Zig’s Place Chat and News Monday PM 4-26-21
.Zig’s Place Chat and News Monday PM 4-26-21
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Butterfly Salim Hamza to / Nina /: The upcoming elections are a popular and international demand, and their conduct depends on the commission’s preparations
Monday 26, April 2021 22:33 Kurdish MP Salim Hamza asserted that: The upcoming elections are a popular and international demand ... and their conduct depends on the preparations of the commission.
He told the Iraqi National News Agency ( NINA ): We hope that the elections will take place on time, after the budget is approved and the decision to dissolve parliament is conditional on holding the elections, in addition to the popular demands and the strong will of most political forces to hold them on time.
Zig’s Place Chat and News Monday PM 4-26-21
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Butterfly Salim Hamza to / Nina /: The upcoming elections are a popular and international demand, and their conduct depends on the commission’s preparations
Monday 26, April 2021 22:33 Kurdish MP Salim Hamza asserted that: The upcoming elections are a popular and international demand ... and their conduct depends on the preparations of the commission.
He told the Iraqi National News Agency ( NINA ): We hope that the elections will take place on time, after the budget is approved and the decision to dissolve parliament is conditional on holding the elections, in addition to the popular demands and the strong will of most political forces to hold them on time.
Hamza asked: Does the commission have the ability to run elections by this date? Under what Iraq is going through from a difficult circumstance? He pointed out that if the elections were held without a strong will and international supervision, they would be unfair and fraudulent.
He explained: The aim of holding the elections is to restore confidence in this democratic process and keep the spoilers out of the political process. Early elections are scheduled to take place on the tenth of next October.
butterfly Zarif meets the leaders of the Shiite blocs
Monday 26, April 2021 22:45 ranian Foreign Minister Muhammad Javad Zarif met this evening the leaders of the Shiite blocs.
butterfly Washington is ready to support the Central Bank and the Iraqi banking sector
04-26-2021 01:21 PM Washington is ready to support the Central Bank and the Iraqi banking sectorOn Monday, the US ambassador to Baghdad, Matthew Tueller, expressed his country’s readiness to provide full support to the central bank and the banking sector in Iraq.
In a statement received by the Tigris, the Central Bank of Iraq said, “The Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq, Mustafa Ghaleb, is terrifying. He received the US ambassador to Iraq, Matthew Toller, and discussed with him ways of joint cooperation between the two countries in the monetary and economic fields, including emphasizing the importance of technical support and joint cooperation.” For the advancement of the Iraqi banking sector. ”
For his part, the ambassador expressed “his country’s readiness to provide various types of support and assistance to the central bank and the banking sector in Iraq.” dijlah.tv
butterfly The rise in the price of the dollar in Baghdad and the Kurdistan Region
2021-04-26 00:10 The rise in the price of the dollar in Baghdad and the Kurdistan RegionShafaq News / The exchange rates of the dollar rose, on Monday, on the main stock exchange in Baghdad and the Kurdistan Region.
The Shafaq News Agency correspondent said that the Central Al-Kifah and Al-Harithiyah Stock Exchange in Baghdad registered 148,000 Iraqi dinars for 100 US dollars.
While the Central Kifah Stock Exchange recorded 147750 Iraqi dinars during its opening on Sunday morning.
Our correspondent indicated that the buying and selling prices rose in the exchange shops in the local markets in Baghdad, where the selling price reached 148,500 Iraqi dinars, while the purchase prices reached 147,500 dinars per 100 US dollars.
As for Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region, the price of the dollar also witnessed a rise, as the selling price reached 148,200 dinars per hundred dollars, and the purchase at 148,000 dinars per hundred dollars. shafaq.com
butterfly Antoine to “Tigris”: Iraq will be fine if the politicians remove their hands from the economic file 04-26-2021 05:51 PM Antoine to Tigris - Iraq will be fine if the politicians remove their hands from the economic fileThe economist, Bassem Antoine, counted today, Monday, that “whenever politicians lift their hands from the economic file, Iraq will be fine,” stressing the need to invest the qualified Iraqi youth energies in managing this file, relying on existing expertise.
Antoine told “Degla”, “There is a weakness in the economic management in the country, due to the dominance of quotas over the management of economic files, in addition to the fact that the competencies cannot exercise their role in choosing the right ways to create good production and thus improve the total output of the country.”
He added, “Iraq is a country of children and has competencies and capabilities and it is rich. There are other wealth such as minerals other than oil wealth, as well as its possession of young energies that can rise in the country if it is invested, but on the condition that the politicians raise their hands from the economic file.” dijlah.tv
butterfly The House of Representatives raises its extraordinary session .. Details of the session
04/26/2021 16:32:37 The House of Representatives raises its extraordinary session .. Details of the sessionThe House of Representatives raised its special session, held today, Monday, regarding the fire accident at Ibn Al-Khatib Hospital, south of the capital, Baghdad.
The House of Representatives opened this afternoon its deliberative session chaired by the First Deputy Speaker, Hassan Karim al-Kaabi, regarding the Ibn al-Khatib hospital incident.
According to the media department of the council, Al-Kaabi obligated during his presidency of the session the Ministry of Finance to direct the necessary allocations to complete the regular hospitals that have reached advanced stages in all governorates and not to invoke unacceptable excuses.
Al-Kaabi also announced, re-disengaging the health and educational departments from the governorates and returning them to the Ministry of Health and Education.
A fire broke out in the intensive care unit at Ibn Al-Khatib Hospital, southeast of the capital, Baghdad, last Saturday evening, and the accident resulted in the deaths of 82 people and wounding 110 others, according to the Ministry of Interior.
The Prime Minister, Mustafa Al-Kazemi, announced the general mourning for three days for the lives of the victims, and directed an investigation to be opened to uncover the circumstances of the accident, saying that it was “a prejudice to national security, and a setback that should not pass easily.”
butterfly The Prime Minister decided, in an extraordinary meeting, on Sunday, to suspend the Minister of Health, Hassan Al-Tamimi, and the Governor of Baghdad, Muhammad Jaber Atta, and the Director of Al-Rusafa Health, Abdul-Ghani Al-Saadi, from work, and to refer them to investigation on the background of the tragic accident, stressing that “it will be completed.” The investigation will take place within five days, and the report will be submitted to the Council of Ministers. ” alforatnews.com
butterfly https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/04/mosul-women-fight-islamic-state-legacy-sports-arts-events Mosul women fight Islamic State legacy with sports, arts events
Mosul women seek to erase their painful memories of IS by holding various activities for women.
butterfly April 26, 2021 A bike marathon for women was held in Mosul April 12, with the participation of over 300 young women from the city. It is the second women's bike marathon after the first was organized by women’s organizations, with the same number of participants, on March 13, 2018, about eight months after Mosul was liberated on July 10, 2017.
After the Islamic State (IS) seized the city, the women of Ninevah governorate faced violence and persecution, since freedom of opinion and expression was restricted, and they could not move freely from one place to another on their own. They lost all their freedoms and rights and were denied access to health care and education.
The Hisbah (morality police) office’s first decisions targeted women, forcing them to wear the niqab. Muslim women wear this piece of cloth, which covers the face and is often black, with the abaya to completely conceal the features of a woman’s body except for the eyes. In addition, clothing considered indecent and cosmetics were banned.
Once the city was liberated from IS, the women of Mosul were able to participate in youth competitions and events and hold art exhibitions to express the painful memories of the IS control of the city.
Saja Sabah, a 21-year-old woman participating in the marathon, told Al-Monitor that by organizing and participating in such events, the women of Mosul are trying to send a clear message to IS that they are not afraid of practicing their hobbies and have the strength to eradicate extremism.
Sabah said that these kinds of activities for women motivate them to embrace freedom and peace, away from IS’ beliefs.
Estimates indicate that Mosul had over 7,000 widows after IS was expelled, in addition to a large number of women who had lost the breadwinner of their family during the military operations in the city.
butterfly Social researcher Siham al-Shujairi told Al-Monitor that the activities in Ninevah are the “first space” for Mosul women to regain their freedoms after being liberated from the harsh life during IS' control.
She said, “Mosul women love life. They are giving and creative, and do not think about the extremist ideas that IS believes in. Through these activities, the women of Mosul will seek to solve the psychological complexes that the group had implanted in them, and rebuild their personalities with innovation and creativity, as well as participate in sports and arts activities at various levels.”
Shujairi noted that holding these activities in the future will motivate the women of Mosul and make them stronger and bolder to eliminate extremism, and to assure the world that they are against terrorism and have triumphed over the dark era that IS had brought upon them.
Ayad al-Tawafan, military expert and retired brigadier general in the Iraqi army, told Al-Monitor that the participation in activities such as bike marathons or art exhibitions confirms the love for life of the women in Ninevah governorate. “They have sent a clear message to IS that they will fight extremism, terrorism and intellectual intolerance, contrary to what it [IS] wants,” he said, describing the bike marathon event as a “great achievement” and the first step to leaving IS’ ideology behind and getting rid of it altogether.
He called for an increase in such activities in the future, especially arts, music and literature events, to eradicate IS intellectually, now that its presence has been eliminated militarily.
At the same time, Tawafan proposed to eradicate extremist ideology and raising awareness among the youth by emphasizing civil urbanization, humanitarian work and youth activities, especially those related to women who were viewed by IS as second-class citizens.
butterfly Speaking to Al-Monitor, Faten al-Ali, a presenter at a TV channel in Mosul who started working after IS was eliminated, echoed Tawafan’s belief that women have greater freedom now than during IS' control of the city between 2014 and 2017, and even prior to 2014.
She complained about the lack of government support for youth activities, especially those related to women, calling on the Iraqi government as well as the local authorities to support women to continue organizing and taking part in sports, arts and music events.
Ali called for the need of establishing feminist associations and unions concerned with women's issues, their activities, their intellectual creativity and their talents in order to continue such social activities that stimulate female creativity.
Alaa al-Azzawi, a civil activist and head of the gender department at Oxfam, a British organization, in Ninevah, told Al-Monitor these activities are clear and direct messages to IS from the women of Mosul that they have overcome extremism and are fighting it intellectually with activities that the group was rejecting.
Azzawi criticized government agencies for not supporting women to hold social activities, noting that these activities are organized exclusively with the diligence of women and with the support and encouragement of civil society organizations that have contributed to changing many extremist ideas in Mosul, especially with regard to women's rights.
butterfly US Supreme Court to hear challenge on carrying concealed handguns
The lawsuit seeks an unfettered right to carry concealed handguns. Lower courts have already rejected its arguments.
butterfly 26 Apr 2021 The US Supreme Court has stepped back into the heated debate over gun rights, agreeing to hear a challenge backed by the National Rifle Association to New York state’s restrictions on people carrying concealed handguns in public in a case that could further undermine firearms control efforts nationally.
The justices on Monday took up an appeal by two gun owners and the New York affiliate of the NRA, an influential gun rights group closely aligned with Republicans, of a lower court ruling throwing out their challenge to the restrictions on concealed handguns outside the home. SOURCE: REUTERS
butterfly 2021-04-26 09:22 Shafaq News/ al-Kadhimi must somehow plot a route through the chaos. Doing so will involve the apprehension and removal of rotten apples in the political system.” Devdiscourse, a media platform for development stakeholders reported on Monday.
“That corruption is entrenched in Iraq should come as a surprise to no one, so Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi's issuance of arrest warrants against a group of 58 officials for corruption comes at an important time. Corruption from the highest to the local political level is one of the chief factors preventing Iraq from attaining peace, order, and economic progress, and the fact that the PM's warrants concern a sitting and former member of parliament, a former minister, and a host of other functionaries at various levels, is a poignant testament to how deep the rot truly extends.” The Platform reported.
“Between cartels of corrupt political officials, businessmen, and militia who distribute state-destined funds amongst themselves as well as a recent ruling from the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) which only serves to implicitly endorse the status quo and entrench venality even further, the situation is hardly confidence-inspiring. Among the international investment community, whose help is sorely needed to help rebuild the country's crumbling economy, and is increasing the pressure on a PM elected on a platform of anti-corruption promises.”
butterfly According to the Platform, Iraq's iniquitous state infrastructure can be traced back to the US-led (and UK-supported) invasion of the country almost two decades ago, after the removal of Saddam Hussein created a power vacuum. American attempts to reform the parliamentary system fell woefully short, contributing to a political system in which cronyism ran rampant and the public sector swelled unsustainably.
Between 2004 and 2016, those on the payroll of the state ballooned from 850,000 to between seven and nine million, with all the top-ranking jobs doled out to the well-connected elite.
“It's not just in government that jobs are dished out unfairly or sold to the highest bidder, either. The crooked customs setup is so profitable that, according to the AFP report, minor clerks will pay bribes of up to $100,000 to station themselves in lucrative outposts, in turn accepting their own bungs to falsify documents, under-declaring quantities, and misrepresenting cargo loads.
To place the scale of the subterfuge in some sort of context, the Iraqi government collected $818 million in duties in 2019, which was itself lauded as a significant improvement on the $768 million gathered the year prior. The actual figure that should be paid in customs is closer to the $7 billion mark.” Devdiscourse said.
“Unsurprisingly, this has had a significant knock-on effect on the country's population, with unemployment at 31.7% and poverty reaching 40% last year. And people are angry – a recent poll found 82% of Iraqis are concerned or very concerned about top-level corruption, and mass protests have become a regular occurrence.
That volatility is an unattractive prospect for potential overseas investors in the first place. But when the government's own machinations are taken into account, Iraq becomes a no-fly zone for FDI interests altogether.”
butterfly “This condition was on open display in the case of global logistics conglomerate Agility, for example. After a deal with Iraqi Telecoms Company Korek went sour, Agility filed a claim for $380 million of misappropriated funds with the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes in 2017.
Four years on, the World Bank-affiliated tribunal delivered a verdict ruling in the defendant's favor, despite the significant evidence of malfeasance among Iraq's National Communications and Media Commission (CMC) presented by Agility. In response, the Kuwait-based company called the decision "fundamentally flawed" and highlighted just how unwelcoming a precedent it has set for other international investors.” The Platform added.
“The Agility case has garnered lots of international attention since it first began and is the main factor in explaining why Iraq has recorded falling FDI inflow for eight years running. With foreign investors in fear of arbitrary seizure of their assets, it's easy to see why Iraq was placed at 172nd out of 190 countries on the Doing Business rankings in 2020.”
On the role of the Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, the Platform pointed out that “the damage to investor confidence threatens to hurt the Iraqi economy even further, at a time when its unhealthy dependence on the oil industry has already been shaken by plummeting prices and a coronavirus-related drop in demand. Indeed, PM Mustafa al-Kadhimi is now fighting fires on several fronts, though the corruption saga remains the common denominator in all of them and the biggest priority on his agenda given his strong stance on the subject before his election.”
butterfly “To his credit, he has made certain strides on the issue. Shortly after taking office in May last year, he set up a committee to address corruption throughout the political system, with no fewer than seven officials arrested in the first three weeks of its operation. Two months later, one of his own inner circle was also detained, demonstrating his integrity, even-handedness, and determination on the matter.
However, although his most recent string of arrest warrants is another escalation in the anti-corruption fight, individual arrests are akin to trying to quench an inferno with a water pistol. What's really required is comprehensive systemic reform, which even his own senior advisors have admitted may well be beyond the beleaguered PM.”
“Whether or not that pessimistic prognosis will turn out to be accurate, al-Kadhimi has his work cut out for him. Iraq is the 20th most corrupt country in the world, loses billions of dollars in unpaid taxes to bent lawmakers and lawless gangs, hosts up to 40,000 armed men who harbor more allegiance to neighboring Iran than they do to Baghdad and it regularly witnesses violent civilian unrest. A tall order is an understatement.” Devdiscourse said.
“Nonetheless, al-Kadhimi must somehow plot a route through the chaos. Doing so will involve the apprehension and removal of rotten apples in the political system as he has already instigated, but it will also demand greater engagement with civil societies dedicated to fighting corruption and the creation of a stronger, confident state that will quieted the concerns of the international investment community. The road ahead is a perilous and protracted one, but al-Kadhimi must now step up and show that he is the right man to lead the Iraqi people along with it. “
butterfly 2021-04-26 15:26 Shafaq News/ Abdel Halim Khaddam’s political career witnessed a major part of the story of Syria in recent decades.
The late Khaddam, who was known as Abu Jamal, occupied several positions and witnessed major events in Syria and the region, since the Baath Party took over power in 1963 until he left the country and announced his defection from the regime in 2005.
During decades of political work, Abu Jamal assumed different responsibilities. He was governor of Hama at the moment of the conflict with the Muslim Brotherhood in the early 1960s and governor of Quneitra when it fell at the end of that decade.
He was minister of Foreign Affairs, then Vice President during Syria’s expansion in its neighboring country, to the extent that he was called “the ruler of Lebanon.” The Lebanese file remained in Khaddam’s custody until 1998, when Assad transferred it to his son, Dr. Bashar, who had returned from London after the death of Bassel, his older brother, in 1994. Neither Khaddam, nor his allies in Lebanon, were comfortable with the new decision.
With the decline of his political role in Damascus, Khaddam resigned from his position as vice president but remained member of the Baath Party’s central leadership. After that, he went to Lebanon on his way to exile in Paris, where he lived until his death last year.
butterfly Following the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in February 2005, Damascus was subjected to a regional and international isolation. On Sept. 30, Khaddam announced his defection, accusing the Syrian regime of “killing a friend, the Lebanese prime minister.”
In his exile, he formed with the Muslim Brotherhood led by Sadreddine al-Bayanouni, the Salvation Front coalition to oppose the regime. In Damascus, he was accused of high treason and his property was confiscated.
Khaddam did not play a prominent political role after the 2011 uprising, as he devoted his time to writing his memoirs. In 2003, he published a book on his political views and position on democracy and freedom, entitled: “The Contemporary Arab System.”
Asharq Al-Awsat went through Khaddam’s papers and documents and will begin on Monday publishing chapters from his memoirs, in a series of episodes on key stages of Syria’s history.
Khaddam recounts that after the death of President Hafez al-Assad, his son, Bashar, assumed power and focused on relations with Iraq. Syria exerted efforts on the Arab and international scenes to defend the Iraqi regime against the aggressive acts committed by the United States.
During that period, Bashar received a number of Iraqi leaders, including those who were the most hostile to the regime in Syria and Iran, mainly Ali Hassan al-Majid and Taha Yassin Ramadan. Thus, Syria moved from working to topple the Iraqi regime, to defending it in Arab and international forums, at a time when Iran, through its allies in the Iraqi opposition, sought to get rid of Saddam Hussein.
butterfly An Iraqi opposition conference was held in London under Iranian and US sponsorship. The Iranian side was represented by a senior intelligence official with an accompanying delegation, and the US side comprised three members of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The two delegations worked for the success of the conference, which took a set of decisions that America used to cover its war.
With the intensification of the US campaign, the mobilization of forces in the region, and the inability of Washington to persuade the Security Council to adopt a resolution supporting its action against Iraq, it became clear that war was inevitable, which raised concern in Syria about the conflict spreading to its territories.
Consequently, Bashar went to Tehran, accompanied by Khaddam, to discuss the situation with the Iranian leadership and work to unify the stance in the face of the mounting tension.
“We went to Tehran on March 16, 2003. Upon our arrival, we held talks with President Muhammad Khatami, and then the Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei,” Khaddam says.
The following are excerpts from the minutes of meetings in Tehran:
butterfly “What can we do shortly before the war? And what will we do in the event of a war that will last for a long time, and perhaps for years?” Bashar asked.
Khatami replied: “These are correct and timely questions… Let me explain it to you. I held two meetings: the first was with Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov, and the second was with French President Jacques Chirac. Mr. Chirac initiated, and the call lasted for half an hour. The two men are worried that Iraq will be attacked, but their concern was greater than that, and both of them expressed that the war would break out soon.”
