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US military ready to hand over Iraqi detainees Tuesday, April 12th 2011 5:32 PM Baghdad, 12 April (AKnews) – A spokesperson for the U.S. military said that it is ready to hand over Iraqi detainees in American prisons should the Iraqi government submit an official request. Leslie Wadek told AKnews that there are around 200 Iraqi detainees in US prisons ready to be handed over to the Iraqi government. "The prisoners were kept in U.S. detention centers at the request of the Iraqi government," she said. Wadek’s statement follows a demand for the prisoners’ release issued by the Sadrist Movement on Saturday. Last Wednesday the Iraqi Ministry of justice said that plans were underway to take over responsibility for all foreign and Iraqi prisoners, including former Baath officials, held by the U.S. forces in Iraq by mid-July. Among the detainees still held by the US forces are five former Iraqi officials who have been sentenced to death by the Iraqi supreme court including the former Vice President Tareq Aziz, and Saddam Hussein’s secretary Abed Hammoud. The Iraqi Government received 26 prisoners in July 2010, all of them former leaders from the Saddam Husein regime, held in detention by U.S. forces. "The U.S. forces will not retain any detainees after July 2011," the Undersecretary of the Justice Ministry Bosho Ibrahim told AKnews. The leadership of the American detention centers in Iraq has already handed over Bucca prison in Basra and Taji prison in Baghdad to the Iraqi government according to the withdrawal agreement of the U.S. troops from Iraq. The U.S. forces also handed over the responsibilities of and supervision of 1,500 detainees in the Cropper prison to the Iraqi Justice ministry while retaining the supervision of 203 detainees including 8 officials of the former regime in a special sector under tight security procedures. The Cropper prison was opened by the American military after the war in Iraq in April 2003 near Baghdad International Airport, where senior former officials and leaders of armed groups were held, including the former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. Reported by Saman Dazzayi Rn/Ka/AKnews http://www.aknews.com/en/aknews/3/231566/

Ruling parties ready to resume “unconditional” talks with opposition Tuesday, April 12th 2011 3:23 PM Erbil, April 12 (AKnews) – The two ruling parties of the Kurdistan Region have shown readiness to resume “unconditional” talks with the opposition forces who have been insisting on political reforms and boycotting parliament sessions. The statement of the two parties, carried by a media outlet affiliated with the PUK - PUKmedia.com - follows a call by the president of the Kurdistan Region Massoud Barzani for the political parties in Kurdistan to resume talks and put aside their differences to find a solution to the current public protests in Kurdistan. The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) led by regional President Massoud Barzani and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) led by Iraqi president Jalal Talabani said in a joint statement on Tuesday that they believed in dialogue and would work to bring together all political parties in Kurdistan around the negotiating table. Protests in Kurdistan Region’s Sulaimaniyah province have entered their 55th day. The demonstrators have been calling for political reforms, fighting corruption, and improved employment opportunities. The protests further increased after the demonstrations in the province turned violent and security forces opened fire on demonstrators after they pelted a headquarters of the KDP with stones. So far, 9 people – including 2 policemen – have been killed and hundreds others injured. In the latest development, a temporary council for the protesters in Sulaimaniyah issued a roadmap to end the “political crisis” in Kurdistan. They called for government reformation and a transitional government to take over power in preparation for early elections. The statement on Tuesday said the two parties, since the beginning of the “unhealthy” situation that has affected relations between the political actors, believe that “dialogue and negotiation are the only way to resolve any issue that faces the political process.” They also support an initiative by Barzani announced in a statement earlier this week that calls on all political parties in the region to sit at the negotiations table to reach a solution to the current situation in Kurdistan. Last week witnessed a series of talks between the ruling parties and the opposition forces to find ways to meet the demands of the protesters. On April 5, however, the opposition groups issued a joint statement calling for the dissolution of the government and the formation of a transitional government which was rejected by the ruling parties. The opposition parties have been boycotting parliament sessions because they believe that parliament should hold emergency meetings to deal with the protesters demands. The parliament speaker however has rejected such calls and has continued to hold ordinary sessions. Ry/Ka/AKnews http://www.aknews.com/en/aknews/4/231509/

Aswat al-Iraq’s referendum exposes fact that anti-corruption is main demand of youth. 4/12/2011 2:41 PM BAGHDAD/ Aswat al-Iraq: A referendum, carried out by the independent Aswat al-Iraq News Agency, on its Arabic and Kurdish sites during the period from Feb. 23 to April 11, has shown that the majority of young readers of its bulletins saw that their main demand was fighting corruption. 27.78% of voters on the Agency’s Arabic bulletin has shown that 1,879 of them called for necessity to fight corruption, whilst 27.43%, demanded permanent jobs and 19.93% confirmed necessity for freedom of expression, along with 9.93%, who voted for immigration abroad by the youth. 6.5% among the youth have voted for marriage as priority, whilst 5.37% saw that contribution in the political decision came first, and 3.03% preferred getting easy credits first. 37.91% of the voters in Aswat al-Iraq’s Kurdish bulletin, that counted to 421 young persons, have voted for necessity to fight corruption, whilst 20.37% reiterated necessity for freedom of expression, and 13.74% confirmed that their main demand, as young people, were permanent jobs. 9.47% expressed preference for contribution in the political decision, whilst 8.29% saw that main necessity rested in immigration abroad, and 7.81% preferred marriage, along with 2.36% of the remaining voters saw that getting easy credits was the main necessity for the youth. SKH (IT) http://en.aswataliraq.info/Default1.aspx?page=article_page&id=141937&l=1

