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

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The popular crowd between the stay and the withdrawal from the liberated areas

In the security of  August 27, 2018 to the popular crowd between the withdrawal stay of liberated areas closed 9 visits

BAGHDAD / SNG - According to reports from areas recovered from the control of the Dahedash organization that, in order to avoid igniting a sectarian conflict again, the popular mobilization factions began withdrawals from those areas.

These developments coincide with news of pledges by outgoing Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to withdraw the crowd from those areas, according to the British newspaper The Monitor .

"On August 18, factions of the popular crowd withdrew from areas in the northern district of Baiji district of Salahuddin province after they were stationed inside the city center. The withdrawal comes days after the provincial council asked the prime minister to withdraw the crowd from the province .

"The withdrawal from northern areas was not only for Baiji," sources in the popular crowd told the newspaper in a statement to the newspaper. "The withdrawal of the grass-roots factions from the Chinese side lies in the west of the judiciary."

She pointed out that before Baiji, withdrew the popular crowd from the province of Nineveh, which was considered by the MP for the province Ahmed al-Jubouri "political decision" that will not bring positive results on the general situation in the province .

On 12 August, a document issued by the Popular Gathering ordered the withdrawal of the factions from Ninewa province. According to the information, "Shiite factions in the popular crowd withdrew from Nineveh province, and remained the Turkmen crowd to secure the Turkmen areas as well as the Yezidi crowd."

Following the issuance of this document, dozens of civilians demonstrated on 14 August in front of the Nineveh Governorate building in the city of Mosul to demand the removal of popular crowd factions from the city, but this demonstration did not come any result after the decision to withdraw the popular crowd from those areas .

The decision to withdraw the popular crowd can not only be secure, but it is also certainly political. The fear is that there are clashes or clashes between it and the Sunni population.

On August 18, a booby-trapped car exploded on elements of the popular crowd in Nineveh province, killing three of them. This process is indicative of targeting the popular crowd by unknowns if they refuse to withdraw .

Although the popular crowd denied the news of the withdrawal, the commander of the eastern axis in the popular crowd in Nineveh province Abu Musa al-Salmawi asked the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, Haider al-Abadi, and the deputy chairman of the popular crowd Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, Given by withdrawal and seriousness .

"The popular crowd has not withdrawn from the Sunni areas, specifically from Nineveh province, but has redeployed in the areas under its responsibility," spokesman Ahmed al-Asadi said in an interview.

He added that "the popular crowd was distributed in most areas of the province of Nineveh, so the decision to return to areas entrusted with the task of protecting it, and left other areas to intersect responsibilities between the army and police and the rest of the security services."

But a senior source in the popular crowd, who was not authorized to make a statement, disagreed in the newspaper with what al-Asadi said. "The leadership of the popular crowd knows that the outgoing Iraqi prime minister, Abadi, has promised Americans and Sunnis to withdraw the popular mobilization from the Sunni areas," he said.

The source also said that "Abadi promised more than two years ago Americans and Sunnis to withdraw from the Sunni areas, but he will not be able to, we are not a brigade or a small force, but a government body and its law and military strength and popular.

The leaders of the popular crowd know well that the crowd will not last much longer in the Sunni areas after getting rid of the crowd. There is still a negative view of the popular mobilization of some of the residents of these areas, which creates a state of incompatibility between the militants who hold the land, .

The newspaper added that the province of Anbar is still the only Sunni areas that have not withdrawn the popular mobilization, but in the end will be within the provinces that have been negotiated and imposed on the Iraqi Prime Minister Abbadi pull the crowd from them now or later.

 

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According to reports from areas recovered from the control of the Dahedash organization that, in order to avoid igniting a sectarian conflict again, the popular mobilization factions began withdrawals from those areas.

 

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of new orders to expel the citizens of Kord and the resettlement of Arabs and Turkmen instead of them in Kirkuk

 

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A number of Kurdish citizens were surprised by residents of a neighborhood in the city of Kirkuk by issuing judicial orders to evacuate their homes.

According to official judicial books from the Kirkuk appeals court addressed to these citizens, the orders have set the dates for pleading for cases brought up by the public prosecution in Kirkuk for a number of Kurdish citizens in the area near the Technical Institute / Kirkuk for the purpose of eviction of their homes.

