Spiked Camel Kava Llama Java !

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Heh, Heh, Heh (Sneaky Clown Laugh) - Guess Where I Was This Weekend ?  

 

     

 

 

 

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(Joker Hollywood) strongly participates in Baghdad demonstrations

 

 

 

2019/10/14 8:30

 

 

Photos of the hero of the new Hollywood movie "Joker", which is among the participants in the demonstrations witnessed in the capital Baghdad during the past days.  
 

One of the designers installed the character "Joker" on a number of pictures taken during the protest movement calling for the overthrow of the government and improve services and fight corruption.

In one photo, Joker escapes from bullets fired by Iraqi security forces at demonstrators, while in another he dances during demonstrations. Some believe that the Joker, who believes that opposition to power is the only way to achieve justice, represents the dark side of the personality of all human beings.

[DinarThug]

Can U Think Of 3 Letters To Go With Number #20 Below ?  

 

     

 

 

 

The protests are back on the 25th of this month. The demonstrators identify 23 demands

 

2019-10-14

 

Baghdad: Yassin Iraq

The coordinating committees responsible for the demonstrations in Iraq, set 25 this month as the date for renewed protests, while announcing 23 demands.

A statement spread on social networking sites and followed by "Yes Iraq," that "our demonstrations after the visit of the forty on the 25th of this month, will be demands are not service because the services imposed on the state to provide and this is the most basic rights of the citizen."

"Our demands will be as follows:"

1.Reviewing some paragraphs of the Constitution and amending them for the benefit of the nation and the people

2..Cancel the excess rings ((provincial councils… independent bodies .. Shiite endowment .. Sunni endowment .. Foundation prisoners… salaries Rafha… .. Foundation martyrs .. Hajj and Umrah))

3. Reducing the number of members of the House of Representatives, while reducing their salaries and privileges….

4..Activating the law ((Where did you get this)) ... And start with officials from the year 2003 and so far .. And compare what he had before this date .. And what he owns now

5 .. Financial control audits the accounts of financial parties .. and know the source of their money….

6… Equitable distribution of the wealth of the country to the people and the adjustment of the salary scale of employees .. so that there are no differences between the ministry and another

7 .. Abolish the privileges and prose of the three presidents.

8 .. Re - Ministry of Information as the former and the cancellation of the Iraqi media network

9 .. Transformation from a parliamentary system to a republican system

10 .. support the national product and activate the rehabilitation of factories, factories and agriculture and the provision of water shares in Iraq within the framework of international treaties and agreements

11 .. Dissolution of religious party factions and the establishment and reconstruction of a strong Iraqi army and building a national intelligence service is the pillar of the state

12 .. Abolition of the law of question and justice put by Bremer and Ahmad Chalabi and the abolition of the Integrity Commission

13 .. Rumaila gas exploitation to lose Iraq daily $ 20 million must be invested and make fuel for power plants and prevent the import of Iranian gas

14… Construction of substations on black oil and gas Construction of alternative plants on solar energy, wind and landfill waste like the rest of the world

15… Abolish the idea of developing the provinces or territory and make all 18 provinces of Iraq belong to Baghdad, the central capital

16 .. Revenues and imports of religious shrines and shrines go to the Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs as a national import within the budget of the country

17 .. support the farmer seeds and fertilizer and agricultural mechanisms and support the agricultural product so that Iraq is self-sufficient in agriculture, livestock and fisheries

18… Make Iraq as before the era of ownership agricultural country tourist industrial oil with spare young spare ..

19… Fixing all contracts working in the state institutions such as ministerial, daily wages, regional development contracts, lecturers and free employees on permanent owners.

20. Allocation of monthly salary to each Iraqi individual of the oil quota of not less than five hundred dollars per month

21. Allocation of salary for graduates, the unemployed and those with special needs

22 .. Construction of housing complexes to housing the poor and the distribution of plots of land

23. Reduce the interest of government bank advances

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[DinarThug]

On 10/13/2019 at 10:08 AM, DinarThug said:

Parliamentary Finance: Kurdish delegations arrived in Baghdad to pressure the government to pass the 2020 budget

 

 

12th October, 2019

 

The Kurdistan Finance Committee, on Saturday, that the Kurdistan Regional Government sent several delegations to the federal government to pressure them to pass the region's share within the draft federal budget law for 2020.

A member of the Committee Siham al-Aqili in a statement to / information /, "The government of Erbil sent high-level delegations continuously during the past period to pressure the federal government to pass the region's share within the draft federal budget law for 2020″, pointing out that" the House of Representatives Egypt not to Pass the region's share in the 2020 budget until he received oil money.”

She added that "Arbil has not delivered the federal government oil money since the beginning of this year so far," noting that "Arbelha funds for the full year and it is not possible to pass its share in the budget next year without paying the debt owed." She explained that "the government of Arbil is trying to convince the federal government to spend its share through the delegations that send them continuously."

The Committee on Labor and Social Affairs, earlier, the existence of 90 million barrels of oil owed by the Kurdistan Regional Government did not pay to the federal government, while showing that the House of Representatives will refrain from including the budget of the region in the draft federal budget for 2020.

Find A Thick Camel Hide Tarp And Take Cover From The Sh#@ Storm !  

 

     

 

 

 

10-14-2019   Newshound Guru MilitiaMan    Article: 

"Reveal the visit of a high Kurdish delegation to resolve the 2020 budget"  

Quote: "a high-level Kurdish delegation will arrive in the next few days to Baghdad to resolve the 2020 budget file."

The theme we are seeing is noted, as in "days not weeks"  ...

They are clearly taking action now. 

The Sh#@ storm they went through this last week or so has the fire under the Camel now.

Anyone seen now with out the good of the citizens, will not go over well.  

The trend has reforms front and center,

as they know they have time lines for real issues that need(ed) to be addressed. ...

Keep in mind the Citizens know that they have been told about NSCNs and Coins, Fils, etc.

That would be something that would not go on deaf ears.. 

Everyone wants purchase power and that comes with the new small category notes, coins and fils.  
The descriptions of the real deal need to be shown, once they show them? imo.

[DinarThug]

On 10/10/2019 at 11:37 AM, DinarThug said:

Iraqis are floating on oil ... and sinking into poverty, unemployment and corruption

 

Baghdad - the new Arab

October 9, 2019

 

How can citizens in a country that is the second largest producer of OPEC crude oil suffer all this poverty and sink into unemployment? An easy question to answer is to know the extent of corruption that has absorbed the blood of the Iraqi economy for years. 

Amid growing living crises and rising regional political divisions, thousands of Iraqis took to the streets , demanding intuitive rights: a job, social justice, and a halt to corruption . 

 

The homes of Iraqis lack safe drinking water and electricity, and the quality of public services is so low that citizens have no confidence in getting out of hospitals alive, amid a significant drop in education levels. Decrepit roads, infrastructure and transportation often do not suggest that the country receives billions of dollars a month in oil sales.

Since 2004, Iraq's national income has been estimated at more than $ 1 trillion, based on oil revenues exported in the same period.In addition, governments after the occupation received nearly $ 200 billion in grants, loans and various assistance, most of which came from the United States and various European countries.

According to official figures from the Iraqi Ministry of Planning that the country's poverty rate reached 22.5% in 2019, which was confirmed by the ministry's spokesman, Abdul Zahra al-Hindawi, earlier. That is, about a quarter of Iraqis are poor In figures, 8.6 million people suffer from poverty in this oil country.