The Iranian president continued: “The decisive victory that America can get is to shorten the period of war and claim victory in a short time. However, if the period is prolonged, America will lose. It is sufficient for the bodies of American soldiers to return to America for the US public opinion to turn against President George W. Bush. So I don’t think America will be able to end this war.”
Khatami told the Syrian officials that the other issue he raised with Chirac was that the war would increase the wave of violence in the world.
“America in Afghanistan did not achieve its goal of eliminating the former (al-Qaeda) leader Osama bin Laden, rather it made him a hero. Now, it is producing another hero named Saddam, and the wave of extremism will increase. Chirac agreed with me, but he said that the Americans were not people from this region,” Khaddam quoted Khatami as saying.
Bashar returned to the conversation, saying: “We are the country that stands the most with Saddam, but he merely coordinates with us. It is a strange system that lives in another world.”
butterfly “As Syrians and Iranians, how can we deal with the Iraqi opposition? The opposition abroad must be absorbed, but it cannot have a role. We need a wider relationship inside Iraq. For us in Syria, the relationship is weak due to lack of trust between our two regimes,” he remarked.
Kamal Kharrazi interjected in the conversation: “President Khatami proposed the national reconciliation.” Khatami replied: “The problem is that no one liked this idea.”
Bashar noted: “We can give it [the opposition] fake promises, according to the American way. Nevertheless, the issue can be raised with the Iraqi foreign minister. The first problem in the war is Saddam himself.”
The Iranian president added: “All the opposition today is against the US. We must try to push the Shiites and Sunnis to overcome their differences… Turkey has a big role at this stage. Despite Turkey’s commitments to America, I note that the governing group tends to work with us and with the Islamic world. We must be wary of the establishment of a Kurdish state, and the idea that the Kurds of Iran are Iranians, the Iraqi Kurds are Iraqi, and the Turkish Kurds are Turkish. In this regard, the Turks must be reassured and their fears dispelled.”
Following the meeting with Khatami, the two Syrian officials met with supreme leader Khamenei, “who started the conversation, welcoming us, hoping that the visit would be beneficial to both countries.”
Bashar replied: “Our conversation today reflected the similarity of views between our two countries. We discussed the issue of Iraq extensively, and there are many analyses. The vision is dark, but the light side is our alliance, our stance and our history.”
butterfly “The truth is we are two brotherly countries, facing common dangers. This should encourage us to increase full cooperation between us. The region faces a dangerous situation,” Khamenei was quoted by Khaddam as saying. Source: Asharq Al-Awsat
butterfly 2021-04-26 01:54 Shafaq News / European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told the New York Times Sunday that vaccinated US tourists should be able to travel the EU this summer.
Europe closed its borders to most US travelers last year to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
She said, "The Americans, as far as I see, use European Medicines Agency-approved vaccines," von der Leyen told the newspaper. This will enable free movement and travel to the European Union", adding that restrictions would be lifted depending on the epidemiological situation in the US.
Von der Leyen's remarks come after French President Emmanuel Macron told US broadcaster CBS earlier this month that France is finalizing plans to let in vaccinated Americans this summer.
butterfly Al-Kazemi: Gulf 25 is in our eyes a sign of Iraq's recovery and its response to its natural role between brothers and friends
Monday 26, April 2021 23:49 Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi affirmed that Gulf 25 in our eyes is a sign of Iraq's recovery and its response to its natural role between brothers and friends. ”
He said in a tweet:“ The land of Mesopotamia is steadily moving towards stability and openness to everyone, our land is a source of love, tolerance and welcome. , Stressing that the government will provide all forms of support to ensure the success of the meeting of the brothers among the Gulf athletes in their homeland, Iraq .
butterfly Al-Araji to the Egyptian Ambassador: The Egyptian-Turkish-Saudi-Iranian understanding is important and is in the interest of the region
Monday 26, April 2021 23:58 National Security Adviser Qassem Al-Araji affirmed that the Egyptian-Turkish-Saudi-Iranian understanding is important and is in the interest of the region.
A statement by the Information Office of the National Security Adviser stated that, Al-Araji received the Egyptian Ambassador Walid Muhammad Ismail and discussed with him the strengthening of brotherly relations between the two brotherly countries and peoples, and the latest developments in the political and security situations in the region. ”Al-
Araji assured the Egyptian ambassador that the Egyptian-Turkish-Saudi-Iranian understanding is important and important In the interest of the region, pointing out that people are fed up with wars and crises and are looking forward to stability and development. "
The two sides concluded the meeting, stressing the importance of the region witnessing more stability and leaving the climate of crisis, so that stability and prosperity may be resolved as an alternative to conflicts that bring nothing but devastation.
butterfly Transportation {by Euphrates News}: suspending our flights with India .. This is the fate of stranded Iraqis
Time: 04/26/2021 22:48:39 {Local: Al Furat News} The Ministry of Transport announced the suspension of flights with India due to the outbreak of the Corona virus in it.
"We have suspended flights with India since yesterday because of the outbreak of the pandemic there," Hussain al-Khafaji, spokesman for the ministry, told Al-Furat News.
"We are discussing with the Iraqi Airways company a special mechanism to bring back the stranded Iraqis," he added.
It is noteworthy that most of the countries of the world suspended their flights with India and those coming from it after the outbreak of the epidemic wave in it and its rise to frightening numbers.
On Monday, the Director of the World Health Organization, Tedros Edhanom Ghebreyesus, said that the situation in India was "more than painful", after the outbreak of the epidemic in which had reached unprecedented dangerous levels.
The cameras began documenting painful scenes from this country, which drowned in many cases of death and injuries with the intensification of the Corona virus wave, as citizens lived in a state of terror with a shortage of medical supplies and tools, especially oxygen.
The Iraqis stranded in India appealed to Iraqi Airways to "expedite the provision of mechanisms to transport them from India to Iraq."
butterfly Texas gains two new seats in Congress, while New York, California and five other states lose seats following new Census numbers
The US Census Bureau announced on Monday that the total population of the United States is over 331 million people, a decrease in population growth when compared to growth between 2000 and 2010, according to CNN. Following the Census report, Texas will gain two seats and Colorado, Florida, Montana, North Carolina and Oregon will each gain one seat in the US House of Representatives. New York, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, California and West Virginia each lost a seat ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. Census officials said that “if New York had had 89 more people they would have received one more seat."
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Butterfly Governor of the Central Bank and the US ambassador discuss ways of joint cooperation
Monday 26, April 2021 13:21 The Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq, Mustafa Ghaleb Makhaif, discussed with the US ambassador to Iraq, Matthew Toller, ways of joint cooperation in the monetary and economic fields.
The two sides stressed during the meeting "the importance of technical support and joint cooperation to advance the reality of the Iraqi banking sector."
For his part, the ambassador praised the reform plan adopted by the administration of the Central Bank of Iraq towards the banking sector, expressing his country's readiness to provide various types of support and assistance to the Central Bank and the banking sector in Iraq.
Zig’s Place Chat and News Monday AM 4-26-21
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Butterfly Governor of the Central Bank and the US ambassador discuss ways of joint cooperation
Monday 26, April 2021 13:21 The Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq, Mustafa Ghaleb Makhaif, discussed with the US ambassador to Iraq, Matthew Toller, ways of joint cooperation in the monetary and economic fields.
The two sides stressed during the meeting "the importance of technical support and joint cooperation to advance the reality of the Iraqi banking sector."
For his part, the ambassador praised the reform plan adopted by the administration of the Central Bank of Iraq towards the banking sector, expressing his country's readiness to provide various types of support and assistance to the Central Bank and the banking sector in Iraq.
Butterfly Parliamentary recommendation to complete the budgets of the provinces and send them to the government
Monday 26, April 2021 13:17 The Parliamentary Finance Committee recommended that the governors complete the plans of their governorates for approval by the Finance Committee and send them to the Ministry of Planning for the purpose of implementing them and allocating the necessary funds for them.
butterfly Oil prices are falling due to the complications of Corona in India
Monday 26, April 2021 11:39 Oil prices fell today, Monday, against the backdrop of fears that the escalation of Covid-19 cases in India will squander demand for fuel in the third largest importer of oil in the world.
Brent crude futures fell 0.6 percent to $ 65.73 a barrel, after rising 1.1 percent last Friday.
US crude futures, "West Texas Intermediate", fell 0.5 percent to 61.83 dollars a barrel, after rising 1.2 percent on Friday.
On a weekly basis, the two benchmarks lost about 1 percent last week.
butterfly The dollar is recording a slight increase in the main stock market and the local markets
Monday 26, April 2021 11:20 The exchange rates of the dollar recorded a slight increase today, Monday, in the main stock exchange and local markets in the capital, Baghdad.
And the Central Kifah Stock Exchange in the capital, Baghdad, witnessed the registration of 148,000 dinars, for every $ 100.
The prices of buying and selling dollars increased in exchange offices and local markets in Baghdad, where the selling price reached 148,500 dinars, while the purchase prices reached 147,500 dinars, for every 100 dollars.
butterfly Rasheed Bank warns against dealing with any party that claims to grant financial advances
Monday 26, April 2021 09:43 Al-Rasheed Bank warned against dealing with any party claiming to grant financial advances.
The media office of the bank confirmed in a statement, that it continues to grant the advances of employees of the ministries of defense and interior as well as retirees electronically, indicating: "The submission is made directly without reviewing the beneficiary to the bank."
He added, "There is no intermediary between the bank and the beneficiary, and we warn at the same time against dealing with any party that claims otherwise."
butterfly Al-Rafidain announces the resettlement of the salaries of the employees of a number of security departments
Monday 26, April 2021 09:47 Al-Rafidain Bank announced the resettlement of the salaries of the employees of a number of security departments in the governorates and granting them an international MasterCard card.
The bank’s media office said in a statement that: “The salaries of a number of security forces’ employees in Wasit, Salah al-Din, Basra, Karbala, Najaf and Anbar were granted and given an electronic card, in order to receive their monthly salaries through it. ”
He pointed out that "Master card holders can benefit from the advantages and financial services that the bank recently launched in terms of advances and loans, and apply for those advances by the bank's branches scattered in Baghdad and the governorates."
Butterfly There is a lot of articles about the hospital fire/deaths/etc. Wounded military (7000) will return, etc etc. So for now I am done. BBL
Butterfly 2021-04-26 07:00 Shafaq News/ Trading volume in Iraq's stock market surpassed one billion equities valued at more than 795 million dinars on Monday's session.
A report of the market obtained by Shafaq News agency said, "33 publicly traded companies cast out today of 103 enlisted companies," indicating, "19 companies were delisted by the Iraqi Securities Commission for violating the disclosure regulations."
"1,000,160,000 equities were traded today at a value of 795,808,000 dinars. ISX60 index ended up at 593.16, 0.62% less than last session's close," the report added.
Iraqiya for dates company, followed by Metal and Bikes company, were the top boosts to the index, notching a 3.77% and 1.72% gain, respectively. In comparison, Iraq's Baghdad for Transportation and al-Ahliya for agricultural products benchmarks index slid as much as -4.99% and -4.76%, respectively.
It is noteworthy that Iraq Stock Exchange installed Central Depository and Electronic Trading Systems in 2009 and currently bolstering efforts to deploy online transaction services. It organizes five weekly sessions and lists 103 public companies from different economic sectors.
butterfly 2021-04-26 06:47 Shafaq News/ Saladin's Investment Commission announced today, Monday, that the total investment grants issued by the Commission in 2021 have amounted to 30 in the industrial, agricultural, commercial, and residential sectors.
The Director-General of the Authority, Laith Hamid Al-Jubouri, told Shafaq News Agency that his department granted 30 investment opportunities in the current year in various sectors in trade, agriculture, industry, and housing, indicating that the cost of the granted investment projects amounted to $720,341,250.
Al-Jubouri explained, "the committed granted seven investment opportunities in the commercial sector at $250,600,036, three tourism and entertainment projects at a cost of $2,946,453, eight housing projects at a cost of $421,285,551, four industrial projects at a cost of $6,605,000, three health projects at a cost of $6,421,452, and four projects within the education sector at $5,482,758, and an agricultural project at a cost of $7,200,000."
Al-Jubouri stated that all the companies are domestic, which secures about 6,500 job opportunities in the governorate.
butterfly 2021-04-26 03:23 Shafaq News / The Iraqi Ministry of Planning announced an increase in the inflation index for March by 0.7% and the annual rate by 4.0%.
The Ministry's spokesman, Abdul Zahra Al-Hindawi, said in an interview with Shafaq News agency, "The monthly inflation index for last March rose by 0.7% compared to the previous month," adding, "the annual inflation index also rose by 4.3% compared to the same month in 2020."
"The increase in the dollar exchange rate since mid-December of 2020 has caused the devaluation of the local currency and the rise in the prices of goods and services, as most of these local goods are imported", he pointed out.
Al-Hindawi noted that the inflation rate has increased by about 5.6% from November 2020 until March 2021.
Last month, the Central Bureau of Statistics announced that the monthly inflation rate for February increased by 0.7%, while the annual rate increased by 4%.
butterfly 2021-04-26 03:05 Shafaq News / Gold gained on Monday, as surging COVID-19 cases boosted the metal's safe-haven appeal, aided by a weaker dollar ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve's meeting this week, while auto-catalyst palladium held below a record peak scaled last week, Reuters reported.
Spot gold was up 0.1% at $1,778.22 per ounce by 0707 GMT. U.S. gold futures fell 0.1% to $1,775.70 per ounce.
Cases in India registered a record surge, while Japan declared states of emergency for Tokyo, Osaka and two other prefectures on Friday to combat a spike.
Speculators raised their bullish positions in COMEX gold in the week to April 20, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission said on Friday.
U.S. factory activity powered ahead in early April, while retail sales jumped to a record high in March and hiring accelerated.
Market participants now await Fed's two-day policy meeting starting on Tuesday. Although no change in policy is expected, the focus will be on Chair Jerome Powell's press conference.
Palladium rose 1.2% to $2,889.47 per ounce, after scaling a record peak of $2,925.14 on Friday.
Silver fell 0.2% to $25.95 per ounce. Platinum was up 0.6% at $1,237.01.
Doug_W Silver:$26.15 +0.04
butterfly 2021-04-26 06:20 Shafaq News/ A source in the Iraqi Parliament said on Friday that the Parliamentary Committee for Health and Environment will recommend dismissing the incumbent Minister of Health and Environment, Hasan al-Tamimi.
The source told Shafaq News Agency, "the report will endorse the government's measures. It will demand relieving the Minister of Health and Environment from his duties rather than just suspending him and holding those responsible accountable."
Shafaq News Agency published earlier today, Monday, that the Parliamentary Committee for Health and Environment convened behind closed doors to prepare a report on the aftermath of the Ibn Khatib tragedy.
The fire sparked by an Oxygen tank explosion in Ibn Khatib hospital in Baghdad resulted in 88 deaths and 110 injuries.
In the aftermath of the incident, PM Mustafa al-Kadhimi suspended the Minister of Health and Environment, Baghdad's Governor, and the Health Director of al-Rusafa/Baghdad.
In the same context, the Supreme Judicial Council issued an apprehension order against the director of Ibn Khatib hospital among other employees in the hospital.
butterfly YW PeteV still a lot of destruction over there. Hopefully they can get it under control.
butterfly Can New Tech Save Iraq's Old Economy? 26th April 2021 By Bilal Wahab and Michael Rubin, for The National Interest. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News.
Can New Tech Save Iraq's Old Economy?
As the United States recalibrates its relationship with Iraq, the advent of Iraq's cyber economy also provides an opportunity for the Biden administration to consider how it can encourage the evolution of Iraq's economy.
The full report can be viewed here. https://nationalinterest.org/feature/can-new-tech-save-iraq%E2%80%99s-old-economy-183244
butterfly Could Iraq Really Become OPEC's Largest Oil Producer? 26th April 2021 Writing in Oil Price, Simon Watkins says that there is "no insurmountable reason" why Iraq could not more than double its oil output to 8 million barrel per day (bpd) by 2029.
Click here to read the full story. https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/Could-Iraq-Really-Become-OPECs-Largest-Oil-Producer.html
Butterfly Launching new batches of internal employees and retired predecessors
Monday 26, April 2021 15:08 Al Rasheed Bank announced today, Monday, the launch of new payments from the predecessors of the Interior Ministry's employees and retirees.
The media office of the bank said in a statement, which the Iraqi National News Agency ( NINA ) received a copy of, that "the sixth batch was launched from the predecessors of the employees of the Interior, as well as the second batch of the predecessors of retirees."
The office called on all beneficiaries to whom you send text messages to visit the bank’s branches or electronic payment offices to receive the amount, indicating that “work continues to raise the amounts in the balances of those registered on the advances through the bank’s application.”
butterfly / NINA / publishes instructions for implementing the General Budget Law 2021
Monday 26, April 2021 16:22 The Iraqi National News Agency publishes instructions for implementing the Federal Budget Law 2021, as prepared and approved by the Ministries of Finance and Planning, and has been formally circulated to all ministries and state departments
butterfly Zarif meets with some heads of Sunni parties and clans in Baghdad
Monday 26, April 2021 16:55 Iranian Foreign Minister Muhammad Jawad Zarif met with the head of the Arab Project Group, Khamis al-Khanjar, and a group of heads of Iraqi Sunni parties and clans in Baghdad.
butterfly Kurdistan Health: The Supreme Committee for Combating Coronavirus will decide to resume the official working hours in schools or not
Monday 26, April 2021 18:22 The Ministry of Health in the Kurdistan Region announced that the Supreme Committee for Combating Coronavirus will decide whether or not to resume the official working hours in schools.
Aso Hweizi, a spokesman for the ministry, said in press statements that the reports that the Ministry of Health had no objection to resuming school hours had nothing to do with the truth, explaining that the health conditions due to Corona are still dangerous, adding that the decision to resume official working hours in Kurdistan region schools needs to be evaluated The Supreme Committee to Combat Corona, to take the most appropriate decision, stressing that no decision has yet been issued regarding the resumption of official working hours in the schools of the Kurdistan region.
butterfly OPEC's positive outlook towards the global economy Time: 04/26/2021 17:34:57
{Economist: Al Furat News} The Secretary-General of "OPEC" Muhammad Barkindo said today, Monday, that "OPEC" sees positive signs in the development of the global economy and the prospects for the oil industry.
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Barkindo said, "There are positive signs in the global economy and industry expectations," stressing that many factors still require constant monitoring and vigilance.
The comments came before a planned meeting of the "OPEC +" group, which is scheduled to take place on Wednesday.
Earlier, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak told reporters that the meeting aims to analyze and consider the current situation in the global oil market. He pointed out that until now, the market is assessed as being balanced.
OPEC + has reduced its production by 9.7 million barrels per day since 2020 due to the decrease in oil demand caused by the Coronavirus pandemic, and the cuts were revised to 6.9 million barrels per day this April.
In May, the cuts are supposed to be reduced to 6.55 million barrels per day, to 6.2 million barrels per day in June 2021, and to 5.76 million barrels per day in July 2021.
butterfly After a series of losses, the "Bitcoin" currency is jumping Time: 04/26/2021 14:58:44
{Economic: The Euphrates News} The "Bitcoin" currency jumped, today, Monday, by 8%, as the most famous currency in the world traded near the level of $ 52,500.
Al-Mukhtasar al-Mufid .. In important news, you can find it on the Al Furat News channel on the Telegram .. According to CoinDesk, Bitcoin traded at $ 53,354.83, an increase of 7.94%.
