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

[The Englishman]

Baghdad to investigate biometric record of KRG employees

By Rudaw 42 minutes ago

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ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – A financial oversight committee from the Iraqi government is in the Kurdistan Region to audit the biometric registration of KRG employees. The committee will compare its findings with those of others reviewing KRG ministries in order to pay one month salaries for select ministries while audits are ongoing.
 
The committee from Iraq’s financial watchdog arrived in Erbil with orders from Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to conduct an audit of the KRG’s biometric program that was introduced in 2016 and went live last October as part of the reforms package introduced by the government. 
 
“The committee will write a quick report so that based on that report one salary of the employees of the Ministries of Education and Health can be paid until the auditing process is completed,” Dr. Viyan Mohammed, director of planning in the Ministry of Health, told Rudaw. 
 
Abadi sent the committee to the Kurdistan Region on the request of the Kurdish factions in Baghdad following their meeting with him last week, when they asked him to accelerate the process of paying KRG salaries. 
 
The Iraqi government formed ten sub-committees that they have sent to the Kurdistan Region to look into the payroll records. Some are tasked with looking at the list of employees while others will conduct field work to find any ghost employees and ensure the number of employees on location is not excessive. 
 
Another committee has started auditing the employee list of the KRG’s Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources. 
 
The KRG has not been able to fully pay the salaries of its employees after facing financial hardship when Baghdad cut its budget share in 2014, coupled with a drop in oil prices. Its revenues were further slashed by about half following the loss of Kirkuk’s oil fields to Iraq in mid-October. 
 
Abadi has said they are willing to play the salaries of the Region’s employees but they need to ensure the funds go to deserving individuals. 

[Donziman]

Seeing as the Kurds are everybit as crooked as the GOI im sure there are

plenty of ghost workers. This seems to be quite common in M.E.

[Donziman]

The really bad situation created by Maliki and friends was when they pretended

they actually had an Army when half of them were only on the payroll but didn't exist.

[yota691]

Parliamentary change describes the authorities of Kurdistan as "corrupt" and calls Abbadi to pay salaries to teachers of the region

 

Tuesday, February 6

 

 

 

Alsumaria News / Baghdad The  head of the parliamentary bloc of change, Serwa Abdel Wahid , Tuesday, that the teachers in Kurdistan no longer trust the government of the region and therefore directed their demand to the federal government to pay their salaries, calling for Prime Minister Haider Abadi immediately pay them in the form of an advance paid to the region, They are "citizens governed by corrupt authority".  "Hundreds of teachers went out again in peaceful demonstrations to demand payment of their salaries," Abdel Wahed said in a statement. "Teachers no longer trust the provincial government, so they called on the federal government to pay their salaries."     "The slogans raised by the demonstrators indicate that they did not lose confidence in the government in Baghdad," said Prime Minister Haider Abadi, "to pay two salaries immediately in the form of an advance paid to the region and is monitored salaries paid by the committees formed by Mr. Abbadi."  She stressed the need to end the manipulation of citizens' lives because they were not part of the political conflict between Erbil and Baghdad and have no fault except that they are citizens governed by corrupt authority, "calling on the Prime Minister to" fight the corrupt in the region and not citizens. "  "The fight against the corrupt in the Kurdish authority is through the termination of their economic interests in Baghdad and oil companies and others," stressing that "the need to end the problems between Erbil and Baghdad, and the government of the Territory to respond to the demands of the federal government and to follow transparency to resolve differences. On Tuesday (January 2, 2018), the federal government called for the adoption of a new mechanism to pay the salaries of employees of the ministries of education and health in the Kurdistan region, accusing the large Kurdish parties of using the salaries of employees as "a tool for political competition."

[yota691]

Talabani calls on the Kurds to "unite" for the disputed areas

 

 Since 2018-02-05 at 19:48 (Baghdad time)

Baghdad - Mawazine News

Deputy Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Kubad Talabani, on Monday, Kurdish forces to "join hands" in order to preserve the interests of the Kurdish people and the disputed areas with Baghdad.

"The problems will not end, but it is important to ensure the unity of the issues in crucial issues through the unity of forces," Talabani said in a report received by Mawazin News. He called for "protecting the supreme interests of the people of Kurdistan, especially in the disputed Kurdish areas outside the region" With Baghdad ").

The president of the Kurdistan region Massoud Barzani left office on Wednesday (November 1, 2017), leaving his nephew, Nigervan Barzani, "to reconcile with the central government in Baghdad and with neighboring countries and with rival Kurdish parties after the failure of a referendum on independence."

