Parliamentary power: Kurds did not provide a convincing justification for non-commitment to pay oil money

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Kirkuk police officers to return to work per Erbil-Baghdad accord

By Rudaw 3 hours ago

The return of Kirkuk policemen and officers comes after an agreement between Iraqi and Kurdistan Region interior ministries. Photo courtesy of Sarhad Qadir

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - More than 200 officers and policemen will resume work in Kirkuk on Monday according to an agreement between Erbil and Baghdad.

“The interior ministries of Iraq and the Kurdistan Region agreed for police and officers who were displaced from Kirkuk province to return to work,” said Brig. Gen. Sarhad Qadir, Kirkuk Suburban Police Chief.

The policemen numbering 263 will resume work today, Qadir added. 

Qadir pointed out any policemen took weapons or vehicles with them should bring it back, as part of the agreement.

After the Iraqi army and Iran backed Shiite militias took over Kirkuk on October 16, more than a hundred thousand Kurdish residents fled the city, including police and security forces.
 

Kurdish and Iraqi military and government officials have held talks on preventing any further escalation of tensions between the two sides and finding a way forward in all disputed territories, including Kirkuk city.

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During the next 24 hours .. Peshmerga will withdraw from the areas of Nineveh Plain

30-10-2017 01:24 PM

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The representative of the Christian component Imad Jokna, on Monday, that the agreement of the technical delegation between the center and the region included the withdrawal of the Peshmerga from the areas of Nineveh Plain within the next 24 hours.

 
"The component sees the need to have a unified security decision to improve the security situation in the Nineveh Plain," he said, stressing that "the technical meeting held recently was an agreement to withdraw the Peshmerga from all areas of Nineveh Plain, including the area of Tel Asqaf and Qush area And part of the district of Sheikhan, within the next 24 hours for the re-deployment of federal forces'.

 
He added that 'areas of the Nineveh Plain mainly not within the map of the disputed areas, but the expansion of the Peshmerga to it has become a reality during the last period'.

He called on the security forces concerned that 'the forces stationed in the Nineveh Plain from the people of those areas, so as not to repeat the events that took place during the past years'.

[Wiljor]

Good morning Yota and very much appreciated sir 

Im glad this is ending well, for everyone’s sake 

[yota691]

Arbil and Baghdad agree on several points on proliferation in conflict areas and border crossing

 

 

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A source familiar with the joint military meeting between Erbil and Baghdad on Monday that the two sides have reached agreement on several points will be applied soon on the ground.

According to the source, the joint forces of the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government will spread in the disputed areas, namely: Mahmudiyah, Shehaila, Faida, Shikhan, Qush, and inverted and Khazar.

He added that it was agreed on the current border of the Kurdistan Region, pointing out that a joint force of the Iraqi border guards and US forces and the Peshmerga will manage the crossing Vishkhabur border.

The source added that all those points agreed by the two delegations were in accordance with the provisions of the permanent Iraqi constitution.

On the other border ports and airports, the source said that the two delegations have referred this issue to the Ministries of Interior and Finance, so that both sides can deal with the matter according to the Constitution.

The source said that the popular crowd was not dealt with in any way in agreeing on these points, but was confined only between the military delegations of Erbil and Baghdad under the direct supervision of the American side.

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Iran: We will soon remove all restrictions on the border with the Kurdistan Region

 

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"The restrictions on the borders between Iran and the Kurdistan region will soon be lifted," Chief of General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqri said.

"In the coming days, the restrictions on the borders between Iran and the Kurdistan region will be lifted," Baqeri told reporters on the sidelines of the National Civil Defense Forum.

 

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Military source: Baghdad and Arbil reach an agreement on the disputed areas

30 October, 2017

 

A military source revealed that Arbil and Baghdad reached an agreement that includes the deployment of joint forces of the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government in the disputed areas.

The source said that during a joint military meeting headed by Othman al-Ghanmi on the current border of the Kurdistan region, a joint force of Iraqi border guards, US forces and the Peshmerga took over the border crossing.

The source added that the decision on the other border crossings and airports referred to the Ministries of Interior and Finance to resolve the subject according to the Iraqi Constitution, pointing out that this agreement was confined only between the military delegations of Erbil and Baghdad and under the direct supervision of the American side.