Thus, the digital currency ended a series of losses that it recorded in the last period, and the currency had touched its lowest level last Sunday in early March 2021.
butterfly Al-Rasheed launches the sixth meal from the predecessors of the Interior Ministry and the second for retirees
Time: 04/26/2021 14:47 {Economist: Al Furat News} Rasheed Bank announced the launch of the sixth meal from the predecessors of the Interior Ministry’s employees, as well as the second meal from the ancestors of retirees.
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And the bank’s media office called, in a statement that {Al Furat News} received a copy of, "All beneficiaries who send text messages to the bank branches or electronic payment offices to receive the amount."
He added, "Work continues to raise the amounts in the balances of those registered on the advances through the bank's application."
butterfly Al-Rafidain: Resettlement of salaries of employees of some security departments in the governorates and granting them advances
Time: 04/26/2021 08:33: {Al Furat News - Baghdad} Al-Rafidain Bank announced, on Monday, the resettlement of the salaries of employees of a number of security departments in the provinces and granting them an international MasterCard card.
The bank’s media office said in a statement that Al Furat News received a copy of, that “the salaries of a number of security forces’ employees have been settled in Wasit, Salah al-Din, Basra, Karbala, Najaf and Anbar, and given the electronic card and receive their monthly salaries through it. ” Take advantage of the advantages and financial services that the bank recently launched in terms of advances and loans, and apply for those advances by the bank’s branches scattered in Baghdad and the provinces.
butterfly Al-Rafidain: Resettlement of salaries of employees of some security departments in the governorates and granting them advances
Time: 04/26/2021 08:33 {Al Furat News - Baghdad} Al-Rafidain Bank announced, on Monday, the resettlement of the salaries of employees of a number of security departments in the provinces and granting them an international MasterCard card.
The bank’s media office said in a statement that Al Furat News received a copy of, that “the salaries of a number of security forces’ employees have been settled in Wasit, Salah al-Din, Basra, Karbala, Najaf and Anbar, and given the electronic card and receive their monthly salaries through it. ” Take advantage of the advantages and financial services that the bank recently launched in terms of advances and loans, and apply for those advances by the bank’s branches scattered in Baghdad and the provinces.
butterfly granting them an international MasterCard card.......wow
butterfly Al-Halbousi to Zarif: Iraq adopts a policy of openness with its regional and international surroundings
Time: 04/26/2021 19:38 Speaker of Parliament receives Iranian Foreign Minister
Today, Monday, Parliament Speaker Muhammad al-Halbousi received Iranian Foreign Minister Muhammad Javad Zarif.
During the meeting, they discussed bilateral relations and enhancing the prospects for cooperation between the two neighboring countries, as well as developments in the regional and international situations.
His Excellency indicated, during the meeting, that Iraq adopts a policy of openness and building balanced relations with its regional and international surroundings, and seeks to have a positive role to bring views closer through dialogue and negotiations, and that the Iraqi parliament supports the government's efforts in this field, stressing that the stability of Iraq It reflects on its neighbors and the region.
For his part, Zarif affirmed his country's desire to cooperate with Iraq in all fields and strive for a safe and stable Iraq, conveying greetings and condolences to President Rouhani and Speaker of the Shura Council, Muhammad Baqer Qalibaf, on the tragedy of the Ibn al-Khatib hospital fire to his Excellency, while the Speaker of Parliament conveyed the Minister's greetings to the President Rouhani and the Speaker of the Shura Council, wishing the Iranian people stability and prosperity.
Zig butterfly : Love that word: INTERNATIONAL
butterfly Zig That should make everyone happy. Reading and posting these articles, how * would we even know about that.
Zig butterfly : Do you have any Bitcoin?....I missed that boat....oh well....
butterfly Zig Nope Nada
Zig I was scared to get into it...thought it was a scam....lol
butterfly I remember way back that you could buy gold, etc etc. Well my friend told me that it was a scam....you pay the money but you don't have the "gold" in your hands.
butterfly Filed lawsuits etc and nothing came of it.
Doug_W paper gold/ silver its still happening
butterfly Hey PeteV did see where Iraq citizens are going to get "international" credit cards?
PeteV not yet but i wlll look it up
PeteV who said a 2d RV is coming??
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NORV Fact! Saleh explained that Iraq, which is the ninth country in the world in terms of natural resources buried underground, and those resources are estimated at 15-16 trillion dollars, whether in oil, phosphates, sulfur, silicon and other important ores,
NORV They only worth 15-16 trillion. Currently their money supply is over 40 trillion. wake up people!
Sandyf For his part, Abdul Rahman Al-Mashhadani, a professor of political economics at the Iraqi University, told Shafaq News agency, “If Iraq decides to float the exchange rate of the dinar, for the time being, it will fall to 3,000 dinars per dollar”. https://dinardetectives.com/tnt-2958/
NORV sandyf Of course Sandy. They are not ready to float. I did not say they will float it now. I said floating is how monetary policy works..But they have work to do before they can float.
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NORV Fact! Saleh explained that Iraq, which is the ninth country in the world in terms of natural resources buried underground, and those resources are estimated at 15-16 trillion dollars, whether in oil, phosphates, sulfur, silicon and other important ores,
NORV They only worth 15-16 trillion. Currently their money supply is over 40 trillion. wake up people!
Sandyf For his part, Abdul Rahman Al-Mashhadani, a professor of political economics at the Iraqi University, told Shafaq News agency, “If Iraq decides to float the exchange rate of the dinar, for the time being, it will fall to 3,000 dinars per dollar”. https://dinardetectives.com/tnt-2958/
NORV sandyf Of course Sandy. They are not ready to float. I did not say they will float it now. I said floating is how monetary policy works..But they have work to do before they can float.
NORV Saleh himself said Iraq is only worth 16 trillion. You cannot RV the dinar with over 40 trillion in circulation. Period. IF the dinar is ever going to go up...it will float. That is IF. But they have lots of work to do first. such as pass laws and get investors to come into Iraq
Sandyf NORV is right in that no country could ever revalue in the way suggested, and in particular Iraq. He is also wrong in trying to make out there would be any benefit in floating the currency. No country that has ever been forced into a flotation has gained value in the short term. The guru BS continually refers to Kuwait but that is fake news, there never was any RV in Kuwait. During the occupation Iraq replaced the KWD with the IQD as the national currency.
The Central Bank of Kuwait went into exile and continued business as best it could, after the occupation the KWD was reinstated as the national currency at the same value it had before. Anyone interested in what actually happened should read the document "The Impact of the Iraqi Invasion on the Kuwaiti Banking and Financial System: Lessons Learned from a Financial Crisis" https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-011-4864-1_15
sandyf From the above mentioned document "Second: The Period of the Occupation"
During this period the CBK played its role in exile and exerted massive efforts in more than one direction, with its attention given to three main areas of responsibility. These were its organization of Kuwaiti banks abroad, providing support to help them meet their financial obligations to foreign banks and to prepare a comprehensive plan to revive the banking and financial sector after the liberation of Kuwait.
Butterfly Well here goes with what I was told and I will say I still don't believe it but have been told for many months now, we are going to have a change in the world of currency. Again, I am just posting what I was told, AND I hope it is true, but don't believe it. Don't be discouraged if it doe not happen, it is just what someone was told and that person was told and on and on it goes. Here it is: Everything is tied to the RV. Once RV is confirmed Everything happens. I hear Tuesday is when the trigger is pulled.
Sheila butterfly There you go. Good Morning. appreciate your post bright and early this good day!
Butterfly A slight decrease in the prices of the dollar against the dinar in the local markets
Time: 04/25/2021 10:01:54 {Baghdad: Al Furat News} The exchange rates of the dollar fell today, Sunday, on the main stock exchange in the capital, Baghdad.
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The central Al-Kifah and Al-Harithiya Stock Exchange in Baghdad registered 147,750 Iraqi dinars for 100 US dollars.
While the Central Kifah Stock Exchange recorded 147800 Iraqi dinars during its opening last Thursday morning.
The selling and buying prices witnessed stability in the exchange shops in the local markets in Baghdad, where the selling price reached 148,250 Iraqi dinars, while the purchase prices reached 147,250 dinars per 100 US dollars.
butterfly The Ministry of Finance invites all ministries' spending units to review them to receive instructions for implementing the budget
Time: 04/25/2021 12:28:58 The Ministry of Finance called on, on Sunday, all ministries' spending units to review them to receive instructions for implementing the budget / 2021.
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In a statement, the Euphrates News received a copy of it, the ministry said, "The instructions for implementing the federal budget law for 2021, approved by the Presidency of the Republic, have been completed."
She added that, "due to the legislation and publication of Law No. 23 of 2021, the federal state budget of the Republic of Iraq for the fiscal year 2021 in the official Iraqi newspaper, issue number 4625 on April 12, 2021," calling for "all spending units of ministries, governorates, bodies and entities not associated with the Ministry of Attendance to the Ministry of Finance." / Budget Department on Monday corresponding to 4/26/2021 for the purpose of receiving instructions for implementing the general budget for the fiscal year 2021 and instructions for implementing the planning budget for the public sector and self-financed bodies and companies.
The Finance confirmed "the completion of the federal budget instructions for the year 2021 after a final audit by the Ministries of Finance and Planning," stressing that "appeals to the budget will not delay its implementation."
butterfly Al-Rafidain announces that it will continue to grant advances to employees and employees of the Interior
Time: 04/25/2021 09:46:45 (Baghdad: Al Furat News) Al-Rafidain Bank announced today, Sunday, that it will continue granting advances to employees and employees of the Interior.
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"The bank continues to grant advances to employees and employees of the Interior and through the bank's branches scattered in Baghdad and the governorates, while taking preventive measures from Corona," the bank’s media office said in a brief statement.
butterfly Iraq's Resurgent Paramilitaries 25th April 2021 Paramilitary surrogates are popping up in Iraq with strong links to existing militant networks.
The application Telegram has been crucial in fostering new paramilitary identities. Here is the full story: https://carnegieendowment.org/sada/84368
butterfly Iraq-Lebanon Fuel Oil talks "Shrouded in Mystery" 25th April 2021 Despite Lebanon's deepening financial crisis, its politicians remain committed to the same stop-gap measures that have crippled the country's dilapidated electricity sector. Lebanese officials continue to experiment with ad hoc solutions to the power sector, which has long been a drag on the national budget.
Among the more controversial plans is the government's attempt to import fuel oil from Iraq. Aside from its unsuitability for power plants in Lebanon, partly due to its high sulfur content, talks between Baghdad and Beirut over fuel supplies have been fraught with contradictory and factually inaccurate statements. Full story: https://amwaj.media/article/iraqi-lebanese-talks-on-fuel-oil-how-they-started-and-where-are-they-now
Sheila Nicks Intel Update, April 24, 2021: https://nicksintel.wordpress.com/2021/04/24/04-24-2021-update/
butterfly 2021-04-25 05:36 Shafaq News/ The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) sales in the Foreign currency dropped to nearly $182 million today, Sunday.
Shafaq News Agency correspondent said that the CBI sales of Foreign currency amounted to $182,931,721 cut-off price of 1460 dinars, compared to $189,321,000 on Saturday.
Our correspondent explained that 17 banks and 11 brokering companies cashed $19.6 million, while $ 163,383,721 went to boost funds abroad in the form of transfers and credits, with 32 banks meeting those requests.
butterfly 2021-04-25 02:21 Shafaq News/ Today, Sunday, April 25, 2021, the Dinar/Dollar exchange rates retracted in Iraq and Kurdistan exchange markets.
Shafaq News Agency correspondent said that Al-Kifah and al-Harithiya Central Exchanges are trading the 100 US dollar at 147750 Iraqi Dinars, compared to 147800 dinars yesterday.
Our correspondent added that today's selling and buying prices in the local markets dropped to 148,250 and 147,250 dinars per 100 dollars.
In the capital of the Kurdistan Region, Erbil, the US buying and selling prices also dropped to 147,800 and 147,500, respectively.
butterfly 2021-04-25 12:57 Shafaq News / Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq Movement in Nineveh filed lawsuits today against the deputy commissioner of Mosul, after he accused people of corruption and claiming they belong to the movement.
According to the complaint filed by the movement's lawyer, the deputy commissioner of Mosul, Zuhair Al-Araji, "issued an official book that includes the names of several people who do not belong to the Asa'ib movement, and falsely annexed them to it, as part of a campaign of distortion and abuse launched from time to time on social media platforms."
The complaint indicated, "the people whom Al-Araji claimed they are affiliated with us, belong to another political party. We do not rule out the possibility that Al-Araji knows their political reference and covers up to them by falsely annexing them to our movement in order to defame us and delude the public opinion."
butterfly 2021-04-25 10:45 Shafaq News / The U.S. administration announced its readiness to assist the Iraqi government, following the fire that broke out in Ibn Khatib Hospital, leaving nearly 200 victims.
"We mourn the loss of life in the fire at Ibn al-Khatib hospital in Baghdad," said U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, in a statement posted on the White House official website.
We are in touch with Iraqi officials and have offered assistance. Our strategic partnership with Iraq is first and foremost a partnership between our two peoples. We are prepared to support the Government of Iraq and its people at this tragic moment", he added.
The Iraqi Prime Minister had suspended three senior officials, including the Minister of Health and Environment Hasan al-Tamimi, in the aftermath of the Ibn Khatib incident in which at least 88 and 110 were injured.
Al-Kadhimi appointed the Minister of Interior, Othman al-Ghanmi, to lead the investigation, with the Ministers of Planning and Justice on board, along with the Chief of the Commission of Integrity, head of the Federal Diwan of Financial oversight, and a representative of the Parliament as a spectator member.
Additionally, the Supreme Judicial Council in Iraq announced arresting the director of Ibn Khatib Hospital and a number of hospital employees.
TWW https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=xvQQcuc_fz4 ...THE RV RELEASE SCHEDULE IS NOT STATIC BUT SUBJECT TO THE WAR: He reminded us that THE RV/GCR RELEASE is a WAR WITH THE DEEP STATE GLOBALISTS so that the "SCHEDULE" of the release is CONSTANTLY SUBJECT TO CHANGE given the BACK-AND-FORTH of THE WAR with the Deep State globally--so this past week there were arrests of 116 cabal obstructionists at UST, arrests of scores of cabal obstructionists at RBC bank in Canada, and 1,100+ arrests of cabal obstructionists in banks & financial institutions in 4 cities in Iraq.
PAST WEEK DELAYING OBSTRUCTION #1--UST: He is confirming that the 116 Treasury arrests last Mon night 19 April were because certain cabal half-wit employees at UST were trying to steal money from Treasury accounts and they were taking actions to extend fiat USD money movement to aid Deep State fake Biden administration purposes (i.e., Rockefeller cabal Wall Street bankster purposes for Deep State operations in this country...
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butterfly The hundred dollars are recorded at 148,500 dinars in the local market today
Saturday 24, April 2021 10:37 The selling price of the dollar in banking companies in Baghdad today, Saturday, is 148,500 dinars, while the purchase price is 147,500 dinars, compared to 100 dollars.
butterfly Iran exports goods worth $ 53 million to Iraq in one month
Saturday 24, April 2021 12:28 The Director General of the Customs Department of Ilam Ruhollah Ghulami announced the export of goods worth 53 million 36 thousand and 336 dollars to Iraq through the international outlets of Mehran last month. Gholami said in a press statement today, Saturday: "This quantity of goods weighed more than 183 thousand and 648 tons."
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butterfly The hundred dollars are recorded at 148,500 dinars in the local market today
Saturday 24, April 2021 10:37 The selling price of the dollar in banking companies in Baghdad today, Saturday, is 148,500 dinars, while the purchase price is 147,500 dinars, compared to 100 dollars.
butterfly Iran exports goods worth $ 53 million to Iraq in one month
Saturday 24, April 2021 12:28 The Director General of the Customs Department of Ilam Ruhollah Ghulami announced the export of goods worth 53 million 36 thousand and 336 dollars to Iraq through the international outlets of Mehran last month. Gholami said in a press statement today, Saturday: "This quantity of goods weighed more than 183 thousand and 648 tons."
He pointed to the export of agricultural products such as watermelon, apples, oranges and tomatoes with a weight of 39 thousand tons and a value of 10 million and 29 thousand dollars from the borders of Mahran during the past month.
Regarding the export of agricultural products from the international outlets of Mehran during the last Iranian year (ended on March 20, 2020), Gholami said that more than 125 thousand tons of various agricultural products (summer crops) worth 55 million and 687 thousand dollars were exported from Mahran ports to Iraq. .
He also referred to the transit shipments, affirming: “There are 7,726 transit shipments that entered Iraq from Mehran international ports during this period.
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PeteV hey butterfly
butterfly Hey PeteV not much right now. articles are talking about the upcoming elections.
PeteV great at least they talking
butterfly When I watch them talk, they look like they are mad and they talk so fast in their language.....lol
PeteV hehe yeah but u got to watch out for shoes butterfly
butterfly That also lol
butterfly Parliamentary Energy resolves the controversy over the questioning of the Minister of Electricity ... and comments on the oil and gas law
Time: 04/24/2021 16:53:14 {Politics: Al Furat News} The Parliamentary Energy Committee settled, on Saturday, the controversy over the issue of the questioning of the Minister of Electricity, "Majid Hantoush," under the dome of the House of Representatives in its next sessions.
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A member of the committee, Amjad Al-Oqabi, told Al-Furat News that "there is no such thing as an interrogation of the Minister of Electricity, and it is not completely presented and there is nothing to be questioned by the minister."
It is noteworthy that the parliament is heading to question the Minister of Electricity, Majid Mahdi Hantoush, in light of fears of a possible collapse of the system, after the aggravation of the crisis of declining hours of supplying national electricity in Baghdad and the provinces of the Middle Euphrates again, in conjunction with high temperatures and the outbreak of the Corona virus.
Al-Uqabi added, "As for the oil and gas law, it will be transferred to the next parliamentary session for controversy over its provisions. It also needs many and many sessions to approve it."
Al-Oqabi indicated, "But if Hayat, the presidency of Parliament, insists on moving forward with his approval, we will have 5 months before he dissolves himself to run for the early elections to be held on October 10, 2021," hopefully.
The Parliamentary Oil and Energy Committee approached the Cabinet and the Ministry of Oil for the purpose of expediting amendments to the oil and gas law and sending it to Parliament.
And Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul-Jabbar Ismail stressed the importance of expediting the passage of the federal oil and gas law, and its importance in regulating the management of oil and gas wealth i
butterfly The stability of the dollar price for the second day of the stock market halt
Time: 04/24/2021 11:42:29 {Economic: Al Furat New} The main stock exchange in the Al-Kifah and Al-Harithiya market in Baghdad stopped trading due to the implementation of the comprehensive ban.
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The selling and buying prices have stabilized in the exchange shops in the local markets, some of which have opened their doors in Baghdad, where the selling price reached 148,500 Iraqi dinars, while the purchase prices reached 147,500 dinars per 100 US dollars.
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butterfly The agenda for Zarif’s visit to Baghdad Time: 04/24/2021 15:05:16 (Baghdad: Al Furat News) The Iranian Foreign Minister, Muhammad Javad Zarif, will arrive in the capital, Baghdad, on an official visit next Monday.
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According to media leaks, "Zarif will arrive in Baghdad next Monday from Qatar, which he will visit tomorrow, Sunday."
As "Zarif will meet in Baghdad the heads of the republic, ministers and parliament, in addition to his counterpart Fouad Hussein."
The leaks indicated that "the visit will discuss the role of Iraq in the rapprochement between Iran and Saudi Arabia, and some details about the second meeting between the two countries scheduled to be held soon in Baghdad."
And, "the visit will not be far from the Iranian-American negotiations in Vienna, and it may include a message from Tehran to Washington regarding their struggle inside Iraq," he said.
butterfly 2021-04-24 09:06 Shafaq News/ The Spokesperson of the Sadrist movement, Haidar Al-Haddad, said that the movement had submitted a list of its candidates to the legislative elections.
