Iraqi News Saturday AM 11-20-21
Iraqi News Saturday AM 11-20-21
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Who Will Rule Iraq And Who Is The Next Prime Minister?
Posted On 2021-11-20 By Sotaliraq Who will rule Iraq? Majority or consensus and who is the next prime minister? Premature questions, the answers to which will become clear after the election results
Everything that has been proposed and will be presented during the current period does not mean that it has been resolved and everyone agrees on it. Talking here is about the personality who will rule Iraq in the next stage, as observers believe that the talk at the present time is very early and the marathon of serious negotiations will start after the election results for the form of the government and its head.
A national majority or a political consensus, a well-known name or a new surprise? Who will rule Iraq, the most prominent question in the current stage and by reading followers that the answer to it is premature and after the results of the elections will clear up the uncertainty of the scene and the answer will become more clear.
The most prominent personalities circulating among the politics of the prime minister's post may not actually be acceptable, and all the names that were put forward, some of whom had previously held the position, are just a piece of paper that quickly burned between popular rejection and political objection, according to what observers see.
Despite the admissibility of some of the names that were put forward, they may be rejected at any moment and replaced with other names that enjoy a political settlement or consensus, as happened in the twenty-two government. LINK
American Report: Al-Kazemi Is A Rare Man And Rejects Rivers Of Blood
Posted On 2021-11-20 By Sotaliraq An American report by the researcher at the American Washington Institute, Michael Knights, described the Iraqi Prime Minister, Mustafa Al-Kazemi, as “a rare man who rejects rivers of blood.”
Knights concluded in the report, which was translated that "the militia's attempt to assassinate Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi confirms that he has done something right for Iraq over the past two years, considering that the international community should realize how rare it is to find a leader who refuses to unleash brutality when under pressure." severe, and that the appointment of such a leader to head the next government represents a positive and vital step that makes positive change possible.
Under the title “Terrorizing Mustafa Al-Kazemi,” Knights wrote a report in which he said, “In the old English language, the word intimidation means a test of patience and flogging, or suffering with a bitter experience, or exposure to temptation and torture, and in the Christian religion, Christ goes through a horrific experience after his death and before his resurrection. He crosses Hell.
He added, "Certainly, Prime Minister Al-Kazemi does not claim that he is more than just a man who is doing his best, but he is also going through a horrific experience while Iraq is going through its usual ordeal of elections, arduous political bargains and efforts to form a government."
The report mentioned dropping bombs on Al-Kazemi’s house on the seventh of November, in an attempt to intimidate politicians of all shades, adding that it is not the first time that the militias have targeted Al-Kazemi and his close associates. The previous process of government formation was in April 2020, when about a hundred armed men from the Iran-backed Kata’ib Hezbollah militia surrounded Al-Kazemi and his bodyguards in the Prime Minister’s Guest House, a type of hotel for government officials and visitors.
Al-Kazemi was at that time the head of the National Intelligence Service. "Although his men were well protected, they were helpless against a hundred militiamen, some of whom carried RPGs designed to detonate armored vehicles and bunkers," he said.
He added that "Al-Kazemi's guards had clashed with Kata'ib Hezbollah fighters a few days ago, so Kata'ib Hezbollah took the opportunity to arrest a bodyguard, taunt him, and throw him in prison, with the aim of sending a message to the man who many expected to become the next prime minister."
And the report considered that “this intimidation attempt has failed, for Al-Kazemi has already become prime minister, even after Hussein Mu’nis (Abu Ali Al-Askari) warned that his appointment would be considered an act of war and would “burn what remains of Iraq’s stability.”
The report went back to June 2020 when Al-Kazemi had settled in the position of Prime Minister, but he remained residing in the same villa located on the banks of the Tigris River, which is owned by a famous writer and friend of Al-Kazemi, recalling that when Al-Kazemi ordered the arrest of a “terrorist from the Hezbollah Brigades.” The militia sent another convoy of armed trucks to his home and installed a double-barrelled anti-aircraft gun outside while "negotiating" the prisoner's release.
He continued, "What most Iraqis do not know is that Al-Kazemi did not release the Kata'ib Hezbollah member after these intimidation attempts, and instead, the member was released after several months under an order issued by a judicial body that was subjected to intimidation."
He added that "only weeks after assuming the premiership, and receiving trembling signals from his military commanders, Al-Kazemi was not ready to risk entering into a large-scale war with the militias."
The report stated that "Al-Kazemi is better protected today than it was at the time, as his security measures and international support were carefully designed to deter the small army of militia forces available to attack him, which is why they called him a drone instead."
The report pointed out that it is not the first time that Al-Kazemi’s house has been attacked by a drone. On March 4, 2021, the militias correctly sensed the beginning of negotiations before the elections to marginalize them after the upcoming October 10 elections, and they responded by dropping drones on the homes of senior leaders. Politicians, including Al-Kazemi, and a quadcopter struck his home in advance of the November 7 armed drone attack.
Although the report indicated that Al-Kazemi’s strategy of gradual response against the militias is frustratingly slow because it is limited to replacing an exposed officer from here, arresting one terrorist from there, and one case to combat corruption, he added that the arrests are piling up and the cases brought before the courts are bearing fruit, explaining “ Such work takes a long time, and Iraqis are right to be impatient.”
