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Journalists from around the region flocked to Baghdad for last week’s Arab League summit. Some expected to find a war zone; instead they found five-star hotels and goodie bags. But many still feel they only got half the story. The scene: a modern, air-conditioned bus bringing a media delegation from the airport into Baghdad on the eve of the Arab League summit. The players: a number of journalists from different Arab nations, sporting different dialects but chatting with one another. “I thought I was going to a battle ground,” an Algerian journalist remarked. “Yes, things have changed dramatically in Baghdad,” a local journalist replied. For many of the media on this bus, just the idea of driving along the airport road was their version of a “terrifying nightmare,” as Abdallah al-Haj, a journalist from the popular and widely distributed Egyptian daily, Al Ahram, said. Previously this road, the only one that connects Baghdad city with the airport, had been known as the “road of death” because of the amount of incendiary devices planted here and vehicles bombed. Things were very different now though – and further special security precautions had been taken to ensure the safety of all visitors to the Arab League summit, the first meeting of members of the Arab League to be held in Baghdad for over two decades. The first thing al-Haj did next was text his wife to tell her he’d made it down the airport road and into Baghdad OK. Some of the other journalists took pictures through the bus’ windows as it wove its way around Baghdad’s residential streets. The streets seemed strangely empty to the visitors. “Don’t you have people in Iraq?” al-Haj asked. It had to be explained that the state had imposed a curfew during the conference, blocked the main roads – all those close to major hotels or leading into the Green Zone, a well protected area that was the former headquarters to US forces - interrupted mobile phone services and local markets had closed. It was all part of the security plan for the summit. Still al-Haj didn’t seem to mind. So far, at least. A couple of hours later, he wasn’t quite as happy. He’d wanted to leave the summit and take a good look at Baghdad. “I’d hoped that the Iraqi government might organise some sort of field trip for us, so that we could speak with locals and hear what they had to say,” he complained. “But it seems we’re not really allowed to move around the city.” True, although there were no official restrictions on journalists, the security measures in full effect made it difficult to move very far from one’s hotel. Just as the people of Baghdad felt they were imprisoned in their own homes, so the visiting journalists felt they were trapped in their hotels. “It’s almost impossible to find a taxi or a car to take you anywhere in the city,” Ahmed Farghali, a journalist from Bahrain’s leading daily, Al Ayam, said. Farghali had hoped to get a better look at Baghdad, to imbibe its history and take some photographs to accompany his reports. But, as he explains, “the head of media centre told us not to leave the hotel. And I assume they’re saying this for our own protection.” In the end, a lot of the visiting media had to rely on local journalists, who were able to move around more, for information on how Baghdad’s 7.5 million inhabitants really live. “Without their help, we wouldn’t have been able to get the coverage we did,” Farghali noted. On the other hand, the hotels allocated to visiting media were not such a bad place to be. The best hotels in Baghdad had been renovated to accommodate the visitors and foreign firms were contracted to provide almost all the services, from cooking to cleaning. Summit delegates also received gift packs and these included such choice items as a local mobile phone number, stationery and even a suit for formal occasions. Although Turkey’s bid to attend the conference as an observer – it has had similar ambitions for the Arab League in general – was denied because the conference was for “Arabs only” (Iran was also turned down for the same reasons), the Turkish were very present at the summit. The contractors that organised almost everything – from road reconstruction to hotel renovations, stationery and floral arrangements – were Turkish. In fact there were so many Turkish staff members, that visiting Arab journalists had problems communicating. A lot of the hospitality staff spoke two languages: English and Turkish. Hardly any of them spoke Arabic. “I’m not sure if I’m in Baghdad or Turkey,” one Kuwaiti journalist joked. Further into the Arab journalists’ stay in Baghdad, more problems arose. Specifically with the press centre. Unlike the luxury hotels and gift packs, the media centre was small and not well equipped. “And press access was difficult, we couldn’t reach the sources we needed either,” Mubarak Ahmed, a Kuwaiti broadcast journalist, said. “there were also some officials who deliberately withheld a lot of information we needed.” “There were some gaps,” admitted Tahseen al-Sheikhly, member of the organising committee for media attending the Baghdad summit, explaining that this was due to the number of journalists covering the event. There were more than a thousand, he said. Iraqi journalists had a lot more to complain about. In general, it seemed that the criteria for accreditation at the event were highly subjective and independent media from around Iraq had problems getting their delegated journalists into the summit. His organisation had received dozens of complaints, Ziad al-Ujaili, head of the Media Freedom Monitor organization in Baghdad, told NIQASH. Although some organizations said they applied several weeks before the summit, it seemed that their applications were either neglected or refused for apparently specious reasons. “The government resents the sort of coverage it gets from independent publications and it gives preference to pro-government journalists and broadcasters,” one Iraqi journalist said. The government-owned broadcaster, the Iraqiya satellite television channel, allegedly got better access to the summit than most of their colleagues – and especially colleagues working for independent or non-partisan outlets. Local journalists also had to deal with the security lockdown in Baghdad. Many of them couldn’t reach their offices and some publications actually had to stop publishing because their printers couldn’t work. “The government is trying to make Baghdad look better with this summit,” al-Ujaili said. “But tough security measures mean that it’s lost popular support and it’s also lost the opportunity to have local media cover this event fully. Dozens of newspapers couldn’t be printed and journalists couldn’t reach their workplaces.” As Amir Hamid, a journalist for the Baghdad daily, told NIQASH: “Iraqi journalists were victims of the security lock down too – roads were blocked and we all had a very hard time.” Certainly this week, the media that attended the summit have gone back to work, whether in Iraq or further afield, with interesting memories. For the Iraqi journalists, forced to spend nights in their offices and live on canned food, some of those memories might be somewhat sour. And while foreign media had a better time in their luxury hotels, even they feel that they only got half the picture and saw only a small part of the realities of Iraq today.

