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Any funds that are not committed to a specific project by December 31, 2010, will be returned. this post is interesting.... by 31 dec .. today is 28 dec less then 2 days lets see maliki and shabibi perform magic .. .. pull out the RaVit out from their hat ... oops wrong spelling rabbit

'Dinar Holder'.... They are still expecting the RV to happen before Friday and the very bottom rate, the lowest it could be is $3.22. SO we wait and watch… Good analysis and clear presentation

thumbs up for this new format

i like your calculation :D

Urgent - Iraq's new government approved by parliament Tuesday, December 21st 2010 1:51 PM Erbil, Dec. 21 (AKnews) – The Iraqi parliament has approved the long-awaited government ending months of disputes days before a constitutional deadline for Maliki to form the government expire. However, the new cabinet set off outrage among the women lawmakers for not including any women. Iraqi Parliament, Parlamani Iraq Iraq had been awaiting the new government for eight months after the March 7 parliamentary elections failed to determine the winner to form a majority government. Maliki had a constitutional deadline until Sunday to form the new cabinet before President Jalal Talabani charge another lawmaker to do so. The majority of the MPs voted in favor of the new cabinet ministers when put to vote. The new government does not include any women which was strongly protested by the women bloc prompting Maliki to postpone the announcement of some of the ministries until women candidates are put forward by the blocs relevant to the remaining ministries. Though the women were not happy about the new cabinet they voted for the it to "not prolong Iraqi people's suffering who have been waiting for a new government for so long." as the Kurdish woman MP Ala Talabani put it. Talabani said, in a speech she delivered during the opening of the session, that the new government had violated the Iraqi constitution for not allocating 25% of the posts to women. "The absence of women (in the new cabinet) is to marginalize the role of women in the reconstruction of this country" Talabani told the session, urging the Iraqi president Jalal Talabani to call an urgent meeting to follow up the issue. Prime MInister Nuri al-Maliki said he would not enter the parliament next time if there were no women candidates for the remaining ministerial portfolios. "I wanted this government to be different from the previous one. If there were four women ministers in the previous government I wanted and wished to have more women in this government" The ministries of the interior and the defense - two key positions - are among the ministries Maliki did postponed to better judge the candidates for the posts. The two ministries were put under Maliki's supervision until the candidates are announced in the coming days. Other key positions in the government include the foreign affairs ministry is again held by the Kurds. The former minister of the foreign affairs Hoshyar Zebari will remain in his post for another four years, while the ministries of finance and oil went to former Vice-President Rafie al-Eissawi - a member of the al-Iraqiya list, and former deputy oil minister Abdulkarim Luebi of Primer Minister's National Coalition bloc (NC) respectively. Former Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani was appointed deputy Primer Minister for energy affairs. Iraqi parliament vote on 32 ministers and three deputies of al-Maliki Tuesday, December 21st 2010 3:44 PM Baghdad, Dec. 21 (AKnews) – Iraqi Parliament has voted on Tuesday, to give confidence by majority to the government that was presented by the Prime Minister ,Nuri al-Maliki. Iraqi Parliament, Parlamani IraqThe parliament voted unilaterally to the ministers list presented by Maliki that included 32 ministers and three deputy prime ministers. The Council voted by majority on Maliki taking over the presidency of the new government and oversee the management of the defense, interior and national security ministries. AL-Iraqiya TV, the semi-formal channel reported the reading of al-Maliki to the ministers names in the new government, which included, Hoshyar Zebari, the foreign minister, Hadi al-Amiri Minister of Transport, Ali Adeeb , the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Mohammad Tamim , the Minister of Education, Rafie al-Issawi , the finance minister, Abdul Karim Allaibi ,Minister of oil , Najeeb Hamad, Minister of Health, Ahmed Nasser, Minister of Industry and Minerals, Izz Al-Din al-Dawla, Minister of Agriculture, Muhammad Salman ,Minister of Water Resources, Muhammad Saheb , minister of Housing and Minister of Municipalities by acting , Jassim Mohammed, Minister of Youth and Sports, Hassan Shammari Minister of Justice, Mohammed Tawfiq , communications minister, Abdul Karim al-Samarrae , the Minister of Science and Technology, Nassar al-Rubaie ,Minister of Labour and acting Minister of Planning , Saadoun al-Dulaimi, Minister of Culture, Salah Yassin, Minister of State, and Diaa al-Asadi, Minister of State, and Turhan Mathehar , Minister of State for Provincial Affairs, Saffa al-Deen al-Safi , Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, Ali AL-Sajre, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs , Hasan al-Sarri ,Minister of State, Lewaa Abd , Minister of Tourism, Bushra Hussein, Minister of State and Sargon Salioh , minister of environment. The Parliament voted to give confidence to the Vice-Prime Minister ,Hussein Shahristani, who was entrusted with Ministry of Electricity by acting and Rose Nuri Shaways, who was entrusted for Commerce ministry by acting and Saleh al-Mutlaq. Maliki has pledged to give the acting ministries to ministers in three days.

