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Director of the Industrial Bank: out of Iraq from Chapter VII gives the financial sector to deal with the international banks 16-12-2011 | (Voice of Iraq) - Baghdad (news) ش . The Director of the Industrial Bank of Mohamed Abdel Wahab, the need to work on the liberation from the constraints of the seventh item under Tailth Arzach Iraq. . He said Abdulwahab Agency (news) Friday: to exit Alrac from Chapter VII gives the financial sector more freedom in dealing with international banks, as well as reduce costs to all industrialists, and cut steps the mediators and the associated additional costs, and that dealing with global banks have directly and more credible. He said Abdul Wahab: the problem of the banks and the banking sector are selections paragraphs of Section VII attending to deal with banks, local government, which confiscated sums of money that is traded internationally, pointing to the possibility of the adoption of all international regulations banking in our banks, public, and is the involvement of associate in the sessions developmental in All Alachtssat to raise the efficiency of bank personnel, and stand on the latest findings of the global banking sector and the mechanics work and dealings. ي The Industrial Bank works to provide loans to a large number of industrial projects in order to activate most of the production in local industries. Read more: http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?act=url&hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://www.sotaliraq.com/business.php%3Fid%3D4859&usg=ALkJrhhD21m6w9GYNmi85Xf61efuiTE6Fw#ixzz1glJkLDTV Read more: http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?act=url&hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://www.sotaliraq.com/business.php%3Fid%3D4859&usg=ALkJrhhD21m6w9GYNmi85Xf61efuiTE6Fw#ixzz1glJSPYgF

The uncertainty of regional impact on the value of the dinar against the dollar 16-12-2011 | (Voice of Iraq) - Add a comment - said Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq for the appearance of the bank continued to pump foreign currency to the currency markets in the country comes to the withdrawal of liquidity and the preservation of the dinar exchange rate and financing of business operations to private sector companies. وق . Saleh said in a statement to the newspaper "Sabah" The unstable situation in the region led to increased demand for the dollar, which led to the rise in price against the Iraqi dinar. Range of amounts that feed the markets of the Central Bank of the Iraqi currency between 150 and 180 million dollars a day, according to World Bank President Read more: http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?act=url&hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://www.sotaliraq.com/business.php%3Fid%3D4865&usg=ALkJrhgGThlUY_d_nB3_Lzadm23huoWNXw#ixzz1glIIN4Qf Read more: http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?act=url&hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://www.sotaliraq.com/business.php%3Fid%3D4865&usg=ALkJrhgGThlUY_d_nB3_Lzadm23huoWNXw#ixzz1glI9YDJ7

Financial sources parliamentary expect (equal to) the dinar and the dollar in two years BAGHDAD / Conference . Most likely a member of the Finance Committee and the representative (National Alliance) Haitham Jubouri equal Sarraldenaralaraca to the U.S. dollar during the next two years after the implementation of the project to delete the three zeroes from the Iraqi currency. The Jubouri in a statement Sunday: "The tendency, which the Central Bank of Iraq's retention rate of the dinar against the dollar During the current period, this index indicates that monetary policy in Iraq is able to make the Iraqi dinar is equal to the U.S. dollar »any Dinaraluahd matched by one dollar. He said: This retention was by selling huge amounts of dollars at auction, and inject some of the other of them to banks Iraqi control of the Iraqi dinar against the dollar. He Jubouri that the next two years will be paid a trend last in the Central Bank to make Aldenarabraghi equal to the dollar through the pump Okbermn dollar and sell it at auction project to delete Alocefaralthelath of the Iraqi currency as it makes the size of the Iraqi currency Bakdralamlh U.S. . He continued, therefore, the citizen and the Altagralaraca does not need to replace his money to Atarand buy a commodity or a car or Other, confirming that the draft deleted Alasfaralthelath of the coin «based«, and issued its decision, irreversible and started his first steps will be implemented during the next biennium from now. Zkredo Finance Committee that the Central Bank of Iraq will continue its policy to support Aldenarabraghi, expected next year, the Iraqi dinar will remain conservative on the price front Aldolarralomirka. http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?act=url&hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://www.almutmar.com/index.php%3Fid%3D201117660&usg=ALkJrhibCSi0WBKTp7UmymD80a6n4yHzMA

Central: the regional situation in and behind the slight increase in dollars 15/12/2011 BAGHDAD - Yasser incumbent Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq the appearance of Mohammed Saleh, the bank continued to pump foreign currencies through currency auction at the rate of 150-180 million dollars a day and nearly 200 billion dinars for the purpose of withdrawing liquidity and the preservation of Iraqi dinar exchange rate and trade finance to the private sector. Salih said in response to Question (morning) on ​​the reasons for the rise in the exchange rate: The regional situation has caused the creation of a new application on the dollar and this was reflected in the demand for a slight rise. He added that Iraq and because of the regional situation has become a conduit for regional trade and became the Iraqi trader and broker acceptable in the region. and hinted need to review the trade policy in the country and lay the foundations of a new import and re-exports, which contributed to this slight increase. the appearance of reiterated at the conclusion of his statement (morning) that the central throw quantities of foreign currency enough actual market needs and the need requires review and organization of re-exports to way as to maintain the balance of the markeT http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dal%2Bsabah%26num%3D100%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26biw%3D1101%26bih%3D718%26prmd%3Divnsu&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=ar&twu=1&u=http://www.alsabaah.com/ArticleShow.aspx%3FID%3D18446&usg=ALkJrhjDstS-VE4wDRJtRrXZLP6BS0D4XQ