Citizens say the orders are issued at a time when land is being distributed to Arab citizens and Turkmen in the same area and are building houses there.

 

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http://www.shafaaq.com/ar/Ar_NewsReader/629e057c-8f61-4da8-b5c5-0503dbdf4d88

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Iraqi oil: There is no agreement to supply the Kurdistan Region with gasoline and gas oil

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The Iraqi Ministry of Oil says that there is a specific amount of gasoline and gas oil provided to the displaced as a kind of support for them, and there is no other

RODAOU - Erbil 

, director general of oil products in the Iraqi Ministry of Oil that there is no agreement to provide the cities of the Kurdistan Region with gasoline and gas oil, and what we have of these two materials only covers our needs. 

"There is no agreement between the two directorates of oil products and the distribution of Iraqi oil products and between the Kurdistan Region to supply the Territory with gasoline and gas oil," the director general of petroleum products at the Iraqi Oil Ministry Ali Sabah told the RODAO news network. 

"What we have in these two materials is enough to meet our needs, and we can not supply any other place with it," he said.

Sabah explained that "the specific amount provided by the cities of the Kurdistan Region, will continue to flow, which is only five to six and sometimes three tanks of white oil provided by the province daily, the share of citizens of white oil for the winter. 

Sabah also pointed out that "there is a specific amount of gasoline and gas oil provided to the displaced as a kind of support for them, and there is no other."

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Procedures for the return of welfare salaries for Kirkuk beneficiaries

30/8/2018 12:00 am  A large campaign to remove the excesses on the electricity network of the province   Kirkuk / Nahdat Ali   The Department of Social Welfare in Kirkuk to obtain the necessary approvals to restore the salaries of beneficiaries whose salaries were cut as a result of the occupation of the gangs "Da'ash" terrorist to their former areas, while preparing the Directorate of electricity distribution of the province to resume its major campaign to eliminate abuses Industrial District. The director of the department, Halo Fadhil, told Al-Sabah: The department receives the monthly approval of the Ministry of Labor to return the salaries of 15-20 beneficiaries of those whose salaries were cut in the liberated areas during the occupation of gangs, "calling" the terrorists and their loss of their documents and identity papers. To the Directorate to restore the salary of the network and conduct a case study includes visit teams to see their living and social status and then raise a position to the Ministry to obtain approval and include requests from beneficiaries of the areas of Rashad, Abbasi and Riyadh and its affiliated villages.  He explained that six teams of social researchers distributed according to the geographical location of their place of residence are currently working on the completion of the annual statement assigned by the Department according to a plan to update the data of all beneficiaries, noting that the completion of the annual statement in the province amounted to 10 percent after the completion of the modernization and the visits to four thousand beneficiaries out of 37 thousand males and females.  He added that the work is surrounded by several obstacles represented by the presence of large numbers of displaced persons, in addition to some differences in the addresses of beneficiaries and not to provide the Directorate correctly or to change their place of residence in the already, pointing to the existence of subcommittees now in areas and areas of south-west of Kirkuk to cover the families returned And control the state of variance in displacement and return.  He pointed out that the updates in the annual statement and the database prepared through which control of cases of intersection with other departments and deceased and overpayment of the network, and there are cases of recovery of old installments are still paid by some of the beneficiaries previously. In Kirkuk, the official of the media and relations in the Directorate of Electricity Distribution of Kirkuk Qais Juma to "morning": The Directorate is currently preparing to begin the second phase of its major campaign to remove excesses in the industrial district, including factories, factories and workshops to reduce industrial waste and waste energy.  He added that the teams that carry out the removal of excesses impose fines on the transgressors when not responding to the reporting, adding that the teams of the Directorate also continue to carry out its campaign to maintain transformers and circuits and electrical wiring in the areas of the province and be through the communications of citizens or by monitoring the maintenance teams of the Directorate. He pointed out that the maintenance included four areas in the center of the province are Rahim Awi area and the area of victory and the area of Quzariya twice, during which the maintenance of 75 cases of pieces contributed to the abundance of electricity and keep them from waste also.