One of the most dangerous cities in Iraq recently held its first book fair. And despite concerns about security in the troubled northern city of Mosul, the event was an unprecedented success for both locals and visitors. A sign hanging between two power poles and some traffic lights showed him the way he wanted to go. And as soon as Mosul man, Faysal al-Jarba, arrived at the venue, his eyes widened in delight. “I never expected this to be so good,” al-Jarba, 30, exclaimed, scanning the place and uncertain where he should begin. Al-Jarba, a civil society activist working for a local NGO, was one of hundreds of Mosul locals to visit the city’s first international book fair. The fair was held inside the relatively small 600 square meter premises of Mosul’s Association of Engineers. The venue also happens to be only around 1,500 meters away from the historic Royal Library of Ashurbanipal, one of the first organized libraries known to man and named after named after Ashurbanipal, last king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire – that was something organisers saw as a good omen for the book fair. And it seems they were right to do so. By the end of the nine day event, which opened March 20, it had been so successful that it was extended another 36 hours. So for 11 and a half days, all sorts of Mosul locals visited. Some bought books while others were just pleased to be able to browse and enjoy a cultural event in a city more often in the news because of political disputes and violence. Authors signed contracts with publishers and hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of books were sold. There were also a series of peripheral events focusing on local arts and crafts. The book fair was planned and prepared for in record time, Nabil Nour ad-Din, a member of the book fair’s organising committee and also the head of the Archaeology Department at Mosul University, told NIQASH. From idea to reality took around 75 days, he explained, but “we were not sure how successful we would be”. “In fact, following contact with potential visiting publishers, we were told they had a lot of fears about security in Mosul and we really didn’t think we would get more than 40 publishing houses coming here,” ad-Din said. “Actually when he got here, one of the Lebanese publishers asked me whether he should be worried about losing his life,” ad-Din continued. “But I told him not to worry, that he would be OK and he would realise that all by himself.” And in the end, ad-Din says, “the number of participants in the book fair exceeded all of our expectations. More than a hundred Lebanese, Syrian, Jordanian, Egyptian, Gulf and Iraqi publishing houses came.” “Our friends advised us not to come here because of the very difficult security conditions in Mosul,” Lebanese publisher Khalid al-Ani said, as he was preparing for the opening of the book fair. “But we were determined to come, we wanted to help make this major cultural event a success,” he explained proudly. And al-Ani was not the only one. There were also publishers from Beirut, Damascus and Jordan, with each displaying thousands of new titles. The organisers estimate that altogether around 500 publishers made it to the Mosul book fair. But all in all, it wasn’t really officialdom that made visiting publishers happy, Watheq al-Ghadanfari, another member of the fair’s organizing committee, said. “Rather, it was the huge crowds of visitors. Numbers increased day after day and it was this that encouraged the publishers and made them feel at ease,” al-Ghadanfari explained. And it seemed they were able to make good money there too. Even after the fair was extended by 36 hours due to popular demand, the books were never discounted – an indication that the publishers must not have needed to shift stock; it was shifting itself. A publisher from the Centre for Arab Unity Studies, based in Beirut, said a lot of Mosul locals had told him they were spending the money they usually saved for the Erbil book fair, held in the semi-autonomous state of Iraqi Kurdistan, in their own province. “Ninawa’s book fair could easily compete with other similar events,” Khaled Duaibes told NIQASH, “as long as they overcome certain problems related to the venue, and a couple of other organizational problems.” In fact, al-Ghadanfari let slip that one publisher reported sales reaching up to US$200,000. Non-Arabic books also sold well apparently. The publishers also met with plenty of authors. Al-Ani told how he signed at least 30 contracts, adding that he had more manuscripts to read too. And for local calligrapher Taleb al-Azzawi, one of the craftsmen attending the fair, the event was a golden opportunity for promotion. He practises his craft on animal skins and he reported enthusiastically that: “many people got to know me because of this fair. It was also very active intellectually.” As for the visitors themselves, they too were pleased. “We’ve been waiting for this event for a long time,” al-Jarba told NIQASH. “We don’t have any public libraries or publishers here in Mosul. I’ve found books here that I would have had to travel to Baghdad or Erbil to buy.” But of course, no book fair is without its critics. Some found it strange that books by local writers were only on display and not for sale. Nor were these locally produced books particularly well promoted – only small pieces of barely legible, hand written paper directed fair visitors to them. A lot of the local visitors also complained about the high prices of books. But as one publisher visiting from Jordan pointed out, the people of Mosul are simply not used to purchasing new books or first editions, which is what a lot of the publications there were. As he packed his remaining, unsold stock on the final day, Siraj Othman, the owner of the Zaman Publishing house, reported that he was satisfied with what he’d achieved at the Mosul book. But, he added, “most of the people on the organizing committee have no idea how to organise an international book fair.” He was also under the impression that the amount of books bought by the city’s scientific and cultural institutions - such as, for example, the local university – was minimal compared with individuals. For instance, Muyasar al-Najmawi, the owner of a small bookshop in central Mosul, says he bought around US$5,000 worth of books for his store. That’s twice the amount spent by the Faculty of Archaeology at Mosul University, one of the faculties with the biggest budget for books. In the end though, the Mosul book fair was considered a raging success. The local government allocated a budget of only US$40,000 for the fair; considering the eventual impact of the event, this was a comparatively small investment. Local council member Issam Ayed has also said that, given the success of the book fair, he would propose that the province build a venue for future trade fairs. As the fair’s participants packed up their displays, organizing committee member, ad-Din sought out his friend, the Lebanese publisher who had previously been scared for his life. “So, how did you find it here?” ad-Din asked when he found the man. “Neither myself nor any of my colleagues had any security problems,” the Lebanese publisher replied. “We are leaving with very positive impressions and we’ll tell anyone who told us not to come, that they were wrong. And,” he added, as he stowed luggage in his car, “I’ll be back next year.”

