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Sistani's office: No political sermon tomorrow (today), Friday

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27th December, 2019


The office of religious authority, Ali Sistani, announced that there is no unusual political sermon for Friday, tomorrow.

According to a source in Al-Sistani's office, who was posted on the latter's website, "Friday's religious reference will not have a sermon dealing with political affairs."

The office did not indicate the reasons for the unprecedented step. At a time when there is a crisis in the country after the end of the constitutional deadline for choosing a prime minister.

The Iraqi President, Barham Salih, today, Thursday, apologized for assigning the "building block" candidate, Asaad Al-Eidani, to head the government, stressing his personal willingness to resign from the post of President of the Republic.

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Iranian economist: All Iranian banks are bankrupt and the government refuses to announce it

 

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28th December, 2019


Today, Saturday, the Iranian expert in economics and political science and former head of the Trade Bank of Iran, Ahmed Hatami Yazd, said that all banks are bankrupt, but the government does not dare announce them.

Hatimi Yazd said in a press interview published by the news website "Triangle", today: "The banks have gone bankrupt in the country as well, but the government does not dare to announce it," adding that "it does not exclude any of the private or state-owned banks, bankruptcy affected all banks."

The former head of the Trade Bank, which is one of the most important Iranian banks, noted that "all banks in the country do not have the necessary capital and must declare bankruptcy under the commercial law."

And Hatami Yazd said: "At the present time, all the military and private banks in the country are facing a liquidity crisis, and merging these banks will lead to a new crisis."

And at the beginning of last March, the Central Bank of Iran announced the merger of the five military banks affiliated with the Iranian armed forces and police into the state-owned Bank Sepah, which is the oldest bank in the country (established in 1925). The merger comes in the context of attempts by the Iranian government to fortify the banking system, which is facing stormy crises, the most prominent of which is the collapse of the local currency against the dollar due to the American sanctions, in addition to the large losses suffered by military banks during the past periods.

The Iranian economist pointed out that the government debt of the Central Bank has increased by 64% from (March 21 to June 21, 2019), compared to the same period last year. He added: "According to the monetary and banking statistics issued by the Central Bank of Iran, the public sector debt of the Central Bank increased by more than 64% at the end of the first quarter of this year (from March 21 to June 21), compared to the same period last year, which also affected Private and public banks. "

According to the bank, the government owed more than 61 thousand trillion Iranian tomans to the central bank during the first quarter of last Iranian year, while this debt in the same period of this year amounted to about 101 thousand trillion.

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An Iraqi politician calls on Washington to respond to the "Iranian aggression" against the American forces in Kirkuk

 

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28th December, 2019

 

An Iraqi politician, such as Al-Alusi, addressed the US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, about the latest missile attack on US soldiers in Kirkuk governorate.

Al-Alousi said in a tweet written in English, translated by "Al-Akhbariya", "Dear Mike Pompeo, once again, they attack you Iranians. A missile attack in northern Iraq killed an another site and wounded several military personnel on Friday ... What are you waiting for?"

It is noteworthy that the international coalition announced the killing of an another site and a number of soldiers by a missile attack in Kirkuk Governorate, on Friday.
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Choose a prime minister .. Saleh returns, construction nominates, and deputies propose

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28th December, 2019


Turns attention to the President of the Republic, Barham Salih, who returned to the capital, Baghdad, after spending 3 days in Sulaimaniyah after he refused to assign the building alliance candidate Asaad Al-Eidani to form the next government and wave him to resign.

And political sources speaking to / Mawazine News / reported that "Saleh returned to Baghdad this morning, and will continue his normal work, in addition to holding consultations with the political blocs on the next government candidate." She added, "The Construction Alliance tends to nominate new personalities in place of Al-Eidani for the post of prime minister, as a proposal for a retired military figure began."