Dry closer to the final stages of restructuring the Trade Bank of Iraq 15/12/2011 BAGHDAD - Al Sabah Revealed organizers of the Trade Bank of Iraq the (TPI), Wednesday, for the restructuring of the bank and reached the final stages to suit international standards. والم Trade Bank of Iraq is a bank established in 2003, according to its law No. 20 of the CPA dissolved at the time, and on its law it was his board, and today is the third-highest executive authority in the country, the prime minister, and the goal of establishing the bank is to be the interface of Iraq's financial outward including transactions for the Iraqi state with the outside world. وقال الهيكلية». The Director General and Chairman of the board Hamdiya dry Agency (Rn), that «the government formed a committee to restructure the banks, but the committee did not include the Trade Bank of Iraq that the bank had started some time ago through its functional coordination with the Ministry of Planning to re-structure». الى ال She explained that the dry «was to reach the final stages of restructuring the administrative side of the bank in line with international standards». She explained that the dry «other Iraqi banker banks Rafidain and Rasheed is an urgent need to restructure their being moved away, for a period of more than 25 years from the outside world because of previous policies». و The World Bank announced last August that he completed 80% of the rate of re-structure the financial aspects of the Rafidain bank and good on the payments system. ال The main objective of restructuring is to reach a sound banking system and sophisticated because the five banks owned by the state controls about 90 percent of the entire banking sector activities. The restructuring plan aims also to convert other Iraqi banks to specialized financial companies such as development banks and Islamic banks to encourage investment and development of the real economy. http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dal%2Bsabah%26num%3D100%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26biw%3D1101%26bih%3D718%26prmd%3Divnsu&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=ar&twu=1&u=http://www.alsabaah.com/ArticleShow.aspx%3FID%3D18432&usg=ALkJrhjetasaX8XHTg4Lcyh20qOMqSxMvA

Expectations of recovery, the economic reality after the withdrawal of foreign forces 15/12/2011 تو Expectations of recovery, the economic reality after the withdrawal of foreign forces BAGHDAD - Fulayyih Heidar al-Rubaie عام. He specialized in economic affairs that the process of withdrawal of foreign troops completely from Iraq will give more confidence to Oaqaan economic and development in the country, noting that the productive sectors will be in front of a task that requires them only success and increase returns of Finance to meet the need of local goods and materials, are of the view a number of professionals need to review the economic agreements with the U.S. side and to achieve maximum benefit from them, experts revealed that the period after the withdrawal will lead to the recovery of economic reality with a combination of most of the views and ideas that serve the interests of supporting the reality of development in Iraq in general. و The strategic framework agreement signed between Iraq and the United States has stated in one of its clauses to enable Iraq to continue to develop its national economy through the rehabilitation of economic infrastructure has, as well as provide essential services to the people, and continue to preserve Iraq's resources of oil, gas, and maintain as well as the financial and economic assets abroad, including the Development Fund for Iraq. كما Also focused the Convention on the opening to the global market engineered Vdhaeha in light of the objectives of Sections V and VI of which, when pointed to the need for cooperation between the two countries in order to (integrate Iraq into the global economy and its institutions) or (support for Iraq's further integration in the departments and institutions, international financial and economic) , as stated in section V / fourth paragraph - as well as what came in the second and third paragraphs of Section VII of the Convention, which confirmed to support the exchange of information and opinions for the Liberation of IT markets in Iraq. و . He says economic expert Amer Jeweler Speaking (morning) that «the economic impacts of the withdrawal of U.S. forces will give the self-esteem and a sense of independence real stimulate all the forces of business for the advancement of economic activities, and will lead to lower tensions and differences that existed because of the presence of these forces and thus to improve relations between all parties in Iraq, would be reflected on the security situation improved with the government administrative behaviors, both with a direct link with the business environment. و According to the jeweler that among the advantages of the withdrawal of foreign forces from Iraq is the face of legislative channels, planning and implementation of Iraq greater responsibility in supporting the local economy, and is the confrontation with the need to accelerate the legislation of laws related to reform, economic development and the requirements of development and amending old laws, as well as speed up institutional reforms and adjust work ethic. Despite the breadth of the size of the positive aspects in the process of withdrawal of foreign forces from Iraq, but the specialists stressed the importance of attracting companies of those countries of investment after the withdrawal of its military forces, and argued that this exchange of military investment sponsor revive the country's infrastructure and paper and reality of economic, especially as many countries entered Iraq military had bilateral agreements providing for economic reality to support it. And confirms the jeweler once again that the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq would lead to unite the views of everyone into a confrontation with the necessity of reform, development and the economic boom and diversify the local economy and enhance its competitiveness, and this would achieve positive results on the short-term and short. Asserting that all economic institutions, government will be faced with the choice (what next out foreign). وحينها سوف لن تقبل أية . And then will not accept any excuses, either the successful management of the facility general economic and improve the profitability and performance, or step down from his mismanagement. In regard to the Iraqi private sector and the possibility of its presence stronger in future periods explained the jeweler that this sector will have a confrontation with the fierce competition for goods and services of foreign to develop its capacity and productivity and the quality of its services and its performance and reliability, the responsibility of the individual activities and institutions of the sector and the role of the official, who is supposed to fall on government agencies to support the capabilities and requirements of its development. دا Calling for the formation of cell comprehensive action take on the advancement of economic reality shared by all parties and representatives of the productive sectors of public and private. To that, the economic expert Nazim Ugaili that next year will see the activation of many economic sectors, especially in light of economic mobility the local direction of the world, and advocacy to the participation of the Iraqi private sector peers in the countries of the world, with the common desire to implement the projects of reconstruction and construction of the two sides in light of the stability of the security situation in Iraq during the last period, as well as adjustments made to the Investment Law No. 13 of 2006 and promises of officials to study law again and stand when each paragraph to be more suited to the reality of the investment. وا He added that «what would encourage international companies to work within the country is in the ability of the security services Balhfad stabilization and the maintenance of internal security, which is the most important joints of the investment business». م He pointed out that the US-Iraqi relations will be on large strategic projects that benefit both sides, especially as the U.S. companies have the technology developed in more than one sector. http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dal%2Bsabah%26num%3D100%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26biw%3D1101%26bih%3D718%26prmd%3Divnsu&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=ar&twu=1&u=http://www.alsabaah.com/ArticleShow.aspx%3FID%3D18433&usg=ALkJrhhlwU63vQTijvU1Eh3I4QmrcsOCTA

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Protection of Iraqi money in US banks to be discussed by Maliki, MP 12/12/2011 8:22 PM BAGHDAD/ Aswat al-Iraq: Premier Nouri al-Maliki will discuss during hisWashingtonvisit a number of important dossiers, including the protection of Iraqi funds in US banks, MP said here today. Parliamentary Security and Defence MP Abbas al-Bayati clarified to Aswat al-Iraq today that "Maliki's visit is important due to the importance of the dossiers to be discussed between the two sides". He added that the talks will establish a strategic long term relationship between the two countries in all fields, pointing that the most is the protection of Iraqi funds at the US banks, which as made by a US decree by president Barrack Obama. Bayati confirmed that military and security issues and the situation in the region shall be present in the bilateral talks, in addition to convening a joint conference on investment opportunities inIraq, which shall be attended by American companies and businessmen. Premier Maliki arrived yesterday to Washingto to meet President Obama to discuss the implementation of the Strategic Framework Agreement following American forces withdrawal at the end of this month. The immunity of the American trainers shall be also discussed, in addition to economic, trade and educational relations. RM (TI)/SR http://en.aswataliraq.info/(S(ry03hr55m54tgq5535egu455))/Default1.aspx?page=article_page&id=145889&l=1