He continued, "While any Iraqi prime minister can easily become a dictator and leader of the death squads, Al-Kazemi does not want rivers of blood to flow in Baghdad if the pain of ordinary people can be alleviated by gradually and steadily weakening those militias."
The report considered that "Al-Kazemi is one of the Iraqis who continue to defend the rule of law, and the international community must realize how rare it is to find a leader who refuses to unleash brutality when under intense pressure to do so."
The report stated that "the Iranian-backed militias targeted this time the front steps in Al-Kazemi's modest house on the Tigris River, and that it was on these steps in particular that the commander of the Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Qassem Soleimani, stood to offer Al-Kazemi the premiership in the year 2018, provided that he agreed to submit to Tehran." And he will be the head of its government in Iraq, and when he refused, they chose Adel Abdul-Mahdi instead, and his destructive era lasted for only two years.
He added, "Al-Kazemi became prime minister after that, but not thanks to Iran's interference, and despite death threats from Iran and its militias."
And now, the report says, “as Iraq seeks to form a new government after the elections, the militias themselves have drawn a red line that the next prime minister can be anyone except Al-Kazemi. Of course, this behavior conveys a message to us.”
The report mentioned the words of the Iraqi writers Hamza Haddad and Muhammad Al-Waeli in an article published in the “Fikra Forum” (affiliated with the Washington Institute) in 2018, that Iraq needs a visionary leader if the country is to recover,” but the report said that Iraq also needs a leader. Courageous, conscientious and responsible.
And he added, "Under this centralized system, it is necessary to have a good prime minister to keep Iraq on the right track, and that the appointment of such a leader represents a positive and vital step that makes positive change possible, and that regardless of whether Al-Kazemi becomes prime minister for another term or not, The militia’s efforts to lure and torture him indicate that he has done something right in these past two years, that future prime ministers should follow his example, and the friends of Iraq should support the ideals he set.” LINK
A Slight Decrease In The Dollar Exchange Rate In The Local Markets
Saturday 20 November 2021 11:02 | economic Number of readings: 262 Baghdad / NINA / - The dollar exchange rate witnessed, today, Saturday, a slight decrease in the local markets.
The selling price of the dollar was 148,000 dinars per 100 dollars, while the purchase price was 147,500 dinars per 100 dollars./End 8 https://ninanews.com/Website/News/Details?key=940087
The Central Bank Of / NINA /: These Are Our Initiatives To Solve The Housing Crisis In Iraq
Saturday 20 November 2021 16:41 | economic Number of readings: 123 Baghdad / NINA / - The Central Bank of Iraq disclosed its banking initiatives to confront the housing crisis in Iraq.
Deputy Governor of the Bank, Ihsan Shamran al-Yasiri, stated, in a statement to the National Iraqi News Agency ( NINA ), that "the Central Bank launched two initiatives, the first with a value of 5 trillion dinars and the other with a value of 1 trillion dinars, for a total of 6 trillion dinars, and all of its amounts are monitored and there is a demand for it, indicating that it will be implemented." Adding new amounts in case the allocation is implemented.
He added, "Our housing initiative is through the real estate bank to buy housing units in residential complexes or outside it, and our other initiative in the National Housing Fund is to finance requests for building housing units by citizens," adding, "The housing initiative is one of our most successful initiatives because it has absorbed a large part of the The housing crisis in Iraq.
Al-Yasiri stressed that "these initiatives since 2015 until now have enhanced liquidity and given opportunities to the public to compensate for government jobs that are essential in financing and employment, which were disrupted by the post-2014 events and the entry of the terrorist Daesh."
He explained that "the terrorist ISIS era disrupted the state's effort and represented the biggest challenge to public finance due to the drop in global oil prices below $30 at the time, and the allocation of budget funds to the security sector. The initiative of the Central Bank was a big boost, making it similar to the "Marshall of Iraq" project to employ the unemployed, empower women and operate factories. Which we hope will continue for the coming years.”
On cooperation with private banks, the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank explained, “The bank launched a trillion dinars for various requests from the public, including housing requests without interest, except for a simple commission and for long repayment periods of up to 20 years, as well as other initiatives in the industrial, agricultural and commercial sectors.”/ https://ninanews.com/Website/News/Details?Key=940150
Weekly Trading Indicators For The Iraqi Stock Exchange
Stock market Market Economy News – Baghdad During the third week of November 2021, the Iraq Stock Exchange organized five trading sessions from Sunday 14/11/2021 to Thursday 18/11/2021.
Check during this week the indicators below:
The number of shares traded this week reached more than (7) billion shares.
The value of traded shares this week amounted to more than (3) billion dinars.
The market trading index closed for the first session of the week at (579.46) points, while the index closed at the end of the week at (573.46) points, achieving an increase of 1.05% from its closing in the first session.
During the week, more than (2700) buying and selling contracts were executed on the shares of companies listed in the market. Number of views 90, date added 20/11/2021
https://economy-news.net/content.php?id=26816
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