Families of Ninewa detainees demand their release 4/12/2011 2:08 PM NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq: Dozens of families of detainees in northern Iraq’s Ninewa Province has started a sit-in demonstration in central Mosul’s al-Tahrir (Liberation) Square on Tuesday, demanding the release of their relatives from prisons, according to a security source. “About 100 men and women have started a sit-in demonstration in al-Tahrir Square, close to a Mosul prison, demanding the release of their relatives, whilst the city is witnessing a sit-in demonstration since April 9th on the Ninth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq,” the security source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. The demonstrators, the source said: “are demanding the release of their relatives, including those detained in Baghdad prisons,” adding that they carried placards, demanding the release of their relatives from prisons and the withdrawal of the U.S. forces from Iraq. Mosul, the center of Ninewa Province, is 405 km to the north of Baghdad. SKH (IT) http://en.aswataliraq.info/Default1.aspx?page=article_page&id=141934&l=1

Lower demand for dollar in daily auction 4/12/2011 4:18 PM BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) dollar sales went down on Tuesday to $166.609 million at an exchange rate of 1170 Iraqi dinars per dollar, compared to the previous session’s $170.899 million. "The demand hit $5.094 million in cash today, covered at an exchange rate of 1,183 Iraqi dinars per dollar, and $161.515 million in foreign transfers outside the country, covered at an exchange rate of 1,183 Iraqi dinars per dollar," according to a CBI news bulletin received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency. None of the 17 banks that participated in today’s session offered to sell dollars. The Central Bank of Iraq runs a daily auction from Sunday to Thursday. SH (TP) http://en.aswataliraq.info/Default1.aspx?page=article_page&id=141941&l=1

Last U.S. soldier shall leave Iraq on Jan. 31, Iraqi Parliament​’s Chief of Security & Defense Committee says. 4/12/2011 2:04 PM BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: The Chairman of the Iraqi Parliament’s Security & Defense Committee, Hassan al-Sunaid, has said on Tuesday that Dec. 31st next shall be the last day for the presence of the last American soldier on Iraqi territory. “An extension for the presence of the American forces in Iraq is something that stands counter to the process of (U.S.) withdrawal. We insist that 31/12/2011 will be the last day for the presence of the last American soldier in Iraq’s skies, ground and sea,” Sunaid told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. The American combat forces had left Iraq completely at the end of August last, according to the Security Agreement, signed between Baghdad and Washington at the end of 2008, and the remaining 50,000 non-combat U.S. troops shall withdraw before the end of this year. “We shall not give a time extension and won’t allow a second reading or an adjustment for the said Agreement, and our position shall be persistent for the withdrawal of the Americans from Iraq,” Sunaid said. He stressed that Iraq “possesses security forces, able to protect its territories. That is why, any retreat to implement the said Security Agreement shall be confronted with firm positions by all Iraqi political blocs.” SKH (IT) http://en.aswataliraq.info/Default1.aspx?page=article_page&id=141933&l=1

Hints about extension of U.S. troops presence shall have passive impacts on Iraq, Sadrist spokesman says. 4/12/2011 2:13 PM BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: The Chairman of the Political Commission of Iraq’s Shiite al-Sadr Movement, Karrar al-Khafajy, has rejected hints by some political forces and the United States, calling for the extension of the presence of the U.S. occupation forces in the country after the end of the current year. “The Sadrist Trend rejects media comments against its national attitude to reject the extension of the occupation forces and calls on the other political blocs to announce their brave attitude before the Iraqi people,” Khafajy said, stressing that “the hints about the presence of the occupation forces shall have passive impacts on Iraq’s political future.” Khafajy also called on the “Iraqi public opinion to stand against the attempts, striving to extend the presence of the occupation forces in Iraq.” Noteworthy is that the U.S. combat troops had withdrawn from Iraq at the end of August last, according to the Security Agreement, signed between Baghdad and Washington at the end of 2008, and the remaining U.S. non-combat forces, estimated to reach 50,000, would withdraw before the end of this year, whilst Washington had given hints about possibility of the extension of its troops presence in Iraq, if the latter demanded that. SKH (IT) http://en.aswataliraq.info/Default1.aspx?page=article_page&id=141935&l=1

Iraq’s National Alliance candidate, Ibrahim al-Lamy, nominated for Interior Minister’s post. 4/12/2011 2:18 PM KARBALA / Aswat al-Iraq: Iraq’s National Coalition, led by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, has nominated Ibrahim al-Lamy, a staff in Maliki’s Commander-in-Chief’s Office, for the post of Interior Minister, An Alliance’s Legislature said on Tuesday. “Four names had been selected as candidates of the National Coalition for the Interior Minister’s post, including Ibrahim al-Lamy, who holds the post of Deputy Secretary of the Commander-in-Chief’s Office, among whom Lamy won the candidacy of the Coalition,” Fuad al-Dorky told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. He said that Lamy was chosen among the four candidates, due to his “independence” and non-membership of any political party, a condition set by the government for the candidates of the security ministers posts in the new cabinet, including the Interior, Defense and National Security ministers, that are still vacant in the new cabinet, led by Prime Minister Maliki. Karbala is 108 km to the south of Baghdad. http://en.aswataliraq.info/Default1.aspx?page=article_page&id=141936&l=1

Parliament votes on abolishment of Iraq’s former ruling RCC resolutions. 4/12/2011 3:13 PM BAGHDAD/ Aswat al-Iraq: The Iraqi Parliament has voted with majority in its Tuesday session to abolish a number of resolutions, issued by Iraq’s former ruling Revolution Command Council (RCC). “The Parliament has ended its session today (Tuesday) with a majority vote on the abolishment of the resolutions of Iraq’s dismantled RCC resolutions Nos. 349, 100, 96 and 800, because of their containment of discrimination and violation of human rights,” Legislature Ashwaq al-Jaf from the Kurdistan Coalition told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. RCC Resolution No. 349 of 1991, had granted Iraq’s former President the authority to appoint any person, he saw efficient, in a post, including a minister’s or other post, raising to the level of a minister’s post. The decision 100 of the RCC of 1995, allows the selling of state or the Socialist Sector property to wives or small children of persons carrying “the Revolution, Rafidain, Qadisiya or Um al-Maarik signs, from friends of (former) President Saddam Hussein. SKH (ST) http://en.aswataliraq.info/Default1.aspx?page=article_page&id=141939&l=1