OIL POTENTIAL The potential of Iraq's oil wealth means some foreign investors are willing to accept a lot more risk than they would in less well-endowed countries. Iraq said last month that its oil output had risen above 3 million barrels per day (bpd) for the first time in more than three decades. It aims to double output over the next three years and has a long-term goal of 12 million bpd; the target may well be over-optimistic, but Iraq is still expected to be the world's biggest source of new oil supplies in the next few years. This looks set to produce economic growth rates during the rest of this decade that would be inconceivable for most states, even if Iraq does not fix its political and legal flaws. Gross domestic product growth averaged 3.6 percent in the six years through 2010. It hit 9.6 percent last year, the International Monetary Fund estimates, predicting average growth will top 10 percent in the five years through 2016. That is likely to improve Iraq's state finances dramatically, allowing it to offer bigger economic reconstruction contracts to local and foreign investors. The IMF expects annual oil exports to almost double to $139 billion by 2016, converting last year's estimated budget deficit of 8.7 percent of GDP to a surplus of 18 percent four years from now. "Iraq could become one of the world's wealthy sovereigns," Citi said in a report which it presented to potential Chinese investors in the region. It predicted Iraq's net government assets, now almost $50 billion in the red, would be nearly $100 billion in the black by 2020. Such projections depend on Iraq's political stability. Sherif Salem, portfolio manager at Abu Dhabi's Invest AD, which runs one of the few foreign equities funds in Iraq's stock market, says he is looking beyond "short-term political volatility" at a time horizon four to six years from now. The fund's performance since its launch in October 2010 mirrors the highs and lows of Iraq's political development. By last July the fund had made a 26 percent gain since launch during a bull market triggered by Maliki's success in forming a coalition government. But the fund closed last year with only a 15 percent gain as security worries increased with the withdrawal of U.S. troops. Its gains since launch have now dwindled to about 6 percent, as Iraqi authorities seek the arrest of Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, a senior Sunni politician in a government led by Shi'ite Muslims, over charges that he ran death squads. The warrant for Hashemi has fuelled political tensions that threaten to upset the country's fragile sectarian balance. "There's a lot of intention - when we meet with investors, they're very excited about the potential," Salem said of raising money for his $20 million fund. "But the final step of putting the money in can take a bit of time, because they need to get totally comfortable with the idea of investing in Iraq." INVESTMENT BEYOND BAGHDAD In the broad economy, however, foreign investment is rising. Dunia Frontier Consultants, a Dubai- and Washington-based consultancy which specialises in Iraq, estimates the value of foreign commercial activity - announcements of new investments, service contracts and other deals, excluding trade - hit $55.7 billion last year, involving 276 companies from 45 countries. In the five years after the U.S. invasion, the amount fluctuated below $7 billion annually, before starting to rise in 2008 as political violence began to ease. Dunia predicts a further rise of 30-40 percent this year, after which it thinks expansion will slow, coming into line with Iraq's GDP growth. Such figures need to be taken with a large grain of salt, as the vagaries of Iraq's legal system, difficulties in arranging financing and security, and uncertain supplies of electricity and other services mean some deals are suspended or cancelled. "A lot of the projects don't get completed. The contract is signed, the amount is announced, and then the investors find out that the situation is more complicated than they thought," said Hassan Aldahan, chairman of Bain AlNahrain Investment Co, an Iraqi investment firm which advises local and foreign clients. Nevertheless, Aldahan and other businessmen agree the trend is towards increasing investment. The Dunia data shows a growing share of foreign activity in areas other than Baghdad and the business-friendly Kurdish region. Several foreign banks have acquired stakes in local banks, including British-based HSBC in Dar Es Salaam Bank, and Lebanese banks Fransabank, Banque Libano-Francaise and Lebanon & Gulf Bank, as well as Turkey's Isbank, are due to start operating in the country by June, said Abdul-Aziz Hassoun, executive director of the Iraqi Private Banks League. U.S. companies are also stepping up business in Iraq. Partly because of security concerns, U.S. firms did little business in the years after the invasion beyond oil and gas deals, but their share of foreign commercial activity hit 12.4 percent last year, second only to South Korea with 21.5 percent, according to Dunia. About a quarter of foreign deals in 2011 were in residential real estate, with over a fifth in oil and gas, a similar amount in electricity generation and 8 percent in water and sanitation, showing how the primitive state of Iraq's infrastructure is a business opportunity as well as an obstacle for investors. Iraq's integration into the region's air travel network also indicates rising business interest. In the last few months carriers including Qatar Airways, T u rkish Airlines and flydubai have launched flights to Iraq or announced plans to expand operations there. Soussa at Citi said Iraqi politics could gradually become more stable over coming years as oil wealth trickled down to more of the population. Meanwhile, the growth of the oil industry would sustain demand for peripheral industries including housing, electricity and transport. Iraqi executive Aldahan said that prospect would keep foreign investors interested in Iraq, despite the obstacles. "At the end of the day, the demand is there and the role of businessmen is to satisfy it. They will find a way," he said.