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Alaq and the governors of Kirkuk discuss the benefits of conservation of the petrodollar

18:21 - 29/08/2018

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Governor of the Central Bank Ali al-Alaq, on Wednesday, with the Governor of Kirkuk, Rakan Said al-Jubouri, Kirkuk's financial dues as part of the petrodollar plan.

A statement issued by the office of al-Jubouri, a copy of which was received by the governor of Kirkuk, said that " Central ".

He added that "the Governor of the Central Bank promised to support Kirkuk, especially in the matter of securing the amounts owed to the company for the purpose of the completion of the water project of Kirkuk united phase II.

 

http://www.almaalomah.com/2018/08/29/339411/

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Disclosure of the current financial and economic conditions in the Kurdistan Region

01-09-2018 All times are GMT +3

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The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Vice President Qubad Talabani said on Saturday that the financial and economic conditions of the Kurdistan region are moving towards the best. 

Qubad said Talabani during a televised statement, that the Kurdistan region has faced administrative and economic problems large, and also faced great pressure because of the large number of displaced people who have taken refuge in the Kurdistan Region. 

He added that the functions of the government to deliver the best services to citizens, explaining that the financial situation of the Kurdistan Region is moving towards the best and we see that work in projects is going better. 

Talabani said that the Kurdistan Regional Government has announced a few days ago the service project, which aims to facilitate matters better citizens in government departments, and we hope that the situation in the Kurdistan Region will move towards the better.

 

 

 

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Local official accuses Kurdish leaders of stirring up crises in Kirkuk to ensure the return of the Peshmerga

11:07 - 06/09/2018

 

 

 

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accused Arab leader Hatem al-Asi, Thursday, Kurdish leaders in the volatile crises in the province of Kirkuk, in order to ensure the return of the Peshmerga forces of the province. 
Al-Assi told Mawazine News: "We reject the statements of leaders of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, who demanded an end to the military rule in Kirkuk." 
He added that "Kurdish leaders are trying from time to time to create arguments and problems and create crises for the return of the Peshmerga to Kirkuk, and this is absolutely unacceptable for us." 
"The security situation inside the city is good and there are no problems or fears and we consider the Kurdish statements an attempt to create strife within the city among the components of the province," he said.

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The disbursement of Kirkuk's budget for 2018 and three thousand families living in the camps

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The governor of Kirkuk, the agency Rakan Said Jubouri on Thursday, the disbursement of the federal budget of Kirkuk for the year 2018.

Jubouri said in a statement to the twilight News that the budget was disbursed by 100% and the value of more than 71 billion dinars, indicating that 50 to 60% of the budget will be disbursed as receivables to contractors to pledge to complete their projects for the year 2014 stalled and improve the reality of services.

He pointed out that "the Governor of the Central Bank promised to work on the disbursement of 15 billion dinars as receivables to the FAO, in order to be able to complete the water project of Kirkuk united, because the water projects are a priority in implementation, and Kirkuk needs to solve the problem of daily shift in processing and is one of the important projects And a capacity of 12 thousand cubic meters per hour. "

He explained that "the Kirkuk administration is continuing to implement the international airport project, but the delay of the opening came after the approval of the Ministry of Defense, and will be resolved soon and we will proceed with the project of operating Kirkuk International Airport and there is a technical committee will visit Kirkuk soon."

"Kirkuk airport will provide 3,000 direct and indirect jobs, but there are no job grades at the airport, as the Ministry of Transport told us," he said.

He denied that "any action or prosecution or targeting of journalists in Kirkuk," noting that "the action is taken against state officials who promote and spread lies and fabrications and incitement and is in accordance with the law dealing with state employees."

As for the return of the displaced, Jabouri said that "today the opening of Rashad and the return of families of families," denying "the existence of a political side hindering the return of displaced."

"We are witnessing the restoration of services and we have implemented 300 projects in liberated areas and work is under way to clean up the province of Hawija, but there is a weakness in electricity as the other cities in the province," he said, adding that "there is a decision Replacing the security forces in the city of Kirkuk, but has been canceled now. "

He pointed out that "the administration in cooperation with the federal police and the Immigration Department is continuing to return displaced people to their liberated areas, but what we have today is about three thousand families in the camps and we have no statistics for the displaced in the city of Kirkuk."

