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

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Parliament of Iran to discuss in a closed session the referendum of Kurdistan

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Parliament of Iran to discuss in a closed session the referendum of Kurdistan

 

11-10-2017 03:01 PM

The Euphrates -

 

The Iranian Shura Council held a closed session on the latest developments in the Kurdistan region in the presence of Foreign Minister Mohammad Jawad Zarif.

 

According to Iranian media, the closed session of the Council began this morning, to discuss developments in the Kurdistan Region, explaining that Foreign Minister Mohammed Jawad Zarif will report on the latest developments in the region.

 

For her part, MP Fatima Zadr said that the Speaker of the Shura Council will deliver a speech on the latest developments in the province of Kurdistan.

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Hanan al-Fatlawi: Pursuing three of the Kurdistan Commission and avoiding Barzani, such as leaving the "ass and hold the bar" 14:54 Last updated The time now is 03:02 PM 720 Watch   BAGHDAD / Press tomorrow:  Revealed MP Hanan al, said on Wednesday that the arrest warrants issued today against three persons Commission only, describing the action as "miserable and disappointing."  "The Iraqi government has filed a judicial complaint against only three people of the Kurdistan Regional Commission (KRG) on charges of holding a referendum," said al-Fatlawi in a leaflet on Facebook and read the "Al-Ghad Press". The leaders of his party and his ministers and his people who decided the referendum and promoted him, and started and provided funds for that and called people to participate and intimidated some to force them to participate. " "Does this make sense to our government?" "You really do apply to you the popular Egyptian proverb," Leave the donkey and hold the bar. "  "It is a miserable, regrettable and disappointing procedure for the hopes of all Iraqis who were waiting for the government and its president to hold severe accountability to those who violated the constitution and tried to divide the country and challenge the Federal Court and the House of Representatives and challenge you and the entire international community," she said. "You did not disappoint me. the responsibility".  It is noteworthy that the Court of Inquiry Rusafa issued on Wednesday, arrest warrants against the President and members of the Kurdistan Regional Commission, which oversees the referendum, contrary to the decision of the Federal Supreme Court.  The Federal Supreme Court issued on Monday, September 18, 2017, a mandate to suspend the proceedings of the referendum of Kurdistan, asserting that the decision of the referendum unconstitutional.

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Oil Minister: We will qualify the Kirkuk-Ceyhan line quickly and we do not need coordination with the region

Release date: 2017/10/10 22:39 • 323 times read

[Ayna-Baghdad] 
Oil Minister Jabbar Ali al-Allaibi announced the intention of the cadres of the ministry to reopen an oil pipeline running from the Kirkuk fields to the port of Ceyhan in Turkey stopped work since 2014 after the fall of the city of Mosul at the time.

"We started two days ago to uncover the damage of the oil pipeline from Kirkuk to Turkey," al-Allaibi said in a press statement. "There are five pumping stations on the pipeline. Unfortunately, four of them are semi-destructive and one is working, but we have the potential to rehabilitate them. In a short period of time and we will proceed at an accelerated pace to complete it in the shortest time. " 
He pointed out that "the line of the pipe route is from the province of Salah al-Din to the province of Nineveh and avoids Duhok and runs the border to Turkey." 
"The oil pipeline was operating before the entry of Dahesh and we exported oil, and today after the return of the security situation to the northern region and the liberation of terrorism, we will resume export by," adding that "this step has nothing to do with political developments in the Kurdistan region."
"We are in the process of detecting the pipeline and assessing the damage in it, and we do not oppose any Turkish assistance in this area," he said, noting that "the repair of the pipeline entails the import of equipment as parts of it and pumping stations, but we have pipelines in the ministry's warehouses as well as pump stations, but we will wait for the results of the evaluation by the technical teams "He said. 
"We have a very good national effort and we have formed a team of national companies," he said. "It is not possible to disclose the cost of rehabilitation, but I think it will be reasonable." 
He said that "the export revenues from the Kirkuk fields by this pipeline after the export to Turkey will be the federal budget," pointing out that "the return of Kirkuk pipeline is not a new situation because we will restore the situation before the fall of the city of Mosul 2014 and has nothing to do with the crisis of the referendum.
Al-Allaibi said that "the pipeline is the facilities of the Ministry of Oil and do not need consultation and coordination with the Kurdistan region on it," noting that "a strategic pipeline was pumping 600 thousand barrels per day and revenues to the federal government through the Ministry of Oil after paying the cost of storage for the Turkish side, In the port of Ceyhan. " 
The oil minister, Jabbar Ali al-Allaibi, on Tuesday directed the North Oil companies and the oil projects company and the pipeline company of the ministry to develop an urgent plan to repair the pipeline owned by Baghdad, in order to export crude oil from Kirkuk fields to the Turkish port of Ceyhan. 
The government move comes at a time of tension between Baghdad and the Kurdistan region, which held on September 25 last referendum of the separation, where the Iraqi oil was transferred to the port of Ceyhan through a pipeline owned by the region over the past three years.
Iraq last week submitted a formal request to Iran and Turkey in dealing with the federal government exclusively with regard to border ports and the closure of all ports with these two countries until the receipt of management by the federal government as well as the suspension of all commercial dealings, especially on the export of oil and sale with the Kurdistan region, Deal in this file with the Iraqi federal government exclusively because of the region to referendum for the separation from Iraq on 25 September last.

