Close the embassy and the war decision

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Parliamentary Finance: The salaries of employees will be distributed this week

 

 

13:19 - 10/3/2020

The Parliamentary Finance Committee confirmed, on Saturday, that the salaries of employees for the month of September will be distributed during the current week, indicating that the reason for the delay was due to the lack of sufficient cash liquidity.

A member of the committee, Representative Jamal Ahmed, said in a statement to / information /, that “the government will spend this week the salaries of all state employees for the month of September,” indicating that “the reason for the delay was the lack of sufficient cash liquidity.”

Ahmed added, “The government can withdraw the trust from the central bank or banks until parliament votes to allow them to borrow locally, provided that those amounts are included.

Ahmed pointed out that "the local borrowing law will be passed despite the presence of some parliamentarians who object to it, but there is no alternative solution for the government in providing financial liquidity at the present time."

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A Kurdish bloc calls for reassuring measures to prevent the "migration" of diplomatic missions from Iraq

 

2nd October, 2020

On Friday, the deputy for the Kurdish bloc, Ghaleb Muhammad called on the Iraqi government to take urgent and concrete measures to prevent the "migration" of diplomatic missions and international embassies in Iraq, due to Iraq's political and economic need.

Muhammad told Shafaq News, "Iraq is in need of the world’s countries for the presence of international missions and embassies from various world countries, especially developed countries, to benefit from their expertise in the fields of energy, investing natural resources, and building a sober economy capable of facing the challenges and crises that threaten many countries in the world and in various fields." He added, "We need to build high-level diplomacy with the presence of international missions, organizations and embassies, given the difficult and unstable political situations that Iraq is going through, which has negatively affected the Iraqi society and the living conditions of the people in particular."

Muhammad stressed "taking realistic and concrete measures by the Iraqi government to reassure the missions and embassies of security and the absence of any threats or risks affecting them in the future to complete the programs for building the democratic Iraqi state and benefit from the experiences of other countries." And he continued, "Iraq is one of the rich countries in the Middle East and has its regional weight. It will not be able to preserve these characteristics and gains in isolation from international friction, and Iraq will not rise and will not prosper without diplomatic and economic support."

Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein called on the United States on Wednesday to reconsider the decision to close its embassy in Baghdad. He said, "The withdrawal of the US embassy from Baghdad gives wrong signals to the Iraqi people," noting that "the Iraqi government has taken the necessary measures to protect diplomatic missions." The American headquarters and the embassy in particular are exposed to constant missile attacks by armed groups linked to Iran, while several headquarters and camps of the Popular Mobilization Forces have been bombed by American or Israeli drones, according to statements by some political forces and leaders of the Popular Mobilization Forces.

[MyLadiesDaddy]

This appears to be serious pushing on our part for Iraq to fulfill its obligations. 

 

The U.S. government is second-guessing its own Iraq strategy. Just five weeks ago, the Trump administration appeared to set Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi as the keystone of its Iraq strategy, pledging ongoing security support and promoting $8 billion worth of prospective energy agreements with the potential to reduce Iraq's dependence on Iranian power. Now, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has threatened to close the U.S. embassy in Baghdad and take military action against Iranian proxy groups that continue to launch rocket and roadside bomb attacks against American and allied positions around Iraq. This comes as Pompeo also tightened the window on Iraq's sanctions waiver from 120 to 60 days, emphasizing his willingness to keep using coercive tactics in U.S. diplomacy with Iraq. What are investors to think? How can the U.S. government promote multi-billion-dollar, long-term investments one month — and then threaten the next month to drastically alter the terms of the bilateral relationship in ways that would likely degrade Iraq's investment climate? The State Department has not offered any guidance so far. For more analysis of the situation, read the full story on Iraq Oil Report.

 

 

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3 minutes ago, ladyGrace'sDaddy said:

This appears to be serious pushing on our part for Iraq to fulfill its obligations. 

 

The U.S. government is second-guessing its own Iraq strategy. Just five weeks ago, the Trump administration appeared to set Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi as the keystone of its Iraq strategy, pledging ongoing security support and promoting $8 billion worth of prospective energy agreements with the potential to reduce Iraq's dependence on Iranian power. Now, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has threatened to close the U.S. embassy in Baghdad and take military action against Iranian proxy groups that continue to launch rocket and roadside bomb attacks against American and allied positions around Iraq. This comes as Pompeo also tightened the window on Iraq's sanctions waiver from 120 to 60 days, emphasizing his willingness to keep using coercive tactics in U.S. diplomacy with Iraq. What are investors to think? How can the U.S. government promote multi-billion-dollar, long-term investments one month — and then threaten the next month to drastically alter the terms of the bilateral relationship in ways that would likely degrade Iraq's investment climate? The State Department has not offered any guidance so far. For more analysis of the situation, read the full story on Iraq Oil Report.