By Andrew Torchia DUBAI, April 18 (Reuters) - When Dubai-based property developer Range Hospitality decided to build a $175 million hotel and residential complex in Iraq's holy city of Karbala, it ran into a common difficulty for investors in the country: raising finance. It solved the problem by pre-selling some of the rooms on a time-sharing basis to pilgrims, tour operators and other investors, the company says. Construction is underway and the complex is due to be completed by the end of 2013. "Having been in Iraq since 2009, we have seen the landscape change dramatically," said Munaf Ali, Range Hospitality's chief executive. The political outlook has become more stable, he said, while "security and infrastructure can be seen to improve on a daily basis." Nine years after the United States invaded Iraq to topple Saddam Hussein, there are signs that foreign investment in the country is finally building momentum. Big obstacles remain. Although violence has declined since the height of sectarian fighting in 2006 and 2007, bombings and shootings, many by al Qaeda's Iraq wing and allied Sunni Muslim insurgent groups, still occur almost daily. Distracted by internal disputes, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's government has largely failed to push through legal reforms that would clarify property rights and strengthen contract enforcement, businessmen complain. The central government is locked in feuds with the autonomous Kurdish region over oil, land and power. But projects such as the Karbala hotel suggest Iraq may be reaching a critical point where foreign investors feel the country's rapid economic growth and potential are outweighing the risks - across the economy, not just in the oil sector. "There's a tremendous imbalance between the potential wealth of Iraq and its current situation in terms of both consumer goods and infrastructure," said Farouk Soussa, Middle East chief economist at U.S. bank Citi. "When it happens, the catch-up will be immense. A lot of people are positioning themselves for this."

