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Samson:  Experts warn of the rise of oil to $ 150 a barrel

17:06 - 06/01/2020

Oil prices escalated on the global stock market as a result of the ongoing tensions between the United States and Iran, which led to a decline in global stocks and high gold prices, and a decline in stock markets in Asia and Europe today, Monday, after the news of the US air strike in Iraq spread throughout the world.

The New York Times reported in a report translated by Information Agency that “the international benchmark for Brent crude jumped above $ 70 a barrel in futures trading, as the markets absorbed a steady flow of news during the weekend, and it has fallen below this level, To $ 69.92 a barrel, when markets opened in Europe, although the price was still about 5 percent higher than it was last week.

He added, "The investors appeared in a state of tension, as Iran pledged to respond to the killing of General Qassem Soleimani, while President Trump raised the specter of additional strikes on Iranian cultural sites if it did so."

He added that "the sudden escalation of tensions in a region that supplies most of the oil in the world disturbed the oil markets, as the West Texas Intermediate index, which is the American oil index, rose 1.6 percent to 64.04 dollars a barrel in futures trading."

It continued, “Analysts at Capital Economics warned that the price of oil could rise to $ 150 a barrel if the hostile rhetoric between the two countries turned into military action, while expert Alexander Kuzul Wright said that “oil prices will rise significantly in the event of a full military conflict in the Middle East.”

And the report stated that “stock prices fell in financial capitals throughout Asia. In Tokyo, shares fell by 2 percent, while the main stock markets in Hong Kong, Taipei and Seoul fell by 1 percent or more, while the price of gold, which is a safe investment, , To its highest level since April 2013, when the spot price of alloys reached $ 1588.13 an ounce, up more than 2 percent, in early trading before it fell slightly.  LINK

Samson:  Trump: Iran will never have a nuclear weapon

6th January, 2020

US President Donald Trump posted on his Twitter account a tweet in which he said that "Iran will not have a nuclear weapon."

On Monday, January 6, 2020, the US President tweeted that Iran would not have a nuclear weapon. LINK

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Don961:  The economic cost of the Iraqi-American clash ... Nabil El-Marsoumi

2020-01-06

Books: Dr. Nabil Al-Marsoumi

1. There is a high possibility that the United States will freeze Iraqi oil revenues that pass through the US Federal Bank to Iraq. As well as the possibility of freezing Iraq’s investments in US treasury bonds, which amount to $ 32.7 billion, and freezing Iraq’s other assets in American banks and financial institutions.

2. The collapse of the Iraqi dinar exchange rate due to the scarcity of foreign currencies and the suspension of the currency auction for the Iraqi Central Bank, which depends on the influx of oil dollars, which will lead to monetary instability and to price turmoil and its rise.

3. A significant decline in the Iraqi cash reserves in the Central Bank of Iraq, which depend on the flow of oil money and thus eroded ability to defend the Iraqi dinar exchange rate

4. The investment environment in Iraq will deteriorate greatly, Iraq will become a repellent for investment, and many international companies will refrain from investing in Iraq because of the security, political and economic instability that prevails in the country.

5. The 2020 budget will suffer from a real crisis due to the significant decline in public revenues on the one hand and the stop of international and American institutions from lending to Iraq, which is one of the important sources of financing the Iraqi budget deficit.

6. A significant decline in the production and export capacity of crude oil due to the expected withdrawal of US and foreign companies in general operating in the fields of licensing contracts as well as the suspension of projects aimed at developing the gas industry and infrastructure for the Iraqi oil sector

7. A sharp decrease in the volume of Iraqi foreign trade for each of the exports and imports funded mainly from oil revenues, which will lead to a huge rise in the levels of prices for goods and services and to a decline in the country's revenues from ports and border ports.

8. The state's inability to provide salaries for employees, retirees, and those covered by the social protection network that depends 87% on oil revenues, and that it is hoped that these salaries will increase by 14 trillion dinars in the 2020 budget to implement governmental and parliamentary reform packages

9. The United States is expected to abolish the exception granted to Iraq by importing gas and electricity from Iran, which will negatively affect the supply of electricity to citizens.

10. The significant losses that the Iraqi banking sector will be exposed to due to possible US sanctions.

11. Iraq will have to pay several billion dollars to the United States in exchange for its evacuation of its military bases in Iraq.

12. The decline in performance in the Iraqi economy, especially in the sectors of agriculture, industry, construction, and transportation, which will exacerbate the problems of poverty and unemployment in Iraq.

The great damage that will be caused to the Iranian economy, which depends a lot on Iraq, as Iran exports to Iraq $ 12 billion worth of goods annually that contribute greatly to reducing the severity of US sanctions on it, as well as stopping the flow of Iranian oil through Iraq and to the decline in the number of Iraqi tourists to Iran, which limits the flow Foreign currencies to Iran, as well as the suspension of oil derivatives imported by Syria from Iran through Iraq, as well as the endeavors aimed at linking rail networks between Iraq and Iran as part of a broader plan to enable Iran to transport its goods to Syria and its Mediterranean ports.    link

BillA:  Powerful article!!!! And is the reason that Parliament voted as a resolution and not a law yesterday. On top of that, this government is a care taker government only which doesn't have the authority to remove SOFA. A new PM that is for the people will never remove the US for all of the above reasons.....IMO

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Frank26:  1-6-20. CHEST BEATING MONKEYS

At 7pm est tonight we will have long reports from Walkingstick and FF77.

Tonight we tell you the truth.

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KTFA Members "Sunday Iraq/Iran News" 1-5-2020

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Samson:  The State Department summons the Ambassador of the United States of America to Baghdad

16:24 - 01/05/2020

The Foreign Ministry announced, on Sunday, the recall of the American ambassador to Baghdad, Matthew Toller, and the presentation of a memorandum of protest against the air strike, which resulted in the martyrdom of Deputy Chairman of the Popular Mobilization Committee, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, and General Qassem Soleimani last Thursday.

The ministry stated in a statement, which received / information / a copy of it, that “the American Ambassador to Baghdad Matthew Toller was summoned against the background of the air strikes that were suffered by the Iraqi forces in Al-Qa’im, and the resulting casualties between a martyr and a wounded person, as well as the air strike that Iraqi military leaders and a high-level friend targeted with their companions in the Iraqi territories, which resulted in the martyrdom of the deputy head of the Popular Mobilization Committee, the martyr Jamal Ja`far Muhammad (Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis), along with a number of martyrs from the Iraqi and friendly leaders.”

The Ministry considered these military operations as "an aggression and a condemned act that is causing the tension to escalate in the region at a time when the US administration should cooperate with Iraq in reducing security tension and resolving the crises that afflict the region."   LINK

Don961:  The International Alliance: We stopped the tasks of training and supporting the Iraqi army due to the repeated rocket attacks

15:29 05.01.2020(Updated 15:55 05.01.2020

The international coalition led by the United States of America announced today, Sunday, that it stopped the tasks of training and support for the Iraqi army due to the repeated missile attacks on the military bases and headquarters of the alliance.

Reuters quoted the international coalition statement that said, "We have stopped training and support tasks for the Iraqi army due to the repeated rocket attacks"

The statement added: "This step comes after confirming two attacks on two Iraqi bases hosting his forces, which made the coalition think about the issue of coordination and military cooperation with the Iraqi forces"

The statement also continued: "We are fully committed to protecting the Iraqi military bases hosting its forces"   link

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Don961:  Sources for Reuters: A secret meeting with a villa on the river ... revealed the attacks that Qasim Soleimani had ordered

- One Day Has Passed

Reuters quoted informed sources that Iranian General Qassem Soleimani met with his allies from the armed Shiite factions in Iraq in a villa in the Rusafa area on the eastern side of the Tigris River, in mid-October last, to plan attacks against the United States.

In the Karkh area on the west side of the river, the US embassy complex is located inside the heavily fortified Green Zone.

According to security officials and faction leaders, Soleimani instructed his biggest ally in Iraq to intensify attacks on American targets using new advanced weapons supplied to them by Iran.

The leaders of the powerful factions attended the meeting, along with the deputy head of the popular crowd, Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis, who was killed alongside Soleimani in the American raid on Friday.

The strategic meeting - which media reports did not talk about before - came as massive protests against Iran's growing influence in Iraq were gaining momentum.

According to sources familiar with the meeting and close to the Iraqi Prime Minister, Soleimani's plans to attack American forces were aimed at provoking a military response that would divert this growing anger towards the United States.

Through interviews with Iraqi security sources and leaders of Shiite armed factions, Reuters highlights how Soleimani works in Iraq.

Soleimani once told Reuters that he knew Iraq by heart.

Diplomats, Soldiers, and Pilots
Two weeks before the villa meeting on the Tigris River, Soleimani ordered the Iranian Revolutionary Guard to transfer more sophisticated weapons to Iraq, including Katyusha rockets and shoulder-fired missiles that could land helicopters through two border crossings.

At the villa meeting, Soleimani asked the assembled military leaders to form a new armed faction, unknown to the United States, that could carry out missile attacks on Americans on Iraqi military bases.

Sources familiar with what happened in the meetings stated that he ordered the Hezbollah Brigades - which was founded by the engineer and trained in Iran - to take over the implementation of the new plan.