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Arabs Kirkuk: We reject the return of security of the province before the imposition of the federal authority

08:12 - 12/09/2018

 

 

 

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - 
The Arab Council in the province of Kirkuk announced on Wednesday its refusal to restore the security situation in the province to the pre-imposition of the federal authority and the will of the state. 
"We will not accept the return of Kirkuk to the back, and we must provide the corrupt and the corrupt to the judiciary and the security of our province should remain federal," the council said in a statement received by Mawazine News. "He refused to return the status of Kirkuk to the date of the restoration and impose the will of the state in the sixth The tenth of October last year on the application and success of the law enforcement plan that united the Iraqis 
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He stressed that "the file of security throughout the province must remain federal with the importance of providing all those who violated and assaulted and committed an offense against the citizens of Kirkuk and stole their dues and confiscated their rights to the judiciary to receive their fair compensation under the law, especially after the failure of the two main parties in the administration of Kirkuk, Exclusion and loss of trust ". 
He explained that "what has been achieved in Kirkuk of stability and the design of a path of justice and balance can not be changed by the positions and statements of political parties failed to work in Kirkuk and sought to tear the fabric and ignite strife between its components." Finished 29 / d

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Kurdistan

New Kurdistan survey shows high youth unemployment, low income

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An aerial view of Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region. (Photo: JAI/Corbis)

 

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ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – A new survey released on Thursday showed that 87 percent of households in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq earn less than 850 dollars per month and that young people are having great difficulty finding employment.

The survey, compiled by the Kurdistan Region Statistics Office (KRSO), the United Nations Population Fund (UNPFA), and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), provides a comprehensive profile of the current population demographics, employment, income, housing, household possessions, literacy, and education levels. 

The report suggests that the youth in Kurdistan have substantial difficulty finding jobs. More than 20 percent of those between 18 and 34 are outside of the workforce and are often reported to have lost hope of finding gainful employment.

Just over 40 percent of the region’s population aged between 15 and 64 is listed an active part of the public sector labor force.

35 percent of the population is younger than 15 years, 61 percent are in the afore-mentioned 15-65 bracket, and 4 percent is 65 or above. The average family size is 5.1 members and a majority of families in Kurdistan currently enjoy an adequate standard of living.

“Nearly all possess most common household appliances (television, stove or refrigerator). Three-quarters of all families own the house they live in connected to the public water (90 percent) and electricity networks and equipped with sanitation facilities,” the report reads.

The 2014-2017 war against the Islamic State has had a severe impact. From the start of the crisis, the Kurdistan Region has provided refuge to more than one million displaced Iraqis and continues to host more than 800,000 internally displaced persons.

“The information in this survey establishes a reference base for future statistical studies, and will assist the Kurdistan Regional Government with better planning and allocation of resources,” said Dr. Ali Sindi, Minister of Planning for the region. 

Editing by John J. Catherine

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Kirkuk plans to complete projects of previous years

16/9/2018 12:00 am  Has completed preparations for the opening of its international airport Kirkuk / Nahdet Ali  Kirkuk province plans to complete its projects for previous years and pay the advances of the executing companies after the launch of the budget this year, while finishing all preparations and special work for the opening of Kirkuk International Airport.  The assistant governor of Kirkuk Ali Hammadi said in a statement to the correspondent "morning": The approval of the ministries of planning and finance got the launch of the province budget for the current year 2018, amounting to more than 71 billion dinars, which will contribute to solving many of the problems and obstacles experienced by Kirkuk in providing services to its citizens, A precise plan aimed at completing the projects with high completion rates and other medium achievement rates, which are important service projects, noting that they include the allocation of 60 percent of the budget amounts to pay the advances of contractors of companies executing projects of previous years, including projects in 2014 to complete some of it And to raise rates in other projects after the disbursement of the amounts, which makes the said companies continue to work.  He pointed out that among these projects, the transfer of 24 schools to an Italian company to build according to modern methods and buildings of institutions and service services, including the building of the court, which swallows the percentage of completion of 96 percent, and the Senate and the Council, as well as health centers under construction and paving roads in the city center, In addition to some emergency and temporary treatments which accounted for the remaining 40% and focus on the main services sectors as the plan does not include the establishment of new strategic projects, pointing out that most of the new projects and modern construction is Under the plan to restore stability, especially in the second phase, which was allocated 18 billion dinars and be from the reconstruction fund, which includes projects in the service sectors in the areas of the outskirts of the province, adding, allocated 15 billion dinars for the Kirkuk water project in the second phase of the projects of the investment plan of the Ministry of Municipalities, The completion rate is 90 percent of the total  Hammadi stressed that the province has completed all its procedures and work after the formation of working committees and follow-up of its departments in the project of Kirkuk International Airport, pointing out that the mechanism will be determined as a civil or military airport after the objection of the ministerial bodies of the state on the land and the mandate of his previous work, The agreement was reached by a competent committee of concerned authorities to visit the governorate and study the nature of the airport work and raise the axes for the prime minister to obtain approvals from the higher authorities and determine the   opening date.