 

 

I have to agree with you LGD. I think we are really pushing for reform. 

[Mary B]

Al-Kazemi: Washington saved us from Saddam and ISIS ... and we must not be ashamed of the relationship with it

Saturday 03, October 2020 21:30 | PoliticalViews: 127

Baghdad ( NINA ) Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi asserted that Washington had rid us of Saddam and ISIS ... and we must not be ashamed of the relationship with it.

He said in a televised statement that: All of the forces and politicians were in Washington that helped us get rid of Saddam and after that from ISIS. We should not be ashamed of any relationship that serves the Iraqis.

Al-Kazemi added that: Our policy is clear to be ashamed of our relations with America, Iran or Saudi Arabia for a better future for the Iraqis. / End 3

https://ninanews.com/Website/News/Details?Key=860634

[Mary B]

Al-Kazemi: We have not received any threat from America regarding the closure of its embassy in Iraq

21:14 - 10/03/2020

 

  

The information / Baghdad

Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi stated, on Saturday, that Iraq had not received any threat from America regarding the closure of its embassy in Baghdad, pointing out that America made great mistakes during its occupation of Iraq.

Al-Kazemi said in a televised statement that "the Iraqi constitution stipulates that the government builds the best relations with countries to serve the Iraqi people."

He added, "Relations with Washington are based on interests, and America made major mistakes during the stage of the occupation of Iraq ."

And that " Iraq has not received any threat from America regarding the closure of its embassy in Baghdad," noting that " Iraq will not accept any threat from any country." 25 n

https://www.almaalomah.com/2020/10/03/498251/

[Mary B]

It is not in the interest of the Iraqi people .. Baghdad asks America to review the decision to withdraw its embassy

 

 

 

Baghdad said that Washington's initial decision to withdraw its embassy from the Iraqi capital may not be in the interest of the Iraqi people, pledging positive results for its measures to prevent the attacks that affected the Green Zone in the last period.

In a statement, the Iraqi Foreign Ministry stated that Foreign Minister Fouad Hussein received a phone call from US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and the conversation focused on bilateral relations and ties between the two countries, and on the US administration’s initial decision to withdraw the embassy from Baghdad.

According to the statement, Hussein expressed concern about this decision, despite it being a sovereign decision for the American side, but it may lead to results that are not in the interest of the Iraqi people.

He pointed out that the Iraqi government has taken a number of security, organizational, political, and diplomatic measures to stop the attacks on the Green Zone and the airport, and there will be tangible positive results in the near future.

For his part, the US Secretary emphasized, according to the statement, that US-Iraqi relations are important for both sides, and the two sides also discussed various future possibilities regarding the status of diplomatic missions in Baghdad.

According to the statement, the US Secretary promised to take into account what was discussed in the discussion. The two sides stressed the importance of continuing to exchange views and communicate in order to find solutions to this crisis.

For his part, Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi condemned the firing of rockets at the headquarters of the US embassy and diplomatic missions in Iraq.

In a televised interview, Al-Kazemi described the missiles as "absurd" and said that they "took the lives of Iraqis, the last of which was the Al-Radwaniyah incident," stressing that it is not permissible to deal with American or other diplomatic missions in this way.

Al-Kazemi confirmed that he informed the American side of the seriousness of his government in preventing the targeting of diplomatic missions, denying "receiving a threat from America regarding the closure of its embassy in Iraq. We have received American annoyance about the absurd missiles, regarding the security of their missions" in the country.

The US embassy, located in the fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad, has been subjected to continuous Katyusha rocket attacks, over the past months and years.

While the convoys of the international coalition forces led by the United States of America are still being targeted by explosive devices on their withdrawal from the Iraqi territories in the capital and the central and southern provinces of the country.

 

https://www.thebaghdadpost.com/ar/Story/202330/لا-يصب-في-مصلحة-الشعب-العراقي-بغداد-تطلب-من-أمريكا-مراجعة-قرار-سحب-سفارتها

[Mary B]

Who is behind the assassinations?

15:45 - 10/03/2020

 

  

Books / Ali Ali ...

It seems that what the Iraqis are suffering today from the poor conditions of many of the joints of the country is not an exceptional or emergency situation, or an event accompanying a change in one of the pillars of the country, or politics, approach or personalities, as it is an end and a means at the same time and a single moment that was drawn by people at a time. He went on, and they are definitely not alone in the planning and preparation arena, but behind them are parties represented by parties and entities as well as states and nations. As for being a means, that is because it is the way closest to the trolls in the murky waters, and those who seek to achieve immediate worldly benefits that will disappear with their demise. As for being a goal, it is because it is the goal of ancient parties since the inception of Mesopotamia, and it is certain that this is not the case by an act of one or two or ten. In the hands of skilled actors whose counting does not stop at a specific number, and they are deliberate and intent on everything that happens, they are duly performing their duty to complete the role that their parents and teachers were playing.