Soleimani told the assembled that such a "new" group would "be difficult for the Americans to monitor."

And yesterday, Friday, American officials revealed that before the attacks, the American intelligence services had what they believed that Soleimani was involved in an "advanced stage" in planning to attack Americans in several countries, including Iraq, Syria and Lebanon.

A senior US official said Soleimani supplied sophisticated weapons to the Hezbollah Brigades. US National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien told reporters that Soleimani had just returned from Damascus "where he was planning attacks on American soldiers, pilots, marines, sailors, and diplomats."

An official at the Iranian Revolutionary Guards headquarters declined to comment on these leaks, and it was not possible to obtain a comment from the Iranian Foreign Ministry.

It is noteworthy that Soleimani played a key role in expanding Iran's military influence in the Middle East as the director of covert operations outside Iran.

Soleimani, 62, was considered the second most powerful figure in the Islamic Republic after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

As for the engineer, he supervised the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces, which are an umbrella for the Shiite armed factions, mostly supported by Iran, and formally integrated into the Iraqi armed forces.

Like Soleimani, the engineer has long been on the radar of the United States, which has designated him a terrorist.

Iranian plane to photograph American soldiers
A leader of the armed factions said that Soleimani chose Hezbollah Brigades to lead the attacks on American forces in the region, because it had the ability to use drones to explore targets to attack them with Katyusha rockets.

Among the weapons, faction leaders said, among the weapons that Soleimani had supplied to his allies was a drone developed by Iran that was able to hide from the radar systems.

According to Iraqi security officials, the Hezbollah brigades used drones to take aerial photographs of locations where American forces are deployed.

On December 27, more than thirty rockets were fired at an Iraqi military base near the city of Kirkuk in the north of the country in an attack that killed an American civilian contractor and wounded four Americans and two Iraqi soldiers.

Washington accused the Hezbollah Brigades of carrying out the attack, and the group denied this. Two days later, the United States launched air strikes targeting the group, killing at least 25 fighters and wounding 55.

The strikes sparked violent protests over the past two days by supporters of armed factions backed by Iran who stormed a security point in the vicinity of the US embassy and threw stones at the security forces.

This prompted Washington to send additional forces to the region and threaten revenge against Tehran.

Yesterday, Thursday, the US Secretary of Defense warned that his country might have to take pre-emptive action to protect the lives of Americans from expected attacks by factions backed by Iran, stressing that "the rules of the game have changed."

Just hours after this threat, the US military carried out a raid on two vehicles near Baghdad International Airport, killing Soleimani, the engineer, and other Iranian and Iraqi personalities.

Source: Reuters    LINK

Toyvp:  What You Need to Know About the Death of Soleimani

By Wesley Smith yesterday

 President Trump ordered the attack on Major General Qassem Soleimani, a master terrorist and the head of the Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), on January 2nd.  He was killed along with seven others as he arrived at the Baghdad Airport.  Here are key facts about this man, who was responsible for the deaths of untold numbers of people around the world.

Soleimani was the most powerful Iranian general.  While other generals may have outranked him, as Commander of the Quds Forces, he answered only to Iran’s Supreme Leader.  His authority was outside the normal military chain of command in Iran and he was given carte blanche authority for the export of terror around the world as he coordinated and directed the numerous Iranian militias and proxies worldwide.

The Quds Forces were responsible for assassinations, terrorism and unconventional warfare that Iran exports and executes globally, including places like Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Yemen.  He was the benefactor of Hamas and Hezbollah.  He was linked to assassinations and assassination attempts in the U.S., Germany, India and Argentina.

He was also linked to the deaths of over 600 U.S. service members in Iraq, as he supplied enhanced Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) to the insurgency there.  Thousands of U.S. troops were wounded and maimed by these weapons.  The IRGC was responsible for 17 per cent of all U.S. casualties in Iraq between 2003 and 2011.

We are in a War on Terror since September 11, 2001.  Iran is the leading state-sponsor of terrorism, and the Quds Forces have been declared a terror organization.  In war, a general officer of an enemy force is a legitimate military target.  This was not an assassination.  It was the killing of an enemy soldier in a war.

According to Secretary of State Pompeo, he was not killed because of his past deeds, but because the U.S. became aware of planned attacks by Soleimani on U.S. personnel and others.  The attacks were imminent.

Because of this, President Trump was not required to notify Congress in advance.  Under his Article Two powers in the U.S. Constitution, and in accordance with the War Powers Act, the president can take military action if a threat against the United States in imminent.

The attacks on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad were not mere demonstrations.  They were coordinated attacks on the U.S. compound and its personnel directed by Soleimani and his Quds Forces, in coordination with Kataib Hezbollah in Iraq.

Soleimani was also responsible for the deaths of hundreds of demonstrators in Iran as they protested against government corruption and a failing economy in Iran.

Over the last several weeks, hundreds of Iraqi demonstrators were killed as they protested against Iranian influence in their own country and government corruption in Iraq.  The use of live ammunition against these demonstrations in Iraq can also be traced back to Soleimani.

The events of the last several days are a reminder that there are evil people and terrorist forces who seek to do us harm.  When they chant “Death to America” and “Death to Israel” they truly mean it.  Our nation’s leaders and our men and women in the military have a solemn obligation and a Constitutional mandate to protect America against all enemies, foreign and domestic.  We pray for our nation’s leaders and our men and women in uniform.

https://aclj.org/national-security/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-death-of-soleimani?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=siteSharer&fbclid=IwAR2-1gorApqUw8xcPcJy2KPWozqEH51gmERcfLhpjRvk4g0I7Y4uZULiNws

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Samson:  Kurdish lawmaker: The agreement between Baghdad and Erbil is ready for signing and is awaiting the next prime minister

14:33 - 01/05/2020

On Sunday, the MP from the Kurdish group Salim Hamza revealed the details of the agreement between Baghdad and Erbil regarding the 2020 budget, noting that the agreement is ready for signature by the next prime minister.

Hamza said in a statement to "Information" that "Baghdad and Erbil have reached final understandings regarding the management of the 2020 budget, but the current conditions will delay the signing of the agreement."

He added, "Erbil will commit to delivering oil to Baghdad on a daily basis without any delay, while Baghdad will pay the salaries of the region's employees and support service projects in the region."

Hamza explained, "The only remaining technical point is an understanding on how to transfer the region's oil to SOMO in Baghdad while Erbil is waiting for the formation of a government in order to approve the budget and sign the agreement once and for all."   LINK

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Don961:  Trump says he'll sanction Iraq if US troops forced to leave

BY MORGAN CHALFANT - 01/05/20 08:26 PM EST

President Trump said Sunday that the United States would not leave Iraq on “friendly” terms and threatened to impose sanctions on the country if forced to withdraw American troops.

“If they do ask us to leave, if we don’t do it in a very friendly basis, we will charge them sanctions like they’ve never seen before ever. It’ll make Iranian sanctions look somewhat tame,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday afternoon when asked about the vote by Iraq’s parliament to end U.S. troop presence in the country.

“If there’s any hostility, that they do anything we think is inappropriate, we are going to put sanctions on Iraq, very big sanctions on Iraq,” Trump added.

Trump made the remarks to reporters while traveling from Palm Beach, Fla., to Washington, D.C., after a two-week stint at his Mar-a-Lago resort.

Earlier Sunday, the Iraqi parliament voted in favor of a resolution calling on the country’s government to work toward ending U.S. troop presence there after a U.S. airstrike killed a top Iranian general in the capital of Baghdad. American forces have maintained a presence in Iraq since 2014 as part of the operation targeting ISIS.

The bill is subject to approval by the Iraqi government.

Trump also at one point Sunday suggested that American forces wouldn’t leave Iraq unless the country paid the U.S. back for its “expensive air base” there, an apparent reference to the Al Asad Air Base.

“We have a very extraordinarily expensive air base that’s there. It cost billions of dollars to build. Long before my time,” Trump said. “We’re not leaving unless they pay us back for it.”

The Iraqi parliament vote on Sunday was among a number of developments in the wake of the killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who commanded Iran’s Quds Force. U.S. officials have described the strike as a defensive measure meant to halt planned attacks on Americans; Soleimani is said to have been responsible for attacks that killed hundreds of American troops over the years.

The strike came amid heightened tensions between the U.S. and Iran in the region, following the death of an American contractor in a rocket attack in Iraq that Washington blamed on Tehran.

Iran has vowed retaliation for Soleimani’s death. Trump, meanwhile, has threatened to hit Iranian sites if Tehran strikes Americans or U.S. assets in response, including threatening to hit Iranian cultural sites. Some have argued that attacking a cultural site could be considered a war crime.

“They’re allowed to kill our people,” Trump told reporters Sunday evening. “They’re allowed to torture and maim our people. They’re allowed to use roadside bombs and blow up our people. And we’re not allowed to touch their cultural site?”

“It doesn’t work that way,” Trump said.     link

Frank26, TNT, KTFA and more Saturday Night 1-4-2020

TNT:

Reuters: Dozens of U.S. oil workers leaving Iraq after air strike (1/3/20)

BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Dozens of U.S. citizens working for foreign oil companies in the southern Iraqi oil city of Basra were leaving the country on Friday, the Oil Ministry said, after a U.S. air strike killed a top Iranian commander in Iraq. 

