Maliki and Kuwait January 1st ~ Will Chapter 7 sanctions Be Lifted? Maliki begins official visit to Kuwait to discuss the outstanding issues ..

2011-12-28

Maliki begins next Sunday for an official visit to Kuwait to discuss the outstanding issues between the two countries

BAGHDAD (Iba) ... The Iraqi government announced that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will visit Kuwait next Sunday to discuss the outstanding issues between the two countries, after talks with his Kuwaiti counterpart Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, the most important files between the two countries in a telephone interview Monday ...

IRAQ CHAPTER 7 ~ MALIKI'S VISIT TO KUWAIT ~ CRUCIAL FOR COMPLETION OF FILES AND ENDING CHAPTER 7 AND TO END DISPUTES OVER PORT MUBARAK

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Friday 30/12/2011

Maliki resolved files Chapter VII Mubarak to visit Kuwait

Baghdad, the government said Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will visit Kuwait next Sunday to discuss the outstanding issues between the two countries, after talks with his Kuwaiti counterpart Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, the most important files between the two countries in a telephone interview Monday. It is expected that this visit will be crucial for the completion of the files out of Iraq from Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations as well as end the differences caused by the intention of establishing Port Kuwait Mubarak ...

In 2012, Obama to press ahead without Congress - Washington Times

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Obama Signs $662 Billion Defense Bill Despite Reservations About Indefinite Detentions ...

Related Article ~ Link ~ Indefinite Military Detention: Revised Defense Bill Still Gives President Authority To Lock Up Citizens ~ Bill Expected to Pass This Week

December 31, 2011
Honolulu - President Barack Obama signed a wide-ranging defense bill into law Saturday despite having “serious reservations” about provisions that regulate the detention, interrogation and prosecution of suspected terrorists.

The bill also applies penalties against Iran’s central bank in an effort to hamper Tehran’s ability to fund its nuclear enrichment program. The Obama administration is looking to soften the impact of those penalties because of concerns that they could lead to a spike in global oil prices or cause economic hardship on U.S. allies that import petroleum from Iran.Continues ...

U.S. and Iraq's Overseas Funds ~ Obama, Maliki has promised to take the necessary money to protect the State of Iraq after the end of 2011 ...

Related article ~ Link ~ Obama extends national emergency order on Iraq ...

31-12-2011

Obama, Maliki has promised to take the necessary money to protect the State of Iraq after the end of 2011

MP for the coalition of state law, Ihsan Al-Awadi said U.S. President Barack Obama promised Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki Bagara necessary for the protection of overseas funds of Iraq after the end of the year.

Iraqi Leader Celebrates US Withdrawal As New Dawn

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December 31, 2011

Iraqi Leader Celebrates US Withdrawal As New Dawn

Iraq's prime minister says the end of the American military presence in Iraq is a new dawn for his country.

In a celebration Saturday in Baghdad broadcast on state-run Iraqiya TV, Nouri al-Maliki declared the day a national holiday ...

Message From The Angels December 31, 2011 ...

My dear friends, we love you so very much.

Happy Holy New Year dear ones! We are so excited for you as you enter the year of 2012. Far from being the end of the world it is a year of new beginnings. Out with the old, in with the new never had as much meaning as it will for your world this coming year. Each of you has been feeling this coming. Each of you has been releasing a lot of old emotions. Each of you is eager to get on with life, to make dreams come true, to allow for the love of God to flow into your hearts, homes, relationships, and indeed all of your lives!
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**Iraq celebrates U.S. withdrawal! ...

Snip ~ "I declare this day, the 31st of December, on which the withdrawal of foreign forces from Iraq is complete, as a national day," said Maliki in a televised ceremony, surrounded by security officials in dress uniforms. "It is Iraq's day. It is a feast for all Iraqis. It is the dawn of a new day in Mesopotamia ... Your country is free."

December 31, 2011

Iraq celebrates U.S. withdrawal ...

Baghdad, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki declared a new dawn on Saturday as Iraq celebrated the departure of American troops at a ceremony held amid tight security and without Maliki's key political rivals.

Iraq was engulfed in its worst political crisis in a year after the last U.S. troops left on Dec. 18 when Maliki sought the arrest of Sunni Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, threatening a frail coalition government of Sunnis, Shi'ites and Kurds.