My link BAGHDAD / JD / .. According to a member of the Finance Committee's parliamentary Haitham Jubouri take two steps the Iraqi Central Bank to raise the price of the Iraqi dinar and weighed against the U.S. dollar. Jubouri said L / JD / "The central bank has taken two steps is to first new controls on the value of the transfer and identify external electronic point of arrival and will go to any country," and secondly "to keep the bank with $ 65 billion in capital." Jubouri and "The Bank to keep the $ 65 billion is a very good capital that would preserve the Iraqi dinar exchange rate, an increase of supply relative to demand in the local markets." He said, "The Iraqi market is witnessing the fluctuation of the local currency and the high exchange rate for foreign currency must be careful in making decisions." He was a member of the Finance Committee has expressed confidence in the stability of the purchasing power of the Iraqi currency in the coming days. ", Stressing that these precautions have escalated. Said the Iraqi Central Bank in a statement, obtained by (JD) a copy of it": that some of the journalist community deliberated analyzes marred by a lot of palaces, which indicated that the Iraqi Central Bank's reserves of foreign currency has decreased during the last few months, billions of dollars. The central bank said that these numbers or other sales are the result of the dollar to the regular customers of Iraqis and through the daily operations of the foreign currency auction in the past months or years, knowing that the bank's reserves of foreign currency has not declined but increased during the last period. He noted that central to the direct intervention of neighboring countries in this auction is baseless and unfounded, although the regional impacts of current left indirect effects on the movements of foreign exchange in the domestic money market. The Finance Committee of the House of Representatives has warned of the danger of the continuing decline in the exchange rate of the dinar against the U.S. dollar, which arrived during the last few days of 1300 dinars to the dollar, for the first time in nearly four years. On the other hand reduced the appearance of the bank adviser Mohammed Saleh, the risk of devaluation of the Iraqi dinar against the dollar, and said it will disappear gradually forming bubbles. It is noteworthy: The Cabinet had formed a committee to study the fluctuation of the Iraqi dinar exchange rate in recent times, to provide appropriate solutions and to prevent damage to the economy home / expired / 11 n

as they say no one knows the rate or date but i like this rate 5.00

help i am drowning in ... analysis i was reading some of posting having dinar for sale need to pay bill was having some funny feeling still observing if there are more of selling of dinar going on can anyone tell me if the bank not buying back dinar?

i agree he is not the " GOOD NEWS"every day but "Cold pail of water" once a long while

Pre election stunts ??

his analysis of the things happen between CBI & GOI just sharing

i always think that Maliki is the hindrance to the RV for he is the Shite puppet the rise of of IQD value and a strong Iraq he not what Iran hope for IF Shabibi is remove , i think we must wait for next election when Maliki is voted out then RV will happen

is it some unlawful cross border fund activities ???

