KTFA Members "News and Views" Wednesday Afternoon 11-20-19
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Samson: Khalidi: 70 deputies have signed so far to dismiss Abdul Mahdi
10:53 - 20/11/2019
The head of the parliamentary bloc of parliamentary good Mohammed al-Khalidi, on Wednesday, the signing of 70 deputies to dismiss Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi from office, pointing out that the dismissal of the Iraqi government has become a parliamentary requirement.
Khalidi said in a statement to the information, that "the dismissal of the government has become a matter of fact because there were violations in their period and during the demonstrations as well."
He added that "the number of signatories of deputies to dismiss Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi, according to Krupp Council, 70 deputies," stressing that "the number is possible to increase because of the development of attitudes experienced by the country."
Qusay Abbas, a member of the Fatah alliance, said in a statement earlier to the information, successive governments are responsible for what the country has reached for 16 years, pointing out that the government failed to deal with the crisis of demonstrations. LINK
Samson: Issuance of arrest warrants and recruitment of officials in Kirkuk
20th November, 2019
The Integrity Commission announced on Wednesday the issuance of arrest warrants and recruitment of a number of local officials in Kirkuk.
In its talk about the cases investigated by the Commission and referred to the judiciary, the Investigation Department of the Commission pointed out that the judiciary has issued recruiting orders against the deputy governor of Kirkuk for technical affairs in accordance with the provisions of Article (331) of the Iraqi Penal Code. Kirkuk, former scientific assistant to the President of the University and the dean of the former Faculty of Law and the head of the legal department at the university.
It noted the issuance of a warrant of arrest (10) from the trustees of the old Kirkuk warehouse belonging to the Petroleum Products Company who assumed responsibility for the period from 2015 to 2018, based on the provisions of Article 349 of the Penal Code. On the basis of the Commission's investigations, the judiciary issued another arrest warrant against the former mayor of Debs, in accordance with the provisions of Article 322 of the Penal Code.
It is noteworthy that the Commission had announced earlier this month, the issuance of sixty arrest warrants and recruitment of deputies and local officials on charges of corruption and damage to public money. LINK
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2Cents: Interesting......No Currency Sale today for Sunday....after two sales yesterday to cover both Wednesday and Thursday, today's Sale, if it had occurred, would have been expected to cover Sunday........It will be very interesting if there is no Sale tomorrow for Sunday......
Docmagee94: Didn’t FF Eddie say all currency auctions have been stopped?
2Cents: Auctions stopped a long time ago.....now, Sales at the Window which will always happen IMO. The amounts will be relatively negligible after the RI. They posted TWO Sales at the Window yesterday 500,000+ combined....Huuuuge Sales!!!!
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Samson: Abdul Mahdi: All the demands of the demonstrators are doable
20th November, 2019
Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi stressed the work to reform the country to meet the requirements of comprehensive development and not only respond to legitimate demands.
This came during a meeting on Wednesday with a large gathering of tribal elders and tribal elders from the central and southern governorates, to deliberate on the situation in the country and the reform measures and solutions and ways to enhance security and stability and meet the legitimate demands of protesters and the general public.
During the meeting, the tribal sheikhs reviewed the reality of the governorates in terms of security, service and living, as well as many opinions, demands and proposals related to fighting corruption, operating stalled laboratories, providing job opportunities, supporting the ration card and compensations, in addition to calling for constitutional amendments and imposing the rule of law and the prestige of the state to preserve the state's resources and public and private property and ports. And border ports.
The Prime Minister stressed that "all demands are feasible in cooperation in good times and bad and bear joint responsibility for the interest of Iraq," noting that "the tribes were in the first row in all covenants and extended the battlefields against ISIS with brave men, which is really a reference army and the people and stood with our forces until To achieve victory."
He pointed out that "the government in its first year faced and exceeded many problems, challenges and accumulations, and we are determined to serve our country and our people and fight poverty and corruption and achieve the desired reform."
Regarding the demonstrations, the Prime Minister said that "the demonstrations are legitimate and the constitution respects freedom of expression. It has revealed the imbalances in the political system and the various issues of life that must be addressed, and must provide a safe investment environment to attract companies and reduce dependence on oil and to increase resources and jobs." "When we assumed responsibility, we turned to rely on the Iraqi people, especially the peasants in the case of investment of the rainy season and the cultivation of grain, which achieved an increase in production rates and delivered their dues immediately despite the financial crisis in order to ensure and encourage farmers to continue to cultivate their land in the coming seasons and strengthen the Iraqi economy."
Dependence on the state is dangerous because its monopoly on money is rife with corruption and therefore we are trying to change these contexts with a new vision. LINK
ChrisC: Remember the scene in The Princess Bride where the Sheriff is blocking the way to a locked door and they ask for the key? He replies "there is no key", the Dread Pirate Roberts says "Fezik, rip off his arms", to which the sheriff replies "oh, you mean this key". It is funny how impossible feats become possible when the right pressure is applied.
Don961: Accusations of Halbousi smuggling $ 50 million to buy real estate and the Revolutionary Committee ridiculed the meeting of parties
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
BAGHDAD -
The pages of the organizers of the Iraqi revolution said that the speaker of the House of Representatives is preparing to leave Iraq soon.
According to the page of the `` October Revolution in Iraq '', Tuesday 19 November 2019, it quoted from what it described as a "very reliable source" that the transfer of the Speaker of Parliament Mohammed Halbousi amount of $ 50 million last Thursday afternoon, November 14 To Dubai, United Arab Emirates; to buy property there.
In turn, the organizing committee described the October Revolution in a brief statement today, that the meeting of political blocs, which she described as "corrupt" in the house of the leader of the wisdom movement Ammar al-Hakim, is like trying to rescue a drowning hours after his death, no aid benefited or drowned returned to life.
The organizing committee concluded by stressing that "the political process of those parties is dead and saturated with death", according to the statement.
In the meantime, students of the College of Dentistry at the University of Basra chanted slogans against the leader of the Sadrist movement Muqtada al-Sadr and the ruling parties;
The demonstrations continued in Tahrir Square in the capital Baghdad and a number of Iraqi provinces.
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Don961: US magazine: Barzani family bought two palaces in California for $ 47 million in cash
Image from the advertising tape of Maison 613
Variety magazine said Variety US The two leading members of the Barzani family window in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, are behind a bilateral deal to buy palaces in the famous Beverly Hills in Los Angeles, California , the US State. Kasserine valued at $ 47 million, paid in cash.
The magazine revealed that the huge deal was completed by Haval Doski, a Kurdish resident in the state of Virginia, with close ties to Mansour Barzani, son of former President of Iraqi Kurdistan Massoud Barzani.
One of the houses belongs to Barzani's second son, Masroor, who is the current head of the autonomous region in northern Iraq.
The first palace is 21,000 square feet, while the second is 12,000 square feet.
The Barzani family is one of the wealthiest families in northern Iraq, if not the richest at all, and this million-dollar deal may support previous accusations of family corruption, according to the magazine.
The two Beverly Hills mansions last year were completed in three months. The Maison 613, located in Flats, was sold for $ 27 million.
The lavish "house" includes an indoor basketball court, two bowling tracks, a theater and a library, as well as "the most sophisticated and coordinated lighting, sound and security systems imaginable," the company was offering for sale.
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No one seems to be living in either house, according to the American magazine. Masroor is said to have another mansion in the upscale McLean, Virginia, where he regularly resides during visits to the United States, where he meets with US officials. LINK
Rommy: IMO looks like they needed some place to stash all of their stolen money. Does Sistani also have residence in this neighborhood?