Al-Haddad said in a press conference held today, Saturday, that the list includes "patriotic, professional, and competent figures who are known for their integrity".
"The Sadrist bloc announced its readiness to run for the upcoming legislative elections in its fifth round, which is scheduled for October 10, 2021."
butterfly 2021-04-24 05:22 Shafaq News/ Dozens of demonstrators took the streets of al-Muthanna and Dhi Qar to demand jobs today, Saturday.
Shafaq News Agency correspondents said that the residents of al-Hilal and al-Mamlaha in al-Muthanna blocked the road leading to the cement plant in the area. The demonstrators demanded granting the residents the priority in job opportunities inside the governorate.
Our correspondent in Dhi Qar said that the governorate graduates transferred their sit-in to the gates of the local government headquarters after more than a year of fruitless protests near several government departments in the governorate.
In the same context, dozens of the communist party proponents in al-Sulaymaniyah organized a demonstration near the governorate headquarters demanding abolishing salary cuts and curbing market manipulation.
Othman Hama, a member of the Communist Party, said, "We demand the regional government to refrain from salary cuts," adding, "it is illegal, and it shall be entirely disbursed after bolstering the government incomes."
"The citizens are crushed under the burden of the poor economic situation. The government is in charge of finding the appropriate solutions."
butterfly 2021-04-24 07:49 Shafaq News/ The administration of al-Sulaymaniyah destroyed 34 tons of expired food products and shut down 34 shops; an official announced today, Saturday.
Governor Awat Muhammad said in a press conference that the administration conducted 2814 visits since the beginning of Ramadan, during which 211 misdemeanors were recorded.
The cumulative fees of those infringements amount to 15,625,000 dinars, Muhammad added.
The governor said that only 1.33% of the violations were related to COVID-19 preventions, appraising the public's compliance with the health instructions.
butterfly 2021-04-23 02:16 Shafaq News / Iraqi citizens are deeply concerned after many, including state officials, talked about the possibility of floating the local currency. It would be another blow to the Iraqi Dinar after the dollar was already raised in this year's budget.
According to specialists, the state's tendency to float the currency would raise the dollar again. That would decrease the confidence in Iraqi Dinar and increase prices in the markets, which will harm large segments of the people, especially the poor, who exceed 30% of the Iraqi population
However, other experts believe that the financial reality prevents the currency float due to the nature of the rentier economy, the lack of diversity of financing sources, as well as the Central Bank's active role in supporting the Iraqi Dinar.
Floating the currency is a complete liberalization of the currency exchange rate, with no interference by the Government or the Central Bank, but is automatically excreted in the currency market through the supply and mechanism's demand that allows the national currency' exchange rate to be determined against foreign currencies.
"The current price of Iraq's currency against the U.S. dollar after its devaluation will continue for a long time, and a full currency float may occur in the future", Finance Minister Ali Allawi stated.
"The Central Bank will work to maintain the current exchange rate level for as long as possible", he said.
The Central Bank is selling the dollar at its daily auction to finance foreign trade, which currently stands at about 200 million dollars, increasing or decreasing on demand.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) reported that Iraq's economy contracted by 11% in 2020, reflecting a slowdown in economic activities.
The IMF expects Iraq's GDP to return to pre-COVİD-19 pandemic level by 2024.
butterfly Iraq is OPEC's second-largest producer, after Saudi Arabia, and oil revenues account for about 96% of the country's total public revenues.
"It is not permissible to float the currency in Iraq because the market will collapse in this case. The entry and exit of foreign currency are not only through the market - which is a way out for it - but the government is the one that brings this currency", Prime Minister's adviser, Mudhhir Mohammed Salih's told Shafaq News agency.
He also added, "If the government withdraws, supply will stop, and demand will increase, so the market will collapse. Currency floating is in economies where supply and demand come from the market, and the state intervenes to sell and buy to balance the price with its reserves".
Salih further elaborated, "The problem in Iraq is that the market is asking and that the state is offering. If the Central Bank does not sell the dollar, the whole supply stops, and there would be no other offer, and even if there is another offer, it will not be enough to meet the demand, so prices will rise because demand will be more than supply".
"We don't have free currency trading because there is no real cycle of capital as the state is rentier. The foreign currency in the market's only source is oil sales, and the state's main source of dinars to finance the budget is the sale of the dollar", economist Dhurgham Mohammed Ali told Shafaq News agency.
butterfly "The talk of floating the currency is unrealistic, and the finance minister is not concerned with managing the country's monetary policy because it is the prerogative of the Central Bank. The real value of the Iraqi currency based on its monetary cover can reach 1,000 dinars per dollar, so putting forward the float issue is unrealistic", he continued.
He also warned, "The formal float of the currency will put it in the hands of party brokers and their banks to manipulate its prices based on their interests".
For his part, Abdul Rahman Al-Mashhadani, a professor of political economics at the Iraqi University, told Shafaq News agency, "If Iraq decides to float the exchange rate of the dinar, for the time being, it will fall to 3,000 dinars per dollar".
"The float policy will not work for Iraq because it lacks both industrial and agricultural bases", he added.
The Central Bank of Iraq has decided to raise the sale price of the dollar to banks and exchange companies to 1,460 dinars - from 1,182 dinars per dollar - to offset the decline in oil revenues caused by the decline in oil prices.
LeLe PeteV thanks Well said
butterfly Here it is again: The IMF expects Iraq's GDP to return to pre-COVİD-19 pandemic level by 2024.
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butterfly Parliamentary Finance reveals to / Nina / the mistakes of the general budget tables published in the Iraqi facts
Saturday 24, April 2021 17:22 | The Parliamentary Finance Committee disclosed some errors in the tables of the General Budget Law 2021 published in the official Iraqi newspaper, Al-Waqi’a.
A member of the committee, MP Majed Al-Waeli, said in a statement to the Iraqi National News Agency / NINA / that "the old schedule that was received from the Council of Ministers regarding the total expenditures of the general budget is about 164 trillion dinars, which was inadvertently sent to the Presidency of the Republic and then published in the official Iraqi facts." Until that "this table was canceled during the vote to approve the budget in the House of Representatives, and was not approved."
He added that "there is a paragraph within the budget law that addresses this problem, stating that the Minister of Finance has the authority to amend and transfer in proportion to the second table attached to the ceiling of 129 trillion and 900 billion dinars," indicating that "the issue will be resolved and dealt with in the Ministry of Finance and there is no need to return the law again to the House of Representatives." Because the total budget expenditures are 129 trillion dinars, referred to in the body of the preamble to the budget law. "
Regarding the errors in some tables published in the Iraqi facts and others that were rejected by vote, he explained that "some materials were dropped by voting on the law, but in consideration of the current circumstance and the need of the ministry, we have allocated an amount to employ 500 social researchers in the Ministry of Labor, as part of one of the treatments of the repercussions of the high exchange rate of the dollar." .
butterfly The Council of Ministers decided, in its session in the middle of last week, to authorize the Prime Minister the authority to appeal before the Federal Court a number of articles of the General Budget Law 2021, in light of the report submitted by the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers.
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EYEGUY sheila Our military intel contact is confirming the following & said be ready overnight for 4B notifications; more later:
—Admiral Bob liquid and funded today FRI 4/23 - Rates and VALUE DATE - WF confirmed today FRI 4/23
International rates - • IQD 16.37 • VND 14.25+ • Rupiah – 8% IQD = 15.07 • RIAL – 5% IQD = 15.30
EYEGUY got to be kidding Hope its true LOL
Sheila @EYEGUY Yes, I posted Nicks Intel Update 4/23/2021 twice yesterday in chat. Very good possibility as linchpin to global reset.
butterfly EYEGUY goodness that is unbelievable. That has to be per 100, if even that.
butterfly I will wait until it is announced internationally.
Sheila butterfly Supposed to happen before May 1, 2021. Appreciate your postings. All the time you take to keep us updated is amazing. Really interested to see what's posted about Gazette Today!
butterfly sheila I truly hope it is correct, unfortunately I have all of my dinar in KY while I'm in MI. I am trying to get ahold of the lady that is involved with this global reset, but unfortunately is not at home. I am about ready to leave to pick up my lifer Marine, and it will be later when I find out any information. If by chance she returns, I will the information I find out.
butterfly post
Sheila butterfly excellent... have great day
butterfly I got a hold of her and she had not heard what we want. BUT she is going to get ahold of her person.
Sheila butterfly six degrees of separation in action
butterfly She said that Tier A & B.....the most wealthiest have done something but has not heard anything like I read to her. She is going to check further since I c/p that information.
Sheila butterfly Thanks for intel...
Dave TIER A and B now,,.used to be 1-4?
butterfly I don't know and can't trust any of it until it affects me.
Sheila butterfly That's cool, as long as she heard it's still happening.
PeteV hey folks
Sheila present
PeteV nice info sheila
sheila PeteV I am hearing before May 1, 2021. @butterfly's source is saying not, with too much still to do?... come on, RV
Sheila @PeteV good thoughts, good words, good actions
PeteV heck yeah sheila
PeteV many blessing to all
Sheila PeteV good onya
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butterfly The government will challenge 10 articles in the budget
Time: 04/23/2021 20:36:41 {Political: Al Furat News} A government source revealed that the government intends to challenge 10 articles of the Federal Budget Law for 2021 before the Federal Supreme Court.
"The Supreme Court will look into the government's appeals, as Article 62 of the constitution grants parliament the power to transfer budget funds and reduce them and not increase them, and the constitution prohibits parliament from manipulating imports and expenditures and limiting its authority to transfer," the source told Al-Furat News.
He added, "The Supreme Court has never responded to a governmental appeal against a parliamentary financial decision," stressing that "the court's decision is binding and will raise the amendments, correct the budget path, return it to the cabinet and apply it, and it does not require a vote by the House of Representatives regarding any amendment to the budget."
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butterfly The government will challenge 10 articles in the budget
Time: 04/23/2021 20:36:41 {Political: Al Furat News} A government source revealed that the government intends to challenge 10 articles of the Federal Budget Law for 2021 before the Federal Supreme Court.
"The Supreme Court will look into the government's appeals, as Article 62 of the constitution grants parliament the power to transfer budget funds and reduce them and not increase them, and the constitution prohibits parliament from manipulating imports and expenditures and limiting its authority to transfer," the source told Al-Furat News.
He added, "The Supreme Court has never responded to a governmental appeal against a parliamentary financial decision," stressing that "the court's decision is binding and will raise the amendments, correct the budget path, return it to the cabinet and apply it, and it does not require a vote by the House of Representatives regarding any amendment to the budget."
The source expected that "the Federal Court will give priority in considering appeals, and it is not permissible to be slow with them, which is easy to consider and does not need much time to clarify the constitutionality and unconstitutionality of the articles challenged."
The Council of Ministers, during its session held last Tuesday, authorized Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi to file an appeal with the Federal Court regarding some provisions of the fiscal budget for the year 2021.
butterfly Cabinet spokesman Hassan Nazem said in a joint press conference with Finance Minister Ali Allawi and Planning Khaled Najm After the cabinet meeting last Tuesday, "The Council of Ministers discussed the changes that took place in the draft budget law in Parliament before its approval."
He added, "Some budget articles have been changed in a way that is not in the interest of the government's procedures," indicating, "We will ask the Presidency of the Republic to reconsider some budget corrections."
For his part, Minister of Planning, Khaled Najm, said that the government "will challenge an article requiring ministries to transfer some formations and include them to the Federal Service Council, while the appeal will also affect the article related to regional development projects."
It is noteworthy that the House of Representatives approved the country's fiscal budget for the current year 2021 in early February, with total expenditures amounting to 129 trillion dinars, and a deficit estimated at 28 trillion dinars.
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PeteV hey @sheila
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Sheila Post this late last night about 11:30pm... ANYBODY GOT INSIGHT ON WHAT IS TRANSPIRING? """This looks interesting. Posted for your discernment: Richard Citizen Journalist DC Update, Tons of Cops- But Why??? , April 19, 2021 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=xvQQcuc_fz4 """
PeteV wow cool info @sheila
Sheila This has been a very great week!!! Nothing really happened, except my spirits reached great heights. Shifting paradigms in my thoughts, words and actions.
PeteV cool LeLe great words sheila
Sheila PeteV All the energy connected to this RV is amazing. People with hopes, dreams and plans. Spiritual highlife that many have never had before this speculation.
NORV sheila lmbo. you still believe that BS?
NORV :Float: :Float: :Float:
NORV sheila Not even facts will cure your ill. Iraq cannot or could not ever afford to RV.
NORV just guru nonsense.
NORV Fact! Saleh explained that Iraq, which is the ninth country in the world in terms of natural resources buried underground, and those resources are estimated at 15-16 trillion dollars, whether in oil, phosphates, sulfur, silicon and other important ores,
NORV They only worth 15-16 trillion. Currently their money supply is over 40 trillion. lmbo
NORV wake up people!
NORV :Headbang: :Boxing: :Boxing:
Sheila NORV touching that you care
sandyf For his part, Abdul Rahman Al-Mashhadani, a professor of political economics at the Iraqi University, told Shafaq News agency, “If Iraq decides to float the exchange rate of the dinar, for the time being, it will fall to 3,000 dinars per dollar”. https://dinardetectives.com/tnt-2958/
butterfly Where did NORV go? Did he read what sandyf posted?
Sheila NORV "World According to Norv"
Sheila NORV We are awake. Waiting for you to catch up to us. lolol
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NORV sandyf Of course Sandy. They are not ready to float. I did not say they will float it now. I said floating is how monetary policy works..But they have work to do before they can float.
NORV sheila It is not my world, it is fact. Saleh himself said Iraq is only worth 16 trillion. You cannot RV the dinar with over 40 trillion in circulation. period.
Sheila NORV You sure do work mighty hard at discouraging people about this speculation. That, in itself, is suspicious.
NORV sheila No I work hard to educate on the facts
NORV sheila you seem to work hard to believe the BS from the gurus
NORV sheila put the crack pipe down and forget about a RV...never happen
Sheila NORV Very narrow set of facts, that you keep repeating over and over.
NORV sheila funny how you believers will do anything or say anything to try and find a way to believe the bs
Sheila NORV How much do you make being a negative poster in chat forums?
NORV Facts are facts.. Iraq is only wroth 16 trillion and Iraq has over 40 trillion dinar in circulation. That tells the story
Sheila NORV Financals are not linear or finite when it comes to printing press and digital economies.
NORV Funny how you do not want to believe Saleh when he says Iraq is only worth 16 trillion but you jump all over articles from these economist stating they should not float.
Sheila NORV narrow set of facts, bent to support your beliefs
NORV The truth is there to be seen
NORV Iraq will never and can never significantly RV with over 40 trillion dinar in circulation
Sheila NORV wow, I state my beliefs and you resort to name-calling. Will not converse with you anymore, later.
Sheila I will do just that - keep dreaming.
NORV :Float: :Float: :Float: :Float:
NORV IF the dinar is ever going to go up...it will float. That is IF. But they have lots of work to do first. such as pass laws and get investors to come into Iraq
NORV keep on dreaming
TWW NORV It depends who is buying the Iraq debt's & who is advancing the contract payments...wake up Norv or kap
Sheila TWW That I did not know.
TWW sheila ooooppppppppppss
Sheila TWW why "oops"? good to hear new info
TWW sheila had to dance around that statement
Sheila TWW tip toe thru the tulips
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Butterfly Representative Economy: Treatments for the rise in the exchange rate of the Iraqi dinar need “time”
April 23, 2021 05:32 PM Representative Economy - Treatments for the rise in the exchange rate of the Iraqi dinar need timeMubasher: The Parliamentary Economic and Investment Committee in Iraq confirmed, today, Friday, that the treatment of the exchange rate increase needs time.
MP Salem Al-Tafili, a member of the committee, told the Iraqi News Agency (INA) that the real treatments for the exchange rate increase need time to stabilize the market.
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Butterfly Representative Economy: Treatments for the rise in the exchange rate of the Iraqi dinar need “time”
April 23, 2021 05:32 PM Representative Economy - Treatments for the rise in the exchange rate of the Iraqi dinar need timeMubasher: The Parliamentary Economic and Investment Committee in Iraq confirmed, today, Friday, that the treatment of the exchange rate increase needs time.
MP Salem Al-Tafili, a member of the committee, told the Iraqi News Agency (INA) that the real treatments for the exchange rate increase need time to stabilize the market.
Al-Tufayli added that many deputies called for a reduction in the dollar’s price, not at the previous rate, but in a gradual manner so that the citizen would not be affected economically, indicating that the citizen with limited income and the poor was affected by the change of the exchange rate.
He pointed out that the budget supported the private sector and large projects in order to attract part of the workforce so that there would be a work movement, and that his committee presented a program and recommendations to the Prime Minister that included supporting the private, agricultural and industrial sector.
A member of the Parliamentary Economic and Investment Committee in Iraq explained that his country has all the infrastructure to improve the agricultural and industrial reality, but it needs fair and efficient hands. mubasher.info
butterfly President of the Kurdistan region: Those who think that Article 140 is dead are ‘deluded’
2021.04.23 – 01:38 President of the Kurdistan region - Those who think that Article 140 is dead are deludedThe President of the Kurdistan Region, Nechirvan Barzani, called for “strengthening” the concept of citizenship in Iraq, and while noting that the application of Article 140 would solve all problems, he stressed that the legislation of the oil and gas law is important for the specificity and status of Kirkuk governorate.
Barzani said during his hosting of the “Bal three” program, presented by colleagues “Saif Ali, Zainab Rabie, and Hisham Ali,” followed by “People”, “It is the duty of everyone in the current stage to strengthen the concept of citizenship and build a true partnership that will make Iraq a homeland for all components.” .
And the President of the Kurdistan region promised that “the root of the problem in Iraq lies in the way of thinking,” pointing out that “democracy does not necessarily mean holding elections every 4 years.”
Barzani considered that “the current generation of young people in Iraq is not the same 10 years ago, as the current generation of Iraqi politicians does not accept slogans without content.”
“The current stage is no longer a transitional period, as we are heading to very important elections in the future,” he said.
The privacy of the Kirkuk situation
Barzani pointed out that “the Kirkuk problem has two sides: the first is natural resources. If there was an oil and gas law, everyone would be reassured, and for the solution to the Kirkuk problem there must be an oil and gas law. The second is the land problem, as Baghdad’s insistence on not recognizing the existence of any Kurdish right.” incorrect”.
butterfly Controversial Article 140
The region’s president called for the implementation of Article 140 of the Iraqi constitution, and its implementation usually puts an end to all the problems of the Kurds and other nationalities in the disputed areas.
He described those who considered Article 140 “dead” as “illusions.”
Kurdistan region and the displaced
Barzani pointed out that it was our duty in 2014, after ISIS took control of some areas, to open the doors to the displaced, and we received about two million displaced people from Iraq and Syria, we did not see any security threat from them, and we were happy with the return of many of them to their areas.
He emphasized that “good relations” were and are between the citizens of the Kurdistan region and the displaced. nasnews.com
butterfly Among them is a former minister … Parliamentary integrity: requests for arrest and lifting the immunity of MPs 04/23/2021 14:29:01 Among them is a former minister ... Parliamentary integrity - requests for arrest and lifting the immunity of MPsThe Parliamentary Integrity Committee revealed that requests for arrest and the lifting of legal immunity from a group of parliament members have been received.
A member of the committee, Kazem Al-Shari, said in a press statement, today, Friday, that “a number of arrest requests are accompanied by lifting the immunity of a group of deputies, including four linked to the case being investigated by the government anti-corruption committee, while some of them resulted from personal complaints.”