 

Iraq is one of the largest Arab countries producing oil, and Oil Minister Jabbar al-Luaibi revealed in August that his country is working to raise production in the coming years to 7.5 million barrels per day, up from about 4.5 million barrels per day now. The size of Iraq's proven oil reserves is about 112 billion barrels, and Iraq holds the largest reserves in the world after Saudi Arabia.

 

As of December 2018, the unemployment rate for adults (15 years and over) was 13.8%, according to a report by the Ministry of Planning and the Central Statistical Department in cooperation with the World Bank. Unemployment rates for the 15-24 age group increased by 27.5%. 

 

In September, the Parliamentary Committee for Economy and Investment announced that unemployment and unemployed graduates had exceeded 42% across the country and that the number of unemployed graduates could exceed 5 million at present.

 

Iraq, on the other hand, ranked 168 out of 180 countries in the Corruption Perceptions Index released by Transparency International's 2018 report.

 

The Central Bank of Iraq in July 2018 that "the total income of Iraq between 2005 and 2017 amounted to $ 706 billion, of which $ 703.11 billion was spent."

 

While Rahim al-Darraji, a member of the Iraqi Integrity Committee in parliament in 2017, confirmed that there are more than 5,000 fake contracts in construction projects and infrastructure, amounting to $ 228 billion. 

"The number of fake projects in Iraq since 2003 (after the US-British invasion), and up to 2019, more than 6,000 projects," said Jassem al-Bukhati, a member of the Iraqi Parliament's Services Committee. It is about 200 trillion Iraqi dinars, or about $ 178 billion, over the past 16 years. 

 

Also, the Commission on Parliamentary Integrity announced at the end of 2018 on the loss of Iraq more than $ 350 billion through currency smuggling, auction of the Central Bank and lagging contracts and fake projects.

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, who was oil minister in 2015, said Iraq's budgets since 2003 amounted to $ 850 billion. Corruption has left the country with $ 450 billion, with a 6 percent GDP for government employees, or 20 minutes a day, he said.

 

"Personal corruption, which some estimate consumes 3% of the total," said Abdul-Mahdi.

He added that: "huge amounts means that what is stolen by fraud methods .. At least $ 2 billion annually, and this is a great disaster must be addressed and reduced to get to stop."

 

In fact, corruption exceeds $ 2 billion annually, and a senior official pointed out in a statement earlier to the "new Arab" that "more than 40 cases of corruption in Iraq totaling nearly $ 100 billion is not allowed to open, such as the Russian arms deal and the Ukrainian arms and prefabricated schools deal Gas power plants, Ministry of Commerce's rice and flour processing tenders, explosives detectors, Central Bank dollar auction, agricultural finance loans, industrial finance, oil smuggling, construction contracts, investment licenses, army salaries and support system" rel="">support council salaries. ''

In 2004, during the US-led Coalition Provisional Authority following the US-British occupation of Iraq, the Central Bank of Iraq established the so-called "hard currency daily auction" as part of its efforts to revalue the Iraqi dinar. Sometimes this amount is usually from Iraqi oil revenues sold.

The auction has continued to operate in this manner ever since. Iraqi observers and officials estimate the value of the dollar sold in this auction over the past fifteen years, more than $ 300 billion, most of which came out of Iraq to other countries without achieving benefit for the Iraqi dinar and its value, which remains under the logical limit of the fifth largest oil producer in the world (1200 dinars per dollar).

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10-13-2019   Newshound/Intel Guru BGG  Article: 

"Iraqis are floating on oil … and sinking into poverty, unemployment and corruption"

Wow...

They are saying almost exactly half of all the revenues Iraq produced between 2005-2017 were wasted due to corruption! 

“…350 billion through currency smuggling,

auction of the Central Bank and lagging contracts and fake projects”.  

They also go on to talk about the oil reserves, 

the plan to revalue the Dinar and the current undervaluation of the Dinar; 

“…which remains under the logical limit of the fifth largest oil producer in the world (1200 dinars per dollar)”.  

Whoa… not bad. Not too bad at all...

It’s no wonder the Iraqi people are rising up.
They are sick of it. Good for them.

[DinarThug]

Economic rights and national security strategy

 

Monday, October 14, 2019

 

Samir al-Nasiri

 

 

Iraq is currently in a critical, important, sensitive and detailed phase due to the political, security and economic conditions, legitimate popular demands, commitments, resolutions and solutions announced by the government, the Council of Representatives and the Presidency by agreement between the three presidencies.

All these decisions are waiting for the people to achieve them within a period of time that does not exceed months. It outlines a clear strategy and targets and timelines for implementation in order to reassure the public that the government is moving according to the best interest of the country and the people and this needs to be addressed promptly and accurately to the problems Economic indicators and the elimination of corruption, especially as official indicators point to high rates of unemployment to more than 30 percent of the workforce capable of working and high rates of poverty to 30 percent, and all these challenges led to high rates of prevalence of cases of financial and administrative corruption.

Therefore, we believe that building a clear basis for the national security strategy in its comprehensive concept with a focus on the economic aspect should result in achieving security, stability and economic development, in order to contribute to the well-being of society and to be effective and feasible in the current circumstances in Iraq, so many citizens The various levels of government, political, economic, university professors and civil society organizations of youth, women and professionals should contribute to their preparation through what is now legitimate claims to citizens in the reform yards in Baghdad and other provinces. Central and southern.

The magnitude of the threats to Iraq internally and externally and focus here on the threats related to the expectations of economic collapse, waste of public money and instability in oil prices globally requires the standing of government, political and popular bodies in order to protect Iraq and sustain the construction of its economy according to the real facts under the level of everyone's view, so we see Undoubtedly, the reforms and economic solutions announced by the Prime Minister, most of which require different time limits for the purpose of implementation, should be adopted as an economic strategy to achieve national security, focusing on Article 25 of The Constitution and other materials related to the State to ensure a dignified life for the individual and the family and ensure social justice among all classes and sects of the Iraqi people, and this strategy must include the application of realistic axes of government curriculum after according to the latest developments and packages economic and service reforms announced by the government and the House of Representatives amended

Legitimate the people in the elimination of financial and administrative corruption and address unemployment and poverty and return Iraq's stolen funds.

Therefore, we believe that the basic and economic principles of the national security strategy are as follows:

1. The sovereignty and territorial integrity of Iraq

2. Building a sound, multi-resource national economy

3 - The private sector plays a central role to lead the market

4. Providing food, medicine and environmental security to citizens

5 - To ensure the dignified life of the individual and the family in accordance with the articles of the Constitution

6. Reforming and developing the financial and banking sector and increasing its contribution to economic development

7. The State shall guarantee social justice for citizens

8. Protection of the principle of citizenship and civil peace

9 - Reform and development of good governance institutions to provide the best services to citizens

10. Information security and transparency in economic data and indicators

By analyzing the above fundamental and economic principles, we note that building a healthy economy, which ultimately achieves prosperity and prosperity for society, is the basis for building a national security strategy that goes beyond protecting internal security to protecting the homeland and ensuring its safety from external enemies. It requires all government and political stakeholders, representatives of youth demonstrators, the private sector and economists to study, discuss and analyze the challenges and reform measures for a secure Iraq and a solid economy in a comprehensive national dialogue based on the following: :

1- Activating the axes mentioned in the government curriculum through the development of operational and operational policies and mechanisms for the development of productive economic sectors with the directions that achieve what is mentioned in these axes in their detailed aspects and setting a time limit for the implementation of each of the above-mentioned axes, under the supervision of the Council of Representatives.

