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

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KRG welcomes Abadi’s offer to pay Kurdish salaries, costs Baghdad $772m

By Rudaw 14 hours ago

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ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – The Kurdistan Regional Government has welcomed a call by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi for Baghdad to pay the salary of Kurdish public servants, saying that doing so requires the Iraqi government has to pay 1.2 million people and that will cost Iraq 897.5 billion Iraqi dinars ($772 million).

 

The KRG said in a statement that it is willing to provide the Iraqi government the list of those people who are on its payroll if Baghdad agreed to pay in full their salaries.

 

It also criticized the proposal for the 2018 Iraqi budget which for the first time does not refer to Erbil as the Kurdistan Region, instead choosing to use “the provinces of the Kurdistan.” It said doing so violates the Iraqi constitution recognizing the Kurdistan Region as a federal entity with its own government, legislature and laws.

 

The KRG detailed that it has 1,249,481 people on its payroll, including 455,000 public servants (police forces included), 266,465 Peshmerga and local Asayish (Kurdish security).

 

PM Abadi stated on Tuesday that his government is willing to pay the Kurdish salaries.

 

The Kurdistan Region has been struggling to pay its large employees because of the drop in oil prices, the war on ISIS, and budget cuts by Iraq since 2014.

 

The KRG said it is willing to provide the list of its employees it collected through the biometric mechanism aimed at canceling double salaries and ghost employees. 

 

PM Abadi on Monday doubted the Kurdish Region has hundreds of thousands of Peshmerga fighters, saying it is a small fighting force while many stay at home.

 

He said the Peshmerga must either come under the command of the Iraqi government, or be downsized to a small, local force paid by Erbil.

 

The KRG demanded for the Iraqi government not to approve a budget proposal presented by Baghdad’s finances ministry that “for the first time since 2003 the constitutional term of (the Kurdistan Region-Iraq) has been removed and instead used the term 'provinces of the Kurdistan Region,' ” the statement detailed. It added that this violates Article 117 of the Iraqi constitution that recognized the Kurdistan Region as a federal region with its own government, parliament and judiciary.

 

It said that the Iraqi government trying to deal directly with the provinces of the Kurdistan Region is also in violation of the Iraqi constitution since the constitution recognized the four provinces collectively as one entity.

 

The KRG pointed out that the budget proposal for the first time since 2005 has cut the Kurdish share from its entitled 17 percent down to a mere 12 percent. It added that the KRG and Iraq have since 2005 agreed that the Kurdish population constitutes 17 percent of the Iraqi population, and this remains to be the case unless a census conducted.

 

The regional government stated the Iraqi constitution does not allow the federal government to decrease the constitutional powers of the Kurdish government, nor does it allow the constitution to be amended in this regard.

 

It concluded that PM Abadi has long advocated that every side respect the constitution, and now it is his turn to show in practice that his government will be doing so. 

 

http://www.rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/011120175

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Keywords: Ports and disputed areas concern Baghdad only

Editorial Date: 2017/11/1 23:13 • 336 times read

(Baghdad: al-Furat News) The MP for the rule of law on the relations that "the border ports and disputed areas that belong to Baghdad only according to the Constitution and the law."

"The federal forces moved towards the border crossings and reached wide ranges and faced fire from the Peshmerga forces and stopped our right to blood," Al-Aalak told AFP. 
He added that "the commander-in-chief of the armed forces Haider Abadi sent a security delegation to negotiate with the Kurdish side to prevent a military clash between the Peshmerga and federal forces, was during the dialogue to agree on an unspecified draft to extend the influence of federal forces throughout Iraq, according to the constitution." 
He pointed out that "the Kurdish security delegation after they returned to its leaders in the region announced the refusal of Kurdistan for this agreement." 
He pointed out that "the dialogues between Baghdad and Erbil continued since 2003 because it is separate from all and reinforced the separation issue of the referendum, and declared Kurdish leaders at the time that their dialogues on the state of Kurdistan and not on the basis of the unity of Iraq."
"When the referendum was declared in the region, the federal government was obliged to give opinion to the disputed areas, which is constitutionally due to it," he said, stressing that "the encroachment on many cities outside the borders of the region by the Peshmerga after a preacher," describing it as "rebellion against the cities and borders of Iraq."

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Najirvan Barzani in Baghdad soon to launch a dialogue with the government

 Baghdad / Mohammed Sabah 
 

Kurdish media revealed the intention of the Kurdistan Regional Government President Nechirvan Barzani to visit soon to the capital Baghdad, led by a delegation of Kurdistan, including his deputy Kebad Talabani and representatives of the parties in the region.