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Oil: rehabilitating the network of tanker lines for oil fields Kirkuk does not mean the cancellation of the strategic line of the north

Editorial Date: 2017/10/10 21:00 • 481 times read

(Baghdad: Al-Furat News) Spokesman for the Ministry of Oil Assem Jihad that the rehabilitation of the network of tanker lines for Kirkuk oil fields, does not mean the cancellation of the strategic line of northern Iraq.

The Jihad told the {Euphrates News} today that "the oil ministry and after the liberation of the provinces of Kirkuk and Salahuddin and Nineveh gangs of Da'ash terrorist, instructed Minister Jabbar Allaibi companies specialized in this area to begin to rehabilitate the network of tanker lines of oil in Kirkuk through Salahaddin province and Nineveh, Jahan Turki ". 
He added that "in terms of importance, Iraq seeks to export energy to increase national revenues and the federal budget," noting that "the ministry was issued before the events of Mosul with a limit of (250-400) thousand barrels per day, but it stopped these exports by terrorist operations." 
He pointed out that "the Ministry of Oil is working for all Iraqis and does not work for a faction or a specific destination, whether the citizen in the center or the south or the north and thus this process will manage the good on all Iraqis." He pointed out that "rehabilitation of the pipeline system will be national effort."

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Kurdistan Commission: The court's decision on issuing arrest warrants against our members is of no value

 

Editor Haidar Majid - Wednesday, October 11

 

 

 

Alsumaria News / Erbil  The spokesman of the Office of Elections and Referendum Sherwan Zerari, on Wednesday, the court's decision against members of the Commission, saying that the decision "has no legal value to him."  Zardari said in an interview with Alsumaria News that "the decision is political and illegal, and that the issuance of the decision of the Electoral Commission and the referendum is not the jurisdiction of the Court of Rusafa in Baghdad," noting that "the issuance of the resolution on the work of the Commission returns to the courts of Kurdistan according to spatial competence, Resolution ".         Zarari added that "the Commission rejects the decision," explaining that "what we did came in accordance with a decision of the presidency and parliament of the Kurdistan region."  The Supreme Judicial Council announced on Wednesday the issuance of arrest warrants against the president and members of the Commission supervising the referendum, indicating that this came in accordance with Article 329 of the Penal Code.