And he stated, “The request to lift the immunity of the current deputy and former Minister of Electricity, Abdel-Karim Aftan, was received from the judiciary before the arrest of the leader of the Al-Hal Party, Jamal Karbouli,” pointing out that, “after the arrest of Karbouli, no arrest warrant, summons, or the like was issued to any political or parliamentary figure.” Noting at the same time that “the governmental anti-corruption committee has not yet announced the results of the investigation in that case.”
It is noteworthy that a security force under the authority of the Anti-Corruption Commission arrested the head of the Al-Hal party, a member of the “resolve” coalition, at dawn last Sunday.
Last August, Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi formed a special committee to investigate major corruption files, and assigned the tasks of implementing arrest warrants to a special force headed by the Prime Minister.
Transparency International ranks Iraq among the most corrupt countries in the world over the past years.
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An Iranian lawmaker calls for the confiscation of Rouhani and Zarif's property in case the sanctions are lifted
Friday 23, April 2021 19:58 The MP for the city of Nishapur / northeastern Iran / Ihsan Arkani called for the confiscation of all property and assets of the Iranian negotiating team in Vienna, including President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign Minister Muhammad Javad Zarif, in case the sanctions imposed on Iran failed.
The deputy wrote through his official account on Twitter that: The most important criticism directed at Rouhani's promises about the nuclear agreement is the absence of an executive guarantor for these promises.
Arkani suggested: Confiscating all property, assets and homes of President Hassan Rouhani and his Foreign Minister, Javad Zarif, Abbas Araqchi, chief negotiator and other negotiators as a guarantee, and selling them for the benefit of the Iranian people if the sanctions are not lifted.
Negotiations began in the Austrian capital, Vienna, in early April, between delegations from the countries concerned with the nuclear agreement signed between Iran and the major powers in 2015, to discuss opportunities for the United States to return to the agreement and lift its sanctions on Iran.
The parties to the nuclear agreement agreed to continue consultations, at the level of experts, to discuss technical aspects and details of issues related to the lifting of sanctions on Iran.
butterfly A European-American summit next June
Friday 23, April 2021 20:36 European Council President Charles Michel announced today, Friday, that a summit that includes leaders of European institutions and US President Joe Biden will be held in mid-June in Brussels on the occasion of Biden's visit to Europe.
The US President will participate in the G7 summit in Britain from 11 to 13 June, and then in the Atlantic summit in Brussels on the 14th.
A European source said that Biden’s meeting with Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen may take place on June 15.
"This summit will confirm our commitment to a strong transatlantic partnership based on common values and interests," the White House said in a statement.
He added: The three will discuss a common agenda to ensure global health security, promote economic recovery, address climate change, enhance digital and trade cooperation, consolidate democracy and address mutual foreign policy concerns.
The last meeting of an American president with the leaders of European institutions in Brussels dates back to Donald Trump's visit at the end of May 2017.
EYEGUY heres some intel .......BVanter alll you want to about it LOL
EYEGUY RayRen98 said 05:56 AM Apr 23, 2021 Friday morning...
Treasury staff has been "on the ready" around the clock since Wednesday expecting fall-out on Friday.
Banks were given the "notice to proceed" last evening after 4:00 PM, Eastern. At least two bank names were given that are supposed to start exchanging today.
Butterfly Now this is good news for the citizens: ..................
A company in Sulaymaniyah begins equipping the northern national grid in Kirkuk with 150 megawatts
Friday 23, April 2021 20:48 | A source in Kirkuk Electricity Distribution announced that the Qiwan Company in Sulaymaniyah Governorate has begun supplying the northern national grid in Kirkuk with 150 megawatts. He explained that the line is currently connected to the South Kirkuk secondary station, noting that this amount of energy is for the northern network, Kirkuk, Mosul, and Tikrit, and soon, 150 mica will be supplied through the Erbil Debs line, and also for the entire northern region, not just Kirkuk.
The source said, according to a contract concluded between the company and the Ministry of Electricity, which began to be implemented with the breakfast hour today, and the Kiwan Company in Sulaymaniyah Governorate began supplying 120 to 150 megawatts of electricity to the national grid in Kirkuk, in agreement with the Ministry of Electricity and with the support of the Kirkuk administration and members of Parliament. For distribution to three governorates, namely Kirkuk, Nineveh and Salah al-Din, after the Kurdistan Regional Government and the investor in MAS refused to supply Kirkuk’s share with an official contract four years ago.
Dave Howdy folks...Art 140......arrest warrants..... :Blabla: ?
butterfly Masrour Barzani and Blinken agree by phone on the continuing need for an international coalition
Friday 23, April 2021 21:31 The President of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Masrour Barzani, discussed by phone with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, the situation in Iraq and the region.
The two parties, according to a regional government statement, strongly condemned the missile attacks against the Kurdistan region, the Iraqi bases and the international coalition.
It was agreed between the two parties on the continuing need for the international coalition to support the Peshmerga and Iraqi forces in the war against ISIS.
The two sides expressed their concern over the attempts of the outlawed groups to undermine the upcoming elections in Iraq. They also agreed that the Sinjar agreement should be fully implemented.
The two sides welcomed the approval of the Federal Budget Law.
In this regard, the Prime Minister said that the Kurdistan Regional Government expects Baghdad to begin sending financial dues as soon as possible, once again committing the Kurdistan Regional Government to the budget law.
butterfly the Prime Minister encouraged the US Secretary of State to help provide the appropriate political climate for both Erbil and Baghdad to implement the Budget Law and solve other outstanding problems.
The minister urged to intervene personally to ensure that the Kurdistan region gets a (fair and equitable) share of international loans to Iraq.
The Prime Minister and Minister Blinken also discussed the upcoming Iraqi parliamentary elections, and expressed their concern over the attempts by outlawed groups to undermine the common goal of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Iraq and the international community, which is to hold free and fair elections, as well as their attempts to undermine the partnership between the Kurdistan Regional Government, Iraq and the United States.
Returning to Sinjar, the prime minister touched on his ongoing dialogue with Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi and other Iraqi leaders following the agreement. He agreed with the US Secretary of State on the importance of fully implementing it.
butterfly Now I have to finish mowing the lawn...bbl
Dave Iraqi MP Mish'an Al-Jabouri: I Took Millions of Dollars in Bribes, All Iraqi Politicians Do
#5303 | 01:55 Source: Etejah TV (Iraq) In a TV interview, Iraqi MP Mish’an Al-Jabouri admitted that he had taken millions of dollars in bribes. In a January 26 interview with Al-Etejah TV, MP Al-Jabouri claimed that all Iraqi politicians take bribery and that only a coward would not. He claimed that the entire political echelon is corrupt and responsible for the destruction of the country. Al-Jabouri is a member of the Iraqi Commission of Integrity, tasked with investigating governmental corruption. He refused to disclose names of fellow corrupt politicians for fear that "they will kill me right in the street."
PM Dave nterviewer: "Who is behind the corruption?"
Mish'an Al-Jabouri: "We all are. Everybody plays a role."
Interviewer: "All of you (politicians)?"
Mish'an Al-Jabouri: "Yes, everybody."
Interviewer: "How come?"
Mish'an Al-Jabouri: "I am a member of the Commission of Integrity. We open cases, and then close them when we receive bribes. That's one example."
my honor, I did. They bribed me to close down a case, but I didn’t. I took several millions of dollars, but I didn't close the case. I don't consider it to be a bribe. I see this as conning a corrupt son of a bitch."
Interviewer: "Who else is corrupt?"
Mish'an Al-Jabouri: "Everybody. Everybody! The Sunnis, the Shiites, and the secularists are all corrupt."
Interviewer: "The parliament? The government?"
Mish'an Al-Jabouri: "They are all corrupt. If someone is not corrupt, it's because he is a coward. Either they are corrupt and take bribes, or else they get it in the form of concessions."
Interviewer: "It's good to be in government?"
Mish'an Al-Jabouri: "Very good. You get an armored car with an escort, and when you get to a roadblock, you just say: I'm an MP."
Interviewer: "So you are behind the destruction of this country?"
Mish'an Al-Jabouri: "Of course. The entire political echelon is responsible for this. If there is a homeless man in Iraq, a child who goes to bed without food, or an Iraqi who dies because he has no medicine – the reason is the political echelon in the Green Zone, and the political echelon that manages the various provinces. We all bear responsibility. All of us. We all lie, steal, and take bribes. Anyone who says that he does not take bribes is lying. If I say anything more, they will kill me right in the street."
Interviewer: "This is an indictment of the entire political echelon."
Mish'an Al-Jabouri: "By God, the stories I know... If the Iraqis knew these stories, they would storm the Green Zon
Dave lost his seat.......remains as free as a bird.......Still???
butterfly With a televised statement ... Al-Abadi: The October demonstrations ... represented a clash between the people and the political process
Friday 23, April 2021 23:03 The head of the Nasr Coalition, Haider al-Abadi, said: Iraqis did not see that the 2018 elections represented them, as they were not fair, and the majority participated in it. So happened the October demonstrations, which represented a clash between the people and the political process.
Al-Abadi said in a televised statement tonight: The Electoral Commission in 2018 did not play its rightful role. And the state we are in, because of that mistake. Politicians must leave the conflict; Iraq needs to be rescued from its dangerous situation, and this is a project that I am working on by establishing a middle line that does not lean towards any party or country.
He added that: The victory coalition is a project to overcome sectarianism and ethnicity. Its goal is only the interest of Iraq, not the interests of others who saw it as a threat and made great efforts and huge funds to weaken it.
Al-Abadi explained that: Some countries fear a strong Iraq, and some have worked, since 2018, to weaken their security and economic achievements.
He stressed that: The Popular Mobilization Law relied on the Diwani order that I issued at the time to organize this institution under the framework of the state, and it worked firmly not to allow the fugitive weapons to seize the state, as is happening today in terms of blackmail and encroachment on the situation and public money.
utterfly Al-Abadi added that: During the war against ISIS, I tried to train and organize volunteers and subject them to the military context. They have Hamas and a willingness to sacrifice, and this is the basis of defending Iraq, and it has isolated any political action from the security forces, and it succeeded in all that. But all things are different after 2018, because there are special interests and economic mafias that want to control the popular crowd to implement their ambitions through it. This is evident among many Hashdis who refuse to do so.
And he indicated: To confront the uncontrolled weapon, first it must be understood that these armed men have the perception that the right is with them, and therefore we must warn them about the error of their actions, and then there is a need to isolate the few who have nothing but breaking the law. Without these steps, it means a civil war. We must understand the armed factions and listen to their point of view, even if we do not agree with them. The limit that we cannot accept is the landing of a weapon on the street other than that of the state.
Al-Abadi noted that: Iraqis abroad and the security forces have the right to participate in the elections, and suspicion that the results of their votes will be tampered with will be resolved by establishing a fair electoral system, rather than being prevented from participating.
He stated that: With the start of the October demonstrations and the killing of innocents, the victory coalition was the first to call for the resignation of the government, the formation of a neutral commission, and the holding of early and fair elections.
Al-Abadi stressed: The reduction of the Iraqi dinar exchange rate was categorically rejected during our political meetings. This is beyond the state's ability to control commodity pricing, which affects people's livelihood. Instead of that solution, spending could have been reduced, as we did previously.
butterfly Al-Sadr is accused of tweeting some parties disturbing the security in the country
Friday 23, April 2021 23:45 The leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, accused parties of disturbing security in the country for many reasons.
He said in a tweet that: The most important reason is to delay or cancel elections through some unruly militias that target their bombing of the occupying forces to discourage them from withdrawing.
Al-Sadr added that: the survival of the occupying forces is the survival of those militias, or through the placement of Iraq into an external conflict and through linking it to the Syrian-Israeli conflict.
Al-Sadr addressed the proud Iraqi people by saying, "Are we not enough for war, killing, deportation, and bombing? Come to a comprehensive peace with weapons and violence, so that we may live in the confines of our homeland without foreign agendas and without bowing."
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butterfly PeteV Hi there. When it is international news, I will believe it, until then, all are "opinions".
PeteV ok butterfly He isnt saying it is-----just talking
Butterfly PeteV don't take offense, but I have not seen anything indicating an exchange.
PeteV none taken butterfly
butterfly Someone said.....Wednesday and it is Friday. I have heard that sort of scenario so many times throughout these years that I want to hit the wall. Everyone needs to wait until it goes INTERNATIONAL, until then it is someone's opinion.
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butterfly 2021-04-23 05:18 Shafaq News/ The dollar was hemmed into a narrow trading range near multi-week lows against its major peers on Friday, as traders contemplate the next moves by major central banks ahead of a U.S. Federal Reserve meeting next week.
Cryptocurrency ether tumbled more than 10% and bigger rival bitcoin slid 5% amid speculation that U.S. President Joe Biden's plan to raise capital gains taxes will curb investment in digital assets. The euro nursed losses after European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde squashed expectations that policymakers will start to consider a tapering of bond purchases due to an improving economic outlook.
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butterfly 2021-04-23 05:18 Shafaq News/ The dollar was hemmed into a narrow trading range near multi-week lows against its major peers on Friday, as traders contemplate the next moves by major central banks ahead of a U.S. Federal Reserve meeting next week.
Cryptocurrency ether tumbled more than 10% and bigger rival bitcoin slid 5% amid speculation that U.S. President Joe Biden's plan to raise capital gains taxes will curb investment in digital assets. The euro nursed losses after European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde squashed expectations that policymakers will start to consider a tapering of bond purchases due to an improving economic outlook.
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell is likely to repeat Lagarde's message that talk of tapering is premature, which would put downward pressure on Treasury yields and cap the dollar's gains against most currencies.
"Powell has to reiterate the continuation of easy monetary policy just like Lagarde," said Masafumi Yamamoto, chief currency strategist at Mizuho Securities.
"As a result, the dollar is likely to fall against the yen, but the larger trend for the dollar is still mixed. The dollar can still rise against commodity currencies if commodity prices start falling again."
The dollar slid as low as 107.80 yen on Friday, the lowest since March 4.
The euro stood at $1.2027 after dropping 0.2% on Thursday. It was still not far from the seven-week high of $1.2080 set earlier this week.
The Australian and New Zealand dollars firmed on Friday, but traders said risks are pointed to the downside due to a recent weakening in commodity prices.
The British pound was quoted at $1.38535 following a 0.6% loss the previous session.
The Fed's next meeting ends on April 28, and while no major policy changes are expected, investors are paying close attention to any comments about the chance of scaling back monetary easing in the future.
butterfly Rising coronavirus vaccination rates and an improving economic outlook are reasons to be optimistic, but investors are scaling back expectations for a withdrawal of monetary easing after Lagarde said talk of phasing out emergency bond purchases is premature, analysts said.
Data on manufacturing and services activity in both the United States and Germany are due later on Friday, which could support positive economic sentiment, but the dollar and the euro are unlikely to move much as investors stick to the sidelines before the Fed's meeting, analysts said.
In cryptocurrencies, ether was some 7% lower at about $2,234 and earlier dipped as low as $2,116, retreating from the record high of $2,645.97 set on Thursday after President Biden unveiled a plan to nearly double taxes on capital gains for people earning more than $1 million.
Bitcoin slumped 4.2% to below $50,000, and briefly touched $48,338. It has fallen every day but two since reaching a record high of $64,895.22 on April 14. Source: Reuters
butterfly 2021-04-22 02:16 Shafaq News / The dollar exchange rates dropped in the Iraqi market today, Thursday (April 22, 2021).
• The Kifah Stock Exchange recorded 147,800 dinars, for $ 100.
• The Al-Harthiya Stock Exchange recorded 147,800 dinars for 100 dollars.
In Baghdad - Selling prices in the banking stores in the local markets
•Sale price: 148,250 dinars for $ 100 • Purchase price: 147,250 dinars for $ 100
In Erbil - Selling prices in the banking stores in the local markets
•Sale price: 148,000 dinars for $ 100 • Purchase price: 147,500 dinars for $ 100
butterfly 2021-04-23 05:40 Shafaq News / At least 50 members of the Iraqi parliament have tested positive for Covid-19, parliamentary source said on Friday.
All 50 members of the 329-member parliament are of mild to moderate Covid-19 cases.
11 of the 50 infected MPs are in critical health condition, and in need for mechanical ventilation according to the source.
Four deputies and a parliamentary official so far died from Covid-19.
The infected cases in Iraq exceeded one million (1,010,304), its death toll reaches 15,128.
Iraq is in the 25th place worldwide and the 5th in Asia in the number of cases.
butterfly 201-04-23 04:32 Shafaq News/ Israel administration has instructed the delegation traveling to Washington next week for strategic talks on Iran to stress their objection to a U.S. return to the nuclear deal with Iran, The Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation said.
The Israeli position is the same when the 2015 nuclear deal was announced during Obama’s administration,
Senior Israeli national security officials will travel to Washington next week for talks on Iran. They include national security adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat, Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Gen. Aviv Kochavi, military intelligence chief Tamir Hayman and Mossad director Yossi Cohen.
Netanyahu convened a meeting on Thursday with those officials, Minister of Defense Benny Gantz and Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi to discuss the policies that will be presented in Washington.
The decision at the end of the meeting was to stress that a return to the deal would put Israel in danger, and to otherwise decline to discuss the talks in Vienna, Axios reported Israeli official saying.
During the meeting on Thursday, Netanyahu stressed that Israel is not a part in the nuclear deal and is therefore not bound by it in any way.
Netanyahu, Gantz and Ashkenazi decided that Israel would be willing to discuss the parameters of a “longer and stronger” nuclear deal in the future, if the U.S. and other world powers decide to go in that direction, per Israeli officials. Axios reported.
For his part, Israeli Ambassador to the US and UN Gilad Erdan said on Twitter, “Today, I told the UNSC that Israel is the only country in the world that the Iranian regime threatens to annihilate and we will not be bound by any agreement that does not fully address this threat.”
the gaps over Iran between the Israeli government and the Biden administration are growing as nuclear talks in Vienna enter a critical stage.
butterfly Based on Baghdad's desire, the US Central Command: We will not reduce the number of our forces in Iraq
Friday 23, April 2021 11:27 The US Central Command announced that the United States will not reduce the number of its forces in Iraq, "according to Baghdad's desire."
"Iraq wants us to stay, and we will not reduce the number of forces there," said Central Command Commander Kenneth McKinsey, at a news conference.
He added that he “does not believe that the United States is“ on the verge of engaging in a war in the Middle East. ”
Regarding the decision to withdraw US forces from Afghanistan in early May, McKinsey indicated that Washington“ will support its allies in Afghanistan after its withdrawal, but it will not be on the ground. ” In Afghanistan. ”
He stressed that the US forces would remain“ ready ”to deal with any terrorist threat coming from Afghanistan.
In mid-April, US President Joe Biden announced that his administration will end the presence of its forces in Afghanistan by the anniversary of the events of September 11, according to a timetable, starting on May 1.
butterfly Troops will not be leaving Iraq as so many have stated in the past.
Doug_W Iraq is a giant CF
butterfly LOL I have no idea what CF means Doug
butterfly I am referring to those that said, before I even starting posting articles,,,,,,,,,,,,,that our troops would be leaving Iraq.....they want our butts out of there. Since I started posting articles, I've never seen an article about kicking the troops out. First, why would they? Second, we have an embassy there.
Doug_W butterfly politely stated its a "Cluster Fornication"
butterfly Doug_W LOL OK I think I can read into that.....LOL
Doug_W smart lady
butterfly I still go with what the IMF stated, Iraq should be stable around 2024. BUT that doesn't mean we are going to be rewarded on our investment.....of course, you know this is just my opinion.
Doug_W very true
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Butterfly The US Army: We do not expect to withdraw from Iraq at the moment … and it determines the reason
04/22/2021 18:47:00 The US Army - We do not expect to withdraw from Iraq at the moment ... and it determines the reason The commander of the US Central Command, General Kenneth McKenzie, ruled out the withdrawal of his country’s forces from Iraq soon.
