The Husseiniya threshold resolves the biggest tribal conflict in Basra that has lasted for years

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Just chilling today, thanks. 

[Pitcher]

Some of the tribal leaders and notables in Basra governorate received 25 million Iraqi dinars form Haider al-Abadi to prevent their followers from participating in protests against corruption, a source told The Baghdad Post on condition of anonymity.

Basra tribal and political leaders are in direct contacts with Abadi to prevent protests in the governorate and also participate in suppressing them when it's needed.

Activists confirmed that all protests in Basra are peaceful and using force to end these protests is illegal.

Earlier on Tuesday, hundreds of Basra demonstrators have blocked the gate of the local government headquarters and staged a sit-in to protest against lack of basic serviced.

A number of Iraqi cities and provinces, including Basra, Maysan, Dhi Qar, Babil, Diwaniyah, Wassit, Najaf, Muthanna, and Karbala are witnessing mass demonstrations and sit-ins to protest against shortage of jobs, electricity, water and lack of basic services.

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/30130/Abadi-pays-Basra-tribal-chiefs-IQD-25-m-to-suppress-protests-source(

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Finance launches 97 billion dinars from the operational budget of Basra

Release date: 2018/7/31 23:48 • 6 times read

[Ain-Baghdad] 
The Ministry of Finance, on Tuesday, 97 billion dinars from the operational budget of the province of Basra.

"During his visit to the capital Baghdad, the Ministry of Finance launched more than 97 billion dinars, and this was based on the margin of Undersecretary of the Ministry of Finance and agency on July 30, said the governor of Basra, Asad al-Eidani said in a statement, 2018 and reference to the book of the budget department investment expenditure No. 51179 in the date of 26 July 2018 and at the request of the province of Basra Department of Finance and Administration with the letter No. 1684 on July 29, 2018. 
He added that "the book issued by the Ministry of Finance also included the necessary to deposit more than 97 billion Iraqi dinars in the current account in the name of the province of Basra, the Department of Finance and Administrative Open with Rafidain Branch Basra Branch / 2 in account No. 347 for the purpose of disbursement of operational expenses for the month of July From this year. "
It is worth mentioning that the province of Basra has seen since the beginning of this month almost daily demonstrations to protest against corruption and demand for services and employment opportunities, while the government has taken a series of urgent measures to finance the province, which produces more than 90% of Iraq's oil source.

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1 hour ago, Pitcher said:

Some of the tribal leaders and notables in Basra governorate received 25 million Iraqi dinars form Haider al-Abadi to prevent their followers from participating in protests against corruption, a source told The Baghdad Post on condition of anonymity.

Basra tribal and political leaders are in direct contacts with Abadi to prevent protests in the governorate and also participate in suppressing them when it's needed.

Activists confirmed that all protests in Basra are peaceful and using force to end these protests is illegal.

Earlier on Tuesday, hundreds of Basra demonstrators have blocked the gate of the local government headquarters and staged a sit-in to protest against lack of basic serviced.

A number of Iraqi cities and provinces, including Basra, Maysan, Dhi Qar, Babil, Diwaniyah, Wassit, Najaf, Muthanna, and Karbala are witnessing mass demonstrations and sit-ins to protest against shortage of jobs, electricity, water and lack of basic services.

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/30130/Abadi-pays-Basra-tribal-chiefs-IQD-25-m-to-suppress-protests-source(

 

Keeping up the pressure  -  good on ya. Stay with it.

[Pitcher]

Lawmaker with State of Law Coalition Nahla al-Hababi said on Tuesday that Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi's promises to provide more employment jobs in southern provinces are 'fake'.

She pointed out that the government is unfair in providing the same number of jobs in all Iraqi provinces.

In a press statement, al-Hababi said that Abadi's promises to provide jobs are fake, noting that he, in fact, seeks to defuse the current wave of protests before the formation of the coming government.
She added that proving jobs only in southern provinces is considered a government tendency to marginalize the western ones.

Al-Hababi added that the government hasn't provided any jobs for Iraqi residents in the provinces that incurred heavy losses due to terrorist attacks committed by ISIS since four years.

Protests started on July 9 in Iraq’s southern-most Basra and then spread to the other mainly Shiite provinces in the south.
 
The provincial council of Salahulddin sent a list of demands to Abadi, warning that there will be great protests if he fails to meet the demands that include creating jobs, completing infrastructure projects, helping displaced families return home, building an airport, and replacing Hashd al-Shaabi forces with the national army and police. 

 

Fourteen protesters have died so far, the Iraqi Independent Human Rights Commission announced on Thursday. And authorities have released 757 demonstrators who had been detained. 

