Iraqi News Friday AM 2-19-21
Iraqi News Friday AM 2-19-21
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Talabani: Our Negotiations With Baghdad Will Continue Until An Agreement Is Reached
Time: 02/19/2021 13:46:00 Read: 2,171 times {Baghdad: Al Furat News} The head of the Kurdish negotiating delegation and deputy head of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Qubad Talabani, confirmed today, Friday, the continuation of negotiations in Baghdad to solve the problems and ensure the financial dues for the region in the federal budget for 2021.
Talabani said in a press statement, that "negotiations will continue with officials in Baghdad regarding the region’s share and financial dues, until an agreement is reached."
He added, "I inform all parties of the need to adhere to the law and the constitution," noting that "the Kurdistan Regional Government is committed to its duties in exchange for providing all financial dues and salaries of employees."
The delegation of the Kurdistan region, headed by Talabani, launched a new round of negotiations last Monday in Baghdad over the region’s share in the draft federal budget law for 2021. LINK
Representative Agriculture: Closing Borders And Curfew Is An Important Opportunity To Sell The Local Product
Time: 02/19/2021 11:16:51 Read: 3,185 times (Baghdad: Al Furat News) The Parliamentary Agriculture, Water and Marshlands Committee stressed the importance of closing the borders in conjunction with the curfew, which is important for the disposal of local products and not to harm the farmers and farms.
The head of the committee, Salam Al-Shammari, said in a statement that Al-Furat News Agency received a copy of, that "the past period witnessed great damage to the farmer and farms as a result of not fully controlling the border crossings, leakage of imported products and striking the local product."
He added, "The imposition of the curfew is an important opportunity to dispose of the local product in the markets and not to harm it, in light of the entry of agricultural and animal products and crops at low prices to hit local products and crops."
Al-Shammari demanded "the government not to introduce products that are equivalent to it locally and with complete self-sufficiency," calling it also "not to introduce any locally produced products in any agreement with any country." LINK
Communications Set The Date For The Launch Of The International Gates Project
Local| 02:11 - 19/02/2021 BAGHDAD - Mawazine News The Ministry of Communications set, on Friday, the date for the launch of the international access gates project.
The official spokesman for the Ministry of Communications, Raad Al-Mashhadani, said, according to the official agency, that "the ministry has completed the technical and legal requirements of the International Internet Access Gates (IGW) project in Iraq," pointing out that "these portals are major systems aimed at filtering websites and valid Internet content. And their entry into the country and withholding the invalid ones.
Al-Mashhadani explained, "The project was announced and referred to one of the sober international companies in this field, and it is now under implementation, and it is hoped that it will be put into actual operation during the third quarter of this year," indicating that "the ministry is currently establishing and through joint technical committees.
With the relevant authorities in developing accurate technical standards and specifications for the project of Internet exchange points (IXPs), which are places through which the various networks in the country are connected with the aim of exchanging Internet traffic through secure shared infrastructure exchange.
He emphasized that "these points are a major part of the Internet work environment and represent one of the means of developing the service and organizing it in an optimal manner, similar to the existing systems in the countries of the world."
He pointed out that "the Ministry of Communications, according to the directives of Minister Arkan Shihab Ahmed Al-Shaibani, is working, through its executive role, to implement a safe policy for the reality of communications in Iraq."
He stressed, "This issue includes great challenges, especially with the development and increase in demand on the Internet, various applications and social networking sites by organizing the process of processing and marketing Internet services in accordance with technical and security requirements and achieving streamlining of administrative and technical procedures for the work of suppliers and providers of capacity and Internet services to ensure the achievement of efficiency and quality factors."
In providing services to various government agencies and citizens and creating a great deal of appropriate conditions and requirements to supervise the marketing of Internet services, manage and monitor its content in accordance with the requirements of work and the public interest, and not prejudice national security. "Ended 6/29 https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=142362
Within The NATO Mission, More American Soldiers Are Coming To Iraq, And Britain Is Sending Hundreds
Time: 02/19/2021 14:16:23 Read: 2,886 times {International: Al Furat News} The Pentagon has opened the door to the possibility of sending more American forces to the Middle East as part of a newly expanded NATO training mission to support Iraqi forces and ensure ISIS does not rise again.
"The United States is participating in the force-building process for the NATO mission in Iraq and will contribute its fair share in this important and expanded mission," Pentagon spokeswoman Jessica L McConnellty told CNN.