[NEPatriotsFan1]

Looks like Iraq is about to become the land of milk and honey… agreements, sovereign funds, removed restrictions on border crossings! Yota you are a rockstar!!!

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Good morning Yota and all of DV ! Great news for sure ! Go Astros ! Do DV ! Go RV ! ......Great Day For Sure !

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140 almost resolved...then HCL

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Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi Council of Representatives Aram Sheikh Mohammed calls on the head of the United Nations Mission in Iraq to intervene urgently and pressure on the authorities in Erbil to protect the lives of deputies and journalists 

 October 29, 2017 41 Views

Iraqi Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi Council of Representatives Aram Sheikh Mohammed, Sunday evening from the head of the United Nations Mission in Iraq, Jan Kubic urgent intervention and pressure on the authorities in Erbil to protect the lives of deputies and journalists who were attacked inside the parliament building of Kurdistan.

At the same time, Sheikh Mohammed telephoned the American ambassador in Iraq to discuss the latest developments in the city of Erbil, especially after the attack on the parliament building and the assault on some of the deputies, "and asked the Vice President of the US Ambassador to intervene urgently to put pressure on the authorities in Erbil in order to save lives and life MPs and journalists. "

Sheikh Mohammed also contacted the British consul in Erbil and called for pressure on the authorities in Erbil and forced them to protect the lives and lives of deputies and journalists who were beaten and assaulted.

In the same context, the Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi Council of Representatives will conduct intensive contacts with all representatives and ambassadors in order to intervene and stop what is exposed to the deputies and journalists in Erbil from abuse and beating by some of the weak souls who push partisan without reference to the laws and respect of freedom of opinion.

 

Media Office of the Vice - President of the Iraqi Council of Representatives 
Sunday 2017/10/29

 

http://ar.parliament.iq/2017/10/29/نائب-رئيس-مجلس-النواب-العراقي-آرام-شيخ/

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1 hour ago, 2fast4u2c said:

140 almost resolved...then HCL

You are absolutely correct.....😊😁👍👍

[ChuckFinley]

4 hours ago, NEPatriotsFan1 said:

Looks like Iraq is about to become the land of milk and honey… agreements, sovereign funds, removed restrictions on border crossings! Yota you are a rockstar!!!

I hope so, so far it's been sour milk and bee stings. But I am moving forward and feeling good about everything hoping on.  

[ChuckFinley]

2 hours ago, 2fast4u2c said:

140 almost resolved...then HCL

Sure looking that way. 

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‘Why would Washington punish us?’ Resigning Iraqi Kurdistan leader accuses US of betrayal

Published time: 30 Oct, 2017 00:37

Kurdish riot police officers stand in front of the Kurdistan Parliament in Erbil, Iraq October 29, 2017 © Azad Lashkari Reuters

 

The US has failed to back the Kurds, who were their close allies in the fight against ISIS terrorists, and has allowed Baghdad to use American weapons in its attack on Kurdistan, Masoud Barzani, the Iraqi Kurdish President, has said after resigning his post.

 

“Nobody stood up with us other than our mountains,” Barzani said in a televised address Sunday after the Kurdish parliament endorsed his resignation request. 

 

He was referring to Baghdad’s military operation launched on October 16 following the Kurdish referendum. The vast majority had supported the region’s independence from Iraq in the September plebiscite.

 

The departing Kurdish leader denounced the US for abandoning the Kurds and allowing American Abrams tanks, which were supplied to Iraqi forces to fight Islamic State, to be deployed against them. “Without the help of Peshmerga(Kurdish fighters), Iraqi forces could not have liberated Mosul from ISIS (Islamic State, IS) alone,” he pointed out as cited by Reuters.

 

“Our people should now question, whether the US was aware of Iraq's attack and why they did not prevent it,”Barzani said.“Why would Washington want to punish Kurdistan?” he reflected in disbelief.

 

He then accused his Kurdish rivals of “high treason” for handing over the strategic oil-rich city of Kirkuk and surrounding areas to Iraqi forces without a fight. “We tried to stop bloodshed but the Iraqi forces and Popular Mobilization Front (Shia militias) kept advancing, using US weapons,” he said.