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/30123/MP-Abadi-s-promises-to-provide-jobs-in-southern-provinces-are-fake
 

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I believe Abadi is one of the few that really love his country and want to see it succeed. In 4 years as prime minister he has done an outstanding job.

 

Go Abadi

 

 

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August 1, 2018 9:44 AM CDT By David Bacon

 

 

 

 

Oil workers on a drilling rig in the Rumaila field | David Bacon

 

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/iraqs-oil-union-defends-protesters/

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Finance: Job grades launched by Abadi are contrary to World Bank regulations

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The Ministry of Finance confirmed that the budget department can not deal with the job grades launched by the outgoing Prime Minister Haider Abadi recently after the popular protests in the center and south.

Informed sources in the ministry pointed out that these grades are inconsistent with the rules and regulations of the World Bank, adding sources that the financial has not yet received any instructions on the grades Abadi career.

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http://aletejahtv.com/archives/243744

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Abadi: Iraq has passed the challenges and victory

02/8/2018 12:00 am   BAGHDAD / Al-Sabah:  Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi, during a meeting with a delegation of dignitaries, sheikhs and the people of Karbala, 29, directed to provide services and eliminate unemployment in the province, stressing the need to launch appointments and include the sons of the province by appointment in the refinery of Karbala. Was in solidarity and stand with the security forces and the fatwa of the holy jihad to allow Sayyid al-Sistani, pointing out that the country has passed the previous challenges and won the cooperation of his sons and we will achieve reconstruction and construction also cooperation and record time.  This comes at a time when the Information Office of the Prime Minister, Haidar al-Abadi, on Wednesday, the continuation of the Committee on the performance of the government in raising the daily reports of the Prime Minister on the failure of some officials in the performance of their work, stressing that all decisions to withdraw the hand took place after confirming the failure in the performance. A statement to the Prime Minister's Information Office, received by the «morning» that «Abbadi received a delegation of dignitaries and elders and people of the province of Karbala, and the local government in the presence of the reconstruction and services in the provinces».  Abadi stressed during the meeting that «the country has passed the previous challenges and won the cooperation of his sons and we will achieve reconstruction and construction also with our cooperation and a record period» indicating that the province of Karbala have privacy and pressure on the influx of citizens and we take into account this aspect.  The prime minister pointed out that the steadfastness of the Iraqis was in their solidarity with the security forces and the fatwa of the holy jihad for Sayyid al-Sistani's tolerance. They achieved the victory that the world described as a miracle. "The sabotage takes place in a moment and the building needs years, especially construction after sabotage, To remove the devastation. " Abadi pointed out the right of peaceful demonstration, and that it is a healthy phenomenon in which citizens' demands are heard. In the light of the meeting   , the Minister of Agriculture took the necessary measures to activate the agricultural sector in the governorate and submit an urgent plan for approval in the Council of Ministers.  2 - Financing the necessary allocations for hospitals and specialized centers in the province of Karbala of medicines and medical supplies and consider the needs provided by Karbala Health Department.  3 - The High Authority for Coordination between the provinces to report on the level of implementation of the transfer of powers from ministries to local governments at the next meeting of the Commission to resolve the transfer.  4. Accelerate the completion of the Turkish Hospital and Children's Hospital.  5 - Financing the completion of the metallic silo in Karbala.  6 - inclusion of the sons of Karbala appointment in the refinery of Karbala. 7. The National Investment Authority and Karbala Investment Authority shall activate and follow up the investment opportunities established in the investment map in coordination with the local government.  8. The Ministry of Finance shall provide the necessary funds to complete the construction of the school buildings, where the completion rate is 90 per cent and the requirements of the file submitted by the General Directorate of Education of Karbala.  9. Reactivating the Agricultural Initiative, Agricultural Bank loans, rescheduling of debts and interest on loans whose projects have been damaged by weather conditions or water scarcity.

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Governor of Basrah: The application to the employment offices has been completed and we have received 150,000 transactions

Thursday, August 2 2018 - 02:15 PM

 

 

Basra Governor Asaad al-Eidani announced on Thursday the end of the period of submission to the operating offices for the receipt of requests for job seekers within the 10,000 degrees of employment declared by the federal government.

Al-Eidani said during a press conference held in the building of the Diwan of the province and attended by the correspondent of Radio Marbid that the number of applicants reached 150 thousand applicants.

He added that a filtering process would be carried out on these requests, adding that a letter had been sent to the state departments to count the vacant grades a year ago.

He added that the process of filtering will be on applicants working contracts system and senior and young, indicating that the applicants were classified as holders of the certificate of primary and junior high school diploma and bachelor.

He also pointed out that the applicants will be exempted from the holders of higher degrees of competition with the rest of the applicants because of the lack of preparation and respect for the owners of those certificates, stressing that these grades will be exclusively for the people of Basra.