The sources pointed out, "There are a number of personalities, including the retired team, Abdul-Ghani Al-Asadi, who can be nominated to head the next government, which is expected to be temporary." Representatives suggested the continuation of the caretaker government headed by Adel Abdel-Mahdi, until early parliamentary elections are held, but this procedure requires a period of time that may reach one year, until the preparations for its completion are completed. The deputies say, "This solution is to end the ongoing political tensions between the building alliance, which insists that it is the largest bloc and is responsible for the nomination of the next prime minister and president of the Republic, who refuses to assign the candidate because it conflicts with the demands of the demonstrators."

A member of the House of Representatives, Hamid al-Musawi, suggested that the new prime minister be chosen in an open session that would be broadcasted directly to the Iraqis, indicating that his proposal would make the parliament part of the solution, not part of the problem. "To the members of the House of Representatives, there is a practical vision and a roadmap that he proposed, and in order to leave the polemics and political debates to become part of the solution and not part of the problem, especially after all powers have reached a dead end awaiting a solution,"  Mousawi, a deputy from the Construction Alliance, said in his message. It may open the way for external interference and impose wills that do not interest Iraq and its reformist battle, on the pretext of our inability as Iraqis to solve our problems." "I have a proposal that I hope will enjoy the support of the deputies and political forces, and it is as follows: Since there is a commitment by two parties in Parliament who are adhering to the fact that they are the largest bloc and do not want to give up this right, so I suggest that the largest bloc be retained, that is, its right as a larger bloc and so that it is not overridden The constitution becomes a constitutional heresy."

He explained, "The largest bloc authorizes the parliament or its president to choose a national figure that enjoys the approval of the people according to a simple and satisfactory mechanism for everyone, which is that the representatives, blocs, or even the squares submit their candidates to a representative committee for the governmental program monitoring committee, for example." He noted, "In an open session, it is transmitted directly to the people and each person presents his program, and his vision is to manage the next stage and meet the demands of the people and ask them questions from the deputies and the people, after which the best of them is chosen and who can convince the largest number of deputies after that is named, to the president of the republic through the largest bloc Therefore, we scored more than one order."

"The first is that we removed the political scene, political blocs, and the presidency of the republic from the dilemma of the constitutional violation, and Parliament becomes part of the solution, not part of the problem." And secondly, secondly, the confidence of the world, the authority and the people will be restored with its representatives and its legislative institution, which paid the price for the sins and mistakes of the politicians, especially if the session to choose the best from the candidates is transferred directly and through a civilized democratic exercise, we will win the respect of the world and our people.

Al-Musawi concluded his statement by saying, "Thirdly, we will give a message to deputies that we are not prisoners of consensuses and agreements and the leaders of the blocs and change the offensive image that was drawn in the minds of Iraqis about a member of Parliament ... Fourthly, that the above proposal is creative and has no constitutional violation and its mechanism is easy and simple."

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Barham Salih Party: We support the continuation of the caretaker government headed by Abdel-Mahdi

 

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The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan to which the President of the Republic Barham Salih belongs, announced his support for the continuation of the caretaker government headed by the resigned Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi.

"Most of the leaders of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan support the continuation of the caretaker government because of the lack of agreement on an alternative prime minister for Abdul-Mahdi," the party leader Ghayath al-Surji said in a televised statement to his follower, Al-Maalouma.

Al-Surji added, "The new leadership of the Kurdistan Union will hold a meeting on the current developments," noting that "we will agree on any candidate who is satisfied by everyone."

Regarding the recent positions of President Barham Salih, Al-Surji stressed that "the President of the Republic may have been subjected to indirect political pressure."

 

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Shabbi’s Still In The Running ! :o 

 

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Conscious / Including Al-Asadi and Al-Saadi .. 170 deputies confirm their adoption of five candidates for prime minister

 

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Conscious / Including Al-Asadi and Al-Saadi .. 170 deputies confirm their adoption of five candidates for prime minister

 

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On Sunday, the deputy in the House of Representatives, Kazem Al-Shammari, affirmed that the assembly had adopted five names for the position of prime minister, including Abdul-Ghani Al-Asadi and Abdul-Wahab Al-Saadi.