Al-Mutlaq meets UNAMI delegation, 2 ambassadors 4/12/2011 4:21 PM BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Deputy Prime Minister Saleh al-Mutlaq held on Tuesday three separate meetings with a delegation from UNAMI and with ambassadors of Lebanon and Croatia to Iraq, according to his media office. "Al-Mutlaq stressed during his meeting with a delegation from the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) on the importance of shouldering its responsibility toward the Iraqi people, mainly after the withdrawal of U.S. troops," said the statement received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency. He discussed during his meeting with Lebanese Ambassador Hazaa Sharief bilateral relations and the ongoing preparations for holding the coming Arab summit in Baghdad. The Iraqi official underlined the importance of activating economic and service relations with Croatia. SH (TP) http://en.aswataliraq.info/Default1.aspx?page=article_page&id=141942&l=1

Chalabi looking the current situation with Allawi and Abdul-Mahdi and meet the absolute 11-04-2011 | (صوت العراق) - بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 11-04-2011 | (Voice of Iraq) - the name of God the Merciful تصريح صحفي PRESS RELEASE بحث الدكتور احمد عبد الهادي ألجلبي رئيس المؤتمر الوطني العراقي مع الدكتور إياد علاوي رئيس حركة الوفاق الوطني والدكتور عادل عبد المهدي القيادي في المجلس الأعلى الإسلامي العراقي آخر المستجدات السياسية على الساحة العراقية والأوضاع الراهنة في المنطقة, جاء ذلك خلال اللقاء الذي جمعهم في مقر أقامة الدكتور علاوي ببغداد حيث أكد النواب الثلاث على أهمية تفعيل الدور الرقابي لمجلس النواب بوصفه السلطة التشريعية والرقابية المخولة دستوريا مراقبة أداء السلطة التنفيذية وتقييم أداء المؤسسات الحكومية من اجل تطوير عملها لحل المشاكل التي يعاني منها المواطنون وتوفير فرص العمل والقضاء على الفساد والإرهاب وخلق وضع امني أفضل, وأتفق الثلاثة على ضرورة أن يلعب العراق دورا إقليميا ايجابيا في الإحداث التي تشهدها المنطقة وبما يتناسب وثقله الحضاري والسياسي. Dr. Ahmed Abdel Hadi Chalabi's Iraqi National Congress leader with Dr. Iyad Allawi, the head the National Reconciliation Movement and Dr. Adel Abdul-Mahdi, leader of the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council the latest political developments in the Iraqi arena and the current situation in the region, came during the meeting, which assembled at the residence of Dr. Allawi Baghdad where parliament said the three on the importance of activating the supervisory role of the House of Representatives as the legislative authority and control vested in a constitutional monitor the performance of the executive branch and evaluate the performance of governmental institutions in order to develop its work to resolve the problems which citizens are suffering and the provision of employment and the eradication of corruption and terrorism and create a better security situation, and I agree the three the need for Iraq to play a positive role in regional events in the region and commensurate with the weight of cultural and political. وعلى صعيد آخر التقى النائب احمد ألجلبي بالدكتور صالح المطلق نائب رئيس مجلس الوزراء لشؤون الخدمات واستعرضا معا في اللقاء الذي جرى في مكتب الأخير العقبات التي تحول دون تقديم خدمات جيدة للمواطن وسبل تذليلها. On the other hand, MP Ahmad Chalabi met with Dr. Saleh al-Mutlaq, Deputy Prime Minister for Services Affairs and reviewed together in a meeting that took place in the office of the last obstacles to providing good services to citizens and ways to overcome them. المؤتمر الوطني العراقي Iraqi National Congress 11/04/2011 11/04/2011 http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&sl=ar&tl=en&u=http://www.sotaliraq.com/iraq-news.php%3Fid%3D19252&rurl=translate.google.com&usg=ALkJrhiH5wNu0IkuFEcIpQBOjVpPu2zQtg

Murder of director of the department of media department west of Baghdad, the Iraqi parliament 11-04-2011 | (صوت العراق) - PNA - وكالات: أفاد مصدر في الشرطة العراقية، الاثنين، بأن مدير قسم في الدائرة الإعلامية بمجلس النواب قتل وأصيب مدنيان بانفجار عبوة لاصقة شمال غرب بغداد. 11-04-2011 | (Voice of Iraq) - PNA - Agencies: A source in the Iraqi police, on Monday, that the Director of Information Services Division in the House of Representatives was killed and two civilians were wounded when a roadside bomb adhesive northwest of Baghdad. وقال المصدر إن "عبوة ناسفة كانت ملصقة بسيارة مدنية تعود لمدير قسم سكرتارية التحرير في الدائرة الاعلامية بمجلس النواب والذي يدعى رغد هدلة، انفجرت، ليل أمس، بمنطقة الحرية (شمال غرب بغداد)، مما أسفر عن مقتله بالحال وإصابة مدنيين اثنين كان مرورهما لحظة الانفجار". The source said that "an explosive device was affixed to a civilian car belonging to the director of the Secretariat of Liberation in the information department the House of Representatives, which is named Raghad Hdlp, exploded last night, the area of freedom (north) west of Baghdad, killing himself once did and wounding two civilians, had they passed the moment of explosion ". وأضاف المصدر، الذي طلب عدم الكشف عن اسمه، أن "قوة امنية نقلت القتيل إلى دائرة الطب العدلي والمصابين إلى مستشفى قريب لتلقي العلاج، فيما طوقت منطقة الحادث ومنعت الاقتراب منه". The source, who requested anonymity, that "the security force, quoted the victim to the forensic medicine department and the injured to a nearby hospital for treatment, while the area cordoned off the scene and prevented to approach him." وشهدت مدينة بغداد يوم امس مقتل صائغ للذهب ونجله بعملية سطو مسلح نفذت على محلهما بمنطقة شعبية بحي الزعفرانية جنوب بغداد. The city of Baghdad yesterday, killing jeweler of gold and his son carried out an armed robbery at their place popular area of southern Baghdad district of Zaafaraniya. يذكر أن العاصمة بغداد وعدداً من المحافظات الأخرى تشهد منذ شهر آذار المنصرم تصعيداً بأعمال العنف التي أودت بحياة العشرات بينهم عدد من الضباط ومسؤولين حكوميون، في وقت تعيش فيه البلاد أزمة سياسية تتمثل بعدم اكتمال تشكيل الحكومة وعدم الاتفاق على أسماء الوزراء الذين سيتولون إدارة الوزارات الأمنية حتى الآن، فيما جدد رئيس الوزراء نوري المالكي في السابع من نيسان الجاري تأكيده بأن العراق الأكثر استقرارا وأمنا في المنطقة. The capital Baghdad and a number of other provinces experiencing since March last escalation of acts of violence which has claimed dozens of lives, including a number of officers and officials of government, at a time when the country's political crisis is not to complete formation of the government and the lack of agreement on the names of the ministers who will manage the security ministries until Now, with new Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on the seventh of April have confirmed that Iraq's most stable and secure in the region. http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&sl=ar&tl=en&u=http://www.sotaliraq.com/iraq-news.php%3Fid%3D19249&rurl=translate.google.com&usg=ALkJrhgIwPNA6TNQDeSaUtsLtJgrEdKUzQ