In a related subject between Eidani, he will hold a meeting next week with oil companies working in the province to discuss with them the possibility of preparing that can be received by these companies of the unemployed, in agreement with the Basra Oil Company, pointing out to take into account that job opportunities and priority will be for my people Areas near the oil fields.

The head of the ministerial committee and Oil Minister Jabbar al-Allaibi revealed on July 12 that the cell decided to put 10,000 jobs to solve the problem of unemployment distributed to ministries, companies and institutions according to population density and geographical locations as well as opening operating offices to accommodate the unemployed and their employment with oil companies.

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A religious authority announces its position on calls to form the province of Basra

 

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The religious authority, Sheikh Bashir al-Najafi, stressed that the decision of the province needs to referendum citizens, adding that the problem is not in the application of the law of the Territories in Iraq.

A statement issued by his office received the NRT Arabiya website on Friday, August 3, 2018, a copy of which said that "this came during his meeting in his office in Najaf, varied delegations from Basra," adding that he stressed the importance of starting the person himself reform project; .

In a question on the demand of the masses and some members of the provincial council of Basra to declare the region, explained Najafi, that "it needs to referendum citizens and leaders loyal and strong, and under a state of centralism is strong and ensure the division of Iraq and the separation of these territories if it," according to the statement.

He pointed out that "the problem is not in the application of the law of the Territories in Iraq, but the problem in the leadership of sincere and strong in the management of these regions and the Center and there are experiences in countries close to Iraq and far applied to this law in accordance with certain standards and systems," adding that "the important is to maintain the unity of Iraq "He said.

http://www.nrttv.com/AR/News.aspx?id=2984&MapID=2

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Preparations for the largest "demonstration" in Basra and the ceiling demands rise to the political process

 

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announced the coordination committees for demonstrations in the province of Basra, on Friday, the completion of the preparation of the largest demonstration and sit-in inside the province, to protest against the deterioration of living conditions. 

The committees said in a press statement, received by "Al-Ghad Press", that it "finished preparing for the largest demonstration and sit-in in the province on Friday and Sunday, to protest the deterioration of services and the spread of unemployment, and failure to fulfill the federal and local governments promises to meet the demands handed over by the Coordinating Committees, Earlier ".

She stressed that "the ceiling of its demands rose by agreement of all coordination, and the main demand is the anti-political process as a whole, including demands to cancel the Constitution and parties." 

Earlier, the committees called on the provincial council to build the Basra Dam, complete the port project of Faw, and create job opportunities for the unemployed, in addition to the release of detainees. 

And vowed to escalate peaceful sit-ins, to take stronger forms of protest, such as cutting off the main bridges of the province in the absence of a real response to the demands of the demonstrators. 

The growing anger of the streets in Basra, Najaf, Muthanna and Baghdad has prompted the government to "pull out" the electricity minister, Qassem al-Fahdawi, in the first such measure, but failed to calm the protests. 

The security forces, had removed last Tuesday, the tents of the protesters in front of the building of the provincial council of Basra, and dispersed the demonstrators who took part in a peaceful demonstration.

The anger of protesters in Basra is still on the brink, despite the announcement by the Finance Ministry of allocating more than 97 billion dinars, to improve the reality of services for citizens of the province.

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Basra on the date with the largest demonstration and sit-in .. And demonstrators raise the ceiling demands

The federal and local governments have not kept their promises

 

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 03/08/2018 - 16:41

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The coordination committees in the province of Basra in southern Iraq, the completion of preparations for the largest demonstration and sit-in inside the province, on Friday and next Sunday, to protest against the deterioration of living conditions.

The committees said in a statement that the federal and local governments did not fulfill the promises to meet the demands handed over to them by the coordinating committees, earlier.

She stressed that the ceiling of its demands has increased by agreement of all coordination, and the main demand is the anti-political process as a whole, including demands to cancel the Constitution and parties.

Earlier, the committees called on the provincial council to build the Basra Dam, complete the port project of Faw, and create job opportunities for the unemployed, in addition to the release of detainees.

And vowed to escalate peaceful sit-ins, to take stronger forms of protest, such as cutting off the main bridges of the province in the absence of a real response to the demands of the demonstrators.

The growing anger of the streets in Basra, Najaf, Muthanna and the capital Baghdad prompted the government to dismiss Electricity Minister Qasim Fahdawi, the first such measure on the ground, but failed to calm the protests.

 The Iraqi security forces, on Tuesday, removed the tents of the protesters in front of the building of the provincial council of Basra, and dispersed the demonstrators who took part in a peaceful demonstration.