This development comes a few days after the departure of the President of the region Massoud Barzani, and the vote of the Parliament of the Territory to transfer the powers of the President to the Prime Minister, who became the first official in the region. 
The date of the upcoming visit is unclear. While parties say that the visit will take place next week, the Kurdish Democratic bloc talks that Barzani is waiting for an invitation from Abadi to come to Baghdad. 
In the meantime, denied a deputy close to the Prime Minister knowledge of the existence of a scheduled date to visit the President of the Kurdistan Regional Government, again the conditions of the government to start any dialogue with the Kurdish side, which is the announcement of the cancellation of the referendum in public. 
He also talked about the US efforts to bring Baghdad and Erbil closer, denying that there is an official initiative in this regard.
The "range" has revealed, last week, the daily contacts conducted by political parties between the federal government and the Kurdish leaders in preparation for the start of direct dialogues between the parties, but that collides with Baghdad insistence on canceling the results of the referendum in exchange for Arbil reservation on the delivery of border ports and airports and financial revenues. 
Last week, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) launched an initiative that included three points: 1- Freeze the results of the referendum process. 2. Immediately cease fire and cease all military operations. 3. Initiate an open dialogue with the federal government under the Iraqi constitution. 
MP Majid Shankali, a member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, said that "the Kurdish delegation is waiting for the invitation of the Prime Minister Haider Abadi," asserting that "the Federal Court is the only body authorized in the Constitution to cancel the referendum in the Kurdistan region."
"The United States and the European Union do not allow any tension in the region, and push for resolving all differences, providing security stability and returning all displaced people," Shankali said in a statement. 
"The negotiations between the federal government and the Kurdistan region will be launched during the next few periods to discuss the differences and thorny files, particularly the budget, borders, airports, oil exports and the presence of federal forces in the disputed areas," MP Mohammad Osman said in a statement. 
The MP for the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan bloc "there is a prospective visit to the delegation of the Kurdistan Regional Government to the capital Baghdad, during the coming period, the Prime Minister and some political figures to resolve the problems and outstanding differences between Baghdad and Erbil," and expected to see next week the arrival of the Kurdish delegation, All Kurdish.
The Kurdish MP to "the presence of US mediation to bring Prime Minister Haider Abadi with the Kurdistan Regional Government in Baghdad to discuss all the repercussions and differences," but said that "the federal government is still committed to cancel the referendum before entering into any negotiations." 
He stressed Mohamed Osman on the need to reduce the federal government from the ceiling of its demands to accelerate the start of negotiations and resolve all the problems and differences, stressing the existence of a US initiative will resolve the intersections between Arbil and Baghdad. 
In turn, says Ali Alaak, MP close to Prime Minister Haider Abadi, "The government is determined to cancel the referendum in the Kurdistan region publicly before starting any negotiations to discuss issues and outstanding and controversial between the parties."
The deputy said in an interview with (the extent) yesterday, "I do not know the existence of a visit to a Kurdish delegation to Baghdad to discuss the contentious issues, but negotiations conditional on the cancellation of the referendum in order to resolve the differences under the Constitution," adding that "the United States and France are calling, Side meetings, to solve the crisis but there is no such thing as initiative. " 
The United States, Britain, Germany and France have made extensive efforts to bring Baghdad and Erbil closer to the backdrop of the referendum. And calls for these efforts as a whole to calm and non-escalation between the federal government and the Kurdistan region. 
On Tuesday, the US State Department praised the decision by the president of the Kurdistan region not to extend his presidency and called on Baghdad and Erbil to make efforts to resolve controversial issues according to the constitution.
In turn, London urged the Iraqi government to start a dialogue with Erbil, confirming the Kurdistan government's readiness for it. A statement from the office of Abadi said he had received a phone call from British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson, noting that the parties "discussed the victories against terrorism and the spread of federal forces in the province of Kirkuk and other areas and political and security conditions."

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EXCLUSIVE: Draft of Iraq-KRG agreement proposal on borders, forces

By Rudaw 3 hours ago

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Rudaw has obtained the documents detailing the draft of recent agreement proposals between the Kurdistan Region and Iraq following a few days of clashes in some of the border areas. Iraqi and Kurdish authorities have held negotiations to solve their disputes, mainly in the disputed territories and the deployment of forces, though on Wednesday the Iraqi government and the KRG both accused each other of backtracking on the agreement. 

 

NOTE: The points in the following documents are what the Iraqi side had presented to the Kurdish delegations and the Kurdish side of the negotiations have provided their response as detailed below. These documents in no way mean any kind of final agreement between Erbil and Baghdad.

 

Document 1.

 

The text of the agreement

Based on Articles 110, 114, 115 of the Iraqi constitution concerning the powers of the Federal Government and the Regional Government (KRG) and to normalize the situation, the following agreement was reached between both sides, based on the constitution.

1. 1. Article 53 of state administration transformed to Article 140 in the constitution which (recognizes the Regional Government as an official government in areas it administered in the provinces of Duhok, Erbil, Sulaimani, Kirkuk, Diyala and Nineveh).
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3. 2. Based on Article 140 designed to solve the disputed territories as set in Article 58 of the Transitional Administrational Law to normalize the situation in those areas and establish justice to their populations and erasing all traces of repressive measures taken by previous governments, these areas will be administered by Federal and Region’s (KRG) authorities in coordination and cooperation since they are considered disputed territories until Article 140 has been implemented and their populations have their safety and security returned.
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5. 3. The administration of the Fish Khabur crossing, based on clause 1 of Article 114 of the constitution, stipulates a joint administration. Protection will be provided by a joint force of Peshmerga, Federal forces and the International Coalition. Taking into account that Fish Khabur is inside KRG territory based on Articles 53 and 140.
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7. 4. Joint committees of Federal Forces and Peshmerga will draw a plan for areas where these forces will be deployed.

 

 

Document 2.

 

In the Name of Allah

Based on the Articles and decrees of the Iraqi constitution as the highest power in the country and to which all sides must be committed in all areas and provinces of the country without exception, representatives of the Federal Government and the Regional Government whose names have been listed below met and agreed on this document at the Nineveh Operations Command Center on October, 29, 2017.