Iraq confirms move to form a shadow government, and the National Alliance: Who wants to leave the Government under the Government's current 11-04-2011 | (صوت العراق) - PNAوكالات .كشفت الناطق الرسمي باسم القائمة العراقية ميسون الدملوجي أنه يجرى حاليا دراسة تشكيل حكومة ظل موازية لحكومة نوري المالكي التي قررت الإنفراد بالسلطة. 11-04-2011 | (Voice of Iraq) - PNA agencies. Revealed the official spokesman for the Iraqi List, Maysoon al that study is now underway to form a shadow government parallel to the government of Nouri al-Maliki decided to monopolizing power. وقالت الدملوجي خلال تصريحات اعلامية أن التفكير بتشكيل حكومة الظل أمر قانوني ودستوري ولا يخالف القانون العراقي والعملية الديمقراطية التي تجري في العراق، على حد تعبيرها، وأضافت أن من حق الكتل السياسية التفكير بهذه الخطوة، وهي موضع دراسة حاليا بين العراقية والعديد من القوى السياسية العراقية. Said Damluji through statements to the media thinking that the formation of a shadow government is legal, constitutional and does not violate Iraqi law and the democratic process taking place in Iraq, as she put it, adding that the right of the political blocs to think this step, which is the subject of a study between Iraq and many Iraqi political forces. من جانبه دعا عضو مجلس النواب عن التحالف الوطني عبد المهدي الخفاجي، المطالبين بتشكيل حكومة (ظل) إلى مغادرة العملية السياسية، والابتعاد عن الازدواجية في التعامل السياسي. For his part, MP for the National Alliance, Abdul Mahdi al-Khafaji, the claimants to form a government (shadow) to leave the political process, and to avoid duplication in political dealings. واضاف الخفاجي سمعنا أن هناك جهات سياسية تريد تشكيل حكومة ظل، وهذا شيء حسن وتعارف عليه في دول كثيرة وتهدف إلى مراقبة الأداء الحكومي، وأن ائتلاف دولة القانون بزعامة رئيس الوزراء نوري المالكي لا يعارض تشكيل مثل هذه الحكومة لأنها تخدم الأداء الحكومي، واستدرك ولكن نحن نقول إن مثل هذه المساعي يجب أن تكون للجهات التي لم تشترك في الحكومة، وعليه فمن يريد أن يشكلها او يفكر في تشكيلها مغادرة العملية السياسية وأن لا يكون جزءا من حكومة شراكة. He said al-Khafaji, we heard that there are political actors want to form a shadow government, and this is something good and long relationship in many countries, and aims to monitor government performance, and a coalition of state law, led by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki does not oppose such a government as they serve the government performance, however, but we say Such endeavors must be to those who did not participate in the government, and therefore it is posed or wants to think of leaving the composition of the political process should not be part of a government partnership. وأعرب الخفاجي عن رفضه للإزدواجية في التعامل مع الواقع العراقي وفي العملية السياسية، فمن غير المنطقي والمقبول أن تكون جزءا من حكومة ظل وفي الوقت نفسه تكون جزءا من حكومة شراكة وطنية، مشيرا إلى أن ما أشيع هو تسريبات اعلامية الهدف منها الضغط على الحكومة للحصول على مكاسب سياسية. The al-Khafaji, its rejection of the double standard in dealing with the Iraqi reality and the political process, it is logical and acceptable to be part of a shadow government at the same time be part of a government of national partnership, pointing out that the most common is the media leaks intended to pressure the government to obtain the gains political. http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&sl=ar&tl=en&u=http://www.sotaliraq.com/iraq-news.php%3Fid%3D19251&rurl=translate.google.com&usg=ALkJrhhwPJPHgIVkk7g6Pa2O-6TQ1GCmqA

Al-Nujayfi: Fill the security vacuum after the departure of the occupation forces. Us desire to stay? Palm-speaker of the House of Representatives said Osama Al-Najafi the American desire for part of its troops in Iraq for a limited period and he pointed out that Iraqi army armament had been still below the average. Al-Nujayfi Said in a press statement that the agreement signed between Iraq and the United States are not extended, he said that the extension of the convention to New negotiations and another agreement signed by the government and the House of Representatives for a vote, pointing out that this has not happened so far. He added that there are fears on fill the security vacuum after the departure of the occupation forces, he pointed out that Iraqi army armament had been still below the average, in addition to the fact that political differences continue to impede the appointment of ministers of defense, interior and national security portfolios. http://www.nakhelnews.com/pages/news.php?nid=6913