The anger of the protesters in Basra remains high despite the announcement by the Finance Ministry of allocating more than 97 billion Iraqi dinars to improve the reality of services for the citizens of the province.

http://www.basnews.com/index.php/ar/news/iraq/456556

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In dozens .. Demonstrators in Tahrir Square in central Baghdad to demand services and fight corruption

06:54 - 03/08/2018

 

 

 

 

Baghdad - Mawazine News

In dozens .. Demonstrators in Tahrir Square in central Baghdad to demand services and fight corruption 

 

[Pitcher]

In cities across Iraq, there is growing disenchantment and resentment at deteriorating living conditions and a declining economic climate, a downward spiral that seems to have no end in sight and a government and administration seemingly unable to halt it.

Last week, for example, dozens of demonstrators rallied near an oil field and in front of the local government in the southern province of Basra to protest lack of jobs and basic services. Elsewhere too, across the broken country, there were similar gatherings, expressions of frustration in a campaign that has grown from isolated pockets into a cohesive and communal movement, giving voice to the needs for a political fix and a turnaround to their dire financial situation.

 

Over the past months, the leadership and governments of both Saudi Arabia and the UAE have committed tens of millions of dollars in funding to rebuild homes destroyed by Daesh, to reconstruct cities, to provide reliable power and water systems, to fix infrastructure broken from years of conflict, and to restore some of the historic landmarks of Iraq’s heritage cities back to their former glory.

Certainly, these efforts are helping, but there is duty for other nations to come to the aid of Iraqis. These nations must provide assistance in rebuilding and they have a duty to care for our Iraqi brothers and sisters who have endured so much in these past years. Now, more than ever, Iraqis need help to help themselves and put back together what has been ripped asunder by invaders, hatred and conflict.

What is important, too, is the demand of these protesters, who have gathered nationwide, that they must be heard by those in positions of administrative and government authority, and there needs to be an effective plan of action undertaken to end the misery that the economy has endured.

Certainly, putting Iraq back together will take time. What must not happen, however, is that the patience of Iraqis wears thin as they wait for a resurgence and revitalisation to take root and grow. There is a danger that as these protests become more commonplace and widespread, there are elements within who might be tempted once more to turn to violence as a way of advocating change. Given the events in Iraq and its recent history, there is no desire now for any more killing or violence as a means to a political or economic end. It will take time for the dividends of peace to make a difference.

 

https://gulfnews.com/opinion/editorials/economic-progress-comes-slowly-in-iraq-1.2261051

 

 

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Rampant Corruption ? Downward economic out of control spiral  ? Disenchanted population and deterioration of quality of living . . .  ? You bet and keep up the pressure on these weasel bureaucrats folks. 

 

The underlying current of hostility is at the boiling point

[ChuckFinley]

5 hours ago, 10 YEARS LATER said:

Rampant Corruption ? Downward economic out of control spiral  ? Disenchanted population and deterioration of quality of living . . .  ? You bet and keep up the pressure on these weasel bureaucrats folks. 

 

The underlying current of hostility is at the boiling point

Well, between you and I being in this for about 30 years we can honestly say we would be eye witness.   

[Butifldrm]

Mass demonstrations in Tahrir Square and Diwaniya to demand accountability of corrupt

BAGHDAD, Aug 3 (AFP) - Dozens of demonstrators demonstrated in Tahrir Square today to demand better services and accountability for corrupt people amid tight security, witnesses said.

They pointed out that "the security forces cut off the roads leading to Tahrir Square in the center of the capital, and all the entrants to the square and outside of the alleys of Al-Saadoun Street and the Batawin were inspected by members of the security forces."

 

Hundreds of people from Diwaniyah province demonstrated from Al-Mawakeb Street to Al-Raya Square to demand federal and other local issues. The most prominent of these were the freezing of the work of the Governor and the Provincial Council. The demonstrators demanded amendments to the Constitution, the abolition of provincial councils and municipal councils, The previous, amid tight measures. "

https://www.iraqpressagency.com/?p=281276

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Iraqis demand a return to the presidential system

Posted by فتحي خطاب

Date: 12:30 pm, 4 August

 

For the first time since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003 .. Iraqi demonstrators expressed their anger at the deterioration of living conditions, demanding the return of the presidential system, to save them from daily suffering, and the failure of the government to provide jobs and improve public services and fight corruption .. Thousands of protesters gathered in Tahrir square in the center of Baghdad, raising slogans calling for amending the constitution, in order to replace the parliamentary system.

• Observers in Baghdad confirmed that the demonstrators identified their demands that reject the political, social and economic reality, and for the first time to return to the presidential system in Iraq, in a step that shortened all popular demands that incriminate the politicians and parliamentarians after Iraq gave up the presidential system of the parliamentary system, In Baghdad, asserting that this "new demand" is prosecuting the existing regime, has become the most popular demands, and that Iraqis have lost "hope and confidence" in the existing political system to run the country, after a bitter experience with the parliamentary system lasted 15 years, The people of Iraq only on the crisis and the deterioration of the situation of the country.