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TEHRAN: We will not take unilateral measures against the Kurdistan region 15:34 Last updated The time now is 03:42 PM 286 Watch     Follow - up / Tomorrow 's Press:  confirmed the Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, said on Wednesday that his country would not take unilateral action against the Kurdistan region against the backdrop of the vote for a referendum for independence from Iraq.  The Iranian MP, Rasool Khadri, told the "Mehr" Iran, "Zarif said during a meeting in a closed session of the Iranian Shura Council, that Tehran will not take unilateral action and Iraq and Turkey to take decisions," adding that " Region and center to clarify things. " He added that "hosting was overshadowed by the Iranian actions on the possibility of America's withdrawal from the nuclear agreement," noting that "Zarif stressed that the withdrawal will cause the isolation of Washington at the international level."  He pointed out that "the agreement was in favor of Tehran so Trump madness, and that Iran is committed to its commitments and will continue to try to win the rights of its people," as he put it.  Earlier in the day, the Iranian Shura Council began a closed session on the Kurdistan region, in the presence of Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Jawad Zarif.  Iran has expressed its position rejecting the referendum of the Kurdistan region, which was held on 25 September last, where Tehran has accused Erbil of seeking to divide the country and targeting the sovereignty of the Iraqi state, and Tehran followed its position with strict measures included a ban on air to and from the Kurdistan region.

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Oil: Kurdistan controls two fields in Kirkuk 14:00 Last updated The time now is 02:04 PM 1590 Watch           BAGHDAD /  The oil ministry announced on Wednesday the control of the Kurdistan region on two oil fields from the oil fields in Kirkuk.  "The ministry of natural resources in the Kurdistan region controls two fields of oil in Kirkuk, while the North Oil Company controls more than one oil field," Oil Ministry spokesman Assem Jihad said in an interview.  He added that "these fields were damaged because of the cessation of pumping operations in addition to stopping the refinery Baiji production after being destroyed by terrorist gangs," noting that "the government's decision to establish a new oil pipeline for the export of oil is binding for all."  He pointed out that "North oil and pipelines began to prepare for the reconstruction of the old pipeline that exports oil through Turkey, bypassing the Kurdistan region."

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Iraq, October 11, 2017 

Asiacell and Korek Telecom, two of the three leading telecommunications companies in Iraq, said on Tuesday that they have not yet received a formal request from the federal government asking them to move their headquarters to Baghdad, Reuters reported.

 

“If required, we will seek a constructive solution which is in the best interests of our customers and all involved parties,” Asiacell said, according to Reuters.

 

An official from Asiacell said in a statement that they have many offices across Iraq. The largest is in Baghdad because it has the company's biggest network and is where they have the most subscribers.

 

It said their line of communication with regard to licenses and regulation is the Baghdad-controlled Communication Media Commission (CMC).

 

“Asiacell is committed to all the rules and decisions issued by the relevant governmental bodies according to the law,” the official said.

 

It added that Asiacell, Korek, and Zain, the three mobile phone operators in Iraq, have received their licences from the Iraqi government.

 

Asiacell said they have paid more than $4 billion in taxes and license fees to the Iraqi authority. It said that the company is a “success story for the country” whose subscribers are more than 12 million people.

 

In the latest of measures issued by the Iraqi federal government following Kurdistan’s independence vote, Baghdad ordered on Monday that “networks of the communication for mobile phones should be under the authority of the federal authorities and have to be transferred to Baghdad.”

 

The head of the administrative council of Korek Telecom, Sirwan Barzani, responded to the federal government’s request on Monday, saying he does not know what Baghdad means with this decision, calling it “unclear.”

 

“We basically received a permit from Baghdad to work and we do not know what the purpose is of this new decision,” Barzani said.

 

AsiaCell and Korek Telecom, whose headquarters are in the Kurdistan Region, provide mobile services across Iraq, not just the Kurdistan Region.

 

Kurdistan’s Transport and Communication Minister Mawlud Bawa Murad told Rudaw on September 29 that the telecommunication industry is under the full authority of the Iraqi government and his ministry has no authority over the Kurdish-owned companies who operate both in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region including Asiacell and Korek Telecom.

 

The order bringing telecommunications under Baghdad authority was issued following a meeting on Monday of the national security council, chaired by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi.

 

The statement released on Monday by the Iraqi government did not specifically identify the networks by name, but is believed to be directed at Korek, which is based in Erbil and the Sulaimani-based Asiacell. Iraq’s third telecommunications operator, Zain, is already based in Baghdad.

rudaw

 

http://iraqdailyjournal.com/story-z16025135

[The Englishman]

WORLD NEWS

OCTOBER 11, 2017 / 5:37 PM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO

Kurdistan region says Iraqi forces 'preparing major attack' in Kirkuk region

 

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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi government forces and Iranian-trained Iraqi paramilitaries are “preparing a major attack” on Kurdish forces in the area of Kirkuk, said the Kurdistan Regional Government on Wednesday.