Agencies cut tariffs by 25 percent, 11/04/2011 Basra Saad al-Samak Maritime transport company agreed under the Ministry of Transport to reduce the tariff imposed on the agency by 25 percent, while the administrator emphasized its branch in Basra and the logistical capacity to ship the terms of the ration card. He said the branch manager Captain Mahdi Army, to "Assabah": that the company's board of directors agreed on a second resolution to reduce the proportion 25 percent of tariffs imposed by the agency of the Navy. He pointed out that former transport minister approved last year, the company's decision to cut 10 percent of fees imposed on ships and cargo entering Iraqi ports, pointing out that the volume of the reductions made by the company so far amount to 35 percent, which came with a view to supporting the national economy, he pointed out that the company is in the process of developing a new plan to develop and modernize the transportation companies and shipping). It is worth mentioning that the special Marine transportation firms demanded earlier to order 51 for the year 2003, freedom of marine competition between the public and private sectors, and the marine agency governmental corporations and تعرفتها to these agencies. On the other hand, said Captain that maritime transport company is necessary logistic possibilities for the terms of the ration card, demanding the activation of the decision to restrict the shipment of food items in maritime transport to ensure access and on time. He pointed out that there is a previous agreement between the company and the Ministry of Commerce to take stock of the shipment of food items, but that the latter reneged on the agreement on more than one occasion in spite of notifying the readiness of a Logistic company to transfer those quantities of global origins to Iraqi ports directly without passing ports the neighboring countries, and less than financial companies of the world, he pointed out that his company has decided to allocate part of their profits to buy vessels to its fleet to work. http://www.alsabaah.com/ArticleShow.aspx?ID=5707

The government of the partnership failed consensus Writer: Mohammad Abdel Jabbar, Carp 11/04/2011 Mohammad Abdel Jabbar, Carp Says some see that "consensus" It is also necessary to address the problem of the lack of confidence among the components of the Iraqi people and, consequently, between its parties. Part of this talk is true, and the rest are under consideration. The right that confidence already shaken between components of social and political entities. This is some of what we inherited from Saddam Hussein's regime, which he did, over a period of 35 years, the Pharaoh what he did with the people of Egypt, according to the Holy Koran: " That the Pharaoh, the land and its people شيعا. " (Surat stories 4). This is in fact the habit all dictatorial regimes, as noted by the imam of martyr of Mr. Mohammad Baqer al-sadr, who it is an instrument of the term "-the" in his famous in the interpretation of the Holy Quran. This is the problem then: shake confidence or lack of. May facilitate agreement on diagnosis of the problem, however, is different in the way of solving them. Some put forward since the formation of the Governing Council of the idea of consensus والمحاصصة, and considered it a way to restore confidence and a loss. After eight years is not difficult to claim that this method did not solve the problem, but has created a new problem, blocking the political process, and the work of the organizations of the political system, such as the government and the parliament. This is what makes speakers speak to, inter alia, now, جامعها that confidence shaken or non-existent among them. If that was the case, it is not a luxury is the search for other ways to deal with the crisis, that is, to restore confidence among entities and components, and to extend its bridges between its leadership and norms; ways to help achieve this goal, on the one hand, and hinder the political process on the other hand, in the sense that it does not hinder the work of the institutions of the state, فتعطل in the same state, because of the state do not have to pay the cost of only people deprived of their liberty and anything. Might be possible to point out two things in this area, the first to adopt the principle of citizenship in the country's nation-building, which is the principle of the best if his application may be sufficient to growing confidence among the people; the confidence, and confidence in the political process, confidence in the parliament and the government. Thus. Feeling that each citizen assured that his rights, in the forefront of which is the right of sovereignty and self-determination, protected kept in accordance with the law, the constitution and the national consensus, will take effect in all of society, زارعا on his way of confidence and trust in the that their rights are preserved through the conservation of the rights of its citizens, and through the establishment of the state on the basis of citizenship, and not on the basis of the entities والمحاصصات. That division partnership and participation on the basis of citizenship more to achieve justice and injustice. Also, not established on the basis of the communities and entities and parties. As for the second, it is the composition of the council, to, meet in which Entities, represented by Democratic, that is, through the election, decision-making which, in the opinion of the community that they need a national consensus in general, no consensus, in the sense of the dominance of the majority on the minority in this kind of decision. Community can, within national held, to determine the nature or the titles of these issues in advance. This is the only place the consensus. Proceeding from this, there is a consensus on the other state institutions consensus and, in particular, the government, which is the body responsible for provision of services and law enforcement and other basic government functions. The government is formed on a political basis, parliament, and not on the basis of components. Political in the sense that the party that wins a parliamentary majority through periodic elections of the House of Representatives, and not on the basis of ethnic and sectarian, is the party that has the right to form a government at the election, certain to change the subject of the right will have changed the results of the parliamentary elections the patrol, or changed the political alliances in the parliament. This government the problem on the basis of political criterion is the parliamentary majority, should not be a political government, but the government services. The government of the services require technocratic ministers professionals وحرفيين, and not the leaders of the parties. This means that the government in terms of the right of the represent the majority of the political, in terms of members made up of professionals and technocrats, independents, do not represent parties and entities, but they work experience in the areas of work of their ministries. The political majority parliament, in this view, has the right to exercise, but it does not have the right to monopolize the ministerial positions. In return for the government of the political majority, Parliament, can political minority parliamentary, to form a strong parliamentary opposition, capable of government control and accountability, the withdrawal of confidence when it finds that its failure in the performance of its functions. But can parliamentary political opposition to form a "shadow government" have a big role in the report of the country's policies in addition to the agreement. This arrangement would solve the problem now in place, namely, the existence of the government of national partnership formally, but with rival parties opposing effect, while the parliament without opposition from real strong. It is here that the opposition left parliament took part in the government, but in fact is the meaning of national unity or national partnership. That could be the big is referred to here is to portray each other that national unity could not be achieved only through to take part in the government of a partnership, while it is possible to achieve these Democratic unity in the council, the parliament and the government of political majority to exercise its right of strong parliamentary opposition. In this case the government will be more capable of movement and action, the more the accounting and control. Both the two non-available in the current formation. http://www.alsabaah.com/ArticleShow.aspx?ID=5710