“We do not expect to withdraw from Iraq at this time,” McKinsey said in a press statement.
“We will maintain our presence based on the strategic dialogue between the United States and Iraq,” he added.
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Butterfly The US Army: We do not expect to withdraw from Iraq at the moment … and it determines the reason
04/22/2021 18:47:00 The US Army - We do not expect to withdraw from Iraq at the moment ... and it determines the reason The commander of the US Central Command, General Kenneth McKenzie, ruled out the withdrawal of his country’s forces from Iraq soon.
“We do not expect to withdraw from Iraq at this time,” McKinsey said in a press statement.
“We will maintain our presence based on the strategic dialogue between the United States and Iraq,” he added.
The foreign ministers of Iraq, Fuad Hussein and the United States, Anthony Blinken, made the session of the “Iraqi-American Strategic Dialogue” in its third round on April 8, through visual communication technology between the two sides.
This is the first tour for the Iraqis with officials from the new US administration, after two rounds of dialogue that were held with the administration of former US President Donald Trump.
A joint Iraqi-American statement, after the dialogue session, said that the United States agreed to transfer the remaining combat forces from Iraq.
The statement added, which comes after the “Iraqi-American Strategic Dialogue” sessions, that the two countries confirmed that “the presence of American forces in Iraq came at the invitation of the Iraqi government for the purpose of supporting the Iraqi security forces in their war against ISIS.”
butterfly The statement continued, “In light of the development of the capabilities of the Iraqi security forces, the two parties concluded that the role of the American and international coalition forces has now shifted to training and advisory missions in a way that allows the redeployment of the remaining combat forces outside Iraq.”
The statement also indicated that the two parties would agree on timelines related to the withdrawal of combat forces in “future technical talks.”
In return, the Iraqi government renewed its commitment to protect the personnel and convoys of the International Coalition and the diplomatic missions of its states, according to the statement.
The two countries also stressed that the bases in which the members of the international coalition “are present” are Iraqi bases and they are present in them exclusively to support Iraq’s efforts in the war against ISIS.
According to the US Department of Defense (the Pentagon), the number of US forces in Iraq decreased to about 2,500 soldiers during the past months. alforatnews.com
butterfly The budget controversy is on the front again
04/22/2021 07:10:24 The budget controversy is on the front againThe debate over the state budget for 2021 is at the forefront of political conversations again. While the Council of Ministers authorized its Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi to challenge some of its parliamentary paragraphs before the Federal Court, the debate raged about the changes that affected the version of the budget published in the official Iraqi newspaper Al-Waqi’a .
The representative of the network component in Parliament, Qusay Abbas, said in a press interview, that “the 2021 budget that arrived from the government to the parliament is the strangest budgets in the history of Iraq, and it contains many problems,” noting that “most of the parliamentarians, when voting on it, were not aware of the details. Attached tables with it. ”
He stressed that “in a dangerous precedent, the parliament was surprised to vote on a budget with variables in some clauses and paragraphs, and some paragraphs are stuffed with deals between some blocs, while most MPs were not aware of adding these paragraphs, so this budget became completely irresponsible.”
Abbas added that “some of the paragraphs published in the (Al-Waqa’iq Al-Iraqiya) newspaper were not voted on by the House of Representatives during the budget approval session, and this matter increased the lack of confidence,” stressing that “the government must assume its responsibility for what happened in the publication of (the facts) for paragraphs other than Voting on it in Parliament, ”noting that“ these transgressions must not be passed by accident. ”
butterfly In addition, the MP for the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Hassan Ali, confirmed that the Budget Law became effective after it was published in the Official Gazette.
Ali said: “The region is committed to the law and its provisions and has not expressed any opposition, and the regional government has understandings with all the active political blocs, and we do not expect an appeal by Shiite MPs and blocs of the region’s share.”
He added, “Most of the deputies voted on the paragraph on the Kurdistan region’s share after reviewing and reviewing it, and it is illogical to object to and appeal to it.”
In turn, the Chief of the Cabinet of the Council of Ministers of the Kurdistan Region announced a new round of talks between Baghdad and the region, while noting that the Prime Minister of the region, Masrour Barzani, sent a message to the Prime Minister, Mustafa Al-Kazemi, regarding the implementation of the commitments.
Commenting on the cabinet’s decision to authorize Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi the authority to challenge the budget paragraphs before the Federal Court, Riyad Al-Masoudi, the deputy for the Saeron Alliance, said that “it is not in the interest of the government of the Prime Minister, Mustafa Al-Kazemi, to challenge the 2021 Budget Law.”
Al-Masoudi stated, “The body that prepares the budget is the Iraqi government, and the House of Representatives has the authority to reduce the overall budget or transfer between chapters chapters, and if there is an increase, Parliament must consult with the government.”
butterfly And he indicated, “The Iraqi parliament played its role in reducing the overall budget, and this reduction was very large, so the reduction was made from 165 trillion dinars to 129 trillion, and there are also paragraphs that have been completely changed by Parliament, and for this the Iraqi government wants to challenge some of the budget paragraphs.”
He added, “We believe that it is not in the interest of the Iraqi government to file an appeal against the provisions of the 2021 budget, as this matter will create a kind of lack of understanding between the executive and the legislative authority, especially since the budget was sent to the government before the vote on it, and it did not present any real or substantial observations.” on her”. alforatnews.com
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butterfly Al-Kazemi’s advisor determines the mechanisms used to control the dollar price
Posted, 4/22/2021 20:48 Al-Kazemis advisor determines the mechanisms used to control the dollar price[Baghdad-Where]
The Financial Adviser to the Prime Minister, Mazhar Muhammad Salih, on Wednesday, identified the mechanisms followed by the Central Bank of Iraq to control the exchange rate, while responding to fears of a greater rise in the coming period.
According to the official agency, Saleh said, “The Central Bank of Iraq window for selling and buying foreign currency is a tool for the stability and stability of the exchange rate through daily interventions in the monetary market that mainly aim to withdraw high levels of liquidity in the Iraqi dinar from the market, which is called (the monetary sterilization policy). “.
He added, “Where the desired market demand for foreign currency is met by exchanging the dinar for foreign cash that is in the possession of the monetary authority, because that authority is the monetary issuance authority, that is, it is the one who issued the same dinar and it is concerned with maintaining the stability of its value and purchasing power.”
He continued, “Those excess levels of cash liquidity in dinars are pressing, generating a demand for foreign currency, which means a demand for foreign goods, services and benefits, as foreign currency contributes to financing Iraq’s foreign trade, that is, import trade, which provides the supply of foreign currency and mainly to the market that is in the bank’s possession. “The Iraqi Central Bank, no one else, through the accumulation of its efficient reserves of foreign currency represented by the very high coverage of the dinar, so the Central Bank undertakes the sale from its window that practices defense of the stability of the exchange rate within its official prescribed limits of 1450 dinars per dollar.”
butterfly He pointed out that “based on the foregoing, the daily monetary policy operations that perform their function by controlling the monetary liquidity in dinars and exchanging them at a stable exchange rate (as a nominal fixer of the external value of money), that is to absorb that liquidity after exchanging it in the foreign currency at a fixed rate, it must be reflected in the stability of the exchange rate and from Then the price calm and stability, successively, because the price is the value of the currency, expressed in money alliraqnews.com
butterfly Member of Parliamentary Energy: Electricity this summer will be better
4/22/2021 17:41 Member of Parliamentary Energy - Electricity this summer will be better[Baghdad-Where]
Member of the Parliamentary Energy Committee, Amjad Al-Oqabi, announced, Thursday, that the distribution of electricity in Baghdad and the provinces will be better this summer.
“The Ministry of Electricity prepared a plan that was supposed to be implemented in 2020, but this year is devoid of the budget, and even the disbursement of one-twelfth was fake,” Al-Uqabi said.
He pointed out, “The transfer of all electricity projects to 2021, and today, after the arrival of the budget, the projects began to be implemented, especially in the field of maintaining production stations and extending transmission and distribution lines to ease the screws in some areas.”
Al-Uqabi noted that the ministry launched a massive campaign to lift the bottlenecks on Wednesday, expecting that a summer season is better than previous seasons if the ministry continues at the same pace. alliraqnews.com
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butterfly Eighty-four billion dinars, the value of the Iraqi Stock Exchange trading during the first quarter of 2021
Thursday 22, April 2021 21:40 The Iraq Stock Exchange (the Stock Exchange) announced, on Thursday, that it had traded 133 billion shares worth 84 billion dinars during the first quarter of this year.
The market said in a statement that it organized "during the first quarter of 2021 (56) a trading session for the shares of joint-stock companies that will last from Sunday to Thursday of every week."
She indicated that no deliberation sessions were organized during "Sunday 21/2, 28/2, 7/3, 3/14 and 3/21/2021, as they fall within the period of a comprehensive curfew based on the decisions of the National Safety Committee."
Trading during the first quarter of 2020 was limited, according to the statement, to "the shares of Iraqi joint stock companies for not offering any new financial instruments by joint stock companies or government institutions."
The number of companies listed on the Iraq Stock Exchange reached 103 joint-stock companies. Likewise, the number of companies suspended from trading for not submitting the annual disclosure reached 19 companies.
butterfly The market index achieved an increase of 11% compared to the close of 2020 and an increase of 17% compared to the close of January 2021.
The total number of shares traded to foreigners reached 35% of the total number of shares traded on the market. They also bought 29 billion shares worth 18 billion dinars through the implementation of 2232 purchase deals on 58 joint-stock companies, while 17 billion shares were sold at a value of 10 billion dinars through the implementation of 994 sales deals on 49 joint-stock companies.
The Market affirmed in its statement that these results were achieved as a result of “the Securities Commission’s decision to amend Article (1) of the Joint Stock Companies Disclosure Instructions No. (8) to become as follows (Every company listed on the Iraq Stock Exchange must provide the Commission with the annual report within a period not exceeding (150) days after the end of its fiscal year and its publication in available media).
In addition to "providing 13 joint-stock companies with financial statements as of December 31, 2020, as well as the effect of changing the exchange rate of foreign currencies against the Iraqi dinar, it stimulated the purchase order on stocks, as it is one of the sources of investment and also because it is one of the stores of value."
butterfly OPEC urges member states of the organization to engage in contacts with the US administration
Thursday 22, April 2021 22:52 The Secretary-General of "OPEC" Muhammad Barkindo confirmed that Washington's approval of the anti-organization NOPEC bill may threaten the interests of the United States abroad and endanger Americans and American assets.
Mohamed Barkando urged the member states of the organization to engage in contacts with the American administration.
He said, "It is necessary for member states to enhance bilateral diplomatic contacts with government officials in the United States ... and to explain the shortcomings of the bill with regard to the United States, if passed."
He continued, "These deficiencies may include weakening the principle of immunity at the global level, endangering American interests abroad, as well as protecting their citizens and their assets."
He added that some members may face fines if the anti-organization law is passed in the US Congress and signed by the president.
He emphasized that the members of the organization may face the confiscation of assets on US soil or placing them under the tutelage of third parties.
butterfly Baghdad and Moscow are discussing cooperation files in the field of energy, economy, development of agricultural technology, and facilitating the granting of entry visas to investors / expanded
Thursday 22, April 2021 23:35 Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein discussed with the Russian Deputy Prime Minister and Head of the Russian side of the Iraqi-Russian Joint Committee, Yury Parisov, relations between Baghdad and Moscow, and ways to rise to what meets the aspirations of the two friendly peoples ..
Hussein expressed Iraq’s keenness to advance the historical relations that Connecting the two countries, calling for opening new horizons for cooperation relations, explaining: Iraqi-Russian relations are witnessing a remarkable development, calling for a meeting of the Iraqi-Russian Joint Committee at its ninth session to be held in Moscow this year.
The two sides discussed a number of joint cooperation files in the field of energy, economy, development of agricultural technology, and facilitating the granting of entry visas to investors and diplomats from both countries. They also discussed supporting the Iraqi students file, renewing residency, developing the tourism side, working to increase support, and facilitate flights For tourism in both countries.
The minister praised the effective Russian role in fighting the terrorist organization ISIS, stressing the importance of continuing this cooperation in various fields, including continuing to train Iraqi forces and exchanging intelligence information to prevent the return of terrorist groups' activity.
They also discussed the Iraqi security file and its relationship with neighboring countries, as well as the situation in the Middle East, and means of joint cooperation. To relieve tension and spare the region more conflicts.
butterfly Nechirvan Barzani: We must acknowledge past mistakes, learn from them, and turn a new page on building a strong Iraq Thursday 22, April 2021 23:37 The President of the Kurdistan Region, Nechirvan Barzani stressed the importance of recognizing past mistakes, learning from them, and opening a new page for building a strong Iraq.
He said in a televised statement that the problem of Iraq is related to thinking, and that my last message to Baghdad during my last visit is that we have sinned and you have done wrong, and conflicts and wars have no meaning, and let us go to economic reform.
He pointed out that Iraq is a country rich in its material and human resources, so we must restore confidence to the Iraqi citizen in the political process, pointing out that participation in the recent elections was minimal because the people want a better situation.
butterfly Nechirvan Barzani: Iraqi youth want change for the better
Thursday 22, April 2021 23:39 The President of the Kurdistan Region, Nechirvan Barzani, affirmed that Iraqi youth want change for the better.
He said in a televised statement that the one who was born in 2003 is 18 years old, and these young people do not fear the past and want democracy and change for the better.
He pointed out that partnership and coexistence do not currently exist and that ISIS is not born from space, but rather as a result of political mistakes, so a decent life must be found for all Iraqis and that the Iraqis stand on their feet.
butterfly Nechirvan Barzani: Kirkuk is an Iraqi city, and its problem is that it is rich in oil, as is Basra
Thursday 22, April 2021 23:45 | The President of the Kurdistan Region, Nechirvan Barzani, affirmed that Kirkuk is an Iraqi city, and its problem is that it is rich in oil, as is the case of Basra.
He said in a televised statement that the solution to the Kirkuk issue lies in the approval of the oil and gas law and the implementation of Article 140 (constitutional), and that its implementation will not have a problem for the Kurds in Kirkuk and what he described as the "disputed" areas.
He stressed that the dialogue will contribute to solving any problem between Baghdad and Erbil.
butterfly The President of the Kurdistan Region: The claim that Article 140 is dead is wrong
Thursday 22, April 2021 23:57 | The President of the Kurdistan Region, Nechirvan Barzani, asserted that the claim that Article 140 death is wrong.
He said in a televised statement that participation by all components in the political decision is a guarantee of solving all problems, pointing out that the fight against ISIS has participated in all Iraqis and from all components, and therefore the solution of problems must be with the participation of everyone and not be limited to a specific component in making fateful decisions.
butterfly Nechirvan Barzani: Some Iraqi politicians delude people that the region is taking more than it deserves
Friday 23, April 2021 00:02 The President of the Kurdistan Region, Nechirvan Barzani, affirmed that Iraqi politicians delude people that the region is taking more than it deserves.
He said in a televised statement that the region wants to advance to all of Iraq and there is no truth to what some politicians say about the region to throw their failure towards providing services and reconstruction to citizens.
butterfly Nechirvan Barzani: Establishing a region is a right guaranteed by the constitution
Friday 23, April 2021 00:15 Baghdad / Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani affirmed that the establishment of the region in Iraq is a right guaranteed by the constitution.
He said in a televised statement: The question has come, what are the politicians ’vision towards the future of Iraq, so the time has come to say stop .. and to sit down and talk before going into the unknown.
He stressed that a generation lives in the camps, and this is a time bomb, so we must help each other to resolve differences, instead of engaging in meetings that do not serve anyone.
He pointed out that the solution to the problem of demonstrations is not to appoint the youth, so every politician should not think about its component.
"There is no solution to the problems between the region and the center, and no politician in Baghdad has proposed a practical solution to these problems," he said.
And he indicated that the Kurds will not stand as a stumbling block on the constitutional articles that need to be amended, so it is natural that we negotiate to put the constitutional articles that need to be amended.
PeteV hey folks
butterfly Nechirvan Barzani: The attack on Erbil airport is a dangerous escalation for Iraq in general
Friday 23, April 2021 00:21 The President of the Kurdistan Region, Nechirvan Barzani, said: The attack on Erbil airport is a dangerous escalation for Iraq in general.
He added in a televised statement that Iraq needs the US forces and the international coalition in order to fight ISIS, pointing out that some groups want to embarrass Iraq and this escalation by targeting Erbil airport with a drone plane does not serve Iraq in general.
He stressed that the previous bombing had arrested the perpetrators in Baghdad and Erbil, and there was good cooperation between Baghdad and Erbil in this regard, and that investigations were continuing in the two operations.
butterfly Nechirvan Barzani confirms that there is a block outside the government obstructing solutions
Friday 23, April 2021 00:38 The President of the Kurdistan region, Nechirvan Barzani, confirmed that there is a blockade outside the government that impedes solutions.
He said in a televised statement that the decision is not in the hands of the government and the prime minister, because there are participants in the government and at the same time opponents of it, because you find them once and again before the people who are not responsible, and this matter is the basis of the problem of governance in Iraq.
He explained that Al-Kazemi's response with the Kurdistan region is being targeted wrongly by some, as Al-Kazemi participated with the Peshmerga in the wars, and that Kazemi's political opponents are using it against him even though he is not present.
He pointed out that the weapons must be within the framework of the state, and this requires a real will, because the parties that target the American forces and the well-known bases.
He indicated that the withdrawal of US forces or not depends on the Iraqi decision and strategic dialogue.
Barzani denied the existence of Israeli sites in the region and said this false news was exaggerated, pointing out that any person entering the region knew Baghdad about it because of the presence of representatives of the intelligence at the ports and airports in the region.
EYEGUY butterfly so what`s the ups .......short version ? :)
butterfly EYEGUY same old same old just another day.
EYEGUY Just popped in .....OMG you have posted so much .....makes my eyes heavy ...thank You
butterfly lol
EYEGUY I’M waiting on a guy to pick up his glasses then Im heading home for a nappy How are you ?
EYEGUY beautiful day outside no business today the beginning of the week was busy ...no rhymn or reason anymore
EYEGUY not alot of traffic on the roads either
butterfly One of the so-called gurus said yesterday was the day. Here we are, another day and I wonder what that so-called guru is telling his followers.
butterfly Nechirvan Barzani: What happened in Parliament was emotional
Friday 23, April 2021 00:43 The President of the Kurdistan region, Nechirvan Barzani, said: We do not object to the participation of any party in a special dialogue to help Iraq.
And he stressed in a televised statement Iraq's need for stability, and this requires a serious dialogue from all parties without exception, and we will be supportive of it.
He indicated that the Kurdish-Shiite alliance is old after 2003, during which the constitution was written, but this alliance has changed now and has ended, and this is a fact and now we need a comprehensive alliance of Kurds, Sunnis and Shiites on the basis of partnership, citizenship and balance.
And he indicated that what happened in Parliament about the decision to expel the American forces was emotional, but we must know the extent of the Iraqis' ability to confront ISIS alone, and in the event that ISIS finally ends, we will abide by the decision of Baghdad /
butterfly Nechirvan Barzani: We will deal with any future prime minister of Iraq who carries a program that serves the country -- Friday 23, April 2021 00:49 | The President of the Kurdistan region, Nechirvan Barzani, said: We will deal with any future prime minister of Iraq who carries a program that serves the country.
He said in a televised statement that the work of the President of the Republic, Barham Salih, is very good and he bears a great responsibility, and this work serves all Iraqis.
