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butterfly 2021-07-23 05:30 shafaq news / A rally in the U.S. dollar has investors looking at a broad range of factors -- from global COVID-19 infections to yield gaps -- to determine whether the greenback will continue appreciating.
The dollar is up 4% from its lows of 2021 and is among the world's best performing currencies this year, boosted by last month's hawkish shift from the Federal Reserve, burgeoning inflation and safe-haven demand driven by COVID-19 worries.
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butterfly 2021-07-23 05:30 shafaq news / A rally in the U.S. dollar has investors looking at a broad range of factors -- from global COVID-19 infections to yield gaps -- to determine whether the greenback will continue appreciating.
The dollar is up 4% from its lows of 2021 and is among the world's best performing currencies this year, boosted by last month's hawkish shift from the Federal Reserve, burgeoning inflation and safe-haven demand driven by COVID-19 worries.
Because of the dollar’s central role in the global financial system, its moves ripple out towards a broad range of asset classes and are closely watched by investors.
For the United States, a period of sustained dollar strength would be a double-edged sword, helping tamp down inflation by increasing the currency's buying power while denting the balance sheets of exporters by making their products less competitive abroad.
On the other hand, dollar strength would continue pushing down currencies such as the euro and British pound, potentially giving a boost to the recoveries in those countries.
butterfly 2021-07-24 04:07 Shafaq News/ The Iraqi Communist Party announced on Saturday withdrawing from the parliamentary elections scheduled for October 10, 2020.
In a press conference attended by the head of the Iraqi Communist Party, Raed Fahmy, a spokesperson for the party said, "under these complicated circumstances, talking about improving economic and living conditions is futile. Therefore, the elections will have no effect upon the current condition."
"We decided to avert from participating in the elections scheduled for October 10," he continued, "the environment is not favorable for holding free and just elections in the presence of unrestrained arms and political money."
butterfly 2021-07-24 09:49 Shafaq News/ Kurdistan recorded, on Saturday 1010 new Covid-19 cases to take its total to 211,828, the health ministry said.
It reported 15 fatalities, its death toll reached 4,675 cases.
It also reported 902 recoveries to take its total to 191,294.
butterfly 2021-07-24 08:43 Shafaq News/ Iraq recorded, on Saturday 7653 new cases of Covid-19 to take its total to 1,543,501, the health ministry said.
It reported 65 deaths to take its coronavirus death toll to 18,232.
It also reported 8,001 recoveries to take its total to 1,402,537 (90.9%).
The COVID-19 intensive care patients count to 767.
Baghdad/ Karkh recorded the highest number of infections (980).
So far, the Ministry of Health and Environment has conducted 12,715,078 tests in all governorates.
1,265,645 people have been vaccinated so far.
butterfly Imad Alo to / Nina /: Al-Kazemi will throw the ball into the armed factions’ court by repositioning the US forces
Saturday 24 July 2021 22:37.............The consultant of the European Center for Counter-Terrorism and Intelligence Studies, retired Major General Imad Alo, confirmed that Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi will throw the ball into the armed factions' court by repositioning the US forces.
He told the National Iraqi News Agency ( NINA ) that: Al-Kazemi will try to pressure the American side to speed up the repositioning of the American combat forces to throw the ball into the court of the armed factions that oppose their presence in Iraq.
Alo added that: I believe that this attempt is an electoral paper that Al-Kazemi or his representative in the upcoming elections will benefit from, and we will wait for the results of his visit to Washington.
Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi is scheduled to meet with US President Joe Biden on the 26th of this month in the capital, Washington.
Foreign Minister Fouad Hussein said that the meeting of Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi and US President Joe Biden will discuss the overall Iraqi-US relations.
Hussein added in a previous press statement: "The current US administration understands the situation in Iraq in a way that contradicts the previous administration."
butterfly US Secretary of State: We are working with Congress to allocate $500 million to help the Electoral Commission in Iraq / Expanded
Saturday 24 July 2021 20:09...........Minister of Foreign Affairs Fouad Hussein held a meeting with his American counterpart Anthony Blinken in Washington.
A Foreign Ministry statement said today that Foreign Minister Fouad Hussein held a meeting with his American counterpart Anthony Blinken as part of the fourth round of strategic dialogue in Washington, DC, and the two sides discussed the importance of continuing to strengthen bilateral relations at all levels, and exchanged views on the latest developments in the region, and the importance of intensifying consultations on Regional issues and the challenges facing their stability.” The
Minister expressed Baghdad's aspiration to support and strengthen bilateral relations with Washington in a way that reflects its strategy, stressing the need for cooperation to achieve the common interests of the two friendly peoples.
The two ministers also reviewed the strategic dialogue and reaffirmed the principles agreed upon by the two sides in the Strategic Framework Agreement.
butterfly For his part, the US Secretary of State stated that the United States is committed to assisting Iraq and ensuring the security of the elections, praising the reference of the reference, Ali al-Sistani, to the need for international oversight, and the Security Council resolution, pointing to work with Congress to allocate five hundred million dollars to assist the Electoral Commission, provide training and advice, and encourage Iraqis. on broad participation in the upcoming elections.”
Blinken expressed his support for Iraq’s efforts to combat corruption and economic reform, and that the United States remains committed to helping the government of Iraq achieve a secure and prosperous future.
butterfly Starting tomorrow, Saudi Arabia announces the readiness of the Grand Mosque to receive pilgrims and worshipers
Saturday 24 July 2021 23:28......The Under-Secretary-General for the Affairs of the Grand Mosque, Dr. Saad bin Muhammad Al-Muhaimid, announced the readiness of the Grand Mosque to receive pilgrims and worshipers, starting from tomorrow, Sunday.
And he said, according to SPA, that whoever wishes to perform Umrah can book through the “Umrahna” application, which was launched by the Kingdom last year to book the time for Umrah and prayer in the Two Holy Mosques.
Al-Muhaimid added, “The Presidency of the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque has harnessed all its agencies with all their human and mechanical forces to receive pilgrims and worshipers at its full capacity in accordance with the precautionary measures.”
He stressed that: All chapels and paths are checked by all precautionary measures that ensure non-convergence between worshipers during entry and exit, and during their performance of Umrah and prayer.
He stressed that: all entrances were provided with temperature measuring devices, and sorting points to which qualified and trained human cadres were allocated to apply all Precautionary measures that ensure the safety of visitors and visitors to the Grand Mosque.
butterfly Al-Muhaimid pointed out that: The Presidency has worked to install and prepare paths designated for the pilgrims’ regiments, to ensure the physical distance between the two sects, in addition to allocating specific doors for each regiment to enter and exit to ensure the prevention of any crowding or overcrowding, and to ensure the smooth movement of the crowds through which we guarantee the safety of Umrah pilgrims, worshipers, and visitors to the Grand Mosque, providing high-end services
He pointed out that: the safety of all presidential staff and employees was ensured, and preparations were made to launch all plans and programs for all agencies affiliated with the presidency, which are in line with all precautionary measures, to provide the finest and best services to the pilgrims and visitors of the Two Holy Mosques.
butterfly Germany, IOM Strengthen Humanitarian Response in Iraq........25th July 2021......During the ISIL conflict, an estimated six million Iraqis were displaced.
Thousands of families have returned to their areas of origin since the end of the crisis, but unstable conditions in Iraq have caused a significant shift in the country's humanitarian situation.
As country-wide camp consolidation and closure processes move forward, internally displaced persons (IDPs) are reckoning with the complex experiences of premature return and secondary displacement. Returnees residing in hotspots of severe living conditions and IDPs living in strained camps and informal sites are in urgent need of adapted humanitarian assistance.
As a part of its ongoing support for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Iraq, the Government of Germany will provide additional multi-year humanitarian funding that will better position IOM to adapt and rapidly implement its intervention strategy to address the evolving needs of the affected populations while remaining flexible to respond to sudden onset crises.
The latest grant from the German Federal Foreign Office (FFO) supplements an ongoing IOM Iraq project launched in March 2020. In addition to enhancing visibility, this multi-year humanitarian funding allows for longer-term planning and programme continuity. This is crucial, as remaining populations facing protracted displacement are in need of sustained assistance until solutions to their displacement are found.
butterfly "This funding from the German Federal Foreign Office is not only generous, it is flexible and will extend over the years to come," said IOM Iraq Chief of Mission Gerard Waite. "This will enhance IOM's capacity to pursue a holistic and sustained response to displacement that corresponds to the scope of urgent need in Iraq."
The funding will be used to implement a broad range of humanitarian activities, from camp management in formal and informal sites to specialized, community-based protection and mental health and psychosocial support services both in- and out-of-camp. For those living in sub-standard or damaged shelters, funding will provide immediate relief solutions for improved safety, protection and living conditions.
Interventions will also provide non-food item assistance and support primary health care centres to ensure accessibility and quality of essential services.
"Germany remains committed to the needs of internally displaced persons in Iraq. The broad range of individual IDP situations requires tailor-made solutions. We want to give partner organisations as much flexibility as possible so they can adapt to changing situations on the ground and live up to their ambition to deliver humanitarian assistance in accordance with priority needs," said Chargé d'affaires Peter Felten (pictured) of the German Embassy in Iraq. "We are very happy to continue our partnership with IOM in this regard."
Continuing support from the Government of Germany enables IOM Iraq to respond to pressing humanitarian needs while also working to determine root causes of and durable solutions to displacement, thereby facilitating the safe relocation or return and reintegration of IDPs into their communities. (Source: UN)
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Butterfly Washington announces the results of the new round of strategic dialogue with Iraq
Saturday 24 July 2021 | 12:44 PM Washington announces the results of the new round of strategic dialogue with IraqOn Saturday, the US State Department said that the meeting of the Higher Coordination Committee between the Republic of Iraq and the United States in Washington confirmed the expansion of US support for Iraq .
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Butterfly Washington announces the results of the new round of strategic dialogue with Iraq
Saturday 24 July 2021 | 12:44 PM Washington announces the results of the new round of strategic dialogue with IraqOn Saturday, the US State Department said that the meeting of the Higher Coordination Committee between the Republic of Iraq and the United States in Washington confirmed the expansion of US support for Iraq .
In a statement, the ministry touched on a number of themes in my agencies :
Public health and epidemic :
• The United States will donate to Iraq 500,000 doses of the Pfizer-Biontech vaccine through the Kovacs Initiative .
• The US Department of State provides Iraq with 800,000 US dollars to enhance safety measures in order to prevent the misuse of biological samples and medical equipment .
• The United States continues to support efforts to prevent COVID-19 through community awareness, vaccine acceptance, sustainability of primary health care services, and provision of mental health and psychosocial support .
• The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention trains public health workers to mitigate health risks associated with large gatherings, improve infection prevention and control, and strengthen management and coordination in responding to public health emergencies .
Humanitarian Affairs :
butterfly The United States announced $155 million in additional humanitarian assistance to provide shelter, health care, food, water, and hygiene services throughout Iraq. This funding also helps displaced Iraqis obtain civil documentation and legal services, improves the capacity of health care facilities, and increases access to education and employment opportunities .
Clean energy and climate change :
The United States intends to provide technical assistance in the field of renewable energy and climate adaptation .
The United States commended Iraq for its current work in providing a revised “Nationally Determined Contribution” under the Paris Agreement of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change .
The United States intends to cooperate with Iraq to enhance climate management capacity to mitigate its effects, reduce gas flaring, develop renewable and clean energy initiatives, promote water conservation, and support the protection of Iraq’s native flora and fauna .
The United States encouraged Iraq to participate in the “Agri-Climate Innovation Mission” initiative .
· Scientists and academics Americans and Iraqis intend to exchange views on climate adaptation and mitigation .
butterfly Economic Cooperation :
· The United States and Iraq discussed ways of enhancing bio – energy projects with US companies and facilitate trade in the US agricultural products .
· The United States is ready to help Iraq on the implementation of the “white paper” for economic reform, through assistance from the US Agency for International Development and a possible new program from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs focuses on financial transparency .
The American International Development Finance Corporation continues to participate with Iraq on the Memorandum of Understanding and intends to invest up to one billion dollars to enhance private sector activity that creates jobs and provides opportunities for Iraqis .
The American International Development Finance Corporation intends to hold a virtual meeting with American and Iraqi companies this year to help facilitate investment projects .
butterfly Human Rights and Elections :
• The two delegations discussed how the United States can support the Iraqi government in the best way to protect protesters, activists, women in public life, and journalists, and pursue judicial accountability for violent crimes against these groups .
• The United States recently provided $9.7 million to the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) for election-related technical assistance. The United States has reviewed plans to provide up to an additional $5.2 million for the UNAMI Election Observation Team pending engagement with Congress
• The two countries agreed that the presence of a UNAMI monitoring team and an EU observer team represents a sincere effort by the international community to support the Iraqi people’s demands for free and fair elections in October .
• The United States reaffirmed its continued determination to support Iraq in helping the communities targeted by ISIS recover, and to work towards the rehabilitation and peaceful social reintegration of Iraqis with perceived or actual family ties to ISIS—particularly women and children .
• The United States commended the Government of Iraq for passing the Yazidi Survivors Law, and the two delegations agreed on the need to implement it and support the new Directorate of Survivors’ Affairs in the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, to facilitate the provision of services and compensation to Yazidi survivors of ISIS. The Government of Iraq has committed to passing a Supreme Court law to advance justice for ISIS survivors
.Higher education, science and culture :
butterfly The United States provided $ 17.5 million in aid since 2017 to support higher education institutions , non – governmental and non-profit organizations in Iraq .
· The United States and Iraq and the Smithsonian Institution decided to expand the project to save Nimrud and extended .
· The United States provides assistance to antiquities preservation projects in Babylon, Mosul, Erbil, and other sites at risk .
· Will launch the United States a new virtual museum initiative in cooperation with the State Board of Antiquities and Heritage as ” the treasures of Mesopotamia”, which will conduct the Iraqi cultural heritage rich to millions over the Internet .
The United States will allocate $1.2 million to the Liberated Universities Initiative, which restores Iraqi universities in Nineveh after they were destroyed by ISIS .
The United States and Iraq reaffirmed their commitment to producing strong “work-ready” Iraqi college graduates and professionals through enhanced teaching methods, expanded educational opportunities, and scholarships through the Higher Education Partnership, the Fulbright Program, the Iraqi Young Leaders Exchange Program, and the English Language Small Grants Program. aynaliraqnews.com
butterfly America announces more financial aid to Iraq
Saturday 24 July 2021 | 09:10 am America announces more financial aid to IraqUS Secretary of State Anthony J. Blinken, the United States is providing approximately $155 million in additional humanitarian assistance to the people of Iraq, Iraqi refugees in the region, and the generous communities that host them .
The minister said in a statement that, with this additional funding from the State Department and the US Agency for International Development, US humanitarian support for Iraq amounts to more than $200 million so far in fiscal year 2021. Since fiscal year 2014, the United States has provided more than $3 billion in aid Humanity for Iraq and the Iraqis in the region .
He also noted that this funding provides critical shelter, basic health care, emergency food assistance, protection services such as response to gender-based violence, and WASH services across Iraq .
Blinken added that US-funded programs will support Iraqis displaced by ISIS, many of whom are still facing difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic, by enhancing access to civil documentation and legal services, improving the capacity of health care facilities, and increasing access to education and livelihood opportunities .
The US Secretary of State continued by saying that the United States remains the largest single donor of humanitarian aid in Iraq and globally. We appreciate all donors who have come forward and continue to encourage existing and new donors to increase their support to help meet needs. aynaliraqnews.com
butterfly Atheel Al-Nujaifi: The political process has entered “clinical death”
2021-07-24 04:16 Atheel Al-Nujaifi - The political process has entered clinical deathShafaq News/ The leader of the Iraqi Salvation and Development Front, Atheel al-Nujaifi, commented today, Saturday, on the withdrawal and boycott of the Iraqi Communist Party for the early parliamentary elections, after the withdrawal and boycott of the leader of the Sadrist movement Muqtada al-Sadr, days ago.