Integrity: 90 percent of schools in eastern Baghdad suffer neglect Have been reading the subject 101 Times 11/04/2011 1400 students in school lacked “ bath ” Baghdad al-Sabah The integrity commission said that about 90 percent of schools located in the east of Baghdad suffer neglect and double, triple, it said. The commission in a press release that “ the integrity commission has undertaken a study included luxury areas والشماعية والفضيلية al Laboratories, happiness and dignity that with a population of more than 850 people ”, adding that “ the study showed that these areas are the percentage of students among its population of more than 15 percent and 149 primary and secondary schools, 140 of which are بوجبتين, while working full-time nine schools-the three-hour educational for each of them, and bringing the number of students in one class to 70, more than double the number of pupils model ”. The statement pointed out that “ the study also showed that 3441 teachers and teachers working in those schools, which is a less than the number of actual staffing of 220 ”, pointing out that “ 90 percent of old school buildings and the continued neglect and poor health services and lack of clean drinking water, sanitation, electricity, as well as underground water level rise, and there is a school where 1400 students, where there is a bloodbath ”. And that “ furniture in an old school and reached the extent of being have been newly equipped with furniture of poor quality ”, pointing out that “ waste piles up on those schools which cause disease transmission, in charge of the clean-up their lines of service to واقتصاره on one or two of the most prominent of ”. He clarified that he “ in spite of the continuing increase in the number of students, however, the region has not seen the construction of any school for a quarter of a century and is now need to build 200 schools to change the reality of Education ”, confirming “ lease three residential houses in the amount of 72 million dinars to be schools in a bid to meet a small part of the current shortage in the number of schools that did not exceed the process of the restoration of the painting the walls ” according to the statement. He attributed the decline in the overall educational level students to “ a few visits education supervisors and teachers from the parties to the centre after three years of service in those areas ”. http://www.alsabaah.com/ArticleShow.aspx?ID=5702

Sadrist threat may bring back to sectarian conflict- Kurdish politician Written by aliraqnews1 Sunday, 10 April 2011 23:52 Baghdad, INN- The Kurdish Alliance Sunday expressed concern over the recent threats made by Sadrist leader Mughtada al-Sadr saying it could bring Iraq back to sectarian conflict. During Saturday’s demonstration, one of al-Sadr aides said their Al Mahdi Army would start military resistance in case US occupation troops do not leave the country as scheduled later this year. Mahmoud Othman, a prominent leader in the Kurdish Alliance said the Sadrists should act within the course of the government and the House of Parliament. It is too early for Moghtada al-Sadr to make such threats as the security agreement between the government and the US administration is still in effect, Othman said in press remarks. This method of threatening reminds the Iraqis of the past days of sectarian strife. The Sadrist Movement is an influential part of the government and the parliament and could act accordingly, he added. http://www.assafirpress.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=698:sadrist-threat-may-bring-back-to-sectarian-conflict-kurdish-politician-&catid=13:politics&Itemid=26

Monday 11 april 2011 Oil and Energy Committee deputy parliamentary: Parliament is to reduce fuel prices Agencies- Oil and Energy Committee said in the House of Representatives, yesterday (Sunday), is made in the House of Representatives to reduce the prices of oil derivatives. He said the decision of the committee, the representative of the National Alliance Uday awwad kazem in a press statement that " one of the members of the House of Representatives, has collected 100 signatures for the purpose of reducing the prices of oil derivatives in the country, a step he said that it aims to alleviate the suffering of the citizens." He stressed that " such a request was submitted to the president of the board, but no action is taken against him so far."Kadhim said that "the presidency would refer the request to oil the commission to study the economic viability and he has yet to take the measures required by it." http://alrayy.com/20480.htm

Monday 11 april 2011 The council of ministers gives government one day to make their final positions Agencies- A government official revealed yesterday, Sunday, that the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers held a meeting in the presence of representatives of all ministries to discuss the "delay" in providing the requirements of the job tiers for the current year, he said that the recent appointments of government would emerge within days. This comes amid news about transfers of among many of the country's ministries, the most prominent of which was in addition to 7 of the Ministry of Education, as well as talk about "a lack of information," caused by the Ministry of Finance, the latest launch of several weeks ago. And this year's budget of about 280 thousand government jobs to absorb a unemployment among graduates, but things are following many amendments had been made to the structure of the new posts. The director-general of the Department of Management of the Ministry of Communications Mohamed Saeed, he said, " We have a meeting in the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers in the presence of the deputy secretary-general of the Council of Ministers and the director-general of the Department of Government follow-up and coordination and the administrative services in all ministries, and all managers-general needs job tiers." He added " we received promises from the General Secretariat of the Cabinet would be the introduction of the requests by ministries to be stabilizing, contracts as part of the applications submitted without setting a specific date to agree to our demands." Says said he found "the accuracy and in dealing with requests by the deputy secretary-general Dr. Farhad, promised to be a decision as we move through the needs of within two days," said. Farhad was quoted as saying that " would not be allowed المتلكئة of the ministries to provide their needs for job tiers, to the rest of ministries وامهلهم till tomorrow morning (today) to provide the requirements that ignored requests the ministry that behind this date." On its part, said the director of the Ministry of Youth and Sports Dr. Storm Moussa, that " does not release appointments at the ministry as a result of the failure of the arrival of job tiers to our department of the Ministry of Finance so far." She said, " it does not concern the Ministry of Youth and Sports only, but that most of the ministries did not respond to job tiers, and we hope that will be the appointments at the same time in all ministries, even though we have received any notice from the Ministry of Finance لاتبعنا Mechanisms are in place واطلقنا recruitment ads to available vacancies, especially as our Ministry are in dire need of dozens of job tiers." Moussa said "So far we do not know how many aside لوزارتنا degree there is ambiguity in the real number, which is scheduled to be اشعارنا by the Ministry of Finance," he said. As director of media the Ministry of Electricity Musab teacher says that his ministry "received a job the only by the Ministry of Finance in the bill for the year 2011, on the basis of the minister will be to establish about 1007 engineers from contractors with the ministry through this step," he said. He adds " in the Ministry of Electricity about 14 thousand employees working with the engineers of the 1007, and we have about 10 members and the daily wages and members of the Ministry of Electricity has reached about 100 thousand employees."Moreover, the spokesman said on behalf of the Ministry of Education walid Hussein mir and that the distribution of the new posts of more than 7 thousand and 500 were given an additional لدوائرها, "before the minister, according to the needs of areas http://alrayy.com/20487.htm