The Iraqi security forces entered the province of Kirkuk on Monday (October 17, 2017), while taking control of government headquarters and oil fields that were managed by the federal government before 2014. Ended 29 / 9P

[yota691]

Close to Abadi reveals a meeting "political large and wide" to resolve the crisis between Baghdad and Erbil                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     policy access_time 2018/02/06 14:00  Baghdad today _ special Revealed the leadership of the Dawa Party Abbas al-Bayati, on Tuesday, a large political meeting and wide to resolve the crisis between Baghdad and Erbil, while he stressed that the atmosphere is good to resolve the crisis. Al-Bayati, who is close to the prime minister for (Baghdad today), said that "the outstanding issues between Baghdad and Arbil are now dealt with through technical committees in preparation for a large and large political meeting attended by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and the head of the Kurdistan Regional Government Nejirvan Barzani. Based on the reports of the technical mini-committees, "noting that" the committees are now exercised in terms of ports and deployment in the field and airports and border crossings. " "The big meeting will be before the elections, especially since there is a good atmosphere between Baghdad and Erbil, and a mutual desire between the parties to find a solution to this," he said. Outstanding files ".

[stangernan]

11 hours ago, Donziman said:

Seeing as the Kurds are everybit as crooked as the GOI im sure there are

plenty of ghost workers. This seems to be quite common in M.E.

They have on work file Baa Goatsain, A-Baaa Al Sheeper, KuBad Kitty, and Don't forget Joe Camel!!!  

[yota691]

Head of the Office of Financial Supervision Arrives Erbil to speed up the salaries of two ministries in Kurdistan

 

Tuesday, February 6

 

 

 

Alsumaria News / Erbil  The head of the Iraqi Financial Control Bureau, on Tuesday, to Erbil to speed up the ministries of education and health in Kurdistan .    A reporter for Alsumaria News, said that the head of the Iraqi Financial Control Bureau arrived, today, to Erbil to accelerate the completion of audits of the names of employees.  He added that this came in order to accelerate the disbursement of salaries of officials of the Ministries of Education and Health to submit a final report after Prime Minister Haider Abadi to give permission to spend.     The Kurdistan Regional Government announced on Thursday (February 1, 2018) that the delegation of the federal government, which visited the region recently reached with the Kurdistan government to a "tentative" agreement of six points, noting that it is awaiting approval of Prime Minister Haider Abadi on the six points.

[Butifldrm]

IMF asks Abbadi to pay 10 trillion dinars to the Kurdistan Region

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has asked the Iraqi prime minister to pay 10 trillion dinars to the Kurdistan region in the 2018 budget. "If the Baghdad government rejects this demand, it will harm Iraq's financial reputation at the World Bank," said a Kurdish member of the Finance Committee of the Iraqi parliament. "He said.

And the two meetings held on Saturday, February 3, 2018, between the Kurdish deputies and the heads of the Kurdish parliamentary blocs and the Iraqi Prime Minister, Haider Abadi, who spent three and a half hours, says the head of the Kurdistan Islamic Union in the House of Representatives: "We asked Abadi ten different versions of salaries (Staff of the Kurdistan Region), but he was saying every time that he would not be able to do so until after the audit (in the salaries of those employees).

"We asked Abadi to set a time limit to pay the salaries of Kurdistan Region employees and to lift the ban on Erbil and Sulaymaniyah airports, but Abadi said he could not promise us anything," said Karam, head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party bloc in the Iraqi parliament.

Karam added: "The IMF asked Abadi to be the share of the Kurdistan Region in the general budget for this year ten trillion dinars." "When I asked Abadi how he would deal with this IMF request, he had nothing to answer," he said.

This may be due to the failure of Iraq to pay this amount set by the International Monetary Fund for the Kurdistan Region a significant impact on Iraq, where the MP for the Change and a member of the Finance Committee in the Iraqi Council, Massoud Haider: "If Baghdad did not comply with the request of the International Monetary Fund, The fund will not recognize the Iraqi budget will destroy Iraq's financial reputation and may prevent the dealings of companies and major banks with Baghdad. "

"Iraq has requested a $ 7 billion loan for the year 2018 from the International Monetary Fund. The Iraqi government receives international loans every year. If Iraq does not comply with the World Bank's demands and conditions, it may have to pay the price," he says.

The Iraqi public budget for 2018, which is estimated at $ 88 billion, has not yet been approved by the Iraqi Council of Representatives due to political differences. The Kurds rejected their share, which was reduced to 12.67% instead of 17%.

The deputies of the Kurds agreed in their speech addressed to Abadi on the issue of salaries and the share of the Kurdistan Region of the Iraqi budget, said the head of the parliamentary bloc of the Islamic Parliament, Muthana Amin: "We asked Abbadi in ten different versions of salaries, but he said every time he could only After receiving the audit report in the payrolls of employees of the Kurdistan Region. Whenever the subject of salaries was addressed, Abadi would come out of his pocket with his computer calculator and say this is difficult. "

Haidar Abadi repeated during the meeting several times that the records of staff of the Kurdistan Region are not clean and there are a lot of delusions, and will not pay salaries only after checking and cleaning those lists.