 

The veteran politician said further that Baghdad’s unwillingness to engage in dialogue showed that “Iraq no longer believes in Kurdish rights.” As for the September 25 referendum he had masterminded, Barzani said “three million votes for Kurdistan independence created history and cannot be erased.”

 

“I am the same Masoud Barzani, I am a Peshmerga (Kurdish fighter) and will continue to help my people in their struggle for independence,” he declared.

 

Earlier, the 71-year-old leader, who has lead the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) since its inception in 2005, sent a letter to parliament asking for his presidency not to be extended after November 1.

 

The MPs voted on the request in Erbil Sunday, with 70 voices supporting Barzani’s resignation and 23 voting against the move, Rudaw and Kurdistan 24 channels reported.

 

READ MORE: Kurds offer to ‘freeze’ independence referendum result & resolve conflict via talks with Baghdad

 

Tensions were running high in the Kurdish capital as demonstrators, some of whom were armed, stormed the parliament building during the session. Reuters reported that the protesters said they wanted to “punish” the deputies, who, according to them, had “insulted” Barzani. Gunshots were also heard outside parliament, with reports emerging of the crowd also attacking journalists.

 

Prior to the independence referendum, the Kurds fought alongside Iraqi forces in their US-backed campaign against Islamic State terrorists. Washington regarded the Kurds as a major ally, supplying the Peshmerga with arms despite strong objections from its NATO ally, Turkey.

 

READ MORE: Iraqi forces clash with Kurds moving closer to regional capital Erbil (VIDEO)

 

On Sunday, Iraqi forces and the Peshmerga launched a second round of talks aimed at resolving the conflict. Iraqi prime minister, Haider al-Abadi, earlier demanded the Kurds cancel the results of the independence vote; and hand control of border crossings between the Kurdish region and Iran, Syria and Turkey, through which oil flows, to Baghdad.

 

https://www.rt.com/document/59f63461fc7e93c5398b4567/amp/408166-kurdistan-president-resigns-iraq-us

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[ChuckFinley]

4 hours ago, 2fast4u2c said:

140 almost resolved...then HCL

Agree, one step at a time. I think things are really going to move at a faster pace now since this is getting resolved.   

[SnowGlobe7]

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Customs official: Iraqi authorities receive the Feshkhabur crossing

 

Economy News _ Baghdad Iraqi forces took the Feshkhabur crossing with Turkey, media reported on Tuesday. "The Iraqi authorities took over the Ibrahim al-Khalil (Vishkhabur) crossing in the Khabur border area with Turkey on Tuesday," an Iraqi customs official was quoted as saying. Earlier, the agency quoted Turkish security sources as saying that Turkish and Iraqi troops had moved to the border crossing, in preparation for the Iraqi forces to take over the functions of the Iraqi side. The Khabur crossing, named after Ibrahim al-Khalil in Iraq, is the main crossing point between Turkey and the Kurdistan region of Iraq.   Views 213   Date Added 31/10/2017

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Sources: Receiving and acquiescence of Arbil to the conditions of Baghdad during the negotiations of redeployment and receipt of ports

 

 From 2017-10-31 at 13:39 (Baghdad time)

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OCTOBER 30, 2017

An agreement between the Iraqi army and the Peshmerga forces stipulates that the rest of the disputed areas will be jointly administered by Baghdad and Erbil

Arbil - (DPA): An official source in the Kurdistan region that the Iraqi army and the Peshmerga forces reached, on Monday, an agreement to manage the remaining disputed areas between the Iraqi government and the Kurdistan region jointly.

The source said after the meeting, which was held on Monday evening, between a delegation from the Government of the Territory and an Iraqi delegation in Vishkhabor, "The agreement specifically talks about the administration of areas that are still under the control of the Peshmerga forces within the province of Nineveh, such as Sheikhan and Sihila and Qush and Mahmoudia and Feida and Kuir, .

The source added that "joint forces will be deployed from both sides along with soldiers from the international coalition in the Vishkhabur and Ibrahim al-Khalil with Turkey."