Foreign employees of oil companies, are seen leaving Iraq at the airport of Basra, Iraq January 3, 2020. REUTERS/Stringer 

The U.S. embassy in Baghdad urged all its citizens to leave Iraq immediately, hours after the U.S. killed Iranian Quds Force leader Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. 

Iraqi officials said the evacuation would not affect operations, production or exports. 

Company sources told Reuters earlier the workers were expected to fly out of the country.  

Oil production in Iraq, the second-biggest producer in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, was about 4.62 million barrels per day (bpd), according to a Reuters survey of OPEC output. 

A spokesman for BP (BP.L), which operates the giant Rumaila oil field near Basra, declined to comment. Rumaila produced around 1.5 million bpd as recently as April. 

Italian energy group Eni (ENI.MI) said Iraq’s Zubair oil field, which produced around 34,000 bpd net to Eni last year - a fraction of the field’s overall output - was “proceeding regularly”. Eni said the group was closely monitoring the situation in Iraq. 

Genel (GENL.L), an oil producer in the autonomous region of Kurdistan in northern Iraq, said its operations were continuing normally. It did not comment on any staff movements. 

Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP.L), which also operates in Kurdistan, said “while these events are taking place in the south of Iraq, Gulf Keystone is closely monitoring the situation and operations at (the) Shaikan (field) are carrying on as per usual”. 

https://reut.rs/2MTYcb7

Courtesy of Dinar Guru

Breitling  ...I have zero doubts on the currency revaluing...This is the most important information you're gonna get...when you exchange your currency you're gonna get taxed.  That's a taxable event.  You are gonna have a big chunk taken out right there. 

 Next, you're gonna go buy a house, that's a taxable event.  You're gonna go out and buy a nice car.  That's a taxable event...that's what I've been worried about.  It's going to go away from you so quick unless you know what you're doing and have a plan and you have a plan to avoid that.  You did what you needed to do. 

You bought the dinar.  The second thing you need to do is keep it.  There is nothing else you need to do.  This is coming down the road. 

 There's no other way I can say it.  It's right in front of you.  You're looking at it.  Are you prepared?   [NOTE:  Speak with your financial advisor and tax expert at the appropriate time.]

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KTFA:

MilitiaMan:  I cannot for the life of me understand with all we know and can see directly from the CBI and the Actions of the USA anyone can be down and out now.. Mind boggling good information that supports this is coming to an end!! imo ~ SMH ~ MM

HoosierGirl:  Frankly (no pun intended LOL) I am not down or frustrated.  I'm excited!  Not just about the RI/RV but I'm excited to see more of the evil ones removed from their position of power (one way or another) and freeing up the people of the Middle East AND Americans and Military who have to be exposed to that evil. 

I'm excited for the overall events taking place around the world - people demonstrating for FREEDOM - it's still the greatest thing that ALL people want! 

God Bless Them and may they be successful!!!

YES! I'm excited about the RI/RV that it is about to happen on whatever date has been determined. 

Seems like sooo much is happening, that may look like a hindrance, but is instead a catalyst for this to happen.  I feel more positive in the midst of the chaos in Iraq than I have ever been over the coming blessing!!!  I'm so thankful!!!

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Frank26:  1-4-20 CLEANING FLOOR TO EAT OFF OF IT

This video is in Frank’s opinion only

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bzGn20J5ts

KTFA Membrs " More Soleimani/Iraq News" Saturday 1-4-2020

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Samson:  The United States is sending about 4,000 soldiers to Kuwait following the killing of Soleimani

3rd January, 2020

US officials said today, Friday, that the United States is sending nearly 3,000 additional soldiers to the Middle East from the 82nd Airborne Division.

The officials, who asked not to be named, added that the forces will join approximately 750 soldiers sent to Kuwait this week.  US officials revealed this week that thousands of additional soldiers may be sent to the area and that forces have been told to prepare to deploy. According to "Reuters".

The Pentagon announced, at dawn today, Friday that it carried out a strike near Baghdad airport in Iraq, in which the commander of the Iranian Quds Force, Major General Qassim Soleimani, was killed. For its part, Tehran announced that it would respond harshly to the assassination, which also affected cadres of the Iraqi popular crowd.

This process has received widespread condemnation from Arab countries and organizations, Russia and Iran, indicating the extreme danger of such operations and their consequences, and Iran has promised a harsh response to the United States.  LINK

Don961:  Observers: Qassem Soleimani liquidation is the beginning of the end for the Iranian project in the Arab region

Saturday, January 04, 2020 12:56 PM

Observers said that the killing of Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force in Iraq, and his liquidation confirm that the United States of America has ended the stage of proxy Iran in Iraq and the Arab world.

And the Iraqi political leader, Salah Al-Mukhtar, added in his statements that the timing of the assassination of the Iranian Qassem Soleimani confirms the continuation of the liquidation process that invades Iran in Iraq first, and after that it will be liquidated in the region, because the United States of America realizes that whoever hits the tail of the snake should not leave it Except when she is dead if he wants to prevent her fierce revenge.

He explained, that the popular uprising that erupted in Iraq and the recent events that took place on the Iraqi scene made the eastern Israeli militia (Iran) start to fragment after the popular uprising, as about 90% of its employees and some of them joined the popular uprising, while others moved away in fear, and only a number remained Few are not enough even to occupy and maintain a Baghdad neighborhood.

Al-Mukhtar pointed out that, despite the issuance of orders to the militias loyal to Iran to liquidate the uprising more than once, the rebels attacked only a small number, pointing to the small number of militia members who were besieging the American embassy in Baghdad, despite incitement to besiege the embassy in exchange for financial support.

He said, that the current battle of Iraq is a battle of existence in relation to the Persian national project, just as it is a battle of existence for Arabs in the Maghreb and East, indicating that whoever wins the Iraq battle decides the shape of the whole region.

He added: “Now Iran has lost the symbol of Persian nationalism, Qasim Soleimani, and Washington has dealt a catastrophic blow to the Mongols in Iraq, and that is the beginning of the end of the Iranian-Iranian national project, a transformation that will open the doors, and whatever attempts to stifle the Arab Renaissance project are strong, a huge start for the Arab liberation movement. Especially since Iraq is the main lever of the Arab struggle at this historical stage.    LINK

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Don961:  Reuters Reveals New Details About Soleimani's Plans To Attack  American Forces In Iraq

Posted by Ali Ejam

Follow-up to "liberation arenas"
Reuters revealed new details about the plan of the commander of the "Quds Force" Qassem Soleimani to attack American forces in Iraq.

Reuters quoted the leaders of two armed groups and security sources as saying that Soleimani, who was killed in an American raid on Thursday, met with the deputy head of the Popular Mobilization Committee, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, and other Iraqi militia leaders loyal to Iran, and ordered them to launch attacks against American targets in Iraq using sophisticated Iranian weapons.

This meeting was held in the middle of last October in a villa on the Tigris River overlooking the compound of the American embassy in Baghdad, at a time when the protests against Iranian influence in the country were taking more momentum.

Soleimani’s plan in this “strategic” session that had not been announced before was to provoke a US military response that was redirecting increased anger toward the United States, according to sources familiar with the meeting’s details, Iraqi Shiite politicians and government officials close to the future Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi. .

Two weeks before that meeting, according to IAEA sources, Soleimani ordered the Iranian Revolutionary Guard to transport advanced weapons to Iraq through two border crossings, including Katyusha and shoulder-fired missiles that are capable of shooting down helicopters.

In Villa Baghdad, Soleimani asked the leaders of the assembled to form a new group of militias unknown to the United States, to carry out missile attacks on Americans at Iraqi military bases, and ordered the "Hezbollah Brigades", which is part of the PMF, to supervise the new plan.

Reuters said that before the recent attacks, US intelligence believed that Soleimani was in an "advanced stage" of planning attacks against Americans in several countries, such as Iraq, Syria and Lebanon, US officials told Reuters on Friday, on condition of anonymity. A senior US official said Soleimani supplied weapons to the Hezbollah Brigades.

And White House national security adviser Robert O'Brien said Friday that Soleimani was before his death in Damascus “where he was planning attacks on American soldiers, pilots, marines, sailors, and diplomats.”

A militia commander told Reuters that Soleimani had chosen "Hezbollah Brigades" to oversee attacks against US forces in the area because this faction had the ability to use drones to explore possible targets of Katyusha rocket attacks.

Among the weapons that Soleimani sent last fall is a drone that Iran has developed that can evade radar systems. Hezbollah Brigades used these drones to take aerial photos of the locations of the American forces.

Last December 11, a senior US military official stated that Iranian-backed militia attacks against bases in Iraq that included American forces had increased and become more sophisticated, and his comment came in the wake of the four Katyusha rockets that landed on a base near Baghdad International Airport, resulting in Five soldiers were wounded.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but a US military official said intelligence and forensic analyzes of rockets and missile launchers have pointed fingers at Shi’ite militias loyal to Iran, especially Hezbollah and Brigades of the People of Righteousness.