Despite all the tragedies that Iraq and Iraqis are going through today, it is not enough to cure the pride of some who enjoy roasting human beef, who, if they did not find fire, used the fire of friend and foe alike to achieve that unbridled desire that reflects their sadism and inherited bloodlust, and what is their exploitation A circumstance or a situation that Iraq is going through is only a test to show their rusty metal, and the closest example of this is the continuation of the assassinations, as it became a prevailing situation in the streets of cities, villages and towns and that the Iraqis were present, which indicates that the same citizen has become the ultimate goal and goal of the decree, and hitting him has become an achievement in addition to achievements Accumulated, his enemies count it as an asset that enriches them.

It is certain that those sitting on the seats of decision, dissolution and contract are at the forefront of ruling IraqThey have the upper hand in what is happening from these actions, and they are divided between the maker of it and the one who benefits from it. It seems clear to any theorist of events that most of the assassinations happen after criticisms directed against a party, bloc, movement or organization, and whether they were the makers and masterminds of them with their own gestures or internal or external agendas, or they were benefiting from them in achieving special personal or factional goals! The blood drop of an innocent Iraqi citizen is being squandered unequaled by the worldly possessions of his family and relatives, even if it insults some politicians who have invested the blood of Iraqis of all sects and nationalities, and who follow the news of the assassinations in cold blood, but this is what they lost when they preferred the private interest over the common people of the country and millions of worshipers. It seems that the idol that fell in 2003 is not the only one whose fall was inevitable, but that there are other idols that should fall, and this is the task of the ship sailer, where any hand that tamperes with the safety of its sail must be cut off, and everyone who walks against the current leading to safety must be cut off.

What is happening in a green, yellow, or red area in Baghdad and the rest of the governorates, including violent incidents, no longer distinguishes between one sect and another, or nationalism without a second, so the trigger is prepared and the weapons are all aimed at the person of the particular Iraqi citizen, to obtain the doctor, the scientist, the journalist, the critic and the artist, and the list goes on.

https://www.almaalomah.com/2020/10/03/498195/

[Mary B]

Who is behind the assassinations?

15:45 - 10/03/2020

 

  

Books / Ali Ali ...

It seems that what the Iraqis are suffering today from the poor conditions of many of the joints of the country is not an exceptional or emergency situation, or an event accompanying a change in one of the pillars of the country, or politics, approach or personalities, as it is an end and a means at the same time and a single moment that was drawn by people at a time. He went on, and they are definitely not alone in the planning and preparation arena, but behind them are parties represented by parties and entities as well as states and nations. As for being a means, that is because it is the way closest to the trolls in the murky waters, and those who seek to achieve immediate worldly benefits that will disappear with their demise. As for being a goal, it is because it is the goal of ancient parties since the inception of Mesopotamia, and it is certain that this is not the case by an act of one or two or ten. In the hands of skilled actors whose counting does not stop at a specific number, and they are deliberate and intent on everything that happens, they are duly performing their duty to complete the role that their parents and teachers were playing.

Despite all the tragedies that Iraq and Iraqis are going through today, it is not enough to cure the pride of some who enjoy roasting human beef, who, if they did not find fire, used the fire of friend and foe alike to achieve that unbridled desire that reflects their sadism and inherited bloodlust, and what is their exploitation A circumstance or a situation that Iraq is going through is only a test to show their rusty metal, and the closest example of this is the continuation of the assassinations, as it became a prevailing situation in the streets of cities, villages and towns and that the Iraqis were present, which indicates that the same citizen has become the ultimate goal and goal of the decree, and hitting him has become an achievement in addition to achievements Accumulated, his enemies count it as an asset that enriches them.

It is certain that those sitting on the seats of decision, dissolution and contract are at the forefront of ruling IraqThey have the upper hand in what is happening from these actions, and they are divided between the maker of it and the one who benefits from it. It seems clear to any theorist of events that most of the assassinations happen after criticisms directed against a party, bloc, movement or organization, and whether they were the makers and masterminds of them with their own gestures or internal or external agendas, or they were benefiting from them in achieving special personal or factional goals! The blood drop of an innocent Iraqi citizen is being squandered unequaled by the worldly possessions of his family and relatives, even if it insults some politicians who have invested the blood of Iraqis of all sects and nationalities, and who follow the news of the assassinations in cold blood, but this is what they lost when they preferred the private interest over the common people of the country and millions of worshipers. It seems that the idol that fell in 2003 is not the only one whose fall was inevitable, but that there are other idols that should fall, and this is the task of the ship sailer, where any hand that tamperes with the safety of its sail must be cut off, and everyone who walks against the current leading to safety must be cut off.

