News, Rumors and Opinions Friday Morning 11-29-19
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Mobius: Iraq’s top Shi’ite Muslim cleric on Friday condemned attacks on protesters and urged lawmakers to reconsider their support for the government, an apparent suggestion they seek a change of leadership to stem spiraling violence in the war-weary country.
On Thursday, security forces shot dead 46 people in another southern city, Nassiriya, 12 in Najaf and four in Baghdad bringing the death toll from weeks of unrest to at least 408, most of them unarmed protesters, according to a Reuters tally from medical and police sources.
Iraq’s “enemies and their apparatuses are trying to sow chaos and infighting to return the country to the age of dictatorship ... everyone must work together to thwart that opportunity,” Sistani said, without elaborating. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-protests/top-iraq-cleric-urges-lawmakers-to-reassess-government-after-400-killed-idUSKBN1Y30W0?il=0
Tishwash: breaking news less than ten minutes ago… alllllll over their news right now Abdul Mahdi: I will resign to parliament …wait 2 hours to see if he denies it but it seems real right this minute
I'm pretty sure if the Prime Minister resigns that means the entire government resigns and that means the demonstrators will be happy if it all happens so we shall see
Abdul Mahdi: I will resign to parliament
Baghdad Today - Baghdad Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi said on Friday that he would submit his resignation request to the .House of Representatives in response to a call by the religious authority
Abdul Mahdi said in a statement received (Baghdad today), "I listened very carefully to the speech of the Supreme Religious authority on 29/11/2019 and stated that (in view of the difficult circumstances experienced by the country, and the apparent deficit in dealing with the authorities concerned with the developments of the two months The Council of Representatives, from which the current government emerged, is called upon to reconsider its options in this regard and act in the interests of Iraq and to preserve the blood of its people, and avoid sliding into a cycle of violence, chaos and " .devastation
He added: "In response to this call and to facilitate and expedite its completion as soon as possible, I will submit to the House of Representatives the official letter requesting the resignation of the current ".government to enable the Council to reconsider its options
He warned that "the proximal and distant knows that I have already made this option publicly and in " . official notes, and in the interest of the people and the country The highest religious authority represented by Mr. Ali al-Sistani, has seen, today, that the House of Representatives, which chose the government is invited to reconsider its options, and it is called to accelerate the adoption of a package of reform legislation to be in preparation for free and fair .elections
In a speech read by its representative, Ahmad Al-Safi, in his Friday sermon from the Husseini Dish in Karbala, "In view of the difficult circumstances experienced by the country and the apparent deficit in dealing with the developments of the last two months to preserve the rights and inject blood, The House of Representatives, from which the current government emerged, is invited to reconsider its options in this regard and act in accordance with the interests of Iraq and to preserve the blood of its people, and avoid sliding into a cycle of violence, chaos and devastation, warning that it "is called to accelerate the adoption of the package of electoral legislation to be satisfactory
To the people in preparation for Behind the free and fair elections reflect the will of the results honestly of the Iraqi " . people She stressed that "procrastination and procrastination in the conduct of this path - which is the appropriate gateway to overcome the current crisis in a peaceful and civilized manner under the ".ceiling of the Constitution - will cost the country a high price and regret everyone Since October 25, demonstrations and protests have spread throughout the capital, Baghdad, and a number of central and southern provinces, during which clashes between demonstrators and security .forces that killed about 400 people and wounded more than 13 thousand, between the parties
The demonstrations, complementary to the previous two weeks, called for ministerial and .constitutional reforms, early elections, and the disclosure of the cause of the killing of demonstrators link
Tishwash: this is the speech that supposedly made Mahdi decide to submit his resignation
And" publish the text of the statement of the supreme religious authority, during Friday sermon
Publish the news agency of Iraq (and) the text of the statement of the supreme religious authority, during Friday sermons
The following is the text of the statement :
In the name of Allah the compassionate, the merciful
Follow the supreme religious authority with deep sorrow and regret the news of the collision of the last in a number of cities, especially nasiriyya wounded, Najaf Al-Ashraf, and had been through it shed a lot of blood boiling and exposure to many of the property right and sabotage.
And religious authority, as translated on the martyrs esteemed and diplomatic loved ones and invites them to patience and fortitude where a speedy recovery is once again emphasizing the sanctity of the assault on peaceful demonstrators and prevent them from exercising their right in demanding reform, as it emphasizes on the care of the inviolability of public and private funds, and the need to not leave the view to the adoption of lurking here, and peaceful demonstrators to distinguish their ranks from the non-power of two and collaborate in the expulsion of the vandals-whatever they are-and allow them to exploit the peaceful demonstrations to harm the property of citizens relying on their owners.