On December 27, armed groups fired more than 30 missiles at an Iraqi military base near Kirkuk, killing an American civilian contractor and wounding four American soldiers and two Iraqi soldiers.

The United States accused the Hezbollah Brigades of carrying out the attack and American aircraft launched air strikes targeting elements in this faction, killing 25 people and wounding 55 others, followed by the storming of the American embassy in Baghdad by Iranian-backed groups, which prompted Washington to send additional forces. To the region and its threat of revenge against Tehran.

Hours before the killing of Soleimani and the engineer, US Defense Secretary Mark Esper had warned of "preemptive measures" to protect Americans from Iranian attacks, and said, "The game has changed."

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Samson:  Pence: The world is safer after killing Soleimani

4th December, 2020

US Vice President Mike Pence has commented on the killing of Major General Qassim Soleimani, commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Pence praised President Donald Trump's position, which he sees as taking decisive action and standing against the official sponsor of terrorism in the world. "American President Trump saved us from an evil man who was responsible for killing thousands of Americans," Pence said in a tweet on Twitter.

Pence added that Soleimani directed "Iraqi insurgents to launch attacks against American forces and the Alliance, and also provided missiles and advanced lethal devices and exercises to target the Americans." And Mike Pence pointed to Soleimani's supervision of trying to carry out a terrorist attack on American soil, he explained.

The American Vice President stated that Soleimani continued to "support the regime in Syria, as well as terrorist organizations in the region, and in Afghanistan he supervised the support of the Taliban and sponsored attacks against the international coalition."

The American Ministry of Defense (the Pentagon) announced on Friday morning that it carried out a strike near Baghdad Airport in Iraq, in which the commander of the Iranian Quds Force, Major General Qassim Soleimani, was killed, in addition to leaders in the Iraqi popular crowd headed by Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis, while Tehran announced its part. It will respond harshly to the assassination.  LINK

MilitiaMan and KTFA Members Saturday PM "Mind-Boggling, Good Info" 1-4-20202

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Don961:  With the exception of Trump, Washington bans its officials from traveling to Iraq after the embassy events

2020-01-01  Baghdad: Yassin Iraq

Today, Wednesday, the Pentagon asked the American Congress and government officials to avoid traveling to Iraq and Syria due to the current circumstances in Iraq and what happened in front of the American embassy in Baghdad.

And a memorandum bearing the signature of US Defense Secretary Mark Asper stated that government officials and members of the US Congress are not allowed to travel to Iraq and Syria until January 15th.

The memo excludes the US president, his deputy, the secretary of defense, some ministers, and the chief of staff from banning travel to Iraq and Syria.

Pentagon officials attributed the issuance of this memo to the situations in the region.   LINK

MilitiaMan:  Trump tells the US Congress to stay home from Syria or Iraq until the 15th of January 2020.. Interestingly enough that Samir Al-Nassery (Nusiri) suggests a new stage is coming within weeks.

We just watched Soleimani and Mahndi get taken out. The Currency Auctions in and are (not for long imo) a very large source of income and corruption that funds illicit behaviors.

I mention these things, as they seem to be geared for purpose and reasoning. One reason and a large one is the Citizens demands are not over and done with, yet.

See post #93 01/02/2020 that confirms the demonstrations will continue until met. Post #98 shows the storming of the Embassy was planned by "factions affiliated with Iran."

Hence the two top targets were taken out. The rules have been changed and are still under scrutiny by the citizens and the USA, imo..

The citizens want their money, the USA wants them to have it too, and then some, as there is plenty to go around.. imo

Keep in mind of course there is security issues for Americans in the regions mentioned. However, lets think about when Sen. John Kerry purportedly went to Iran and effectively breached the Logan Act.

I'll bet this warning now from Trump is a stern one!! The implications now are about the money.. Who has been benefiting off those auctions all these years?

I suspect since we are talking about large sums of money being laundered from and through the auctions, makes me think that that $40 billion in USD (noted below )may or could be $40 trillion +- worth of Dinar.

Notice they said the money went abroad? In currency trading there are pairs. Have to have two currencies. The money is said to go to banks abroad. In today's world tracking money is a science and very well done by those in the know. The money may run in and out, but it can't hide.. lol 

So the money supply of Iraq was recently adjusted per the CBI... https://cbiraq.org/Serieschart.aspx?TseriesID=157

It was moved to Commercial Banks.  https://cbiraq.org/Serieschart.aspx?TseriesID=158 

They moved it electronically, yet they physically reduced the note count on the streets. A massive reduction! Light bulbs going off yet?

If there is any dirty politicians and or bad apples that the money is linked to  and or is connected to the illicit laundering of money from the Currency Auctions they may have just got a shot across the bow, as did Solemani and Mahandi did litterally though.

This article below is about 7 demands from Iran.. The bold behavior of those guys was a very costly mistake and it appears the USA had some special friends helping out.

Trump wants no one from Congress going near Syria or Iraq through the 15th. While the CBI has moved about $40 billion worth in money, as the charts show.

The CBI reduced the note count down to $5 trillion IQD from about $50+- trillion IQD.. With the liquidity issue they will experience in the short term, suggests that a move is coming in value to relate to that massive movement. They have the electronic trail on that money that doesn't lie. The ledgers have the data. imo

So with all this pieced into a big picture, it sure looks like the purpose and reasoning is for good to conquer the evil.. IT sure seems to fit any way.

Lets see if any of this holds true. IMO, it may be at least very close. Look at the charts, the timing, the amounts and who is and could possibly be involved on both sides of the isle.  lol imo ~ MM

PS the Seven Demands? Went poof! lol imo ~ MM

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Youth spirit of the renaissance of the Iraqi economy, the
Association of Banks as a model

2nd January, 2020 by Samir Al-Nassery

Our great Iraq since October 1, 2019 is going through a popular youth mobilization conscious of its role in creating the renaissance of Iraq, the patient, who suffers from economic, security and political shocks, and financial and administrative corruption that is rampant in an organized way in all areas of life

Therefore, the peaceful youth movement knows well what their efforts and programs need Strategies and methodology implemented by the patriotic, efficient and enthusiastic sons of Iraq for reform and radical and comprehensive change in all new building rings, and the most important link that occupies a priority in front of the new government is economic reform, achieving economic stability and building a new reform structure led by the news. E and youth-conscious and whose agenda is focused on the service of Iraq and its people only without partisanship or Aotktl quotas

This prompts us to think carefully that we benefit from the experience of young people and emerging economies, which now constitute economic poles that influence the leadership of the global economy by relying on the capabilities of their youth and their national competencies, so we need now, especially in the year 2020 to take advantage of the conditions of the peaceful popular movement in youth leadership A new revival of the country, coupled with their love for their people and their homeland, especially that Iraq is about within weeks to move to a new stage in overcoming a harsh stage in politics and economics, and will move to an important transitional phase after the movement that makes us draw inspiration from lessons and lessons by relying

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Iran places 7 conditions on the new prime minister in Iraq

2nd January, 2020

The Independent newspaper revealed that the future Iraqi Prime Minister, regardless of his name or the party that nominates him, will have to fulfill the seven conditions set by Iran, based on its economic, political and security needs.
The newspaper stated in a report that "usually, a lot of information about the Iranian conditions for appointing the Iraqi Prime Minister is not leaked to the media, because negotiations on this position have always taken place in complete secrecy between the Shiite parties close to Tehran, but that the Iranian capital is often It was the appropriate place to resolve any disagreement over the most likely candidate to form a government.

It seems that the Iraqi demonstrations, which have been going on for more than three months, have changed many rules, including the formal circumstances accompanying the selection of the prime minister in Baghdad, but, according to observers, they will not be able to compromise the essence of the conditions governing this process.

Currency auction

In the forefront of the Iranian conditions for any Iraqi figure charged with forming a government, maintaining the laws governing what is known as the "auction of currency sales" in the Central Bank of Iraq.

Under the pretext of maintaining the stability of the Iraqi dinar exchange rate against foreign currencies, the Central Bank of Iraq sells large amounts of money daily from the US dollar currency, to traders who say they use them to import the goods that the country needs from abroad.

After the tightening of the American screws on the Iranian economy, specifically during the past year, the currency auction in the Central Bank of Iraq has turned into the most important Iranian window for obtaining the dollar, while informed sources say that approximately $ 40 billion was transferred from Iraq to accounts abroad during 2019.

Iraq does not have a tight banking system, so money laundering operations are common, as well as the facilities smugglers get at Iraqi border crossings with neighboring countries, providing an ideal environment for smuggling foreign currencies.

Electricity contracts

The second Iranian condition that the new Iraqi Prime Minister must abide by is the maintenance of electricity purchase contracts between Baghdad and Tehran.

The Iraqi government does not provide clear data on these contracts, but informed sources say that it is centered around a thousand megawatts of energy sold by Tehran to Baghdad, in exchange for an amount that is very high compared to the prevailing prices in the region, noting that Baghdad does not get anything from these thousand megawatts during The summer months, when the demand for electricity inside Iran increases and the possibility of export disappears, yet Tehran gets its full dues from Baghdad, as if it had exported all of the agreed upon quantity.