“We’re receiving dangerous messages that Iraqi forces, including Popular Mobilisation and Federal Police are preparing a major attack .. on Kurdistan,” said the KRG ’s Security Council in tweet confirmed by a Kurdish official.

Offensives are being prepared in the areas of Kirkuk and Mosul, it said.

 

Reporting by Maher Chmaytelli; Editing by Toby Chopra

 

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-referendum-kirkuk/kurdistan-region-says-iraqi-forces-preparing-major-attack-in-kirkuk-region-idUSKBN1CG2B0?rpc=401&

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Barzani needs to put the crack pipe down and pull himself together. That isn't an attack against Kurdistan. 140 has yet to be resolved which means the Kurds are holding these areas hostage from Iraq! Pretty sure the Kurds have already brainwashed the captives into believing that the Kurds own them and if they go along with Barzani's wishes, they might get billions of dinars for their loyalty! 

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2 hours ago, jcfrag said:

Barzani needs to put the crack pipe down and pull himself together. That isn't an attack against Kurdistan. 140 has yet to be resolved which means the Kurds are holding these areas hostage from Iraq! Pretty sure the Kurds have already brainwashed the captives into believing that the Kurds own them and if they go along with Barzani's wishes, they might get billions of dinars for their loyalty! 

jcfrag Agree,  PM Abadi is not playing with this dipstick....😁.   We will see this play out in the days ahead and I am 100 percent certain Iraq will have the last laugh in the end.  Barzani's Dictatorship & Corruption will definitely come to an end IMHO.

 

GO ABADI

 

GO HCL

 

GO Article 140

 

GO RV / RI

[ChuckFinley]

Let's hope they can come to a conscious real soon. 

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One day we will have this elusive RV and be down the road each doing our own thing. Also, we'll wake up in the middle of the the night perhaps, saying " thank the Gods this is all finally done with ! " - smile, close our eyes and fall blissfully fast asleep 😴 and sleep as we haven't slept for the past 14 + years.

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Is Iraq On The Brink Of Civil War?

By Tsvetana Paraskova - Oct 11, 2017, 4:00 PM CDT

 

 

For much of the past month, the Kurdistan referendum on independence and its possible implications for the region have dominated news headlines from the Middle East.

 

The fate of Kurdistan-controlled oil production and exports in the face of Turkish threats to cut off the main export route for Kurdish oil, and Iraq’s call to the neighbors and the world to deal only with the federal government—especially in oil sales and trade—pushed oil prices to a several-months-high at the end of September.  

 

The oil-rich area around Kirkuk—with the city currently under the administration of Kurdish forces—is the site where both the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and Iraq’s state-held North Oil Company control oil wells. The dispute over Kirkuk and its oil fields could spark a civil war If the central government and Kurdistan leave the issue with the Kurdish push for independence unresolved, Iraqi Vice President Ayad Allawi said in an interview with The Associated Press earlier this week.

 

Allawi called for restraint from both the President of the Kurdistan Region, Masoud Barzani, and Iraq’s central government and its Iranian-backed militia, the Asa‘ib Ahl al-Haq, which are part of the Popular Mobilization Forces.

 

“The government claims they control the Popular Mobilization Forces. If they do they should restrain them, rather than go into a kind of civil war. And there should be a restraint on Masoud Barzani and the Peshmerga not to take aggressive measures to control these lands,” Allawi told the AP.

 

Related: Russia Gets Foothold In The World’s Hottest NatGas Discovery

 

The multi-ethnic city of Kirkuk voted in the September 25 referendum on Kurdish independence despite the fact that it’s outside the autonomous Kurdistan region. Kirkuk, however, has been administered by Kurdish forces since 2014, when the Iraqi army fled from the advance of ISIS and the Peshmerga took control of the city from the Islamist militants.

