U.S. report: our politicians .. Vampires Teens

Posted 23/01/2012 09:12 AM

U.S. report links between the escalation of violence and political instability in parts of Iraq since the withdrawal of U.S. forces, pointing out that “political and sectarian factions battling for power and influence in a conflict that threatened the stability that allowed the U.S. to withdraw.”

Also depends report published by the newspaper “New York Times” when the report issued by the organization “Human Rights Watch,” on Sunday, and pointed out that “the Americans have left behind a police state, not a democracy.” (more…)

Iraq’s Oil Profits Rebound In November 2011, But Complications With Infrastructure And Compensation Remain

Posted: January 1, 2012 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Full numbers for Iraq’s November 2011 oil exports and profits were finally released, and showed a rebound on all counts after a two month dip. The price for Iraqi crude went up along with exports, leading to a rise in revenue for Iraq last montn. Despite this, Iraq’s production has still hit a plateau due to infrastructure limitations, and the country is having problems paying foreign companies that are responsible for the increases.

As reported before, Iraq’s oil exports rebounded in November after going down for the previous two months. In November, the country shipped an average of 2.13 million barrels a day, compared to 2.08 million in October, and 2.10 million in September. Last month’s average was not as high as August however, when Iraq exported 2.19 million barrels. The price of one barrel of Iraqi crude also increased from $104.43 in October to $106.59 in November. (more…)

U.S. report: Obama does not intend to return its troops to Iraq even if a civil war

Posted: December 25, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Sources warned that the U.S. media, that the Iraqi file may be due to a burden on the U.S. President at a fast pace, stressing that U.S. President Obama, does not intend to return to his troops there, even if things go wrong, and entered Iraq in a civil war.

The New York Times, in the context of self-reported, and seen by “Twilight News”, “U.S. withdrawal from Iraq and the subsequent events in this Arab country sign Obama is already under political attack on the front the American interior,” pointing to what he said Republican Senator John McCain upset for what happened in Iraq, recent events, when he stated that the United States would “pay a heavy price as a result of successive events in Baghdad due to the lack on the part of keeping troops there.” (more…)

Local Elections In Iraq Delayed Once Again

Posted: October 29, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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26/10/2011 16:19

In October 2011, Iraq’s Election Commission announced that local elections were going to be postponed once again. Voting was originally supposed to happen in 2005, but have been delayed several times since then because of security concerns and political disagreements.

In early 2011, Baghdad once again brought up the issue in response to popular protests. Now that those have subsided the authorities have no pressure upon them to follow through with their promises, which probably means that balloting for neighborhood and district councils will be held off indefinitely even though many of them have been in office for the last eight years.

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Maliki’s support of Syria is embarrassment to the US

Posted: August 21, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Iraq in the foreign press: New York Times (U.S.)

He started in the newspaper, David Dayan, Iran is pushing the government of Nouri al-Maliki in Iraq, to ​​support the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The valleys that Iran «played a role in decision-making Iraq», pointing out that «the big story» which was absent in the midst of explosions witnessed by the Iraq, is that the Iraqi leadership has supported the Syrian side in the crackdown.

He pointed out that while denouncing the leaders in the Arab States and other countries, the lion of his blood on the demonstrators, al-Maliki follow the tone of a more friendly, as he urged the demonstrators to avoid «sabotage» State, hosted a delegation Syria formally.

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Iraq-Shell natural gas deal may finally become a reality

Posted: July 5, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Finally, after three years, the Shell-Mitsubishi natural gas deal with Iraq may be heading towards fruition. Back in 2008, Royal Dutch Shell signed an initial agreement with Iraq’s Oil Ministry to develop gas produced from Basra’s petroleum fields. Later Mitsubishi joined as a junior partner. Talks dragged on and on over legal, procedural, and operational issues. That may finally be coming to an end, and the dream of developing Iraq’s vast natural gas resources could become a reality.

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Nujaifi: Visits US House of Representatives; Iraq and US need to form committees of friendship

Posted: June 26, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Committees parliamentary friendship between Baghdad and Washington

Najafi: the principle of separation of powers is vital in the political process

The President of the House of Representatives Osama Najafi, with his American counterpart, John Boehner on the formation of committees of the friendship between the parliamentarians of both countries to develop bilateral relations.