2 - The government formed the Supreme Council for Economic Affairs, which consists of experts from the government and the private sector in order to carry out economic reform and the first step, including banking reform and to strengthen the role of the Central Bank of Iraq and the ministries concerned with economic affairs (finance, agriculture, industry, planning, oil and electricity) in effective and harmonious coordination between the two policies. Financial and monetary and achieve the goal of diversification of resources and non-dependence on oil in the state budget as a basic resource.

3. Establishment of the Reconstruction Council, the Public Service Council, the Private Sector Council and the National Authority for Small Enterprise Development. And medium. Youth Empowerment Fund

4. Taking quick action to benefit from the national economic, financial and technical expertise in managing the work of the basic economic workshops in the government and holding them responsible for the governmental institutions, especially those who have previous success experiences.

5. Activating and implementing executive mechanisms for economic reform and private sector development procedures prepared by the competent committees of experts in the Council of Ministers in 2015 with a focus on what they have addressed in the agricultural and industrial axes, finance, insurance, tourism, services and benefiting from successful economic experiences, and actually start implementing them and setting the time limits for putting them into practice. Implementation and defining elements of implementation, taking into account the current circumstances of Iraq.

6. Developing executive procedures to activate and implement the strategies previously developed in cooperation with the competent international organizations approved and announced for the development of the private sector, agricultural sector, industrial sector and education in accordance with the priorities adopted by these strategies and not to be shelved without Implementation of.

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[DinarThug]

Trump authorizes sanctions against Turkey amid Syria incursion, calls for end to its 'destabilizing actions'

 

By Gregg Re | Fox News
 

 

 

Trump, lawmakers vow 'big sanctions' against Turkey are coming

The White House signals they are ready to act as Turkey escalates force in Syria; John Roberts reports from Washington.

President Trump announced Monday afternoon that he will soon issue an executive order imposing sanctions against Turkey for its "destabilizing" offensive in Syria, amid a bipartisan outcry over the president's troop pullback earlier this year that endangered U.S.-aligned Kurdish forces.

The sanctions followed the president's Oct. 7 threat, when he warned that "if Turkey does anything that I, in my great and unmatched wisdom, consider to be off limits, I will totally destroy and obliterate the Economy of Turkey (I’ve done before!)."

In a statement posted to Twitter on Monday, Trump announced that steel tariffs would "be increased back up to 50 percent," and the U.S. will "immediately stop negotiations ... with respect to a $100 billion trade deal with Turkey."

The order would enable "powerful" additional sanctions against those who "may be involved in serious human rights abuses, obstructing a ceasefire, preventing displaced persons from returning home, forcibly repatriation refugees, or threatening the peace, security, or stability in Syria,' Trump wrote. Current and former Turkish officials, as well as anyone contributing to "Turkey's destabilizing actions in northeast Syria" might be targeted, Trump said.

Remaining U.S. troops in northeast Syria will be withdrawn as planned, Trump said, and redeployed "in the region to monitor the situation and prevent a repeat of 2014," when ISIS made major territorial gains.

 

In separate tweets, the president said he would "much rather focus on our Southern border" than the conflict in Syria.

Trump also emphasized that Syria "wants naturally to protect the Kurds." The New York Times reported that a deal between Kurdish forces and Damascus – which was announced Sunday evening – would enable Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces to attempt to regain a foothold in the country's northeast.

 

 

A poster of Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is held up during show of support by about a dozen people for Turkey's operation in Syria, in the border town of Akcakale, Sanliurfa province, southeastern Turkey, on Monday, Oct. 14, 2019. Erdogan has criticized NATO allies which are looking to broaden an arms embargo against Turkey over its push into northern Syria. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

"An agreement has been reached with the Syrian government – whose duty it is to protect the country's borders and preserve Syrian sovereignty – for the Syrian Army to enter and deploy along the Syrian-Turkish border to help the [Syrian Democratic Forces, SDF] stop this aggression" by Turkey, the SDF, which is a primarily Kurdish militia, said in a statement.
 

The developments came as graphic images of violence directed at Kurds circulated on social media.

Turkey has justified its ongoing invasion of northeast Syria to the United Nations by saying it's exercising its right to self-defense under the U.N. Charter, according to a letter circulated Monday.

Ankara said the military offensive was undertaken to counter an "imminent terrorist threat" and to ensure the security of its borders from Syrian Kurdish militias, whom it calls "terrorists," and the Islamic State extremist group.

 

KURDS ANNOUNCE DEAL WITH DAMASCUS AMID US PULLOUT

 

Since 2014, the Kurds had fought alongside American forces in defeating ISIS in Syria. But Trump ordered American troops in northern Syria to step aside last week — a move decried at home and abroad as a betrayal of an ally.

 

The U.S. withdrawal cleared the way for Turkey's cross-border attack on Kurdish-held areas in Syria, which is now in its sixth day and has led to quickly shifting alliances.

The military action by Ankara sets up a potential clash between Turkish and Syrian government troops, as the Kurds have now turned to Damascus for support. It also raises the specter of a resurgent ISIS, since the Kurds will focus their attention on the Turkish advance.

 

Turkey's position is that the main Kurdish group in Syria is linked to an outlawed Kurdish group in Turkey, the Kurdistan Workers' Party. Known as the PKK, that group has waged a 35-year old conflict against the Turkish state that has left tens of thousands of people dead.

Turkey's U.N. Ambassador Feridun Sinirlioglu said in the letter to the Security Council dated Oct. 9 that its counter-terrorism operation will be "proportionate, measured and responsible."

 

A Turkish forces tank is driven to its new position after was transported by trucks, on a road towards the border with Syria in Sanliurfa province, Turkey, on Monday, Oct. 14, 2019. Syrian troops entered several northern towns and villages Monday, getting close to the Turkish border as Turkey's army and opposition forces backed by Ankara marched south in the same direction, raising concerns of a clash between the two sides as Turkey's invasion of northern Syria entered its sixth day. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

"The operation will target only terrorists and their hideouts, shelters, emplacements, weapons, vehicles and equipment," he said. "All precautions are taken to avoid collateral damage to the civilian population."

But U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Monday that at least 160,000 civilians have been newly displaced and that military action has already reportedly resulted in many civilian casualties.

Sinirlioglu said Syria's eight-year conflict "has created a breeding ground for various terrorist organizations, posing a wide range of threats to the region and beyond."

Despite these claims, many foreign fighters who joined IS originally found their way to Syria through Turkey, and it was widely believed Turkish authorities turned a blind eye at the time.

 

JIM HANSON: U.S. MUST DO THIS TO PREVENT ISIS RESURGENCE

Turkey said it invoked Article 51 of the U.N. Charter, which authorizes military action in self-defense. It also cited six Security Council resolutions since 2001 dealing with the fight against terrorism.

 

"Turkey's national security has been under the direct and imminent threat of terrorist organizations operating in the east of the Euphrates in Syria," Sinirlioglu said.

In addition, he said, an agreement signed by Turkey and Syria in Adana on Oct. 20, 1998 "constitutes a contractual basis for my country to fight all kinds of terrorism emanating from Syrian territory in its hideouts and in an effective timely manner."

Sinirlioglu underscored Turkey's strong commitment to Syria's territorial integrity and political unity.

 

He said the country "will carry out this operation in support of efforts to facilitate the safe return of displaced Syrians to their homes of origin or other places of their choice in Syria."