Politicians and experts said that the demands of returning to the presidential system were first raised in the angry protests that gripped Iraq's provinces on Friday, and the demonstrators gathered that "Iraq needs to be saved from its dangerous situation and solve its problems." The president's responsibility in the presidential system guarantees attention to the demands The parliamentary system distributes responsibility between the parliament and the prime minister, while parliamentarians only achieve their own interests, the interests of their sects, sects and regions, which the country has suffered since the end of Saddam Hussein's regime in 2003 and has become the only hope for Iraqis to determine the personality of men

In the opinion of the Iraqi expert and academic, d. Said that the Iraqi uprising will not stop, and as long as the demands they demanded last month, to provide public services and job opportunities and prosecute corrupt officials, especially as the government announced promises in an attempt to contain the situation .. He added: And the solution to return to a presidential system is the "president" is the sole responsibility of the people, and has the ability to direct the government to meet popular demands, and "bear alone the suffering of its people, and meet his demands."

• Observers in Baghdad point to the atmosphere of the last parliamentary elections and the remarkable popular reluctance to participate in the legislative elections. This was the first protest against the parliamentary system that is unable to meet the needs of citizens and to fight and deter corruption. The "silent voices of Iraqis" "This vision calls on Iraqis now to amend the constitution to return to the presidential system, which will achieve a great deal of non-sectarian and sectarian allocation and determine responsibilities to the people in the form of the President.

The angry demonstrations and popular rallies leading the protest movement, nearly a month ago, pushed Vice President Iyad Allawi to call for the formation of a national salvation government, and in turn I consider the leader of the "stream of wisdom," Habib terminal, to call Allawi to form a government rescue And the need to "believe in the results of the elections and respect the political process and form the government away from quotas," pointing out that «the political process will not be far from the quota by 100% »!!

For his part, Abdullah al-Zaidi, a leader in the "stream of wisdom" led by the cleric Ammar al-Hakim, "The demand of some to form an emergency government is a coup against the Constitution." "We have been hearing these claims since 2003 and so far after every election or political failure," he said.

The political circles confirm that the Shiite cleric Ali al-Sistani has developed in recent years his resentment of the political center of Iraq, from full boycott to confrontation, and was called during the Friday sermon before last, to choose a strong and firm prime minister and an efficient government, warning of the evolution of popular protests, He supports the protests.

Despite the announcement of most of the Iraqi political parties commitment to the instructions of Sistani, but the sources confirm that there is a political agreement that the support should not exceed the limits of press releases, and that the formation of the government on the basis of sharing quotas and ministries, justifying Friday sermon yesterday, Shiite religious leaders in Iraq, Ali al-Sistani, in Karbala, stressed the importance of legitimate anger in taking rights.

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His coalition issued a clarification on the identification of the next character to be announced by Abbadi in the list of spoilers

Updated 04/08/2018 5:15 pm   (Watan News) - Baghdad   The winning candidate Nada Shaker on the list of Prime Minister Haider Abadi, Saturday, that the identification of the name of the person to be announced by Abbadi in his list of spoilers is not possible because it is related to the identification of stages and shortcomings in the work of some.   Shaker said in an interview with "Watan News" that "the identification of the next person to be announced by the Prime Minister in his list of corruption is difficult and impossible because it concerns the shortcomings of the work of some ministers or state institutions in addition to being within some of the demands for which the demonstrators came out "He said.   She added that "withdrawing the hand of the Minister of Electricity Qasim Fahdawi does not necessarily mean the existence of corruption, but there is a clear delay will be verified and then be taken the appropriate decision as it is within the demands of demonstrators against the deterioration of services in some provinces."   Shaker continued that "the political system in Iraq suffers from a big problem is quotas that prevent the accountability of corrupt to stand behind political blocs and some of them represents the center of protection for the corrupt."   It is noteworthy that Prime Minister Haider Abadi ordered earlier to withdraw the hand of Minister of Electricity Qassim Fahdawi because of the deterioration of service in all of Iraq. Finished

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Abadi issues directives on Babylon, including appointments and completion of projects

 