And witnessed the meeting of heads of Kurdish blocs with Abadi a lot of expansion in the search this file. "We said to Abadi: Are the lists of the popular crowd clean? Are the lists of Iraqi ministries clean? I said to Mr. Abbadi when I took the post of prime minister I came to the House of Representatives and announced that the number of (satellite) in the Ministry of Defense alone is fifty thousand. And therefore suggested to him to pay the salaries of employees of Kurdistan as an advance, and to account for that advance later. "

The Transparency International report put Iraq among the top two countries in terms of corruption and lack of transparency. But Abadi, after meeting with the Kurdish parties, announced through his account that "the request to check the payrolls of employees of the Kurdistan Region, to pay these salaries, but must ensure transparency in the distribution of those salaries and fight corruption."

The head of the Democratic Party parliamentary bloc, Arafat Karam, criticized the words of this Iraqi prime minister. "Abadi keeps a set of words, such as a sound recording disk, and chants it whenever someone visits him," he said.

According to Karam, it seems that his party and other Kurdish parties have tried during the past two months and on several levels to solve the problem of employees of the Kurdistan Region and lift the ban on airports, but they despair of Abadi.

https://www.sotaliraq.com/2018/02/06/صندوق-النقد-الدولي-يطلب-من-العبادي-دفع-1/

[2fast4u2c]

Abadi dragging his feet....get this done

[yota691]

Baghdad declares not to be responsible for the contracts of Kurdistan oil and bear the material and legal consequences

Readers

 

 

Baghdad declares not to be responsible for the contracts of Kurdistan oil and bear the material and legal consequences

 

06-02-2018 02:56 PM

 

The Euphrates -

 

The federal government has declared no responsibility for any contracts entered into by the Kurdistan government with regard to oil fields or other and that Erbil bears all the material and legal consequences. 

He said, "Saad al-Hadithi," a spokesman for the Prime Minister's Office, "Haider al-Abadi said in a press statement that" was confirmed in the last meeting, which brought together Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and the head of the government of the region, Najran Barzani, on a set of principles to solve the problems between Baghdad and Erbil on the issue of oil exports from fields In the region, "noting that the file is sovereign and subject to the authority of the federal government and must be received by the Iraqi oil marketing company Sumo of the Iraqi Ministry of Oil. 

He added that the federal government is not responsible for any oil contracts were or investment concluded by the Government of the Territory during the previous periods without the knowledge of Baghdad and bear the territorial government all the material and legal consequences, pointing out that "any contract concluded must be subject to the federal government and the Iraqi Ministry of Oil and their diligence and knowledge and Work outside this framework, has no Shan in it. 

He pointed out the presence of technical committees and specialized teams consisting of the oil company Sumo of the Ministry of Oil and the Energy Committee in the Council of Ministers and some concerned authorities in the Government of the region, and its work will be limited to activate the agreement reached between the two governments and translated on the ground during the coming period. Explaining that the prevailing atmosphere today between the federal government and the region is much better than it was in the past before the referendum as well as a significant change in the positions of the region in terms of the Constitution and respect the decision of the Federal Court on the referendum. 

He added that this change is positive for the better is in the right direction, but we are waiting for the positions and principles announced by the region and understandings reached in previous meetings with Prime Minister Abbadi by giving powers to the technical committees to do its work properly and resolve the joint files between the parties. 

[yota691]

From Jan 2018 

The Office of Article 140 publishes documents "Arabization" to the area of Sarkan .. Governor of Kirkuk Agency: Returnees abandoned 13 years ago and do not accept forced displacement

January 10, 2018 at 4:11 PM

The Office of Article 140 published a number of documents accusing the administration of Kirkuk of "Arabizing" the villages of Sarkran

 

Omar Jawad

The Office of Article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution revealed a number of documents accusing the current administration of the province of Kirkuk "Arabization" villages in the vicinity of Sarkran, while the governor of Kirkuk rejected the agency charges against him and says that a number of people from the villages and areas of Balkana and Sarkan had been abandoned before about 13, and now they are back.

The village of Balkana and a number of villages of Sarkran district of the province of Tuzhurmato has been the subject of disagreement for weeks between citizens and officials in Kirkuk about the ownership of ownership of these agricultural lands. According to a number of citizens of Kurdish nationalism, they are trying to deport them from their homes, Return to them.

"The current situation in Kirkuk is unstable as a result of a letter from the governor of Kirkuk to the governor of Dabas district and to Salahuddin's operations, in which he requests the support of Arab expatriate families to return to their areas and to their homes," Siddiq told a news conference attended by Kirkuk Nao. To the district of Daqouq and to the area of Lillan on these topics, "accusing" the security forces to move effectively towards the areas of Sarkan and Balkana to seize the houses and land Kurds, and the movement of pieces of the army and Salahuddin operations to support the incoming Arabs.

The official of the Kirkuk office accused Article 140 of the Iraqi constitution, Kakarch, a friend at a press conference on Monday, the governor of Kirkuk, an agency to move pieces of the army and Salahaddin operations to support the Arabs coming to the areas of Sarkan and Balkana to seize the houses and land Kurds.