Saturday marked the end of the 2008 security pact agreed by then-President George W. Bush and was the last day for U.S. troops to withdraw from Iraq, nearly nine years after the invasion that toppled Sunni dictator Saddam Hussein and allowed the Shi'ite majority to take power.

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The world's fastest-growing economy next year may well be lraq's

December 30, 2011

10 Developments That May Surprise You in 2012

As the new year unfolds, unexpected twists and turns -- in politics, business and the economy -- are inevitable. Here are some we think are good bets.

The world's fastest-growing economy next year may well be lraq's

1) The world's fastest-growing economy next year may well be lraq's, as that nation cranks up its oil production machinery and begins massive rebuilding after eight years of war. The country is poised to see its GDP grow by more than 12%. It may expand even faster if Baghdad can keep sectarian strife to a minimum.

By comparison, China's economic growth will slow to under 9%, while Taiwan, at 5%, and South Korea, at a projected 4.4 % pace, will lead the industrialized economies. As for the U.S. economy, look for it to expand at a 2.3% clip, a tad stronger than earlier expectations.

2) U.S. multinationals will return. More manufacturers and service businesses will expand their operations at home rather than abroad. And they'll buy more of their parts and materials domestically. Companies such as Boeing, Advanced Micro and Dow are finding that they can cut costs by shortening the supply chain. And many are heeding how the earthquake in Japan and floods in Thailand stymied U.S. production of cars and computers.

3) Forget gold. America's sexiest commodity is coal. Although tough new rules for coal-burning power plants and fierce competition from inexpensive natural gas will trim U.S. coal usage next year, overseas markets can't get enough of it. U.S. exports of the black stuff will again hit 100 million short tons as demand from Asian power plants and steel mills requires ever more thermal and coking coal.

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Wow ~ Iraq ~ December 31st Declared "National Day ~ Al-Maliki Announced the completion of the withdrawal of foreign forces in Iraq ...

Saturday 31-12-11

Al-Maliki announce completion of the withdrawal of foreign forces in Iraq ...

Baghdad, Prime Minister of the armed forces Commander General Nuri al-Maliki full during the celebration of the great central Baghdad, renamed on 31st of December, which marks the end of the withdrawal of foreign forces from Iraq, the national day "on Iraq."

The Prime Minister, addressed by speech, and received (News Agency news) here Saturday: the Iraqi people, saying: congratulate you as you you transmit its opinion on Iraq every inch of the soil and they merge under Tahir I saw, this will add you on pride and glory and Azza, describing the Iraq that was free and happy masters deserve, and not sons of Iraq loyal only to preserve the sovereignty, unity and independence.
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Iraq's The upcoming meeting will differ from the previous ... Politicians realized the gravity of the situation ...

Saturday 31-12-11

Placeholder for block ~ The upcoming meeting will differ from the previous ... Politicians realized the gravity of the situation

Baghdad, Sign in block citizen and National Alliance Deputy//an inch, that forthcoming meeting in a House on the preceding meetings will vary Talabani, noting that politicians have realized the seriousness of the current situation, particularly if sustainability is.

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China Central bank stresses prudent monetary policy for 2012 ...

December 31, 2011

Central bank stresses prudent monetary policy for 2012

China's central bank said Saturday it will continue the prudent monetary policy and maintain the continuity and stability of its policies.

The People's Bank of China (PBOC) will give full play to the counter-cyclical function of macro-prudential policies and properly handle the intensity, pace and focus of macro-control, Governor Zhou Xiaochuan said in a new year's address to the bank staff.
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Rumor ~ Global Economy ~ A major breakthrough in the financial logjam is imminent sources say ...

December 28, 2011

Federal Reserve Told To Shut Down Immediately! Ben Fulford

New Financial System Being Implemented!

The ongoing global financial war is reaching its final stages. Multiple reliable sources in three continents are all now reporting that a major breakthrough in the financial logjam is imminent. We can confirm from our own sources (including MI6 and Japanese military intelligence) that a large delegation descended on Washington last week and read the riot act to the Washington D.C. establishment.

They have been informed the Federal Reserve Board must be shut down immediately and the new financial system must be implemented or else the United States would be totally cut off from the world. The military is also close to open revolt with more than half of the military supporting a total clean up of Washington D.C., according to a CIA source.