Iraq's Prime Minister back from visit to United States 12/15/2011 1:52 PM BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Iraq's Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, has returned to Baghdad on Thursday, after his conclusion of a 4-day official visit to the United States, during which he led a high-level delegation, in response to an invitation by US President, Barrack Obama, the Prime Minister's office reported. "Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, has returned to Baghdad on Thursday morning, after his completion of a visit to the United States, leading a high-level delegation, during which he discussed security, political and economic dossiers, after the end of the US troops withdrawal from Iraq," the statement stressed. Maliki had carried out during his visit, several meetings with US President, Barrack Obama and a number of other officials in the US Administration, centered on bilateral relations and the beginning of the 2nd Phase of the Strategic Agreement, concluded between both countries, it added. The statement had quoted Maliki as saying during his meeting with Iraqis in the United States, that the forthcoming phase would be different than the previous phase, during which the relations had been of military and security nature, "whilst today, after the close withdrawal of the US forces from Iraq, the 2nd phase of the said Strategic Agreement would be of a civilian nature, covering cultural, economic and trade relations." SKH (PT) http://en.aswataliraq.info/(S(ry03hr55m54tgq5535egu455))/Default.aspx?page=article_page&c=slideshow&id=146021

2nd Phase of Strategic Agreement with US began, Iraq heading for gigantic projects, PM says 12/15/2011 1:53 PM BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Iraq's Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, has said on Wednesday that Iraq is looking forward for strengthening relations with the United States of America, through the Strategic Agreement concluded between both countries, confirming that along with the end of the 1st phase of the Agreement by the withdrawal of the US forces, the 2nd phase of the civilian nature, begins, covering all cultural and economic fields, "because, we in Iraq, are heading toward the implementation of gigantic projects, such as the Faw Port, the railways network and airports, thing that necessitates the return of Iraqi potential elements to their homeland." "The Iraqis in the United States must represent us in strengthening relations with the US, because the forthcoming phase shall be different than the previous one, due to fact that the relations in the past had been of military and security nature, but today, after the close completion of the withdrawal of the American forces from Iraq, despite certain suspicions spread out by some elements, we find out that the 2nd phase of the Strategic Agreement would be implemented soon, after the end of the withdrawal by the end of the current month," the Prime Minister's office quoted Maliki as saying during his reception of a group of Iraqis, residing in the United States. "The motive of my visit for Washington is to confirm that the relations with the American side won't end by the withdrawal of the US forces, and that the 2nd phase shall be of a civilian nature, covering all cultural, economic and trade fields," he said. Maliki said that his government also tries to "make use of expertise of developed states, such as Japan, China, Korea and the United States, in the reconstruction and service fields, including the projects that would be implemented during the next Federal budget, especially transportation projects, being gigantic strategic projects, such as the Faw Port, the railways networks, airports, etc." "Funds have been allocated in 2012 budget to build the 'Waves Broker' project and other parts of the said Port, either on Iraq's expense or through investment," he said, adding that "the need now is not only building the Port, but the construction of a gigantic railways network, because we want Iraq to become a trade passage for communication with other states." Maliki concluded, saying that "huge projects exist to be built soon in the fields of oil, electricity and reconstruction, as well as building airports and other important infrastructure projects," charging the previous Iraqi regime with having left Iraq completely destroyed, and promising that his government's plan is centered on the reconstruction of all what was destroyed in the past." SKH (ST) http://en.aswataliraq.info/(S(ry03hr55m54tgq5535egu455))/Default1.aspx?page=article_page&id=146022&l=1