Siddiq said in a press conference attended by (Kirkuk Naw), that the current situation in the area of Sarkran unstable as a result of a book directed by the governor of Kirkuk and the agency is a constitutional violation, because the movement of forces is not the prerogatives of the governor,

Babker Siddiq described the attempts to return these families to the region by "re-Arabizing" the Kurdish villages again.

Kirkuk, 8-1-2018, a press conference for the Director of the Office of Article 140 Photography: Kirkuk Naw

According to the books issued by the governor of Kirkuk, the agency received (Kirkuk Nao) a copy of them in the month of 11 last year, addressed to the lister of the province of Debs and the leadership of Salahuddin operations and demands the assistance of Arab citizens to return to the village Balkana and villages belonging to the area of Sarkran, and there are other books issued by the governor To the headquarters of Daqouq and to the area of Lilian for the same purpose.

The villages in the area of Sarkran part of the disputed areas in the same case all areas of the province of Kirkuk and must be resolved according to Article 140 of the current Iraqi constitution between the central government and the Kurdistan Regional Government.

According to the books issued by the governor of Kirkuk, an agency directed to the Diem and the leadership of operations Salah al-Din No. (4321) in (19/11/2017) on the return of peasants coming to the villages of Sarkran unconstitutional and lead to the escalation and create a new crisis in these disputed areas .

There are other books issued by the governor to the mayor of Daqouq and to the area of Lilian for the same purpose before him and considered a plan previously considered by him to enter the province of Kirkuk to sectarian conflicts and nationalism we are indispensable.

The Kirkuk governor denied the charges against him in this case, and said in an exclusive interview to (Kirkuk Naw) that "these villages houses of people who abandoned them after 2003 and still houses in their names in addition to land."

"We do not say that the land is returning quickly, but families have been away from their homes and land for almost 13 years, and everything in their names and according to the law and the person who wants to return to his home is opposed by the people of the region," Jubouri said.

According to the documents revealed by the Office of Article 140 in Kirkuk, a group of Arab tribes in the eighties of the last century expressed their desire to live in villages belonging to the Kurds in the border of the area of Sarkran at the request of the former Iraqi government led by Saddam Hussein.

According to another book dating back to 2007 issued by the General Secretariat of the Iraqi Council of Ministers at that time, the approval of the Council of Ministers obtained the decision of the Committee to implement Article 140 of the Constitution No. (4), which provides for the abolition of all agricultural contracts concluded within the policies of demographic change (Arabization ), Especially the province of Kirkuk and restore the situation to what it was before the conclusion of those contracts.

Because of Arabization campaigns, tens of thousands of Kurdish families have been displaced from their areas and others have been resettled from Arab nationalism by decision of the Baath party

The governor of Kirkuk, the agency that "we do not accept any forced displacement in Kirkuk and will not allow it no matter what the basis of it and do not accept to bypass any citizen of any nationality or religion in the province"

He pointed out that "the process that came to Kirkuk, the name of the process of law enforcement must take every person has the right to take the same as the Kurdish deportee who was robbed of his former home and returned to his land."

Iraqi forces took control of Kirkuk and all the disputed areas on October 16 in the so-called "law" after the referendum in the Kurdistan region and those areas.

"More than 4,000 families have been displaced from this area during the time of the former regime as a result of the policy of Arabization and demographic change returned to their original areas and homes and the land of their grandparents in Kirkuk after 2003," said the official of the 140th office. , Expatriates are encouraged to return to these areas. "

According to Article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution, the dispute over the fate of this area and the disputed areas must be settled in three stages. The first phase concerns the ownership and the cancellation of the policies of the former regime. The second stage relates to the population census. The third and final stage concerns the holding of a referendum to determine the fate of these areas by annexing them to Kurdistan Region or stay under the administration of the federal government, to be implemented three stages not later than 31/12/2007, but the Iraqi government has not allocated any budget for years to implement the article.

[yota691]

Kurdistan Tourism Authority confirms the recovery of tourism in the region

The impact of the recession due to political problems between the region and the center ...

 

 

 07/02/2018 - 00:57

 

 

 

The tourist authority in the Kurdistan Region, that "the region is witnessing a very good tourist movement," noting that "the region registered the entry of large numbers of tourists during the past weeks."

"The tourists came from various Iraqi provinces and last Friday saw the largest number of tourist groups," said Nader Rusti, the spokesman for the organization. 

 He pointed out that "the hotels in the region have been active in tourism during the past few days and is expected to continue." 

 He pointed out that "the hotels provide their services well and no health of the electricity crisis in the hotels of the region," stressing that "electricity is available 24 hours."

"The tourism of the region with the start of the new year began to improve after it suffered a recession after the month of September last because of the political problems between the region and the center," Rusty said. 

 Noting that "great facilities offered to tourists to enter the provinces of the region, whether with tourist groups or other." 