 

Federal Government delegation:

1. Othman Ali Farhud al-Ghanmi      Army Chief of Staff, head of delegation
2. Muwafaq Abul Hadi Taqfiq            Ministry of Interior representative on police affairs
3. Manaf Abbas Ali                          Antiterrorism Forces
4. Hamid Rashid Flayah                  National Security
5. Saad Mizhir Alaq                        Head of Military Intelligence

 

 

KRG delegation:

1. Karim Sinjari             Minister of Interior, Acting Peshmerga Minister
2. Jaafar Mustafa          Commander of 70 Army
3. Sherwan Abdulrahman Ali      Peshmerga Command member
4. Aziz Waysi             Commander of Zeravani Forces
5. Zirar HamaSalih    Coordination and Joint Coalition Center/Erbil
6. Brusk Qassab        Director of Peshmerga Intelligence

 

Agreement:

1. 1. Local administration and local police will administer areas falling within the boundaries of the Kurdistan Region based on Article 53 of State Administration law and of 19/03/2003 and Article 143 of the Iraqi constitution, in a way that does not conflict with the Federal Law.
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3. 2. Deployment of Federal Forces in all areas that fall outside the administrative boundaries of the KRG provinces and Peshmerga presence in these areas must be symbolic and differ in size from one area to another and decided by the Federal authorities.
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5. 3. Securing the Fish Khabur area by Border forces and Federal forces for lack of a legal text on the deployment of any forces other than the federal forces and if the Peshmerga forces become part of the Federal Forces then they will all have to abide by the orders of the Central Command of the Armed Forces.
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7. 4. The Federal Forces will command all areas where they will redeploy to.
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9. 5. Commanders of the Federal Forces and the Peshmerga will draw a plan for the deployment of Federal Forces in these areas and the handover of areas.
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11. 6. This agreement will be implemented in all areas where KRG forces will withdraw from.

 

 

Karim Sinjari

KRG Interior Minister/Acting Peshmerga Minister

 

Lieutaant General

Othman Ali Farhud al-Ghanmi

Army Chief of Staff

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Document 3.

 

Greetings,

 

Following the negotiations we are sending you our response here and our views on reaching permanent solutions:

 

1. Inclusive ceasefire and end to hostilities on all fronts.
2. Return to the joint military mechanism between the army and the Peshmerga to fight ISIS terrorism that is still persistent.
3. Respect to the ceasefire and deployment of joint forces until all issues have been constitutionally resolved.
4. Start of negotiations between Baghdad and the Kurdistan Region and the participation of the International Coalition based on the Iraqi constitution and establishment of political, administrative, legal and military committees to resolve all the issues.
5. As a gesture of goodwill the Kurdistan Region is willing to allow a joint force of Peshmerga, Federal forces and the international coalition in Fish Khabur, but it has to be temporary until the order of things is restored.

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/02112017

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Abadi: 3 conditions for the participation of the Peshmerga administration "disputed"

 Baghdad / Range 
 

The language of escalation and accusations between Baghdad and Erbil returned after a week of optimism that prevailed in the atmosphere waiting for the outcome of the talks conducted by technical teams of the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government.

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi accused the Peshmerga factions of trying to drag the federal government into war by attacking the latter in disputed areas. 
The Joint Operations Command announced that the Kurdish side had withdrawn from the redeployment agreement, pointing out that the Peshmerga forces had set up positions to block the progress of our units and promised to respond to the source of fire in the event of an attack. 
Since last Thursday, federal forces have stopped their advance towards the Feshkhabur crossing after violent clashes with Peshmerga forces. The prime minister announced on Thursday the suspension of progress and giving 24 hours to technical teams to facilitate the deployment of federal forces. The deadline was extended more than once. On Tuesday, he announced the arrival of troops to the crossing with Turkey, but the Kurdish side denied this.
"Some of the Peshmerga wings hit our Iraqi forces and are trying to drag us into war," the prime minister said during a meeting with a group of Iraqi journalists and media reporters. "I ordered the military leaders in those areas to respond with the force of law to any attacks targeting them from those armed groups that do not follow the orders of the Peshmerga." 
"I sent a technical team to the province of Nineveh, a few days ago, to find a formula for redeployment, not to negotiate," he said, pointing out that "the Kurds tried to resort to negotiate with our military technical team, but I was directed not to conduct any negotiations outside Baghdad." He stressed that "the technical team is legally mandated and the authority of the federal government to redeploy in the borders and disputed areas, which was controlled by Erbil after 2003."
"I have agreed with the Kurdish side not to negotiate until after the cancellation of the referendum and the adoption of the constitution," the prime minister said, adding that "requests to respond to the negotiations from Erbil, but I postponed consideration until a court ruling on the referendum." 
Abadi put conditions for the participation of the Peshmerga by holding the border areas, including that "its presence in the barracks and not military headquarters, and be subject to the decisions of the commander-in-chief, and is committed to carrying light weapons only." 
But the prime minister said that "the American side began sending telegrams warning of the advance of our forces to Vishkhabur and the borders of Kurdistan with Turkey," adding that "this concern may be related to what is happening in Syria has nothing to do with Iraq."
In the context of developments following the referendum in the Kurdistan region, Abadi said that "the Turkish side asked me to allow him to launch a military campaign against Erbil on behalf of Iraq, but I refused." Meanwhile, the Joint Operations Command said, "Through the high responsibility and wisdom shown by the President The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces sent a high-level military technical delegation to hold a series of meetings with the security delegation from Erbil and give a period of several days in order to inject blood and protect the citizens, the leadership of the Territory and their delegation negotiator fully withdrew on Tuesday 31/10/2017 of the draft agreed upon Faint The federal team with them. " In a statement received by Al-Mada, the operations command said that "this was played by the time before them, and what they offered after all these negotiations and agreements and at the last minute is a return to below the first square and contrary to everything they agreed upon," stressing that "what They made it absolutely unacceptable. "
"The Erbil side has been given a deadline to agree on the paper they negotiated and then turned away from it, unfortunately they are working to procrastinate and treachery to kill our troops as they did before and will not allow it." 
The command stressed that "the federal forces are required to secure the areas and borders and the protection of civilians and has strict instructions not to clash and prevent bloodshed, but if the armed groups associated with Arbil fired missiles and shells and fire at federal forces and killed members and intimidate citizens, they will be pursued by the force of federal law and will not be safe" . The Joint Operations Command concluded its statement by stressing that "the interests of our people in all areas to be entered by the federal forces will be protected."
In conjunction with these developments, the Army Chief of Staff inspected Lieutenant General Othman al-Ghanmi Qatif Zammar, Ayn Zalah and al-Baridiyah, west of Mosul. The military information cell, in a brief statement, said that "the Chief of Staff of the army and accompanied by the Director of Military Intelligence inspected Zammar, Ayn Zalah and al-Baradea and met with the leaders of the army and the federal police and the anti-terrorism apparatus."