it is so exciting a few post so far postpone to 2pm to 4pm and postpone tomorrow and postponed to wednesday Help help what is it :o :blink:

does it mean Iraq is free to development nuclear tech for peaceful usage? wonder this will be explioted by Iran

any one know the GOI having any meetings ? why is the next meeting ? since ch 7 lifted next thing to look for is the GOI announcement and the RV

Al-Iraqiya proposes ministerial candidates if requested Thursday, December 16th 2010 7:22 AM Baghdad, Dec.16 (AKnews)- Al-Iraqiya bloc, led by Ayad Allawi is ready to send in the names of the ministerial candidates whenever asked, a lawmaker from the bloc said Thursday. Iyad Allawi and Iraqiya leaders BaghdadSpeaking to AKnews, Shakir Kattab said the nominees list is ready and it will be sent whenever the Prime Minister designate Nouri al-Maliki demands the bloc. This comes while even before his official assignment on Nov.25, Maliki demanded the winning blocs to propose for each ministry three candidates. Nine days are left to Maliki’s cabinet formation deadline; yet, both the number of the ministries and their allocation are covered by haze. Kattab reiterated Al-Iraqiya means to participate in the new cabinet and accelerate its formation, provided that it is a “national partnership and strong cabinet.” Al-Iraqiya, a mainly Sunni integration, came first in March elections. However, the post-election alliances introduced the Shia dominated National Coalition (NC) as the major bloc, entitled to win the PM post. Fears that al-Iraqiya may withdraw from the new cabinet grew when the bloc several times threatened to do so, for “violation of its constitutional rights.” However, al-Iraqiya finally compromised over the post in exchange for a senior new council, the National Council for Strategic Policies. Yet, al-Iraqiya had repeatedly stressed proposing its ministerial candidates is subject to the approval of the bill for the new council, “which gives equal authorities with Maliki to Allawi.” Another source from the bloc had earlier told AKnews the bloc has nominated Salih Mutlag for the vice Iraqi Presidency, Rafi’ Isawi for the Finance Ministry and Tareq Hashimi for the deputy PM post.

Al Maliki and Allawi share compatible views Wednesday, December 15, 2010 11:19 GMT Iraqi Prime Minister-designate Nuri Al Maliki and Al Iraqiya List leader Iyad Allawi met on Tuesday at the house of National Reform Party Leader Ibrahim Al Jaafari. Al Maliki and Allawi agreed on the necessity to reach joint mechanisms over the formation of new governmental institutions. Both leaders announced that they will hold joint meetings until the formation of the new government. Al Jaafari said he was surprised by the extent of entente between Al Maliki and Allawi.

"i pat your head you rub my tummy ... " enough already now start working and put roof over the head of the poor iraqi and put food in the tummy of the hungry

is this finally the real final agreement ?? Final agreement between the blocs in the Iraqi parliament on the number of ministries, each of them, including the sovereign and the remaining differences on the sharing of the service ministries see link My link

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Announced a senior source in the Iraqi List led by former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi for the resolution of nine ministries, including defense, finance for the list that have accepted these ministries before the enactment of the National Council And other ministries are to work and communication, sports and youth, power and displacement and migration, agriculture, education, the source said in a statement to the newspaper "Middle East" of London published Monday that there are some candidates for these ministries are Falah al-Naqib and Alexander, berry and Mohammed Allawi and the beauty of watermelon and Qutaybah Jubouri, without identifying any ministries that may received by those with the exception of watermelon, which he said could receive the Ministry of Agriculture, and berries, and the Chairman of the Ministry of Defence.[/color][/color] But the MP for the Iraqi List, Talal Zobaie confirmed that the Ministry of Finance will be the share of the Deputy Prime Minister Rafie al-Issawi, and the Defense Ministry will go to the captain, likely to go the Ministry of Health Qutaybah Jubouri, and communication Mohammed Allawi, and Displacement and Migration of Ahmed al-Karbouli. . In a related context, it was announced Hassan Sinead, a leading figure in the National Alliance for the Committee from the problem to determine the ministries on the findings and described the task. www.albawaba.com ) He said in a press statement that the course of forming the government "is evolving in a positive and proportionate with the 30-day period specified in the Constitution," the government's announcement, Pwhich ends on 24 current. © 2010 Al Bawaba