(Reuters) - Iraq's parliament has sent a letter to the cabinet telling it not to interfere in monetary policy, a parliamentary source said, in a skirmish over central bank independence that reflects concerns over the extent of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's influence. Maliki won a court ruling in January 2011 putting independent bodies like the Central Bank of Iraq under the cabinet, alarming critics who view with suspicion signs of authoritarianism in some of his actions. He said this would not affect the CBI's independence, but other moves by Maliki, a Shi'ite, against senior Sunni politicians and his control over key security ministries have raised concern that he is trying to consolidate his power. A source in the office of parliament speaker Osama al-Nujaifi said parliament had sent the cabinet a letter reminding it that setting monetary policy was not in its mandate and that it should not assert its authority unconstitutionally. Parliament sent the letter after cabinet wrote to the CBI stating that it should have a say in its monetary decisions, lawmakers who received a copy of that letter said. "This is not the first time the government has tried to impose its control over the central bank," Jaber al-Jaberi, a lawmaker and member of parliament's finance committee, told Reuters. "Every time they try, and then talks erupt, and then they reach an agreement. But then they try all over again," he said. Parliament said on its website that Nujaifi met with CBI Governor Sinan al-Shibibi on Tuesday to confirm its support for the bank's independence in accordance with the constitution. "It is necessary that the central bank remains independent from government in order to prevent a hand (controlling) Iraq's money and to execute international rulings issued against Iraq by its debtors," Nujaifi told Shibibi, according to the website. "The central bank has $60 billion in reserve and this reserve should (be safe)," said Najiba Najib, a lawmaker and a member of parliament's financial committee. "Central bank policy should be away from any executive side in order to work professionally and independently." Much of Iraq's external debt was settled via the Paris Club of sovereign creditors in 2004, in a deal that required Baghdad to seek similar settlements with all other creditors. But some commercial creditors have won court cases and do not accept the terms of that settlement, meaning Iraq has yet to settle its debts with them. (Reporting by Aseel Kami; Editing by Serena Chaudhry)

kuwait is the main player for the lifting of ch 7 so perhaps RV is really not too far away NOW

BUDAPEST, April 11 (AKnews) - Kurdistan Region President Massoud Barzani met with Hungary's president, prime minister and foreign minister in Budapest on an official visit this week to promote bilateral relations and cooperation. Saroki Harem Masud BarzaniBarzani and the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban discussed ways to develop cooperation and investment opportunities in a number of areas, including agriculture, energy, and industry. Orban talked about his country’s willingness to cooperate with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in several fields and he hailed the security and stability of the region, as well as its investor-friendly business environment. He added that his government would encourage more Hungarian companies to look for opportunities in Kurdistan. Barzani said that the KRG wishes to establish strong ties with Hungary, and invited Hungarian firms and investors to explore Kurdistan's potential. In a separate meeting with Foreign Minister János Martonyi, Barzani commended the Hungarian government's decision to open a consulate in Erbil and described it as an important step towards establishing strong bilateral relations. Barzani also met with Hungary's President László Kövér, the Deputy Speaker of Parliament István Jakab and National Economy Minister György Matolcsy. independant visit from Kurd president ?? because they know central govt careless about them??

..the bank is taking new measures to reduce the phenomenon of the intended withdrawal of currency through the conditions to deal with the bank declined to disclose the details of [this] adding that new measures will eliminate the phenomenon mentioned once [and for all] during the coming period. new measures ....... coming period sound good to me

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My link Baghdad (AIN) -The five members of Parliament who had already withdrew from the White Bloc announced forming a new parliamentary bloc named Iraqiya Hurra "Free Iraqiya Bloc." MP Aliya Nusayif said to All Iraq News Agency (AIN) that "We, MPs withdrawing from the white bloc, decided last Saturday to form a new bloc under the name of Iraqiya Hurra which will comprise the members Qutaiba al-Joubori, Zuhair al-Araji, Amena al-Sa'di, Mohammed al-Da'mi and Aliya Nusayif." She added that "The new bloc has coalitions with other blocs and MPs from different political blocs who announced their will to join the new bloc." For his side, the Secretary General of the White Bloc, MP Jamal al-Batikh, assured the "withdrawal of the five MPs from the White Bloc." The white bloc was formed on February 2011 after the withdrawal of eight MPs from the Iraqiya slate, led by Ayad Allawi.

