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Iraq Announces The Withdrawal Of The First American Force Under The "Washington Agreement"
Posted On 2021-08-10 By Sotaliraq "Qassem Al-Jabarin" adopts targeting 3 columns of the coalition
Hours after an Iraqi official welcomed the start of the withdrawal of a batch of the international coalition forces from Iraq towards Kuwait, the official spokesman for the coalition forces announced that the coalition's mission, even after this withdrawal, will not change in Iraq. A spokesman for the "international coalition against ISIS", Wayne Maroto, said on Monday that the mission of the coalition with its partner forces in Iraq has not changed. He explained in a tweet on Twitter that "there is no change in the mission of the coalition with its partners in the Iraqi security forces and the Kurdish Peshmerga forces to defeat ISIS and its remnants."
The Iraqi government had announced its welcome to start implementing what was agreed upon within the framework of the fourth round of the "strategic dialogue" during Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi's recent visit to the United States of America.
In this context, the Iraqi National Security Adviser, Qassem Al-Araji, who was accompanying Al-Kazemi on a visit to Washington, confirmed that "the step taken by the American forces to withdraw from Iraq towards their bases in Kuwait is welcome to us." Al-Araji added in a statement that "this step of withdrawal came in response to the outcomes of the (strategic dialogue) between Iraq and America, and it is a confirmation of what was agreed upon and the commitment and credibility of the two parties."
For his part, the spokesman for the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Major General Yahya Rasoul, confirmed, on Monday, that the withdrawal of the international coalition forces towards Kuwait came within the outcomes of the strategic dialogue between Baghdad and Washington.
Rasoul told the official news agency that “the withdrawal process will continue until December 31,” noting that “the rest are advisors only for the purpose of training, and they will be protected by the Iraqi forces.” Rasoul explained that “these forces were not really combative; Because the Iraqi forces are the ones who fight and liberate the areas from (ISIS)."
Meanwhile, an extremist group whose reference is not yet known, calling itself "Qassem Al-Jabarin", announced its responsibility for targeting the international coalition convoys during the recent period. She said in a statement yesterday: "Today we are adopting 3 specific operations targeting logistical columns belonging to the US Army in 3 different locations and governorates; These are Baghdad, Nasiriyah and Babylon.
This group vowed “more,” noting that “these operations come in response to the call of the homeland and the right to defend the land from the American occupation forces and avenge the blood of the victory leaders,” in reference to the killing of Qassem Soleimani, commander of the “Quds Force” in the “Revolutionary Guards.”
Iranian, and Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis, deputy head of the Popular Mobilization Authority. This is the first time that a party affiliated with an armed faction has issued a statement declaring responsibility for targeting the international coalition convoys; Where it was considered a routine work that was limited to planting explosives in the way of logistical support lines for the international coalition forces in Iraq, and usually there were no casualties. Moreover;
The armed factions loyal to Iran, which announced their rejection of the outcomes of the “strategic dialogue” in its fourth round, and criticized a series of statements of support, even from parties affiliated with the “Al-Fateh Alliance” led by Hadi al-Amiri, did not carry out any armed operation against the Americans, whether it was with Katyusha missiles or drones.
Nor did any of these factions comment on the coalition’s decision to start withdrawing its forces from Iraq to Kuwait, although they used to question such steps, in addition to considering what is happening as a redeployment of American forces as long as they go to neighboring countries, not a withdrawal. LINK
A Parliamentary Committee Calls On The Government To Reveal The Fiscal Surplus In The 2021 Budget
Political Tuesday 10 August 2021 | 02:46 PM| Number of readings: 290 A member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Abdul Hadi Al-Saadawi, called on Tuesday for the government to reveal the financial surplus in the Federal Budget Law for the year 2021, after the rise in international oil prices .
Al-Saadawi said, "The price of a barrel of oil was calculated in the 2021 budget law, at 45 dollars, while international oil prices range today between 65-70 dollars and may exceed that in some days, and therefore the government is required to disclose the surplus of those funds ."