The World Bank intends to support the private sector in Iraq On Monday, 11-04-2011 01: 22 PM Saudi newspaper al-Hayat Monday 11/4/2011 Baghdad-Adel Mahdi The World Bank has started a survey survey for private sector in Iraq, aimed at evaluating the business and investment climate, and to meet with officials in about one thousand companies operating in the sectors of industry and services. The World Bank, which will choose a contract with Iraqi company to carry out the survey is scheduled to continue until July (July), said companies randomly to ensure the safety of the representative character of the results on the level of the country. Initial results are expected to appear survey in September (September), and on the basis of recommendations to the government to encourage investment and economic growth rates. The World Bank said its programme is carried out in the country, and the implementation of the 26 investment projects and technical assistance at a cost of about 954 million dollars, which includes the development of the government and the private sector financial and banking reforms and basic services and infrastructure. A World Bank official source declared that the strategy to be implemented include action to stimulate the capacity to implement important projects in infrastructure وتسريعه, especially water and electricity, and the reduction of unemployment, and the private sector to help complete the important projects. The bank manager was quoted in the Middle East and Iraq-Arab as saying that the diversification of the Iraqi economy by supporting projects and the private sector is the most prominent of the objectives of the World Bank in Iraq in the near future, confirming that the Iraqi economy can not grow through the total appropriation to sell oil in the world. He noted that the World Bank is working on the development of the industrial and agricultural sectors and tourism sectors as it is able to meet the requirements of economic growth, in particular on the elimination of unemployment and fiscal revenue. He denied that the World Bank would be practiced pressures on the government to lift subsidies on certain products or elements of the food rations, he said: " The World Bank is to provide technical support and logistic Department of Commerce with a view to strengthening the capacity of the ration card and delivery in the form of a smooth transition to the citizen." http://www.almowatennews.com/news_view_18900.html

Expectations of growth in the Middle East as a result of unrest On Monday, 11-04-2011 01: 22 PM The World Bank: Survey survey the Iraqi private sector with a view to support – Follow-up citizen. editor The World Bank has initiated survey survey for private sector in Iraq, aimed at evaluating the business and investment climate, and to meet with officials in about one thousand companies operating in the sectors of industry and services. The World Bank will choose ", which signed a contract with Iraqi company to carry out the survey is scheduled to continue until next July" companies randomly to ensure the safety of the representative character of the results on the level of the country. Initial results are expected to appear survey in September and on the basis of recommendations to the government to encourage investment and economic growth rates. The World Bank said its programme is carried out in the country, and the implementation of the 26 investment projects and technical assistance at a cost of about 954 million dollars, which includes the development of the government and the private sector financial and banking reforms and basic services and infrastructure. A World Bank official source declared that the strategy to be implemented include action to stimulate the capacity to implement important projects in infrastructure and accelerate, particularly water and electricity, and the reduction of unemployment, and the private sector to help complete the important projects. The bank manager was quoted in the Middle East and Iraq-Arab as saying that the diversification of the Iraqi economy by supporting projects and the private sector is the most prominent of the objectives of the World Bank in Iraq in the near future, confirming that the Iraqi economy can not grow through the total appropriation to sell oil in the world. He noted that the World Bank is working on the development of the industrial and agricultural sectors and tourism sectors as it is able to meet the requirements of economic growth, in particular on the elimination of unemployment and fiscal revenue. He denied that the World Bank would be practiced pressures on the government to lift subsidies on certain products or elements of the food rations, he said: " The World Bank is to provide technical support and logistic Department of Commerce with a view to strengthening the capacity of the ration card and delivery of a smooth transition to the citizen." On the other hand, a senior official of the World Bank development drops in the countries of northern Africa and the Middle East this year compared with last year because of political instability in the region, he said. The chief of the section Bank economist Justin Lin at a press conference yesterday, Sunday in Washington that economic output in the countries of the Middle East and North Africa, "pay a high price as a result of the unrest," he said. The World Bank had been expected to last January the continued recovery of the states of the region the consequences of the global financial crisis, the predicted a rise in gross domestic product of the states of the Middle East and North Africa by 4.3 percent in 2011, compared with an increase rate estimated at 2010 at about 3.3 percent. The official clarified that for countries such as Egypt, Tunisia, Bank estimates about three points in economic growth .اما the rest of the Middle East and North Africa فالتراجع is expected could be as high as 2.4 percent. However, Lin said that the unrest in the Middle East for limited global growth so far. But he warned that if oil prices affected oil supplies to a great extent, it may be the largest. This came before declaring the bank's report on global growth for the year 2011, which deals with conflicts and security issues وانعكاسها on the economic situation and poverty. Lin said that disputes and security is not one of the usual topics covered by the World Bank and other international development institutions, but disputes and security closely linked to development. http://www.almowatennews.com/news_view_18922.html