Al-Nujaifi told Shafaq News Agency, “The political process in Iraq has entered a state of clinical death. In the past, the political class used to discuss crises and try to find solutions to them, although it could not solve any crisis, but at least there were discussions and political movement interacting with all crises.” “.
And he indicated that “today the political class is no longer able to discuss the existing crises, and therefore solutions and talk will not be a political talk, but rather take another field, such as demonstrations, or it may reach conflict and armed confrontation. And this political situation in Iraq is going through a very dangerous stage and it is going through a clinical death.” shafaq.com
butterfly Dollar exchange rates are stable in local markets
2021-07-24 | 04:03 Dollar exchange rates are stable in local marketsAlsumaria news
Today, Saturday, local markets recorded stability in the dollar exchange rates for the third consecutive day.
The selling price of the dollar reached 148,500 dinars per 100 dollars, while the purchase prices settled at 148,000 dinars per 100 dollars.
The Central Bank of Iraq decided earlier to adjust the exchange rate of the dollar against the Iraqi dinar, as the purchase price of the dollar from the Ministry of Finance amounted to 1450 dinars, while the price of selling it to banks was set at (1460) dinars per dollar, while the selling price to the citizen is 1470 dinars per dollar. alsumaria.tv
butterfly The Cabinet approved a contract with France's Total to implement four major projects
Saturday 24 July 2021 ..........Cabinet spokesman Hassan Nazim announced that the Council of Ministers approved, in its session held today, Saturday, the Ministry of Oil's contract with the French company Total to implement four major projects represented in the collection and refining of 600 bottles, and the development of the Artawi oil field.
Butterfly A Strategy for Iraq: Guidelines for the Biden Administration......24th July 2021.......By Bilal Wahab, Joey Hood, Jane Arraf, for the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News.
A senior State Department official, a Baghdad bureau chief, and an Iraqi scholar explore the opportunities and increasingly desperate dangers facing U.S. policy toward the country.
Click here to read the full article. https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/strategy-iraq-guidelines-biden-administration
butterfly Power On: A Neighborhood Transformed..........24th July 2021 ........From UNDP:
How restoring electricity has transformed the lives of residents in Mosul.
Click here to read the full article. https://www.iq.undp.org/content/iraq/en/home/stories/2021-stories/07/power_on.html
butterfly 2021-07-24 07:48 Shafaq News/ Basra's light crude closed on the top of OPEC crudes yesterday, Friday, while pocketing $75.37 a barrel, 1.01% above the previous session's price.
The price of a Basra heavy crude barrel rose to $66.78 a barrel, up by 1.58%.
The prices of both crudes imported to the Asian market inched up driven by the rising prices of other global crudes, as Brent and West Texas crudes registered $74.10 an $72.07 a barrel, respectively.
The Saudi Arab light crude closed at $74.33 a barrel, while Iran's heavy settled $69.23 a barrel. UAE's Murban Mixture and the Algerian Saharan blend registered $73.19 and $73.36 a barrel, respectively. A barrel of Bonny light (Nigeria) registered $72.80, $0.08 below Angola's Girassol.
butterfly 2021-07-24 03:17 Shafaq News/ Lebanon's caretaker Minister of Energy, Raymond Ghajar, singed on Saturday a contract with the Iraqi Government, Represented by Minister of Oil Ali Allawi, to import one million tons of oil from Iraq, according to the Lebanese National News Agency (NNA).
NNA said that the Lebanese governmental delegation will be heading back to Beirut shortly after the conclusion of the contract.
Last June, the Iraqi Cabinet approved supplementing Lebanon with additional 500 thousand tons of crude oil this year.
butterfly 2021-07-24 02:57 Shafaq News/ Only second to Russia, Iraq is among the top gas flaring countries in the entire world, the World Bank's (WB) Gas flaring tracker report said.
In the 2020 Gas flaring tracker report, the WB said that Iraq burns 70% of the total natural gas produced in the country, which was nearly 17.37 billion cubic feet last year.
Iraq has huge natural gas reserves that are mainly a byproduct of the process of fossil oil extraction. However, with the lack of appropriate infrastructure to store and refine this product, huge amounts are being flared daily in the country.
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butterfly A parliamentarian warns of a “crunching civil war” and a scenario similar to Afghanistan in Iraq
2021-07-23 04:31 A parliamentarian warns of a crunching civil war and a scenario similar to Afghanistan in IraqShafaq News/ Member of Parliament Jamal Kougar warned on Friday of a civil war in Iraq in the event of any sudden and complete withdrawal of US forces from Iraq.
Cougar told Shafaq News Agency, that Iraq will witness a similar scenario similar to the Taliban movement in Afghanistan after the US withdrawal, or the expansion of unarmed militias that have more equipment than the Iraqi forces, especially in the areas under the federal government and even in some disputed areas between Erbil and Baghdad.
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butterfly A parliamentarian warns of a “crunching civil war” and a scenario similar to Afghanistan in Iraq
2021-07-23 04:31 A parliamentarian warns of a crunching civil war and a scenario similar to Afghanistan in IraqShafaq News/ Member of Parliament Jamal Kougar warned on Friday of a civil war in Iraq in the event of any sudden and complete withdrawal of US forces from Iraq.
Cougar told Shafaq News Agency, that Iraq will witness a similar scenario similar to the Taliban movement in Afghanistan after the US withdrawal, or the expansion of unarmed militias that have more equipment than the Iraqi forces, especially in the areas under the federal government and even in some disputed areas between Erbil and Baghdad.
US officials said that the United States and Iraq are expected to officially announce the end of the US combat mission in Iraq by the end of this year, and that the two countries will continue the transition process towards providing training and advice to Iraqi forces.
Cougar warned of a civil war in Iraq in the event of a rapid US withdrawal from the country, saying, “If either of them happens, God forbid, we will go to a devastating war like the war that took place with ISIS or an internal civil war.”
There are currently 2,500 American soldiers in Iraq, focused on confronting the remnants of ISIS. The measure is not expected to have a significant impact, especially since the United States has already moved to focus on training Iraqi forces.
But the announcement, which is expected to be issued after US President Joe Biden’s meeting with the Iraqi Prime Minister in Washington next week, will be issued at a politically sensitive time for the Iraqi government and may be seen internally in Iraq as a victory.
The parliamentarian called on Iraqi politicians to take a serious stand, and to take into account all the steps that will accompany the withdrawal process.
butterfly It seems that there is a consensus among the prominent Shiite political forces on the necessity of withdrawing foreign forces from Iraq, while the Kurdish and Sunni political parties express reservations about the issue of withdrawing US forces in a scene that brings to mind the scenario of the Iraqi parliament voting on a decision to withdraw foreign forces.
On January 5, 2020, the Iraqi parliament voted on a resolution demanding Baghdad to work to remove foreign forces from the country.
The decision came two days after Washington assassinated the commander of the Iranian Quds Force, Qassem Soleimani, and the leader of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces, Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis, with an air strike near Baghdad Airport.
The American forces, along with the coalition forces led by Washington, withdrew from 6 military forces in Iraq since the killing of Soleimani and Al-Muhandis. The international coalition says that this falls within the framework of repositioning and withdrawing from bases with a small number of soldiers. shafaq.com
butterfly The United Nations calls on China to cooperate with the World Health Organization
Friday 23 July 2021.....The United Nations called on China to cooperate with the World Health Organization in investigating the causes of the emergence of the Corona virus.
"We call on all UN member states, including China, to cooperate with the World Health Organization to the extent necessary," said Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General of the United Nations, during a press conference, today, Friday.
He pointed out that the World Health Organization has full management of the investigation into the origin of the Corona virus.
This comes after China announced that it will not participate in the second phase of the investigation into the origin of the Corona virus.
In turn, the Director-General of the Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, stated that the organization expects "transparency" from China, noting that there were "problems" during the first phase of the investigation, including with access to data on the start of the epidemic.
butterfly The Coordinating Committee of the Iraqi Resistance Factions refuses to keep US forces in Iraq under any name
Friday 23 July 2021......The Coordinating Committee of the Iraqi Resistance Factions announced its refusal to keep the US forces in Iraq under any name.
And she said in a statement: The stability in the position and the approach is what the coordination of the Iraqi resistance has established and adopts its reasons, including with regard to the ongoing negotiations between the Iraqi government and the United States, and what is related to the withdrawal of its forces and their termination of the occupation of our land and sky and their exit from Iraq,
and here we stress the conditions of the resistance, which will not allow the existence of Any soldier on the land of our beloved Iraq and in any capacity and under any pretext or fabrication of legitimacy and fraud for that presence under various titles (trainers and advisors or as a supporter and air support) to cast ashes in the eyes, which does not change anything in the equation, so its permanence with various arguments is only a means to achieve His malicious interests in our dear country, and under the existing conditions and processes.
butterfly He added:We assure the people and those concerned with this file in particular, our position as an explanation for the falsification and distortion of the facts and the flimsy delays to legitimize this murderous, violating and arrogant presence, according to several evidence, including that the American trainers, along with the international coalition forces, have proven a complete failure and experience in Iraq for ten years, the result of which was the collapse of all The security and military establishment happened in 2014, and if we add to it the Afghan experience, which spanned over 20 years of training, and what we witness today of the collapse and disintegration of the security system,
these are all facts that refute all those who claim the authority of the trainers as a justification for this abhorrent presence, in addition to the fact that the Iraqi forces did not adopt These trainers and advisors during their fight against and victory over ISIS, and what reinforces this fact is that their absence during the period that accompanied the outbreak of the Corona pandemic did not affect in any way the performance of the Iraqi forces, but on the contrary, observers know very well that the intervention of foreign forces inThe security file is always accompanied by violations and the revival of ISIS groups, in a suspicious spying role on the work of the security institutions, which has become not hidden.
butterfly He explained that the field in which the American advisers work does not deviate from the requirements of their national security and work for it, and that it causes catastrophic results for the rest of the peoples, and they are exploiting the joints of the Iraqi security services to achieve this, but Iraq and its people do not mean anything to them in front of this goal, and what we found of collusion with gangs criminal offenses in more than one stage of time, clearly defined, to reach their malicious intentions.
He stressed that the main mission of the US Air Force in Iraq is to defend the security of the Zionist entity, influence and obstruct the performance of the Iraqi security services, spy on the resistance factions and monitor their movements, and restrict and neutralize the popular crowd from its multiple tasks and even target it in a criminal manner often.
He stressed that the withdrawal of the occupying forces, in order for it to be real, must be a complete withdrawal from all Iraqi lands, whether in central, southern or northern Iraq, as well as it must include both the Ain Al-Assad Air Base and Al-Harir Air Base, and this means that no aircraft of any type will remain either It was the fighter, helicopter or drone, and it also includes the Victoria base at Baghdad airport and the third Tawhid base in the Green Zone.
butterfly He added that no US military aircraft (fighter, helicopter or drone) should be allowed to fly over the Iraqi sky, and rely on the combat aircraft in the Iraqi Air Force and helicopters in the army's aviation.
And the drones of the Popular Mobilization, and as it is well known, these Iraqi capabilities are completely sufficient. Rather, they are in addition to the threat of ISIS, which, by the grace of God, and with the presence of the ability and ability of the Iraqi forces of all kinds, no longer constitutes a military threat that controls large areas of Iraqi land from which to attack other lands.
It shrank to hide in undeclared areas, posing a limited security threat that needs intelligence and preemptive operations more than it needs air strikes, adding that this is the right solution to rely on Iraq's own capabilities and not keep Iraq hostage to foreign powers.
He pointed out that the foreign presence should include both the presence under the title of the international coalition or NATO forces, there is no difference between them, we will not agree to reduce the foreign presence under the title of the international coalition and increase it under the title of NATO forces, and what is being done by the Americans to enter it and increase their numbers under the pretext of protections and aides, and the like. Legitimizing their presence in another way and not expulsion
butterfly He stressed the need to form a parliamentary committee, with the express and written consent of the Prime Minister, with the authority to inspect to ensure that what is required is achieved, and this includes the authority to enter suddenly and without prior approvals to any camp on Iraqi soil, as well as obtaining information related to the existing number of foreign forces and their competencies,
as well as the authority to ensure the applicability of Preparation and competencies with the existing reality, as well as the authority to ensure respect for sovereignty in the Iraqi sky and the absence of foreign flights of all kinds in the Iraqi sky.
He added that the approval of the American withdrawal in the form we mentioned must also be issued by the American side as well, and not from the Iraqi side only, as happened in the previous negotiation, because, as it is known, the Americans are deceitful and have no obligation to what they agree on in secret rooms, nor what others say on their tongues. .
butterfly He continued, although we believe that the American side is not credible in withdrawing from the land of Iraq and that the issue will not be more than an attempt to change phrases, addresses and banners without there being any real withdrawal of American forces from air bases, warplanes, helicopters and marches, and there will be no respect for Iraqi sovereignty over Iraqi skies,
but Assuming the American side’s commitment to a real withdrawal and adherence to the above points, the resistance factions will announce their commitment to what is required of them.
Otherwise, the Iraqi resistance will continue to deal with any foreign military presence, whether American or otherwise, as an occupation, and we will continue to fight it with all our might until the purification of our land. Holy from the abomination of the occupiers and the malice of the hypocrites.
butterfly Almost the same from two different websites...........
Dave NATO participation would offer foreign forces legitimacy rather USA going alone
butterfly The Minister thanked the countries that supported Iraq's request to strengthen the procedures for monitoring the elections and ensuring their integrity, and the efforts of the United States in particular for its initiatives in this regard.
He added that many memoranda of understanding in various sectors were concluded during the previous rounds of dialogue, which support our efforts to affirm the common interests between the two sides, stressing Iraq's progress in strengthening its economic independence and achieving regional and international partnerships in a balanced manner, the latest of which was the Tripartite Summit initiative between the Iraqi government, The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, and the Arab Republic of Egypt, as well as efforts to link Iraq to the regional energy system through the Gulf states.
butterfly He explained that the Iraqi government is completing its efforts to end the injustice that befell our society, which has multiple components of the injustice and darkness of terrorism, as the Iraqi parliament has enacted the Yazidi survivors law, and this is a step that has a great impact in supporting the victims of the terrorist organization and ensuring that its members are held accountable for the criminal acts committed against innocent citizens.
In addition to the government’s steps in cooperation with international partners to promote dialogue and societal peace, renounce violence and extremism, respect religious, sectarian, ethnic and national diversity in Iraq, and reject forms of discrimination between citizens that affirmed Iraq’s constitution, along with the efforts of the Iraqi government to reach the Sinjar Agreement to maintain security in it in cooperation between Federal security forces and Peshmerga forces, as many joint security centers have been established in areas where ISIS terrorist enclaves are active, as well as the efforts of the Iraqi government and in coordination with international organizations to ensure voluntary returnfor the displaced.
butterfly And he indicated that the Iraqi government has pursued a path to support security and stability internally and at the regional level by relying on dialogue and taking joint opportunities to achieve this.