Obama: we left behind us a sovereign and independent, able to manage the same with a representative government for all 15-12-2011 | (Voice of Iraq) Sumerian News / Baghdad President Barack Obama, Thursday, that the future of Iraq will be in the hands of his people and the American war which will end, noting that the war in Iraq is a success Requests for nine years, pointing at the same time to "hard work and sacrifices" which they felt was necessary to achieve success. وق Obama said during his meeting with Soldiers of the Eighty-second Airborne Division in the U.S. military returning from Iraq and their families at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, said that "everything done by American soldiers in Iraq fighting and dying and bleeding and construction, training and partnerships led us to the moment of this success," He added that "Iraq today has become the responsibility of the Iraqi government and people." Obama said to shouts of welcome signed red hats the soldiers that "this wonderful day of the end of the war lasted a long time we knew he was coming," adding that "end the war more difficult than it began." ". The American President said that his administration "leaves behind a sovereign independent, able to manage its own affairs with a representative government for all elected by its people," pointing out that "both sides are building a new partnership between the two countries, and end the war not the battle final, but the march last to the homeland." وأ هذا انجاز رائع بعد نحو تسع سنوات". Obama said that "the war in Iraq will soon be a thing of the past, and you'll find that you are takes place the call and your homeland, and Khaddemtem cause greater than yourselves, and have helped to establish just and lasting peace with Iraq, and among all peoples," adding that "Although Iraq is not perfect but this a fantastic achievement after nearly nine years. " Obama pointed to the "cost of the war launched to topple Saddam Hussein was expensive," asserting that "the United States took a lesson from the conflict, which led to deep divisions in American politics and the world." ولف He noted President Barack Obama said that "the Iraq war a success Requests for nine years," pointing at the same time to "hard work and sacrifices that were necessary to achieve what has been achieved." و He said Obama was "well aware of the high price of this war, more than 1.5 million Americans have served in Iraq and more than 300 thousand injured and others were bruised eyes can not see", in reference to the soldiers who have suffered from mental disorders when they return to their country. و باقتناع الولايات المتحدة بان إسقاطها لنظام صدام حسين سيجعلها تفوز تلقائيا بقلوب وعقول العراقيين. And close U.S. forces today have their headquarters in Baghdad comes down so the curtain on nine years of war has not ceased since the invasion of the country in 2003 to topple Saddam Hussein, and a ceremony will be held today for the occasion today, the final chapter in the story of a bloody began with conviction the United States that dropped to the regime of Saddam Hussein will make it automatically win the hearts and minds of Iraqis. إلا أ However, the story took a different turn when he was killed tens of thousands of Iraqis and more than four thousand American troops after American forces paved the way for armed rebellion following the dissolution of the former Iraqi army in particular, and failed to prevent a bloody civil war between Sunnis and Shiites. و Americans and re-building the army from scratch, as well as police and state institutions and fired from a new economy based on consumption through import cars and home appliances, with the failure to provide basic services such as electricity and clean water. إلا However, the Americans succeeded after 2007 and especially in 2008, to change the course of the war they are losing, by sending 170 thousand troops on the ground in order to shell the rebel movements, and the use of Sunni tribal leaders who turned against al Qaeda. Summarized the U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, who will participate in a ceremony today in Baghdad, the war years, nine by saying that "Our mission is coming to an end after we have made ​​great sacrifices and many of the dead" N stressing at the same time, "We have succeeded in this task, which was focused on the establishment of Iraq able to judge for himself, and offers the security of his people. " و ". Panetta said in remarks to reporters before his arrival in Baghdad that "Iraq has an army on the face of threats can not easily be that the country is facing challenges such as terrorism, economic and social divisions," explaining that his country "and provided them with opportunities to succeed." . And leave U.S. troops Iraq by the end of the year, leaving behind them 900 thousand man Iraqi security seem ready to deal with internal threats, but they are unable to protect the land borders, air and water, according to military officials and Iraqi politicians and U.S., as well as additional concerns that Iraq may be affected by the forces of regional, such as Iran, which is the enemy of the United States. الحالي. And reached U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, Thursday, to Baghdad on an unannounced visit two weeks ago of a full withdrawal from Iraq, as confirmed to the Commission on Security and Defence Assembly affirmed that Panetta will participate in a ceremony on the occasion of the American withdrawal end of the year. و The visit of U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, the second to Iraq since taking office early last July, after his first visit to the tenth of the same month. . The visit Panetta hours after the return of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki from Washington, which arrived in the (11 December 2011), at the head of a ministerial delegation chief, during which he met senior U.S. officials, including President Barack Obama, who said in a press conference held this afternoon, Monday (12 December 2011), with al-Maliki that the United States will be close and support for Iraq after the pullout, while Maliki confirmed that the US-Iraqi relations will not end with the withdrawal of its troops from Iraq. ا . Under the security pact signed between Baghdad and Washington at the end of November 2008 to train and equip Iraqi forces before withdrawing all U.S. forces from all territories and waters and airspace of Iraq not later than 31 December of 2011 the current, has withdrawn combat troops from towns and villages and towns Iraqi June 30, 2009, at the time confirmed the U.S. military in Iraq that no longer has only less than seven thousand troops. و It is expected to continue Iraq's relationship with the United States during the next phase in what is known (Strategic Framework Agreement), which provides for the exchange and partnership between the two countries in economic, diplomatic, cultural and security. 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.Panetta formally shuts down US war in Iraq By LOLITA C. BALDOR | AP – 1 hr 2 mins ago The US Forces Iraq colors are lowered before being encased in a ceremony in Baghdad, … US Sec. of Defense Leon Panetta, right, walks across tarmac with Army Gen. Lloyd ..BAGHDAD (AP) — After nearly nine years, 4,500 American dead, 32,000 wounded and more than $800 billion, U.S. officials formally shut down the war in Iraq — a conflict that U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said was worth the price in blood and money, as it set Iraq on a path to democracy. Panetta stepped off his military plane in Baghdad Thursday as the leader of America's war in Iraq, but will leave as one of many top U.S. and global officials who hope to work with the struggling nation as it tries to find its new place in the Middle East and the broader world. More than 100,000 Iraqis have been killed since the U.S. invasion in 2003, according to the Iraq Body Count website. Bombings and gun battles are still common. And experts are concerned about the Iraqi security force's ability to defend the nation against foreign threats. Still, Panetta said earlier this week, the war "has not been in vain." Panetta and several other U.S. diplomatic, military and defense leaders participated Thursday in a symbolic ceremony during which the flag of U.S. Forces-Iraq was officially retired, or "cased," according to Army tradition. The U.S. Forces-Iraq flag was furled — or wrapped — around a flagpole and covered in camouflage. It will be brought back to the United States. "You will leave with great pride — lasting pride," Panetta told the troops. "Secure in knowing that your sacrifice has helped the Iraqi people to begin a new chapter in history." During a stop in Afghanistan this week, Panetta described the mission as "making that country sovereign and independent and able to govern and secure itself." That, he said, is "a tribute to everybody — everybody who fought in that war, everybody who spilled blood in that war, everybody who was dedicated to making sure we could achieve that mission." Iraqi citizens offered a more pessimistic assessment. "The Americans are leaving behind them a destroyed country," said Mariam Khazim of Sadr City. "The Americans did not leave modern schools or big factories behind them. Instead, they left thousands of widows and orphans." A member of the political coalition loyal to anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr saw another message in the U.S. withdrawal. "The American ceremony represents the failure of the U.S. occupation of Iraq due to the great resistance of the Iraqi people," said Sadrist lawmaker Amir al-Kinani. Panetta echoed President Barack Obama's promise that the U.S. plans to keep a robust diplomatic presence in Iraq, foster a deep and lasting relationship with the nation and maintain a strong military force in the region. As of Thursday, there were two U.S. bases and about 4,000 U.S. troops in Iraq — a dramatic drop from the roughly 500 military installations and as many as 170,000 troops during the surge ordered by President George W. Bush in 2007, when violence and raging sectarianism gripped the country. All U.S. troops are slated to be out of Iraq by the end of the year, but officials are likely to meet that goal a bit before then. The total U.S. departure is a bit earlier than initially planned, and military leaders worry that it is a bit premature for the still maturing Iraqi security forces, who face continuing struggles to develop the logistics, air operations, surveillance and intelligence sharing capabilities they will need in what has long been a difficult neighborhood. U.S. officials were unable to reach an agreement with the Iraqis on legal issues and troop immunity that would have allowed a small training and counterterrorism force to remain. U.S. defense officials said they expect there will be no movement on that issue until sometime next year. Still, despite Obama's earlier contention that all American troops would be home for Christmas, at least 4,000 forces will remain in Kuwait for some months. The troops will be able to help finalize the move out of Iraq, but could also be used as a quick reaction force if needed. Obama met in Washington with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki earlier this week, vowing to remain committed to Iraq as the two countries struggle to define their new relationship. Ending the war was an early goal of the Obama administration, and Thursday's ceremony will allow the president to fulfill a crucial campaign promise during a politically opportune time. The 2012 presidential race is roiling and Republicans are in a ferocious battle to determine who will face off against Obama in the election. Panetta acknowledged the difficulties for Iraq in the coming years, as the country tries to find its footing. "They're going face challenges in the future," Panetta said Wednesday during a visit with troops in Afghanistan. "They'll face challenges from terrorism, they'll face challenges from those that would want to divide their country. They'll face challenges from just the test of democracy, a new democracy and trying to make it work. But the fact is, we have given them the opportunity to be able to succeed." The ceremony at Baghdad International Airport also featured remarks from Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Gen. Lloyd Austin, the top U.S. commander in Iraq. Austin is leading the massive logistical challenge of shuttering hundreds of bases and combat outposts, and methodically moving more than 50,000 U.S. troops and their equipment out of Iraq over the last year — while still conducting training, security assistance and counterterrorism battles. The war "tested our military's strength and our ability to adapt and evolve," he said, noting the development of the new counterinsurgency doctrine. Over the coming days, the final few thousand U.S. troops will leave Iraq in orderly caravans and tightly scheduled flights — a marked contrast to the shock and awe that rocked the country on March 20, 2003, as the U.S. invasion began. Saddam Hussein has been ousted, the reports of weapons of mass destruction largely laid to rest. And the future of a nascent democracy awaits. http://news.yahoo.com/panetta-formally-shuts-down-us-war-iraq-104719150.html;_ylt=AqfeCQpC._7UjW6SGa9KtxKs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTNtZ3UzdTVlBG1pdANKdW1ib3Ryb24gRlAEcGtnAzdlOTk5YzEwLWVmZDAtMzJjYy1hOWQwLTJiMGIxM2RlNzMyMARwb3MDMQRzZWMDanVtYm90cm9uBHZlcgNlYTdhMWQ5MC0yNzFhLTExZTEtYWZmNS05ZGIxNWY0YjEzYzQ-;_ylg=X3oDMTJjc3NidTZsBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDBHBzdGNhdANob21lBHB0A3NlY3Rpb25zBHRlc3QDTmV3c3JlYWRlcm9ubmV3c2hvbWU-;_ylv=3