In a forum to support the private sector investment and trade On Monday, 11-04-2011 01: 22 PM Al aargi: economic partnerships between the public and private sectors Baghdad-The Citizen Confirmed the National Investment seeking to move the productive sector and service self-financed in Iraq to companies prepared to compete after rehabilitation and restructuring of those companies, and works to support the Iraqi private sector to take its important role in investment partnerships between the public and private sectors and make the ability of people at home and abroad is an essential part of that plan. He said the chairman of the Sami raouf Al-Araji during the inauguration of the Investment and Trade Forum, which is organized by the National Investment in cooperation with the council of Iraqi national business, add in a group of the Iraqi people living in the United Arab Emirates, the Iraq's labor in Abu Dhabi) that there were a number of key points of the work is it today in a sustained and is the implementation of the plan which has major development for the first time after the year 2003, which is how the integration of the country's resources and can be obtained from the investment patterns of different investment to build the homeland with the five-year plan 2010 – 2014, which is focusing on infrastructure projects major economic development projects, which were estimated at about 186 billion dollars has been allocated (100) billion dollars in the capital (oil revenues), will be presented to other investment projects at a cost of (86) billion dollars وبانماط investment, and as well as direct investments in National Investment Plan or the plan investments in Governorates, who is the national modernization for the third time with its intention for such updates in a semi-annual monitoring all developments, pointing out the need to re-examine the concept of small-and medium-scale industries, financing and re-the idea of setting up a fund (investment) in force in many countries of the world, especially the oil from it. On his part, said Mr. Ibrahim-The Iraqi national chairman of the business council, speaking at the meeting of the development taking place in the investment process in Iraq now and what could they provide great opportunities for investors and in various fields, and the experience of making it profitable and successful, especially after the resolutions that have been adopted in the Council of Ministers and the House of Representatives as part of the National Authority for Investment, and the Iraqi national side-by-side in the creation of favourable conditions for approval, which provides for the وتمليك land residential investment projects (free) in all parts of Iraq, will also be the allocation of land for other types of non-residential investment at unfairly low prices, especially with the growing Iraq's need for all potential and expertise and international and national efforts focused in the reconstruction, calling the esteemed officials in the ministries and state institutions and the House of Representatives has to support this sector as a key partner in the economic equation through listening to the constraints and problems and overcome them and contribute to the economic wheel forward and this gathering is the best proof of the great state support to the sector. It reviewed the vice-chairman of the Committee for Economic and investment in the Iraqi parliament Mohamed Salman Al-Saadi, the most prominent features of the new economic philosophy, which is based on the basis of market economies, taking the paramount importance of the private sector in the economic process through a number of articles of the constitution to ensure that Iraqi whereby a state reform of the Iraqi economy, according to a new economic fundamentals, he said that the committee on economic and investment in the House of Representatives is on a regular basis with the executive bodies responsible for the investment in Iraq and in particular the National Investment for the purpose of determining the laws and decisions that would delay the investment in Iraq and Formulation in the draft laws submitted to the House of Representatives for approval and contribute to the success of the investment process in Iraq. On the sidelines of the second meeting of the forum under the title of (the role of the Ministry of Commerce in the support of the private sector) said Iraqi government spokesman Ali Al-Dabbagh, the government is considering to the private sector, the Iraqi Special consideration can be a partner ستراتيجيا in the investment process and not an agent or service provider and that the Iraqi government is a lot to take Iraqi investors the biggest share of investment through the privileges and opportunities available in the market in favour of the idea of setting up a fund (investment) and it would be worth exploring and posed by stocks of contribute to bridging the deficit in the economic aspects are important. He was the chairman of the National Investment had offered during the first session of the forum and investment opportunities available and the possibility of participating in ten key economic sectors will be the focus of (oil and gas, industry, agriculture, communications, transport, education, education, health, housing, infrastructure, electricity, tourism), as has been done to provide a full explanation to laws and regulations and with the legislature, the executive (the one-window) and aims to use the businessmen and their relations with donors, banks and others. http://www.almowatennews.com/news_view_18921.html

The volume of investment in kurdistan reached more than 17 billion dollars On Monday, 11-04-2011 01: 22 PM Arbela-اكانيوز Investors Union said Kurdistan region that the level of the volume of investment in the region has reached more than 17 billion US dollars, he pointed out that the region has become an important area in the Middle East in terms of investment. He said the spokesman for the Association of Investors in the region, yassin Mahmoud that "according to census investors union in kurdistan had reached the volume of investment in the region to more than 17 billion US dollars," he said. He added that "this is the Licences المعمولة, any that went into effect," he said. He clarified that " the volume of investment projects and investment Kurdistan region reached a stage of, especially those projects that work began, including iron and steel plant project in the district here at a cost of more than one billion and 100 million US dollars, as well as several important projects in different parts of the region." He pointed out that "according to the latest reports published by the newspapers (New York Times, NBC), the Kurdistan region is the seventh position in the region of the Middle East investment has been a rise in the volume of investment, and said the city of Arbil, the fifth, the capital of the region and Saudi Arabia and the Sultanate of Oman," he said. He pointed out the spokesman for the Association of ongoing in Kurdistan, that " the first to benefit from investment projects is the Kurdistan region, as well as 80 thousand citizens of the region work in those projects, which is a high level of employment opportunities to the region " http://www.almowatennews.com/news_view_18924.html

KRG bans vegetable imports PUKmedia 2011-04-11 15:55:25 The Kurdistan Regional Government decided to ban the import of a variety of vegetables into Kurdistan region for the benefits of the local vegetable products, Directorate of agriculture of Garmiyan said in a statement. According to the statement, the decision was made after it was realized that the growing local vegetable products are enough to meet people’s demands in the region. http://www.pukmedia.com/english/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7387:krg-bans-vegetable-imports-&catid=29:kurdistan-region&Itemid=385