Iraq's Speaker Nujaifi denies knowledge of an article published in The New York Times ...

31/12/2011

Nujaifi denies knowledge of an article published in The New York Times

BAGHDAD - Al Sabah

Denied the Speaker Osama al-taught an article published in The New York Times entitled "How to save Iraq from civil war?".

Nujaifi said in the explanatory statement issued by his press office has received the "morning" a copy of the article was written without his knowledge, Hasher and his attempt to raise some dust on the importance of his role as head of the authority of the people, and this is in the simplest cases is the abandonment of his duties.

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Iraq ~ ASAP~ Announced the Readiness of the Organization for Cooperation of the Islamic Conference in Baghdad

Related article ~ Snip .. June 2011 ~ Baghdad today the second conference of Iraqi reconciliation with the participation of armed factions engaged in political work in order to activate the Mecca Document for national reconciliation in order to confirm the sanctity of Iraqi blood and the achievement of social peace and human development as Minister of Iraqi reconciliation Amer Khuzaie exception members of al Qaeda and Baathist committed crimes against Iraqis of this reconciliation ... Link ~*** Iraq ~ Conference in Baghdad to activate the Mecca Document of National Reconciliation ...

31/12/2011

Announced the readiness of the Organization for Cooperation of the Islamic Conference in Baghdad

BAGHDAD - Omar Abdel-Latif

Ambassador to the Organization of Islamic cooperation in Iraq, Hamid ELTINAY, readiness of the organization to hold a second conference for the application and implementation of the Mecca Document in Baghdad as soon as possible, noting that Iraq is moving in the right way, while stressing advisor of national reconciliation for the armed factions, that reconciliation National has become obligatory on all Iraqis to gather under the banner of Iraq.
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Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki called on President Jalal Talabani to come to Baghdad and take the lead to resolve the political crisis ...

Iraqi Leaders Met in Erbil 2010 .. They Need to Return to The Table And Resolve Outstanding Issues! ...

31/12/2011

Affirm the constitutionality of Congress call a national conference and await the coming of the political blocs Talabani, to Baghdad

Baghdad - Al Sabah

MP said the coalition of state law, Haitham al-Jubouri that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki called on President Jalal Talabani to come to Baghdad and take the lead to resolve the political crisis. Fimaad National Alliance MP for Hasnawi initiative of President Jalal Talabani, a national conference brings together political parties Initiative «constitutional said Talabani was acting under the Constitution, which it seeks to maintain ...

Federal Reserve Secretly Bails Out European Banks ... Again

December 30, 2011

Federal Reserve Secretly Bails Out European Banks ... Again

Despite assertions from Federal Reserve officials that the United States would not play a role in bailing out European banks, that is exactly what has happened — again.

Earlier in the month, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke (left) told the U.S. Senate that the Fed had no intention of bailing out the European banks, indicating that he “doesn’t have the intention or the authority” to do so.

Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) said Bernanke made it “very clear” in closed door comments that the central bank would not be rescuing European financial institutions. “People walk away knowing he has no intentions whatsoever of furthering U.S. involvement in the crisis,” Corker said.

As it turns out, however, the Fed is in fact doing just that...
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Iraqi's Celebrate U.S. Withdrawal And Call For Lifting UN Chapter 7 Sanctions ...

31/12/2011

Demanded the lifting of notes to international forums to compensate Iraqis

Baghdad - Tikrit - the morning

Went out after Friday prayers yesterday, demonstrations in the cities of Adhamiya, Tikrit, joy to withdraw the U.S. full of the country. has established a mosque of Imam Azam Abu Hanifa yesterday, ceremonial great on the occasion of the evacuation of U.S. forces from Iraq .

The participants chanted in celebration banners bearing the American forces responsible for the killing of Iraqis and causing damage to infrastructure, and banners to celebrate the departure of U.S. forces, in addition to raising the Iraqi flag, a large covered hours of the Whole., and set up the way, say prayers for the souls of the Iraqis killed by U.S. forces, according to the reported agency "Nina" news.

And called in front of the Imam of Mosque of Imam Azam Sheikh Ahmed Hassan al-Taha, the three presidencies to raise notes to international forums demanding compensation for the Iraqis what their right to damages as a result of military operations.