Therefore, we affirm full respect for Iraq's sovereignty in a way that guarantees its internal stability and not being drawn into regional conflicts. At the conclusion of his speech, the Minister reiterated the Iraqi government’s commitment to strengthening the strategic partnership with the United States of America as a key partner in the international coalition to combat ISIS, and Iraq’s commitment to contract and strengthen economic partnership, investment and joint action in all sectors, which are included in the Strategic Framework Agreement, with a commitment to respecting Iraq’s sovereignty. And ensuring full coordination with the Iraqi government./End of 9
With regard to confronting the Corona pandemic and its challenges and what the world is facing today from the emergence of new strains that are more harmful to the lives of citizens, he said that it is necessary to complete cooperation between the ministries of health in both countries to provide the requirements for a rapid response to ward off the risks of this pandemic, expressing his hope to reach agreements for support and cooperation. In the field of health, during the side session that will be held between the two sides.
butterfly Al-Araji from Washington: We assured the American side that Iraq does not need any foreign fighting force on its soil
Saturday 24 July 2021 00:43 .............National Security Adviser Qassem Al-Araji said from Washington: "We assured the American side that Iraq does not need any foreign combat force on its soil, and it will be on December 31, 2021, and it will have a special taste."
butterfly From Freeway Bill and DebTarHeelGirl Regarding the Wells Fargo Private Group
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butterfly Iraq still needs US help to defeat Islamic State, foreign minister says
Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein made the remarks ahead of Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi’s visit to Washington on Monday...........July 24, 2021
Iraq still needs support from the US-led coalition to defeat the Islamic State, Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein said Friday amid reports the Biden administration is planning to withdraw combat troops from the country.
“There’s still terrorist activities for ISIS in Iraq,” Hussein said alongside US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday, using a common abbreviation for the Islamic State.
Hussein highlighted the Islamic State-claimed bombing at a busy market in Baghdad’s Sadr City on Monday, which left more than 30 people dead. In recent months, the Iraqi capital has experienced several attacks attributed to the Sunni terrorist group, which has maintained a low-level insurgency since Iraq announced the Islamic State’s territorial defeat in 2017.
“We need cooperation with the international coalition and to work with the international coalition under the leadership of the United States and to exchange information with the international coalition, the United States and with Iraq to defeat ISIS,” Hussein said.
Al-Monitor reported Friday that Baghdad and Washington are preparing a joint statement that will likely mention a timeframe for the withdrawal of American “combat troops” by the end of the year. The announcement is expected to follow Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi’s meeting Monday with President Joe Biden.
Roughly 2,500 US troops remain in Iraq assisting local partner forces. In April, US and Iraq officials discussed an eventual withdrawal, but did not set a timeline.
butterfly ite House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Friday that Biden looks forward to “strengthening bilateral cooperation with Iraq on political, economic and security issues, including joint efforts to ensure the enduring defeat of ISIS.”
Ahead of Kadhimi’s visit, the US State Department on Friday announced $155 million in additional humanitarian assistance for the people of Iraq and the communities hosting Iraqi refugees. Since 2014, the US has provided more than $3 billion in humanitarian aid to the war-torn country.
“I think what today is demonstrating is that the partnership between the United States and Iraq is much broader and deeper than even the common fight against ISIS,” Blinken said.
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Butterfly The World Health Organization urges everyone to cooperate to find out the origin of the Corona virus Friday 23 July 2021......The World Health Organization said today, Friday, that all countries should cooperate to find out the origin of the Corona virus, a day after China rejected the proposed scope of the second stage of the investigation.
The organization suggested this month to follow up on its previous investigations in China, but the vice-chairman of the National Health Committee of China, Cheng Yixin, said yesterday, Thursday, that Beijing "will not accept this proposal in its current form."
When asked about China's refusal, WHO spokesman Tarik Jasarevic told a Geneva news briefing: "It's not about politics or who is to blame."
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Butterfly The World Health Organization urges everyone to cooperate to find out the origin of the Corona virus Friday 23 July 2021......The World Health Organization said today, Friday, that all countries should cooperate to find out the origin of the Corona virus, a day after China rejected the proposed scope of the second stage of the investigation.
The organization suggested this month to follow up on its previous investigations in China, but the vice-chairman of the National Health Committee of China, Cheng Yixin, said yesterday, Thursday, that Beijing "will not accept this proposal in its current form."
When asked about China's refusal, WHO spokesman Tarik Jasarevic told a Geneva news briefing: "It's not about politics or who is to blame."
He added, "It is mainly about a demand that we all have to try to understand how the epidemic reached humans, and in that sense countries have a responsibility to work together and with WHO in a spirit of partnership."
A team led by the World Health Organization spent 4 weeks in and around Wuhan, China, with Chinese scientists and said in a joint report last March that "the virus was most likely transmitted from bats to humans through another animal, but further research is required."
butterfly WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the investigation was hampered by a lack of preliminary data on the early days of the outbreak there.
Countries, including the United States, are calling for further investigations, especially into the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which was conducting research on bats.
Diplomats said China immediately expressed its opposition to the plan put forward by Tedros during closed-door talks with WTO members a week ago.
The first human cases of Covid-19 disease were recorded in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019, and China has repeatedly denied the validity of theories that the virus leaked from one of its laboratories.
butterfly Foreign Minister: I renew Iraq's commitment to contract and strengthen economic partnership, investment and joint work in all sectors included in the Strategic Framework Agreement
Friday 23 July 2021.....Minister of Foreign Affairs Fouad Hussein said, "I renew Iraq's commitment to contract and strengthen economic partnership, investment and joint work in all sectors included in the Strategic Framework Agreement, with a commitment to respect Iraq's sovereignty and to ensure full coordination with the Iraqi government."
And the foreign minister added: We are confident in our ability to move together in setting the course of this relationship on the path of well-being and prosperity that the peoples of our two countries seek, and the great historical responsibility entrusted to us.
butterfly The Foreign Minister arrives in Washington to start the last round of strategic dialogue
2021-07-23 The Foreign Minister arrives in Washington to start the last round of strategic dialogueToday, Friday, Foreign Minister Fouad Hussein arrived at the US State Department building in preparation for the start of the latest strategic dialogue round.
The ministry’s spokesman, Ahmed Al-Sahhaf, said in a statement that “Foreign Minister Fouad Hussein arrived at the US State Department building,” noting that this was “to start the fourth and final strategic dialogue round.”
In his speech during the fourth round of the strategic dialogue between Baghdad and Washington, the Minister of Foreign Affairs said, “This round comes as a continuation of the previous rounds and provides a clear vision on the characterization of the partnership relationship between Iraq and the United States,” calling on representatives of the sessions in various sectors to exert more efforts to reach fruitful results that lead to achieving common goals of both countries.
Hussein added, “The government of Iraq appreciates the efforts made by the US government to rehabilitate and train the Iraqi security forces, equip them and provide advice in the intelligence field, in order to reach the required readiness in relying on their own capabilities,” stressing “the importance of sustaining the momentum and international efforts led by the United States of America through The international coalition, as it constitutes, in parallel with the military efforts, an inevitable victory over the ideology of injustice and hatred that terrorism is trying to spread in societies.
butterfly The Minister of Foreign Affairs indicated that “our security forces still need the programs provided by the United States of America related to training, arming, equipping, and capacity building,” thanking “the countries that supported Iraq’s request to strengthen procedures for monitoring elections and ensuring their integrity, and the efforts of the United States in particular for its initiatives in this regard.”
Hussein explained that “many memoranda of understanding were concluded in various sectors during the previous rounds of dialogue that support our endeavors to confirm the common interests between the two sides,” noting that “the memoranda of understanding confirm Iraq’s progress in strengthening its economic independence and achieving regional and international partnerships in a balanced manner, the latest of which was an initiative The tripartite summit, as well as efforts to link Iraq to the regional energy system across the Gulf states.
Hussein stressed that “the Iraqi government is completing its efforts to lift the injustice that befell our society with multiple components of the injustice and darkness of terrorism,” explaining that “the Iraqi government has pursued a path to support security and stability internally and at the regional level by relying on dialogue and taking joint opportunities to achieve this.”
The minister noted “full respect for Iraq’s sovereignty to ensure its internal stability and not to be drawn into regional conflicts.”
The Minister of Foreign Affairs said, “Confronting Corona requires completing cooperation between the ministries of health in both countries to provide rapid response requirements to ward off the risks of this pandemic. We hope to reach agreements for support and cooperation in the field of health during the side session that will be held between the two sides.”
butterfly The Minister of Foreign Affairs said, “Confronting Corona requires completing cooperation between the ministries of health in both countries to provide rapid response requirements to ward off the risks of this pandemic. We hope to reach agreements for support and cooperation in the field of health during the side session that will be held between the two sides.”
Hussein reiterated Iraq’s affirmation and commitment to strengthening its strategic partnership with the United States of America as a key partner in the international coalition to combat ISIS. fully with the Iraqi government.
The foreign minister concluded: “We are confident in our ability to move together in setting the course of this relationship on the path of well-being and prosperity sought by the people of our two countries and the great historical responsibility entrusted to us.” burathanews.com
professor dinard China is belt and road buddies with iraq
Dave Iraq wishes to cooperate with the USA in providing aid to ward off this pandemic......?
Dave Great idea....best donate all that spare vaccine to Iraq before it expires.......
Butterfly US officials: Our forces’ missions in Iraq will end by next December
2021.07.23 – 14:07 US officials - Our forces missions in Iraq will end by next DecemberBaghdad – people
US officials said that the United States and Iraq are expected to formally announce the end of the US combat mission in Iraq by the end of this year, and that the two countries will continue the transition process toward providing training and advice to Iraqi forces.
The Wall Street Journal quoted US and Iraqi officials as saying that an imminent statement would be issued to withdraw US combat forces from Iraq.
The American newspaper pointed out that the aforementioned officials confirmed that the statement would call for the withdrawal of American combat forces at the end of this year.
These officials indicated that the US presence in Iraq will focus on assisting government forces. The newspaper pointed out that the joint statement will emphasize the importance of the American presence in the fight against ISIS.
But the announcement, which is expected to be issued after US President Joe Biden’s meeting with his Iraqi counterpart Barham Salih in Washington next week, will be issued at a politically sensitive time for the Iraqi government and may be seen internally in Iraq as a victory.
“The main point that we will hear and I think is very important is that the Biden administration wants to stay in Iraq because the Iraqi government invited us there and asked us to continue that,” said a senior US defense official, who asked not to be named.
The US defense official added, “The mission has not changed. What we are talking about is how to support the Iraqi security forces in defeating ISIS.”
He explained that “the focus will be on logistical matters, equipment maintenance, and assisting Iraqi forces in developing their capabilities in the intelligence and surveillance sectors.” Ongoing conversations
butterfly On Thursday, an Iraqi delegation began talks in Washington regarding the US military presence in Iraq, and the International Affairs Officer at the US Department of Defense (Pentagon), Mara Carlin, received a delegation headed by Iraqi National Security Adviser Qassem Al-Araji, to discuss “long-term military cooperation” between the two countries. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said in a statement.
The spokesman noted that US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin joined the talks to “reaffirm his commitment” to continue the fight against ISIS.
After US interests in Iraq have been targeted since the beginning of the year with about 50 missile or drone attacks, Austin stressed “the need for the United States and the coalition to be able to assist the Iraqi army in complete safety.”
Talks will continue today, Friday, and will focus in particular on the mission of the American soldiers deployed on Iraqi soil, at a time when fears prevail of an open conflict in Iraq between Baghdad’s allies, the United States and Iran.
Last week in Baghdad, Al-Kazemi discussed with the White House envoy Brett McGurk the withdrawal of “combat forces from Iraq.”
But White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Thursday that the Iraqi government “would like the United States and the coalition to continue training and assisting its military, providing logistical support and exchanging information.”
fourth round
For his part, US State Department spokesman Ned Price said that his country’s forces are in Iraq at the invitation of the Iraqi government.
Price added, during a press conference, that the issue will be raised within the fourth round of the strategic dialogue between the two sides today, Friday. nasnews.com
butterfly In his speech on the strategic dialogue round.. Hussein stresses respect for Iraq’s sovereignty (full text)
07-23-2021 05:38 PM In his speech on the strategic dialogue round.. Hussein stresses respect for Iraqs sovereignty - full textToday, Friday, Foreign Minister Fouad Hussein confirmed that the Iraqi government is moving confidently towards holding the elections on schedule, while stressing full respect for Iraq’s sovereignty .
Hussein said in his speech during the strategic dialogue round between Iraq and America, “Today, we are in the American capital, Washington, in response to the invitation of Foreign Minister Anthony Blinken to hold the work of the Supreme Committee emanating from the Strategic Framework Agreement for the Friendship and Cooperation Relationship between the Republic of Iraq and the United States of America, which represents a continuation of the strategic dialogue and since His first tour kicked off in June of last year .
He added, “Let me thank the attendees, the representatives of the committee from the American and Iraqi sides, for their efforts that they will make in the side sessions of the dialogue .”
He pointed out that “the round of dialogue comes as a continuation of the previous three rounds, which were held in succession, as it provides a clear vision of what characterizes the partnership and alliance relationship between Iraq and the United States and the serious efforts of the two governments to consolidate it.
The first round was hypothetically on June 11, 2020, the second was held in Washington, DC, on August 19, 2020, and the third was held on April 7, 2021. In this meeting, we look forward to completing what was agreed upon in the third round of dialogue and moving forward to achieve more Progress in all dialogue sessions that will be held by the relevant committees .
butterfly And he indicated that “these sessions represent a serious will for both countries to reach common understandings for cooperation in various sectors, and are a continuation of the agreements that resulted from previous rounds in sectors such as (oil and gas, electricity, financial, health, environmental, and cultural sectors) in addition to the security and military aspects. ” .
Hussein called on representatives of the sessions in various sectors to make more efforts to reach fruitful results that lead to achieving the common goals of both countries .
At the end of last month, we participated in the ministerial meeting of the International Alliance at the joint invitation of the foreign ministers of the United States of America and Italy, whose work was held in the capital, Rome, on June 28, and we conducted intensive dialogues with all parties, during which Iraq affirmed its full commitment to ensuring The inevitable defeat of the terrorist organization ISIS and the permanence of the victory achieved by joint cooperation .
He pointed out that “Iraq appreciates the efforts made by the US government to rehabilitate and train the Iraqi security forces, equip them and provide advice in the intelligence field, in order to reach the required readiness in relying on their own capabilities, in a way that enhances Iraq’s sovereignty and security and preserves its gains by defeating the terrorist organization ISIS.”
“Iraq today stresses the importance of sustaining the momentum and international efforts led by the United States of America through the international coalition, as they constitute, in parallel with the military efforts, an inevitable victory over the ideology of injustice and hatred that terrorism is trying to spread in societies .”
butterfly He stressed that “our security forces still need the programs provided by the United States of America, related to training, arming, equipping, and capacity-building, and we seek to continue bilateral security coordination and cooperation.
We also affirm the commitment of the Government of Iraq to protect the personnel of diplomatic missions, their headquarters and facilities, and to ensure the security of Iraqi military bases hosting forces.” International Alliance .
And he stated that “the Iraqi government and parliament succeeded in protecting national gains to preserve democracy and the legitimate rights of the Iraqi people to live in freedom and dignity, and to achieve the demands of the Iraqi people and the credibility of the promises made by the Iraqi government, a new electoral law was enacted and a new independent high commission for elections was formed .”
He pointed out that “the Iraqi government is moving confidently towards holding the elections on the scheduled date on the tenth of next October, despite the challenges, while ensuring the provision of a safe environment for voters to achieve free and fair parliamentary elections to restore confidence in the democratic process in Iraq.”
The international community is doing, through the United Nations, to monitor the upcoming election process, as the UN Security Council approved its resolution No. (2576) for the year 2021, at an Iraqi request, to extend the work of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) for the next year and expand its jurisdiction to include monitoring the general parliamentary elections .
butterfly He continued, “We can only thank the countries that supported Iraq’s request to strengthen the procedures for monitoring the elections and ensuring their integrity, and the efforts of the United States in particular for its initiatives in this regard .”