In light of the scarcity of Iranian external resources, the revenues resulting from the contract to supply Iraq with electricity are an important financial source for Tehran.

Baghdad and Najaf airports

The Iraqi airspace is a vital navigational passage for Iran, as it is the link between its lands and its spheres of influence in Syria and Lebanon, so the Iraqi airports should always be open to Iranian aviation.

Tehran did not get rid of the headache of Iraqi airports only when the leader of the Badr Organization, Hadi al-Amiri, assumed the position of Minister of Transport in the government between 2010 and 2014, as he made a series of arrangements, which are still in effect so far, to ensure that Iranian aircraft pass through Iraqi airspace and airports smoothly.

Informed sources say that Iran has been transporting to Syria, through the airports of Najaf and Baghdad, for years, all that it needs to maintain its influence there, without hindrance. Therefore, maintaining this situation is the third Iranian condition for any new Iraqi Prime Minister.

International road

The fourth condition does not go far from the conditions of the third condition, but rather it relates to land rather than the air, as Iran wants the future Iraqi Prime Minister to keep the situation in the international roads linking Baghdad to Damascus and Amman as it is.

MilitiaMan:  I cannot for the life of me understand with all we know and can see directly from the CBI and the Actions of the USA anyone can be down and out now.. Mind boggling good information that supports this is coming to an end!! imo ~ SMH ~ MM

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Samson: Jaafar: Abdul-Mahdi will remain in the Prime Minister for the next three months

09:35 - 04/01/2020

On Saturday, Secretary-General of the Turkmen Islamic Union, Jassem Muhammad Jaafar, suggested that resigned Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi would remain for a period of three months to come, indicating that negotiations to form a new government were postponed due to the current conditions.

Jaafar said in a statement to "Information" that "Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi with his cabinet will remain for three months to come without touching on the appointment of a future prime minister."
He added, "The current political situation and the recent American aggression have mixed all the cards and ended the issue of forming a new government in Iraq."

Jafar said that "the political blocs are currently busy arranging their affairs after the blatant American attack, and they will not think about forming a government."   LINK

Josie:  IMO..This takes us into March/April ----------This could go along w/what FF Eddys Banker has been saying  

MilitiaMan:  More Iranian rhetoric imo.. Nothing supports the CBI has anything other than completing the reforms underway. They have orders and accepted them. Iraq has no liquidity... imo ~ MM

Frank26 Video: "IRAN ........YOU BETTER RUN" and KTFA Members 1-3-2020

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Samson:  ....of PROTESTERS killed in Iran itself. While Iran will never be able to properly admit it, Soleimani was both hated and feared within the country. They are not nearly as saddened as the leaders will let the outside world believe. He should have been taken out many years ago!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 3, 2020

Pete2001:  IMO this should speed up the RI, what better way to further punish Iran and give the Iraqi there currency back at a realistic rate not controlled by PR  (program rate)

Panzon:  A friend of mine is in counter intelligence, he said every time they go to a protest around the world they drive the truck to the center of it, grab the first person they can and ask; what are you protesting for? They don’t know they just get paid to protest. All that you see is not reality. Be careful as to what you think is real. Hmm

Samson:  Iraqi official: Soleimani was planning to meet five people, one of whom would take over as prime minister

3rd January, 2020

Today, Friday, a senior official revealed new information related to the main reason behind the killing of Qassem Soleimani by the United States, adding that the commander of the Iranian Quds Force came to Iraq for two purposes.

"The first goal of Soleimani's visit to Iraq comes to complete the scheme to storm the US embassy in the Green Zone, central Baghdad, after the failure of the first attempt that took place last Tuesday," the official said in a statement to Al-Hurra channel, followed by "Al-Ikhbaria".

The Iraqi official, who requested not to be named, added that "Soleimani arrived Thursday evening in Baghdad and was planning to supervise the storming operation on Friday evening." "Soleimani was upset with the resigned Iraqi Prime Minister, Adel Abdul Mahdi, because he asked the PMF elements to withdraw from the American embassy in Baghdad on Thursday," the senior official said.

He emphasized that "the commander of the Iranian Quds Force, Qassem Soleimani, was planning to reintroduce elements of the Iraqi militias loyal to Tehran once again to the Green Zone to implement the storming and control of the American embassy." "In addition to the plot to storm the US embassy in Baghdad, Soleimani was also planning to press for the imposition of a candidate close to Tehran to take over as prime minister," the senior Iraqi official said.

He said, "Soleimani was planning to interview five candidates, all of whom are former Minister of Communications Muhammad Tawfiq Allawi, former commander of the Counter-Terrorism Agency Abdul-Ghani al-Asadi and current intelligence director Mustafa al-Kazemi." He continued, "The other two names are each of the Iraqi businessman residing in Jordan, Majed Al-Saadi and retired judge Mohammed Al-Uraibi."

He emphasized that "the plan requires that the construction bloc led by Hadi al-Amiri present these names to President of the Republic Barham Salih on Friday, with the choice being decided on Saturday and then assigning the new candidate next week after the Iraqi Army holiday, which falls on Monday."  LINK

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Don961:   Dr.. The appearance of Muhammad Salih *: An overview of the history of Iraq's sovereign debt

01/02/2020

The history of Iraqi debts in general and foreign ones in particular is a sad and dark fact in the modern economic history of Iraq. For the past four decades, the government debt has remained far from its philosophy of borrowing in order to invest in development and achieve economic prosperity by virtue of the exceptional circumstances and political factors.

In the last decade of the 1980s, during the war with Iran, external borrowing was used to finance the deadly war machine, which is a fatal consumer debt and odious debt, accompanied by internal borrowing for the same consumer spending purpose. 

In the year 2004, the Paris Club Secretariat estimated the external debt of Iraq for the pre-1990 stage at about $ 128 billion, at which time it was decided to write off 80% of it under the Paris Club Agreement.

That agreement was based on Security Council Resolution 1483 in May 2003 regarding the settlement of Iraq's external debt to its creditors. As debts accumulated before the year 1990 due to interruption of payments and the inability to pay and the application of the terms of the debt agreements formally signed with the various creditors, whether sovereign ones that belong to the group of nineteen Paris Club countries or to official creditors from the group of 54 countries creditor to Iraq from outside the Paris Club group, as well For thousands of commercial creditors.

 What the bilateral debt agreements have shown with the creditor parties has indicated decisions to pay the accumulated interest, whether on the level of the principal, or the acceptance of the delay interest, and according to the provisions of the debt contract, most of which are formally signed with the creditor parties in the 1980s.

To continue reading, click on the following link

The appearance of Muhammad Salih - An overview of the history of Iraq's sovereign debt - Editor

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JJimmyJJ:  News reports of another US airstrike in Iraq, this time killing a iranian militia commander,  Shibl al-Zaydi.

I think the message is pretty clear from the US, IMO: If you are an armed surrogate of Iran in Iraq, last call was yesterday and it's time to leave.    "We don't care where you go,  but you can't stay in Iraq".

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Frank26:  1-3-20 IRAN ........YOU BETTER RUN

THIS WHOLE YOUTUBE IS IN FRANK'S OPINION

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJWwnUrJHsc

Delta, Frank and KTFA Members Thursday PM 1-2-2020

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DELTA:  " The Central Bank of Iraq holidays for 2020 in addition to Fridays and Saturdays. "

January 1-New Years Eve

January 6- Army day

Leb: Three day weekend coming up?

Don961:  :  Pompeo postpones a crucial visit to Ukraine related to "Trump" because of the situation in Iraq

2020-01-01

Baghdad: Yassin Iraq

Today, Wednesday, the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo postponed a scheduled trip to Ukraine to "follow the situation" in Iraq, where crowd protesters stormed the American embassy in Baghdad, according to State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagos.

The spokeswoman said in a statement that the entire tour that would have led Pompeo at the weekend to Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Cyprus will be reorganized.

On Tuesday, a group of demonstrators stormed the American embassy in Baghdad, condemning the air strikes targeting the Hezbollah Brigades, which resulted in the death of 25 people.

The spokeswoman said Pompeo's travel was postponed "because of the need for the Secretary of State to be in Washington, DC, to continue monitoring developments in Iraq and ensuring the safety and security of Americans in the Middle East."

"Minister Pompeo's trip will be rescheduled in the near future as he looks forward to making this visit," she added.

Kiev's visit would have been the first by a US official to this level since a scandal broke out in 2019 against the backdrop of a controversial phone call in which President Donald Trump tried to pressure his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelinsky, to discredit Joe Biden, a potential Democratic presidential candidate.

When the visit of Pompeo, the strong defender of Trump, was announced on Monday, Ortagos said the minister will meet Zielinski and senior Ukrainian officials.   LINK

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Don961:  :  With the exception of Trump, Washington bans its officials from traveling to Iraq after the embassy events

2020-01-01

Baghdad: Yassin Iraq

Today, Wednesday, the Pentagon asked the American Congress and government officials to avoid traveling to Iraq and Syria due to the current circumstances in Iraq and what happened in front of the American embassy in Baghdad.

And a memorandum bearing the signature of US Defense Secretary Mark Asper stated that government officials and members of the US Congress are not allowed to travel to Iraq and Syria until January 15th.