By Missy Ryan and Patrick Markey | Reuters – 16 mins ago.. Members of the U.S. military retire its ceremonial flags signifying the end of their BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The U.S. military officially ended its war in Iraq on Thursday, rolling up its flag at a low-key ceremony with Defense Secretary Leon Panetta nearly nine bloody years after the invasion that ousted dictator Saddam Hussein. "After a lot of blood spilled by Iraqis and Americans, the mission of an Iraq that could govern and secure itself has become real," Panetta said at the ceremony outside Baghdad's still heavily-fortified airport. Almost 4,500 U.S. soldiers and tens of thousands of Iraqis lost their lives in the war that began with a "Shock and Awe" campaign of missiles pounding Baghdad, but descended into sectarian strife and a surge in U.S. troop numbers. U.S. soldiers rolled up the flag of American forces in Iraq and slipped it into a camouflage-colored sleeve in a brief, symbolically ending the most unpopular U.S. military venture since the Vietnam War of the 1960s and 70s. The remaining 4,000 American troops will withdraw by the end of the year, leaving behind a country still tackling a weakened but stubborn Islamist insurgency, sectarian tensions and political uncertainty. "Iraq will be tested in the days ahead, by terrorism, by those who would seek to divide, by economic and social issues," Panetta told the rows of assembled U.S. soldiers and embassy officials at the ceremony. "Challenges remain, but the United States will be there to stand by the Iraqi people." Saddam is dead, executed in 2006, while an uneasy politics is at work and the violence has ebbed. But Iraq still struggles with insurgents, a fragile power-sharing government and an oil-reliant economy plagued by power shortages and corruption. In Falluja, the former heartland of an al Qaeda insurgency and scene of some of the worst fighting in the war, several thousand Iraqis celebrated the withdrawal on Wednesday, some burning U.S. flags and waving pictures of dead relatives. Iraq's neighbors will watch how Baghdad tackles its problems without the U.S. military, while a crisis in neighboring Syria threatens to upset the region's sectarian and ethnic balance. U.S. President Barack Obama, who made an election promise to bring troops home, told Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki that Washington will remain a loyal partner after the last troops roll across the Kuwaiti border. "WE NEED TO BE SAFE" Iraq's Shi'ite leadership presents the withdrawal as a new start for the country's sovereignty, but many Iraqis question which direction the nation will take without U.S. troops. "I am happy they are leaving. This is my country and they should leave," said Samer Saad, a soccer coach. "But I am worried because we need to be safe. We are worried because all the militias will start to come back." Some like Saad fear more sectarian strife or an al Qaeda return to the cities. A squabble between Kurds in their northern semi-autonomous enclave and the Iraqi Arab central government over disputed territories and oil is another flashpoint. Violence has ebbed since the bloodier days of sectarian slaughter when suicide bombers and hit squads claimed hundreds of victims a day at times as the country descended into ***-for-tat killings between the Sunni and Shi'ite communities. In 2006 alone, 17,800 Iraqi military and civilians were killed in violence. Iraqi security forces are generally seen as capable of containing the remaining Sunni Islamist insurgency and the rival Shi'ite militias that U.S. officials say are backed by Iran. But attacks now target local government offices and security forces in an attempt show the authorities are not in control. Saddam's fall opened the way for the Shi'ite majority community to take positions of power after decades of oppression under his Sunni-run Baath party. Even the power-sharing in Maliki's Shi'ite-led government is hamstrung, with coalition parties split along sectarian lines, squabbling over laws and government posts. Sunnis fear they will be marginalized or even face creeping Shi'ite-led authoritarian rule under Maliki. A recent crackdown on former members of the Baath party has fueled those fears. Iraq's Shi'ite leadership frets the crisis in neighboring Syria could eventually bring a hardline Sunni leadership to power in Damascus, worsening Iraq's own sectarian tensions. "WAS IT WORTH IT?" U.S. troops were supposed to stay on as part of a deal to train the Iraqi armed forces but talks over immunity from prosecution for American soldiers fell apart. Memories of U.S. abuses, arrests and killings still haunt many Iraqis and the question of legal protection from prosecution looked too sensitive to push through parliament. At the height of the war, 170,000 American soldiers occupied more than 500 bases across the country. Only around 150 U.S. soldiers will remain after December 31 attached to the huge U.S. Embassy near the Tigris River. Civilian contractors will take on the task of training Iraqi forces on U.S. military hardware. Every day hundreds of trunks and troops trundle in convoys across the Kuwaiti border as U.S. troops end their mission. "Was it worth it? I am sure it was. When we first came in here, the Iraqi people seemed like they were happy to see us," said Sgt 1st Class Lon Bennish, packing up recently at a U.S. base and finishing the last of three deployments in Iraq. "I hope we are leaving behind a country that says 'Hey, we are better off now than we were before.'" (Editing by David Stamp) http://news.yahoo.com/panetta-iraq-close-u-war-102108022.html