What is happening in a green, yellow, or red area in Baghdad and the rest of the governorates, including violent incidents, no longer distinguishes between one sect and another, or nationalism without a second, so the trigger is prepared and the weapons are all aimed at the person of the particular Iraqi citizen, to obtain the doctor, the scientist, the journalist, the critic and the artist, and the list goes on.

https://www.almaalomah.com/2020/10/03/498195/

[Mary B]

An American report: There is a political split over the targeting of diplomatic missions ... and special interests are behind the conflicting positions

 

 

 

 A report by the American newspaper Al-Monitor said that armed groups continue their missile attacks on US bases and targeting diplomatic missions in Iraq, while Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi seeks to rein in them after the US government threatened to close its embassy in Baghdad.
The report, written by researcher and writer Adnan AbuZayd, monitors a political division over the attack on diplomatic missions in Iraq.
On September 25, 2020, Muqtada al-Sadr called for the formation of a committee to investigate security breaches against diplomatic missions and official state headquarters, to be welcomed by Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi, stressing that the coalition of corruption and fugitive weapons has no place in Iraq.
In strengthening the front of the rejection of arms chaos, the Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament, Muhammad al-Halbousi also, on the same day, supported Al-Sadr’s initiative and calling for an investigation into the repeated missile attacks targeting the US embassy.
Before that, Moqtada al-Sadr’s warning on September 18, 2020, of “a dark tunnel into Iraq, as a result of targeting cultural and diplomatic headquarters,” coincided with explosive devices targeting the American Institute in Najaf on the same day, as this escalation appears to be a systematic method, after On September 18, 2020, IEDs also targeted convoys carrying international coalition equipment south of Salah al-Din (north).
A missile fell near the US base at Baghdad airport on September 20, 2020, and Katyusha rockets hit the vicinity of the US embassy in the Green Zone in the center of the capital, Baghdad, on September 19, 2020. And the last attacks were on Erbil.
And last Wednesday, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi met at the Government Palace in Baghdad with ambassadors of 25 countries to discuss the security situation in Iraq. After the meeting - which included representatives of a number of Western and Arab countries - the ambassadors issued a statement condemning the attacks on foreign diplomatic missions and foreign forces and expressed their support for the Prime Minister’s moves to address the concerns of the foreign missions in the country.
Attacks on foreign missions and forces have increased in recent days.
On September 15, 2020, an explosive device was exposed to diplomatic vehicles of the British Embassy in Baghdad, while security sources confirmed that a foreign diplomatic convoy had exploded in Baghdad.
The repeated targeting of the embassy prompted the US ambassador to Baghdad, Matthew Toller, on September 17, 2020, to consider "targeting the US embassy and the international coalition forces in Iraq, undermining the authority of the Iraqi state."
While analyzes indicate that the targeting of diplomatic missions is a clear escalation of the power struggle between the government and militant groups, and an indirect way to pressure the government that is trying to fight corruption, the spokesman for the Iraqi Armed Forces, Major General Yahya Rasoul, told Al-Monitor, A diplomatic mission or embassy, or international coalition convoys, is an act outside the law, "noting that" diplomatic missions and the international coalition are in Iraq according to official agreements, and the coalition forces are working to develop Iraqi forces in the areas of training, arming, and equipping, and targeting them is attached to them. " Damage to the Iraqi forces. "
Badr Al-Ziyadi, a member of the Parliamentary Security and Defense Committee for the Sadrist-led Saeron Coalition, admits in his speech to Al-Monitor that "the targeting of missions and the mechanisms of transferring support to the coalition has begun to take an upward turn," noting that "if the intent of exposure to diplomatic missions is to force "The foreign forces are to leave, it is necessary to follow political and parliamentary means instead of plunging Iraq into the security chaos."
However, Wael Abdel-Latif, a former parliamentarian and the current politician, tells Al-Monitor about another reason for the targeting, which is "the great ignorance in dealing with the international coalition forces led by the United States of America, as some people think that there are only American forces on one side, and on the other side, the targeting of the headquarters Diplomatic missions and forces is a serious violation of relevant international agreements and treaties.
And if Abd al-Latif considered “the attack on the missions as an armed exit against the will of the state and has a negative impact on the international reputation of Iraq,” Mahmoud al-Hashemi, the researcher and political writer, secretary of the National Media Observatory, talks to Al-Monitor about a different conclusion. He says that “the biggest mistake that governments have committed The successive political blocs have not condemned the attacks that took place in previous times on some foreign consulates in Iraq, and considered that this represents a victory for their desires, while the government position was weak, if not non-existent, in punishing those who did so.
Al-Hashemi considered that "the US embassy in Iraq bore the brunt of the mistakes of its governments’ management in dealing with the Iraqi issue, such as the assassination of Soleimani and the engineer, and this allowed their supporters to believe that targeting US military sites is a means of revenge. "
Al-Hashemi believes that the targeting of the US embassy is due to the fact that it has "turned into a quasi-military barracks, and that just surrounding it with counter-attacks and the military means that it has turned into a (military site) and allows attacking it.
Al-Hashemi believes that there is "opposition and not condemnation of the attacks by prominent political blocs, such as the head of the Al-Hikma Movement, Ammar al-Hakim or the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, to avoid escalation with regard to diplomatic missions, but they left the door open to striking foreign military sites and logistical support convoys."
Ihssan Al-Shammari, head of the Center for Political Thinking, refers to Al-Monitor to special political interests behind the stances towards the attacks on missions, speaking of an example of that in "the nature of Muqtada al-Sadr's position, which is related to strengthening the image of this Shiite leader as being in the category of those working within the state and its official discourse." He considered that "Al-Sadr does not want to appear and those who follow him that he is above the state, just as Al-Sadr began to believe that the peaceful path will distance Iraq from the repercussions of the dispute between Washington and Tehran."
Al-Shammari observes a collective agreement on calm, saying: "At the level of the Iraqi interior, raising the level of friction, leading to clashes, will increase the chances of security chaos. Therefore, calls for the exit of US forces in accordance with legal contexts are part of the consensus process in a unified position through Parliament."
He adds: "
Al-Shammari concludes that "the front of targeting American interests at the Shiite level has become few, because the majority prefers a political solution, and the voice is loud against targeting the American presence."
Al-Shammari admits that "there is a Shiite split towards Al-Sadr's call. There are those who reject it from the factions that confirm the proceeding with the attacks, but this does not mean that it has departed from Iranian obedience as much as it exerts more pressure on Washington, while Tehran still views the factions loyal to it as part One of the tools of conflict inside Iraq. "
Al-Shammari does not expect "an armed confrontation between the Shiite parties because of Al-Sadr's call, because Iran has lines of communication and good relations with Al-Sadr."
It is clear that there is a sharp division in the situation between the extremist parties that adopt the security escalation, which do not calculate the consequences of this, and the majority of the political, Shiite and Kurdish parties, which reject the escalation by targeting diplomatic missions and international coalition convoys, because of its harmful effect on internal stability, And on the relationship with Washington and the countries of the world.