He added, “Many memoranda of understanding have been concluded in various sectors during the previous rounds of dialogue, which support our endeavors to affirm the common interests between the two sides,” stressing Iraq’s progress in strengthening its economic independence and achieving regional and international partnerships in a balanced manner, the latest of which was the Tripartite Summit initiative between the two sides.
The Iraqi government, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the Arab Republic of Egypt, as well as efforts to link Iraq to the regional energy system across the Gulf states .
He pointed out that “The Iraqi government is completing its efforts to lift the injustice that befallen our society, which has multiple components, from the oppression and darkness of terrorism, as the Iraqi parliament has enacted the Yazidi survivors law.
As well as the government’s steps in cooperation with international partners to promote dialogue and societal peace, reject violence and extremism, respect religious, sectarian, ethnic and national diversity in Iraq, and reject forms of discrimination between citizens that affirmed Iraq’s constitution, as well as the Iraqi government’s efforts to reach the Sinjar Agreement to maintain security in it in cooperation between the security forces Federal and Peshmerga forces, as many joint security centers have been established in areas where ISIS terrorist pockets are active, as well as the efforts of the Iraqi government and in coordination with international organizations to ensure the voluntary return of the displacedfor the displacedfor the displaced”.
butterfly And he indicated that “the Iraqi government has pursued a path to support security and stability internally and at the regional level by relying on dialogue and taking joint opportunities to achieve this, so we affirm full respect for Iraq’s sovereignty in a way that guarantees its internal stability and not being drawn into regional conflicts .”
With regard to confronting the Corona pandemic and its challenges, and what the world is facing today from the emergence of new strains that are more harmful to the lives of citizens, which requires completing cooperation between the ministries of health in both countries to provide requirements for rapid response to ward off the risks of this pandemic, expressing his hope that agreements will be reached for support and cooperation in The field of health during the side session that will be held between the two sides .
Hussein concluded by saying that “Iraq renews its affirmation and commitment to strengthening its strategic partnership with the United States of America as a key partner in the international coalition to combat ISIS, and renews Iraq’s commitment to contract and strengthen economic partnership, investment and joint action in all sectors, which are included in the Strategic Framework Agreement, with a commitment to respecting Sovereignty of Iraq and ensuring full coordination with the Iraqi government, and we are confident in our ability to move together in setting the course of this relationship on the path of well-being and prosperity that the peoples of our two countries seek and the great historical responsibility entrusted to us.” “. dijlah.tv
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Butterfly Dollar exchange rates are stable in local markets
07-22-2021 01:33 PM Dollar exchange rates are stable in local marketsToday, Thursday, the dollar exchange rates recorded stability in the local markets.
The selling price of the dollar reached 148.750 dinars per 100 dollars, while the purchase prices settled at 148.250 dinars per 100 dollars.
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Butterfly Dollar exchange rates are stable in local markets
07-22-2021 01:33 PM Dollar exchange rates are stable in local marketsToday, Thursday, the dollar exchange rates recorded stability in the local markets.
The selling price of the dollar reached 148.750 dinars per 100 dollars, while the purchase prices settled at 148.250 dinars per 100 dollars.
And the Central Bank of Iraq decided earlier to adjust the exchange rate of the dollar against the Iraqi dinar, as the purchase price of the dollar from the Ministry of Finance amounted to 1450 dinars, and the price of selling it to banks was set at 1460 dinars per dollar, while the selling price to the citizen is 1470 dinars per dollar. dijlah.tv
butterfly With the end of the fiscal year approaching, question marks about the reasons for not activating the budget
2021-07-22 | 03:43 With the end of the fiscal year approaching question marks about the reasons for not activating the budgetAlsumaria news
The delay of the federal government in activating the articles of the federal budget for the fiscal year 2021 until now, despite the passage of many months since voting on it, has sparked widespread controversy within the political corridors, at a time when a parliamentarian considered the weak oversight performance of Parliament is one of the reasons for the government’s reluctance to perform its duty in many files Including the activation of the budget items, another saw that the appeal submitted by the government against some articles of the budget had caused the suspension of the activation of those articles exclusively pending the outcome of the appeal by the Federal Court, but in general, the appeal does not stop the implementation of the original budget in general.
Member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Muhammad Al-Shabki, stressed that all budget articles, even the contested ones with the Federal Court, are valid.
Al-Shabki said in an interview with Alsumaria News, “The budget articles that were challenged by the government at the Federal Court are still valid and obligatory until the outcome of the appeal is decided and the final decision is issued by the court to invalidate or confirm the article.”
butterfly Al-Shabki added, “What proves the activation of the articles in the budget is all, the court’s rejection of the state decision demanded by the government regarding the contested articles, which means that those articles must be applied, and they are valid and must be implemented by Ministry of Financeand the ministries concerned with this matter.”
A member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Sherwan Mirza, confirmed that activating the budget items and releasing allocations for projects after the House of Representatives voted on them, is within the competence of the executive authority, especially Ministry of Finance. alsumaria.tv
butterfly Adviser to the Iraqi Prime Minister: The cooperation agreement with China has entered into force
July 22, 2021 03:09 PM Adviser to the Iraqi Prime Minister - The cooperation agreement with China has entered into forceDirect: Prime Minister ‘s Advisor for Financial Affairs, the appearance of Mohammed Saleh, today announced Thursday that China consumes 44% of Iraqi oil exports, referring to the entry of the cooperation agreement with them into effect.
Saleh said, that China is the first market in Iraqi oil exports, indicating that it alone consumes about 40-44% of Iraqi oil exports and about 800,000 barrels of oil per day, according to the Iraqi News Agency (INA).
Saleh noted that a small part of those exports are dues of oil service contracts for Chinese companies operating in Iraq, to which the value of 100,000 barrels per day was recently added, deposited in the designated bank account; To implement the projects of the cooperation framework agreement that really became effective last month.
And the financial advisor to the Prime Minister announced, last April, the possibility of raising the ceiling of oil exported under the agreement with China to 300,000 barrels per day.
In September of 2019, the Iraqi and Chinese governments signed 8 agreements and memoranda of understanding, and the agreement to deduct 100,000 barrels per day to China; In return for the implementation of strategic projects by Chinese companies, such as roads, railways, hospitals, schools, residential complexes, ports, energy, dams, infrastructure, and others. mubasher.info
butterfly The Iraqi Foreign Minister reveals the details of a message to Iran and the developments of the American presence
2021-07-22 08:32 The Iraqi Foreign Minister reveals the details of a message to Iran and the developments of the American presenceShafaq News/ The Iraqi Foreign Minister, Fuad Hussein, said on Wednesday that his country still needs the support of the American forces affiliated with the international coalition.
Hussein said, in an interview with the American Al-Hurra channel, that “the Iraqi government has reached the conviction that there is no need for American military combat forces,” stressing that the Americans “understand this issue.”
Hussein added that the Iraqi government informed the Americans at the same time, “Iraq’s need to develop the military situation and training, and the urgent need for cooperation in the field of military intelligence and air power.”
Hussein indicated that Iraq “needs forces from the coalition, and in this regard we are talking about the American forces, in order to support and support the Iraqi security forces in the war against ISIS.”
Hussein had arrived in the American capital, Washington, on Tuesday, to prepare for the fourth session of the strategic dialogue between Baghdad and Washington, scheduled for next Friday, according to a statement issued by the Iraqi Foreign Ministry.
In this context, Hussein says that “the fourth round of the strategic dialogue is likely to be the last in this framework.”
butterfly He added that this tour will not be limited to discussing military and security issues, but will include a set of issues related to bilateral relations between the two countries, such as energy, health and others.
Regarding the attacks targeting US interests in Iraq, Hussein said that Baghdad “discussed with the Iranian side the attacks on airports and diplomatic missions, and asked them to intervene with some elements and groups to stop the attacks.”
Hussein added, “We told them that some groups claim that they are ideologically linked to you,” noting that “some of these discussions resulted at a certain stage in stopping campaigns against missions and other places.”
The Iraqi minister stressed that the solution to this matter lies in “opening a clear discussion with these groups, and some call them non-state forces, militias or factions, to reach the final result.” shafaq.com
butterfly Hoshyar Zebari on the American dialogue: Iraqi leaders need to adopt courageous and bold positions
2021-07-22 07:28 Hoshyar Zebari on the American dialogue - Iraqi leaders need to adopt courageous and bold positionsShafaq News/ The former Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari confirmed; On Thursday, the upcoming US-Iraq strategic dialogue round in Washington; It is a decisive and articulated tour on the future of Iraq, its security and stability, and the future of presence and international support.
Zebari added in his Facebook post; The Iraqi leaders need to participate in the security, diplomatic and political dialogues to adopt courageous and bold stances and decisions based on Iraq’s national interest, and to put the interest of their country between their eyes, away from bids, slogans and pressures, and away from unbridled regional ambitions in Iraq.
He stressed “the serious work in order to reach results and outputs that strengthen the country’s security, intelligence and air capabilities to confront the growing ISIS terrorism, strengthen security institutions to stand on their feet, and continue the international presence in accordance with the Iraqi sovereign decision within the conditions of maintaining the security and sovereignty of Iraq.”
Zebari added, “Iraq is not Afghanistan, and its collapse means the collapse of the entire region.” shafaq.com
butterfly Adviser to the Prime Minister: China consumes 44 percent of Iraqi oil exports
Thursday 22 July 2021.......Adviser to the Prime Minister for Financial Affairs, Mazhar Muhammad Salih, announced on Thursday that China consumes 44 percent of Iraqi oil exports.
Saleh said in a press interview, "China is the first market in Iraqi oil exports, and it alone consumes about 40-44 percent of Iraqi oil exports, with about 800,000 barrels of oil per day."
He added, "A small part of those exports are the dues of oil service contracts for Chinese companies operating in Iraq, to which 100 thousand barrels per day were recently added, deposited in the bank account designated for the implementation of the projects of the cooperation framework agreement, which became truly effective last month."
butterfly The Minister of Planning distributes bonds of two housing complexes to poor families in the Qaim and Rawa districts of Anbar Governorate الان
Thursday 22 July 2021.....The Minister of Planning, Khaled Battal Al-Najm, distributed today, Thursday, bonds and keys to two residential complexes of low-cost floors to poor families in the Qaim and Rawa districts in Anbar Governorate.
In a speech during the bond distribution ceremony for the beneficiaries, the minister said, "We seek to alleviate the suffering of the poor segment through a package of anti-poverty policies throughout Iraq, the most prominent of which are those concerned with solving the housing crisis suffered by the poor, pointing out that the ministry and through The poverty alleviation strategy managed to build quite a few residential complexes, some of which we have completed, and some of which are still under construction.
He added: We share with our people in Al-Qaim and Rawa districts, today their joy by granting them housing bonds within the two residential complexes in the two districts, with 40 houses in Al-Qaim district and 14 other houses in Rawa district, stressing the continuation of the ministry’s policy aimed at addressing the housing crisis in all governorates.
butterfly The Ministry of Oil threatens to impose severe penalties on traffickers with Iranian gas cylinders
Thursday 22 July 2021......The Gas Filling Company, one of the formations of the Ministry of Oil, warned, on Wednesday, of strict penalties against traffickers with Iranian gas cylinders.
The Assistant General Director of the Gas Filling and Services Company, Sinan Nabil, said in a press statement that "there is joint coordination with the ministries of oil, interior and defense to limit the entry of these cylinders," stressing that "there are strict penalties for violators," according to "conscious".
He added, "The penalties for agents who deal with them amount to exemption from work and not handing him a position, which are administrative penalties if they are received by government stations, according to the Code of Employment Discipline, while the penalties for those dealing in them from private laboratories to the imposition of financial fines of up to two million dinars with the closure of The station is for a month, and if a second violation is registered on the same station, the contract between the two parties will be terminated.
Aref pointed to "the danger of these cylinders and the possibility of exploding at any time because they do not conform to Iraqi specifications."
He explained that "these cylinders are confiscated when they enter government filling stations and are destroyed with dedicated cylinders, and they lose all their properties and become unusable."
butterfly Gold at its lowest level for more than a week
Thursday 22 July 2021..........Gold prices fell today, Thursday, to the lowest level in more than a week, under pressure from the dollar's rise.
Spot gold fell 0.2% to $1799.18 an ounce, after hitting its lowest level since July 12 at $1,793.59 in the previous session. Meanwhile, US gold futures fell 0.2% to $1,799.20 an ounce.
Silver fell 0.3% to $25.15 an ounce, palladium rose 0.5%, to $2667.44, and platinum fell 0.3% to $1076.91 an ounce.
butterfly Dana Al-Katib to Nina: The total US withdrawal will deepen the political differences inside the country
Thursday 22 July 2021 ... A member of the Parliament of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Dana Al-Katib, affirmed: "The total US withdrawal from the country will deepen the political differences inside the country."
In a statement to the National Iraqi News Agency ( NINA ), he said: "In the previous two rounds of the strategic dialogue between Iraq and the United States, several points were discussed, including the American withdrawal, and there was an agreement to schedule the withdrawal of forces from Iraq and the retention of some non-combat forces."
The writer added: "A final withdrawal has not been discussed, and the government has not requested that, and a complete withdrawal is not yet on the table for meetings and discussions."
He explained: "Trouping this issue at this sensitive time will deepen the political differences within the country, and even the very opposition blocs and forces do not oppose the presence of supportive American forces, trainers or logistical support, and the scene will be in this way and a total withdrawal is out of the question, in addition to a study on how to deal with the Iraqi reality Any future developments.
Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi is scheduled to meet with US President Joe Biden on the 26th of this month in the capital, Washington.
Foreign Minister Fouad Hussein said that the meeting of Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi and US President Joe Biden will discuss the overall Iraqi-US relations.
Hussein added in a press statement yesterday: "The current US administration understands the situation in Iraq in a way that contradicts the previous administration."
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Butterfly Low oil prices in world markets
Wednesday 21 July 2021......Oil prices fell today, Wednesday, after an industrial report showed an unexpected increase in US oil stocks last week, which raised fears of a re-emergence of Covid-19 infections, which could weaken demand for fuel.
By this morning, Brent crude futures fell 47 cents, or 0.68%, to $68.88 a barrel, giving up Tuesday's 1.1% gain. US West Texas Intermediate crude futures were down 50 cents, or 0.7%, at $66.70 a barrel, after rising $1 on Tuesday.
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Butterfly Low oil prices in world markets
Wednesday 21 July 2021......Oil prices fell today, Wednesday, after an industrial report showed an unexpected increase in US oil stocks last week, which raised fears of a re-emergence of Covid-19 infections, which could weaken demand for fuel.
By this morning, Brent crude futures fell 47 cents, or 0.68%, to $68.88 a barrel, giving up Tuesday's 1.1% gain. US West Texas Intermediate crude futures were down 50 cents, or 0.7%, at $66.70 a barrel, after rising $1 on Tuesday.
US crude inventories rose by 806,000 barrels for the week ending July 16, according to two market sources citing figures from the American Petroleum Institute.
"The fear of Delta is firmly in control of the oil market sentiment, after putting a big question mark about the demand recovery narrative in the past several weeks," said Vandana Hari, energy analyst at Vanda Insights.
butterfly Al-Rafidain Bank announces an increase in the percentage of financial interest on deposits
Wednesday 21 July 2021......Al-Rafidain Bank announced that opening savings and current accounts for citizens will be in the bank’s branches, in order to deposit their money in the bank instead of hoarding it in homes and obtaining rewarding financial returns.
The bank's media office said in a statement that it was decided to increase the interest rate on six-month deposits to 4.5 percent, as well as increasing the interest rate on fixed deposits for a period of one year to 5.5 percent.
The statement added that the interest rate on deposits for two years was increased to 6.5 percent.
butterfly The stability of the dollar exchange rates in the local markets
Wednesday 21 July 2021.....Today, Wednesday, local markets witnessed stability in the dollar exchange rates.