He Nujaifi During the meeting, which took place in the building of the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington yesterday, “the need to build bridges between the peoples of Iraq and the U.S. in parallel and in synchronization with the special relationship between the two governments. “

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Maliki counters protest movement with a demonstration and media campaign of his own

Posted: June 20, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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On Friday June 17, 2011 Iraqi protesters again took to the streets. They were seen in fewer locations than last week. They were also faced with another pro-government demonstration in Baghdad, which captured most of the headlines in the Iraqi press.

The Iraqi media reported two protests on June 17, and there were two others. One was in Nasiriyah, Dhi Qar where three activists were arrested. The security forces claimed that no permit was given for the march. 20 other demonstrators were being forced into vans when their compatriots came to their rescue.

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Who would want to steal data from the IMF? Storage of secret financial information of many countries

Posted: June 13, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Who wants to robbery on the IMF over the Internet? .. The store secret information on the financial situation of many States

The International Monetary Fund, which is still struggling to find a new president in the wake of the arrest of its Managing Director in New York last month, recently, what he described as experts in the field computer attack is huge and complex over the Internet is still unknown dimensions .

The most serious of the Fund, which administers the various financial crises around the world, and is a repository for highly confidential information about the financial situation of many States, his staff and the Governing Council on the attack, on Wednesday, but did not issue a public statement regarding this matter .

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Poor economic conditions in Iraq force men to search for gold deposits in sewers

Posted: June 8, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Newspaper: “gold fever” in the channels of sewage in Baghdad

Beirut, June 8 (Rn) – made the “New York Times” the American so-called “gold fever” in Baghdad, where tours are unemployed sewer and sanitation, in search of gold deposits in the downstream areas, shops craftsmen jewelers and gold in the Iraqi capital .

The newspaper pointed out that groups of desperate men are several times each month to get out into the darkness of the depths of up to 15 feet in search of crumbs of gold that may have been washed away to the sewage canals after the end of the craftsmen work on gold and jewelry.

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US pays Iraqi tribes to clear highways of debris and IED’s despite ban

Posted: June 7, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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U.S. paying tribal chiefs for security despite ban

U.S. convoyErbil, June 7 (AKnews) – Tribal leaders in Iraq are receiving $10,000 a month each from the U.S. in an underhand move to pay for security services.

Officially the ten chiefs are receiving the payments to clear rubbish from the sides of a 160-mile road through the dessert.

But the highway being cleared is the one that will be used by U.S. troops as they withdraw from Iraq later this year, and the people employed from the tribes are really looking for improvised explosive devices (IEDs).

An agreement signed by Iraq and the U.S. bans the Americans from paying tribal leaders to provide security.

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Iraq Steps Back Onto the Regional Stage

Posted: April 12, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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BAGHDAD — On Monday morning, the Iraqi foreign minister stood in a marble rotunda of Saddam Hussein’s old Republican Palace, once the heart of the American occupation, and noted that this was where the United States held sway when it “was trying to help us run our country.”

Ayman Oghanna for The New York Times How did that go? “Badly,” he said.

Soon the palace will be the setting for an Arab League summit meeting — a showpiece for a country, once a regional pariah, that is now trying to assert itself on the stage of Middle East affairs at a time when its neighbors are in turmoil.

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Adviser to Maliki: Washington plans to keep 20 thousand troops in Iraq

Posted: March 20, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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See politicians and military observers, Iraqi and American officials said the delay is justified in ending the file to form a government, has increased the complexity of the administration of President Obama organized a small army of diplomats and contractors, to be present in Baghdad, the U.S. military to leave after the end of the year.

And analysts believe the news at the New York Times, that the delay in naming ministers of security stocks slow down negotiations on some critical issues as well as between Baghdad and Washington, such as plans to train Iraqi police, and establish an office in charge of selling military equipment to the Iraqis.

This comes the delay before the final U.S. withdrawal from Iraq the end of the year, in a highly sensitive time for Iraq, despite advice from the Americans and the promises of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s public, end file security ministries, the last two ministerial positions.

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WNYC-FM: Revolution in Egypt, Evolution in Iraq

Posted: February 15, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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By Jami Floyd

Whatever may be happening in the rest of the region, Iraq is about evolution, not revolution.
On the front page of Tuesday’s New York Times: Democracy protests in Iran, Yemen and Bahrain. But I want to talk about Iraq. As I mentioned on this page last week, the U.S. miscalculated badly there, spending hundreds of billions of dollars trying to bring democracy to the Middle East. But, in an ironic twist, as the winds of change sweep through the region, true democracy has not come to Iraq.

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