He confirmed his readiness to be the president of the republic, but the idea does not exist at this time.
butterfly Nechirvan Barzani: Our choice is the solution within our strategic Iraq
Friday 23, April 2021 00:55 The President of the Kurdistan region, Nechirvan Barzani, said: Our choice is the solution within our strategic Iraq, not separation.
He said in a televised statement that the previous differences between the Kurds and Arabs were with the rulers and not the people, but if the Kurds feel that they are second-class citizens, they will react greatly and demand their rights.
butterfly region: Baghdad and Erbil have a common vision on the issue of the opposition
Friday 23, April 2021 01:01 The President of the Kurdistan region, Nechirvan Barzani said: Baghdad and Erbil have a common vision on the issue of the opposition.
He said that resolving the PKK issue should be done in cooperation with neighboring countries Iran and Turkey.
He explained that in the fourth month Baghdad did not send the salaries of the Kurdistan region’s employees, and this matter must be resolved quickly.
Barzani called for the implementation of the Sinjar agreement on the ground, because we did not see a practical solution.
Butterfly Reuters: U.S. HOUSE Votes To Make Washington, D.C., 51st State, Sends To Senate Amid Strong Republican Opposition
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Butterfly Parliamentary Finance: 3 proposals regarding the budget for the next three years
04/21/2021 02:56:22 Parliamentary Finance - 3 proposals regarding the budget for the next three yearsThe Parliamentary Finance Committee unveiled a proposal to approve the 2021 budget for the next three years.
Al-Hajja member Muhammad Al-Shabky said in a press statement, “The holding of parliamentary elections in October next and the approval of their results, and the formation of the government, which may be delayed until April or June of next year, this matter will cause a delay in approving the budget next year and thus will affect the exchange mechanism in the provinces.” Ministries and contractors’ obligations.
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Butterfly Parliamentary Finance: 3 proposals regarding the budget for the next three years
04/21/2021 02:56:22 Parliamentary Finance - 3 proposals regarding the budget for the next three yearsThe Parliamentary Finance Committee unveiled a proposal to approve the 2021 budget for the next three years.
Al-Hajja member Muhammad Al-Shabky said in a press statement, “The holding of parliamentary elections in October next and the approval of their results, and the formation of the government, which may be delayed until April or June of next year, this matter will cause a delay in approving the budget next year and thus will affect the exchange mechanism in the provinces.” Ministries and contractors’ obligations.
He added that “there are 3 proposals to implement a mechanism for implementing the budget next year, the first of which is the adoption of data and accounts for the 2021 budget for the 2022 budget, while the second proposal included the approval of this year’s budget for the next three years, which is an opinion submitted by MPs and political blocs.”
And he added, “The third proposal is to adopt a 12/1 disbursement mechanism in order to implement the Financial Management Law by relying on the 2021 budget for any reason if it is not possible to legislate the 2022 Budget Law.”
Al-Shbaki confirmed that “the Finance Committee and the House of Representatives are studying many proposals that lead to the approval of next year’s budget smoothly and easily.” alforatnews.com
Dave The holding of parliamentary elections in October next and the approval of their results, and the formation of the government, which may be delayed until April or June of next year,
Dave my translation.....nodda.....?
Butterfly Correcting America's Grand Strategic Failures in Iraq 21st April 2021 in Politics, Security
By Anthony H. Cordesman, for the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News.
[Please note that this report was issued on 1st April 2021, several days before the Strategic Dialogue between the United States and Iraq.]
Correcting America's Grand Strategic Failures in Iraq
Press reports indicate that the U.S. is soon to have yet another meeting with Iraq on establishing some kind of future strategic relationship.
Unless this meeting makes a dramatic break with the past, it will be a dismal failure and do more to empower Iraq's divisions and Iranian influence than to serve U.S. and Iraqi interests or to help bring any kind of security and stability to the MENA region.
There are twelve reasons why the U.S. may fail, and all of them are issues that the U.S. has so far failed to address at the grand strategic level.
butterfly UK's $4m support for Iraq's fight against COVID-19
21st April 2021 in Healthcare The United Kingdom has committed GBP 3 million (approximately US$ 4.1 million) to support the Government of Iraq's response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
With this contribution, the United Kingdom joins 12 international partners in supporting UNDP's COVID-19 rapid health emergency response in Iraq. UNDP's response aims to strengthen Iraq's health sector in response to the pandemic, improve access to isolation wards and medical equipment, increase public awareness of COVID-19 symptoms and prevention measures, and provide personal protective equipment to healthcare workers.
Since launching its response in March 2020, UNDP has established 13 purpose-built COVID-19 isolation wards in Anbar (Fallujah and Ramadi), Babil, Basra, Dhi Qar, Diyala, Dohuk, Karbala, Kirkuk, Missan, Najaf, Ninewa and Salah al-Din governorates. Additional wards are being built in Diwaniya, Erbil, Muthanna and Wasit, bringing the total number of supported medical facilities to 17.
UNDP Resident Representative Zena Ali Ahmad, said:
"Containing the coronavirus outbreak is the Government of Iraq's top priority, particularly with the second wave of infections country-wide. UNDP is on the front line, supporting Iraq's national healthcare system to tackle the outbreak. The United Kingdom's generous contribution enables us to boost our support even further as we collectively fight this pandemic."
butterfly Her Majesty's Ambassador Stephen Hickey (pictured) said:
"The United Kingdom supports the Government of Iraq in its fight against COVID-19, which continues to cause such challenges in both of our countries. We are pleased to make available this unding through UNDP to strengthen Iraq's national health response and help manage the ongoing outbreak."
The United Kingdom joins Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United States of America in supporting UNDP's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iraq.
(Source: UN)
butterfly Chinese Company to Develop Iraq's Mansuriyah Gas Field 21st April 2021 in Iraq Oil & Gas News The Chinese company Sinopec (China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation) has won a contract to develop the Mansuriyah gas field in Diyala.
The field, near the Iranian border, is expected to produce 300 million standard cubic feet (Mmscf) per day of gas, which will be used for electricity generation.
In 2010, an agreement had been signed for the field to be developed by Turkish Petroleum (TPAO) (37.5%), Iraqi Oil Exploration Company (25%), Kuwait Energy (KEC) (22.5%), and Kogas (15%). This consortium stopped development in 2014 due to security concerns, and the agreement was reportedly cancelled in 2020.
Under the new 25-year deal agreed on Tuesday, Sinopec will have a 49-percent interest in the field, with Iraq's state-owned Midland [Middle, Central] Oil Company having 51 percent.
The contract may be extended for an additional five years.
According to the Ministry of Oil, Sinopec's bid was he lowest submitted.
(Source: Ministry of Oil)
butterfly https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/04/no-plans-full-us-withdrawal-iraq-top-general-says No plans for full US withdrawal from Iraq, top general says The United States may be leaving Afghanistan but troops will remain in Iraq for the foreseeable future, the CENTCOM commander told Congress. April 21, 2021
The top commander of US forces in the Middle East told lawmakers that he does not foresee a full US withdrawal from Iraq amid continued dialogue with officials in Baghdad.
“That move is not contemplated,” head of US Central Command Gen. Kenneth “Frank” McKenzie told members of the House Armed Services Committee during a hearing on Tuesday.
“I don’t see us withdrawing completely from Iraq in the future,” he said.
McKenzie’s response was prompted by a question posed by Rep. Scott DesJarlais (R-TN) about the potential consequences of removing the roughly 2,500 US troops who remain in Iraq as the core of the multinational campaign against the Islamic State.
The administration of President Joe Biden has moved to reduce the US military's presence in the Middle East as it seeks to counter China’s rise in East Asia. All US and NATO forces, in addition to military contractors, have been ordered to leave Afghanistan by Sept. 11, 2021.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is also leading an internal Pentagon review of the wider distribution of US forces across the globe. The inquiry is scheduled to be completed by this summer.
The Biden administration held the latest round of so-called strategic dialogue with Iraqi officials earlier this month but has thus far avoided publicly stating any clear decision about the future of US troops in the country.
butterfly A joint statement released by the two governments on April 7 said only that the US-led coalition’s pivot to an advisory role in Iraq has enabled the eventual “redeployment of any remaining combat forces” out of the country. The timing of that move is to be determined in future bilateral discussions, the statement read.
But the US-led coalition has long insisted its mission is strictly advisory. Thousands of American military personnel departed Iraq last year as the coalition pulled out of eight bases around the country in order to focus on mentoring Iraqi commanders at headquarters in Anbar, Baghdad and Erbil.
With the exception of US infantry units conducting on-base security and elite JSOC operators in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, there are almost no American troops left in the country who could be characterized as “combat forces,” according one current and one former official familiar with the matter.
Moreover, the expansion of NATO’s advisory mission in Iraq is likely to require additional US logistical and security support, according to the former official. The US military “will contribute its fair share” to the expansion of NATO’s mission, Pentagon spokesperson Jessica McNulty told Al-Monitor via email in February.
At least some of the mixed messaging out of Washington appears to be aimed at relieving pressure on Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi ahead of Iraq's October elections. Kadhimi is warding off increased hostility from pro-Iran militias who have sought the expulsion of US forces from the country.
“He’s under death threat. His family is under death threat,” said the former US official, who discussed the matter on condition of anonymity.
butterfly A convoy of Shiite militiamen armed with automatic weapons and RPGs paraded through central Baghdad ahead of this month's round of strategic dialogue, openly threatening to cut off Kadhimi's ear.
So far, the assurance of further US troop reductions appears to have found at least some audience among pro-Iran factions in Baghdad.
“Provided that their numbers, missions and whereabouts are known, there is no objection to the presence of advisers for training and development purposes,” said Mahmoud al-Rubai, spokesperson for a political wing of the pro-Iran Asaib Ahl al-Haq militia, in a statement earlier this month.
“We leave the matter to be determined by the competent authorities,” said al-Rubai.
“The militias seem to be taking the win,” said Michael Knights, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
“They don’t actually want a fight with the US, nor does Iran,” Knights told Al-Monitor.
Biden administration officials are in no hurry to pull US forces from Iraq, a risky move that could destabilize the country amid continued coalition pressure on IS and international negotiations with Iran, according to two former officials familiar with recent discussions.
“They’re very hesitant to fully draw down,” the first former official said.
The return of Barack Obama-era veterans of the campaign against IS such as Brett McGurk, now Middle East coordinator at the National Security Council, and Christopher Maier, now the Pentagon’s acting top civilian official overseeing special operations, is likely to help bolster that stance, the former official said.
butterfly Meanwhile, projectile attacks on coalition positions in Iraq have continued in recent months. Last week an unmanned drone laden with explosives damaged a warehouse at Erbil Air Base, but no injuries were reported.
Two foreign contractors and three Iraqi personnel were wounded on Sunday when rockets hit Balad Air Base, home to Iraq's F-16 fleet.
On Tuesday McKenzie attributed the recent attacks to Iran’s failure to rally political pressure to expel US forces from Iraq following the Donald Trump administration's killing of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad last year.
“They failed in doing that,” McKenzie said.
“As a result, we’re beginning to see attacks from their Shia groups in the region ramp up, and I think that’s going to continue," the commander predicted.
Sparky ... Shia meaning Iranian influence ... as most Shia's live in Iran ...
Sparky ... Shia's, Sunni's and Kurds are the deal ...
butterfly This says a lot about the failure of DJT..........actually caused more chaos...............On Tuesday McKenzie attributed the recent attacks to Iran’s failure to rally political pressure to expel US forces from Iraq following the Donald Trump administration's killing of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad last year.
“They failed in doing that,” McKenzie said.
Sparky ... hard to train camel jockeys ...
butterfly Sunni and Shia reminds me of our political parties...........never....I say never agree on anything the other side wants to do/help the citizens.
Sparky butterfly ... yes ...
butterfly Sparky our country is no different than the rest of them out there.............as I see it.
Sparky ... Suadi wants to blow up Iran, Iran wants to blow up Israel ... and so it goes ...
Sparky butterfly ... yup ...
butterfly Iran is going to help Iraq............really? Russia going to help Iraq...........really? and it goes on and on.
Sparky ... what a cluster ...
butterfly oil oil oil....give me your oil....
Butterfly 2021-04-21 07:54 Shafaq News/ The Iraqi Prime Minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi, ordered revoking the licenses of more than 1000 lagging projects.
Al-Kadhimi embarked today, Wednesday, on a visit to the Commission of Investment to keep tabs upon the hurdles constraining the investment sector in the country.
A statement of al-Kadhimi's office to the Prime Minister instructed the Commission to revoke the licenses of any project with a completion rate less than 35%, which amounts to 1128 projects.
Al-Kadhimi instructed the Commission to send warnings to the lagging projects in accordance with the provisions of Article 28 of the Iraqi Investment law.
Sparky ... https://youtu.be/K1ijcpo1Ep8 ...
butterfly Another "Article" mentioned.
Sparky butterfly ... another country woke up hahahahaha ...
Sparky ... I smell Russia ...
butterfly Sparky Yuppers........give me your oil.
Sparky ... submersive agents living in the lurks ...
butterfly This article is extremely long so I will just post the url and title......but very interesting: https://apnews.com/article/immigration-phoenix-iraq-extradition-united-states-96066b1f2ec59692f308d38a0254d475 Feds push to extradite Phoenix driving school owner to Iraq
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Butterfly So far this is the only thing that people need to read and study: Wednesday 21, April 2021 15:43 The Parliamentary Legal Committee confirmed that the appeal of some articles of the General Budget Law 2021 does not affect its implementation.
Deputy Chairman of the Committee Muhammad Al-Ghazi stated in a statement to the Iraqi National News Agency / NINA /: "Appealing to the Federal Court any of the laws approved by the House of Representatives, whether the budget law or otherwise, is the right of any party, especially the government."
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Butterfly So far this is the only thing that people need to read and study: Wednesday 21, April 2021 15:43 The Parliamentary Legal Committee confirmed that the appeal of some articles of the General Budget Law 2021 does not affect its implementation.
Deputy Chairman of the Committee Muhammad Al-Ghazi stated in a statement to the Iraqi National News Agency / NINA /: "Appealing to the Federal Court any of the laws approved by the House of Representatives, whether the budget law or otherwise, is the right of any party, especially the government."
Al-Ghazzi added, "The appeal of some articles of the budget law does not affect the implementation, as only the contested articles stop, and then the Federal Court issues a decision regarding them, whether those articles are in violation of the constitution or not," indicating that "the government is concerned with determining the articles that are You will appeal it, and Parliament will wait for the appeal to be formally submitted by the government and the Federal Court will proceed to decide on the case. "
He explained: "The House of Representatives amended some articles and transferred other materials as well as reducing the total expenditures of the general budget, and this has raised doubts among the government that may challenge these amendments, especially the reduction of the total budget expenditures."
The Council of Ministers decided to authorize its president to appeal before the Federal Court a number of articles of the General Budget Law for the fiscal year 2021, in light of the report submitted by the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers.
Butterfly 2021-04-21 02:24 Shafaq News/ Today, Wednesday, April 21, 2021, the Dinar/Dollar exchange increased in Baghdad while decreasing slightly in Erbil.
Shafaq News Agency correspondent said that Al-Kifah and al-Harithiya Central Exchanges are trading the 100 US dollar at 148,100 Iraqi Dinars, compared to 147,800 dinars on Tuesday.
Our correspondent added that today's selling and buying prices in the local markets rose to 148,750 and 147,750 dinars per 100 dollars.
In the capital of the Kurdistan Region, Erbil, the US buying and selling prices stood still at 148,100 and 148,000, respectively.
butterfly 2021-04-21 02:57 Shafaq News/ The dollar languished on Wednesday, hovering just above a seven-week low with subdued U.S. bond yields reducing the currency's yield appeal.
The safe-haven greenback got some respite from a pullback in world stocks from record highs as flare-ups in coronavirus infections from India to Canada soured the outlook for a quick global recovery.
The safety bid also bolstered the yen, which climbed to a fresh seven-week peak of 107.88 per dollar on Wednesday.
The dollar index, which tracks the U.S. currency against six major peers, was at 91.254 in Asia after slumping as low as 90.856 on Tuesday for the first time since March 3. It has declined 2.1% so far this month.
The single currency traded at $1.20275 after touching a seven-week high of $1.2079 overnight.
The European Central Bank decides policy on Thursday, with the Federal Reserve and Bank of Japan following next week.
The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield was around 1.56%, not far from its lowest since mid-March, as it continued to consolidate following its retreat from the 14-month high at 1.7760% reached at the end of last month.
The yen could strengthen to 105 per dollar in the near term, he said. Japan's currency was as weak as 110.97 for the first time in a year at the end of last month.
Declines in U.S. yields and the dollar in April have come as evidence mounted that the Fed would be slower in tightening monetary policy than it had appeared to the market, analysts said.
Some encouragement for the euro came from the announcement that the European Union has secured an additional 100 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine produced by BioNTech and Pfizer.
Elsewhere though, pandemic developments triggered investor caution.
India reported 1,761 deaths from COVID-19, its highest daily toll, while Canada and the United States extended a land-border closure for non-essential travelers.
Asian equities tracked declines on Wall Street, where travel stocks weighed on sentiment.
Sparky ... today is the " Present ", tomorrow will be a gift, and we learn from yesterday ... Carpe Diem ...
butterfly 2021-04-21 05:51 Shafaq News/ The Central Bank of Iraq sales of Foreign currency jumped on Wednesday by 2.4%.
Shafaq News Agency correspondent said that the CBI sales at the Foreign currency auction increased by 2.4% to reach $208,244,000 at a cut-off price of 1460 dinars, compared to 203,654,124$ dollars on Tuesday.
Our correspondent explained that 19 banks, 11 banking companies, 227 brokering companies cashed $15.78 million, while $192.464 million went to boost funds abroad in the form of transfers and credits, with 31 banks meeting those requests.
butterfly 2021-04-21 05:22 Shafaq News/ OPEC's, Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, reference basket oil price rose to $ 65.36/bbl driven by other crudes.
In a statement received by Shafaq News Agency, OPEC said, "The price of OPEC basket of thirteen crudes rose by 0.26$ to 65.36$/a barrel compared with $65.10 on Tuesday."
The OPEC Reference Basket of Crudes (ORB) is made up of the following: Saharan Blend (Algeria), Girassol (Angola), Djeno (Congo), Zafiro (Equatorial Guinea), Rabi Light (Gabon), Iran Heavy (Islamic Republic of Iran), Basra Light (Iraq), Kuwait Export (Kuwait), Es Sider (Libya), Bonny Light (Nigeria), Arab Light (Saudi Arabia), Murban (UAE) and Merey (Venezuela).
butterfly 2021-04-21 07:32 Shafaq News / The Parliamentary Security and Defense Committee revealed, on Wednesday, disclosed the details of the strategic dialogue between Iraq and the US, indicating that the dialogue did not include scheduling the American withdrawal from the country.
A committee member, Ali Al-Ghanimi, told Shafaq News agency, "unfortunately, the third round of the strategic dialogue between Iraq and the United States of America did not address the issue of scheduling the American withdrawal from Iraqi lands."
As by al-Ghanimi,the withdrawal issue was supposed to be the first article to discuss in the strategic dialogue, but that did not happen.
He pointed out, "The third round of the strategic dialogue focused on the economic and commercial situation."
Sparky ... light sweet cude, only a few feet from the surface, and these peeps don't even know how to harness the gas... instead, they flare it off ... wow ...
butterfly 2021-04-21 07:05 Shafaq News / The Iraqi President, Barham Salih, laid emphasis on de-escalation in the region, highlighting Iraq’s pivotal role in bolstering security and stability.
A statement by the Presidency of the Republic, said that Saleh received, in the Peace Palace in Baghdad, the Russian ambassador to Iraq, Maksim Maksimov, on the occasion of the end of his duties, and discussed with him bilateral relations between the two countries and ways to enhance cooperation in various fields.