[yota691]

Kurdish party offers a proposal for slaves on the salaries of Kurdistan

 

 Twilight News    
 3 hours ago

[Asharq Al-Awsat] The bloc of the Kurdistan Islamic Union in the Iraqi Council of Representatives on Tuesday presented a proposal to the Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on the distribution of salaries by Baghdad to a number of segments of the staff of the region.

The head of the bloc Muthana Amin said they made a proposal during their meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abbadi includes providing salaries to retirees and families of martyrs and chemical bombardment and social welfare.

On the details of the proposal, Amin said that his proposal was to convert the salaries of all retirees and families of martyrs and chemical bombing and social welfare to the federal government, so as not to become victims of the problems and differences between Arbil and Baghdad, and not to risk their salaries when the budget is considered annually.

He also referred to the appointment of new staff in the region, and suggested that a branch of the Iraqi "Service Council" be opened in the region to supervise appointments and fill the cadres of university graduates and institutes according to need.

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[yota691]

Barzani: Baghdad did not send any funds to pay the salaries of employees of Kurdistan

 

 Twilight News    

 3 hours ago

The head of Kurdistan Region Council of Ministers Nezhirvan Barzani on Wednesday denied the arrival of money from the federal government in Baghdad in order to pay the salaries of employees and workers in the departments and ministries in the region.

Barzani said in a statement to reporters after a tripartite meeting held between the government and parliament and the Electoral Commission in Kurdistan, he "did not reach any amounts of money from Baghdad for the salaries of employees and workers in Kurdistan."

He added that "the Central Bank of Iraq has deposited funds in its branch in Erbil, which belongs to that bank and not to pay salaries."

 

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[tigergorzow]

Yota Thanks,  DV,  I do not understand the logic in regards to PM Abadi not releasing the funds to the KRG employees.   Is it possible he is awaiting completion of the audit & biometrics listing by the Federal Committees.  We await the final results hopefully sooner than later.

 

GO HCL

 

GO RV / RI

[Synopsis]

1 hour ago, tigergorzow said:

Yota Thanks,  DV,  I do not understand the logic in regards to PM Abadi not releasing the funds to the KRG employees.   Is it possible he is awaiting completion of the audit & biometrics listing by the Federal Committees.  We await the final results hopefully sooner than later.

 

GO HCL

 

GO RV / RI

 

I think the completion of the audit & biometrics is likely a significant piece for the hold up. Abadi may be attempting to use this lever to remove this corruption in the Kurdish region. On the one hand, corruption removal is basically a mandate. On the other hand, the budget allocations need to be consistent for all Iraq. And, yet, on another hand, the budget has to be passed so the allocations can be made via the budget.

 

This piece, not only for the Kurdish region, looks like it was put off for far too long through the years. Now that it is show time to get the reconstruction going, there appears to be a significant amount of pressure for Iraq internally to be comparable to other nations internationally for a functioning and relatively corruption free budget to assure ample Security and Stability for the foreign investments.

 

I am still optimistic about what will be accomplished in the next few days and I fully anticipate a few surprises over the next 2-3 weeks.

 

Just my opinion and 

 

Go Moola Nova!

[Floridian]

1 hour ago, Synopsis said:

 

I think the completion of the audit & biometrics is likely a significant piece for the hold up. Abadi may be attempting to use this lever to remove this corruption in the Kurdish region. On the one hand, corruption removal is basically a mandate. On the other hand, the budget allocations need to be consistent for all Iraq. And, yet, on another hand, the budget has to be passed so the allocations can be made via the budget.

 

This piece, not only for the Kurdish region, looks like it was put off for far too long through the years. Now that it is show time to get the reconstruction going, there appears to be a significant amount of pressure for Iraq internally to be comparable to other nations internationally for a functioning and relatively corruption free budget to assure ample Security and Stability for the foreign investments.

 

I am still optimistic about what will be accomplished in the next few days and I fully anticipate a few surprises over the next 2-3 weeks.

 

Just my opinion and 

 

Go Moola Nova!

 

 

Okay, I'll bite.  LOL

What surprises are you expecting over the next 2-3 weeks, Synopsis?

I am thinking that if they don't RV before/at the Kuwaiti Conference next week, it's not gonna happen for awhile.

 

[Synopsis]

38 minutes ago, Floridian said:

 

 

Okay, I'll bite.  LOL

What surprises are you expecting over the next 2-3 weeks, Synopsis?

I am thinking that if they don't RV before/at the Kuwaiti Conference next week, it's not gonna happen for awhile.

 

 

Just my opinion and  Floridian! 

