"Tidbits From TNT" Sunday 1-14-2024

TNT:

CandyKisses:  Submission of a proposed law to "remove foreign forces" from Iraq

twilight News / About a hundred deputies in the Iraqi parliament announced on Saturday the submission of a proposed law "Removing foreign forces from Iraq", amid unprecedented escalation Between armed factions and the international coalition forces, most notably the escalation against military bases in Country.

said MP Faleh Al-Khazali, during a press conference held at the Parliament building, with the participation of a number of MPs, attended by Shafaq News Agency: "We, members of the House of Representatives, present a proposed law to remove foreign forces from Iraq, at a request signed by 88 deputies."

He came This is as a result of "the continued violations of Iraqi sovereignty by US forces, by During the repeated targeting against the headquarters of the Popular Mobilization Forces and their leaders, who are part of the forces Iraqi Armed Forces," Khazali said.

He added This also comes as "considering that there is no need for foreign forces to be present in Iraq, Especially in light of the presence of a sufficient number of armed forces and security agencies that undertake Defending the homeland and its people."

Tishwash:  Al-Fateh: America does not want to leave Iraq for these reasons

Today, Saturday, the Al-Fatah Alliance explained the reasons for the American forces’ insistence on remaining in Iraq, while stressing that Washington does not want to leave Iraq “at all.”

The leader of the coalition, Aed Saheb, said in an interview with the “Al-Ma’louma” agency, “America does not want to leave Iraq, given that this region contains the two most important trade corridors around the world between the East and the West, which are the Suez Canal and the port of Al-Faw.”

He wondered: “If the Al-Faw port were to be completed, it would either be an alternative or a solution to the Red Sea and the Suez Canal for the passage of global trade,” pointing to “the global energy market, which depends mainly on what is present in the region, especially as it supplies the world with more than 33%.” ".

The leader of the Al-Amiri coalition explained, “Most of the countries in the region are partners of America, and have allied themselves with the Zionist entity, and therefore Washington came to Iraq to preserve its interests, and this matter made it pay and provide what it provided over the past years, in terms of money and support to this or that party.”

Earlier today, Acting Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mohsen Al-Mandalawi, called on the government to implement the decision to end the foreign presence in Iraq, indicating that the House of Representatives’ decision to end the presence of foreign forces in Iraq is a principled and firm decision.

Most of the Iraqi political forces issued their support for the Prime Minister regarding the steps to remove American forces from Iraq after a series of attacks against the Iraqi security forces. link

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Tishwash:  Sudanese participates in the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland

A government source reported, on Saturday, that Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani will participate in the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

The source told Shafaq News Agency, “Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani is participating in the World Economic Forum in the Swiss city of Davos in its fifty-fourth edition, which will begin its work on the fifteenth of this January.”

This year’s edition of Davos carries the slogan “Restoring Confidence,” and will focus on the conflict in the Gaza Strip, along with issues of global concern, such as climate and artificial intelligence. The forum is supposed to witness the participation of heads of 100 governments and representatives of 1,000 international organizations.

Government spokesman Bassem Al-Awadi had confirmed earlier today, Saturday, that the Council of Ministers session would be postponed to tomorrow, Sunday, instead of Tuesday, which witnesses the holding of the Council’s regular sessions every week.  link

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Tishwash:  A thousand dinars angers the owners of the payroll outlets in Amara.. Pictures from the protest against Al-Rafidain

"Retirees can't bear it anymore"

 Maysan 

On Sunday, the owners of outlets for disbursing the salaries of retirees and employees in Maysan organized a protest against a new commission of one thousand dinars imposed by the Rafidain Bank, on withdrawing nationalized salaries, in addition to the previous 3 thousand dinars deducted in exchange for the service of withdrawing one million dinars from the salary.

the details

Rafidain Bank imposed a commission of one thousand dinars on every million withdrawn from salary delivery outlets, in addition to 3 thousand dinars imposed previously, which angered the outlet owners who organized a protest in front of the bank’s branch in Amara.

Haider Abd Falhi - Demonstration Coordinator:

There are 3 things that Rafidain Bank must change, the most prominent of which is adding a thousand dinars commission, which will be a new burden on employees and retirees, and this is what we reject.

In addition, the bank deducts an amount of 3,000 dinars for every withdrawal from the outlets, and this causes us huge losses.

There are matters that the Rafidain Bank has not resolved, most notably the recovery of damaged currency from salaries, and the compensation of outlet owners for the recurring shortage in the amounts received from the bank, and this is what the Rafidain Bank has not yet acknowledged.

Sabah Salem - outlet owner:

The outlet owners deposited deposits in the Rafidain Bank several years ago at a rate of 5 million dinars, which have not been returned yet.

There is rough treatment with outlet owners within the bank, and it would have been better for us to be dealt with in a better way than that, because we conduct large and continuous financial transactions with the bank.

Bassem Muhammad - Director of Al-Rafidain Bank in Al-Amarah:

We cannot change the procedures issued by the public administration in Baghdad, and responding to these protests is within its jurisdiction only.  link

Mot: Nope...I'm pretty certain he's forgotten SOMETHING!

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