Al-Shammari said to the ( Media News Agency / INA ) reporter that "the assembly consists of deputies in different blocs, but they do not represent their political components, but rather embrace the demands of the protesters," noting that "the political forces need our gathering, and we represent a majority within Parliament" .

He explained, "The assembly is open to everyone who shares a vision with it," revealing that "the assembly adopts the five names that have been raised in the demonstration squares, which include Rahim Al-Aqili, Sinan al-Shabibi, Muhammad Allawi, Abdul-Ghani Al-Asadi and Abdul-Wahab Al-Saadi in addition to supporting Muhammad Allawi in a way Larger".

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Political optimism about the relief of the prime minister's crisis

Saturday December 28, 2019
 

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Representatives from various political blocs revealed a political breakthrough this week in the issue of choosing a candidate for prime minister, confirming a forthcoming visit from the Construction Alliance to President of the Republic Barham Saleh to present a candidate for prime minister that satisfies all parties and demonstrators, and at a time when sources announced an initiative to resolve the crisis led by political leaders The second deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, Bashir Haddad, explained that "the speech of the President of the Republic, Barham Salih, to the presidency of the parliament is a statement of position and not an official request for resignation."  

A member of the House of Representatives for the Block of Sa’oon Amjad Hashem Al-Oqabi said to “Al-Sabah”: “The Construction Alliance is in the process of proposing an independent personality far from any party influence to assume the position of Prime Minister. Deputies. ”

For his part, a member of the House of Representatives for Al-Hikma bloc Jassem Al-Bakhati expected, in an interview with Al-Sabah, that “a breakthrough will take place in the existing political crisis this week.” Between him and some political blocs, ”he added,“ Mr. Ammar Al-Hakim started moves that included making contacts with the President of the Republic and those with reason, in order to resolve the prime minister’s crisis and reach an acceptable personal choice. ” For everyone".

In the same context, the leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Nasrallah Al-Surji said: “The President of the Republic, Barham Salih, will return to the capital, Baghdad (today, Sunday) to practice his regular work.” He added that “the President’s visit to the Sulaymaniyah Governorate came to meet his family and visit the province.” , Denying "the existence of political dimensions of the visit."

For his part, Deputy Speaker of Parliament Bashir Haddad said in a statement that Al-Sabah received a copy of it: “The President’s speech to the Presidency of the House is a statement of position and not an official request for resignation, and what his Excellency mentioned in his message is an explanation of the pressures and his willingness to submit the resignation because of What happened from the political stranglehold and lack of agreement on a candidate for prime minister, which is a real complex crisis in the political scene.

President of the Kurdistan Region Nechirvan Barzani issued a statement saying: “In the matter of appointing a candidate to head the next Iraqi government, it appears that the President of the Republic, Barham Salih, is under great pressure, unlike the mechanisms and constitutional foundations,” stressing that “any solution must be based on the constitution and in accordance with For legal contexts. ”

He continued, "On the issue of assigning a candidate to head the next Iraqi government, it appears that the President of the Republic, Barham Saleh, is under great pressure, other than the mechanisms and constitutional foundations," stressing that "any solution must be based on the constitution and in accordance with legal contexts."

 Barzani stressed that "to choose a national and non-controversial candidate for prime minister must be accepted by the influential forces, the legitimate demands of the demonstrators and the conditions and interests of the country should be taken into account when choosing it," calling for "assistance to the next government, for the purpose of passing the next transitional period and preparing for new elections" .
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The Sadrist movement is mortgaging its approval of Abdel-Ghani Al-Asadi to "accepting the street"

 

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The leader of the Sadrist movement, Hakim al-Zamili, pledged on Sunday that his movement approved the name of Abdul-Ghani al-Asadi or any other candidate for prime minister by saying the street to him, while stressing the absence of a reservation on a military figure to occupy the position of prime minister.