Both parties discussed regional and international developments of common interest, and the importance of dialogue to enhance regional peace.
The President of the Republic stressed, "the need for concerted regional and international efforts to combat terrorism, and to reduce tensions that affect development and prosperity opportunities for the peoples of the region.”
For his part, the Russian ambassador renewed his country's support for Iraq and protecting its sovereignty.
Sparky ^crude
Sparky ...why is Iraq still buying electricity from Iran ? Answer that question, and that will tell the tale ...
Sparky ... they don't want to pay off Kuwait, because that would make them vulnerable to a changing economy, possibly getting them out of CH 7, but the PTB are not yet on board with that ..
Sparky ... pay off Kuwait a few dinarz, compromise on 104 disputed areas, share the wealth with HCL... and then we'll be off to the races ...
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Butterfly Reposting: Tuesday 20, April 2021 19:24 The President of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Masrour Barzani, affirmed the commitment of the Kurdistan region to implement the federal budget law.
A statement by the regional government stated: "The President of the Kurdistan Regional Government held a meeting with the consuls and representatives of the European Union countries in the region, and discussed with them the situation in the Kurdistan region and the relationship with the federal government, as well as discussing ways to strengthen relations between the Kurdistan region and the European Union."
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Butterfly Reposting: Tuesday 20, April 2021 19:24 The President of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Masrour Barzani, affirmed the commitment of the Kurdistan region to implement the federal budget law.
A statement by the regional government stated: "The President of the Kurdistan Regional Government held a meeting with the consuls and representatives of the European Union countries in the region, and discussed with them the situation in the Kurdistan region and the relationship with the federal government, as well as discussing ways to strengthen relations between the Kurdistan region and the European Union."
Masrour Barzani stressed the commitment of the Kurdistan region to implement the federal budget law. He called on the federal government to fulfill its obligations towards the Kurdistan region, indicating that it had not sent any salaries to the region for ten months.
The President of the Kurdistan Regional Government expressed his hope that the approval of the House of Representatives on the budget law would be a good start to find a radical solution to other outstanding issues on the basis of the constitution, especially the implementation of Article 140 and the normalization of conditions in the disputed areas.
He said, "This will have a positive impact on the security and stability of Iraq." /
Butterfly Tuesday 20, April 2021 19:37 Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi chaired today, Tuesday, a regular session of the Council of Ministers, in which he discussed developments in the country, and discussed the topics on the agenda.
During the session, Al-Kazemi renewed his previous directives to the Ministry of Commerce to continue working on providing the ration card materials. He also directed the Minister of Trade to conduct daily visits and to stand on the ground on the distribution process.
Al-Kazemi also stressed the need for the Ministry of Labor to make more efforts to support the segments covered by social care, and to work smoothly away from routine.
The Prime Minister referred to the great efforts of the Ministry of Health in campaigns to vaccinate citizens with the Corona virus vaccine, and called on the Ministries of Education and Higher Education to cooperate with the Ministry of Health to facilitate the taking of vaccines by the educational and teaching staff.
The Minister of Health and Environment presented a detailed report on the developments of the work of the committee to strengthen government measures in the areas of prevention and control of health and awareness regarding limiting the spread of Corona virus, and reviewed the efforts of the ministry and its staff in vaccinating citizens in Baghdad and other provinces, and the efforts of awareness campaigns in this field.
The cabinet session witnessed extensive discussions regarding appeals in the general budget, and the council issued a decision authorizing its president to appeal before the Federal Supreme Court a number of articles of the Federal Budget Law for the fiscal year 2021, in light of the report submitted by the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers.
Dave Well at least they finally have Federal Court now to render decisions
Butterfly Tuesday 20, April 2021 20:05 Iraqi Airways has set the first of next May as a date to resume its flights from Baghdad to Istanbul.
The company stated in a statement: "The Green Bird will fly on the first of next May from Baghdad to Istanbul and vice versa, on scheduled and regular flights, at the rate of seven flights per week."
butterfly Tuesday 20, April 2021 20:52 A member of the House of Representatives for Baghdad, Aras Habib Karim, called for supporting the mediation role that Iraq is doing between the opponents in the region, which is consistent with its historical role and position, indicating at the same time: “Such steps increase the confidence of the international community. And contribute to creating a safe environment for investment. "
Habib said in a press release: "That Iraq play the mediating role between the opponents in the region is a good and commendable thing, and is consistent with its historical role and position."
He added: “The regional countries, according to the current changes in the world and what could result from them in the foreseeable future, now realize that the time has come to ease tensions and sit at the negotiating table.”
Habib stressed the need to support such steps because they would increase confidence The international community helps us and contributes to creating a safe environment for development and investment.
Butterfly Tuesday 20, April 2021 20:09 Today, Tuesday, the Iranian authorities announced the activation of several series of centrifuges in the Natanz nuclear reactor.
The spokesman for the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee in the Iranian Parliament, Abul Fadl Amoumi, quoted the head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Authority, Ali Salehi, that: "The cables that were damaged in the Natanz accident have been replaced and many chains of centrifuges have been reactivated in the reactor." Pointing out: "The uranium enrichment operations did not stop one day even after the last accident that the reactor was exposed to."
"The cables that were damaged in the Natanz accident have been replaced, the main electricity has been connected to the enrichment center in Natanz, and many chains of centrifuges have been reactivated in the reactor," Amouei said in a press statement.
He added, "The enrichment in Natanz never stopped, even when the main power cable was cut, and many chains of centrifuges have now been reactivated in the section where the electricity was damaged. "
Butterfly A decrease in the exchange rates of the dollar in the local markets
20/4/2021 13:36 A decrease in the exchange rates of the dollar in the local markets[Baghdad-Where]
The exchange rates of the dollar recorded, on Tuesday, on the main stock exchange and local markets in Baghdad, a noticeable decline from the prices recorded yesterday.
The exchange rate of the dollar on the Al-Kifah Central Stock Exchange in the capital, Baghdad, decreased, recording 147800 dinars, for each $ 100 bill.
The selling and buying prices of the dollar decreased in the exchange offices and local markets in Baghdad, where the selling price reached 148,250 dinars, for each $ 100 bill, while the purchase prices reached 147,250 dinars per 100 dollar bill.
The exchange rate of the dollar on the Al-Kifah Central Stock Exchange in the capital, Baghdad, was recorded yesterday, Monday, 148,100 dinars, for each $ 100 note. alliraqnews.com
Butterfly Legal expert: Some budget errors are only corrected by law … and he explains the method
04/2020 18:21:43 Legal expert - Some budget errors are only corrected by law ... and he explains the methodThe legal expert, Tariq Harb, said today, Tuesday, that some errors that occurred in the fiscal budget law for 2021 cannot be corrected except by law.
Harb said to {Euphrates News} that “the errors that occur are of two types. The first is in printing the House of Representatives because they say one thing and another thing is printed and published,” indicating that “the mistake of the Presidency of the Republic upon approval this may not be amended until a new law is issued that includes the amendment of the budget law.”
He added, “The second mistake was when the Ministry of Justice printed the Justice Department in the Official Gazette, Al-Waqi’a newspaper. This error does not need a law, but rather it needs to obtain the approval of the Presidency of the Republic to correct this error because the publishing law is in the Official Gazette.”
And, and that “mistakes that occur upon publication, the Presidency of the Republic can correct them,” noting that “these errors are not the first time.”
He explained that “the Ministry of Finance and the Prime Minister have nothing to do with correcting the error that becomes in the draft that was written in the House of Representatives,” explaining that “the House of Representatives must correct it by amending the Budget Law with a first and second reading because this error is original, but the error is when printing in the Ministry of Justice from the draft.” In the Al-Waqa’iq newspaper, this does not require legal amendment, rather it only needs the approval of the presidential office. ”
Butterfly Harb concluded by saying, “If the Office of the Presidency agrees, it will write a correction statement in the next issue of Al-Waqa’i’ newspaper. ”
Earlier today, the Ministry of Finance had identified errors in the tables and texts of the 2021 budget announced in the Official Gazette, announcing that it would “approach the Presidency of the Republic for the purpose of correction.”
It is noteworthy that the House of Representatives approved, on March 31, the 2021 budget, with total expenditures amounting to 129 trillion dinars (about 88 billion dollars), while it recorded a deficit of 28 trillion (about 19 billion dollars). The President of the Republic, Barham Salih, ratified the budget law on April 8. alforatnews.com
Butterfly The Council of Ministers authorizes Al-Kazemi to appeal some budget provisions to the Federal Court
2021-04-20 The Council of Ministers authorizes Al-Kazemi to appeal some budget provisions to the Federal CourtToday, Tuesday, the Council of Ministers authorized the Speaker of the Council, Mustafa Al-Kazemi, to file an appeal with some of the articles of the federal budget before the Federal Supreme Court.
Government spokesman Hassan Nazim said during a joint press conference with the Minister of Finance and Planning, attended by the Alsumaria News correspondent, that “I sat today was extraordinary and devoted the majority of it to discussing changes to the federal budget law.”
Nazim indicated that “differences were discussed between the Council of Ministers and the House of Representatives over the budget.”
In another context, he called on citizens to “go to health centers to take Corona pandemic vaccines.”
In turn, said Finance Minister Ali Allawi, during the conference, confirmed the cabinet’s intention to submit the appeal of some budget provisions to the Federal Court, adding, “We will ask the Presidency of the Republic to reconsider some budget corrections.”
Allawi continued, “We are trying to find a good solution to raise the level of income.”
In the context, Minister of Planning Khaled Najm Battal said, “We will challenge an article in the budget related to auditing and monitoring the plans submitted by the governors,” stressing that “the prime minister has directed the need to expedite the implementation of the budget paragraphs.” burathanews.com
Butterfly Al-Kazemi suspends the Finance Book on the tax withholding of employee salaries
20/4/2021 15:22 Al-Kazemi suspends the Finance Book on the tax withholding of employee salaries[Baghdad-Where]
Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi suspended the book issued by the Ministry of Finance regarding taxation of state employees’ salaries.
The Minister of Finance, Ali Allawi, recently sent an official letter to the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers demanding that taxes be deducted from the total monthly income as of April, with retroactive effect, so that the deduction includes salaries for January, February and March.
Allawi’s book sparked parliamentary and popular controversy and rejection, while the Parliamentary Finance Committee called on him to “withdraw from this decision, otherwise it will be forced to host it and then question him soon” in the House of Representatives.
For its part, the Ministry of Finance affirmed that “it applies the law in paying tax on all income, including the nominal salary and allowances, and the exemption obtained from the Council of Ministers was exceptional.”
She pointed out, “The proposed tax withholding does not include the lower classes, and the Council of Ministers has the power to cancel it.” alliraqnews.com
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butterfly Tuesday 20, April 2021 23:30 The leader of the Sairoun coalition, Representative Sheikh Sabah Al-Saadi, revealed that he had submitted a request to the Speaker of Parliament to form a temporary committee that would undertake to follow up the implementation of the provisions of the Federal Budget Law for 2021, specifying eight tasks for the work of the committee.
Al-Saadi said, in a press conference held inside the House of Representatives, that this request came "in accordance with the advice of Mr. Muqtada Al-Sadr in his tweet on March 31, in which he stressed the need to follow up the implementation of the budget paragraphs and ensure that they do not reach the hands of the corrupt."
He explained: "The proposed committee is headed by one of the members of the Finance Committee, a deputy from the Integrity Committee, and a rapporteur from the Strategic Planning Committee and Monitoring the Implementation of the Government Program, and its members from the Finance Committee, Integrity and Strategic Planning Committees, Energy, Investment, Labor, Social Affairs, Services, Regions and Governorates, three members from each committee."
He added, "This proposed committee has the authority to seek the assistance of the Integrity Commission, the Financial Supervision Bureau, the Budget Department of the Ministry of Finance, the Department of Economic Crime Control at the Ministry of Interior, and any department that deems it necessary to seek its help. It also has the right to host any official related to its oversight tasks."
He pointed out: "The committee must submit a monthly report that is read and published to the public opinion, including the rates of implementation of the budget paragraphs accurately and on the ground, in addition to the rates of implementation of projects included in the law, and the rates of implementation of Article 11 related to the obligations of the Kurdistan region."
butterfly Al-Saadi said: "Among the committee's tasks is to uncover the measures taken to control prices in the markets and monopolize goods, as well as the measures taken by the Central Bank to prevent the deterioration of the Iraqi currency against other currencies, and the procedures of the Integrity and Financial Supervision Commission in connection with combating corruption in projects that are lagging in previous and current budgets."
He continued: "The committee's tasks include revealing the extent of government agencies’ commitment to implementing the budget paragraphs. The temporary committee also submits its proposals regarding its work tasks so that the House of Representatives votes on them monthly and takes decisions against institutions that hinder the implementation of the budget paragraphs. "
butterfly Wednesday 21, April 2021 00:26 The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Hassan Al-Kaabi, confirmed: "The budget can return to the House of Representatives if it is appealed and the Federal Court accepts the appeal."
Al-Kaabi said in a televised statement, commenting on the Prime Minister’s authorization to appeal the budget: “This matter is subject to the Federal Court.
He added, "The House of Representatives conducted more than 300 dialogue with government agencies over a period of two months before approving the budget, but there are political parties that tried to block its passage."
Butterfly Wednesday 21, April 2021 00:47 First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Hassan Al-Kaabi announced: "There are more than 100 candidates from the Sadrist movement to run in the upcoming elections."
Al-Kaabi said in a televised statement: "We have more than 100 candidates and we need 120 candidates in the upcoming parliamentary elections."
He added, "The current election law will give an opportunity to all disciplined rules to participate in the elections," noting: "Some laws have been amended as part of the protesters' demands."
butterfly Tuesday 20, April 2021 23:59 Kuwait will host, tomorrow, Wednesday, an Iraqi delegation within a Gulf trip to support the file of Basra's hosting of the Gulf Cup 25.
An informed source revealed in a press statement: “The Iraqi delegation includes Adnan Darjal, Minister of Youth and Sports, in addition to Asaad Al-Eidani, Governor of Basra, and Iyad Bunyan, President The normalization body of the Iraqi Football Association.
He added, "The Iraqi delegation will meet with Abdul Rahman Al-Mutairi, Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs, and Sheikh Ahmed Al-Youssef Al-Sabah, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Kuwait Football Association. "
butterfly Tuesday 20, April 2021 21:52 The Health and Environment Committee in the House of Representatives confirmed the futility of moving to a comprehensive ban daily after the spread of the epidemic, unlike the situation last year.
A member of the committee, Hassan Khatti, told the official agency, "The Health Committee is not with the reintroduction of the comprehensive ban that was effective with the start of the epidemic last year, but after the spread and spread of the epidemic, there is no point in it."
"The current ban measures are simple and not strict, and there is no direct relationship to breaking the chain of transmission, but it is an indirect method to prevent gatherings," he added.
"The solution is voluntary self-commitment to preventive measures, and then we will not need a partial or comprehensive ban," he added.
And the Supreme Committee for National Health and Safety decided earlier, to impose a comprehensive ban on Friday and Saturday in the month of Ramadan, and to impose a partial ban for the rest of the days of the week from 8 pm to 5 am.
butterfly 2021-04-20 09:44 Shafaq News / Masoud Khorem Shokeh, head of the Hormozgan’s Ports and Navigation Administration in southern Iran, announced on Tuesday that the Shahid Rajaee Port, in Bandar Abbas, had received two shipments containing equipment for refineries, heading to Iraq.
In a statement, Shokeh said that the shipments included 222 tons of refineries’ equipment. They were loaded in Jebel Ali port in the UAE and unloaded at the Shahid Rajaee port to be sent to Iraq.
butterfly 2021-04-20 14:19 Shafaq News / The American "World Politics Review" website monitored "the shift in regional dynamics" through the resumption of negotiations in Vienna on the Iranian nuclear deal and the direct talks hosted by Iraq between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
The report said, “Diplomatic relations between Riyadh and Tehran were cut in 2016 following Saudi Arabia’s execution of a Shiite cleric and the storming of the Saudi Embassy in Tehran by protesters in response.”
It added, “By virtue of geography, demographics and history, Saudi Arabia and Iran are almost inevitable rivals. But that rivalry tipped into outright hostility following the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran and the overthrow of the Shah”, pointing out, “Longstanding fears of the Islamic Republic’s early stated desire to export its revolution eventually gave way to more pragmatic engagement between Iran and its Arab neighbors.
But the ouster of Tehran’s geopolitical enemies in Afghanistan and Iraq in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks created an environment that fueled Iranian ambitions and brought Iran into much more frequent and direct conflict with Saudi Arabia and the other five countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council.
Furthermore, the report explained that in the post-9/11 era, Iran has increasingly turned to hard power to project its influence in the region’s conflicts through its much more effective use of non-state, hybrid and proxy actors. “Instead of limiting Iran’s opportunities to utilize its competitive advantages in such settings, the United States and its regional partners have instead provided Iran multiple opportunities to intervene in Arab affairs.
Far from containing Iran’s unrealistic hopes for hegemony, efforts at containment have only spurred more far-reaching and damaging Iranian behavior in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Yemen.”
butterfly In The same context, it went on to say that the Gulf countries have long hoped that the United States would somehow rid them of their unwanted rival and simply “cut off the head of the snake,” as then-Saudi King Abdullah reportedly urged American officials to do in 2008, according to leaked U.S. diplomatic cables. “With the United States clearly signaling that it is now uninterested in expanding its military commitments in the Middle East, the possibility of that wish being fulfilled has faded. Instead, the region is in desperate need of serious dialogue and conflict mitigation. Direct Iran-Saudi talks would be an excellent place to start.”
Such talks, as by the report, would also make sense for Iraq, which continues to pay a huge cost due to the region’s instability. The 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq upended the regional order and opened the door for Iranian interference in Iraqi affairs. “Iraq, of course, is linked to Iran in numerous ways and cannot afford to have hostile relations with its neighbor. Nor can it afford to allow regional hostilities to play out within its borders. Yet, the Iraqi state remains vulnerable to the whims of its patrons and partners, particularly the United States and Iran.”
Additionally, the report revealed the Trump administration often viewed Iraq through the prism of its rising tensions with Iran. That approach is destined to failure, as it misconstrues Iraqi interests and makes unrealistic demands of the Iraqi political class. It also increases the incentives for Iran to play the spoiler.
While Iran continues to see a stable and non-threatening Iraq as in its long-term interests, it has long been willing to risk short-term instability to pursue more pressing priorities in its competition with the United States.
Iraq, as by the author, has the potential to help bridge current regional divides and establish a functional model of equilibrium. It is where the regional order was shattered, but because of its centrality, its demography an
butterfly and its existing relationships, it is also the most likely candidate to manage the countervailing pressures and sectarian polarization that have destabilized the Middle East over the past 15 years, the statement added.
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butterfly PeteV I heard that several years ago when my friend's dnl was involved with that. If anything that is done here in the US, they go very very slow. Other countries are involved also. Hope they get it done before this old broad's number is chosen. lol
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butterfly 2021-04-20 16:19 Shafaq News / Al-Anbar Police Chief, Hadi Kassar Erzaij, held a conference today to review the month of Ramadan’s security plan.
Kassar said that holding the conference aims is to complete the plan prepared by al-Anbar Police Command to maintain the stability of the governorate in the holy month, and implementing the decisions of the COVID-19 crisis cell.
He added that the police command in al-Anbar needs the citizen's cooperation with all security agencies, through reporting any violations or strangers who might appear in the governorate.
Kassar confirmed that the command is carrying out major pre-emptive operations. He pointed out that yesterday, a terrorist group of seven, who had assassinated citizens and security personnel and trying to carry out other terrorist operations during Ramadan, was arrested in the Kurdistan region, with the cooperation of the Asayish forces in Erbil.
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