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Trend Press / Baghdad

 

The Federal Court said on Thursday that it can not express any opinion on the subject of constitutional or unconstitutionality of the referendum, noting that the resolution of cases against the referendum is dependent on the other party to the case.

A copy of the statement was obtained by "The Trend Press", a spokesman for the court, Ayas al-Samok, said that "the plaintiffs in the proceedings before the Federal Supreme Court (89, 91, 92, 93 / Federal / 2017) 25/9/2017 ".

Samok added that "the Federal Supreme Court felt that the resolution of these cases is dependent on informing the other party in the case, which was addressed to him by the representative of the Kurdistan region in the Council of Ministers," noting that "the last confirmation was on 18/10/2017."

He added that "the court can not give an opinion on the subject of constitutional or unconstitutional referendum only through the above mentioned cases," noting that "giving the opinion in advance and without hearing the other party with the existence of such claims is contrary to the provisions of Article 91/5 of the Law of Pleadings Civil, and with established judicial contexts on the need not to give a prior opinion with the existence of proceedings on the same subject. 

 

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Press release: Talks between Erbil and Baghdad begin next week

 

 

 Rawezh Muhamad

 02/11/2017 - 11:56

News / Kurdistan

 

 

 

A press report on Thursday indicated the start of the next week's dialogue between Erbil and Baghdad to resolve the problems and crisis between the two sides.

Al-Hayat newspaper reported on the political sources in the Iraqi capital Baghdad confirmed that a dialogue will be held next week between the governments of the Center and the region to settle outstanding issues, despite the declaration of Abadi commitment to cancel the results of the referendum a condition for dialogue.

This comes as Turkey has in turn pointed to the expected meeting between the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region, Nechirvan Barzani and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Spokesman for the Turkish Presidency, Ibrahim Kalan, announced on Wednesday that the Turkish President is in the process of setting a date for the reception of the President of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Nechirvan Barzani.

A spokesman for the Turkish presidency revealed the expected meeting during a press conference in Ankara, noting that President Erdogan will decide on it in time.

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A new meeting between the federal government and representatives of the Kurdistan region in Mosul

 

 

Number of readings: 23143 02-11-2017 10:15 PM

 

 

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Revealed Kurdish sources informed that the delegation of the federal government held a meeting with a military delegation to the Kurdistan region on Thursday, to discuss ways to find a solution to the problems between Baghdad and Erbil. 

According to Kurdish sources informed that 'the meeting held by the delegation of the federal government with the military delegation to the Kurdistan region in Mosul is part of a series of meetings to find a solution to the crisis between Baghdad and Erbil'.

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Deputy in the Parliament of Kurdistan: the balance of power will see a change soon

 

 

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Deputy Chairman of the Security Committee in the Kurdistan Regional Parliament, Nazem Harki, on Thursday, there are signs that the coming days 'change in the balance of power', while stressing the importance of the presence of a third party in the talks between Baghdad and Erbil.

 "There are signs that the balance of power will see a change in the coming days, especially since there are international interests in the region and it is necessary to protect them," Harki said .

 Harki welcomed the "American participation in the talks between the Kurdistan region and the Iraqi government," stressing the importance of a third international party in the talks between the two sides .

 Harki said that it is necessary to have the Kurdistan region a role in the region, stressing that 'the common interests of the region with the international forces will result in positive results '.

 According to sources familiar with the Kurdistan region, the start of a new round of dialogue between the Iraqi government and the Kurdistan region under US auspices on Wednesday, while those sources indicated the existence of new proposals to solve the problems between the two sides.

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Security Committee of the Parliament of Kurdistan: The balance of power will see a change in the coming days

 

Editor Rafid Saabar - Thursday, November 2

 

 

 

Alsumaria News / Arbil  The Deputy Chairman of the Security Committee in the Kurdistan Regional Parliament ,Nazem Harki, on Thursday, there are signs that the coming days will see "a change in the balance of power," while stressing the importance of a third party in the talks between Baghdad and Erbil, referring to the United States of America .  "There are signs that the balance of power will see a change in the coming days, especially since there are international interests in the region and it is necessary to protect them," Harki told Alsumaria News.     Harki welcomed the "American participation in the talks between the Kurdistan region and the Iraqi government," stressing the "importance of a third international party in the talks between the two sides."  Harki said that "it is necessary for the Kurdistan region to have a role in the region," stressing that "the common interests of the region with the international forces will result in positive results."  According to informed sources in the Kurdistan region, on Wednesday, the start of a new round of dialogue between the Iraqi government and the Kurdistan region under American auspices, while those sources indicated the existence of new proposals to solve the problems between the two foreigners.

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Barzani's: Our dialogue with Baghdad needs international mediation

 

 

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Twilight Washington / Washington called on both Baghdad and Arbil to avoid fighting and engage in dialogue between the parties. 