Al-Zamili said in a statement reported by the newspaper “Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed” and seen by him / the information: “President Saleh, the Iraqi street, and the political blocs are required from the street to have a consensus on the nomination of an acceptable personality, a non-dialectical figure, and able to carry out its duties during the transitional government period”.

Al-Zamili said that "it is not possible to judge now any person who is nominated, whether positively or negatively, this matter depends on the nomination being a reality and real, whether Abdul-Ghani Al-Asadi or others are nominated, we are waiting for the responses of the Iraqi street."

He added that “the Sadrist movement depends on accepting and rejecting the candidates on the street’s reaction. A military figure, we are with any figure accepted by the Iraqi street."
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The Pressure’s On To Do Something ! :o 

 

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Sunday, December 29, 2019 10:08 AM

 

The protesters are waving escalatory measures ... and threatening to storm the Green Zone in Baghdad

 

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The coordination of the demonstrations confirmed that, if the political blocs insist on choosing a prime minister who does not fit the demands of the people, they will take escalatory measures.

Demonstrations came out from Tahrir Square, towards the Karrada and Jadriya regions, which include several party headquarters, in the latest developments in the demonstrations in Baghdad and the southern governorates of Iraq.

Hundreds of protesters in Karbala also held sit-ins in the Education Square in the city center, while in Dhi Qar Governorate, protesters continued to cordon off the Dhi Qar Oil Company and demanded that appointments be made to the people of the province.

Activists have threatened to take new escalatory steps if the power parties insisted on nominating what they described as "corrupt and partisan personalities", while stressing that all steps of peaceful escalation are on the table, including the sit-in in front of the political decision-making headquarters.

The writer and activist Ali Riyadh described the marches that went to the headquarters of the parties as "a small message that is like a pinch of the ear," noting that "the protesters have many options, and in their hands do everything if the power continues to persist."

He continued, "The escalation is related to the next steps of the authority. If they return to nominate corrupt, partisan or different personalities, there will be a major escalation, but its form will be determined by time."

"All options for peaceful protest are on the table," he added. "All the streets and squares of Iraq are a protest and sit-in option for us, including the celebration yard and the front yards of the Peace Palace and Parliament building."

While the protesters confirmed their rejection of the nominations of political parties, they indicated that the option of storming the "Green Zone" is still on the table, warning that the political blocs insist on their positions, which could lead to obstruction and whistling the political equation.

For his part, activist Ammar Al-Rubaie said, "The mouthpiece of the marches that went to the headquarters of the parties ... Be with the people and do not bet on the patience of his youth and do not force the youth to extremist options."

On the intention of the protesters to storm the "Green Zone", Al-Rubaie confirmed that "the option to storm the Green is still strongly present in the protest arenas", hoping that "the authorities will think logically and inject blood before reaching the real blockage and the zero equation."

For his part, activist Yasser Nazim said, "The Green Zone is, in the end, an Iraqi land and can be in the hands of the protesters as a stronger pressure card."

"The most important remaining demands are early elections, holding the killers accountable and speeding up the selection of an unbiased prime minister who fits the protesters' standards," he added.

For his part, activist Alaa Al-Manea saw that the sit-in squares is the pressing force, and we will not be satisfied with a prime minister who does not fit our conditions, while committing him to specific and necessary tasks, the most important of which is holding accountable the killers and kidnappers of the demonstrators, while providing a comfortable environment for holding early parliamentary elections, setting a temporary period to run the country and implement The program that we will be launching during this period. "

He explained, "All peaceful options are on the table, in the event that the political forces do not comply with the legitimate and popular will."

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Yo Snap - This Must Be The Reason Why Davis Has Been Strutting Around In A White Elvis Jumpsuit Covered In Rhinestones ! :o 

 

:D  :D  :D 

 

 

Sunday, 29 December 2019 09:36 AM

In Tahrir Square, Elvis Presley's hairstyle is common among young protesters


 

The famous hairdresser Elvis Presley is popular today among young demonstrators in Baghdad's Tahrir Square, who want to hairdress their hair in the form of "custom cock", giving additional evidence of their desire to break free from the past.