https://www.thebaghdadpost.com/ar/Story/202329/تقرير-أمريكي-انقسام-سياسي-حول-استهداف-البعثات-الدبلوماسية-والمصالح-الخاصة-وراء-تضارب-المواقف

[Mary B]

Al-Nujaifi about Washington's threatening to withdraw its embassy: a dangerous development that will expose Iraq to isolation

2020-10-04 | 09:27

 

 

 

 

 

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The head of the Salvation and Development Front, Osama al-Nujaifi, described the US administration’s intention to withdraw its embassy from Iraq on Sunday as a "dangerous development," noting that withdrawing the embassy would expose Iraq to "international isolation," as he put it.

The Front said in a statement received by Alsumaria News, "The President of the Salvation and Development Front Osama Abdul Aziz Al-Nujaifi On Sunday, October 4, 2020, Jenin Hennes Plasschaert, Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations at Iraq".

 

 

 

 

 

The statement indicated, "the meeting during which a group of important files were discussed and discussed, including: the political situation, the targeting of embassies, the election file, and the file of the forcibly disappeared."

Nujaifi confirmed, according to the statement that "the need exists for support and assistance." United nations, Through a role that could contribute to dismantling the problems. ”

He pointed out that“ the developments that accompanied the targeting of embassies and military convoys, and what resulted from that by announcing America’s intention to withdraw its embassy, and this is a dangerous development that presentsIraq To the isolation of the state and the new suffering of the Iraqi people, and stressed the importance of deportation Iraq On international and regional conflicts. "

He added, "It is necessary to differentiate between the committed elements and the bearers of uncontrolled weapons who carry out their terrorist acts in implementation of wills that are inconsistent with the supreme interest of the Iraqi people," noting that "the support for the Salvation and Development Front, the Prime Minister, and his efforts to confront corruption, as well as other files." In discussing the file of the forcibly disappeared, al-Nujaifi asserted, according to the statement, that it is "a dangerous humanitarian file that requires exerting utmost efforts to reach results to compensate the families who have been subjected to the tragedy while referring the perpetrators to the judiciary."