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A crucial election date is set for September

2018-09-15

NRT

Less than 8 months after the independence referendum, the Kurds were re-engaged in the Iraqi political process by participating in the general elections of the House of Representatives, but since the process was about national entitlement and representation in Baghdad, it did not change the internal Kurdish equations anything, The Democrats and the Union, contrary to expectations, amid a wave of appeals and questioning and rejection of the results under the pretext of changing through electronic fraud organized .
As the deadline for the parliamentary elections nearing the end of this month approaches (September 2018), political and public debate over the feasibility of running the process, for fear of avoiding the Baghdad election scenario, ended and the discussions ended with the acceptance of all parties to be eligible for various reasons, Saleh, who decided to withdraw from the process on the pretext of not ensuring its integrity, amid talk about the pending promises to grant him a post in Baghdad in exchange for vacating the arena for his mother's party; the National Union led by the family of the late President "Mam Jalal ."

 The propaganda campaign for the Kurdistan Parliament elections was launched on September 11, the day that marks the anniversary of the outbreak of the armed Kurdish revolt against the authority of Abdul Karim Qasim in Baghdad 58 years ago led by the late Kurdish leader Mustafa Barzani. And took his son Massoud Barzani, the anniversary of the exploits and revolutions to raise the slogan of "strong Kurdistan", by calling for the selection of his party, which considers himself the main credit in the achievements, but his rival, "Patriotic Union of Kurdistan" away from the revolutionary cargo in his election program and chose the slogan services and secure opportunities And the establishment of security under the leadership of Talabani son "Qubad" after his father, which was a symbol not at the Kurdish level, but all of Iraq .

Barzani promised to review matters and establish a strong government with the participation of all after the elections, and warned his party's candidates at the same time to deliver promises that do not materialize and asked them to make a great victory because the normal victory is settled, he said in a speech to launch his campaign for the election . 
The two main parties are competing in the elections and are accusing each other of wasting opportunities to gain more independence for the Kurdistan experiment. The Democrat accuses the wing of the Union of treachery in Kirkuk and unilaterally agree with Iran and its proxies in Iraq to withdraw the Peshmerga from the city on October 16, 2017. The Union accuses the Democrat of stubbornness and tenderness in holding a referendum that brought scars on the Kurds, despite the warnings, In the mobility of the formation of the Iraqi government, and seek together to get the benefits of the Kurds in Baghdad, and launch calls for the unity of the Kurdish row and leave differences and internal divisions Kurdish inter-Baghdad.

 The Kurdish elections are an opportunity to re-test the popularity of the parties. The power of the Authority has decided the May elections for its benefit, in the elections conducted through electronic counting and sorting, the table a strong wave of appeals .

 The Kurdish opposition party (Change and Islamists) is in the midst of the Kurdish elections with separate lists, and the pressures exerted on them by the public have failed to form a unified front to stand in front of the dominance of the two parties. There are fears among the opposition, suggesting that this fragmentation and fragmentation in the front of the opponents will strengthen the influence of the two parties, as happened in last May's elections by winning the "Democratic" and "Union" 43 seats in return for 15 to five other Kurdish parties .