Oh once you are financially free why not consider this.. dont just give money why not invest time in such organization as volunteer to help out you will find yourself not just wealthy financially but spiritually too

al-iraqnews.net Conscious / Baghdad / m. A 12/12/2010 12/12/2010 9:30 pm . President of the National Reform Movement, Ibrahim al-Jaafari at his office in Baghdad on Sunday, Mr. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to discuss the latest developments in the formation of the government. A statement issued by the Office of Information Jaafari won (news agency, media / INA), a copy of today's meeting was cordial during which see the two sides on the results of meetings and discussions between the political blocs and reached by the Ad Hoc Committee to develop a mechanism points. The statement said that both al-Jaafari and Maliki stressed their determination to proceed with forming a government to draft the national company and as soon as possible, as well as emphasis on the participation of all components of the Iraqi people.

is this draft the same as what AC posted NCSP Draft Copy to Iraq Parliament

Political first : the government see the light before Christmas .. And to start leaking the names of candidates for ministries BAGHDAD - morning . With start leaking some names of candidates for the assumption by the portfolios, although there are no assurances that full on them, and the conduct of the process of forming the next government forward, said President Jalal Talabani and Prime Minister-designate Nuri al-Maliki said the new ministry will see the light before the end of the constitutional period, ie before Christmas. The President of the Republic in Baghdad yesterday, a delegation of the mass of independent affiliated with the coalition of state law, which included Dr. Hussain al-Shahristani and Khalid al-Attiyah and clarity of the net, who provided wishers on the occasion of the new Hijra year. The President Talabani during a meeting attended by Dr. Adel Abdul-Mahdi, to the importance of promoting and strengthening relations between all parties and the parties which reflected positively on the political process and the lives of citizens, stressing continue its efforts to mitigate the political atmosphere in the country in order to preserve the higher interests of the Iraqi people of all components. . In the meantime, Talabani received a message from the President of the United States Barack Obama congratulating him on his election as President of the Republic for a second term. . This came during a meeting yesterday evening, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, James Jeffrey, who carried the message.. At the meeting, President Talabani of the Iraqi ambassador said relations - the U.S. is expanding day by day, and this is in the interests of both peoples, and contributes to the strengthening of security and stability in the region. ة. Through its review of the stages of the constitutional form the new government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, the President of the Republic that the government will be formed in the near future and before the constitutional deadline. For his part, U.S. Ambassador to his government's support for all efforts aimed at forming a new government, praising the efforts of President Talabani in this area, pointing at the same time that the United States will remain a true partner and strategically for Iraq and its desire to complete in support of his political career, democracy and the establishment of long-term partnership with the new Iraq . . As part of the Post, Prime Minister-designate no relationship to the formation of the National Council of the Supreme policies form the government. ”. Maliki said during a meeting with the President of the Supreme Council of the Islamic al-Hakim yesterday: "There are commitments on what has been agreed upon in the political dialogues, which took the initiative of President of the Kurdistan region, Massoud Barzani," stressing "the need to find ways to protect the political experiment in Iraq, because of their national interest. " ”. He renewed his commitment to the ceiling in time of the formation of the government, agreements were reached with the political blocs, "noting that" the Constitution does not lock us cut the time that it may delay or inaction. "ق ”. For his part, Mr. Hakim said: "The meeting with Maliki was an in-depth, and was able to discuss the challenges that we face, and the bilateral relationship and the National Assembly with all parties, and promote confidence between the political components." read more link