 

Following the overwhelming support for Kurdish independence in the referendum, the KRG is seeking dialog to resolve all issues and has not declared independence in any part of Kurdistan. Iraq, for its part, says that the referendum is unconstitutional, and urges Iran and Turkey to stop all commercial transactions with Kurdistan, especially in oil exports and sales. Iran and Turkey are also strongly opposed to any Kurdish breakaway, fearing similar moves by their own Kurdish populations.

 

The Iraqi federal government also plans to reopen an oil pipeline from Kirkuk to the Turkish port of Ceyhan that bypasses Kurdistan, to further pressure the KRG.

 

Not only Iraq’s neighbors oppose the Kurdish referendum. The U.S. and Western powers are also against it, fearing that yet another conflict in the Middle East would distract from efforts to push Islamic State out of Iraq and Syria.

 

The only major global power that hasn’t denounced the Kurdish referendum is Russia, and Russia isn’t giving up its oil and gas deals in Kurdistan.

 

At an energy panel last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin said “By the way, we have traditionally maintained good relations with the Kurds…We are not interfering. Therefore, our statements are weighed-up and careful, their aim is not to incite, not to escalate the situation”.

 

Just days before the referendum, Russia’s oil giant Rosneft said it would look into the opportunity to build a $1-billion pipeline bringing gas from Iraqi Kurdistan to Turkey. Rosneft—led by Vladimir Putin’s close ally Igor Sechin—has been intensifying links and deals with Kurdistan this year.

 

Related: Russia And China Continue To Boost Oil Ties

 

Last week, Russia’s Energy Minister Alexander Novak told Kurdistan 24 that Russia didn’t have any intention to scale back operations and investments in Kurdistan. 

 

This past Sunday, Novak said to the same outlet that Rosneft “will connect the Kurdistan Region’s oil and gas pipeline to the Black Sea.”

 

Judging from these statements, while Iraq, Iran, and Turkey aim to sever the Kurdish lifeline—oil—Russia is building up oil and gas ties in Kurdistan.

 

By Tsvetana Paraskova for Oilprice.com

 

http://oilprice.com/Geopolitics/International/Is-Iraq-On-The-Brink-Of-Civil-War.html

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Abadi’s office says troops still deployed in Kirkuk for security reasons

by Nehal Mostafa Oct 11, 2017, 11:59 pm

 

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi’s media office has said that presence of federal troops in southwest of Kirkuk is to liberate it, after declaring the province free of Islamic State, which controlled 40 percent of it.

 

“Iraqi troops waged fierce battles in Kirkuk regions as well as Mosul to liberate them from IS,” Saad al-Hadithi, the spokesperson of the media office, said in a statement on Wednesday. “It’s normal that troops remain deployed there to preserve security, facilitate repatriation of the displaced and prevent the return back of terrorists.“It’s unreasonable that the troops get deployed for liberation and then return back to barracks,” he added.

 

“The regions that were named as disputed in constitution include Kirkuk. It’s under authority of the federal government in accordance with constitution. This means that government has to keep safety and security there to prevent violations against lives and properties of people, including the Kurdish and other ethnicities,” Hadithi said.

 

Kurdish Peshmerga forces denied warnings by Kurdistan’s security council that Iraq was preparing for a major attack on Kirkuk.

 

 

Previously on the day, a tweet by the autonomous region’s security council indicated receiving dangerours messages that Iraqi forces are preparing for a major attack in southwest of Kirkuk.

 

However, Jabbar Yawar, secretary general of the Peshmerga Ministry, said in remarks that such news were untrue.

 

https://www.iraqinews.com

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The KRG is ready to discuss the dispute over airports and banks with Baghdad

 