The selling price of the dollar in banking shops amounted to 148.750 dinars per 100 dollars, while the purchase prices settled at 148.250 dinars per 100 dollars.
Zig They want people to stop putting their cash under their mattresses LOL
butterfly Zig at least they don't have enough to make a mattress.
butterfly IMF Report into Iraq's Customs and Tariffs.......21st July 2021.........The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has published a new report into Iraq's customs and tariff arrangements.
This report summarizes key findings and recommendations from a remote technical assistance (TA) assignment performed by a short-term expert (STX), Mr. Djamel Bouhabel, from January 17 to February 4, 2021, to the General Customs Authority of Iraq (GCA).
The main objective of the TA was to advise GCA on the development and effective application of customs assessment processes based on international standards and best practices. (Source: IMF)
butterfly Iraq, Saudi discuss Cooperation in Economy and Investment............21st July 2021....On Monday, Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi received the Saudi Minister of Commerce, Majid bin Abdullah Al Qasabi, and his accompanying delegation.
During the meeting, they discussed the development of bilateral relations between Baghdad and Riyadh, and ways to enhance cooperation in the fields of economy and investment, and to work to enhance and develop the inter-trade movement. (Source: Govt of Iraq)
butterfly "Cautious Steps" toward Privatizing Iraq's Electricity Sector.......21st July 2021.....Iraq takes cautious steps toward privatizing electricity sector
With the increasing power cuts in Iraq, calls are mounting to expand privatization as a permanent solution.
Click here to read the full story. https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/07/iraq-takes-cautious-steps-toward-privatizing-electricity-sector
butterfly Seven Power Plants For Oil Refineries In Iraq...........21st July 2021......The Anglo Belgian Corporation (ABC) and Kunz have been selected to contract and design seven power plants (14 gensets) for several oil refineries in Iraq.
The generated power contributes to the start and back-up process of these refineries and is independently generated by two gensets on each site.
The complete gensets were designed and assembled in the factory of ABC in Ghent, Belgium. In 2015 these gensets were shipped and installed in Iraq. Today, the complete plants of Al Kesik, Kirkuk 1 and Al Qayara 1 are commissioned. Kirkuk 2, Al Qayara 2, Al Sinya and Haditha will follow soon.
An overview of following ABC engines/gensets per refinery: *kWm & kVA/power plant (Source: ABC)
AL KESIK 2x 8DZC - 2496 kWm - 3000 kVA
Al QAYARA 1 2x 16VDZC - 4960 kWm -6000 kVA
Al QAYARA 2 2x 16VDZC - 4140 kWm - 5000 kVA
KIRKUK 1 2x 12VDZC - 3316 kWm - 4000 kVA
KIRKUK 2 2x 16VDZC - 4140 kWm - 5000 kVA
AL SINYA 2x 12VDZC - 3324 kWm - 4000 kVA
HADITHA 2x 12DZC - 3324 kWm - 4000 kVA
Butterfly Catholic Monsignor Who Wanted to Deny Biden Communion Resigns After Cellphone Links Him to Gay Dating App https://hillreporter.com/catholic-monsignor-who-wanted-to-deny-biden-communion-resigns-after-cellphone-links-him-to-gay-dating-app-107426 ............. well I'll be ** the truth always comes out.
butterfly This is a nation of...............freedom of religion!
butterfly This Viral Tweet Thread Shows How the World's Billionaires Could Help End Extreme Poverty
“Big Tech billionaires could give $139,300,000,000 away... & still be as rich as they were in 2020." https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/viral-tweet-thread-forbes-billionaires-list/?template=next&utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=post-action&utm_source=twitter&_branch_match_id=946400524087411544
Sheila Compliments of the Paradigm Shift Network, a member (Lady T) shares her views and perspectives on the exchange process for your personal edification.
TRY NOT TO SHOOT THE MESSENGERS AND PAY ATTENTION TO THE MESSAGE:
Made Public on July 21, 2021 https://event.webinarjam.com/go/replay/34/ry4w4hvra0whn0hl
FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH TNT/TONY/RAYREN, YOU MAY IMMEDIATELY DISMISS THIS WEBINAR. HOWEVER, THIS MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO NEWBIE - NOVICES THAT MIGHT NEED THIS TYPE OF PRESENTATION.
Zig sheila : Everything (well "most" everything...lol) is welcome to be posted in here including promoting other chats/forums/whatever....so check it out if you wish https://event.webinarjam.com/replay/34/5v181h39a3yhz5hnov0 I will keep my mouth shut about Tony and other so-called Gurus MOST of the time other than when I go on a rant.....lol....Decide for yourself.....
Sheila Zig listening to the end right now. Lady T has done something good for masses involved in this speculation. There are many lacking basic negotiating skills along with extra banking features they can discuss.
Zig sheila : A great "problem" we all should have: having to negotiate what % the bank will take for exchanging our currencies....probably the more currency you have the better the deal.....
Sheila Zig This Lady T's webinar is very good information for many to hear summarized. Q&A at end is also educational. Only thing I would add is making sure Exchange/Bank persons sign on the dotted line on any documents we are required to sign.
Tebow only document you'll need is deposit slip
Sheila @Zig Lady T goes into how to spend Interest and not Principle. Like I said, IMHO, overall, this is a good presentation.
Zig sheila : Okay....thanks
Sheila @Zig Be sure to listen to Q&A. More substance in that part of webinar.
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butterfly The stability of the dollar exchange rates in Baghdad after the stock market stopped trading
2021-07-20 00:44 The stability of the dollar exchange rates in Baghdad after the stock market stopped tradingShafaq News/ The dollar exchange rates stabilized on Tuesday, after the main stock exchange in Baghdad and Erbil stopped trading due to the Eid holiday.
Shafak News Agency correspondent said that the dollar prices in the exchange shops in the local markets in Baghdad, some of which opened their doors, witnessed stability today, as the selling price amounted to 148,750 Iraqi dinars, while the purchase prices amounted to 147,750 dinars per 100 US dollars.
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butterfly The stability of the dollar exchange rates in Baghdad after the stock market stopped trading
2021-07-20 00:44 The stability of the dollar exchange rates in Baghdad after the stock market stopped tradingShafaq News/ The dollar exchange rates stabilized on Tuesday, after the main stock exchange in Baghdad and Erbil stopped trading due to the Eid holiday.
Shafak News Agency correspondent said that the dollar prices in the exchange shops in the local markets in Baghdad, some of which opened their doors, witnessed stability today, as the selling price amounted to 148,750 Iraqi dinars, while the purchase prices amounted to 147,750 dinars per 100 US dollars.
Our correspondent indicated that the main stock markets in Baghdad and the Kurdistan Region will remain closed until the end of the Eid holiday. shafaq.com
butterfly Al-Kazemi looks forward to European support for the “white paper” reforms
2021-07-20 07:03 Al-Kazemi looks forward to European support for the white paper reformsShafaq News/ Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi stressed on Tuesday the importance of benefiting from the European experience in post-war recovery, looking forward to the European Union’s support for the reforms undertaken by his government.
Al-Kazemi’s office said in a statement received by Shafaq News Agency, that the latter made a televised call today with the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, during which they discussed relations between Iraq and the European Union and ways to develop them, and discussing the file of Iraqi refugees and displaced persons, and addressing the problems and ways they face. They return to their homes after securing the appropriate conditions for that.
Al-Kazemi expressed, according to the statement, Iraq’s adherence to the approach of the best strategic relations with European countries, developing the level of economic and commercial cooperation with major European companies, and benefiting from the European experience in post-war advancement and presenting it as a model for development, as happened after World War II.
Al-Kazemi affirmed his aspiration for the European Union to support the reforms undertaken by the government within the framework of the white paper, which includes financial, economic, and institutional reforms, and the great challenges it faces. Because there are many parties affected by it, according to the statement, which indicated that the call also discussed cooperation with the European Union in efforts to combat corruption and money laundering.
butterfly For his part, the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, affirmed his quest to develop relations with Iraq, and his keenness to establish a true partnership with it.
Michel praised Iraq’s growing regional role, and indicated that the European Council considers Iraq a primary and preferred partner in the region. shafaq.com
butterfly An Iraqi politician expects the elections to be postponed and canceled: a prelude to the outbreak of the (drawn) civil war
2021-07-20 02:08 An Iraqi politician expects the elections to be postponed and canceled - a prelude to the outbreak of the drawn civil warShafaq News/ The prominent Iraqi politician, Izzat al-Shabandar, expected on Tuesday to postpone the legislative elections scheduled for next October and then cancel them to prepare for what he called the outbreak of a civil war in the country.
Shabandar said in a statement posted on social media platforms “Twitter”, “With the aim of postponing the elections and then canceling them, we will witness more bombings, fires and assassinations to plunge Iraq into the furnace of conflicting interests and wills in preparation for the outbreak of the (drawn) civil war.”
Shabandar called “the Iraqi government and the religious and political authorities to assume their responsibilities before the disaster.” shafaq.com
butterfly Al-Kazemi: I was exposed to 3 assassination attempts and I am not afraid
7-20-2021 Al-Kazemi - I was exposed to 3 assassination attempts and I am not afraidBaghdad – Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi revealed, on Sunday, that he was subjected to three failed assassination attempts, stressing that his government is determined to confront the attempts of non-state groups to penetrate security fortresses and that he will discuss in Washington withdrawing its combat forces.
Al-Kazemi said, in an interview with “Al-Hadath” TV (owned by Saudi Arabia), “I was subjected to three failed assassination attempts, and I am not worried or afraid.”
He did not give details about the locations and dates of these attempts, nor the parties responsible for them.
He stressed that he will continue to perform his duties according to the program he has set to run the country.
Since May 2020, the Al-Kazemi government has assumed power, succeeding the government of Adel Abdul-Mahdi, who resigned in late 2019, under the weight of popular protests accusing the ruling political elite of corruption, incompetence and dependency on the outside.
Al-Kazemi stressed that the “non-state” groups who do not want the good of Iraq, in reference to the militias that seek to turn it into an arena for conflict, “my message to them: that you have no choice but the state and that absurd acts do not serve anyone, they do not serve Iraq, nor the countries of the region, nor the future of our children.” .
He stressed that these groups do not bear a sense of responsibility, but rather the absurd spirit that puts Iraq’s future at risk.
butterfly He pointed out that there is coordination with the Kurdistan Regional Government, “and as there are some abuses in Baghdad and the regions of Iraq, there are abuses in the region, and these groups are trying to penetrate all the security fortresses, but in return there is good work between Baghdad and Erbil and excellent coordination, and we succeeded in arresting groups in the region and groups in Baghdad.” .
He continued, “We need to stay away from sectarianism and sectarianism to build the state and national loyalty,” noting that he chose “the policy of silence, not clashing in front of the transgressions of those who believe in the policy of non-state, and dialogue is the solution.”
The Iraqi Prime Minister went on to say that “non-state groups” are behind the targeting of diplomatic missions in Iraq, stressing, “We will protect all Iraqi state institutions, and whoever tries to transgress the concept of the state will be outside the framework of the state.”
Regarding his visit to Washington and his meeting with US President Joe Biden on the 26th of this month, Al-Kazemi indicated that it “comes to organize relations and withdraw combat forces,” adding, “We hope that we will not be an arena for the conflict of the United States and Iran.”
butterfly He pointed out that his visit aims to “regulate Iraqi-American relations and the withdrawal of combat forces.” He added that the United States is an important country and a superpower that helped Iraq in the war against ISIS, and this visit will not only concern the military aspect, but also the economic, cultural, educational aspects and everything that is in the interest of the Iraqi people and the future of relations between the two countries
And regarding direct secret talks between Iran and the United States, hosted by Iraq months ago, Al-Kazemi said that “the US-Iranian dialogue will have repercussions on the entire region.”
Iraqis complain that their country has become one of the arenas for settling scores between the United States and Iran, who are linked by controversial files, including Tehran’s nuclear and missile programs and the two countries’ foreign policy towards the Middle East.
Al-Kadhimi stressed, “We are working to help find a mechanism for dialogue between Iran and the United States to resolve all points of contention between the two countries.
He stressed, “It is not in anyone’s interest that there be a conflict in Iraq, as it will have very large regional repercussions, and for this we are working very hard to calm and encourage dialogue. We understand Iran’s concerns on some issues, as well as the concerns of the United States, and we are working to find mechanisms for action and consensus between The two states.”
butterfly He explained, “We speak with the Iranians frankly, that Iraq is in dire need of stability, and we need state-to-state relations with respect for the privacy of each country, and the Iranians are working hard to help us build stability and call for calm in Iraq. Iran is a neighbor of Iraq, and we need continuous dialogue “.
He said, “We will visit Tehran, and we have many pending files, and there are common points and interpretations that need dialogue and solutions.” He pointed out that if the US-Iranian dialogue reached an agreement, its repercussions would be not only on Iraq but on the region in general, and we hope that these negotiations will take place and succeed in order to put an end to this long conflict.
And regarding the early parliamentary elections, on October 10, Al-Kazemi said, “The most important person who thinks that I am seeking to postpone the elections to go to an emergency government, we will work hard to hold the elections on time,” noting that he is optimistic about the elections and hopes for good participation that restores consideration to the parliamentary system.
These elections are one of the demands of popular protests that began in Iraq in October 2019.
butterfly And on Thursday, the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, announced his boycott of these elections, considering this “to preserve what is left of the homeland, and to save the homeland that the corrupt have burned and are still burning.”
Regarding this boycott, Al-Kazemi said, “We understand Al-Sadr’s decision to withdraw from the elections, and we call on him to return from it,” adding, “We ask the Iraqis to contribute to reform through the elections.”
He pointed out that the political system in Iraq needs to be reviewed completely, as well as the constitution, and said, “We need real, correct mechanisms to serve the citizen…the provincial councils were a good step, but the political conflict spoiled the work of these councils.”
He noted that corruption and the struggle for influence spoiled the process of providing services to citizens, and that is why the parties participating in the elections should think about providing public service first instead of looking for prestige and political influence.
Regarding the confessions published by the Iraqi authorities two days ago to one of those accused of assassinating the writer and security expert Hisham Al-Hashemi, Al-Kazemi said, “We revealed all the participants in the operation, but some of them fled outside Iraq, and one of the criminals was arrested.”
butterfly He continued, “The criminal who was arrested is an employee of the Ministry of Interior (an officer with the rank of first lieutenant), but he belongs to (undisclosed) outlaw groups, and the judiciary will say his decisive word.”
In July 2020, gunmen assassinated al-Hashemi near his home, east of the capital, Baghdad, amid local and international condemnation, and no party claimed this crime. rawabetcenter.com
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Butterfly After a decline.. a rise in the world oil price
Tuesday 20 July 2021...........Oil prices stabilized today, Tuesday, after dropping about 7% in the previous session, in light of a broader decline in the market, driven by concerns about the rise in Covid-19 infections, which comes at a time when producers reached a new agreement on supplies. Brent crude gained 70 cents, or 1%, to $69.32 a barrel.
The US crude contract for August delivery, which expires later today, rose 86 cents, or 1.3 percent, to $67.28 a barrel. And US crude for September delivery rose about 1.2 percent to $67.14 a barrel.
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Butterfly After a decline.. a rise in the world oil price
Tuesday 20 July 2021...........Oil prices stabilized today, Tuesday, after dropping about 7% in the previous session, in light of a broader decline in the market, driven by concerns about the rise in Covid-19 infections, which comes at a time when producers reached a new agreement on supplies. Brent crude gained 70 cents, or 1%, to $69.32 a barrel.
The US crude contract for August delivery, which expires later today, rose 86 cents, or 1.3 percent, to $67.28 a barrel. And US crude for September delivery rose about 1.2 percent to $67.14 a barrel.