The memo excludes the US president, his deputy, the secretary of defense, some ministers, and the chief of staff from banning travel to Iraq and Syria.

Pentagon officials attributed the issuance of this memo to the situations in the region.   LINK

GiantKiller:  In other Bans that I have seen the US call for they usually say until further notice. What do they know that they are saying it will be OK to travel there after the 15th. That is very specific and soon. I find this very interesting. IMO.

Coco:  This is why I have previously questioned do we need to have the U.S. - China Trade Deal signed which is to take place Sunday, January 15th.

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Don961:   Conscious / switching off the power and low-flying planes ... news of an American airdrop in the Green Zone

Written by Iraqi Media News Agency / consciousJanuary 2, 2020

Conscious / private

A security source said today, Thursday, that the US Navy "Marines" carried out an airdrop at the American embassy in the Green Zone.

The source said to (Iraqi Information News Agency INA) that "the marines carried out an airdrop in the American embassy," noting that "the electricity was extinguished from most of the neighborhoods of the green zone."

He added, "The helicopters are flying low and thick over the Green Zone."      LINK

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Samson:  In names ... 13 American military transport aircraft entered the airspace of Iraq during the past hours

2nd January, 2019
American military transport aircraft entered Iraq during the past hours.

Iraq was not the only destination for the aircraft but rather other places in the Middle East, where it is believed that the total number during the past 24 hours amounted to 22 large military transport aircraft, transported 650 soldiers in addition to military equipment.

The following are the names of the aircraft:

RCH331, RCH663, RCH927, RCH327, RCH429, RCH687, RCH893, RCH894, RCH892, RCH311, RCH417, RCH664, RCH688,  LINK

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Samson:  Researcher: There is a big difference between burning the two Iranian consulates and storming the US embassy

2nd January, 2020

The researcher on Iraqi affairs, Raad Hashem, distinguished between what the demonstrators are doing in targeting Iranian interests in the country, and what is being done by the Hezbollah Brigades who are trying to move the compass toward American interests.

He says in a press interview, "The Iranian consulates in Iraq were targeted after Iraqi people spontaneously went to them, and not as we saw an organized attack by militia elements who proved their affiliation with Tehran, as evidenced by the slogans they raised."

Hashem added that "those who marched towards the two Iranian consulates were carrying the Iraqi flag and were a diverse audience gathered hatred and hatred for the Iranian presence and penetration inside their country. As for the gangs that attacked the American embassy, ​​they are similar to the shepherds who ruined, broke and burned uncivilized."   LINK

Frank26:  1-2-2020 TAKE OFF

Streamed live 5 hours ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaQpU-2xHko

Frank26:  1-2-20....FF’S (FireFlies) TRUTH

Streamed live 57 minutes ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-4PejSiBiA

Iobey777:  Another Great UB2B! VERY informative! I really PRAY that those who listen can open their ears and HEAR what FRANK is trying to say! 

 IMO, he is trying to let us know that things are NOT what the news would have us think! That Iraq is still building, growing, and going forward!

Those "pesky" Iranian "devils" who are causing trouble..are about to run completely out of any kind of leverage they may have had in Iraq!

It was really funny to hear Frank talking about them throwing rocks at the Embassy!! lol!!

Please try to understand that the news media is NOT reporting the true facts in Iraq!

I Believe we are in a Very Open window right now and soon we will see our reward and the reward for the citizens..who have been waiting far longer than any of us for their freedom and independence!

 God bless them! 

Frank26 and KTFA Members Wednesday Night 1-1-20

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Don961: The largest and most expensive in the world .. Shocking secrets about the compound of the US embassy in Baghdad

2020-01-01

The importance of the US embassy in Iraq does not lie only in its political value and its location in the Middle East. The embassy that was stormed yesterday by the crowd protesters has characteristics that make it unique.

According to a report by "Fox News" network, the US embassy in Baghdad is the largest around the world, as it is the same size as the Vatican City, and the embassy was established on an area of ​​104 acres, where it is considered the largest of the largest American embassy in the past (the Yerevan embassy) about five times.

Thousands of employees

The embassy was opened in January 2009, after a series of construction operations costing more than $ 750 million, to accommodate approximately 16,000 employees and contractors.

The embassy complex is located on the Tigris River, west of the 14th of July Bridge. It consists of 21 buildings, with an area of ​​approximately 80 soccer fields, making it larger than the United Nations Complex in New York.

Playgrounds and lounges

The embassy complex consists of five main sections, which are six housing complexes, water and waste facilities, a power station, two diplomatic buildings, and an entertainment section.

The embassy also contains theaters, restaurants, a shopping center, swimming pool, gym, basketball and soccer fields, and apartment complexes.

Protection

And the Marines are protecting the American embassy in Baghdad, which has strengthened its building structures more than two and a half times the number of other embassies, in addition to containing five high security entrances and an emergency entrance, according to a report by "CNBC News".

The engineering design of the embassy was not published publicly, but it was designed with capabilities that guarantee it self-sufficiency in energy and water, in light of the electricity and water cuts in Baghdad, and the security disturbances that erupt from time to time.

Exceptional immunization

The fence surrounding the embassy is at least 9 feet high, and is made of reinforced concrete that is strong enough to disperse the force of the blast from a car bomb, missile, or mortar attack.

From the inside, the embassy was exceptionally fortified, as it was designed as an American fortress against biological bombs, as it was equipped with an air purification system from any chemical or biological attack, in addition to small windows that look like cracks.

Five thousand officials

The American Embassy is located in the Green Zone in Baghdad, which has an area of ​​about 10 square kilometers, and it contained thousands of housing units. Currently, the owners receive compensation every month, in exchange for the exploitation of their homes.

The Green Zone is considered one of the safest areas in Baghdad, and about five thousand officials and a civilian contractor are currently residing in it. It is surrounded by concrete walls and barbed walls and has many checkpoints, and is surrounded by the Tigris River from the south and east sides. LINK

Don961:  he US embassy in Baghdad suspends all consulate general operations until further notice

Time: 1/1/2020 7:35 PM

{Baghdad: Al Furat News} Reuters reported that the US embassy in Baghdad announced the suspension of all general consular operations until further notice.

The decision came hours after protesters withdrew from the PMF in front of the embassy building, after their sit-in yesterday   LINK

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Don961:  Exciting details about the storming of the American embassy: Maesh militias paid $ 35 for each component involved in the incident

Wednesday, January 01, 2020 08:33 PM

Observers revealed exciting details in the process of storming the ISIS terrorist militia against the American embassy in Baghdad, where the militias involved three thousand people in the storming for $ 35 per item.

Observers emphasized that this is not new to those terrorist militias loyal to Iran, as some are exploited in exchange for cheap money to carry out these sordid purposes.

The incident showed the besieging of the American embassy in Baghdad showed the extent of the power and influence of the forces loyal to Iran in Iraq, in front of the weakness of the state and its security services and its inability to implement its international obligations to protect diplomatic missions.

For its part, the New York Times reported that the Iraqi government "intentionally allowed protesters from the Hashd militia to enter the Green Zone and demonstrate in front of the US embassy building and attack it."

The newspaper added in a report that "the Iraqi government allowed members of the crowd to enter the fortified Green Zone on Tuesday, which allowed the protest to take place, and showed Iran's strong influence as well as the government’s difficulty in controlling these ."

She noted that "their ability to storm the most heavily guarded areas in Baghdad indicates that they have obtained at least implicit permission from Iraqi security officials sympathetic to their demands."

For his part, the leader of the Salvation and Development Front, Atheel al-Nujaifi, said in a press statement that Tehran was financing the militias from Iraqi, not Iranian, funds, and the Iraqi funded sources are still available through the economic offices they have and their ideological parties.

As well as from the corruption funds that were looted from the Iraqi state, such as oil, and the sale of currency in auctions of the Central Bank, which is a major source for financing Iran's wars abroad.

Al-Nujaifi also confirmed that these funds are stolen from the money of the Iraqi state, and the militias are funded by them to support the Iranian revolution in all its arms.

He pointed out that these militias beat the unarmed Iraqi demonstrators with their weapons, killed and injured thousands of them, only because they demanded their legitimate rights, and that these militias possess a religious belief that is to preserve the authority and power of the Iranian revolution at all costs and whatever blood is shed to maintain its control, especially in Iraq.   LINK

Samson:  Parliamentary Legal: The current year will witness the passage of controversial laws

12:35 - 01/01/2020
Member of the Parliamentary Law Committee, Salim Hamza, confirmed on Wednesday that the parliament intends to pass controversial laws during the new year, including oil and gas laws, the Federal Court and the organization of government work.

Hamza said in a statement to "Information" that "dozens of drafts of the law are still in the hands of the parliament and they need to be passed."

Hamza added, "The political consensus is the main factor in passing laws, especially controversial, and we will work within the committee to reformulate and pass controversial laws."