Economy News Baghdad: The Kurdistan Regional Government said in a statement published Thursday that it is ready to hold talks with the central government on Kurdish airports and border posts and banks, according to news agency "Reuters". The Iraqi government has taken measures to isolate the northern Kurdish region after it supported secession in a referendum last month. The Iraqi authorities began an economic war on the Kurdistan region of Iraq as a punitive measure on the referendum of separation, was the suspension of flights of foreign companies to airports in the region, and the issuance of the Iraqi National Security Council decision to prosecute the funds of the region and its officials in banks. The Iraqi civil aviation authority told foreign companies to suspend flights to the airports of the Kurdistan region, explaining in a statement that the suspension will be until further notice. Arbil airport was established after the US occupation of Iraq in 2003, and in December of the same year, the first plane landed in it, and the airport began operating flights to neighboring countries, before organizing flights to European countries in 2005 by Kurdistan Airlines. The Sulaymaniyah airport was opened in mid-2005 by the Government of the Territory by organizing flights to Turkey, Jordan and a number of European countries. Among the punitive measures, the Central Bank of Iraq suspended all financial transactions with Kurdistan in a move that could lead to a sharp rise in the price of the dollar and the aggravation of the livelihood crises of the region, according to economists and financial analysts. The region relies mainly on its financial transactions on Iraqi banks that provide foreign currency (dollar), which support the region in the import of daily needs of food and essential needs from Turkey and Iran. According to an Iraqi official, who declined to be named, three banks of the Kurdistan region have been deprived of participation in the auction of hard currency. Banks and money remittance companies operating in Baghdad and the other 14 governorates have also been prevented from transferring any hard currency in the Kurdistan Region, Within a limited roof. The financial sanctions will have the biggest negative impact on the lives of the people of the region, as the suspension of financial transactions is expected to lead to a major shock in the Kurdish market where the dollar exchange rate against the dinar is likely to rise to record levels and the importation will falter in the coming days if the sanctions imposed by the bank The central government of Kurdistan, according to analysts. According to official reports, the amount of foreign currency entering the region from Iraq is estimated at between 4 and 5 million dollars on a daily basis. The private sector in the region relies on hard currency in its commercial transactions with Iran and Turkey through the import of foodstuffs and construction, In addition to the import of the government of the region about 300 thousand liters of gasoline from Turkey, and 100 thousand of Iran per day to meet the local need, and pay the cost in foreign currency as well.     Views 10   Date Added 12/10/2017

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Government action escalates against separatists

12/10/2017 12:00 am   Legal Committee for {morning}: activate Article termination of membership of the Kurdish deputies participating in the referendum  Baghdad / morning / Omar Abdel - Latif   saw yesterday, a surge in government measures taken against the participants and contributors to the illegal referendum conducted by the province  of Kurdistan. Has issued a court to investigate Rusafa arrest warrants against the President and members of the Kurdistan Regional Commission, which oversees the holding of the referendum contrary to the decision of the Federal Supreme Court.  "The Al-Rusafa investigation court issued an arrest warrant against the president and members of the commission supervising the referendum in the Kurdistan region," Judge Abdul Sattar Birqdar, spokesman for the Supreme Judicial Council, said in a statement received by al-Sabah.  "The order was issued on the basis of a complaint submitted by the National Security Council against the background of holding the referendum contrary to the decision of the Federal Supreme Court." "The court issued an arrest warrant against the accused in accordance with Article 329 of the Penal Code," Birkdar said.  However, the Supreme Federal Court's response to the request of the House of Representatives on the provision of opinion and opinion on the position of the deputies participating in the referendum in the Kurdistan region, because this is not within the competence contained in the Constitution and its law No. [30] for 2005, but the parliamentary legal committee confirmed to " it "will do material to end membership of the deputies of the Kurds in the rules of procedure of parliament for their participation by referendum.  the committee member said Sadiq frankincense, a member of the Committee on the implementation and follow - up to the parliament 's decision on Kurdish MPs participants referendum:" the parliament will do rule terminate membership in the rules of procedure of the parliament. " He added that "the Federal Court's response was very natural, because the section is very clear, and it confirms respect for the unity of Iraq, and denounced by any party was considered an end to its membership, and this could be resolved this matter in the House of Representatives without the need to enter the Federal Court as a party in Subject".  For his part, suggested a member of the Committee on the Kurdistan Islamic Group Zana Said, "a collective decision not to allow the deputies participating in the referendum to be in the House of Representatives."  He told the "morning": "The majority of Kurdish MPs participated in the referendum, including the publication of photographs of his participation in social networking sites  ." The government has taken a number of measures, including the submission of a formal request to Iran and Turkey to deal with the federal government exclusively with regard to the border ports, as well as the suspension of all commercial transactions, especially concerning the export of oil and its sale with the Kurdistan region, and to deal with this file with the Iraqi federal government exclusively.  The Ministerial Council for National Security also decided to subject the mobile telephone networks of the Territory to the Federal Authority and transfer them to Baghdad.  Baghdad imposed a ban on international flights to and from the region after the provincial government refused to hand over Erbil and Sulaymaniyah airports to the federal government.