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BAGHDAD (Reuters) -  Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Saturday issued several directives for the province of Babil, including appointments and completion of projects.  Abadi said during a meeting with a delegation of elders and elders of Babil province and the local government that "the victory over gangs is a challenge to our unity and we will achieve construction, reconstruction, services and jobs in our unity as well. We need a revolution to cooperate." He explained that "our country has good and fair distribution, Is the care of everyone. After we announced the military victory a few months ago we began to work on construction and reconstruction and services and we have developed the necessary plans and strategies. "     "We are listening to citizens' demands and issuing decisions and directives to implement them," he said. "The biggest corruption is the waste of public money."  "We will achieve a new achievement in the reconstruction, construction, services and employment opportunities in our cooperation, we are in a single boat," he said, adding that "anger comes for correction."  The media office said that "the Prime Minister directed, in the light of the meeting, to complete the allocations of the strategic bridge Btah and finance the appropriate amount for this year and ensure the allocation for the next year with the possibility of building an alternative bridge to build military engineering quickly to avoid the large congestion caused by this bridge, The announcement of the draft Hilla streams, which was voted in the Council of Ministers and within the allocations of the British loan. The office added that Abadi directed the completion of the five strategic water projects as one of the ministerial projects, some of which reached 90% (Al-Hashim Water Project, Al-Mahaweel Water Project, Abi Gharq Water Project, Al-Musayyab Water Project, And the declaration of functional grades resulting from the movement of owners of all departments of the province according to the population ratios of each administrative unit, and provide the province of Babylon electric power on the basis of the population ratio of the people of the province as well as the first province industrially and review the subject of collection and maintenance and the Ministry of Electricity to address the problems of fluctuation of processing Areas of Musayyib, Alexandria, Al-Sada and other areas. " The ministry said that the directive included "the maintenance of rivers and irrigation projects, especially the large Musayyib project, and an objective evaluation of the process of lining up the tables, including in particular the Babylon Table, the treatment schedules, the schedule and the schedule of its role. The Ministry of Water Resources will report on this. This area in light of the demands of representatives of districts and districts and the need to implement the Council of Ministers Resolution No. 67 of 2018, and develop quick solutions to address the problem of schools that have not completed the completion rate of 90% in different regions. The office also included the guidance of "solving the problem of the Jewish river by extending pipelines and completing the construction of the Imam Bakr bin Imam Ali (peace be upon them) and completing the water complex in the area of Jibla and the road of the city of Qassim and completing the road of Shomali - Hamzah - Hashimiyah because it is the strategic road, Al Hamza Hospital, Al-Sidda Hospital, Al-Masib and Al-Nail, and solve the bottlenecks in the electrical network by providing financial allocations to the five stations for the transmission and distribution of electric power as an important project. " The office continued, "The provision of the necessary allocations for the purpose of completing the bridge of the mother in the city center to remove the traffic jams because the project has been suspended for three years, and open the door to widows and divorced women and orphans and parents and the unemployed and their inclusion in social welfare salaries and allocate 10 billion dinars to establish a waste recycling plant Which has become a major problem in the province of the spread of waste at the entrances of the city and public streets and the lack of provision of regular places for landfill health.  "In view of the detailed needs of the district and district authorities in the province of Babil to improve the various services, the operations room of the Provincial Reconstruction and Services Committee to prioritize each district and district, depending on the reports submitted by the representatives of districts and districts." The office pointed out that Abbadi directed "rescheduling the debts / loans of the farmers and their benefits, reactivating the loans of the industrial initiative, the agricultural initiative, activating the microfinance project to provide employment opportunities in the governorate areas, reconsidering the lending conditions, The Ministry of Industry and ministries and other bodies to rehabilitate factories and production companies to ensure the provision of sustainable employment opportunities for the people of the province, and the task of leading the joint operations to study the return of the people of the cliff victory after the security audit.  "The office, he added that" The Ministry of Finance will provide the necessary funding and completion of the bridge of the students' footpaths through Hilla - Najaf - and the completion of the rehabilitation of the Musayyib Bridge. " Since the beginning of last July, the provinces of central and southern Iraq have witnessed protests demanding the provision of services such as electricity, drinking water, job creation as well as the eradication of corruption, with violence and the burning of headquarters of a number of political parties.

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After Wassit and Muthanna .. Haider Abadi issues decisions for the province of Babylon

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Iraq protests Babil province 

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Erbil (Kurdistan 24) - The Iraqi Prime Minister, Haider Abadi, Saturday to implement a number of decisions after meeting with the dignitaries of the province of Babylon.

Abadi has issued several decisions to the provinces of Wasit and Muthanna earlier in an effort to contain the violent protests launched in areas of southern and central Iraq against the spread of corruption and poor services.

Abadi's decisions for Babylon are as follows:

1. Completion of the allocations of the strategic bridge of Batah and financing of the appropriate amount for this year and guarantee the allocation for the next year with the possibility of establishing an alternative bridge to build military engineering quickly to avoid the large congestion caused by this bridge.

2- Resolve the issue of the announcement of the Hilla Great Project which was voted in the Council of Ministers and within the British loan allocations.