 

Here are my thoughts:

• HCL (to include all Governorates not just the Kurdish Region)
• Article 140 (to include all Governorates not just the Kurdish Region)
• 2018 Budget Passed (mostly based on the above)
• The "Popular Crowd" issue to be resolved so that IMIS, IRGC, and Iranian elements are not interfering with Iraq's Sovereignty
• Possibly, the Israeli Mossad has whacked Qassem Soleimani and, maybe, al-Baghdaddi
• Major Iraqi miscreants (like Nouri al-Maliki and other major corrupt characters) have been taken into custody by the appropriate authority(ies)
• An announcement on significant sums of money agreed to be returned to Iraq because of agreements with entities holding the accounts internationally for the corrupt
• A major credit agency rating announcement in the improvement on the Iraqi investment environment sufficient for foreign investment

The key to me is a Stable and Secure environment for the foreign investment to pour into Iraq. I realize the above items are a pretty tall order, some may not need to be included, whereas there may be other key items I did not note. We may or may not be getting the most up to date information in the Iraqi news articles or elsewhere and/or not getting the complete story. I believe Iraq is at a key pivotal point with the Kuwaiti Donor Conference where this really needs to come off right (as You mentioned) if the RI/RV is going to occur any time soon. If the Kuwaiti Donor Conference is insufficient for providing for a substantial improvement for the war torn Iraqi areas, the Iraqis overall may loose confidence in the current GOI such that the upcoming May elections will be a disaster where corruption will continue without any significant foreign investment thus substantially minimizing reconstruction and eliminating non oil economic improvements.

 

For the Donor Conference to be in Kuwait is significant to me since this is where the steep slide downward occurred for Iraq when Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait to indicate Iraq is seen as a totally different entity today and a fast approaching key economic entity in the region and internationally. Also, there was an announcement of the US troop draw down. I do not think this would occur in any way shape or form if the Iranian influence through the non assimilated "Popular Crowd" is currently an issue to generate instability in Iraq. Ole Donald, T Rex, and Mad Dog Mattis are wholly on top of this, in my opinion. These two things (three if one includes Ole Donald, T Rex, and Mad Dog Mattis) are significant to me to indicate a very positive short term but lasting outcome for our interests.

 

Hey, the US is even planning a Super Fantastic Military Parade for what, NOW???!!!

 

              

 

As always, just my opinion and 

 

Go Moola Nova!

[Floridian]

1 hour ago, Synopsis said:

 

Just my opinion and  Floridian! 

 

Here are my thoughts:

• HCL (to include all Governorates not just the Kurdish Region)
• Article 140 (to include all Governorates not just the Kurdish Region)
• 2018 Budget Passed (mostly based on the above)
• The "Popular Crowd" issue to be resolved so that IMIS, IRGC, and Iranian elements are not interfering with Iraq's Sovereignty
• Possibly, the Israeli Mossad has whacked Qassem Soleimani and, maybe, al-Baghdaddi
• Major Iraqi miscreants (like Nouri al-Maliki and other major corrupt characters) have been taken into custody by the appropriate authority(ies)
• An announcement on significant sums of money agreed to be returned to Iraq because of agreements with entities holding the accounts internationally for the corrupt
• A major credit agency rating announcement in the improvement on the Iraqi investment environment sufficient for foreign investment

The key to me is a Stable and Secure environment for the foreign investment to pour into Iraq. I realize the above items are a pretty tall order, some may not need to be included, whereas there may be other key items I did not note. We may or may not be getting the most up to date information in the Iraqi news articles or elsewhere and/or not getting the complete story. I believe Iraq is at a key pivotal point with the Kuwaiti Donor Conference where this really needs to come off right (as You mentioned) if the RI/RV is going to occur any time soon. If the Kuwaiti Donor Conference is insufficient for providing for a substantial improvement for the war torn Iraqi areas, the Iraqis overall may loose confidence in the current GOI such that the upcoming May elections will be a disaster where corruption will continue without any significant foreign investment thus substantially minimizing reconstruction and eliminating non oil economic improvements.

 

For the Donor Conference to be in Kuwait is significant to me since this is where the steep slide downward occurred for Iraq when Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait to indicate Iraq is seen as a totally different entity today and a fast approaching key economic entity in the region and internationally. Also, there was an announcement of the US troop draw down. I do not think this would occur in any way shape or form if the Iranian influence through the non assimilated "Popular Crowd" is currently an issue to generate instability in Iraq. Ole Donald, T Rex, and Mad Dog Mattis are wholly on top of this, in my opinion. These two things (three if one includes Ole Donald, T Rex, and Mad Dog Mattis) are significant to me to indicate a very positive short term but lasting outcome for our interests.

 

Hey, the US is even planning a Super Fantastic Military Parade for what, NOW???!!!

 

              

 

As always, just my opinion and 

 

Go Moola Nova!

 

I love the way you think, Synopsis!  

Quite a list you presented.  I'm hoping all those things happen.

Thanks so much for taking the time to give us all such a great check-off list.

 

One last thing:

If all these great things happen in Iraq, and we finally get our RV, what does that have to do with the US planning a Super Fantastic Military Parade?  

What reason would they give that would have anything to do with Iraq?

It can't be for defeating ISIS, because Iraq is claiming most of the credit for that.  They wouldn't like it if we had a parade and said we did it and not them, even though it's true.  