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies, the group known as OPEC+, reached a compromise on Sunday to raise production.
The OPEC+ deal removes more supply constraints that have been supporting the market for a year. OPEC + keeps about 5.8 million barrels per day of crude out of the market, a number that will drop to two million barrels per day by the end of 2021.
butterfly Alia Nassif to / Nina /: The American withdrawal can only be achieved by the unity of the national decision
Tuesday 20 July 2021....Member of Parliament, Alia Nassif, confirmed that the US withdrawal from the country can only be achieved by the unity of the national decision among all.
She told the National Iraqi News Agency ( NINA ) that: Withdrawing the US forces is a national duty that requires unity of opinion and not to compromise between the active political forces in Iraq and all the components in the country.
Nassif added: Today, there are some partners who support the American presence to achieve special interests at the expense of the homeland.
And she stressed that the strategic dialogue and its continuation with the next visit will not achieve the withdrawal except with the unity of the Iraqi decision towards the American presence.
Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi is scheduled to meet with US President Joe Biden on the 26th of this month in the capital, Washington.
butterfly The United States renews its support for Iraq to build a stable and peaceful future
Tuesday 20 July 2021.............The United States of America renewed its support for Iraq to build a stable and peaceful future and the lasting defeat of ISIS.
The embassy stated on its website that: The United States expresses its deep sadness over the horrific attack that took place yesterday in Baghdad, stressing its strong condemnation of everything that spoils the atmosphere of the blessed Eid al-Adha with this cowardly terrorist act.
It renewed its continued support for its Iraqi partners as they seek to build a stable and peaceful future, and a lasting defeat for ISIS.
butterfly Sheikh Janki calls for maintaining the security and safety of the Kurdistan region and the city of Sulaymaniyah and supporting the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan / expanded
Tuesday 20 July 2021 ...............The co-chair of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Lahore Sheikh Janki, called for maintaining the security and safety of the Kurdistan region and the city of Sulaymaniyah and activating the unremitting efforts to support the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.
And he said in a statement on the occasion of the blessed Eid al-Adha: The families of the righteous martyrs, the heroes in the Peshmerga forces, the masses of the people of Kurdistan, congratulations on the blessed Eid al-Adha, we hope that you spend this feast in security and harmony.
He added: "From here, I take the opportunity to offer you my apologies for the events that began after the July 8 plots, which have become a source of anxiety and fear for you.
butterfly He continued:It seems that Tsula was born to all of you, why did you choose silence, from here I want to tell you that I have always and never believed in the use of force to resolve disputes and partisan problems, and that the Peshmerga and security forces should aim their guns at the enemies in the event that there are dangers to our region and the Kurdish citizens, and it cannot be That you allow me or anyone else to use it for their own purposes, and
I would like to say that our endurance and our non-use of weapons comes for the sake of our love for the land and people of Kurdistan and to preserve the security and harmony of the city of Sulaymaniyah and our region.
It is important that we do not allow bleeding from the nose of a poor child because of solving the problems of our party At the same time, with this silence, we were able to prevent the division of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan of the late leader Mam Jalal, and for the time being, I express my happiness to address the problems through the partisan path, which represents the correct and allowed way to solve the problems, which is to refer to the leadership council that gained its legitimacy through Conference held, and because we came throughConference not by coup.
butterfly And he said: "In this regard, I, with open arms, and with my consent, on a temporary basis, delegated my powers to the second joint president until the amendment of the internal platform of our party.
This comes as a way to prevent the bloodshed that is looming on the horizon. the political Bureau to investigate and follow up on all charges biased and rumors that have been published in a number of Sayle media and Lusail social networking to mislead, and publish Ntaiz investigation of the Council leadership and public opinion.
He added: "at the same time, out of the new political developments within the party withdrew from the presidency of the alliance of Kurdistan and entrusted The tasks of the presidency of the coalition to the joint president and the leadership council.
butterfly Sheikh Janki said: "I thank the loyal members and supporters of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, one by one, for expressing your great support for my person during the past days, and I reiterate that the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, for me, is greater than any position or rank, and I am sure that I will be on a level of responsibility that you have given me and myself."
I will not leave you, and I will do all my capabilities for the protection within the Union House Union of Kurdistan and continued on my position hard in the way of power management in the Kurdistan region and the independence of the judiciary and to prevent political exclusivity and the agendas of the regional.
He reiterated that we support all the work of reform and cleansing, as we have worked in the past in activating the bulk of our efforts to provide salaries We will also work in the future to improve the lives of citizens and support efforts aimed at preventing smuggling at the borders.
butterfly 2021-07-20 06:07 Shafaq News/The Basra light crude lost 8.78% of its price, as other international crudes drop.
Basra light crude exports to Asia reached 69.12 dollars; in time, Basra heavy crude lost only 0.27%, settling at 68.78 dollars.
The Saudi light crude reached 73.34 dollars per barrel, while the Emirati Merban amounted to 72.45 dollars, and the Algerian Saharan for 68.58 dollars, and the Nigerian Bonny light oil amounted to 68.43 dollars.
Global oil prices increased today, as Brent crude oil amounted to 68.80 dollars and West Texas Brent crude reached 66.52 dollars.
butterfly 2021-07-20 03:29 Shafaq News/ the Dinar/Dollar exchange rates stabilized Today as the main stock exchange in Baghdad and Erbil stopped trading in the first Eid day.
Shafaq News agency correspondent reported that today's selling and buying prices in the local markets dropped to 148750 and 147750 dinars per 100 dollars.
Our correspondent indicated that the main stock markets in Baghdad and the Kurdistan Region will remain closed until the end of the Eid holiday.
butterfly 2021-07-20 01:18 Shafaq News / Oil prices stabilized on Tuesday after slumping around 7% in the previous session amid a broader market retreat led by concerns about rising COVID-19 infections, which came just as producers inked a new supply deal, Reuters reported.
Brent crude gained 1 cent to $68.63 a barrel by 0412 GMT. The U.S. crude contract for August delivery , which expires later on Tuesday, was up 15 cents at $66.57 a barrel. U.S. crude for September delivery was up around 9 cents at $66.44 a barrel.
The selloff, which pushed prices to their lowest in two months, "was largely due to concerns centered on the Delta variant and macro backdrop rather than a significant re-think of forward looking oil fundamentals," RBC Capital Markets said in a note.
It came after the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and allies, called OPEC+, reached a compromise on Sunday to increase output, but that was more "an unfortunate coincidence rather than a catalyst," RBC said, noting equities fell sharply and bonds rose.
That Delta variant of COVID-19, which is significantly more contagious than earlier ones, is now the dominant strain worldwide, U.S. officials said on Friday.
It has been detected in about 100 countries around the world and patchy rollouts of inoculation programmes in many places are undermining the battle against the virus, raising the prospect of more lockdowns that would hit demand for oil products.
Still, RBC said high frequency indicators showed that restaurant bookings over the weekend in the United States, the world's biggest oil consumer, were at pre-COVID levels, while domestic flights were at the highest level since the pandemic started.
The OPEC+ deal takes away more of the supply curbs that buttressed the market for a year. OPEC+ is keeping about 5.8 million crude barrels per day (bpd) out of the market, a figure that will decrease by 2 million bpd by the end of 2021.
butterfly Despite the latest COVID-19 concerns and crude price falls, some analysts expect the increased supplies to be soaked up by a gradual return of economic activity.
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Butterfly Al-Kazemi’s advisor: There is no change in the dollar exchange rate
2021-07-19 08:51 Al-Kazemis advisor - There is no change in the dollar exchange rateShafaq News/ Mazhar Muhammad Salih, Economic Adviser to Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi stressed, on Monday, not to rely on oil prices because they are unstable, in changing the dollar exchange rate against the Iraqi dinar.
Saleh told Shafaq News Agency, “The dollar exchange rate is fixed and there is no change in it, and any increase or decrease in the exchange rate in the market from the specified price is due to the process of demand for the currency.”
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Butterfly Al-Kazemi’s advisor: There is no change in the dollar exchange rate
2021-07-19 08:51 Al-Kazemis advisor - There is no change in the dollar exchange rateShafaq News/ Mazhar Muhammad Salih, Economic Adviser to Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi stressed, on Monday, not to rely on oil prices because they are unstable, in changing the dollar exchange rate against the Iraqi dinar.
Saleh told Shafaq News Agency, “The dollar exchange rate is fixed and there is no change in it, and any increase or decrease in the exchange rate in the market from the specified price is due to the process of demand for the currency.”
He added, “If there is a change in the exchange rate, this is due to the improvement in oil prices in the long run,” stressing that “oil prices are not fixed and may rise or fall during the coming period.” shafaq.com
butterfly Parliamentary Energy announces the transfer of the oil and gas law to the next session
2021/07/19 Iraqi oilBaghdad/ Al Mawrid News Today, Monday, the Parliamentary Oil and Energy Committee determined the extent to which the oil and gas law can be legislated in the current parliamentary session.
Committee member Sattar al-Jabri said, in a press statement, that “the oil and gas law is one of the strategic laws and it is difficult to resolve it in the current parliamentary session,” stressing that “it will be transferred to the next parliamentary session.”
Al-Jabri called for “making the law among the priorities of the next council, as it achieves social justice by distributing wealth to the people of the same country without discrimination of components or regions.”
The Oil and Gas Law establishes a system for managing oil operations in Iraq, taking into consideration the existing international agreements between the Republic of Iraq and other countries regarding the transportation of crude oil.
It also aims to define the basis for cooperation between the concerned ministries in the federal government, as well as to establish a base for coordination and consultation between the federal authorities and the authorities of the oil-producing regions and governorates. almawrid.news
butterfly Saudi Trade Minister: Relations with Iraq are at their best
2021-07-19 | 08:27 Saudi Trade Minister - Relations with Iraq are at their bestToday, Monday, the Saudi Minister of Commerce, Majid Al-Qasabi, described Saudi-Iraqi relations as being at their best, directing his message to the government and people of Iraq that the Kingdom and Iraq are an integral part of their nation.
Al-Qasabi said, “There are directives from King Salman and the Crown Prince to support Iraq at all levels.”
He added that “the interest of the Kingdom and Iraq is one, and we are linked by language, Arabism, blood and religion, and revealed the study of the file of opening other ports with Iraq after the success of the Arar port, explaining that “the Saudi Crown Prince and the Prime Minister of Iraq are directly following the relationship file.”
The Saudi Minister of Commerce said, “The Kingdom deals with… Iraq As a whole, we support investment opportunities as well as in the region Kurdistan. ”
He stressed that” the Kingdom are the first and last supportIraq and stability, indicating that the Kingdom supports Iraq In the reconstruction of cities liberated from ISIS through Saudi Investment Fund”. alsumaria.tv
butterfly Al-Nasr Coalition: Al-Sadr’s bloc has not officially withdrawn from the elections
2021-07-19 07:27 Al-Nasr Coalition - Al-Sadrs bloc has not officially withdrawn from the electionsShafaq News/ The victory coalition led by Haider al-Abadi confirmed on Monday that the Sadrist bloc and the Sadrist movement’s candidates did not submit an official request to withdraw from the elections, considering that the Sadrist movement believes that the current time is not in its favor in the elections.
The coalition spokeswoman, Ayat Muzaffar, told Shafaq News Agency, “We, as the victory coalition, appreciate al-Sadr’s position regarding not participating in the elections and are waiting for the commission’s decision regarding the announced withdrawal of the Sadrist candidates from the elections.”
She stressed that “so far, there is no official request to withdraw from the elections, as this matter requires technical procedures, most notably submitting an official request to the Electoral Commission.”
Muzaffar pointed out that “the Sadrist movement has a point of view towards the elections, as it found an invalid situation for it to hold elections at this stage, and he may see that the next stage may be better for him to contest the elections.”
She pointed out that “there are mediations by the political blocs to push al-Sadr to reverse his decision, for the Sadrist movement has mass and weight in the political process as well, and its failure to participate will lead to an imbalance in the balance and the political equation as we are about to form a new government and we have political blocs that intend to form it alone.” .
butterfly Muzaffar concluded by saying, “We stress the necessity of participating in the elections and not delaying them, and that the political blocs must participate in them and complete the technical procedures involved.”
Earlier today, the representative of the Al-Fateh bloc, Fadel Al-Fatlawi, told Shafaq News Agency, “There is a movement of leaders and heads of political forces against the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, since he announced his boycott of the elections, to pressure him to reverse his decision.”
He indicated that the purpose of this movement is to “return al-Sadr to the political arena to ensure the success of the electoral process.”
Last Thursday, the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, announced a boycott of the legislative elections scheduled for next October in Iraq, and at the same time decided to withdraw his hand from the current federal government headed by Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi, and the subsequent government as well. shafaq.com
butterfly A slight change in the dollar exchange rate in the Iraqi markets
Monday 19 July 2021 | 10:35 am 10K Iraqi Dinar notesThe exchange rates of the dollar against the Iraqi dinar on a daily basis, according to the variables of the currency exchange market in the capital, Baghdad, and the provinces of the country .
The selling price of the dollar is 148,300 dinars per 100 dollars, while it was yesterday (147,200 per 100 dollars )
The purchase price of the dollar is 147,200 dinars per 100 dollars, while yesterday it was (147,100 per 100 dollars ) It is noteworthy that the dollar exchange rates yesterday rose by 100 dinars also from yesterday, Saturday. aynaliraqnews.com
TWW stock market is havin a very bad day: - 751.85
butterfly Remember these days: the Dow Jones had dropped 1,777.57 points, equivalent to a 7.55-percent drop. Then there was this: When looking at the data, The Verify team was able to confirm that the 11 biggest single-day losses by net points have happened since Trump took over. The biggest drop occurred on Monday when it plummeted by 2,013.76.
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butterfly Registration launched on the website of the initiative to distribute plots of land to citizens / expanded
Monday 19 July 2021......Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi announced today, Monday, the launch of registration on the website of the initiative to distribute residential plots to citizens (www.dari.iq), and
Al-Kazemi said, while presiding over a meeting of the committee in charge of distributing plots of land, "We announce today Monday, the start of registration on plots of land through the approved website, and it will contribute to facilitating procedures and bypassing routine, nepotism and side interventions, and achieve justice by distributing in light of the conditions and points set for the eligible categories.
For its part, the committee in charge of distributing plots clarified that "the first phase will include the distribution of 338 thousand plots of land out of 550 thousand, and will include the governorates of Baghdad, Basra, Najaf, Maysan, Wasit, Salah al-Din and Anbar as a first stage."
The committee added, "The electronic registration will be open to all provinces, but the plots of land that are currently available as a first batch in the above provinces, until the completion of the other provinces, successively." For citizens.
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Butterfly TWW stock market is havin a very bad day: - 751.85
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butterfly Disclosure of the date of Parliament’s questioning of the head of the National Investment Commission, Suha Najjar
Monday 19 July 2021 23:39 .........The head of the Parliamentary Economy and Investment Committee, Ahmed Salim Al-Kinani, revealed that a request had been submitted to the Presidency of the House of Representatives to set a date for questioning the head of the National Investment Commission, Suha Daoud Najjar, after the commission committed a number of legal violations.
Al-Kinani said in a statement that: The Parliamentary Committee on Economy and Investment hosted, several times before, the head of the National Investment Commission, Suha Daoud Najjar, in the presence of its advanced cadre. Pointing out that "the National Investment Commission violated the law through the system approved by the Council of Ministers, which was originally lifted from the National Investment Commission!"
butterfly He added: These and other violations were registered with the Parliamentary Economy and Investment Committee, and the committee alerted the National Investment Commission several times about these violations, and we had hoped the National Investment Commission would correct these violations, but unfortunately it did not respond to them and did not take them into consideration!