3- Completion of the five strategic water projects as one of the ministerial projects, some of which reached 90% (Al-Hashimiya Project, Al-Mahaweel Water Project, Abi Gharq Water Project, Al-Musayyab Water Project, Al-Kifl Water Project).

 

4 - Declaration of grades resulting from the movement of owners of all departments of the province according to the population ratios of each administrative unit.

5 - Supply the province of Babylon electric power on the basis of the population percentage of the people of the province as well as the first province industrially and review the subject of collection and maintenance and the Ministry of Electricity to address the problems of fluctuation of processing areas of Musayyib, Alexandria,

6- Maintenance of rivers and irrigation projects, foremost of which is the large Musayyib project and carrying out an objective evaluation of the process of lining up the tables, including in particular the table of Babylon and the schedules of the treatment of Jeroboiyeh and the Kefl table and the schedule of its role. The Ministry of Water Resources shall submit a report on this and the Ministry of Finance shall finance the important works in this field Representatives of districts and districts and the need to implement the Council of Ministers Resolution No. 67 of 2018.

7 - Develop quick solutions to address the problem of schools that have not completed the completion rate of 90 percent in different regions.

8- Addressing the problem of the Jewish river by extending pipes and completing the construction of the Imam Bakr bin Imam Ali peace be upon them and completing the compound of water in the area of Jibla and the road of the city of Qasim and complete the road Shomali - Hamzah - Hashimiyah because it is the strategic road

9. Re-financing the construction of Al-Hamzah West Hospital as well as Al-Sada Hospital, Al-Musayyib and Nile.

10 - addressing the decoupling of bottlenecks in the electrical network through the provision of financial allocations for the five stations for the transfer and distribution of electric power as an important project.

11 - Provision of the necessary allocations for the purpose of completing the mother bridge located in the city center to remove the traffic jams because the project has been suspended for three years.

12 - Open the door of inclusion of widows and divorcees and orphan parents and the unemployed and their inclusion in social welfare salaries.

13- Allocation of 10 billion dinars for the establishment of a waste recycling plant, which has become a major problem in the governorate for the spread of waste at the entrances of the city and the public streets and the failure to provide regular places for sanitary landfill.

14. In light of the detailed needs of the representatives of districts and districts of Babil Governorate, the operations room of the Provincial Reconstruction and Services Committee (MRC) is prioritizing each district and district based on the reports submitted by district and district representatives.

15. Rescheduling (debts, loans and benefits of farmers).

16. Reactivating the industrial initiative loans, the agricultural initiative, activating the financing of the micro-credit project to provide employment opportunities in the governorate areas, and reconsidering the lending conditions.

17. Immediately approve the establishment of the West Hamzah Hospital.

18. The Ministry of Industry, Ministries and other bodies shall rehabilitate factories and production companies to ensure the provision of sustainable employment opportunities for the people of the governorate.

19 - To mandate the joint operations command to study the return of the people of Al-Nasr after security scrutiny.

20- Develop an urgent plan to cover the streets in the areas of the province under priorities under which the Ministry of Finance under the appropriate funding and the completion of the bridge pedestrian students through Hilla - Najaf - and completion of the rehabilitation of the Musayyib Bridge.

Iraq desperately needs money to repair infrastructure that has been neglected for 15 years. Baghdad has spent billions of dollars on the war against a militant organization.

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Government mobilization to implement service projects

06/8/2018 12:00 am   Baghdad / Muhannad Abdul Wahab The various government agencies have strengthened their measures aimed at achieving the demands of citizens and providing the services they called for, while the official spokesman for the government Saad al-Hadithi, "morning" "the entry of all service departments of the highest alert to provide the full needs of citizens and the implementation of projects, That "the government issued about 170 resolutions to implement the demands of the demonstrators and improve the reality of service and living."  At the same time, the Secretariat of the Council of Ministers clarified on Sunday that the Ministry of Finance to finance dozens of projects in the provinces of Basra, Dhi Qar, Muthanna, Najaf and Baghdad from emergency reserves and operational budget for fiscal year 2018, Minister of Planning Salman Jumaili expected not to put a supplementary budget for the remainder of the year In the event of a financial abundance of oil sales after filling the deficit in the current budget, pointing out that this is due to the lack of the House of Representatives in its new session so far, because the supplementary budget requires the approval of the Council. Al-Hadithi said: "The government is in the process of implementing the decisions and procedures issued by the Council of Ministers on the ground and directly, which amounted to more than 170 important decisions, including the financial allocations that were launched to the provinces on the level of providing grades and provide employment for the unemployed and the level of providing loan facilities from the Agricultural Bank And exemption from interest and postponement of payment of installments for two years to farmers who borrowed from the Agricultural Bank and also in the field of small and industrial projects and rehabilitation of unemployed through the centers of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs and give wages to the unemployed.  He pointed out that "governmental measures also included water sectors, municipal services and the educational and health sector in relation to the completion of schools, hospitals, sewage networks, water and roads and the establishment of accelerators, and all these sectors are being worked on in full swing."