The new haircut phenomenon is inspired by the world of football stars. "We call this the 'Rooster'," a local journalist says.

For his part, activist Omar Dabour, who is well-known in Tahrir Square, says, "The models started gradually two years ago, but they exploded with the Tahrir Square revolution, because people feel more freedom" to escape even the inherited social habits.

One of the young protesters says, the youth of Tahrir Square are bold. This became normal, indicating at the same time that "the matter is different in the rest of the city, there is more reservation."
And there the army and the militia follow, they can bother you at the checkpoints, adding I do not care (...) My hair was very short and I left it long, why do I feel fear?

And websites interested in this field talked about the story "albumpador" popular among young people, and he called it King Louis XV.

He who adopts it considers her to appear as a "sexy and modern man". A number of hairdressing salons in Iraq offer, in different styles, this classic hairdo with different gradations that rise to the center of the head and are called "Mahok". "The idea is to do what we want," says Omar.

Thousands of people, including students and young people who are unemployed, gather daily in the symbolic liberation square , calling for a comprehensive reform of the system based on sectarian quotas, and an end to the politicians ’monopoly of power 16 years ago. They describe the dominant parties as "thieves" and "corrupt".

The enthusiastic slogans are the same since the protests began in early October. The authorities faced protests with repression. Nevertheless, the move continues. The characteristic hairstyles chosen by many of the young protesters, attracts attention.

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How wild would that be after all this time if Shabbibi comes back and runs GOI instead of CBI?! 

 

1- Elect Muhammad Allawi as Priminister. 

2- Muhammad Allawi reinstates Shabibi as CBI Governor 

 

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2 hours ago, DinarThug said:

Yo Snap - This Must Be The Reason Why Davis Has Been Strutting Around In A White Elvis Jumpsuit Covered In Rhinestones ! :o 

 

:D  :D  :D 

 

 

Sunday, 29 December 2019 09:36 AM

In Tahrir Square, Elvis Presley's hairstyle is common among young protesters


 

The famous hairdresser Elvis Presley is popular today among young demonstrators in Baghdad's Tahrir Square, who want to hairdress their hair in the form of "custom cock", giving additional evidence of their desire to break free from the past.

The new haircut phenomenon is inspired by the world of football stars. "We call this the 'Rooster'," a local journalist says.

For his part, activist Omar Dabour, who is well-known in Tahrir Square, says, "The models started gradually two years ago, but they exploded with the Tahrir Square revolution, because people feel more freedom" to escape even the inherited social habits.

One of the young protesters says, the youth of Tahrir Square are bold. This became normal, indicating at the same time that "the matter is different in the rest of the city, there is more reservation."
And there the army and the militia follow, they can bother you at the checkpoints, adding I do not care (...) My hair was very short and I left it long, why do I feel fear?

And websites interested in this field talked about the story "albumpador" popular among young people, and he called it King Louis XV.

He who adopts it considers her to appear as a "sexy and modern man". A number of hairdressing salons in Iraq offer, in different styles, this classic hairdo with different gradations that rise to the center of the head and are called "Mahok". "The idea is to do what we want," says Omar.

Thousands of people, including students and young people who are unemployed, gather daily in the symbolic liberation square , calling for a comprehensive reform of the system based on sectarian quotas, and an end to the politicians ’monopoly of power 16 years ago. They describe the dominant parties as "thieves" and "corrupt".

The enthusiastic slogans are the same since the protests began in early October. The authorities faced protests with repression. Nevertheless, the move continues. The characteristic hairstyles chosen by many of the young protesters, attracts attention.

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Great now that song is in my head a

 rhinestone Davis 

 

instead of cowboy

 

gonna lasso my dog

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