Violence hits the commercial movement in Iraq

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Violence hits the commercial movement in Iraq

Created on Monday, July 29 / July 2013 10:09 | |

Baghdad / Orr News

Leave a recent escalation in violence in Iraq made its mark on the overall aspects of life, especially business and the general economic situation. As traders feared Sunni provinces visit Baghdad while avoiding truck drivers of the capital after receiving threats from militias.

Obaid Manna, a Sunni truck driver, transported goods from neighboring countries to Baghdad for years, but decided not to approach Baghdad after being warned a fellow Sunni militiamen him "if entered Baghdad, again, I will cut off your legs." And now, according to a report by the agency, "the Associated Press," The Manna deliver the goods for Shiites drivers until they moved to Baghdad. Over the past week killed 14 Shiite truck drivers after they shot in the head at a fake checkpoint set up by activists along the highway in the north of the country.

At the same time, have become some Shiite neighborhoods in Baghdad are prohibited on the year, especially after rumors spread that the Shiite militias establish fake checkpoints to target year. While the Ministry of Interior denied those rumors, these Iraqi threats to remember the dark days they lived in 2006 and 2007 when they were reprisal killings between Sunnis and Shiites part of the routine of everyday life.

And found truckers, such as Manna, and ways to avoid violence, as established regions آمنتان in the towns of Abu Ghraib and Fallujah, west of Baghdad, where he delivers bikers Year goods to their counterparts Shiites in peace, were also set up the dump again in Ghazaliya district which is dominated by Sunni west of the Iraqi capital .

Manna said, a young man in the third and thirty-year-old father of four children: "Some of the drivers of the year are willing to take risks and enter Baghdad for the money, but I do not venture." The Manna receive between $ 1,200 and $ 1,300 for each shipment from Jordan to Baghdad, but he pointed out that his income has now fallen by about 80 per cent, because it does not unload cargo in Baghdad.

And increased sectarian tensions months ago, after Sunni protests, which began in December (December) last year against the policies of the government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. Did not travel Sunni merchant Akram charity to Baghdad from the northern city of Mosul since government forces raided a sit-in Hawija Square in April last year signed dozens of dead and wounded. The charity had stopped traveling to Baghdad in 2006 as well, when sectarian violence was at its peak, before returning in 2008 when the security situation has seen some improvement. Khairi said, 41-year-old father of four children: "You can easily identify through my accent." Since last April, requesting charitable goods by phone and sent from Baghdad to dealers in trucks, which makes it difficult to judge the quality of goods and selection of goods that are more popular.

Traders in Baghdad that the trade was not so bad years ago, noting that the country's economy, which began to improve during recent years because of the oil boom, began to suffer from the recession, again because of the unrest. Hassan said Shaheen, who trades in the granite and marble: "I was 50 issued a receipt every week as of last year, but did only 38 issued a receipt since the end of the month of December." He added that people still have the money, but "customers are afraid of the future," noting that sales declined by about 75 per cent since the beginning of this year compared to the same period last year.

After a sharp decline in economic activity followed the U.S. invasion in 2003, the situation has improved somewhat from 2009 after becoming a lot of cities safer, the government managed to attract foreign companies reluctant to invest, particularly in the oil sector, which represents the backbone of the Iraqi economy, There were high hopes for building a strong economy and an end to the heavy legacy of the war. And has already opened a lot of shopping malls, hotels, restaurants and became Iraqis spend more hours on the market until late in the night.

Among the companies that have expanded their activities into company "national car manufacturer", which sells Odyssey Cars Porsche and Volkswagen. The company opened three showrooms and repair centers since 2010. He said the sales manager, Mohamed term, said last year's sales amounted to about 30 cars per month from each exhibition, but since the beginning of this year has not sold three combined showrooms this number in the month. He added long as he spoke of the showroom in Baghdad: "No one dares to buy a new car expensive in light of a very disturbing situation in the street."Moreover, real estate prices have fallen in Baghdad by between 10 and 15 per cent in early this year.

But Fawzi Rahim, a wholesaler distributes food to more than 50 stores in the New Baghdad district (east), the picture is not as bleak for this degree, he said, adding that sales have risen by between 25 and 30 per cent since June last year. Rahim concluded by saying: "The Iraqis will never stop buying whatever food crisis from which they suffer."

 

 

Edited July 29, 2013 by yota691

[haymon]

Still sad times in Iraq.....  :-(

[sandfly]

YEP

[calkid11]

BACK TO THE OLD TIMES. THANK YOU YOTA FOR BRINGING IT OVER...

[nackers]

This can not be good for us

[cooked]

I do not see how they can RV until they end the violence. Sad.

[tedro]

The absolute best outcome for me personally is for Iraq to RV so I can cash out at somewhere north of 10 cents to one dollar and head to the nearest "peaceful" calm beach. 

 

Maliki, or anyone else that becomes PM, together with Sunni, or Shiite, or Kurds, or Muslim Brotherhood, or Sadr, or all terrorists in general.......will FOREVER be fighting and killing each other until the end of time, and for no real reason or purpose whatsoever. These political idiots would be better off with a strong Dictatorship since "rapprochement" (establishment of or state of having cordial relations) is apparently not an option, they would probably try to reject the Rapture.

 

So, Tedro, how do you really feel ?

[Viciousdoggie]

Oh Contrair, I think a better rate of pay with a higher value to their money would help stabilize the economy.  More people willing to work for the pay to help keep their cities safe.

[Boozer]

Thanks