He stressed Turkey's "strong commitment" to a political solution to the Syrian conflict based on a roadmap to peace adopted by key nations in 2012 and endorsed by the Security Council in 2015.

Fox News' Edmund DeMarche and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-turkey-syria-sanctions-destabilizing-actions

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The International Finance Corporation (IFC) adopts the Corporate Governance Guide for Banks issued by the Central Bank of Iraq

 

15th October, 2019

 

The International Finance Corporation ( IFC ) has adopted the "Guide to Corporate Governance for Iraqi Banks" issued by the Central Bank of Iraq.

 

It is noteworthy that the corporate governance of banks aims to determine the nature of the relationship between the board of directors of the bank and the executive management in order to protect the funds of depositors, shareholders and stakeholders and ensures disclosure and transparency.

 

Central Bank of Iraq

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2019/10/15

 

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IFC adopts the Central Bank's Corporate Governance Guide for Banks
 

 

15th October, 2019

 

The Central Bank of Iraq, on Tuesday, the adoption of the International Finance Corporation IFC Guide to Corporate Governance for banks issued by

In a statement received by Al-Iqtisadiah, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) adopted the "Guide to Institutional Governance of Iraqi Banks" issued by the Central Bank of Iraq

It is noteworthy that the corporate governance of banks aims to determine the nature of the relationship between the board of directors of the bank and the executive management in order to protect the funds of depositors, shareholders and stakeholders and ensures disclosure and transparency

 

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Iraqi banking achievement added to international regulations for the first time

 

 

2019/10/15 14:00

 

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has adopted the "Guide to Corporate Governance for Iraqi Banks" issued by the Central Bank of Iraq.
 

It is noteworthy that the corporate governance of banks aims to determine the nature of the relationship between the board of directors of the bank and the executive management in order to protect the funds of depositors, shareholders and stakeholders and ensures disclosure and transparency.

[navira]

1 minute ago, DinarThug said:

https://cbi.iq/news/view/1313

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) adopts the Corporate Governance Guide for Banks issued by the Central Bank of Iraq

 

15th October, 2019

 

The International Finance Corporation ( IFC ) has adopted the "Guide to Corporate Governance for Iraqi Banks" issued by the Central Bank of Iraq.

 

It is noteworthy that the corporate governance of banks aims to determine the nature of the relationship between the board of directors of the bank and the executive management in order to protect the funds of depositors, shareholders and stakeholders and ensures disclosure and transparency.

 

Central Bank of Iraq

information Office

2019/10/15

 

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IFC adopts the Central Bank's Corporate Governance Guide for Banks
 

 

15th October, 2019

 

The Central Bank of Iraq, on Tuesday, the adoption of the International Finance Corporation IFC Guide to Corporate Governance for banks issued by

In a statement received by Al-Iqtisadiah, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) adopted the "Guide to Institutional Governance of Iraqi Banks" issued by the Central Bank of Iraq

It is noteworthy that the corporate governance of banks aims to determine the nature of the relationship between the board of directors of the bank and the executive management in order to protect the funds of depositors, shareholders and stakeholders and ensures disclosure and transparency

 

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Iraqi banking achievement added to international regulations for the first time

 

 

2019/10/15 14:00

 

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has adopted the "Guide to Corporate Governance for Iraqi Banks" issued by the Central Bank of Iraq.
 

It is noteworthy that the corporate governance of banks aims to determine the nature of the relationship between the board of directors of the bank and the executive management in order to protect the funds of depositors, shareholders and stakeholders and ensures disclosure and transparency.

Thanks bro...let's go CBI

[DinarThug]

1 minute ago, DinarThug said:

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) adopts the Corporate Governance Guide for Banks issued by the Central Bank of Iraq

 

1 minute ago, navira said:

Thanks bro...let's go CBI

Comment From Delta Below Regarding The First Article ...

 

     

 

 

 

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The International Finance Corporation (IFC) adopts the Corporate Governance Guide for Banks issued by the Central Bank of Iraq

 

15th October, 2019

 

The International Finance Corporation ( IFC ) has adopted the "Guide to Corporate Governance for Iraqi Banks" issued by the Central Bank of Iraq.

 

It is noteworthy that the corporate governance of banks aims to determine the nature of the relationship between the board of directors of the bank and the executive management in order to protect the funds of depositors, shareholders and stakeholders and ensures disclosure and transparency.

 

Central Bank of Iraq

information Office

2019/10/15

 

 

TRANSLATION IS MISSING AN IMPORTANT STATEMENT...

اعتمدت مؤسسة التمويل الدولية (IFC) "دليل الحوكمة المؤسسية للمصارف العراقية" الصادرعن البنك المركزي العراقي ، إذ يوضح هذا البنك بأن الدليل تم الاعتراف به و نشره عالمياً وإضافته إلى اللوائح الدولية والعالمية للمرة الأولى .

The International Finance Corporation ( IFC ) has adopted the "Guide to Corporate Governance for Iraqi Banks" issued by the Central Bank of Iraq.

This bank explains that the guide has been recognized, published globally and added to international and international regulations for the first time.

 

DELTA

 

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Parliamentary Finance: The government is committed to allocating job grades in the 2020 budget

 

 

14th October, 2019

 

The parliamentary finance committee confirmed on Monday that the government is heading towards allocating job grades within the federal budget bill for 2020.

Committee member Siham Shannoun told Al-Maaloumeh that the government's promises to the demonstrators to find jobs and solve the unemployment crisis will be translated by the draft of the federal budget law for 2020. "The government will activate the movement of owners stalled for several years to accommodate young graduates.''

She added that "the government will send a draft budget law to the House of Representatives this week to study and discuss," noting that "the budget will pass quickly as it promised to cooperate between the Council of Ministers and the House of Representatives and does not carry controversial clauses impede passage in parliament."

The parliamentary Finance Committee has confirmed, earlier, that the Prime Minister will send the draft federal budget law for 2020 to the House of Representatives on 15 of October.

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Saleh: Reform of the electoral system is an urgent national merit

 

 

 

2019/10/15 15:18

 

President of the Republic Barham interests stressed that the reluctance of voters to participate in the recent elections is clear evidence of the need to amend the General Election Law because of the urgent national merit to build the state and reform its institutions and eliminate financial and administrative corruption to meet the aspirations and will of the people and to promote freedom And democracy in the country.

Saleh said during his meeting with representatives of the United Nations and the Electoral Commission and a number of university professors, journalists, activists, specialists and legal experts, that "this meeting, which takes place in very complex circumstances and the country is going through great challenges to dialogue with experts and specialists to listen to national public opinion first before the meeting With the political forces and blocs in this regard," stressing that "listening to different visions helps in reaching logical amendments to the law serve the public interest of our people of all its components and serve as a platform for reform of the political system."

The president pointed out that "Iraq is on the verge of major transformations and we need major reforms that restore confidence in the system of governance in the country, the most important review of the electoral system in a serious and meaningful way provides Iraqis a guaranteed opportunity to express their vision about their country without diminishing and manipulation." Saleh stressed that "we have the audacity to call for a national dialogue in which we address the imbalances in the system of government in our country and to achieve a free and decent life for our people."

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Masrour Barzani: We have an opportunity to make Kurdistan the food basket of Iraq and the region

 

 

 

2019/10/15 16:34

 

The head of the Kurdistan Regional Government Masroor Barzani, that there is an opportunity to make the region a food basket for Iraq and the region. This came during a reception, on Tuesday, a delegation from the American Kurdistan Business Council in the presence of its president and members who represent a number of US companies.