He explained that "oil and gas, the court of law, and organizing the work of the government are the most prominent controversial laws that will be passed during the current year."   LINK

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Samson:  Parliamentary Finance: The salaries of 2020 will
exceed 52 trillion dinars

08:52 - 01/01/2020

The decision of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Ahmed Suleiman Al-Saffar, stated on Wednesday that Iraq spent 38 trillion dinars in salaries for employees, while it would need 52 trillion dinars in order to cover the salaries of employees in 2020, pointing out that the quantities of exported oil exceed what is planned in the budget and thus will benefit from a difference Source quantities and the price difference specified in the budget to cover the deficit and prepare a supplementary budget.

Al-Saffar said in a statement to "Information", that "the legislator often looks for the worst in preparing the budget and determining the deficit that has occurred in it, as whatever is mentioned of a number related to the deficit is a reduced number, where the difference in the price of selling oil will be taken advantage of by preparing a supplementary budget."

He added that "the amount of oil specified for export in the budget amounted to 3 million and 800 thousand barrels, while the exported oil is more than this amount, which will provide large sums to Iraq that will be used to reduce the deficit rate in addition to creating a supplementary budget as well."

He explained that "salaries reached 38 trillion dinars in the past year, while in 2020 they will exceed 52 trillion dinars, while Iraq will proceed with a 12/1 budget until the new budget is approved."   LINK

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Frank26:  1-1-2020.........VERY SMALL

https://youtu.be/xTYuaEn731g?t=5

KTFA Members Wednesday AM 1-1-2020 "Iran, Iraq and the US Embassy News"

KTFA:

Frank26:  HAPPY NEW YEAR FAMILY ............. BECAUSE IMO ....... IT IS ......... YOUR TURN.  ALOHA DREAMS OF REALITY \m/

Don961:   Fireworks decorate the skies of Baghdad and Trump threatening Iran and its militias ... the time for warnings is over

Wednesday 01 January 2020

Baghdad - Writings

Celebrations in the Iraqi arenas in the New Year continued with the early hours of today, Wednesday, January 1, 2020.

If the Iraqis launch fireworks heavily in the sky of Baghdad, as an expression of their optimism for the new year, and that it is a year that restores Iraq from Iranian hegemony.

On the other hand, American military helicopters continued to fly over the embassy headquarters in Baghdad with light shots being fired to reveal any new attempts to storm the embassy.

While the US President said, in response to the storming of the embassy and setting fire to two of its doors, that Iran will pay a heavy price for these actions, stressing that these statements are not just a warning but rather a clear threat to Tehran and its militias.   LINK

Iobey777:  IMO, it is wonderful to see the citizens of Iraq looking happy, shooting fireworks and anticipating a great New Year!  I pray that all of their dreams become reality in this New Year!

JJimmyjj:  I was alarmed when I first awoke to see the news about the embassy. My thanks to Frank and the President for explaining what was really going on.

President on twitter:  "The U.S. Embassy in Iraq is, & has been for hours, SAFE! Many of our great Warfighters, together with the most lethal military equipment in the world, was immediately rushed to the site. Thank you to the President & Prime Minister of Iraq for their rapid response upon request....

....Iran will be held fully responsible for lives lost, or damage incurred, at any of our facilities. They will pay a very BIG PRICE! This is not a Warning, it is a Threat. Happy New Year!"

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Don961:  Washington is preparing to deploy 4 thousand soldiers in Iraq

Date: January 1, 2020

Fox News yesterday quoted US officials as saying that the United States is preparing to deploy 4,000 soldiers in Iraq, following the attack on the American embassy in Baghdad.    LINK

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Don961:  The Pentagon announces the dispatch of 750 soldiers to the Middle East immediately

January 1, 2020

Marines prepare to leave Kuwait for redeployment in Iraq

In the wake of the attack on the United States embassy in Iraq, US Defense Secretary Mark Esber announced Tuesday evening that 750 American soldiers will go to the Middle East immediately.

Esper revealed in a series of tweets on Twitter that, under the guidance of the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, President Donald Trump, "it allowed the dispatch of a battalion of the Immediate Response Force from the 82nd Airborne Battalion to the area of ​​the Central Command operations in response to the recent events in Iraq."

Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark T. Esper @EsperDoD

At the direction of the Commander in Chief @POTUS, I have authorized the deployment of an infantry battalion from the Immediate Response Force (IRF) of the @82ndABNDiv to the @CENTCOM area of operations in response to recent events in Iraq.

The area known within the Pentagon as the Central Command extends from Egypt to Afghanistan.

The Washington embassy was attacked by members of the popular crowd, and pictures and videos showed that among them were those who were wearing the military uniform of militias, especially the Iraqi Hizbullah, the Badr Organization, and Asaib Ahl al-Haq.

Isber added in a second tweet that about 750 soldiers will head to the area immediately and that there are additional forces from the Immediate Response Force, ready to leave in the coming days. This deployment is an appropriate and preventive measure taken in response to the increased levels of threat against members of the American forces and facilities, as we witnessed in Iraq today. "

He stressed that "the United States will protect our people and interests wherever they are found all over the world."

On Tuesday, the Pentagon announced the dispatch of a Marine Corps Marine Corps force to enhance the security of the embassy and staff following the attack.

An American official told AFP, on condition of anonymity, that in the end "up to 4000 soldiers can be deployed to the region", shortly after President Donald Trump's threat to make Tehran pay a "heavy price" against the backdrop of an attempt to storm the US embassy building.    LINK

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Samson:  The President of the Republic: Any attack on embassies is an act that the security forces will strictly prohibit and will be punished by law

31st December, 2019
President of the Republic Barham Salih said on Tuesday that any attack on foreign embassies is an act that the security forces will strictly prohibit and will be punished by law.

The presidency stated in a statement, "Iraq faces serious challenges at the level of threatening its security, sovereignty and the future of its people. Attempting to storm the American embassy in Baghdad is a violation of the international contexts and agreements binding on the Iraqi government."

She added that "peaceful protest is a legitimate and guaranteed right according to the constitution, but exposure to the diplomatic missions accredited in Iraq is a blow to the interests of Iraq and its international reputation as a sovereign state that respects its obligations and agreements and protects diplomatic missions within its borders."

The presidency added that "our duty, the duty of the security forces to protect diplomatic missions, official institutions and public and private interests, and this is at the heart of its duty, and from the reality of concern for public security, we call on protesters to withdraw from the embassy and its approaches and not to escalate the situation."

And she emphasized, "The Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces is informed that any attack or harassment of foreign embassies and representations is an act that the security forces will strictly prohibit, and the law will punish him with the most severe penalties."   LINK

Samson:  Sheikh Ali: The attack on the American embassy in Baghdad cost Iraq 100 million dollars

1st January, 2020

Member of the House of Representatives, and the candidate for prime minister, Faik Sheikh Ali, confirmed today, Wednesday, that the attack on the American embassy in Baghdad has cost the Iraqi government more than $100 million.

Sheikh Ali said in a tweet followed by "Al-Akhbariya", that "the United States appreciates the damage of the attackers attack on its embassy in Baghdad, at 100 million dollars, an American price of a fence, door, door and jaggoubah."

He added, "Iraq will bury it from the budget of his people," pointing out that it "demands that the leaders of the attacks on the embassy be handed over quietly or leave it to them to hunt them with the kazwa or zinc."

Today's international newspapers dealt with angry protests that took place in front of the United States embassy in Baghdad; and the results of many comparisons between the recent attack and previous attacks on American diplomatic facilities, and highlighted the role of Iraq as a collision point between the influence of the United States and Iran.   LINK

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Samson:  Al-Tamimi: The attack on the American embassy returns Iraq to the seventh item

31st December, 2019

Legal expert, Ali Al-Tamimi, confirmed on Tuesday that the protection of embassies in accordance with international law is the responsibility of the host country, indicating that the attack on the embassy threatens Iraq to return it to Chapter VII.

Al-Tamimi said in a statement to "Al-Akhbaria" that "the 1961 Vienna agreement stipulated that the embassy is part of the soil and land of the country to which it belongs, and this agreement obligated the host country to protect the embassies."

He added, "Every attack on embassies is an attack on the country that owns the embassy, ​​and this enables the affected country to resort to the United Nations in accordance with Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations."

He explained that "such attacks are a threat to international peace and security that might return Iraq to Chapter Seven ... of the United Nations Charter."   LINK

Frank26 and KTFA Members Tuesday PM 12-31-19

KTFA:

FCH1962:   The U.S. military is supposed to be protecting the Green Zone, and we can't even protect our own Embassy?? What's going on?? The Iraqi's better get their priorities straight...... IMO!  

Frank26:   Friend of KTFA you study with us for a reason and the reason is the truth allow me to tell you something our firefly reported this morning about the greens on invasion and they told me it is mainly all Iranian jerks that enter the green zone within moments the green zone was flooded with Iraqi military troops and the coward Iranian jerks split they took off yes there was damage but more damage to their EGO and PRIDE !!!

I talk less right now with strong reason and may I suggest like I told you stop paying attention to the media

I will talk more today in premium God bless you all Frank 26

Ringer1:  Frank r u or will u do a ub2b and explain if these events r going 2 delay our investment  

Frank26:  THURSDAY ... THROUGHOUT THE DAY. LOOK FOR 3 UB2B'S ON THURSDAY ... THROUGHOUT THE DAY.   