 

[Synopsis]

1 hour ago, Floridian said:

 

I love the way you think, Synopsis!  

Quite a list you presented.  I'm hoping all those things happen.

Thanks so much for taking the time to give us all such a great check-off list.

 

One last thing:

If all these great things happen in Iraq, and we finally get our RV, what does that have to do with the US planning a Super Fantastic Military Parade?  

What reason would they give that would have anything to do with Iraq?

It can't be for defeating ISIS, because Iraq is claiming most of the credit for that.  They wouldn't like it if we had a parade and said we did it and not them, even though it's true.  

 

 

The Best Of Your Afternoon AND Evening To You, Floridian!!! 

 

Well, OK, the parade thing is my supposition. However, how many countries have a Strategic Framework Agreement with Iraq???!!! As far as I know, it is only the US and France (of all countries???!!!)???!!! France already had their Super Fantastic Parade and NOW the US is planning on holding OURS???!!! Military Parades celebrate SOMETHING!!! So what in the world is France and NOW the US Celebrating BOTH having a Strategic Framework Agreement with Iraq and seemingly no other countries have this same agreement???!!! The 800 million dollar yacht and 200 million dollar gold and jewel studded sword the Saudis gave Ole Donald for just showing up to say, “HI Y’ALL”???!!!

 

Well, OK, without saying it to the general public, the message is loud and clear those in the know can celebrate. I, of course, am not in the know and only supposing.

 

Just my opinion, thoughts, and 

 

Go Moola Nova (YEAH, BABY!!!)!!!

 

[Floridian]

13 minutes ago, Synopsis said:

 

The Best Of Your Afternoon AND Evening To You, Floridian!!! 

 

Well, OK, the parade thing is my supposition. However, how many countries have a Strategic Framework Agreement with Iraq???!!! As far as I know, it is only the US and France (of all countries???!!!)???!!! France already had their Super Fantastic Parade and NOW the US is planning on holding OURS???!!! Military Parades celebrate SOMETHING!!! So what in the world is France and NOW the US Celebrating BOTH having a Strategic Framework Agreement with Iraq and seemingly no other countries have this same agreement???!!! The 800 million dollar yacht and 200 million dollar gold and jewel studded sword the Saudis gave Ole Donald for just showing up to say, “HI Y’ALL”???!!!

 

Well, OK, without saying it to the general public, the message is loud and clear those in the know can celebrate. I, of course, am not in the know and only supposing.

 

Just my opinion, thoughts, and 

 

Go Moola Nova (YEAH, BABY!!!)!!!

 

 

 

 

Ohhhhhh!    I seeeeee!

 

Man, you've got a great brain!  WOW!  I'm really impressed that you would notice the similarities - France and the US, Strategic Framework Agreements, huge parades.

Great work, Synopsis!  I'll bet Trump and Macron have both bought dinar.  

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Minister of Immigration: Difficulties and obstacles in the file of the crisis between Baghdad and Erbil

 

 Since 2018-02-07 at 19:07 (Baghdad time)

Baghdad - Mawazine News

The Minister of Immigration and Displacement Jassem Mohammed Al-Jaf on Wednesday revealed the existence of "difficulties and obstacles" in the file of the differences between Baghdad and Erbil, noting that the oil file is the most complex on both sides and is unlikely to reach a solution soon.

"The issue of solving the problems between Baghdad and Erbil has not yet been resolved in a more serious way," Jaf said at a news conference held in Sulaymaniyah and his correspondent, Mawazin News, citing the reasons for "difficulties, obstacles and overlaps in the files."

"The work of the competent committees on the file of airports and border crossings of the region has seen significant progress and the work of staff audit committees continue," he said, expressing hope that "this year, especially after the Iraqi elections, a breakthrough in solving the problems between the two sides."

He considered dry, that "the oil file is the most complex between the two sides," pointing out that "is unlikely to reach a solution on this file soon."

The president of the Kurdistan region, Massoud Barzani, left office on Wednesday (November 1, 2017), leaving his nephew, Nigervan Barzani, "to reconcile with the central government in Baghdad and with neighboring countries and with rival Kurdish parties after the failure of a referendum on independence."

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The resumption of commercial activity in the border markets between Iran and Iraqi Kurdistan

 

money and business Economy News _ Baghdad The Iranian consulate in Erbil has announced that it will solve the problems of the border markets between Iran and the Kurdistan region and resume commercial activity there. "After intensive talks with the regional authorities and the Iraqi federal government, the resumption of the activity of the border markets of Kila-Sardasht, Siraan Band-Bana, Shoshmi-Bauh and the border police have been reported," the Fars news agency quoted the consulate as saying in a statement. So ". "Economic activists can plan to develop business transactions," the consulate said, adding that "the Iraqi border police had been informed a few days ago the closure of the informal border of Iraqi Kurdistan with Iran." Views 14   Date Added 08/02/2018

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A visit to the Kurdistan Regional Government to Baghdad to complete the discussion of controversial files

 Baghdad / Mohammed Sabah 
 

The Kurdistan region doubts the intentions of Prime Minister Haider al-Abbadi and his promises made by the possibility of paying the salaries of the Peshmerga and the staff of the region and resolved through the technical committees in an attempt to employ this delay in obtaining a second term.