A statement from his office, which received (Euphrates News) a copy of it, "was discussed on ways to strengthen trade relations between the United States and the Kurdistan region." Barzani said during the meeting to "strive to diversify the sources of the economy and give great importance in the agricultural sector," and said "there is an opportunity that will make the Kurdistan region a food basket not only for Iraq and the region, but also for the region."

The head of the Kurdistan Regional Government informed the delegation that the region could become a center of trade in the region, and reiterated that the government would provide all necessary facilities to local and foreign investors to achieve this.

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Iraq and America discuss the possibility of opening a direct air link between the two countries

 

15th October, 2019

 

The US Department of Transportation said Tuesday it was considering the possibility of opening a direct air link between Baghdad and Washington.

The ministry said in a statement received by the "Economy News" a copy, that "Transport Minister Abdullah Laibi received at the ministry's office today, US Deputy Ambassador to Iraq Brian McFitters and his delegation," noting that "This came to strengthen bilateral cooperation between the two countries and expand the horizons of work Common in all areas of transport."

"The minister discussed during the meeting the need to activate air transport between the two countries through the opening of a direct air link between Baghdad and Washington to strengthen ties between the two sides in the transport sector on the one hand," the ministry said, pointing out that "this line serves the Iraqi community living in the United States".

"Iraqi Airways has a contract with Boeing and has strong planes to fly long distances," he said. "We have future plans to open several destinations directly to different countries of the world."

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Trump authorizes sanctions against Turkey amid Syria incursion, calls for end to its 'destabilizing actions'   

 

 

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Trump announces sanctions on Turkey

 

 

15th October, 2019

 

US President Donald Trump said Monday he would soon issue an executive order imposing sanctions on current and former Turkish officials.

"We will suspend talks on a $ 100 billion trade deal with Turkey," Trump said in a statement on his Twitter account.

"Turkey should not threaten US achievements against ISIS in Syria."

"I am ready to destroy Turkey's economy if its leaders continue this dangerous and destructive path."

Trump stressed that the Turkish attack in northeastern Syria threatens peace, security and stability in the region, adding, "I made clear to Erdogan that the Turkish operation should not cause a humanitarian crisis in northeastern Syria."  

 

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Trump imposes sanctions on three Turkish ministers and two ministries: ready to destroy their economy

15th October, 2019

President Donald Trump has imposed sanctions on Turkey, including three ministers, to force Ankara to "immediately end its military offensive" in northeastern Syria, the US Treasury Department said. The sanctions included Turkish energy, defense and interior ministers who have been barred from any international financial transactions in US dollars and whose money in the United States, if any, has been frozen, the ministry said in a statement.

In addition to the three ministers, the US sanctions included the Turkish defense and energy ministries, according to "AFP."  US President Donald Trump announced on Monday that the US Department of Commerce would suspend its trade negotiations with Turkey and that he was issuing executive decisions to impose sanctions on Turkish officials and anyone involved in Turkey's destabilizing operations in northeast Syria.

The US president said in a statement posted on his official Twitter account that the Commerce Department would halt negotiations on deals worth more than $ 100 billion with Turkey. Trump said taxes on steel imported from Turkey would rise by 50 percent.  He continued: "I am fully ready to destroy the Turkish economy and quickly if Turkish leaders continue to follow this dangerous and destructive approach."

Regarding the Turkish operation in Syria, Trump said that "Turkey should give priority to the protection of civilians, especially ethnic and religious minorities."

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Pence: Erdogan pledged to Trump not to attack Kobani

15th October, 2019

 

Erdogan has pledged to Trump "not to launch any attack on the city of Kobane," US Vice President Mike Pence said. "The United States has not given Turkey the green light to invade Syria," Pence said. "The president clearly showed this and again brought Erdogan's attention to that."

He said Washington had firmly informed Ankara that it would not tolerate the "Turkish invasion" of Syria, and demanded that it stop immediately, threatening further sanctions. "President (Donald Trump) was very firm with (Turkish President Recep Tayyip) Erdogan today," Pence told reporters at the White House on Monday. In "Negotiations with Kurdish Forces in Syria."

According to Pence, Trump warned his Turkish counterpart that the sanctions imposed by Washington on Ankara on Monday, He added that he would travel to Turkey soon at the request of Trump "with the aim of achieving a ceasefire and consultations on the settlement." He said that Trump spoke by telephone with the commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces Mazloum Abdi, pointing out that the United States proceeds from the need for Turkish forces and Kurdish units to concentrate their efforts on fighting IS and guarding its members detained in the prisons in the region.

Pences' statement came shortly after the US Treasury announced sanctions against Turkey, including two ministries and three ministers, to force Ankara to "immediately end its military offensive" on Kurdish factions in northeastern Syria.

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Trump adviser reveals why Europe insists on transferring ISIS to Iraq: America opposes it

 

 

15th October, 2019

 

Gabriel Soma, a member of President Donald Trump's advisory council, revealed on Tuesday the fact that there is US pressure on Iraq to receive ISIS members and their families from the SDF. "The information, which talked about the presence of US pressure on Iraq to receive ISIS and their families from the Syrian Democratic Forces, is incorrect. America does not want that thing at all," Soma told Twilight News.

He pointed out that "there are European countries want to get rid of ISIS elements, by handing them over to Iraq, for the purpose of execution, Iraq is still working with that punishment, it is an easy way to get rid of ISIS Europeans." "The United States wants to send these ISIS to their countries and try them there, not send them to Iraq," the adviser said. European countries are trying to speed up a plan to remove thousands of foreign ISIS militants from camps held in Syria and transfer them to Iraq after fresh fighting involved the risk of escaping or returning home. The Europeans represent five ISIS fighters in Syria, about 10,000 held by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which is under heavy attack from Turkish troops.

If the SDF sends guards of places of detention to the front lines, there is a risk that detainees will flee. Before the Turkish offensive began, European countries were evaluating how to find a mechanism that could lead to the transfer of foreign fighters from Syria to Iraq for prosecution there on war crimes charges.  European countries do not want to prosecute their nationals on their territory for fear of provoking public anger and that their judicial systems find it difficult to gather evidence as well as the risk of renewed militant attacks there. Iraq has seen some of the bloodiest fighting against IS and is already trying thousands of suspected ISIS members there after Iraqi forces arrested many people during the fall of IS strongholds across the country.

Eleven EU judicial experts met for the first time in June to assess their choices and made slow progress, partly because of concerns about the integrity of Iraq's judiciary. Diplomatic and government sources say the Turkish offensive in northern Syria has prompted European countries to speed up negotiations. A core group of six countries from which most of the fighters held in Kurdish prisons, including France, Britain and Germany, have been pushing to reduce the number of options after ruling out a special international tribunal. The formation of such a court can take years and is unlikely to win the support of the UN Security Council.

The last meeting, held on October 11 in Copenhagen, focused on the formation of a joint court of international and Iraqi judges. These discussions are taking place in parallel with the Government of Baghdad. Negotiations with Iraq, which also seeks millions of dollars in compensation for accepting European fighters on its soil, are not easy. Three European diplomats said talks were continuing with Iraq and that there would be strong efforts to speed up those efforts in light of the Turkish offensive, but a deal with Baghdad was still far away.