 In the Kurdish elections, 709 candidates are competing for 100 seats for public competition, while the remaining 11 seats will be the quota of "minorities." The law divided the parliament by sex with 77 seats for men and 34 for women in the so-called quota system. The Iraqi Constitution, in a number of its articles (116-121), granted the Kurdistan Region the right to exercise a number of legislative and executive powers and amending the federal laws. The Kurdistan Parliament was named the legislative institution without mentioning the region or Iraq, considering the institution as the elected legislative authority of the divided Kurdish people In four countries (Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria ).

 In the early days of the election campaign, cold observers observed that many people interpreted the situation as a hopeless reminder that the change would lead to any change, with the two parties clinging to the reins of the situation. Tribal incomes, political money and the authoritarian position were strong on the line of competition. , As soon as the date of the ballot because of the elements of competition and the entry of new forces and faces to the racetrack in the forefront of the "new generation ."

 The Kurdish elections are an opportunity to re-test the popularity of the parties. The power of the Authority has decided the May elections for its benefit, in the elections conducted through electronic counting and sorting. It has a strong wave of appeals, doubts and accusations of electronic hacking and change of results. Today, it is required to prove its leadership again after less than five months From that. Opposition forces that have launched fraud charges are required to prove their vulnerability to injustice and injustice by increasing their votes in local elections that will be held manually and traditionally by the provincial elections commission, run by representatives of five parties representing both authority and opposition .

 The elections in Iraqi Kurdistan are not the same as those in Baghdad in manual count and counting, but in the four provinces in the region, not counting on the St. Lego system for the distribution of seats, with the allocation of five seats for Turkmens and the same number for the Chaldean Assyrian component and one seat for the Armenians. Under this system, broad participation in a particular governorate, as is usually the case in Erbil and Dohuk, a democratic stronghold, can lead to the victory of its deputies at the expense of other provinces that are witnessing calls for boycotts such as Sulaymaniyah and Halabja, the stronghold of the Union and the opposition .

 The Kurdish Commission has taken mechanisms and procedures to curb fraud, but the absence of a sound and correct voter database and the reliance on the Ministry of Commerce's records to vote keep the door open for attempts to break and rig elections, especially in areas where party representatives or neutral observers are absent. The first elections in 1992 ended with a bloody four-year internal Kurdish war (1994-1998) because the results were not accepted and the same doubts and accusations in the electoral processes of 2005, 2009 and 2013 were repeated. The divorce of the democratic process in Iraq, where it took stability to adopt its controversial results more than 100 days of appeals and re-counting, sorting and tugging.

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Edited September 16, 2018 by Butifldrm

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Barzani raises the file "Federal Council" to ward off three threats to the Kurds

 

September 16-2018     The time now is 10:03 AM

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Leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Massoud Barzani (Sven Hamid / AFP)

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Erbil (Kurdistan 24) - The leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Massoud Barzani, to form a higher council for policies and strategic planning to take over the formation of the Federal Council, which will undertake to ensure the implementation of the Constitution and prevent individuality and commit violations.

According to the Constitution, the federal legislature consists of the House of Representatives (Parliament) and the Council of the Union, which was not formed by the conflicts.

The Kurds say that the failure to form the Union Council represents a violation added to the total violations committed by the leaders of Baghdad against the constitution, which voted for the Iraqis in 2005.

Barzani said during a meeting with media cadres in Erbil, "There is intensive dialogue with the Iraqi parties to form a higher council for policies and strategic planning, until the formation of the Federal Council, involving the Kurds and the rest of the Iraqi components, to undertake the task of making important decisions."

Read more:  Barzani and MacGurk discuss Iraqi crisis solutions on the eve of parliamentary session

Barzani added that the council would aim to "prevent the violation of the constitution and the uniqueness of the government, and to prevent all persons and parties from repeating the crimes committed against our people."

The Council of the Federation shall be passed by the Parliament first, to include representatives of the regions and governorates not organized in the territory, to be complementary to the federal legislative authority, and organize its composition and conditions of membership and terms of reference by a law enacted by a two-thirds majority of the members of the House of Representatives.

It is not clear whether the new Kurdish deputies will succeed in raising the file of the Union Council or the Federal Council, although it should have been adopted 13 years ago, while many Iraqi personalities were absent from the political scene after losing in the recent elections.