Al-Kinani noted that: After the Parliamentary Economy and Investment Committee had taken all the constitutional and legal measures in its dealings with the National Investment Commission, it moved towards submitting a request to the Presidency of Parliament, to interrogate the Chairman of the National Investment Commission, regarding the violations committed by the National Commission, and the date for the interrogation will be set. In the coming days.
butterfly Reuters: ISIS claims responsibility for Sadr City bombing
Tuesday 20 July 2021 00:07............ Reuters news agency said that ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack that targeted a popular market in Sadr City in Baghdad.
butterfly Al-Kazemi chairs an emergency security meeting against the background of the bombing of Sadr City / expanded
Tuesday 20 July 2021 01:12...The Prime Minister and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, Mustafa Al-Kazemi, chaired last night an emergency meeting that included military, security and intelligence leaders, against the background of the terrorist attack in the cowardly bombing that took place in Sadr City.
Al-Kazemi began the meeting, according to a statement by his office, by noting that terrorism and Kharijites of the era had proven their failure to gain a foothold as a result of the blows they received at the hands of our heroic armed forces, so they resorted to a path of meanness and defeat by targeting innocents at random, as the cowards have always condemned.
And he said: I offer my condolences to our sons, our brothers and our people in Sadr City, and let the families of the martyrs know that retribution will pursue terrorism in every hole and every hiding place, and the terrorists will not be safe on the land of Iraq.
He explained that the criminals, with their desperate attempts, wanted to create chaos. After detonating the electric power transmission towers, they went to indiscriminate killing and bombing among the safe people.
butterfly Al-Kazemi directed that any commander or officer who is proven to have failed to perform his duty be held accountable, investigated and referred to the competent court, stressing on our security forces to remain the eye that never sleeps for the security and safety of Iraqis, and to mobilize intelligence work with all its energies, and with precise preemptive strikes, in order that Terrorism has no sanctuary or incubator anywhere.
He also directed the redistribution of holding cutters for the security forces in the capital, Baghdad, in a way that increases the readiness of our units and their ability to confront terrorist and criminal schemes.
Al-Kazemi also directed to provide urgent assistance in all its forms to the families of the victims, and for health personnel to mobilize all their energies in order to treat the injured.
butterfly Al-Kazemi's advisor for reconstruction and housing affairs: More than / 6 / million requests for plots of land have been registered so far
Monday 19 July 2021 20:29......Adviser to the Prime Minister for Reconstruction and Housing Affairs Sabah Abdul Latif announced that more than 6 million applications for plots of land have been registered so far.
Abdul Latif said in a televised statement: There will be a trade-off between applicants for plots of land.”
Today, Monday, Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi announced the launch of registration on the website of the initiative to distribute residential plots to citizens (www.dari.iq), And that was while he chaired a meeting of the committee in charge of distributing plots of land.”
butterfly Iran presses for Visa Waiver from Iraq..........19th July 2021 .....Iran presses for Visa Waiver from Iraq
Iranian authorities continue to pressure the Iraqi government into waiving its travel visa between the two countries.
Click here to read the full article. https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/07/iran-presses-visa-waiver-iraq
butterfly Iraq, Jordan sign Agreement on Electrical Interconnector......19th July 2021.........raq and Jordan have reportedly signed an agreement to implement the electrical interconnector between the two countries.
The Iraqi and Jordanian Ministers of Electricity met to discuss the details of the project on Thursday.
(Source: Shafaq, Basnews)
butterfly Dana Gas Expansion Plans "Well Underway" in Kurdistan......19th July 2021...........Dana Gas PJSC announced that its H1 2021 collections from the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), and Egypt have increased 106% year-on-year to $185 million (AED 678m), the highest level in more than five years.
Dana Gas, which owns a 35% stake in Pearl Petroleum, saw its share of collections from sales of condensate, LPG and gas in the KRI jump 85% to $87 million in the first half 2021 as compared to $47 million in the same period the previous year.
The Company received cash dividends of $48.3 million from Pearl Petroleum over this period. For the same period, the Dana Gas share of Pearl Revenue was $87 million, EBITDA $74 million, Net Income $57.4 million, Cash Balances $61 million and Gross Debt $93 million.
The Company share of total KM 250 expansion CAPEX is $220 million, which will be funded at the Pearl level. Dana Gas share of Pearl Petroleum production for the first half 2021 averaged 150 MMscf/d of gas, 5,250 bbls/d condensate and 350 MT/d of LPG.
In Egypt, Dana Gas collected $98 million during H1 2021, compared to $43 million received in the same period of 2020, representing a 128% increase.
Dr Patrick Allman-Ward, CEO of Dana Gas, said:
butterfly "This is one of our best collection periods in the past several years, driven and supported by the strong rebound in oil prices. The respective governments of both the KRI and Egypt are meeting their payment obligations, ensuring the petroleum industry investors are receiving their current monies on time and catching up on overdue payments.
"This provides us with the confidence to reinvest in our operations, notably in the KRI where our expansion plans are well underway. We are in the process of constructing our new KM250 gas train which is on track for first gas in Q2 2023.
In Egypt, we continue to work diligently to maintain production and to prepare for drilling our exciting exploration well in our offshore Block 6 Concession Area which holds material potential of over 20 Tcf of gas resources." (Source: Dana Gas)
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Butterfly Oil prices fell by more than 1%
Monday 19 July 2021.................Oil prices fell by more than one percent, today, Monday, affected by the decision of the OPEC + group to increase supplies after the collapse of an earlier agreement due to the opposition of the UAE.
Brent crude fell 1.4 percent, recording $72.59 a barrel, after losing nearly three percent earlier.
US crude fell 94 cents, 1.3 percent, at $70.87 a barrel, after falling nearly 4 percent in the past.
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Butterfly Oil prices fell by more than 1%
Monday 19 July 2021.................Oil prices fell by more than one percent, today, Monday, affected by the decision of the OPEC + group to increase supplies after the collapse of an earlier agreement due to the opposition of the UAE.
Brent crude fell 1.4 percent, recording $72.59 a barrel, after losing nearly three percent earlier.
US crude fell 94 cents, 1.3 percent, at $70.87 a barrel, after falling nearly 4 percent in the past.
On Sunday, OPEC + ministers agreed to increase oil supplies from August to cool prices that rose to a two-and-a-half year high as the global economy recovered from the coronavirus pandemic.
The group, which includes OPEC countries and allies such as Russia, agreed decisively on new production quotas from May 2022 after Saudi Arabia and other countries agreed to a request from the UAE.
butterfly Al-Kazemi discusses with the Saudi Minister of Commerce ways to enhance cooperation in the fields of economy and investment
Monday 19 July 2021......Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi received the Saudi Minister of Commerce, Majed Al-Qasabi, and his accompanying delegation.
Al-Qasabi conveyed the greetings and congratulations of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, to the Prime Minister, on the occasion of the blessed Eid Al-Adha, and their wishes for further progress and prosperity for the peoples of the two countries.
During the meeting, they discussed the development of bilateral relations between Baghdad and Riyadh, and ways to enhance cooperation in the fields of economy and investment, work to enhance and develop intra-trade movement, overcome obstacles and delays, and facilitate implementation procedures to enhance bilateral cooperation at various levels and fields.
Al-Kazemi welcomed the guest minister and told him to convey his greetings and congratulations on the occasion of Eid Al-Adha to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and the Crown Prince.
He praised the level of relations between the two countries and their keenness to strengthen them, and to look forward to more prospects of joint cooperation within the framework of the Iraqi-Saudi Coordination Council, in a manner that achieves the interests of the peoples of the two countries.
butterfly Trade stresses the importance of Saudi companies' participation in the investment process in Iraq
Monday 19 July 2021............Minister of Commerce Alaa Al-Jubouri stressed, during his meeting with his counterpart, the Saudi Minister of Trade and Investment, Majid Al-Qasabi, in Baghdad, the importance of the participation of Saudi companies in the investment process in Iraq.
And the ministry's spokesman, Muhammad Hanoun, said in a statement, "The Minister of Commerce, Alaa Al-Jubouri, received this morning his Saudi counterpart, Majed Al-Qasabi, and his accompanying delegation at Baghdad International Airport," noting that "the two parties discussed ways to enhance trade and economic relations between Baghdad and Riyadh, and the need for companies to participate. Saudi Arabia in the process of investing inside Iraq.
He added, "Al-Jubouri stressed the necessity of exchanging investment between the two countries, and also called for the participation of Saudi companies in the trade opportunities exhibition, which will be held on the land of the Baghdad International Fair at a later time."
For his part, the Saudi Minister of Commerce and Investment, Majed Al-Qasabi, expressed his happiness with the visit he is making to Iraq in the current circumstance, appreciating Iraq's positions at the regional level. Al-
Al-Qasabi added that his country seeks to develop the level of relations with Iraq at all levels, especially in the commercial and economic field, stressing "the Kingdom's support for Iraq, and it is urging steps to develop its economy and restore the country's infrastructure."
butterfly The stability of the dollar exchange rates in the local markets
Monday 19 July 2021........Today, Monday, local markets witnessed stability in the dollar exchange rates.
The selling price of the dollar in banking shops amounted to 148.750 dinars per 100 dollars, while the purchase prices settled at 148.250 dinars per 100 dollars.
butterfly The Ambassador of Iraq in London discusses with the Secretary-General of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Iraq's accession to the Bank
Monday 19 July 2021.........The Ambassador of Iraq to London, Muhammad Jaafar Al-Sadr, met, via the virtual application, the Secretary-General of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Enzo Kutriuchi.
The ambassador, according to a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, praised the efforts of Enzo and his team for their support of Iraq's request for membership in the bank and the opportunity to participate in the meetings of the Board of Commissioners during the annual conference of the bank held during the current year.
The Ambassador also welcomed Kaoshiko Kogoshi, the new Secretary General of the European Bank, wishing him success in his work.
The ambassador affirmed Iraq's keenness to complete the joining procedures and benefit from the bank's expertise, as Iraq represents a fertile environment for investment, stressing the importance of Iraq having an active role in the bank's decisions in the future.
butterfly The Minister of Oil praises the commitment of the OPEC Plus countries
Sunday 18 July 2021 .....Minister of Oil, Ihsan Abdul-Jabbar, praised the cooperation and commitment of the oil-producing countries from the members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and those allied with it from outside, as the commitment rate reached "113%" last June, including "Mexico", and this confirms everyone's keenness to overcome the challenges facing them. The oil market is successful.
After the conclusion of the nineteenth ministerial meeting of OPEC and its allied countries, which was held via the television circuit, today, Sunday, Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul-Jabbar Ismail stressed the importance of strengthening collective cooperation, praising the countries' compliance with the agreement, and the positive development in increasing demand for crude, as well as the decline in stocks and oil surplus. This is an impressive positive indicator.
Ismail pointed to "the importance of the health measures taken by the countries of the world, and the high rate of vaccination programs, as this contributed to the economic recovery and the gradual return of social activity."
The Minister of Oil added that "the meeting reaffirmed the framework of the cooperation declaration signed on December 10, 2016 and approved it in subsequent meetings, including the site on April 12, 2020".
butterfly And decided to extend the decision of the tenth ministerial meeting of OPEC and independent producers (April-April 2020) until December 31, 2022.
For his part, Director General of the Somo Oil Marketing Company, Alaa Al-Yasiri, said that the meeting decided to adjust the total production by adding a gradual increase by 400.
One thousand barrels per day per month starting from August 2021, and market developments and the performance of the producing countries will be evaluated in the month of December-December 2021 in order to take the appropriate action by the producing countries, with an emphasis on continuing to adhere to the mechanism of holding monthly ministerial meetings of OPEC and its allies from outside it for the duration of the period Announcement of the Cooperation Declaration Agreement to assess market conditions and take a decision on production level adjustments for the following month,
while seeking to end production adjustments by the end of September-September 2022, as of May 1, 2022, a new reference production will be adopted for some OPEC + countries, including Iraq, while re-emphasizing the importance of commitment In full and benefiting from the extension of the compensation period until the end of September 2021, taking into account the compensation, according to the statement of the fifteenth ministerial meeting of OPEC +.
The meeting decided to hold the twentieth ministerial meeting of OPEC and non-members at the headquarters of OPEC on the first of September - September 2021.
butterfly The Integrity Commission discloses the position of the three presidencies' response to the disclosure of financial disclosure for the year 2021
Monday 19 July 2021.............The Integrity Commission revealed the response position of those covered by submitting the financial disclosure form for the year 2021, which is related to the three presidencies, in addition to ministries and agencies not associated with a ministry, the judiciary and the governors.
The Authority's Prevention Department indicated that the response rate of the presidents, ministers and deputies amounted to 100%, and the response rate of the heads of the Federal Supreme Court, the President of the Supreme Judicial Council, the President of the Federal Court of Cassation and the Chief Public Prosecutor also reached 100%.
The department added that the response of the two Vice-Presidents of the House of Representatives to the disclosure of the financial disclosure amounted to 100%, while the response rate of the representatives was 76.5%, and that the response of the members of the Council of Ministers amounted to 100%, the members of the Federal Supreme Court reached 83.3%, and the members of the Federal Court of Cassation 100%, The response of judges covered by the financial disclosure statement was 98.6%.
She explained that the response of heads of bodies and agencies not associated with a ministry amounted to 87.5%, and the response rate of governors was 66.7 percent.
It is noteworthy that the first amendment to the effective Law of the Authority No. (30 of 2011) indicated in Article (16 / first / c) to oblige each of the (President and Deputy Prime Ministers, ministers and those of their rank), as well as others who occupy one of the official positions and positions, to submit a statement About their financial liabilities.
butterfly 2021-07-19 05:58 Shafaq News/ Oil prices fell sharply on Monday after OPEC+ overcame internal divisions and agreed to boost output, sparking concerns about a crude surplus as COVID-19 infections rise in many countries.
Brent crude was down $2.01, or 2.7%, at $71.58 a barrel by 0850 GMT. U.S. oil was down $2.06, or 2.8%, at $69.75 a barrel.
OPEC+ ministers agreed on Sunday to increase oil supply from August to cool prices that this month hit their highest level in more than two years as the global economy recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The group of members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and allies such as Russia also agreed new production shares from May 2022.
"Longer-term, free and additional production capacities from OPEC+ countries are the key reason why we see oil moving lower again," said Julius Baer analyst Carsten Menke.
"We remain confident that the oil market is in the final phase of its upcycle."
However, Goldman Sachs said it remained bullish on the outlook for oil and the agreement was in line with its view that producers "should focus on maintaining a tight physical market all the while guiding for higher future capacity and disincentivizing competing investments."
OPEC+ last year cut output by a record 10 million barrels per day (bpd) amid an evaporation in demand the pandemic developed, prompting a collapse in prices with U.S. oil futures prices at one point falling into negative territory.
OPEC+ producers have gradually eased their output curbs, which now stand at around 5.8 million bpd.
"Even with higher output, the market remains relatively tight," ANZ Research said. "High frequency data is showing encouraging signs for oil, with U.S. gasoline demand recently hitting a record high. This should limit the duration of the selling." Source: Reuters
butterfly 2021-07-19 03:33 Shafaq News/ The 19th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting (ONOMM), held via videoconference, concluded on Sunday 18 July 2021.
The Meeting noted the ongoing strengthening of market fundamentals, with oil demand showing clear signs of improvement and OECD stocks falling, as the economic recovery continued in most parts of the world with the help of accelerating vaccination programmes.
The Meeting welcomed the positive performance of Participating Countries in the Declaration of Cooperation (DoC). Overall conformity to the production adjustments was 113% in June (including Mexico), reinforcing the trend of high conformity by Participating Countries.