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Closer to Sadr: Corrupt people trying to bring 13,000 ISIS to Iraq to spark a new war

 

 

 

2019/10/15 9:54

 

The page of Saleh Mohammed al-Iraqi, a close associate of the leader of the Sadr movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, on Tuesday, a corrupt attempt to bring 13 thousand foreign elements of ISIS to Iraq.
 

"The corrupt people are trying to bring 13,000 foreign ISIS operatives into Iraq to build camps for them, stealing their money first, then fleeing them and launching a new war to stabilize their chair," the page said on social media.

He added, "This is in the hearing of the Prime Minister, if he does not manage !!!!"

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US official: Our forces in Iraq may be conducting operations against ISIS in Syria

 

 

 

2019/10/15 16:07 

 

"US forces stationed in Iraq may be conducting cross-border operations against ISIS in Syria," a US official said.

 

"US forces have withdrawn from Manbij and are preparing to leave the area by air," the official said.

He pointed out that "about a thousand US troops withdrawn from northern Syria will be redeployed to Iraq, Kuwait and possibly Jordan."

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US report: Kurds refuse to dismiss Adel Abdul Mahdi in preparation for the agreement "six years"!

 

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Baghdad - Iraq today:

The Kurds in Iraq are refusing to sack Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi in the run-up to a six-year deal with Baghdad, a US report says. 

"The ongoing negotiations between Erbil and Baghdad on the outstanding issues have made the official authorities in Erbil opposed the demands of demonstrators in Baghdad and the southern provinces to dismiss the central government, but the recognition of the legitimacy of the rest of the demands, especially the need for political and economic reform." 

He added, "The official declared position of the Kurdistan region of Iraq from the protests launched in Iraq since October 1, is to support the" right of peaceful demonstration, "but the Kurdish forces reject the demands to replace the government or dissolve the Federal Parliament.

 He continued, "The President of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Massoud Barzani openly announced during a meeting with the leader of the National Coalition Iyad Allawi on Monday, October 8 this month that (can not accept any change in the political process outside the contexts and constitutional frameworks and democratic mechanisms), and (and support And support the current government headed by Adel Abdul-Mahdi), a position opposed to the positions of other political forces tried to identify with some of the demands of protesters to change the government and replace Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi, such as the blocs of Siron and victory and the Union of Iraqi forces. 

The report said that “the prime minister in the region reiterated the same position during a meeting with US Democratic Senator Tommy Baldwin and her party in the presence of the US Consul in Erbil, Stephen Vision on October 3. Masrour Barzani said: Peaceful demonstrations are a constitutional right, and the escalation of the situation of the country and the region is in no one's interest. 

"The current government needs time to prove its seriousness in fulfilling the legitimate demands of the demonstrators and it does not take responsibility for all the failures in the country," Repo Hadi, a member of the Kurdish bloc in the Iraqi parliament, said. Hadi refused to link the Kurdish position in favor of the government with the good relationship between Erbil and Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, saying, "We do not deny the existence of a historical relationship between the Kurdish forces and Abdul-Mahdi, but that does not mean that we reject the right of peaceful demonstration and legitimate demands for that relationship." He added, "There are demands that we seek to achieve and the dismissal of the government is up to the parliament, but after being given full opportunity to the package of reforms announced by Abdul-Mahdi." 

Ribin Salam, a member of the ruling party in Arbil, said: “The government still has not taken its real role because of the pressure imposed on it by the parties and Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi cannot tolerate the current bad situation, because he inherited the heavy legacy of his predecessors that there is complete disintegration. Of Iraqi components, ”says the US report. He pointed out that “the Democratic Party supports the Prime Minister and his government to overcome this crisis, and stress that the dismissal of the current government will generate chaos and instability within the Iraqi political scene. 

The Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi has announced a series of "reform" decisions in an attempt to calm the angry street on the authorities, most notably the formation of the High Committee for the distribution of residential land and include a draft budget law for 2020 freezing the laws and instructions in force that give the right to receive the person more than a salary or Retirement or grant and the option of receiving one. 

However, former Finance Minister and Kurdish leader Hoshyar Zebari ruled out in a tweet on the social networking site "Twitter" enables the government to fulfill its promises to the demonstrators and explained that "protests against the Iraqi government continues in different areas of Baghdad and southern Iraq," adding that "the pledges made by the three presidencies of Iraq To meet and calm the demonstrators is not viable. ” "The Iraqi budget deficit for 2020 will increase to more than 30 billion dollars," Zebari said, adding that "realism is required." 

Apparently, the Kurdish side does not want to replace Adel Abdul Mahdi at a time when Kurdish committees continue negotiations with the federal ministries to resolve outstanding differences, especially the situation in Kirkuk and oil and the region's share of the general budget for 2020,so that the head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party bloc in parliament Federal Vian Sabri announced the postponement of the visit of a high-level delegation from the Kurdistan region to Baghdad, in addition to postponing the visit of three committees of parliament to the Kurdistan region, because of demonstrations in Iraq, according to the report. 

In the information, Baghdad and Erbil are about to sign an agreement to hand over 250 thousand barrels per day to the National Oil Company (SOMO), for six years in return for Baghdad's commitment to hand over the salaries of employees of the region and guarantee 13% of the budgets of the coming years to the Kurdish provinces. 

The report felt that "any change in the current government means to return the negotiations to the first square and the passage of the budget law next year in a way that satisfies the Kurdish side, but Kurdish parties may take opposing positions if the Shiite blocs succeed in depriving the region of the 13 per cent of Budget and oblige Erbil to pay a larger share of oil to the federal government. ” "In other words, the Kurdish position in favor of the continuation of Abdul Mahdi's government cannot be considered final, and may turn into a position in favor of demonstrations and demands for early parliamentary elections if negotiations between the two sides fail," the report said.

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Iran cuts salaries of pro-Iraq militia

 

 

14th October, 2019

 

It is no secret that Iran is suffering from a severe economic crisis due its revival of armed groups and its feeding of absurd wars in many countries including Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen in various forms and means, with the aim of perpetuating the conflict in these countries by supporting them. For many factions, parties and armed groups, the most important of which are Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis in Yemen, and other armed factions in Iraq, including Khorasani, Asaib, and companies and battalions and other brigades.

It is noteworthy that Iran has abandoned the "110th Brigade" of the Faili and Zarkush Kurds, which is deployed in the Khanaqin, Sadia and Hamrin districts northeast of Diyala province near its border with Iraq. The brigade was founded with purely Iranian support, and even Tehran had been paying its members since 2014 until its stifling economic crisis peaked, and Tehran cut off the money, according to a source from the brigade itself.

No salaries for the militias!

 

In details, the source told Al-Arabiya.net: "The economic crisis in Iran has affected us considerably, we are deprived of salaries, we no longer receive any monthly revenues, we made several requests to the Popular Mobilization Authority to pay wages, but we did not get On any result so far, knowing that we are responsible for an important sector, extending from Lake Diyala and east of Diyala to the Iranian border, which is the path of Iranian visitors."

The crisis of these fighters was further aggravated by tensions between Iran and the United States reached its highest level and reached the threat of striking Iran. The leader of the Salvation and Development Front, Atheel al-Nujaifi, in a statement with the "Arab.Net" that Tehran was funding these groups from Iraqi funds, not Iran, and still Iraqi sources funded through the existing economic offices and parties associated doctrinal a. As well as corruption funds looted from the Iraqi state, such as oil, and the sale of currency in auctions of the Central Bank, a major source of financing Iran's wars abroad.