He explained that "the Iraqi army and the Peshmerga also agreed to maintain the current borders of the Kurdistan region, and transfer the two airports Erbil and Sulaymaniyah to the Ministries of Interior and Finance in both Baghdad and Erbil to resolve the problem related to them in accordance with the foundations of the Iraqi constitution."

The agreement comes after the federal government on the sixteenth of this month to pay troops towards Kirkuk and the disputed areas with the Kurdistan region following tensions between Arbil and Baghdad on the background of the referendum on the separation that took place last month, and clashes between the parties.

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Looks like disputed areas are moving past field goal range..... moving in to throw for a touch down!

That's when we all get the extra point.... THE RV!!

YOU CAN DO IT IRAQ.... WIN THE GAME!!

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Deputy: the management of border ports according to the Constitution is shared between Baghdad and Erbil

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BAGHDAD / Al-Ghad Press: 
MP from the Badr parliamentary bloc, Mohammad Naji, on Tuesday, that the management of border ports according to the Constitution is shared between Erbil and Baghdad, noting that the drawing of customs and foreign policy in the hands of the federal government exclusively.
Naji told "Al-Ghad Press," that "the management of border crossings constitutionally be jointly between the province and the federal government." 
"Drawing up customs policies and foreign policies must be exclusively in the hands of the federal government," he said. 
He pointed out that "the federal government today extends its influence in the management of these ports in conjunction with the region and in application of the Constitution in order to overcome any will of secession."

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Nizarban Barzani: We were ready for dialogue, but Baghdad has taken the path of force

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head of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Nechirvan Barzani, said on Monday that his government was always ready to resolve the outstanding problems with the federal government through dialogue and understanding, but that Baghdad has taken the path of using force to impose itself on Kurdistan, according to his description.
"The head of the Kurdistan government, Nezhirvan Barzani, received today Bruno Ebert, Ambassador of France and Cyril Nann, the German ambassador to Iraq and the diplomatic delegation accompanying them," said the position of the presidency of the Kurdistan Regional Government in a statement translated by "Kurdish News" that "the two parties discussed extensively The internal situation in the region and the unity of the Kurdish political forces as well as other topics related to the situation in the region. " 
Barzani, according to the statement, that "the region needs the pressure of the international community on Baghdad to sit at the table of dialogue with the region to discuss the treatment of outstanding problems and all other problems," stressing that "the region is not creating chaos, but trying hard to get away from it." 
"The KRG was ready for dialogue with Baghdad, but the latter took the path of using force to impose itself," he said.
For their part, the ambassadors of Germany and France in Iraq to the head of the regional government for "support for the state of the people of Kurdistan as well as resentment of the tension of bilateral relations in recent times between Erbil and Baghdad." 
They stressed that "the reason for their visit is to see the events closely as well as find ways to calm and not to escalate more." 
They pointed to "the need to rely on serious dialogue between Erbil and Baghdad to solve problems based on the Constitution," stressing that "chaos and instability will never solve problems."

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Masoum stresses the guarantee of the constitutional rights and freedoms of citizens

 

 From 2017-10-31 at 14:23 (Baghdad time)

Baghdad Mawazine News

The President of the Republic Fuad Masoum called on Tuesday for the necessity of activating all levels of constructive dialogue between all political parties and social activities, thus contributing to the consolidation of the spirit of understanding and solidarity, stressing the guarantee of constitutional rights and freedoms for all citizens.

"The President of the Republic Fuad Masum received at the Peace Palace in Baghdad, today, with his deputies Nuri al-Maliki and Osama Najafi, and discussed with them all political and security developments," the Presidency said in a statement received by Mawazine News.

The Presidency stressed that the meeting focused on the upcoming legislative elections, stressing the need to exert all efforts to resolve all current problems between the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government, deepening national unity and enhancing the gains of the federal democratic system.

According to the statement, the President of the Republic and his deputies stressed the need to activate all levels of constructive dialogue between all political parties and social events, which will contribute to the consolidation of the spirit of understanding and solidarity and the consolidation of peaceful coexistence among Iraqis.

"The meeting stressed the need to continue working together to completely eliminate the remnants of the terrorist gangs and to accelerate the return of displaced persons and the reconstruction of the liberated areas and the whole country, in parallel with the development of the national economy and the rehabilitation of infrastructure," he said.