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Communications Authority: Mobile companies have confirmed their submission to the federal authority

12/10/2017 12:00 am  BAGHDAD / Al-Sabah  The Information and Communications Commission on Wednesday received a "formal confirmation" of mobile phone companies operating in Iraq under the federal authority  . A statement of the Commission received «morning» a copy of it pointed out that «the Information and Communications Commission received an official confirmation by mobile phone companies operating in Iraq to respond to what is stated in the guidance of the National Security Council decision to subject the work of companies to the federal authority  ». The National Council of Ministers of National Security confirmed last Monday, follow-up lawsuit filed by the prosecution to prosecute state officials within the region of those who carried out the referendum procedures in violation of the decisions of the Federal Court , while decided to transfer mobile networks to mobile phones  to Baghdad. Asiacell Telecom confirmed on Tuesday its commitment to pay license fees and taxes, subject to laws and decisions issued by the competent government authorities in accordance with the  law.

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Jubouri and Hamoudi discuss ways to get out of the referendum crisis

12/10/2017 12:00 am   BAGHDAD / Al-Sabah  Speaker of the House of Representatives Dr. Salim al-Jubouri discussed with his deputy, President of the Supreme Islamic Council Sheikh Hammam Hamoudi, ways to find ways to get out of the referendum crisis.  A statement issued by the Office of the Speaker of the Parliament received a copy of the morning, that Jubouri and Hamoudi «reviewed the latest political situation in the country, ways of cooperation between the parties to resolve outstanding problems, and the need to end the tension between the region and the Center within the constitutional frameworks, Any threat or threat, and dealt with addressing the crisis of the displaced and the reconstruction of the regions and the file of reconciliation community ».  The two sides agreed on "the importance of sticking to political tracks and trying to find internal solutions to all problems, and seek to create a stable environment through which the aspects of economic development can be activated."  In another framework, the Speaker of the House of Representatives stressed the need to seek to solve problems and threats and everything that affects the unity and stability of Iraq. This came during a meeting yesterday with the delegation of the American Institute of Peace, which discussed with him the latest political and security situation in the country and the region.  A statement by the Office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives received «morning» a copy of it, «the two sides also discussed« the efforts of parliament in the containment of the crises that stand in the political process, and discussed the meeting the file of community reconciliation and its role in healing the rift and bring the views  .  "The challenges facing the political process in the country require additional and serious efforts by all to solve the problems and in all possible ways in order to spare the Iraqi people from the north to the south risks and threats and everything that affects the unity and stability of Iraq." As for the file of reconciliation, the Speaker of the House of Representatives pointed out that «the efforts of the parliament is moving to activate the project of community reconciliation during the next phase through laws and legislation, especially after the defeat calling the terrorist by devoting the language of dialogue frank and fold the page of the past».  "Reconciliation is still and remains our goal, which will help all parties to overcome differences and give preference to the language of reason, which will reflect positively on the security and stability of the country," Jubouri said

[yota691]