In the meantime, a delegation from the Federal Audit Bureau arrived in the Kurdistan region to supervise the work of the technical committees and accelerate the pace of their work and urged them to submit their reports to the federal government for the purpose of paying salaries of suspended employees. 
The deputies are waiting for a new visit to the Kurdistan Regional Government President Nechirvan Barzani to complete negotiations with the government of Baghdad to resolve all the problems and differences between Erbil and Baghdad, which is led by the file of wealth management oil. 
The political researcher Kifah Mahmoud, close to the President of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in a statement to the "range" that there is great indignation by the citizens of the Kurdistan region against the person of Prime Minister Haider Abadi because of not keeping his promises to solve the crisis of salaries of employees suspended for several months.
The Prime Minister vowed to pay the salaries of Peshmerga forces and government employees in the Kurdistan region, "stressing that his government will soon be able to pay the salaries of the Peshmerga and staff of the region all." 
Mahmoud expected that "the method of procrastination taken by the federal government towards the Kurdistan region to the recruitment and exploitation in Obadi get on the second mandate," wondering why the government deliberately delay the resolution of the issue of payment of salaries? "The 
tension between the federal government and the Kurdistan region after the latter to hold a referendum report The fate of the twenty-fifth of last September, which prompted the government to take several actions, including stopping flights at the airports of Sulaymaniyah and Erbil and requested the delivery of border crossings.
The federal government and the Kurdistan region agreed mid-last month to form ten joint committees whose task is to search for consensual solutions to end the differences between the parties in the oil files and border crossings and airports and salaries of employees. 
The technical committee overseeing the management of the airports file approached the resolution of this file after reaching an agreement to deal with the differences in the resumption of international flights again at Erbil and Sulaymaniyah airports, which have been suspended for several months. 
"The delivery of Arbil and Sulaymaniyah airports by the federal government to the Kurdistan Regional Government is just an unrealistic media statement," Mahmoud said, pointing out that there are promises, but Abadi is not committed to implement them on the ground.
He points out that "the head of the federal government agreed with the Kurdish blocs in the federal parliament on the formation of a committee to resolve the problem of the proportion of 17% in the general budget, but during the past few hours gave up his promises, pointing out that the differences have not been resolved and continue because of the reluctance of the federal government to resolve all files "He 
stressed that" a delegation from the Office of Financial Supervision arrived in the Kurdistan region a few hours ago in order to urge the technical committees to accomplish its tasks as soon as possible, "pointing out that the owners of the idea of the political majority seeking to abolish the system of federalism and return to the system of self-government that was in place Tags in the system The former ". 
The federal government stopped in 2014 financial allocations to the Kurdistan region and refrained from paying due to differences on the management of the oil file, which caused the reluctance of the territorial government from the payment of salaries of employees and the Peshmerga.
A government delegation visited Erbil on January 15 under the chairmanship of Secretary General of the Council of Ministers Mehdi Al-Alak to form several negotiating committees whose task is to solve ports, airports and oil files and pay salaries. 
And divided these joint committees to manage ten files thorny and work to resolve, and the most prominent of these files are the oil file, border crossings, education and health, and the Bureau of financial control, retirement, Peshmerga, labor and social affairs. 
The bloc of the Kurdistan Islamic Union describes the work of the technical committees sent by Baghdad to audit the records of Kurdistan Region employees as "slow" and did not provide any solutions, "pointing out that the federal government is not serious in resolving controversial files in this period.
The MP for the mass Jamal Cougar in an interview with the "range" that the Kurdish forces met with Prime Minister Haider Abadi for four hours but did not receive clear answers to him on the fate of technical committees and the delivery of the airport and border crossings. " 
The Prime Minister Haider Abadi negotiated rounds within The House of Representatives continued on Wednesday and Thursday of last week, during which he met several blocks, including the Kurdish forces to discuss the differences and problems in the passage of the draft federal budget law for the year 2018. 
He adds, "We do not know the work of technical committees tasked with verifying the names of employees of the Kurdistan region And when will submit its final reports to the government "expected to resolve this file after the next parliamentary elections, which was set in May next."

In turn, MP Abdel-Jabbar Abadi, close to the Prime Minister that "the Federal Technical Committees are still continuing in its work and trying to resolve all the contentious issues," expected to reach these committees in the coming periods to positive results. "The 
MP Abbadi told the" range " The dispute is related to the oil file and its export mechanism, including the Kirkuk oil and a file to check the names and numbers of the regional staff, "stressing that the technical committees have not completed the audit of the records of the staff of any ministry so far.