Nujaifi also stressed that these funds are stolen from the funds of the Iraqi state, and are funded by militias to support the Iranian revolution with all its arms, noting that these militias hit unarmed Iraqi demonstrators with their weapons and killed and wounded thousands of them, just because they demanded their legitimate rights, as these militias have a religious faith It is to maintain the power and power of the Iranian revolution at all costs and whatever blood is shed to maintain its power, especially in Iraq.

State funding has reached two billion dollars!

 

On the other hand, the strategic analyst and researcher in the affairs of armed groups Yahya al-Kubaisi told "Alarabiya.net" that he does not believe that there is Iranian funding for Iraqi factions in recent years, and pointed out that this may have been before 2012 when these factions did not have funding, But after mid-2012 most of the factions became officially funded by the state, and then turned into a large budget after June 2014, especially that in that year there was no budget law, but Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki could spend the state money as he wants, but With the 2015 budget, there is more than one billion official funding for these factions Lar, until it reached nearly $ 2 billion with the 2019 budget year, and there are "informal resources" get these factions through the imposition of royalties, or the imposition of coercive partnerships, or to enter commercial transactions, or the smuggling of oil, or smuggling in general.

Iranian drugs" through the outlets

 

In turn, the journalist writer Walid Salhi, "Arab. Net" that Iran suffers from a stifling economic situation, which gave up some of its allies of the armed factions in Iraq, including the Brigade Abu Fadl, and the Kurds Faili Brigade in Diyala, but it has increased its influence inside Iraq, By entering the arena directly and interfering with Iraqi government decisions through Qasim Soleimani, he also imposed control over many of them, especially in the southern provinces of Mosul and Salah al-Din.

Salhi added that all this comes in order to meet its need following the weakness of its economy, where Iran not only interfered with the affairs and decisions of Iraq, but has opened its doors to export drugs to the country, as evidenced by the fact that the border crossing points and the Iraqi security forces control weekly quantities of these materials At the Iran-Iraq border.

"Dream export revolution"

 

The political analyst Amir al-Daimi told Al-Arabiya.net that Iran, despite the blockade, is still extending its military arms in all directions, even at the expense of the Iranian interior, because this is what it calls "the dream of revolution." Tehran has shrunk its support for armed factions, but it has never cut off support to pressure America, especially since its relationship with Iraq is excellent at all levels.

He pointed out that the secret of Iran's material recovery lies with its allies in Iraq, so he ruled out that Tehran cut off its military and logistical support to armed factions loyal to them, but it may have chosen the factions of more influential in the balance of power.

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The Council of Ministers submits to Parliament the proposal to amend the retirement age

 

 

 

2019/10/15 15:46

 

The Council of Ministers has submitted a proposal to amend the retirement law to make the legal age of retirement 60 years for men and 58 years for women to the House of Representatives for approval.

 

The cabinet on Tuesday held its regular session.

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Kanna: The Pope's visit is still going on and he will meet the authority in Najaf

 

 

15th October, 2019

 

The Rafidain parliamentary bloc Yonadim Kanna, Tuesday, the intention of the Pope Francis to visit Iraq early next year, noting that Francis will start his visit by visiting Dhi Qar and then to meet religious references in Najaf.

Kanna said in a statement to the information that "the Pope Francis set several months ago a date for a visit to Iraq and so far did not change it, which is early next year 2020". He added that "the Pope's visit includes a visit to the shrine of Abuna Ibrahim in Ur, Dhi Qar province, as well as several meetings with senior religious authorities in Najaf and Baghdad."

Kanna said that "a visit is a support for Iraq in the efforts to protect minorities and community peace as well as opening a new era of relations with the countries of the world."

 

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The Iraqi National Security Council is a new security force to secure demonstrations

 

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Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, who heads the National Security Council, decided to form a "command of law enforcement forces to perform the tasks of protecting major social events." The National Security Council held yesterday evening an extraordinary session during which discussed the paper on the context of the work of law enforcement forces (controlling headquarters - organizational structure - tasks and duties - liaison).

The new formation aims, according to a statement issued by the Prime Minister's Office, «to protect major social actors and maintain the law and to promote freedom of peaceful protest in an orderly manner guaranteed by the Constitution, and the protection of demonstrators and freedom of expression in a peaceful manner in all provinces», pointing out that the new forces must It must "respect human rights and ensure the functioning of public utilities and the smooth flow of traffic and roads and the preservation of public and private property and the safety of society."

Some press leaks are likely to assign the new force command to the retired Major General and former Interior Ministry spokesman Abdul Karim Khalaf.

It seems that what happened during the demonstrations and the repercussions of the repression and excessive force issued by the security forces towards the demonstrators and resulted in thousands of wounded and dozens of deaths, were the motives behind the decision of the National Security Council to form the new force. However, it is not yet clear whether it is in the Iraqi authorities' calculations to send a stern warning to demonstrators mobilizing to launch a new wave of protests, which they say will be larger than their predecessors on the 25th of this month, or whether the government wants to establish a specialized and professional security force to deal with Demonstrators, thus preventing casualties.

However, the head of the parliamentary security and defense committee, Mohammad Reza, said that "the formation of such a force at this time sends a negative message to the demonstrators and the general public." “Frankly, the formation is closer to riot police than law enforcement,” he told Asharq Al-Awsat. “It seems that the authorities felt that they needed to be established with the state of popular boiling and demonstrations continuing. Yes, the riot agencies are present in many countries whose task is to deal professionally with What may happen in the protest movement, and supposed to be specialized in this, unlike the army and police forces are not specialized in such kind of challenges ».

"Iraq has two anti-riot regiments in Baghdad, as well as Saraya in the rest of the provinces. I don't know if the government will rely on them in Iraq," he said. "The new forces or will establish other forces." He considered that «the step of the new government is not successful and send a negative message to the demonstrators and others and it should be postponed this subject to time and other circumstances, especially since the country is not exposed to serious security breaches or the like and it is only peaceful protests».

He ruled out the need for the government to legislate from the parliament to form the new force because it is the prerogative of the commander in chief of the armed forces, but expressed «fear that the new force, which is supposed to not less than a thousand military with its leaders and senior officers will face the challenge of providing the necessary funds and equipment, which is not too few anyway".

For his part, the leader of the Iraqi Communist Party and the leader of the Alliance «MP» Raed Fahmy, that «such a step would give the impression that the government is going to further restrict and restrict the right of peaceful demonstration and will not receive popular satisfaction». Fahmi told Asharq Al-Awsat that "the excesses that have occurred in the recent demonstrations by the security services are not due to the shortage of many security forces, but because of the imbalance in the use of security leaders and the adoption of the utmost violence with the demonstrators without a clear justification, even with What may emerge from this or that demonstrator unacceptable actions in military accounts ». Fahmi believes that «the fundamental question that must be asked relates to the background of the decision to form a new force, and whether the government looks at what happened and seeks to develop solutions to it from the standpoint of security, or does it have other solutions».

Fahmi believes that «the government should send a message of reassurance to the people and pledge them to hold accountable those involved in the blood of the protesters and not the establishment of new security forces». He denied the government's consultation with the political blocs, or his "Saraun" coalition, on the formation of the new forces.

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The new Iraqi scene .. After the October protests

 

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The motives of the protests remained the same in the previous four waves in the capital Baghdad and the provinces of central and southern Iraq, but the current protests were characterized by the absence of leadership and the lack of dependence on any political or religious, unlike its predecessors, which adopted the Sadr movement organization and timing, whether beginning or end.