And called Nujaifi United nationsTo "a supervisory and supervisory role in the electoral process to ensure its integrity and to prevent any fraud." For its part, Plasschaert presented according to the statement "vision."



United nations To put in Iraq And the efforts it is making in the important files under discussion, and that it will continue its efforts in order to reach results that contribute to providing treatments for these files, stressing that it will spare no effort for that.

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https://www.alsumaria.tv/news/سياسة/360463/النجيفي-عن-تلويح-واشنطن-بسحب-سفارتها-تطور-خطير-سيع

[Mary B]

The General Secretariat Of The Council Of Ministers Decides To Suspend The Official Working Hours Next Thursday, With The Exception Of Service Departments

Last updated Oct 4, 2020

The Independent / - The General Secretariat of the Iraqi Council of Ministers decided to suspend the official working hours next Thursday.

A brief statement of the independent secretariat stated today, Sunday, that "it was decided to suspend the official working hours on Thursday 8-10-2020, in all state departments, except for service ones, coinciding with the fortieth anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein."

 

https://www.mustaqila.com/الامانة-العامة-لمجلس-الوزراء-تقرر-تعط/

[Mary B]

A deputy calls for Al-Kazemi to disclose the accomplishments "by numbers" and not "by the media."

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Member of the Committee to Monitor the Implementation of the Governmental Program and Strategic Planning, MP Inaam Al-Khuzai, called on Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi to assume his legal and moral responsibilities before the people, the House of Representatives and the world by disclosing the achievements achieved "in numbers" instead of "media promotion."

In a statement received by "Progress", a copy of it, Al-Khuzai indicated that "the gap between the achieved revenue and the financing required to cover the necessary spending estimated at about (6) trillion dinars per month has increased, and with the continued decline in oil revenues due to lower prices and production ceilings (OPEC +)," indicating "The government is obligated to activate non-oil revenues through many axes, the most important of which is maximizing customs revenues by controlling official and unofficial outlets, controlling smuggling and subjecting the ports of the Kurdistan region of Iraq to Iraqi sovereignty as stipulated in the constitution."

Al-Khuzai was amazed, “The government's failure to disclose the government revenue achieved after exempting customs directors and military control over them to verify the feasibility of the government campaign against customs outlets, in addition to the fact that the federal government has not yet announced the amount of money recovered due to the arrest of a large number of general managers at sites High in the Iraqi state? ”, Wondering“ about the real reasons according to which the file of Iraqi funds abroad is still forgotten, despite the government’s formation of a committee to recover Iraqi funds abroad, which are huge sums estimated at billions of dollars, and can supplement the budget and eliminate the need to borrow again. ”

She pointed out that “the file of government debts on telecommunications companies and other major companies is still without resolution and follow-up by the central government, despite the urgent need of Iraq for those funds and despite the state’s ability to obtain these funds in multiple ways, given that these companies work on Iraqi lands and achieve huge profits as a result of activity. Its branches are in all Iraqi governorates, ”stressing that“ in the media only, the issue of double salaries, aliens, Rafha’s salaries and other tournaments has been highlighted as providing huge sums for the budget. ”

 Al-Khuzaie explained that “more than a month has passed since the federal government delivered the third batch to the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq in exchange for the latter’s commitment to a set of conditions, the most important of which is the payment of the debts owed by the region to the central treasury and the resumption of oil delivery to the National Marketing Company and other conditions, but the region has not implemented a condition. One of those conditions is to repeat the experience of previous pontifical and media agreements to receive money and fail to fulfill promises, ”calling on Al-Kazemi to“ assume his legal and moral responsibilities before the people, the House of Representatives and the world by disclosing the achieved achievements ”in numbers instead of continuous media promotion with an empty treasury and a frightening continuation of borrowing that Iraq will fall into the trap of the new Western economic colonialism.

https://takadum-news.com/نائبة-تطالب-الكاظمي-بالافصاح-عن-المنج/

[Mary B]

The foreign ministers of Germany and Iraq discuss the situation of diplomatic missions by phone

 Sunday October 4, 2020 

Today, Sunday, Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein confirmed to his German counterpart, Heiko Maas, that the Iraqi government has taken a number of security, organizational, political and diplomatic measures to stop the attacks on the Green Zone and the airport.