The Presidency of the Kurdistan Regional Government issued a statement to the twilight news that the US ambassador expressed during his meeting with the head of the provincial government, Nzhirvan Barzani, his country's concern about the recent events in the disputed areas between Arbil and Baghdad from fighting between the two sides resulted in the deaths and injuries. 

He expressed the hope that the two sides will make serious efforts to end the tense situation and start negotiations and dialogue to solve the problems and saw the need for a truce to stop the fighting in order to achieve this goal. 

The statement pointed out that Barzani stressed during the meeting that the region did not want from the outset of the military confrontation between Arbil and Baghdad, and for this purpose, his government issued a series of statements calling for the start of dialogue between the parties.

But Barzani said that Baghdad in return sought to impose more pressure on the region and lines of agreement, pointing out that the Peshmerga defended itself and those areas. 

"However, the region is ready for dialogue and negotiations," he said, pointing to the need for the international community to mediate in this direction. 

Barzani said his government would continue its efforts to normalize the political situation in the region with the various parties, especially as the new elections will be held within eight months.

 

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With the US in there and  everyone outside are tired of these people 

and their nonsense it will be done with.  There are two proposals on the table

and too much has been done for Iraq not to stand on their own two feet it is time.

 Repeat after me 10 I DO BELIEVE, I DO BELIEVE !       

 

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Kurdistan Accuses Iraq Of Dishonesty After Kirkuk Attack

By Zainab Calcuttawala - Nov 02, 2017, 11:00 PM CDT

 

 

The Kurdish military has accused Baghdad of continuing a policy of dishonesty towards Kurdistan, according to a new report by al-Masdar news.

 

The Iraqi military’s attacks on Kurdish targets show “ongoing military aggression and unconstitutional demands”, the Peshmarga says.

 

The Kurdish military says it has been put in the defensive position since Baghdad decided to wage a war against the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) to recapture parts of Kirkuk’s oilfields.

 

Crude oil from northern Iraq, including from the Kurdistan region, stopped flowing from the oil pipeline between Kirkuk and the Turkish Mediterranean port of Ceyhan early on Monday local time, Bloomberg reports, citing a port agent.

 

Following the Kurdistan region’s referendum which Iraq did not recognize, Iraq’s government forces completed in mid-October an operation to seize control of all oil fields that Iraqi state-held North Oil Company operates in the oil-rich Kirkuk region from Kurdish forces. A day later, disruptions in oil flows started, with reports that the flow of crude oil from Kirkuk to Ceyhan had plummeted to some 225,000 bpd, from around 500,000 bpd the previous day.

 

These developments benefit the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), which has been implementing a policy of reducing its output by 1.2 million barrels per day.

 

The policy has raised Brent barrel prices to $60, which is a growth of over 30 percent compared to pre-January levels.

 

OPEC’s de facto leader, Saudi Arabia, needed to hit the $60 benchmark in order to feel safe in authorizing its state-run firm, Saudi Aramco’s, initial public offering. Though only five percent of the firm is being offered to international investors, the revenues from the deal will sponsor the recreation of the Wahabbi and conservative Saudi Arabia of today, to the Dubai-ish and futuristic society of tomorrow.

 

By Zainab Calcuttawala for Oilprice.com

 

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Change to / Mawazin News /: Kurdish parties move to cancel the presidency of the region

 

 Since 2017-11-02 at 16:42 (Baghdad time)

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The leader of the Movement for Change, Mahmoud Sheikh Wahab, on Thursday, the existence of the movement of a number of Kurdish parties, to work on the abolition of the post of President of the Kurdistan region, while referring to the parties seek to transform the system of government in the region parliamentary.

Wahab told Mawazin News that "the blocks of change and the Islamic Group and a number of parties within the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, are working to pass a law within the Parliament of the Kurdistan region, to cancel the presidency of the region."

He added that "there are a number of fateful decisions that concern the Kurdish people have been taken by Barzani alone, which led to many problems, notably the crisis with Baghdad as a result of wrong decisions," echoing the saying, "We do not want to restore the previous experience through the control of the President of the region all decisions and disable the role Parliament ".

He pointed out that "there is work to transform the regime in the Kurdistan region to a parliamentary system."

This announced the Kurdistan Regional Parliament, on Wednesday (November 1, 2017), the entry of a decision to step down President of the region Massoud Barzani to take effect.

While the MP in the Parliament of Berri Mustafa for / Mawazin News / / on Wednesday, that the post of President of the Kurdistan region has become vacant, and powers divided on the three presidencies of legislative, executive and judicial within the region.

She pointed out that the blocks of change and the Islamic Group and the deputies of the National Union are considering the abolition of the post of presidency of the region is final, and be dealing in the fateful decisions of the Parliament of Kurdistan.

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US ambassador calls on the regional government in cooperation with Baghdad

 

 From 2017-11-02 at 23:41 (Baghdad time)

Baghdad Mawazine News

The US ambassador to Iraq, Douglas Seelman, called on the Kurdistan Regional Government to cooperate with Baghdad to ease tensions and called on Prime Minister Nechervan Barzani to support the provincial parliament to resolve the outstanding problems between Baghdad and Erbil.

Sileman visited, on Thursday, the Kurdistan region and met with the President of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Najirvan Barzani and his deputy, Qubad Talabani .

"The US ambassador to Iraq stressed that it is necessary to be a strong Kurdistan Regional Government within the federal unified federal to achieve long-term stability and the total elimination of the preacher," the US consulate in Erbil said in a statement.

The statement added that the ambassador pointed out that "the United States calls on all Kurdish parties to support the parliament of the Kurdistan Region, where he works to resolve outstanding issues during the remainder of his mandate and prepare for the elections in 2018. "

The statement pointed out that "the United States of America will continue with all parties to address and resolve outstanding issues under the provisions of the Iraqi Constitution ."