 Doodlebug:  PRESIDENT TRUMP 5 minutes ago:

"To those many millions of people in Iraq who want freedom and who don’t want to be dominated and controlled by Iran, this is your time!"

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Don961:  Death to America': Protests outside US embassy in Iraq have Iran written all over them

by Kaylee McGhee

 | December 31, 2019 11:10 AM

 The situation in Iraq is disintegrating, and it has Iran’s meddling written all over it.
Iraqi protesters broke into the U.S. embassy in Baghdad today, lit fires inside, and then withdrew, chanting “Death to America!” and vowing to camp outside the compound indefinitely until the United States withdraws its forces from Iraq.

The Iraqi protesters are responding to a U.S. airstrike against an Iranian-backed Shiite militia, the Kataib Hezbollah militia, which killed at least 25 of the group’s members and wounded more than 20 along the Iraq-Syria border.

The U.S. airstrike was a forceful, defensive response to Tehran after the Kataib Hezbollah militia had carried out a missile attack on an Iraqi military base last week, killing an American contractor and wounding American and Iraqi service members. President Trump made it clear that the U.S. will not sit idly by as Iran attempts to extend its imperialism into the region. That message was clearly necessary given Iran’s growing hostility toward a U.S. presence in Iraq.

But the protests outside the U.S. embassy in Baghdad seem to be another Iranian maneuver to stoke anti-American sentiment in Iraq. The Iraqi government has made it clear that the U.S. military presence in the region is welcome and necessary despite its unpopularity. Former National Security Adviser John Bolton said on Twitter that this display is “a sign of Iranian control over Shia militia groups, not a sign of Iraqi anti-Americanism.”

It’s likely that the protesters outside the U.S. embassy are not typical Iraqis. They are Iranian sympathizers tied to Iran’s militias in the region, although it's possible that they could also be joined by Iraqi nationalists who would like to see the U.S. gone. This makes the situation all the more combustible. Iran is sending a message to the U.S. that it will not give up its foothold in Iraq, and the U.S. has responded in turn, exacerbating tensions that could explode at any moment.

Trump warned Iraq that its forces must protect the U.S. embassy. Hopefully, the Iraqis will dissolve the protests without any bloodshed. But even if this occurs, it is now clear that Iran and the U.S. are rushing toward a head-on collision — a trajectory that must be addressed if our presence in the Middle East is to continue.    LINK

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Don961:  The Pentagon: We respect Iraqi sovereignty, and we cannot be deterred from exercising our right to self-defense

The Pentagon announced Monday that the United States respects Iraqi sovereignty, while noting that it cannot be deterred from exercising its right to self-defense.

The ministry said in a statement, "The coalition forces supporting the Operation Solid Resolve are present in Iraq at the invitation of the Iraqi government to ensure the permanent defeat of ISIS and provide advice and assistance to the Iraqi security forces."

"The United States and its coalition partners fully respect Iraqi sovereignty, and support Iraq to be a strong and independent country," she said, noting that "the United States cannot be deterred from exercising its right to self-defense."

She added, "The attacks of the Hezbollah Brigades resulted in the injury of many members of the Internal Security Forces," explaining that "both Minister Mark Esber and Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi have expressed their commitment to the necessity of stopping these attacks on the Iraqi security forces and the forces of Operation Solid Resolve once and for all." ".

She stressed the need "for Iran and its proxy forces in the Hezbollah brigades to stop their attacks on the United States and coalition forces and respect Iraq’s sovereignty to prevent any further defensive actions by American forces," according to the statement.

And US Defense Secretary Mark Esber announced earlier today, Monday, that the United States has taken aggressive measures against a group sponsored by Iran, while US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stressed that "Washington will not stand idly by before the measures taken by Iran, which would expose American men and women at risk. "

2019 - 12 – 30    link

Don961:  Agreement on "direct lines" .. Trump calls Abdel Mahdi and the latter explains the embassy’s situation and talks about Tehran

2019-12-31

The media office of the resigned prime minister released today, Tuesday, a detail of a phone call between Abdel-Mahdi and US President Donald Trump.

"Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi received a phone call at 19:30 from US President Donald Trump, who inquired about the situation in Iraq and the developments surrounding the US embassy in Baghdad," the office said in a statement. The Prime Minister explained that it came after the recent painful events and that he had already explained - two days ago - to the US Secretary of Defense, exploring the seriousness of its consequences.

The American Embassy

The Prime Minister stated that the Iraqi security forces continue to fulfill their duty to protect the American embassy and other diplomatic missions and representations.

Speaking of the regional situation, the Prime Minister affirmed that the Iraqi government has always sought to maintain good relations with neighboring countries, including the Islamic Republic of Iran, as well as friendly western countries, led by the United States of America.

Conditions deteriorate

He added, but the situation deteriorated due to the differences between the two sides and that Iraq wants to be a country of negotiation and calm to remove the danger of war from Iraq and everyone.

Abdul-Mahdi said to the American President: You remember that you do not want war and we hear from the Iranian leaders a similar position, and Iraq has stressed the importance of negotiation or at least reaching realistic arrangements and agreements to calm down.

Direct lines

President Trump stressed his confidence in the importance of the role and leadership of Iraq and what it can play in this regard, and the two Presidents agreed to keep direct lines open between them to follow up on the matter.

US Secretary of State Pompeo and his assistant, David Hill, had contacted Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi to follow the latest developments in the country.    link

Frank26 and KTFA Members Monday PM 12-30-19

KTFA:

Josie:  Is Frank doing a CC tonite or a UB2B ? OR Both?   T U

Clare: FROM FRANK: NO YOUTUBE & NO CC TONIGHT

Frank26:  Greetings KTFA FAMILY...........
If you recall last Monday, we told you that there would not be a Monday Conference Call today....
As you know, we do not talk about military actions.

We calculated that today would be a day of military, so we decided not to talk today and you can see the reasons, the evidence, of why a week ago we told you we did not want to talk on this Monday.

Please pray for what I called something small and in my opinion I will be talking to you in a few days again on my UB2B.

God bless you all Sweet Aloha and stay in prayer that something small, does not become something big...

But regardless I want you to know this..... Last night the citizens of Iraq were joyfully celebrating in the streets and praising the Americans for striking Iran !!!  

Samson:  Putin thanks Trump for this

12/29/2019 20:06 

On Sunday, Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked his American counterpart Donald Trump for providing Russia with intelligence information that allowed it to thwart attacks on its soil, according to the Kremlin.

"Vladimir Putin thanked Donald Trump for transmitting information through the private services, which allowed for the prevention of attacks in Russia," the Russian presidency said in a statement.   LINK

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Iggy:  What Do They Know? US And Russia Developing Plan To Deal With Incoming Asteroids

https://www.prophecynewswatch.com/article.cfm?recent_news_id=3734

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Samson:  Parliament ends its deliberative session

12/30/2019 17:24

Today, Monday, the House of Representatives ended its deliberative session headed by Deputy Speaker of Parliament Bashir Haddad and a number of deputies.

A parliamentary source said {for Furat News} that “Haddad announced the end of the deliberative session.” He added that "the session dealt with the discussion of the American bombing that targeted the headquarters of the popular crowd in Qaim, and also included the interventions of deputies and the rejection and denunciation of the American bombing, which they considered a blatant transgression of Iraqi sovereignty."

He noted that "Parliament stressed the need to take serious steps by the Iraqi government to prevent the recurrence of American aggressions."  LINK

Risk1:  As the Iraq Government condemns US military actions....... Just watched a guest on Fox news state his concern is this US action can drive Iraq into the arms of Iran.......I say BULL.....What does Iran have to offer Iraq? Nothing!!! The GOI is trying to walk a tight-rope trying to appease their neighbors with condemnation of said actions, and keeping their relationship with the US .......IMO sooner or later if Iraq ever wants to enter the global community their going to have to turn their back on the Iran regime...Privately, and publicly...

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Samson:  Parliamentary Legal: We may resort to the 2014 option in spending the next year's budget

12/30/2019 12:52

The Parliamentary Legal Committee confirmed today, Monday, the existence of legal treatment regarding the delay in the Federal Financial Budget Law for 2020.

Committee member Hussein Al-Aqabi said in a press statement, "The committee has legal treatment, which is the previous financial management law that we previously resorted to in the year 2014, when spending is done on the budget law for 2019 at a rate of 1 to 12," noting that "the law allows The government may send any bill, and the last say remains with the parliament." He added, "The internal system in the cabinet allowed the government to send some draft laws that do not have technical and legal problems," noting that "the general budget expresses the general policy of the executive authority in the management of the state and cannot be technically and legally for the government to send."

Al-Uqabi stressed that "the current government is a caretaker government and parliament cannot set a budget, and there is no permanent government with full powers that can implement this financial policy of the state." The Parliamentary Finance Committee confirmed last Thursday that the deficit in the public budget was the last time it reached Parliament.

The head of the committee, Haitham al-Jubouri, said in a press statement that "the general budget for the next year is still with the government and it has not been sent to Parliament because of the financial deficit," noting that "the fiscal deficit in the budget amounted to 25 billion dinars."  LINK

Iobey777:  “the fiscal deficit in the budget amounted to 25 billion dinars."  From Trillions to Billions?   Interesting!!! (smile)