Barzani said in his speech on Saturday that Iraqis "punished the faces and personalities who committed constitutional violations against the people of Kurdistan" during the elections.

He added that the Kurds are currently conducting negotiations in Baghdad in order to form a government committed to consensus in decisions and balance in the institutions of the state and believes in partnership in governance.

Barzani's speech coincides with the election of Mohamed Halboussi as speaker of parliament, breaking a political deadlock in the country four months after the election.

The Kurds will play a crucial role in forming the government, but have not decided yet to join any of the blocks that will form a parliamentary majority.

The Kurds did not put any red lines on any bloc in Baghdad, but they say that joining any alliance depends on the implementation of a set of conditions, especially those related to the share of the region and Peshmerga and energy as well as the joint administration of the disputed territory until the fate of its fate.

 

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Large explosion rocks Kirkuk, casualties reported

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A car bomb explosion in Kirkuk on Sept. 19, 2018. (Photo: Social media)

 

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ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – An explosion on Wednesday night rocked a district in Kirkuk with reports of casualties.

Sources in Kirkuk said the blast occurred on the road between the Tiseen and al-Khadhra neighborhoods, targeting a Shia Muslim shrine in the area.

It is unclear if the religious shrine was the target or the headquarters of the Dawa Party which is also located near the site of the explosion.

Said al-Badr, the spokesperson for the Iraqi Health Ministry, said the blast injured three people who were taken to the hospital for treatment.

No side has claimed responsibility for the attack. 

People stand close to the scene of a car bomb explosion in Kirkuk on Sept. 19, 2018. (Photo: Social media)

On Tuesday, an explosion caused by a roadside bomb on the outskirts of Iraq’s oil-rich city of Kirkuk killed two and injured 14 more riding on a minibus transporting federal police.

Although no one has claimed responsibility for the incidents, Iraqi authorities point fingers to Islamic State (IS) sleeper cells which often carry out small-scale attacks, especially in the Kirkuk and Diyala provinces.

Despite Iraq’s declaration of a full victory over IS, the militant group continues to carry out insurgency-style attacks in several provinces in Iraq including in areas disputed between the Kurdistan Region and Baghdad.

Iraqi security forces are a frequent target of such attacks.

Editing by Karzan Sulaivany

http://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/9275ad7f-9f1f-4526-8139-d049e68ab3c2

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The Arabs of Kirkuk accuse Kurdish officials of disrupting the security of the province and renew their rejection of the return of the Peshmerga

10:04 - 22/09/2018

 

 

 

Special - Mawazin News 
The Arab Council in the province of Kirkuk on Saturday, accused Kurdish officials of attempts to disrupt the security situation in the province. Renewing their refusal to return Peshmerga forces. 
"We reject the provocative statements by Kurdish leaders from time to time about Kirkuk," said Hatem al-Tai, a spokesman for the Arab Council in Kirkuk. 
"These statements reinforce the sectarian divide and the conflict between the components within the province, and they must respect the identity of Kirkuk, Iraq and keep away from the rhetoric when the election is approaching." 
"The Kurdish leadership and through its own media are trying to confuse the security situation in Kirkuk, arguing that the reason is not the return of the Peshmerga while the city is stable and its security situation is much better than other Iraqi cities."
The spokesman of the Council, that "the return of the Peshmerga is completely unacceptable, and will not accept this bargaining at the expense of the components of Kirkuk, which suffered from the presence of these forces over the past years."

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Massoud Barzani talks about holding a second referendum

Written by: Yasser Hilaliin:September 23, 2018In: Iraq News , General NewsNo comments

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The head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Massoud Barzani, on Sunday ready to hold a second referendum in the Kurdistan region, while set a new goal.

Barzani said in a statement quoted by Al Jazeera television that "the referendum decision was correct and he is personally prepared to hold another referendum." The aim of the second referendum is to know whether the Kurdish people regret or are determined to decide in the first referendum.

Barzani said last Wednesday about the political situation in the Kurdistan region, Baghdad and the region, that "the authorities in Baghdad have made all their efforts to encourage the Iraqi people to antagonize the people of Kurdistan, and turn the differences and problems with them to the problems between the Kurds and Arabs," noting that " Luckily, last May's elections showed that the Iraqi people were not with them and did not believe their concoctions, but rather punished the faces that returned and harmed the people of Kurdistan.