According to the statement, "the US ambassador asked the Kurdistan Regional Government to work with Baghdad to reduce military tensions."

The commander of joint operations in the Iraqi army on Wednesday accused the delegation of the Kurdistan region of security, who negotiated with a delegation of the federal government to "retreat" from the draft agreement, pointing out that the federal forces are mandated to secure areas and borders and protect civilians.

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One less politician to muck up the works.

Good morning Yota, DV

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GM Nannab and Vets,

 

Great News day. 

 

 

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a special US message to Abadi on Kurdistan

Twilight News    

 

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A number of US senators, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, called for working with the Kurdistan Regional Government to resolve the current tension, warning against the use of American weapons and popular mobilization in the conflict with Erbil. 

This is in a letter sent by a number of members of Congress, to Abadi, which said, "The battles with the Peshmerga is not in the interest of anyone We call on your government to work with the Kurdistan Regional Government to eliminate completely the fears of the outbreak of this war." 

The members also called for the start of a comprehensive and urgent dialogue between the governments of Baghdad and Erbil to remove tensions. 

According to the letter, members of Congress expressed "fear of the presence of popular mobilization forces in areas of conflict between Baghdad and Erbil, and called for their removal."

The message stressed that "the members of the Council continue to support a strong government and autonomy for the Kurdistan Region, and to protect the people of Kurdistan in all its components. We also call for the freezing of the results of the referendum and the start of dialogue with Erbil because we have become deeply displeased by the use of US weapons against Kurds and other minorities."

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Members of the US Senate are demanding Abadi to accept the initiative of Arbil and withdraw the crowd from the disputed

They expressed regret for the use of US weapons against the Kurds ...

 

 arabic

 03/11/2017 - 15:05

 

 

 

 

Eight members of the US Senate called on Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to accept the initiative of the Kurdistan Region for dialogue and stop the violence and withdraw the popular crowd which is supported by Iran from the Kurdish areas outside the administration of the Kurdistan Region, or called B (disputed), especially in the Nineveh Plain.

The Kurdistan Regional Government offered late last month to freeze the results of the referendum on the independence of the province in the strengthening of efforts to resolve the crisis with the Iraqi government through dialogue. The initiative also included a ceasefire and all military operations in the Kurdistan Region.

In a joint letter addressed to Abadi, members of the US Senate said that armed confrontations between Iraqi forces and the Peshmerga, especially in the disputed areas, are not in the interest of one and that Arbil and Baghdad must put an end to fears of clashes between the two sides.

US members called on the Iraqi and Kurdish sides to begin an immediate dialogue to resolve all differences and focus on joint efforts to fight a hasty organization.

In a letter to US senators, the presence of popular mobilization forces in the disputed areas creates many concerns, particularly in the Nineveh Plain areas.

They called on Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to withdraw the Iranian-backed forces from the Nineveh Plain and other areas and deploy Iraqi forces in those sensitive areas.

The eight senators said they deeply regret the use of US weapons and equipment against Kurdish forces and other ethnic groups.

He urged the members, Abadi to accept the offer of Kurdistan to freeze the results of the referendum and resolve the contentious issues between the parties through negotiation and dialogue.

Abadi rejected the initiative of dialogue with Kurdistan and said that the results of the referendum should be "canceled", which Erbil sees as an impossible step.

The message from the senators included an invitation to Arbil and Baghdad to sit down at the dialogue table on the basis of the constitution to establish long-term stability in Iraq.

The members said the war against a hasty organization was not yet over and that this required cooperation between Iraqi forces and Peshmerga forces as a priority in relations between the governments of Baghdad and Kurdistan.

The crisis erupted between Kurdistan and the Iraqi government after the referendum on independence held last month and won the support of the vast majority of the population.

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Kurdistan Accuses Iraq Of Dishonesty After Kirkuk Attack

By Zainab Calcuttawala - Nov 02, 2017, 11:00 PM CDT

 

 

The Kurdish military has accused Baghdad of continuing a policy of dishonesty towards Kurdistan, according to a new report by al-Masdar news.

 

The Iraqi military’s attacks on Kurdish targets show “ongoing military aggression and unconstitutional demands”, the Peshmarga says.

 

The Kurdish military says it has been put in the defensive position since Baghdad decided to wage a war against the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) to recapture parts of Kirkuk’s oilfields.

 

Crude oil from northern Iraq, including from the Kurdistan region, stopped flowing from the oil pipeline between Kirkuk and the Turkish Mediterranean port of Ceyhan early on Monday local time, Bloomberg reports, citing a port agent.

 

Following the Kurdistan region’s referendum which Iraq did not recognize, Iraq’s government forces completed in mid-October an operation to seize control of all oil fields that Iraqi state-held North Oil Company operates in the oil-rich Kirkuk region from Kurdish forces. A day later, disruptions in oil flows started, with reports that the flow of crude oil from Kirkuk to Ceyhan had plummeted to some 225,000 bpd, from around 500,000 bpd the previous day.

 

These developments benefit the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), which has been implementing a policy of reducing its output by 1.2 million barrels per day.

 

The policy has raised Brent barrel prices to $60, which is a growth of over 30 percent compared to pre-January levels.

 

OPEC’s de facto leader, Saudi Arabia, needed to hit the $60 benchmark in order to feel safe in authorizing its state-run firm, Saudi Aramco’s, initial public offering. Though only five percent of the firm is being offered to international investors, the revenues from the deal will sponsor the recreation of the Wahabbi and conservative Saudi Arabia of today, to the Dubai-ish and futuristic society of tomorrow.