Iraq War: Mission Finally Accomplished? 3 hrs ago - ABC News 3:25 | 1,246 views President Obama thanks the 1 million troops and support forces who served http://news.yahoo.com/video/world-15749633/iraq-veering-towards-lebanonisation-27591808.html;_ylt=AjfC.pAaANxjcmyc7Jgpey_5SpZ4#crsl=%252Fvideo%252Fworld-15749633%252Firaq-war-mission-finally-accomplished-27594440.html

Iraq veering towards 'Lebanonisation' 8 hrs ago - AFP 1:28 | 4,490 views Eight years after the fall of Saddam Hussein, Iraq is veering towards a "Lebanonisation" of its political system, with power permanently distributed along strict ethnic and sectarian lines, experts say. Duration: 01:28 http://news.yahoo.com/video/world-15749633/iraq-veering-towards-lebanonisation-27591808.html;_ylt=AjfC.pAaANxjcmyc7Jgpey_5SpZ4#crsl=%252Fvideo%252Fworld-15749633%252Firaq-veering-towards-lebanonisation-27591808.html

U.S. military chapter in Iraq draws to a close By Patrick Markey | Reuters – 5 hrs ago An American flag is seen behind barbed wire at the former U.S. Sather Air Base near … U.S. President Barack Obama greets troops at Fort Bragg in North Carolina December ..BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Nearly nine years after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq ousted Saddam Hussein, American troops are pulling out and leaving behind a country still battling insurgents, political uncertainty and sectarian divisions. Nearly 4,500 U.S. soldiers and tens of thousands of Iraqis lost their lives in a war that began with a "Shock and Awe" campaign of missiles and bombs pounding Baghdad, but later descended into a bloody sectarian struggle between long-oppressed majority Shi'ites and their former Sunni masters. Saddam is dead and the violence has ebbed, but the U.S. troop withdrawal leaves Iraq with a score of challenges from a stubborn insurgency and fragile politics to an oil-reliant economy plagued by power cuts and corruption. Iraq's neighbors will keep a close watch on how Baghdad will confront its problems without the buffer of a U.S. military presence, while a crisis in neighboring Syria threatens to upset the region's sectarian and ethnic balance. U.S. President Barack Obama, who made an election promise to bring troops home, told Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki that Washington will remain a loyal partner after the last troops roll across the Kuwaiti border. "The mission there was to establish an Iraq that could govern and secure itself and we've been able to do that," U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told troops at a U.S. base in Djibouti this week. "That doesn't mean it's going to be easy." Iraq's Shi'ite leadership presents the withdrawal as a new start for the country's sovereignty, but many Iraqis question which direction the nation will take once U.S. troops leave - sectarian strife or domination by one sect over another? Will al Qaeda return to sow terror in the cities? Will ongoing disputes between Kurds in their northern semi-autonomous enclave spill into conflict with the Iraqi Arab central government over disputed territories. Violence has ebbed since the bloodier days of sectarian slaughter when suicide bombers and hit squads claimed hundreds of victims a day at times as the country descended into ***-for-tat killings between the Sunni and Shi'ite communities. In 2006 alone, 17,800 Iraqi military and civilians were killed in violence. Iraqi security forces are generally seen as capable of containing the remaining Sunni Islamist insurgency and the rival Shi'ite militias U.S. officials say are backed by Iran. But for those enjoying a sense of sovereignty, security is still a major worry. Attacks now target local Iraqi government offices and security forces in an attempt show that the authorities are not in control. "I am happy they are leaving. This is my country and they should leave," said Samer Saad, a soccer coach. "But I am worried because we need to be safe. We are worried because all the militias will start to come back." SECTARIAN TENSIONS The fall of Saddam opened the way for Iraq's Shi'ite majority community to ascend to positions of power after decades of oppression under his Sunni-run Baath party. But nine years after the invasion Iraq remains a splintered country, worrying many that the days of sectarian slaughter are not over. Even the political power-sharing in Maliki's Shi'ite-led government is hamstrung by sectarian divides. The government at times seems paralyzed as parties split along sect lines, squabbling over every decision. That has hampered economic development as infrastructure projects and key laws wait for approval. Iraq needs investment in almost all areas - the power grid still provides only a few hours of electricity a day. Sunni Iraqis fear marginalization or even a creeping Shi'ite-led authoritarian rule under Maliki. A recent crackdown on former members of the Baath party has fueled those fears. Sectarian divisions leave Iraq still vulnerable to meddling by neighbors trying to secure more influence, especially as Sunni-controlled Arab nations view any Iranian involvement as an attempt to control Iraq's Shi'ite parties at the cost of Sunni communities. Iraq's Shi'ite leadership frets the crisis in neighboring Syria could eventually bring a hardline Sunni leadership to power in Damascus, worsening Iraq's own sectarian tensions. U.S. troops had acted as a buffer in another dispute between Kurds in Iraq's semi-autonomous region and the Iraqi Arabs in the central government. Some fear the two regions could clash over oil and territory rights in disputed areas. "WAS IT WORTH IT?" U.S. troops were supposed to stay on as part of a deal to train the Iraqi armed forces. Washington had asked Iraq for at least 3,000 troops to remain in the country. But talks over immunity from prosecution for American soldiers fell apart. Memories of U.S. abuses, arrests and killings still haunt many Iraqis and the question of legal protection from prosecution looked too sensitive for Iraq's political leadership to push through a splintered parliament. At the height of the war, 170,000 American soldiers occupied more than 500 bases across the country. Now only two bases and 5,500 troops remain in the country. All will be home before the end of the year when a security pact expires. Only around 150 U.S. soldiers will remain in Iraq after December 31 attached to the huge U.S. Embassy that sits near the Tigris River. Civilian contractors will take on the task of training Iraqi forces on U.S. military hardware. Every day hundreds of trunks and troops trundle in convoys across the Kuwaiti border as U.S. troops end their mission. "Was it worth it? I am sure it was. When we first came in here, the Iraqi people seemed like they were happy to see us," said Sgt 1st Class Lon Bennish, packing up at a U.S. base and finishing the last of three deployments in Iraq. "I hope we are leaving behind a country that says 'Hey, we are better off now than we were before.'" (Editing by Paul Casciato) http://news.yahoo.com/u-military-chapter-iraq-draws-close-233631741.html