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke about the mission with his NATO counterparts during a meeting with defense ministers on Thursday.
Late Thursday night, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby made it clear that "there are no plans to send more US forces to Iraq." However, a defense official told the channel that US forces could also support the mission from outside the country.
"We support the expanded NATO mission in Iraq and will continue to do so, but there are no plans to increase US troop levels there," Kirby said on Twitter.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Thursday, announced the increase in the number of its forces in Iraq in order to expand the task of training Iraqi forces, while no decision has yet been made on the withdrawal from Afghanistan.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said in a press conference after a videoconference with NATO defense ministers that "it has been decided to expand the training mission in Iraq to support Iraqi forces in the face of terrorism and to ensure that ISIS does not return."
Stoltenberg added that "the number of NATO forces will gradually increase from 500 to about 4 thousand, and their deployment will extend to areas outside Baghdad." Allow the Iraqis to achieve stability in their country. "
He pointed out that the increase in NATO forces will be gradual and come at the request of the Iraqi government.
Austin welcomed the "expanded role" of the NATO mission in Iraq, according to a reading of the discussions provided by the Pentagon. He expressed confidence that all the work done so far with the Iraqi government and Iraqi security forces will lead to a self-sufficient mission.
In a related context, the "Daily Mail" newspaper quoted military sources as saying that the international coalition forces intend to increase the number of their soldiers in Iraq to 5 thousand members.
The newspaper said that hundreds of British soldiers would be sent to Iraq in the largest increase of British forces there since the last Gulf War.
The number of British forces is expected to double or triple later this year.
In total, 179 British soldiers have lost their lives in Iraq since March 2003, while the last troops withdrew there in May 2011.
Currently 100 British personnel are stationed there to train Iraqi security forces. Within the framework of the mission of the international coalition to combat ISIS, with the possibility of them playing security roles.
The announcement by the British Defense Minister, Ben Wallace, last night that hundreds of soldiers would be dispatched came days after a missile attack on an international coalition base near Erbil airport in northern Iraq, killing a civilian contractor and wounding nine others.
In support of the decision, the former commander of British forces in Afghanistan, Richard Kemp, said: "Iraqi forces are facing an increasing threat from ISIS, as a double suicide bombing occurred in Baghdad in January (Tayaran Square) in addition to daily terrorist attacks in different parts of the country."
Kemp explained that the return of the force to ISIS "has led to many terrorist attacks in Europe including the United Kingdom."
He added, "We and NATO must do everything in our power to help the Iraqis improve their military capabilities so that they can impose greater control over their lands. In this way, we will protect our homeland as well." LINK
The Pentagon Opens The Door To Send More Troops To Iraq
a wish| 11:44 - 19/02/2021 Baghdad - Mawazine News The Pentagon has opened the door to the possibility of sending more American forces to the Middle East, as part of a newly expanded NATO training mission to support Iraqi forces and ensure that ISIS does not rise again.
"The United States is participating in the process of building a force for the NATO mission in Iraq and will contribute its fair share in this important expanded mission," said Pentagon spokesman Jessica McConnellty, according to CNN.
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin previously spoke about the mission with his NATO counterparts during a meeting with defense ministers on Thursday.
In turn, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby made it clear that "there are no plans" to send more US forces to Iraq itself. However, a defense official told CNN that US forces could also support the mission from outside the country.
"We support the expanded NATO mission in Iraq and will continue to do so, but there are no plans to increase US troop levels there," Kirby said on Twitter.
Such a move could have been a reflection of the previous administration's policy that reduced the number of troops in the country to 2,500 after defeating former President Donald Trump in the election.
At a press conference on Thursday, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said that the NATO mission would increase from 500 to about 4,000 personnel.
Austin welcomed the "expanded role" of the NATO mission in Iraq, according to a reading of the discussions provided by the Pentagon, expressing confidence that all the work done so far with the Iraqi government and Iraqi security forces will lead to a self-sufficient mission.
Stoltenberg stressed the importance of NATO's mission to prevent the resurgence of ISIS, adding: “Not long ago, ISIS controlled territory the size of the United Kingdom and about 8 million people.
They lost that control, but ISIS is still there, operating in Iraq, and we need to make sure they are. We are not able to return. We are also seeing some increase in ISIS attacks and this only highlights the importance of the Iraqi forces strengthening the forces. "
He added that "the increase in NATO forces will be gradual and will come at the request of the Iraqi government." Ended 29 / h https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=142346
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