 

By Zainab Calcuttawala for Oilprice.com

 

https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Kurdistan-Accuses-Iraq-Of-Dishonesty-After-Kirkuk-Attack.html

 

Dishonest people accusing Other Dishonest people of Dishonesty - yep, that's the M. East.

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Kurdistan government responds to Baghdad: You have submitted various drafts of the agreement

 Baghdad / Range 
 

The Kurdistan Regional Government denied that it had withdrawn from its agreements with the federal government on the deployment at the crossing Vishkhabur, asserting that the federal delegation submitted a draft agreement different one day after the submission of another draft. 
The Kurdistan Regional Government renewed its commitment to constructive dialogue to reach solutions on sharing the administration of disputed areas in the east and north of Nineveh province. 
In turn, described the Ministry of Peshmerga claims submitted by the delegation of the Federal as "unconstitutional and unrealistic," noting that it was characterized by "arrogance and arrogance." 
In the meantime, the United States urged the territorial government to continue its dialogue with Baghdad, and called on the parties of the region to support their government. 
The Kurdish position came after accusations by the federal government of the region to delay the handing over of the border and the exploitation of negotiations to strengthen the Kurdish defenses and threatened to resume operations to control the disputed.
And the language of escalation and accusations between Baghdad and Erbil after a week of optimism that prevailed in the atmosphere waiting for the outcome of the talks conducted by the technical teams of the federal forces and Peshmerga. 
Yesterday, the prime minister accused factions of the Peshmerga forces of trying to drag the federal government into war by attacking the latter in disputed areas. 
The joint operations announced on Thursday that the Kurdish side had withdrawn from the redeployment agreement, noting that the Peshmerga forces had set up positions to block the advance of our units and promised to respond to the source of fire if attacked.
"The Kurdistan Regional Government said in a statement that it had seen a copy of it," Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Wednesday that Erbil has withdrawn from an agreement between the delegation of the Iraqi army and the Ministry of Peshmerga affairs. An agreement between us, but a draft agreement was put forward by the government military delegation, and the day after the meeting of the government and the region's delegations, another paper was sent somewhat different from the first draft by the military delegation. " 
"We have had an answer to the drafts. We have repeatedly stated our readiness to conduct negotiations with the federal government on the basis of the constitution, but the response is usually denied by Baghdad," the provincial government said. 
The Kurdistan government warned that "pushing the current situation into the fighting could lead to a disaster for the Iraqis and all its components," asserting that "we are with peace from the position of faith in our right, and framed in the Iraqi constitution."
"To reach a comprehensive agreement, we call for a constructive and frank dialogue to build a secure future for all the Iraqi people," the Kurdish government said. 
The Kurdistan Regional Government called on "the great references, all Iraqi parties, civil society organizations and all forces that believe in the constitution, security and peace to stand against the attempts to create strife between the Arabs and the Kurds and to reject the solution of problems through violence and fighting." 
In turn, the Peshmerga Ministry issued a statement in which it considered that the demands of the joint operations command "unconstitutional and unrealistic." 
"The response of the joint leadership, in addition to the arrogance and arrogance, includes unconstitutional and unrealistic claims that pose a threat to the Kurdistan region and its citizens, including falsely and falsely accusing the Peshmerga of moving its forces," the Peshmerga said in a statement.
The Peshmerga said that "the force attacking the guns and missiles that are trying to progress is guaranteed by US-made mechanisms are the Popular Forces and the Iraqi army, contrary to the Iraqi constitution, which prevents the involvement of the army and its use to resolve internal differences." 
"The KRG calls for negotiations and solving problems through political dialogue," the statement said, adding that "the Kurdistan Regional Forces are steadfast in their defense positions, but will not hesitate to defend the lives and interests of the people of Kurdistan's legitimate constitutional." 
Meanwhile, the US ambassador in Baghdad, on Thursday, called on the Kurdistan Regional Government to work to calm the military spasms with Baghdad, and urged the Kurdish parties to support the provincial parliament and prepare for the upcoming elections.
A statement by the US embassy that "US Ambassador Douglas Silliaman met with the President of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Nechirvan Barzani and his deputy, Qubad Talabani." "The presence of a strong Kurdistan region within a unified, stable federal Iraq is necessary to defeat the finalist," he said. 
He called on the Kurdistan Regional Government to "work with Baghdad to calm military convulsions."

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Barzani renews his readiness for dialogue with Baghdad to reach a peaceful solution

Iraqi Kurdistan Prime Minister Nechervan Barzani on Friday renewed readiness for dialogue with Baghdad, calling on the international community to encourage the Iraqi government and stimulate dialogue.

By گzarc Bolton News , he said the Presidency of the Kurdistan government said in a statement, said that " the President of the Kurdistan Regional Government Nechirvan Barzani received a phone call from US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson , " indicating that Tillerson expressed concern between Erbil and Baghdad tensions. "

"The United States supports the constitutional rights of the Kurdistan region of Iraq," he said. "The ceasefire process and the ongoing field dialogue between Kurdistan and the Iraqi government will turn into a political dialogue to solve the problems between the two sides."

For his part, Barzani renewed "full readiness of Kurdistan for political dialogue in order to reach peaceful solutions to all problems between them and Baghdad."

Barzani called on the international community and the United States in particular to "encourage Iraq and stimulate dialogue and stay away from taking military means," stressing "the unwillingness of Kurdistan in clashes and military clashes because they do not put solutions to any problem."

Barzani stressed "the desire of Kurdistan to resolve all problems with the federal government within the framework of the Iraqi constitution."