Iraqis burn US flags to celebrate troop pullout AFP – 11 hrs ago [ Hundreds of Fallujah residents burn US and Israeli flags as they demonstrate in celebration Hundreds of Fallujah residents demonstrate in celebration of the departure of US ..Hundreds of Iraqis set alight US and Israeli flags on Wednesday as they celebrated the impending pullout of American forces from the country in the former insurgent bastion of Fallujah. Shouting slogans in support of the "resistance," the demonstrators held up banners and placards inscribed with phrases like, "Now we are free" and "Fallujah is the flame of the resistance." Surrounded by the Iraqi army, demonstrators carried posters bearing photos of apparent insurgents, faces covered and carrying weapons. They also held up pictures of US soldiers killed and military vehicles destroyed in the two major offensives against the city in 2004. "We are proud to have driven the occupier out of Iraq, at the cost of enormous sacrifice," said Khalid al-Alwa, the local leader of the Islamic Party, a Sunni Muslim grouping. "Those who destroyed Iraq paid the price because the people here held them accountable." The demonstration, which was held in Al-Khadra Mohammediyah Square in the centre of Fallujah, was dubbed the first annual "festival to celebrate the role of the resistance." The United States is due to pull out the last of its troops from Iraq by the end of December, more than eight years after the invasion to topple Saddam Hussein. Fallujah, a city of about half a million people 60 kilometres (40 miles) west of Baghdad, was home to some of the earliest anti-US protests in the aftermath of the March 2003 invasion. At the time, Fallujah residents were content to throw only their shoes at US soldiers. But in March 2004, four American employees of the US private security firm Blackwater, since renamed Xe, were brutally killed in the city. That year, the US military launched two massive offensives against Fallujah, signs of which are still visible today in collapsed buildings and bullet holes in walls. The first offensive in April aimed to quell the burgeoning Sunni insurgency but was a failure -- Fallujah became a fiefdom of Al-Qaeda and its allies, who essentially controlled the city. In November, a second campaign was launched, just months before legislative elections in January 2005. Around 2,000 civilians and 140 Americans died, and the battle is considered one of the fiercest for the US since the Vietnam war. http://news.yahoo.com/iraqis-burn-us-flags-celebrate-troop-pullout-171216158.html

Canceling Iraqi currency's Zeroes discussed - MP 12/13/2011 9:10 PM BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Iraqi Parliamentary Economic Commission MP disclosed that discussions were conducted with the Central Bank of Iraq the cancellation of the zeroes from Iraqi currency. MP Aziz Shareef al-Mayahi added that detailed discussions were held today with economic experts. The commission will study the suggestions in order to reach a suitable response on this question, he added. Other economic topics were discussed, like inflation and means to minimize its effects on Iraqi economy. RM (TP)/SR http://en.aswataliraq.info/(S(igeaab550iunjp55p3qj5v45))/Default1.aspx?page=article_page&id=145872&l=1

CBI sells 144 million US dollars in its Wednesday auction 12/14/2011 2:22 PM BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) has sold US$144 million in its Wednesday auction for sale and purchase of foreign currencies, on an average rate of 1,170 Iraqi dinars per dollar, registering a decrease than the previous auction that reached 149 million dollars, according to the CBI's daily bulletin. "The total size of demand on the US dollars had reached 144 million and 350,000 US dollars, covered by the Bank on an exchange rate of 1,170 dinars per dollar, whilst the Bank's previous session had sold 149 million and 105,000 US dollars," the bulletin reported. It stressed that the auction's cash sales had reached 7 million and 500,000 dollars, on an exchange rate of 1,183 dinars per dollar, in addition to the CBI's commission of 13 dinars per dollar, whilst the foreign transfers had reached 136 million and 850,000 US dollars, at an exchange rate of 1,183 dinars per dollar and the Bank's interest of 13 dinars per dollar. The bullet added that none of the banks that attended the auction, including the 27 banks that attended today's auction, had offered a single dollar for sale. The CBI holds 5 auctions for sale and purchase of foreign currencies per week, starting on Sunday and ending on Thursday, charging 13 dinars as commission for the Bank, along with 13 dinars per dollar commission for the Bank's foreign transfers. SKH (TP)/SR http://en.aswataliraq.info/(S(igeaab550iunjp55p3qj5v45))/Default1.aspx?page=article_page&id=145939&l=1

Winner: the formation of a parliamentary committee and ministerial strategy to develop a plan to develop the Iraqi economy 14-12-2011 | (Voice of Iraq) - Baghdad Member of the Committee declared the economy, investment and MP / National Alliance / Amer winner for the formation of a committee of parliamentarians and ministers for the purpose of elaborating a strategic plan to develop the Iraqi economy. . The winner of the statement to the Agency (news) on Wednesday: the formation of a sub-committee made ​​up of some members of the Economic Committee in the Parliament and the Economic Commission of the Council of Ministers for the purpose of discussing the situation of the Iraqi economy, and draw a strategic plan five-year or a decimal in order to support and develop it. و The Winner: This plan includes the doors of several of the Iraqi economy Ktfiel the private sector and to support and encourage small and medium enterprises and the elimination of unemployment, in addition to developing the agricultural sector and provide all their needs in order to promote the national economy. و He pointed out: that the next budget may give an advantage to the private sector, "the fact that Parliament has not seen it yet," by allocating an amount of money to support the result of what was recommended by the Economic Commission for activating the role of parliamentary private sector through the budget year (2012). . And member of the parliamentary Economic Committee: the House of Representatives has a bill to support small and medium enterprises and has been read the first it is hoped to be read the second for a vote. و Earlier, he stressed the International Federation of Iraqi businessmen that the IMF adopt a new organization for the development of the Iraqi private sector and put through the economic policy of the country. و The head of the International Union of businessmen Iraq Hamid punitive in a statement to a former correspondent Agency (news): The International Monetary Fund will adopt a new organization sponsoring the Iraqi economy through the development of its private sector and the development of the economic policy of the country and will be in agreement with the Iraqi government as a result of the government's inability to draw policy obvious economic of the country. وا الاستثمارية. He said punitive: that the organization will call on all organizations, global and local economic development for the economic policy is built on the basis of correct and accurate, stating: This came as a result of objections to the World Bank that the next operating budget was larger than the investment budget. Read more: http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?act=url&hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://www.sotaliraq.com/business.php%3Fid%3D4837&usg=ALkJrhjmXLbL0sV6P2YGHYsLLrhjH_v51g#ixzz1gZiNK07w Read more: http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?act=url&hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://www.sotaliraq.com/business.php%3Fid%3D4837&usg=ALkJrhjmXLbL0sV6P2YGHYsLLrhjH_v51g#ixzz1gZi1OQ35