He also asked the government to release the detainees. and chanted a section calling for the unity of Iraq and Iraqis and stand as one large projects division of their country.

In Salahuddin, left the people of the province after performing Friday prayer united in the city of Tikrit, with public participation from the districts of Shirqat, Baiji and Samarra, in the event festive peaceful occasion of the exit of the last U.S. troops from the country. The correspondent of "morning" in Tikrit Omar Adel, said the demonstrators carried placards and banners calling for unity and condemning the practices of the U.S. military to inflict damage to the children of Iraq.

He said Haji Mohammad Abdullah, one of the demonstrators, "morning" that the demonstration that followed Friday prayers at the Grand Mosque, come to express about the joy of the people of Salah al-Din clear U.S. forces. He said that the past years have contributed to the delay in the growth of the Iraqi economy and the decline in all the fields of public life.

We are today in this demonstration, emphasize the importance of national unity and closing ranks among all the sons of Iraq in order to miss the opportunity to anyone who wants to harm the public interest of the country. He stressed that the phase of the real work has begun since the withdrawal of the last U.S. troops from the region, expressing the hope that Iraq rebuilt tolerance and reconciliation among all components of the people.

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Arab Al-Maliki call: we will support Iraq strongly to assist him in solving problems within the Arab framework

Friday, 30-12-11

Arab Al-Maliki call: we will support Iraq strongly to assist him in solving problems within the Arab framework

Baghdad, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki received telephone calls from the Secretary-General of the Arab League, Nabil late Friday expressed to him their gratitude and appreciation for the efforts made by Iraq to compromise on attitudes within the Arab House.

A source in the Cabinet (News Agency news) Friday: Iraq positions for Arab positions towards solving the price within the Arab framework, adding: the new Arab willingness and support melsaadh Iraq and forcefully, which promotes Arab would.
Pointed towards the Arab: the gratitude of the Government and people of Iraq on the situation in Iraq, the Syrian issue.

This visited Iraq, Secretary-General of the Arab League, Nabil earlier this month and discuss issues pertaining to the League of Arab States and the institutions under the University, and two weeks later, Maliki and Arab telephone discussed Arab issues and developments in Syria.

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Could Obama pay a price if Iraq spirals out of control?

December 31, 2011

Could Obama pay a price if Iraq spirals?

Top Obama administration officials dismiss the idea that a residual US force would have increased US leverage in Iraqi politics

Fears that Iraq will spiral into instability and slip under Iran’s sway may foreshadow an election year row over President Barack Obama’s core political achievement: ending the war. Obama, currently on vacation in Hawaii, built his political career on early opposition to the 2003 US invasion, capturing a public mood which helped propel him to the White House five years later. So when he brought the last US soldiers home this month, he touted a promise kept in extricating the United States from what critics see as a grand folly.

Iraq Finance Minister, Rafe al-Essawi ~ A Moderate Official at Risk in a Fracturing Iraq

December 30, 2011

A Moderate Official at Risk in a Fracturing Iraq

Rafe Essawi, is the man in charge of Iraq’s finances, a moderate Sunni doctor who greets his guests and denounces his foes in practiced English. He may also be the next leader to fall as the country’s Shiite prime minister takes aim at perceived rivals and enemies, his fate a litmus test for a country in crisis.

Unlike other Sunni politicians who have drawn fire from the Shiite-led government, Mr. Essawi is known as a conciliatory figure who has built bridges with Kurds, Shiites and Westerners. If the prime minister, Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, takes action against him — he has already tried to relieve Mr. Essawi of his duties — it could open deep new divisions in Iraq’s already tattered sectarian landscape and send a discouraging signal about whether a post-United States Iraq can forge a truly inclusive and representative government.

U.S. arming a crisis-ridden Iraq (oped)

December 30, 2011

U.S. arming a crisis-ridden Iraq

Its $11-billion arms sale to Iraq comes at a time of sectarian strife, and the weapons could be used by Prime Minister Maliki to enforce his authority.

The Obama administration is moving ahead with the sale of nearly $11 billion worth of arms and training for the Iraqi military despite concerns that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is seeking to consolidate authority, create a one-party Shia-dominated state and abandon the U.S.-backed power-sharing government.