Iranian Referendum: A referendum in Kurdistan is a pipe dream

12/10/2017 12:00 am   BAGHDAD (Reuters) -   Iran will not allow the creation of a base by the Zionist entity alongside its borders, saying the division of Iraq will never be achieved, the Iranian religious authority said.  Shirazi said in a lecture on Wednesday in the holy city of Qom on the referendum on the secession of Iraqi Kurdistan: "The Zionist entity was the only entity in the world that officially recognized the referendum in the Kurdistan region of Iraq and America wants to do so, but does not show this to the public."  He said that "the referendum process serves the Zionist entity in both cases, either to succeed and become the basis of Iraq's Kurdistan, or to fail and kill a large number of individuals because of this, which is in the interest of the entity also." In response to his question that Iran will allow the establishment of a Zionist entity along its borders, he said: "Iran will never allow at any price was the occurrence of this matter, and Turkey has a great sensitivity to the issue of the Kurds, because a significant part of the population of Turkey are Kurds Allow the establishment of a Kurdish state along its borders and part of Turkey is separated, so Turkey stands with all force and does not allow the division of the country ».  He addressed the leaders of Iraqi Kurdistan, saying: "You have conducted the referendum, but without study and consideration, if the confrontation broke out there will be 3 strong countries before you, and here what can the Zionist entity to you."  "The Zionist entity could not stand in front of Gaza and Hezbollah, Lebanon, how can he do something to   you ??"  He stressed that "the interest requires that the response of Iraq solve their problems with the central government, noting that the separation of the Kurdistan region of Iraq and the transition to an independent state of dreams will never be achieved  ."

[yota691]

The Kurdistan Regional Government announces readiness for dialogue with Baghdad on the border posts and airports in the region

Release date: 2017/10/12 9:15 • 526 times read

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has shown willingness to hold talks with the central government in Baghdad over Kurdish airports, border posts and banks. 


In a press statement, the KRG said it was ready to discuss the dispute over Kurdish airports and border posts with the Iraqi government in Baghdad. 

The Iraqi government has taken several measures following the referendum last month's separation, including the administration of airports and border crossings, and required Baghdad to hold no dialogue unless the referendum is canceled.

[yota691]

Regional leadership: the people of Kurdistan faces a siege and collective punishment of Baghdad [expanded]

Editorial Date: 2017/10/11 22:21 • 333 times read

[Ayna-Baghdad] 
held the political leadership of the Kurdistan region, on Wednesday, a meeting in the resort of Salah al-Din Barbil, and under the direct supervision of the President of the region, Massoud Barzani, where it was decided to change its name to "the Supreme Political Council of Kurdistan."

The Council noted in a statement that "the will of the people of Kurdistan was confirmed through participation and vote for independence and freely in the referendum held on September 25, 2017, and open the door to dialogue with Baghdad without preconditions, without imposition of sanctions or siege, and according to certain timelines for success Dialogue ". 

"The issuance of these sanctions against the people of Kurdistan is illegal and irresponsible, and the aggravation of the situation will not be in the interest of any of the parties." 

According to the statement, "the two communities declare to the world public opinion as well as to the United Nations, that the people of Kurdistan face a siege and collective punishment, and is threatened by the use of force against him, and this situation may lead to the lives of people and displaced people in Kurdistan and Iraq to danger, so we demand an end For these threats and for this collective punishment ". 

The Council also decided to launch the "Supreme Political Council of Kurdistan"

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After rumors of a military attack on Baghdad against the region .. Abbadi resolved: We will not use our army against our people! Thursday 12 October 2017 | 13:59 In response to all the rumors about the intention of Baghdad to carry out a military attack on the Kurdistan region or areas under the control of the Peshmerga forces in Kirkuk, Abadi resolved all questions, stressing: "We will not use our army against our people or we are fighting against our Kurdish citizens and others." "It is our duty to maintain the unity of the country and the implementation of the Constitution and the protection of citizens and national wealth." During his chairing a broad meeting to consolidate stability in Anbar province, which included a large number of deputies and deputies and dignitaries of the region, Abadi pointed out that his government "is working hard to accelerate the restoration of stability," stressing the need to close the camps of displaced persons and return every displaced citizen to his home soon Check in Anbar. " He stressed "not to allow the return to the first box and the return of sectarian discourse and division."

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Abadi: We will not use our army against our people or fight a war against our Kurdish citizens 13:56 Last updated The time now is 02:00 AM 308 Watch     Abadi: We will not use our army against our people or we are fighting a war against our Kurdish compatriots

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12-10-2017 02:00 PM

Prime Minister: We will not use our army against our people or fight a war against our Kurdish citizens

 

 

 

Abadi: We will not use our army against our people or fight a war against our Kurdish citizens and others, and it is our duty to maintain the unity of the country and the application of the Constitution and the protection of citizens and national wealth ...