Barzani added that "the opponents of the Kurdistan Democratic Party believed that because of his absolute support for the referendum and its occurrence under various economic and political pressures, it will fall, but with the cadres of cadres and members and supporters of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the masses of our people, able to ensure access to the first site at the level of Kurdistan and Iraq, Become the first party on the level of Iraq. "

"Our belief has always been that as long as we stay with Iraq, our relations must be very good with them, and peace and dialogue have always been our choice, we have not gone to war and we do not want them, but we will confront them when they force us. In order to protect the land and dignity of the people of Kurdistan. 

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[nannab]

Ah boy . 

[DoD]

13 minutes ago, Butifldrm said:

Massoud Barzani talks about holding a second referendum

LMAO!!! Just when you thought it was safe again to give Kurdistan the benefit of having a brain they prove again that's not the case. I'm beginning to belive the Kurds originated from the inbreeding of the Sunnis, Goats an Camels. 

It still appears the Barzani family pulling the strings in Kurdistan, I guess the sheep like being sheared.....

[CSM (R) Thack]

The whole ME region simply has “no sense of urgency”!!! Truly pathetic!!!👎👎👎

[Butifldrm]

Deputy: Parliament will open the referendum file after the completion of the formation of the government

 

14:08 - 24/09/2018

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Information / Baghdad ..

MP on the parliamentary bloc of wisdom Ali al-Badiri, on Monday, the intention of parliament to open the referendum file, which was held on 25 September last during the current session, intended to postpone the accountability of voters in the referendum to the need of political blocs to support the Kurds.

"The political blocs are going through a sensitive political situation in which conditions can not be imposed on the candidates for the presidency of the republic on the lack of participation in the referendum held last year," he said, noting that "the need for Kurdish support in forming the government was the reason to postpone the opening This file and accounting participants in it. "

"After the completion of the formation of the government, the House of Representatives will be determined to open many files and large related to corruption as well as the referendum file."

It should be noted that a number of candidates for the presidency took part in the referendum held in Kurdistan last September to secede from Iraq, led by Kurdish politician Barham Saleh, who is considered the most likely candidate. Ending / 25

http://www.almaalomah.com/2018/09/24/347716/

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Barzani on the eve of the referendum: I do not regret and is ready for another procedure

 Kurdistan24 Erbil |

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Arbil (Kurdistan 24) - The leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Massoud Barzani, adherence to the legitimacy and legality of the referendum of independence conducted by the Kurds last year, and said at the same time that he "no regrets" for what he did and is ready to prove this by another referendum. Despite opposition from Baghdad, the neighborhood and other capitals, the Kurds quietly held their referendum on September 25, 2017 and the vast majority supported independence. "Now I am ready to hold another referendum (if) the Kurdish people regret or plan on what they decided on 25 September last year," Barzani said in an interview with Al-Jazeera television. He added that there are those who believe the referendum was wrong, but three million people in Kurdistan consider it a "correct decision, legal and constitutional." He continued, "I do not regret what I have done and the future will prove I was right and the Kurdish people will achieve the goal of will, who will and I refuse my father."Referring to his rejection of all requests for postponement of the referendum, Barzani said the new US administration had pushed too hard in its opposition to the Kurds' right.
"The attitude of those who took the referendum file and the relationship was very bad ... sided with Baghdad very clearly," he said.

He noted that he was referring to both US Ambassador Douglas Silliman and former US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.

Tilerson told him by telephone that the Peshmerga must withdraw to the pre-2003 line. "I told him, do you know what this line is, so you ask us to go back to it?"

The 2003 line, called the Green Line or Blue Line, was the line that represented the line of contact between the Peshmerga forces and the Iraqi army before the fall of the former regime.

"This has no administrative boundaries and no borders between the provinces," Barzani said.

Barzani, who hosted many personalities, touched on the situation in Kirkuk and blamed a faction of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) for allowing the Popular Popular Forces and Iranian Revolutionary Guards to control the city.

"What happened was a national betrayal," he said.

A year after the independence referendum and its aftermath, Barzani said things were getting better with Baghdad, "but I'm determined to my people's right to self-determination."