The relationship between the federal government and Kurdistan is strained after the last referendum on secession on the 25th of last September, prompting the head of the central government Haider Abadi to impose several measures, including stopping international flights at Erbil and Sulaymaniyah airports, and demanding Kurdistan to hand over all border crossings.

On October 16, 2017, al-Abadi ordered the security forces to impose security in the province of Kirkuk and the disputed areas. Federal forces were able to impose security and deployment in all disputed areas of Kirkuk in Diyala, Salah al-Din and Nineveh.

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The return of negotiations between Erbil and Baghdad under US auspices

 

Baghdad Ali Husseini

4 November 2017

 

 

A few hours after a letter sent by members of the US Senate to the Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi, asking him to adopt the dialogue with Erbil and leave the waving of force, followed by a closed meeting between the US ambassador to Iraq, Douglas Silliman, and the President of the Kurdistan Government Najirvan Barzani and his deputy Qubad Talabani, Baghdad and Erbil again, hoping to reach a mutually satisfactory solution, according to a senior Kurdish official. This was accompanied by the escalation of militias and parties close to Iran pressure on Abadi not to retreat from the deployment of Iraqi forces on the border with Turkey and control of the crossing Ibrahim Khalil without the deployment of international observers or involve Peshmerga task. 

Along the seam lines between the Iraqi army and the Peshmerga From the town of Makhmour and even Rabi'a at an estimated distance of 80 km. The two sides will continue to build up the military, even with the new meeting between the leaders of the Iraqi army and the Peshmerga on Friday to reach a solution, indicating the lack of full confidence in the possibility of reaching a real solution to end the crisis.

"  Meeting between the Iraqi military leaders and other Peshmerga did not bring anything new  "

An Iraqi official in Baghdad revealed that a new meeting was held yesterday between Iraqi and other Peshmerga commanders based onUS mediation aimed at preventing any military action by Baghdad, as negotiations are underway in an attempt to gain time and delay any other armed clash. 
The Iraqi minister told the "new Arab" that the meeting did not bring anything new, as the Iraqi paper is still in the negotiations is the extension of the federal authority on the border with Turkey and Syria and control of the crossing of Ibrahim Khalil completely without observers or participation from Erbil, Erbil is trying to present a new initiative is the formation of new joint forces of the Peshmerga and the Iraqi army known as the Northern Border Force and crossings.

This came after eight prominent members of the US Senate sent a written message to Abadi asking him to work to keep the specter of war and dialogue with Erbil away, pointing out that the battles against the "Da'ash" organization were not over. "Protecting Kurdish Iraqis and minorities is important to us, and as tensions continue to rise, we want to make sure that these communities are protected and to avoid any violence that could spiral out of control," they stressed. Referring to the training provided by the United States to the Iraqi army, they expressed "concern about the use of US weapons provided to the Iraqi army against Kurds and other minorities." They also pointed out that "the presence of popular mobilization forces in disputed areas, specifically Nineveh, created real fears, especially among minority groups," calling on Abadi to "remove non-governmental forces, and that only the regular forces receive security functions in sensitive areas "He said.

In the meantime, US Ambassador Douglas Silliman held a series of intensive meetings with Najafan Barzani and his deputy Qubad Talabani in Erbil to discuss the crisis, as well as other Kurdish leaders. The Kurdistan government said in a statement that Silyman, during a meeting with both Najran Barzani and his deputy, expressed his dismay and regret at the recent fighting between Baghdad and Erbil. Douglas stressed, according to the statement, "his country's support for the attempts of the territorial government and Kurdish political parties to unite and calm the political situation in Kurdistan."

 

Commenting on this, the leader of the coalition of Iraqi forces, Ahmed al-Jubouri, the presence of the US ambassador in Erbil is worrying, "because we always know that there are things unclear in US positions." Jubouri said in a statement that "the US ambassador to Erbil and the departure of the Peshmerga with tense statements, makes us concerned," stressing "the need to impose law and control of all areas of Iraq at the same time." "We do not want to enter into a military clash between the Iraqi army and the Peshmerga despite the seriousness of the crisis and we are sure that the Iraqi forces can extend control over all areas within a few hours, but do not want to enter a direct conflict with the Peshmerga forces," he said, Peshmerga forces are fortified and refined and redistributed the mouths of firearms to their factions, which is a sign that there is a desire to address the federal forces and non-delivery in a peaceful manner.

At the same time, a member of the National Alliance, Mohammad Darraji, told the "new Arab" that Abadi must "abide by the mandate of parliament in relation to the paragraph extending the state authority on the borders and crossings, and can not in any way accept the current Kurdish proposal." "Visakhabur appears to be more important than Kirkuk to the Kurds and even to the Americans, but it can be ensured that the region is not within the constitutional boundaries, so the government should not compromise and violate the constitution." 

The leader of the "popular crowd" of the militia, "Hezbollah" Iraqi Hussein Saidi, he said in a statement to the "new Arab" that "the repetition of Washington is the fear of a return to the conflict because the conflict is a pretext, the northern Iraq is clean of the organization, The government imposes its control, "revealing" the presence of thousands of fighters, the popular crowd taking part in the army mobilized, "asserting that"

"  Kurdish official: Peshmerga has orders to prevent the advance of any troops to their areas  "

"The Peshmerga is in a defensive position and has orders to prevent the advance of any forces to its areas, so any movement of Iraqi forces located 200 meters away will be fought," said Col. Sirwan Qader, deputy commander of the Makhmur Brigade in the Peshmerga forces. Meters from the Peshmerga in the seam lines. " "I hope that there will be no new battles, but we are obliged to protect the population in our areas above all and with the various weapons we have." The current mobilization is a similar reaction to Baghdad.