 

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The media office of the foreign minister said in a statement that "Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein received a phone call from German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, and the conversation focused on bilateral relations and ties between the two countries, and on the initial decision of the American administration to withdraw the embassy from Baghdad," indicating that "the foreign minister crossed We are concerned about this decision, despite being a sovereign decision for the American side, but it may lead to results that are not in the interest of the Iraqi people.

The minister noted, according to the statement, that "the Iraqi government has taken a number of security, regulatory, political, and diplomatic measures to stop the attacks on the Green Zone and the airport, and there will be tangible positive results in the near future."

The statement added, "The two sides discussed various future possibilities regarding the status of diplomatic missions in Baghdad, and the two sides also stressed the importance of continuing to exchange views and communicate in order to find solutions to this crisis."

On 5/1/2020, the Iraqi parliament approved a resolution obliging the government to work to end the presence of any foreign forces on Iraqi soil, including the American forces. The US embassy, located in the fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad, is exposed to "Katyusha" missile attacks from time to time, America is still procrastinating in withdrawing its forces from Iraq.

Iraqi activists and politicians warn of US attempts to revive ISIS in Iraq, to find an excuse for the survival of its forces in Iraq.

https://www.alalamtv.net/news/5199371/وزيرا-خارجية-المانيا-والعراق-يبحثان-وضع-البعثات-الدبلوماسية-هاتفيا

[Mary B]

POSTED ON 2020-10-04 BY SOTALIRAQ

In interesting details ... Getting the hand on a "military coup in Iraq"

 

Former Iraqi Interior Minister Baqir al-Zubaidi warned of what he described as a plot leading to a military coup in the country, under the auspices of Izzat al-Douri, deputy head of the former regime.

Al-Zubaidi said in his publication entitled “The Next Military Coup in Iraq,” that “the conferences held by the dissolved Baath Party in America and other Western countries are the nucleus of what is now taking place in the movement led by the party’s military wing.” Zubaidi, a leader in the Islamic Supreme Council, added that “ These conferences were mobilized by some figures who were affiliated with the political process after the American invasion of the country in 2003 and fled Iraq, and from Baathists residing in Iraqi Kurdistan and Western countries, ”indicating that they ended with the decision to delegate the military wing to the Baath after the failure of the political party project.

He pointed out that the intense training carried out by the Baath’s military wing in northern Diyala province, east of Baghdad, and what is known as the Triangle of Death (Makhoul, Khanouka and Hamrin mountain range) and “that we previously warned about has one goal, which is to support the new military coup project, whose plan was drawn up by officers in The former regime, in cooperation with military figures and fighters affiliated with the Naqshbandi order, sponsored the league.

Al-Zubaidi explained that two regional countries differed strongly about supporting this project (he did not name them), despite the fact that many Baathist movements were taking place on their lands, indicating that he would reveal this coup project at a later time.

Media reports indicate that Al-Douri leads an armed organization called the "Naqshbandi Movement," which has been in hiding since the US invasion of the country in 2003. The United States allocated 10 million dollars to anyone who provides any information leading to the arrest or killing of al-Douri.

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[Mary B]

POSTED ON 2020-10-04 BY SOTALIRAQ

Because of the "Katyusha" attacks ... the drones are Washington's stick in Iraq to confront the militias

A state of anxiety and anticipation reigned among the leaders of the armed factions in Iraq, after Washington threatened to punish them. Because of the repeated attacks against the US embassy in the center of the capital, Baghdad, and the targeting of international coalition supply convoys.

Iraq is currently living in light of the repercussions of news of Washington's intention to transfer its embassy from Baghdad to Erbil in protest against the repeated targeting of it, and the detonation of explosive devices on the convoys of the international coalition, in light of the governmental slowdown in punitive measures for the perpetrators of these acts.

The Iraqi governorates, such as Salah al-Din, Maysan, Babil, and Diwaniyah, are witnessing IED attacks against convoys of the international coalition forces, in addition to the frequent Katyusha attacks on the US embassy in the Green Zone, foreign missions, and Baghdad International Airport.

Serious threats

Two days ago, Washington threatened to target the leaders of armed groups if these attacks were not stopped, during a phone call between President Barham Salih and Foreign Minister Mike Pompeo.

Washington is currently imposing sanctions on several Iraqi personalities, some of whom are leaders of armed factions, such as Qais Khazali, leader of Asaib Ahl al-Haq militia, and his brother Laith Khazali, in addition to the Popular Mobilization Security Commander Hussein al-Lami and Akram al-Kaabi, for accusations of terrorism and "human rights violations."

The names of others are always mentioned in American reports, such as the most prominent anti-American figures serving Iran's purposes in Iraq, such as the commander of the Imam Ali Shebel al-Zaidi Brigades, the leader of the Falcon Intelligence Cell Abu Ali al-Basri, Abu Muntadhar al-Husseini, advisor to former Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi, and Hashem Bunyan. Al-Sarraj, known as Abu Alaa Al-Wala'i, commander of the Sayyid al-Shuhada Brigades and others.