Arab, Turkmen in Kirkuk rebuff participation in census committee December 11, 2010 - 09:53:07 KIRKUK / Aswat al-Iraq: Arab and Turkmen members in the Iraqi parliament and the Kirkuk Provincial Council on Saturday announced their rejection of a planning ministry directive to form a committee to discuss the issue of census in the province. Representatives of Turkmen and Arabs members of parliament and the Kirkuk provincial council as well as representatives of political blocs met on Saturday to discuss recent developments on general census of the population in the province. The Iraqi ministry of planning and development cooperation had issued a ministerial order 50 on December 8 pertaining to the formation of a committee to discuss pending issues facing a census in Kirkuk. In a press conference today (Dec. 11), attended by Aswat al-Iraq correspondent, the conferees announced rejection of a mechanism to form the committee on the grounds that it violated article 23 of law 36/2008. The ministerial order provided that the committee would comprise three members of parliament from the Kurdistan Alliance, two Arabs and one Turkmen while article 23 stipulated equal percentage in everything that is related to Kirkuk, including the formation of committees.

about point system usndiver BAGHDAD—Squabbling Iraqi politicians are wrestling with a fresh question in efforts to form a new government here: How much is a cabinet post worth? Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has the better part of this month to name government ministers from the big winning parties in March elections, after rival factions agreed to a power-sharing deal last month. To do so, he has fallen back on a controversial points system that seeks to match the relative prestige of each cabinet portfolio with a party's electoral performance. [iRAQ] Each party has been awarded one point for every 2.25 parliamentary seats it won in the polls. Political bosses are being asked to exchange the points for their preferred cabinet seats. Depending on the portfolio's heft, a cabinet seat can cost one to three points, or possibly more. The complex system isn't a popular one, even for the prime minister. "Sadly we are now counting seats, quarter- and half-seats," Mr. Maliki said at a recent news conference. "But we must be fair to everyone." Many of Mr. Maliki's election rivals—now prospective coalition partners—say the point system isn't fair. The backlash is threatening to further slow the process. Iraq has already set the record for the longest period between an election and the formation of a government, according to Cornell University's Institute for European Studies. The distinction had been held by the Netherlands. Some critics want a simpler system that would allocate ministries based on the percentage of seats won in the election. Others want the number of seats per point in Mr. Maliki's system increased. Still others want key posts—including the premiership itself—to be excluded from the math altogether, since those positions were agreed to in the power-sharing deal. "Until now there is no agreement on the points," said Mahmoud Othman, a member of parliament's Kurdish bloc, which like other slates is angling for ministries. There has been a popular revolt as well. In some Iraqi cities, secular-minded protesters have demanded that Mr. Maliki exclude the Ministry of Culture from the formula, to keep it out of the hands of Islamist parties. Mr. Maliki is under pressure to hand out cabinet posts in an equitable manner across the country's ethnic and sectarian divides. Sunnis, who for the most part boycotted 2005 polls and felt locked out of the last government—fueling the insurgency—are especially wary of being sidelined by the process of negotiating who gets what posts. The U.S. has warned that another perceived sidelining of the Sunnis, especially after the big turnout by Sunnis in the March election, could reignite an insurgency that almost tipped the country into civil war after the earlier vote. Iraq's minorities also feel crowded out. A Christian member of parliament said this week that any chance for a meaningful role in the next government has "gone with the wind." Ministerial posts continue to be viewed by most Iraqi politicians as personal fiefs and opportunities to amass influence, prestige and wealth. The process under way is "a bazaar where wild Iraqi desires for enrichment and influence meet clashing regional and international agendas," said Ibrahim al-Sumaidaie, a political commentator here. In the March polls, no bloc won a parliamentary majority, forcing bitter political enemies to agree to share power, after nine months of haggling. In the election, Mr. Maliki's Shiite slate won 89 of the 325 seats in parliament. The Sunni-dominated slate of former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi edged him out with 91 seats, but Mr. Allawi failed to cobble together a governing coalition. The electoral outcome gives Mr. Maliki 39.5 points to Mr. Allawi's 40.4. A Kurdish alliance won 42 seats, giving it 18.6 points. And followers of anti-American cleric Moqtada al Sadr picked up 40 seats, giving him 17.75 points. Mr. Maliki hasn't been precise on just how many points each post will require. He said that plum ones—such as finance, foreign affairs and oil—would cost at least three points each. Next in the pecking order are "first-class," public-service ministries like health and electricity, requiring at least two points each, according to Adnan al-Asadi, a member of parliament from Mr. Maliki's party. Lower profile posts, for instance Iraq's human-rights and displaced-persons portfolios, need only 1.5 points, said Mr. Asadi. Mr. Maliki said he would exclude the defense and interior ministries from the formula to shield them from "sectarian and partisan considerations." Over the weekend, the complexity of the system—which Iraqis have dubbed muhasasa, Arabic for "quota system"—spawned a program on state-owned Iraqiya TV called, "The Posts: The Equations." Appearing on the show, Shaker Katab, a member of Mr. Allawi's bloc, suggested Mr. Maliki was hoarding points by equating his powerful post with that of the ceremonial presidency, which has been given to the Kurds, and the speakership of parliament, which belongs to the Sunni-dominated bloc. Amid the jockeying, Mr. Maliki has expanded the number of posts on offer—scrapping plans to slim down his future cabinet to 21 members. He now says it will include 41 ministers, including ones for investment and tourism. Parliament, meanwhile, is debating the number of parliamentary committees, for which chairmanships can be doled out to factions, on top of cabinet posts. And Iraqi President Jalal Talabani is currently proposing to boost the number of deputies for his post to three, up from two. "It's for the dual purposes of necessity, and appeasement," explained Ala Talabani, a member of parliament from Mr. Talabani's Kurdish bloc. —Munaf Ammar, Ali A. Nabhan and Jabbar Yaseen contributed to this article.