Given the difficult circumstances in the country, and to be clear deficit in the cooperation of stakeholders with the developments in the last two months that preserves the rights and improves the blood van the House of Representatives who emerged from the current government is invited to reconsider its options in this regard and act as dictated by the interest of Iraq and preserve the blood of his sons.
And to avoid slipping into a spiral of violence and chaos and ruin, as it is invited to speed up the adoption of the package of electoral legislation as may be satisfactory to the company in preparation for free and fair elections the outcome truthfully about the will of the Iraqi people, Van marketing stall in this path-which is the entrance appropriate to overcome the current crisis Peacefully and civilized under the roof of the Constitution-will cost the country dearly and will do it all.
The enemies and claimed their planning to achieve the goals of their malware from spreading havoc and ruin, were drawn to borrowing, and then bring the country to the era of the dictatorial, then it must be that everyone is collaborating to Chance them in that.
That the religious authority will support the Iraqi people's living, not only his advice and guidance into what you see it's in the interest of the people, it seems, for people to choose what considers he is the best person for his present and his future without the tutelage of one of them. link
Carlosisan: Not to burst any bubbles, but; as long as I've been in this (12 l-o-n-g years), the prime minister is always resigning along with the goverment. haven't seen it happen yet….. maybe this time is will actually happen. ….we can only hope, so that this will finally come to fruition.
Briona: Carlosisin, We have never seen the populous uprising like this, so things are different this time. Things have to change and soon.
Pearle: There has to be change, so many countries in chaos
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Frank26 & Guest Guru Angel1 …pay attention to the Erbil Stock Exchange. We believe IMO they will make an announcement pretty soon that they will go live internationally very soon…the CEO of the ISX came out this morning…he released a disclaimer. He said the Iraqi Stock Exchange has no relationship with any Iraqi or foreign website that publishes news, listen to this, or PICTURES related to investment or trading currencies or stocks in the International financial markets. Taha Abdul Salam is furious because there are organizations that are trying to steal his thunder…he was pretty pissed off when he found out that there were picture going around leaking what he was supposed to say…
Jeff …per the facts everything they’re showing you is pointing to Q1…everything they’re showing you most likely means they have to have this budget ready to implement in Q2. Again that’s implementation of the budget…I didn’t say rate change. The rate change has to happen before that and that’s where Q1 comes in…
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Trump makes surprise visit to U.S. troops in Afghanistan
BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan — President Trump visited Afghanistan for the first time on Thursday, delivering Thanksgiving greetings to U.S. troops deployed here in America’s longest-running war. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-makes-surprise-visit-to-us-troops-in-afghanistan/2019/11/28/7fe71f2a-11e8-11ea-bf62-eadd5d11f559_story.html
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Europe On the brink of Economic & Political Meltdown -- Economic Collapse -- Stock Market Crash 4K
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Europe On the brink of Economic and Political Meltdown -- Economic Collapse -- Stock Market Crash 4K The global economy is enthralled with the problems at the start of 2019 ; with another major economic crisis brewing in Europe .
The growth of the continent has slowed practically to a standstill, and two of its four biggest economies are on the brink of recession. The Eurozone Crisis has taken a significant toll – both economic and political – on EU member states, including the Union as a whole.
The EU, One of the world’s most extraordinary experiments in governance–a union throwing together what is now 28 countries with wildly different cultures, to fight around a negotiating table rather than on the battlefield–is under siege from within.
Europe is facing economic crisis, immigration crisis, Brexit Crisis, secession crisis, and Rise of nationalism and regionalisms.And demographically, it doesn't look good.
The debt crisis started in 2008 with the collapse of Iceland's banking system, then spread , primarily to Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece, and Spain in 2009. It has resulted in a loss of confidence in European businesses and economies. T
he ECB is under fire from all sides for its incapacity to stimulate Europe's economies. The European banks are facing a make or break moment.
European banks are in crisis for structural and cyclical reasons. Abraham Lincoln once had a very famous saying. He said a house divided could not stand.
One must remember that the EU has initially been set up to mimic the U.S. in its structure. But that isn't working out. That should be taken as a hint that the U.S. isn't successful either.
It is evident that we are moving towards a Financial Armageddon that will shake the world to its core. The numbers simply don't lie. Call it a "re-alignment" if you like, but in practical terms, it is the recognition that our path was an unsustainable illusion.
We are but pawns in the giant game known as the global economy. The situation has become dreadful, and the numbers do not work. Borrowing money to simply pay the interest on past debt and Negative Interest Rates is not a prescription that leads to economic nirvana and bliss.