Most of the armed factions issued statements of denunciation and acquittal of the attacks against the US embassy, despite their previous blessings and justifications for this targeting. But observers believe that this "collective innocence" may be an attempt to distance oneself from any possible sanctions.

The leaders of these armed groups are aware of Washington's ability to impose sanctions against them, whether economic, military, or even pursue and liquidate them, especially with their popular rejection, which makes the possibility of targeting them a list, especially since the United States previously carried out several operations in Iraq.

The US raid last January, which killed Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy head of the state-sponsored Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces, is still fresh on the minds of Iraqi officials and armed groups.

According to what a senior Iraqi official told Agence France-Presse yesterday, "Washington has twice retaliated with strikes on the Hezbollah Brigades in Iraq, and earlier this year threatened to bomb more than 120 other sites if the missile attacks killed Americans."

He warned in the ranks of the militias

For his part, the commander of the pro-Iranian Imam Ali Brigades, Shebel Zaidi, said on Twitter: “I call on the rational brothers to pay attention and to beware of the sinister American plan. The country's capabilities, and the withdrawal of the embassy is only an introduction and an indication of their malicious intentions for fear of mass and party reactions.

He added, "We have real concerns, based on data and follow-up of their activities, that they intend to spread chaos and conflict in the southern regions, as they have deployed ISIS in the western region of the country, which I have experienced."

The regional spokesman for the US State Department, Samiwil Warburg, did not rule out that his country would impose sanctions on the leaders of the armed factions, when asked about it.

He said in a statement to Iraqi local TV yesterday evening: "Everything is possible." He also stressed that "it is possible to say that the close coordination between the American security forces and the Iraqi security forces in these matters continues, and we will share information and discuss who are the ones carrying out the attacks."

The drone .. the stick of penalties

Security experts indicate that Washington may use drones to target Iraqi militia leaders, until they are excluded from the security and political scene, based on major bases still present in the country, such as Ain Al-Asad air base and Harir base in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region.

During the year 2019, Iraq witnessed a number of attacks against camps of armed militias, such as Hezbollah and al-Najaba, on the borders with Syria, and in the governorates of Anbar and Salah al-Din, with drones, which led to the killing of dozens of members of those groups, without the United States adopting Those actions, but those factions accuse Washington of carrying out these attacks.

Retired Brigadier General Hamid al-Ubaidi confirms, "Washington has a special program for drones, operating in Iraq, and operating from several bases, and it has the ability to carry out operations with high accuracy, which makes the possibilities in Iraq wide open, in light of the militancy between the parties."

He added to (Passinoz), that "these armed groups follow several references in Iran, and they are carrying out duties entrusted to them, which means that it is difficult to persuade them to lay down their weapons and enter political action," noting that "the coming days may witness the first of these operations with the American hinting at targeting The leaders of those factions, which puts Iraq in an embarrassing position in front of the international community, and the regional environment ».

Washington fears that a scenario similar to what happened in the US embassy in Tehran in the 1970s would represent a severe blow to US President Donald Trump, with the approaching presidential elections, especially since the Iranians, as stated by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei himself, do not hide their enthusiasm for Trump's loss of the elections, and their desire for The arrival of a democratic candidate may revive the nuclear deal, reduce restrictions, and re-launch Iran in the region, in the manner of former US President Barack Obama.

This fear in Washington is matched by another fear among the armed factions loyal to Iran, which believe that all this noise and warnings may not be nothing but a coordinated campaign preparing the air to target prominent figures in those factions.

On the other hand, media close to Iran indicate that the factions that carry out the attacks are merely media interfaces for the well-known factions that issue statements disavowing those attacks, as mentioned in a report by a newspaper linked to the Lebanese Hezbollah, quoting statements about “a senior official in the complex The factions »

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[Mary B]

POSTED ON 2020-10-04 BY SOTALIRAQ

Al-Araji: The perpetrators of the attacks on embassies and missions want to isolate Iraq from the world

 

On Sunday, National Security Adviser Qassem Al-Araji considered that the parties behind the attacks on embassies and diplomatic missions of foreign countries in Iraq aim to isolate the country from the world.

"The relationship is good and good between the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government, and there is mutual understanding and coordination between the two sides," he said in a statement he made to reporters during his visit to Dohuk Governorate in the Kurdistan Region.

"The responsibility for protecting embassies rests with the Iraqi government," he added, adding that those who launch attacks on missions and embassies want to isolate Iraq from the world.

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