He added that "the surplus of these funds is sufficient to fill the financial deficit in the budget law, as well as to finance the stalled vital and strategic projects," wondering, "Where do those funds go? "
And he indicated that "the government and the Ministry of Finance did not talk about the existence of a supplementary budget for the current year's budget law, and therefore they must provide statements regarding the size of the surplus of those funds and ways to benefit from it."
https://aynaliraqnews.com/index.php?aa=news&id22=150695
The Strategic Planning Committee Hosts The Heads Of The Border Ports And Taxes Authority
10/08/2021 The Committee to Monitor the Implementation of the Governmental Program and Strategic Planning, headed by Representative Hazem Al-Khalidi and the presence of its members, hosted on Tuesday 8/10/2021 the Minister of State for Parliament Affairs, Mrs. Hiam Neamat, the head of the Border Ports Authority, the head of the General Tax Authority and the advanced cadre of the two bodies to discuss what has been accomplished of the ministerial curriculum.
During the hosting, which was held in the constitutional hall of the House of Representatives, the head of the committee welcomed the attendees, stressing that the committee hosted a number of ministers and is working on presenting its report on the ministerial curriculum, noting that the current government does not have an integrated ministerial program that it is working on.
The head of the Border Ports Authority gave an explanation about the work of the Border Ports Authority and the importance of defining the terms of reference and non-interference in the work, in addition to issuing a decision specifying the role of the Ports Authority in supervising and controlling without interfering with technical aspects. He pointed out that the number of official border crossings reached 21, while the number of unofficial ports reached more than Official outlets and do more of them.
The delegation added the importance of conducting some essential points related to the work of the ports and the implementation of the ministerial curriculum, the most important of which is the confiscation of weapons in the hands of the state, the development of a plan to confront the Corona pandemic, the provision of treatment and oxygen supplies, as well as the issue of the Board of the Border Ports Authority and conducting tours of the ports to see the progress of work in them, in addition to the administrative and financial reform in The authority stressed the need to protect the national product, not allow the entry of prohibited materials, and the authority's automation and electronic governance.
For their part, the members of the committee were briefed on the report submitted by the authority, expressing their observations about the level of work of the border crossings and the tax authority based on the submitted report, stressing that these departments are the mainstay in the Iraqi economy, and the prestige of the state must be imposed and the Kurdistan region’s ports controlled to prevent smuggling of prohibited goods and establish a system For all departments of the ports and tax authorities.
The members also raised several questions about the Cabinet’s issuance of Resolution No. 13 of 2019 regarding the protection of the national product, the unification of customs duties, facilitating the smooth entry of goods in all governorates and the application of the paragraphs of the resolution, submitting a proposal to work with Cabinet Resolution No. 305 until the actual presence of border crossings, and considering the outgoing goods Through the unofficial ports of smuggled goods, and the adoption of the electronic system for automating customs procedures applied in the ports of the region and the achievement of electronic linkage of all border ports through the window of trade exchange.
Media Department House of Representatives August 10, 2021 LINK
Oil Rebounds With Limited Gains
Economy Tuesday 10 August 2021 | 10:06 am| Number of readings: 95 Oil prices rose, from a three-week low in the previous session, but gains are likely to be limited by concerns that an increase in COVID-19 cases and restrictions in China will affect fuel demand .
By 05:06 GMT, Brent crude rose 32 cents, or 0.46%, to $69.36 a barrel, after falling 2.3% on Monday .
And US oil rose 49 cents, or 0.74, to $ 66.97 a barrel, after an outbreak that fell by 2.6 percent in the previous session .
On Monday, China reported more COVID-19 infections in the latest record of the disease first detected in the country in late 2019, in what analysts said was the biggest test of Beijing's zero-infection strategy .
Some Chinese cities have stepped up mass testing as authorities try to stamp out locally transmitted infections of the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus, with some reports of airline seat capacity in China dropping 32% in one week. https://aynaliraqnews.com/index.php?aa=news&id22=150670
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