In view of current oil market fundamentals and the consensus on its outlook, the Meeting resolved to:
Reaffirm the Framework of the Declaration of Cooperation, signed on 10 December 2016 and further endorsed in subsequent meetings, including on 12 April 2020.
Extend the decision of the 10th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting (April 2020) until the 31st of December 2022.
Adjust upward their overall production by 0.4 mb/d on a monthly basis starting August 2021 until phasing out the 5.8 mb/d production adjustment, and in December 2021 assess market developments and Participating Countries’ performance.
Continue to adhere to the mechanism to hold monthly OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meetings for the entire duration of the Declaration of Cooperation, to assess market conditions and decide on production level adjustments for the following month, endeavoring to end production adjustments by the end of September 2022, subject to market conditions.
Adjust, effective 1st of May 2022, the baseline for the calculations of the production adjustments according to the attached table. Source: OPEC
butterfly 2021-07-18 06:18 Shafaq News/ A government source attributed the surge of the U.S. Dollar (USD) exchange rates to suspending the Central Bank of Iraq's currency Auction due to Eid recess.
The source told Shafaq News agency that the rise is only temporary and it will retreat soon after resuming the auctions.
"The traders bought USDs from the market to cover the expenses of their imports. Therefore, the demand rose in the absence of CBI's auctions...When the auction is resumed, the exchange rates will retrograde back to the previous levels."
USD exchange rates against the Iraqi dinars surged recently after setting down for a few weeks.
butterfly 2021-07-19 08:03 Shafaq News/ Iraq’s President, Barham Salih, stressed on Monday, the importance of strengthening bilateral relations with Saudi Arabia.
The Iraqi Presidency said in a statement, the President received today, at Baghdad Palace, Saudi Minister of Trade, Majed Al-Qasabi and his accompanying delegation.
According to the statement, Al-Qasabi conveyed greetings and congratulations of King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on the occasion of Eid Al-Adha.
During the meeting, both sides discussed the “ties between the two neighboring countries and the two brotherly peoples and ways to enhance them in all fields.”
“Saleh stressed the importance of developing relations between the two sides and enhancing prospects for cooperation in various fields through the joint coordination council between the two countries, and cooperation in the economic, commercial, agricultural, investment and oil sectors to the interests of the peoples.”
According to the statement, both sides confirmed the “Iraqi-Saudi brotherly relations, their development, and the two countries' keenness to bridge the relationship between Iraq and the Gulf Cooperation Council, and emphasizing a secure, stable, sovereign Iraq and solid relations with its Arab depth and Islamic neighborhood.”
Minister Al-Qasabi extended deep thanks and appreciation to the Iraqi President, stressing the Kingdom's commitment to supporting the security and stability of Iraq, strengthening cooperation between the two countries.
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butterfly Pilgrims arrive in Mecca for second Hajj during COVID pandemic
This year’s downsized Hajj will see only 60,000 fully vaccinated residents in Saudi Arabia take part in the five-day ritual.........17 Jul 2021
Pilgrims began arriving in the holy city of Mecca on Saturday for the second downsized Hajj staged during the coronavirus pandemic, circling Islam’s holiest site in masks and on distanced paths.
The kingdom is allowing only 60,000 fully vaccinated residents to take part, seeking to repeat last year’s success that saw no virus outbreak during the five-day ritual.
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butterfly Pilgrims arrive in Mecca for second Hajj during COVID pandemic
This year’s downsized Hajj will see only 60,000 fully vaccinated residents in Saudi Arabia take part in the five-day ritual.........17 Jul 2021
Pilgrims began arriving in the holy city of Mecca on Saturday for the second downsized Hajj staged during the coronavirus pandemic, circling Islam’s holiest site in masks and on distanced paths.
The kingdom is allowing only 60,000 fully vaccinated residents to take part, seeking to repeat last year’s success that saw no virus outbreak during the five-day ritual.
butterfly This year’s Hajj, with participants chosen through a lottery, is larger than the pared-down version staged in 2020 but drastically smaller than in normal times.
After being loaded on buses and brought to Mecca’s Grand Mosque, pilgrims began performing the “tawaf”, the circumambulation of the Kaaba, a large cubic structure draped in golden-embroidered black cloth, towards which Muslims around the world pray.
Many carried umbrellas to protect themselves from the scorching summer heat.
“Every three hours, 6,000 people enter to perform the tawaf of arrival,” Hajj ministry spokesman Hisham al-Saeed told AFP news agency. “After each group leaves, a sterilisation process is carried out at the sanctuary.”
butterfly The Hajj, usually one of the world’s largest annual religious gatherings with some 2.5 million people taking part in 2019, is one of the five pillars of Islam and must be undertaken by all Muslims with the means at least once in their lives.
It consists of a series of religious rites, formally starting on Sunday, which are completed over five days in Islam’s holiest city and its surroundings in western Saudi Arabia.
It follows a route the Prophet Muhammad walked nearly 1,400 years ago and is believed to ultimately trace the footsteps of the Prophets Abraham and Ismail.
butterfly According to India’s National Family Health Survey conducted in 2015-16, Uttar Pradesh has a total fertility rate (TFR) of 2.7, which is above the national average of 2.1, Muttreja said.
However, Muttreja said due to the efforts by subsequent governments in Uttar Pradesh, health outcomes have improved since 2015.
“The Technical Group on Population Projections for the Period of 2011-2036, constituted by the National Commission on Population under the ministry of health and family welfare in July 2020 projected that Uttar Pradesh will achieve the replacement level of TFR by 2025, without a need for coercive policies,” Muttreja told Al Jazeera.
According to the United Nations Population Division, a TFR of about 2.1 children per woman is called replacement-level fertility, which, if sustained over a longer period, each generation will exactly replace itself.
butterfly Shailaja Chandra, former health ministry secretary and former executive director of National Population Stabilisation Fund, said given its population and high fertility rate, Uttar Pradesh does require “focus at a policy level and a population policy is very much called for”.
But she cautions about the proposed legislation.
“No law will be able to bring down the fertility [rate] and laws which already exist in 12 [Indian] states have not shown any positive change towards people’s reproductive behaviour. So this law is also not going to achieve that,” Chandra told Al Jazeera.
“If you do anything by way of taking away certain benefits, that’s coercion, and coercion is not acceptable … You can’t have a state doing something different from the national policy on such an important subject,” she added.
‘Election propaganda’
Ironically, if the provisions of the proposed two-child policy law were to be applied in Uttar Pradesh, half of the legislators belonging to the governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would not be eligible to contest the assembly elections.
At least 152 of the BJP’s 304 elected members to the state assembly have three or more children.
butterfly Moreover, Uttar Pradesh is not the only BJP-run state where a chorus of population control has grown recently.
Himanta Biswa Sarma, the chief minister of the northeastern state of Assam, last month announced that his government will gradually implement a two-child policy for availing benefits under specific schemes funded by the state.
In the southern state of Karnataka, BJP leader CT Ravi on Tuesday called for a population control policy on the lines of Assam and Uttar Pradesh.
With “limited natural resources available, it will be difficult to meet the needs of every citizen if there is a population explosion”, he told reporters.
That is why most opposition parties have hit out at the BJP-led government over the proposed bill, with the Uttar Pradesh-based Samajwadi Party terming the move as “election propaganda”.
“BJP has failed in delivering on its promises in Uttar Pradesh and now when the elections are just months away, it wants to divert the attention of media and opposition from its failures through these non-issues,” Samajwadi Party spokesman Rajendra Chaudhary told Al Jazeera.
butterfly Assembly elections are due in Uttar Pradesh early next year.
Even Nitish Kumar, a prominent BJP ally and chief minister of neighbouring Bihar state, and the right-wing party’s ideological partner, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (World Hindu Council), have raised objections against the proposed law in Uttar Pradesh.
butterfly Days after proposing the draft bill, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath unveiled the Uttar Pradesh Population Policy 2021-30 to mark World Population Day on Sunday.
The policy aims at bringing down the gross fertility rate among women to 2.1 by 2026 and to 1.9 by the year 2030.
Calling the rising population “a hurdle in development”, Adityanath said he wanted to stabilise the state’s population and reduce maternal and infant deaths in a time-bound manner.
Muttreja of the Population Foundation of India pointed out the “complete contrast” between the proposed law and the government’s population policy based on a “non-coercive, life-cycle approach”.
butterfly “If the proposed bill was to come into effect it would completely overturn the policy, rendering it irrelevant and ineffective,” she said, adding that the concern and alarm around “population explosion” are not substantiated by data.
“There is no evidence that there is a population explosion in either India or Uttar Pradesh,” she told Al Jazeera.
‘Communal polarisation’
India is projected to overtake China as the most populous country by 2025.
But statistics show that India’s population growth peaked decades ago and is now on a downward trajectory. In fact, 24 of India’s 29 states have already achieved a TFR of 2.1.
Yet, the bogey of population explosion is often used by India’s right-wing groups, including the BJP, to target the minority Muslims, with their conspiracy theories saying the community plans to outnumber Hindus, who constitute 80 percent of the country’s population as opposed to 14 percent Muslims.
butterfly In a column in the Indian Express newspaper, SY Quraishi, former chief election commissioner of India and author of The Population Myth: Islam, Family Planning and Politics in India, wondered what provoked two BJP chief ministers to suddenly announce population policies.
“In both cases, keeping the cauldron boiling for communal polarisation is the probable answer, and probable electoral gains for Yogi Adityanath in the impending election,” he wrote.
butterfly Two-child norms ‘anti-women’
India’s family planning programme is voluntary in nature, which enables the couples to decide the size of their families and adopt family planning methods best suited to them, without any compulsion.
In December last year, India’s health ministry, in an affidavit filed before the Supreme Court, said coercing people to have a certain number of children would be “counterproductive” and lead to a “demographic distortion”.
A study published in The Lancet in July 2020 found that continued trends in female educational attainment and access to contraception will hasten the decline in fertility and slow population growth.
Chandra suggested the Uttar Pradesh government should “segregate” the state into districts and focus on those districts where the fertility rate is high.
butterfly Muttreja said two-child norms are known to “disproportionately impact the most deprived and vulnerable, particularly women and girls, who already have little to no access to health and education”.
“This further impacts their ability to make decisions regarding their health and wellbeing,” she told Al Jazeera.
“The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns and restrictions have compounded inequities and vulnerabilities of the most marginalised.”
Kavita Krishnan, a feminist and member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist), said the Uttar Pradesh bill is “based on the racist premise that India has ‘overpopulation’ and that Indians should thus reproduce less than, say, American, British or Australian people”.
“Similar laws in China further worsened the sex ratio, the same will happen in India,” she told Al Jazeera.
“The law will penalise women, preventing them from being able to contest elections or seek welfare benefits, even though women do not control decisions relating to the number of children in our patriarchal culture.”
butterfly Al-Maliki calls on the families of martyrs and prisoners to close ranks and actively participate in the elections
Saturday 17 July 2021 20:21 .......Head of the State of Law Coalition, Nuri al-Maliki, called on the families of the martyrs and prisoners to unite the word, close ranks, and actively participate in the elections to contribute to building the future of Iraq.
In his speech delivered this evening at the mass ceremony held by the Shaheed Organization and the Al-Basheer Youth Movement, on the occasion of the fifteenth anniversary of the execution of the tyrant Saddam Hussein, he said: Our celebration of this occasion is a message to Saddam's followers and every Ba'athist took the approach of killing and injustice against his people that there is no place for him. You and you commit crimes of murder and loss of life against innocents, and that retribution will inevitably come, just as it was established against your criminal tyrant Saddam.
butterfly Al-Maliki added: Today, we commemorate Saddam's execution, and we are following in the footsteps of our martyrs, and we tell them that we are following your path, adhering to the principles and preserving the jihadist legacy in order to establish the reform curriculum in society.
He pointed out that: the buried Baath Party did not abandon its bloody and criminal approach, indicating: We were afflicted by a party that harbors foundlings, perverts, thieves and those who feel inferior in their social path. After the fall of the regime, the tails of the Baath continued to yearn for that criminal regime until they used the title of resistance to the occupier as a window for revenge.
From the Iraqi people, they began targeting the doctor, the academic, and the security man. Despite all that, we managed to defeat them and achieved many victories.
Al-Maliki stated that: Saddam's followers were trying to smuggle him from Iraq, and millions of dollars were allocated, but we failed their efforts and we were able to inflict the just retribution against this criminal, praise be to God.
butterfly He continued: We say to all of Saddam's criminal followers: We are following your dirty moves, and although we did justice to you and your tyrant by giving him a fair trial, do not be deceived by our fairness and justice because we will not allow you to return again.
He called on the families of the martyrs and prisoners to be the successor to the good of an ancestor and to contribute to building Iraq, and to actively participate in the elections despite the whispers of some and their desire to postpone, but we say that elections should be held to chart the future of Iraq.
butterfly Araqchi: Iran is witnessing a transitional period... and the Vienna talks must wait for the new government
Saturday 17 July 2021...........The chief Iranian nuclear negotiator, Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi, said that his country is going through a transitional period, indicating that Ibrahim Raisi will soon take over the country's leadership in the next stage.
Araqchi added this evening, commenting on the suspension of nuclear talks between Tehran and the 4+1 group in Vienna: We are in a transitional period and a democratic transfer of power is taking place in Tehran, and the Vienna talks must wait for the new Iranian government.
The Iranian official called on the United States and Britain to understand this and stop, and link the humanitarian exchange - which is ready for implementation - to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (the nuclear agreement).
butterfly Araqchi considered the exchange (prisoners) as a hostage for political purposes, leading to the loss of the exchange process and the nuclear agreement.
He believed that: It is possible to release ten detainees from all sides tomorrow if the United States and Britain fulfill their obligations under the agreement.
The new Iranian president, who belongs to the hard-line camp, Ibrahim Raisi, is scheduled to officially take over the presidency on August 3.
Raisi had won the presidential elections that took place on June 18, after obtaining nearly 18 million votes.
Iran began nuclear negotiations hosted in Vienna over six rounds last April, to revive the nuclear agreement, and the United States participates in these negotiations indirectly because of Iran's insistence on lifting sanctions before allowing Washington to return to the direct negotiating table within the 4+1 group.
Iran signed the nuclear agreement with the United States, France, Britain, China, Russia and Germany in July 2015, before withdrawing from it in 2018, the administration of former US President Donald Trump.
butterfly Zain Hit by Iraqi Dinar Devaluation........17th July 2021.............Zain Iraq's H1 2021 revenue reached USD 376 million, and EBITDA amounted to USD 145 million, reflecting an EBITDA margin of 39%.
Net profit reached USD 24 million for the period. The operator's customer base increased by 7% to reach 16.1 million customers maintaining its market leading position.
It should be noted that the Iraqi dinar devaluation also impacted Zain Iraq's revenue by USD 88 million for the six-month period.
Bader Nasser Al-Kharafi (pictured), Zain Vice-Chairman and Group CEO commented:
"To minimize the impact of the currency devaluations, management has proactively undertaken decisive cost optimization initiatives across all markets, and both Zain Iraq and Zain Sudan have revamped prices and are now offering new attractive data monetization packages." (Source: Zain)
butterfly NOTICE THE DATE ON THIS ARTICLE......................Central Bank says No Further Devaluation of Iraqi Dinar...13th April 2021 in Iraq Banking & Finance News.............he Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) has reassured the markets that there will be no further devaluation of the Iraqi dinar.
Ammar Mohammed said:
"It was important to change the exchange rate before approving the budget in order to know the income and budget in dinars ... to serve the interests of the Iraqi economy ... it will also enhance the competitiveness of domestic products and reduce imports ...
"The decision ... is final, and there will be no further change in this rate."
He added that the Central Bank has sufficient foreign reserves to sustain the new exchange rate.
(Source: Govt of Iraq)
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