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Iraqi media is currently reporting that the Basra protests—which have spread to Wasit, Maysan, Dhi Qar, and Karbala provinces—resulted solely from the energy crisis and rising unemployment. However, the truth is that these major economic and political crises emerged as a result of the increase of Iranian influence in Iraq, and protesters recognize this. Though contributing about 80 percent of Iraqi oil exports, Basra has been neglected for decades, both by Saddam Hussein and later successive governments. Recent reports have noted that some residents of the south have been forced by severe poverty and unemployment to flee to Anbar governorate to search for agricultural work. These protests also reflect Iraq’s continued struggle to rebuild following a three-year war against Islamist militants that destroyed the country’s infrastructure.

Although Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has announced new investments worth three billion dollars for Basra and has pledged additional spending on housing, schools, and services in response to the protests, they have actually continued—spreading up to the capital. The persistence of these demonstrations poses an important question: who benefits from the expansion of these protests? And who benefits from the consequent faltering in Iraq’s oil supplies?

Because of the southern region’s financial and administrative corruption, Basra province imports its energy from Iran rather than establishing its own power plants. It was Iran’s choice to stop electricity exports just after the American decision to resume sanctions—causing the electricity shortage and a cutoff of potable water that initially sparked the protests. With a lack of available drinking water or cooling devices during a summer that has reached more than 131 degrees Fahrenheit, the response to Iran’s actions was clearly predictable.

Thus, in contrast to domestic reporting, many analysts believe that Iran intentionally pushed Basra to the breaking point in order to destabilize the country, thus threatening oil companies with the prospect of heavy losses and potentially pushing them to pressure the Trump administration to lessen sanctions through Washington and London oil lobbies. A decline in Iraqi oil production would raise the global price of oil—a welcome reprieve for the Iranian economy in light of the first wave of re-imposed sanctions. Iran may have also intended to exert pressure on southern Iraq’s residents in order to secure a sectarian government coalition that would further Iran’s influence in Iraq after its allies’ disappointing results in the elections.

Nevertheless, as the protests in Iraq develop and enter their second month, it appears that Iran has fallen into a trap of its own making. Iran ignited a flame in the south that could burn its allies and the militias commanders loyal to it.

The protests have toppled the barrier of fear that had previously kept ordinary citizens from openly criticizing Tehran’s militias in Iraq. The citizens of the south, who had been held captive by the actions of these groups, are now seeking vengeance. More impressively, these pressures are proving effective: pro-Iranian groups stationed in headquarters and barracks are now searching for safe havens and calling on government forces to protect them and their bases, especially since they have been identified as the main actors accused in the killings of demonstrators.

Protesters are directly tackling the issue of Iranian influence in Iraqi politics. Slogans in Arabic and Persian declare: “We submit our request to the Iranian government—sorry, to the Iraqi government,” conveying contempt for an Iraqi government they accuse of being a mere subordinate to Tehran. Ironically, the course of the protests has shifted away from oil firms—presumably Iran’s intended targets—and to the headquarters of the Islamist parties and factions loyal to Iran, including the Hakim movement, the Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq and Badr militias, and even the Da’wa party in multiple provinces. Dawa Party and Iranian militia bases have been burned. And protesters calling themselves the youth of the “Great Popular Revolution” have also burned images of religious figures associated with loyalty to Tehran—including Hadi al-Amiri, Nouri al-Maliki, and Qais Khazali—as well as images of Khomeini and Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

The protesters’ messages indicate that they are targeting the pillars of the political process in Iraq in order to affect the formation of the upcoming government and to distance it from Iranian influence as much as possible. And politicians in Iraq are listening; even the hawkish head of the Badr militia, Hadi al-Amiri, has apologized to the Iraqi people in apublic speech, stating that "we must admit that we have failed our people and were unable to provide them with a decent life—whether intentionally or unintentionally—and we let our people suffer while we were preoccupied with our internal conflict." Nevertheless, Amiri has faced much criticism on social media due to his initial refusal to accept responsibility and the limited response of an apology.

Given this unique window of opportunity, the Trump administration should seize on the moment presented by Shia Iraqis' growing popular rejection of Iranian influence in Iraq and use these events to reformulate its strategic relationship with Iraq on the basis of weakening Iranian influence. The U.S. administration can encourage the formulation of an independent government to rework the constitution and work to transform Iraq from a parliamentary to a presidential system, with a president and a parliament elected by the people. The Iraqi government should also be encouraged to increase its focus on and investments in the southern provinces to limit the spread of unemployment, especially among youth, and deter corruption.

 

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