In previous protests, religious authorities and political blocs had some role in directing, formulating, and coordinating their policies with the central government and its security forces, which dealt with the protests without the repression they used against protesters who came out on October 1 to protest against poor services, unemployment and the government's failure to combat Corruption.

To some extent, the government of Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi has succeeded in not sliding the country into the security chaos expected by politicians and experts after the deaths of more than 100 people and thousands of wounded who conflicted reports about who is responsible, whether the security forces that the Iraqi Ministry of Defense admitted that they used "excessive force" Against protesters in Sadr City, a stronghold of the Sadrist movement, or accusations by activists of some Popular Mobilization factions and other armed factions.

Adel Abdul Mahdi announced a package of decisions in an attempt by the central government to contain the protests by granting compensation to the families of the victims and support the unemployed and to provide financial grants to about 150 thousand of them with promises to provide assistance to them to start small projects for those who are unable to work, in addition to open the door to volunteer to join The Ministries of Defense and Interior facilitated housing loans, land distribution and construction of housing units in the poorest governorates.

Recent reports indicate that more than 60 percent of Iraqis are under the age of 24, the vast majority of whom are unemployed, including university degree holders who organized a series of demonstrations prior to the October 1 protests, and that 22.5 percent The population is poor, according to the World Bank's March 2019 report.

But the prime minister's decisions, which included seventeen items, were completely devoid of any indication of the government's intention to take practical measures to combat corruption,the first comprehensive demand of protesters for the years 2015 to 2019.

The regime has not changed radically after the invasion of Iraq and the overthrow of Saddam Hussein's regime, despite the transition from individual rule to democratic rule. The political parties and blocs formed after the occupation remained almost the same dominant power and wealth after sixteen years with changes at the level of some political leaders do not amount to a real change in the system of government based on political quotas.

There are voices that have emerged in recent protests calling for the overthrow of the government and the change of the overall political process, but they remain silent voices that do not reflect a broad current.

In all previous waves of protests, the protesters retreat from continuing their protests by achieving some, but not all, demands.However, the current protests are not governed by political parties, parliamentary blocs, or religious authorities, giving them greater autonomy in deciding to resume protests with stronger momentum.

Political parties and blocs have a real interest in a “limited” response by the central government to the protesters' demands, away from the anti-corruption demand that is dominated by the leadership of those parties and political blocs. The first was to announce the implementation of some of the demands of the protesters, although Abdul Mahdi is the primary anti-corruption through his position as head of the Supreme Committee against Corruption.

It may be the first time that protesters have openly criticized religious authority. The religious authority did not explicitly support the protests despite issuing “shy” calls to respond to their demands and not to use violence against protesters.

This stance was met with sharp criticism from the protesters, prompting the Marjaiya to adopt a clearer position on the following Friday, October 11, which called for the formation of a commission of inquiry to determine who was responsible for the suppression, killing and accountability of the protesters.

The recent protests underscored the lack of confidence in the political leaderships of the government and the House of Representatives, as well as the religious and tribal leaderships of the community, and the political parties "most involved" in financial and administrative corruption.

The recent wave of protests has been marked by its focus on improving basic services, combating corruption, providing job opportunities for the unemployed, and overcoming the sectarian dimension of slogans and participation from various components, although the protest leaders are generally Shia.

It is noteworthy that these protests did not heed the religious authorities or leaders of parliamentary blocs and leaders of political parties and armed factions, as well as tribal leaders, which together constitute the traditional forces that played a key role in the leadership of the state and society after the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

The recent protests may be an extension of wider protests in several Arab countries since late 2018 in Sudan that ousted its president, Omar al-Bashir, and in Algeria this spring, which forced its president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, to resign, but the Iraqi protests have not focused on changing the political system. Or overthrow the government and focus solely on economic and service reforms with a small margin of political reforms.

Recent protests have rekindled a sense of “Iraq” and belonging to Iraq among large segments of the non-politicized Shia public with a clear rejection of Iranian interference and the association of political blocs or armed factions with Iran, a remarkable development of its size, although signs of this have been evident since the Basra protests in July. July 2018.

The central government does not seem capable of delivering a serious reform package that meets the protesters' demands, or is able to rebuild state institutions away from corruption groups that hinder any reform efforts. Therefore, in order to avoid renewed protests, the central government is likely to resort to firm decisions to limit the influence and control of armed factions, primarily allies of Iran, to protect state institutions and their mechanisms of action to implement the expected reforms. The clash between the state and the factions will find themselves facing the option of defending their existence and interests.

The imposition of political change depends primarily on the central government's convincing response to protesters and their basic demands. Otherwise, the protests are expected to renew and rise to the insistence on overthrowing the government and change the political process out of the conviction of protesters to procrastinate the government and procrastination in meeting their demands, which is in fact an extension of the demands of the protesters for years.

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Abdel Mahdi anticipates the October 25 demonstrations with "law enforcement force" to secure the demonstrators

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

 

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The Iraqi National Security Council has decided to form a new security force with the slogan "law enforcement force" to ensure protests and demonstrators and their large social activities.

A statement by the Iraqi government during which he confirmed that the National Security Council held an extraordinary session chaired by Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi and ended to develop the organizational structure of the new force and determine the tasks entrusted to it.

According to the statement circulated by the media, Tuesday, October 15, 2019, the "law enforcement force" will protect large social activities and maintain the law and promote freedom of peaceful protest and protect demonstrators and freedom of expression in all Iraqi provinces while ensuring respect for human rights guaranteed For all Iraqis.

One of the tasks of the Law Enforcement Force is to ensure that public facilities in Iraq operate without any impact on events, as well as the smooth flow of traffic and roads, the preservation of public and private property and the safety of the community.

The announcement of the new security force comes after the outbreak of an uprising is the most powerful and mass since the beginning of October, which killed more than 140 martyrs and about 9 thousand injured as a result of the use of excessive violence and live bullets in the face of the demonstrators by security elements and armed militia backed by Iran Which resulted in severe congestion among Iraqis.

This prompted them to postpone their protests until after the visit of Arbain Hussein on the 20th of this month and abide by the deadline set by the reference of Najaf to bring the killers of the real demonstrators to justice, provided that the Iraqis again to the streets and squares to express their rejection of corruption on 25 October .

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Security documents warn of escalating protests on 25 October against the Iraqi government

 Wednesday 16 October 2019

 

Baghdad - Writings

The message of anger arrived early. Iraqis will come out again with a bigger uprising on October 25, 2019.

According to documents circulated by social media activists on Wednesday (October 16th), the security services arrived at the security command center of the Interior Ministry's operations.

This is stated in the letter of the confidential security command center documented to the Ministry of Interior for Police Affairs and Force Command, the Ministry for Federal Intelligence and Investigations, the Ministry for Federal Security Affairs, the Federal Police Forces Command, the Baghdad Operations Command and the Rapid Intervention Command, as well as the Directorate of Personnel Security. As well as joint coordination centers between the provinces.

The letter comes from the office of Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, a message resulting from the warning of the Iraqi intelligence service, as the intelligence warned of information reached reveal the intention of coordinating the demonstrations to take to the streets again on October 25 in the capital Baghdad and a number of other provinces as well as Najaf from the Revolution Square.

The document also pointed to the intention of the demonstrators to chant slogans inciting against the government with the implementation of riots in order to avenge the killers of the martyrs of the demonstrations that have been launched since October 1, which may result in the subversion of hired elements and extremist religious movements nine to spoil the demonstrations Friday, October 25, according to documents circulating .

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