My link Detection Vice President of the Republic Khodair al plot size Kberkal it hatched for Iraq and the disposal of the funds for it in an attempt to thwart the democratic experiment and find the estrangement between the officials and the people to return Iraq to square one. He Khuzaie in a speech today at a ceremony in Nasiriyah on the occasion of the thirty-second anniversary of the martyrdom of the Islamic thinker Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr, 1980: “The newspapers and media channels involved in this conspiracy to break up the unity and harmony among the leaders and the public. He noted that thanks to the blood of Mr. Mohammed Baqir al-Sadr, we were able to achieve a state of law and the drafting of the Constitution, pointing out that the thought of al-Sadr has become a resource concern and dismay of the forces of obscurantism. He stressed that the decision to execute Khuzaie martyr Imam Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr’s decision was not a Baathist and internationally because the Martyr Sadr, led the overall Islamic movement. In the words of the governor of Dhi Qar student Hassan stressed that the martyr Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr became the title for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq. He pointed out that Imam al-Sadr Othv Muslim world thought and his blood, to become a symbol of the certificate in the modern era. Has revived the city of Nasiriyah on Monday, the anniversary of the martyrdom of al-Sadr launched a mass march from St. Haboubi the city center, with the participation of Vice President of the Republic Khodair al and a number of parliamentarians and officials of the province. The march ended merrily set up in the lobby of the local administration was attended by a large audience of people from the province of Dhi Qar.

indeed blinded, indoctrinated , senseless, AND CARE LESS

almadapaper i read news on removal of shabbi with fear , if this comes through frankly i doubt the RV will ever happen is this the continuous struggle with the Iraqi politics The news that dealt with some of the media's intention to dismiss the government's central bank governor Sinan Shabibi is a common affect in our work, and make us able to develop our performance." "The officials at the Central Bank are members of the Economic Committee of the Council of Ministers and Central Bank shall provide advice to the government constantly, and works in coordination with them in formulating monetary policy in Iraq." Regarding the book of the Secretariat of the Council of Ministers addressed to the Central Bank and by which the central bank should refrain from adopting any law on monetary policy without the consent of the Council of Ministers, Saleh said, "I have been out of Iraq was not personally briefed on this book." According to the document, which is a formal letter, it should be on the central bank to refrain from adopting any law on monetary policy without the consent of the Council of Ministers, and the favor of that "the independence of some state institutions, including the Central Bank of the case of a civilized sophisticated invented democratic countries developed, but this does not mean that central bank alone, without coordination with the government, "noting that" the intervention of government monetary policy of the Central Bank will present the Iraqi economy at risk. " It is noteworthy that the Federal Supreme Court issued on 18 January last attachment to a decision to independent bodies referred to in the Constitution Iraqi prime minister directly, and not under the chairmanship of the House of Representatives.

let see the RV will takes place before removal from Ch 7 or the other way round

sack maliki replace him non Pro Iranian guy RV will take place i considering likewise

Basra (News) …Economic Adviser warned in the Office of international trade and transport of Tawfiq al-Manea unknown companies enter into Iraq for the purpose of investment products that would be tacky and not in conformity with international standards, causing the country’s economic problems. He said Mana (News News Agency): you must check the identity of companies wishing to invest or open industrial plants within Iraq in terms of reputation and production and capital investment which is owned by the fact that the budget for expenses in Iraq has limited the development and building of investment projects, continued: to avoid the economic problems that may occur as a result of the reluctance of companies in its work, noting if the company is not solid, it will produce goods not in conformity with international standards, which will cause harm to the Iraqi citizen. He added: that Iraq lacked domestic product as a result of the interruption of the laboratories of the Ministry of industry, and not giving the private sector’s active role for open industrial plants has led to dependence on foreign imports to meet its essential consumer goods, calling activate all Iraqi laboratories to benefit from international expertise through those companies operating in Iraq to rebuild the Iraqi economy and import external goods. Economic adviser said: that Iraq possessed large industrial plants, but parked and non-dimmed as a result of the increased cost of domestic product compared to the imported product, stressing the need to develop precise plans and solutions to address this topic.