Minister: U.S. Iraq monitors the $ 186 billion to some 2,700 project 14-12-2011 | (Voice of Iraq) - Baghdad Detection and U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson said the Iraqi government may monitor the $ 186 billion to some 2,700 project to meet the needs of the country's economic and social development. و اعادة اعمار العراق. Bryson said in a meeting of U.S. business with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to meet those needs in Iraq can help to create jobs here in the United States and said that "U.S. companies were eager and willing to play Dorvi the reconstruction of Iraq Read more: http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?act=url&hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://www.sotaliraq.com/business.php%3Fid%3D4846&usg=ALkJrhiVhg6gTeUG6RZw5Lz8GbtMGAcFvQ#ixzz1gZhNUUxh Read more: http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?act=url&hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://www.sotaliraq.com/business.php%3Fid%3D4846&usg=ALkJrhiVhg6gTeUG6RZw5Lz8GbtMGAcFvQ#ixzz1gZhE4FKP

US. pledges to remove Iraq from the consequences of Chapter VII, and his support politically and commercially, culturally and industrially Fee of Iraq and the United States today at the end of the attic of their common areas of cooperation between the two countries in the post after a total U.S. pullout by the end of this month, as affirmed their commitment to the establishment of close cooperation in the field of security and defense as to promote stability in both countries and the United States seeks to resolve all issues to ensure taking out Iraq from the consequences of Chapter VII of the Security Council and an end to many of these issues dating back to the former Iraqi regime. . This came at the conclusion of the meeting of the American Joint Committee in Baghdad yesterday, which was chaired by U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. و He said a joint statement from the meeting that the two countries are committed to establishing a strong partnership and relations on the basis of common interests that will continue to grow for years to come. و . It set a new relationship of the two countries in the post-withdrawal, and their transition from military cooperation to the commercial and financial cooperation, cultural, educational, energy and the judicial, political, diplomatic, and in the areas of security and defense services, the environment, technology and transportation. In the commercial field stressed countries to they continue to make efforts to strengthen relations of cooperation and closer ties between businessmen in them, where Washington will support the efforts of the Iraqi government for the development of private banks and financial institutions and to provide expertise to do so in addition to having developed plans for new lending to small and medium enterprises in addition to the amounts appropriated for this projects of up to $ 50 million. Text of the statement of Iraq - the U.S. Joint p. 3 http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?act=url&hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://www.almutmar.com/index.php%3Fid%3D201117264&usg=ALkJrhiUyAbcIyH-i21-BwWVJkDoRlJlcw

On: Wed, 15/12/2011 8:27 Baghdad / economic-term follow-up A member of the Committee of Economy and Investment Vice Amer winner for the formation of a committee of parliamentarians and ministers for the purpose of elaborating a strategic plan to develop the Iraqi economy. و وتطويره. The winner of the Agency (news): The formation of a small committee made up of some members of the Economic Committee in the Parliament and the Economic Commission of the Council of Ministers for the purpose of discussing the situation of the Iraqi economy, and draw a five-year strategic plan, or a decimal in order to support and develop it. و The Winner: This plan includes the doors of several of the Iraqi economy Ktfiel the private sector and to support and encourage small and medium enterprises and the elimination of unemployment, in addition to developing the agricultural sector and provide all their needs in order to promote the national economy. و He noted that the next budget may give an advantage to the private sector, "the fact that Parliament has not seen it yet," through the allocation of the amount of money to support the result as recommended by the Parliamentary Economic Commission for activating the role of the private sector through the budget year (2012). . And member of the parliamentary Economic Committee: the House of Representatives has a bill to support small and medium enterprises and has been read the first it is hoped to be read the second for a vote. . Earlier, he stressed the International Federation of Iraqi businessmen that the IMF adopt a new organization for the development of the Iraqi private sector and put through the economic policy of the country. . The head of the International Union of businessmen Iraq Hamid punitive in a statement to the Agency (news): The International Monetary Fund will adopt a new organization sponsoring the Iraqi economy through the development of its private sector and the development of the economic policy of the country and will be in agreement with the Iraqi government as a result of the government's inability to chart economic policy clear of the country. He punitive: that the organization will call on all organizations, global and local economic development for the economic policy is built on the basis of correct and accurate, stating: This came as a result of World Bank's objection to the fact that the operational budget, the next biggest hit of the investment budget. http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?act=url&hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://almadapaper.net/news.php%3Faction%3Dview%26id%3D55315&usg=ALkJrhhsy7ZnRfJ0ii7s1SORdK30dbO_1w

Oil steady near $ 100 in electronic trading on the NYMEX 15/12/2011 سSingapore - Reuters الاشهر الستة الماضية. Settled futures prices for crude oil in the electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange on Wednesday near $ 100 a barrel before the meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is expected to put a new roof for the minister confers production formalized a significant increase in production during the past six months. The price of oil contracts of U.S. light crude for January delivery of $ 100.10 a barrel, down four cents, after surging more than two dollars at the settlement on Tuesday. و Data from the American Petroleum Institute on Tuesday that U.S. crude inventories rose slightly by 462 thousand barrels last week. . The increase compared with a forecast decline in stocks two million barrels in a Reuters poll http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dal%2Bsabah%26num%3D100%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26biw%3D1101%26bih%3D718%26prmd%3Divnsu&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=ar&twu=1&u=http://www.alsabaah.com/ArticleShow.aspx%3FID%3D18431&usg=ALkJrhiu7s6w85tIthqZn_8HkFLN7EM8zA