Maliki to choose among minister candidates Saturday, December 11, 2010 10:16 GMT Iraqi main political parties set the end of next week as a deadline to hand Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki the names of minister candidates. Talks between political parties on the mechanism of ministerial portfolio distribution reached positive results, informed sources said. The meeting held on Friday between the National Alliance, Al Iraqiya List and Kurdistan Parties Coalition managed to resolve most pending issues regarding ministerial distribution, the sources added. Prime Minister Al Maliki will choose the competent names among the list of candidates, they added. My link

URGENT / KDP holds its 13th Conference December 11, 2010 - 12:42:11 ARBIL / Aswat al-Iraq: The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) held its 13th Conference in Arbil with the participation of 1,350 members, amid broad participation by a large number of leading Iraqi and Kurdish officials. The Conference, held in the main hall of the Arbil International Fair, was attended by Iraqi President, Jalal Talabani, Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, Parliament Speaker, Usama al-Nujeifi, Kurdistan Region’s Prime Minister, Barham Ahmed Saleh, Leader of al-Iraqiya Bloc, Iyad Allawi, Chairman of the Supreme Islamic Council, Ammar al-Hakim, the Leader in al-Iraqiya Bloc, Saleh al-Mutlaq and large number of leading government officials and outstanding personalities. The opening of the conference also witnessed reciting of verses from the Holy Quran, followed by a one-minute silence to commemorate the spirits of Kurdish martyrs, the playing of both the Iraqi National Anthem and the Kurdistan Anthem, whilst a flower bouquet was laid under a large photo of the Founder of KDP, Late Kurdish Leader, Mulla Mustapha Barzani. The 1st KDP’s conference was held in Baghdad on August 16, 1946. It is now led by Kurdistan President, Massoud Barzani, and elected Mulla Mustapha Barzani as Chairman of the Party at that time. A KDP’s media official, Ari Hersin, had told reporters the Conference would carry out a radical change in the Party’s frame, as its current frame “does not reflect the current epoch, including the increase in the percentage of women and young people in its leading council.”

Iraq’s leading State posts lifted from “points” system, Nujeifi December 11, 2010 - 12:29:43 BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Iraq’s Parliament Speaker, Usama al-Nujeifi, has announced on Saturday that the leading State posts have been lifted from the “points” system and al-Iraqiya Bloc, led by former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, would occupy 27 percent of the total number of the new cabinet posts, including the defense minister’s post. Speaking to al-Sharqiya Satellite TV Channel, Nujeifi said that the leading political blocs have agreed to establish the National Council for Strategic Studies (NCSS), adding that he, as the Parliament Speaker, had been assigned to legislate the NCSS’s law within the defined period. “Any negligence of the above agreement is considered an undermining of the political agreement and shall have a serious impact on the political process in general,” Nujeifi warned. “The leading State posts have been lifted from the points system, giving al-Iraqiya 27 percent of the total cabinet posts, including the defense ministry, pending its presenting of its candidates for the said posts,. It will receive a share of 11 ministries in the new cabinet.” “The Presidency shall lose its veto right for the draft-laws, whilst an Iraqi Council, similar to the U.S. Senate, will would be formed soon. This will take place within the articles of the constitution and will be legislated soon,” Nujeifi noted.

seems robinsnest have not learn much since he become member of this forum from dec last year