The military aid, including advanced fighter jets and battle tanks, is meant to help the Iraqi government protect its borders and rebuild a military that before the 1991 Persian Gulf war was one of the largest in the world; it was disbanded in 2003 after the U.S. invasion.

But the sales of the weapons — some of which have already been delivered — are moving ahead even though Mr. Maliki has failed to carry out an agreement that would have limited his ability to marginalise the Sunnis and turn the military into a sectarian force. While the United States is eager to strengthen Iraq's military, at least in part as a hedge against Iranian influence, there are also fears that the move could backfire if the Baghdad government ultimately aligns more closely with the Shia theocracy in Tehran than with Washington.

U.S. diplomats, including Ambassador James F. Jeffrey, have expressed concern about the military relationship with Iraq. Some even said that it could have political ramifications for the Obama administration if not properly managed. There is also growing concern that Mr. Maliki's apparent efforts to marginalise the country's Sunni minority could set off a civil war.

“The optics of this are terrible,” said Kenneth M. Pollack, an expert on national security issues at the Brookings Institution in Washington and a critic of the administration's Iraq policy.

Big-ticket items

The programme to arm the military is being led by the U.S. Embassy here, which through its Office of Security Cooperation serves as a broker between the Iraqi government and defence contractors like Lockheed Martin and Raytheon. Among the big-ticket items being sold to Iraq are F-16 fighter jets, M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks, cannons and armoured personnel carriers. The Iraqis have also body armour, helmets, ammunition trailers and sport utility vehicles, which critics say can be used by domestic security services to help Mr. Maliki consolidate power.

“The purpose of these arrangements is to assist the Iraqis' ability to defend their sovereignty against foreign security threats,” said Captain John Kirby, a Pentagon spokesman in Washington.

But Iraqi politicians and analysts, while acknowledging that the U.S. military withdrawal had left Iraq's borders, and airspace, vulnerable, said there were many reasons for concern.

Despite pronouncements from U.S. and Iraqi officials that the Iraqi military is a non-sectarian force, they said, it had evolved into a hodgepodge of Shia militias more interested in marginalising the Sunnis than in protecting the country's sovereignty. Across the country, they said, Shia — flags not Iraq's national flag — fluttered from tanks and military vehicles, evidence, many said, of the troops sectarian allegiances.

“It is very risky to arm a sectarian army,” said Rafe al-Essawi, the country's Finance Minister and a leading Sunni politician. “It is very risky with all the sacrifices we've made, with all the budget to be spent, with all the support of America at the end of the day, the result will be a formal militia army.”

Mr. Essawi said that he was concerned about how the weapons would be used if political tension led to a renewed tide of sectarian violence. Some Iraqis and analysts said they believed that the weapons could give Mr. Maliki a significant advantage in preventing several Sunni provinces from declaring autonomy from the Central government.

“Washington took the decision to build up Iraq as a counterweight to Iran through close military cooperation and the sale of major weapon systems,” said Joost Hiltermann, the International Crisis Group's deputy programme director for the Middle East. “Maliki has shown a troubling inclination toward enhancing his control over the country's institutions without accepting any significant checks and balances.”

Uncertainty over Mr. Maliki's intentions, and with that the wisdom of the weapons sale, began to emerge even before the last U.S. combat forces withdrew 11 days ago. Mr. Maliki moved against his Sunni rivals, arresting hundreds of former Baath Party members on charges that they were involved in a coup plot. Then security forces under Mr. Maliki's control sought to arrest the country's Sunni Vice-President, who fled to the semiautonomous Kurdish region in the north. In addition, Mr. Maliki threatened to release damning information on other politicians.

With these actions plunging the country into a political crisis, a few days later, Mr. Maliki said the country would be turned into “rivers of blood” if the predominantly Sunni provinces sought more autonomy.

This was not a completely unforeseen turn of events. Over the summer, the Americans told high-ranking Iraqi officials that the United States did not want an ongoing military relationship with a country that marginalised its minorities and ruled by force.

Pentagon and State Department officials say that weapons sales agreements have conditions built in to allow U.S. inspectors to monitor how the arms are used, to ensure that the sales terms are not violated.

“Washington still has considerable leverage in Iraq by freezing or withdrawing its security assistance packages, issuing travel advisories in more stark terms will have a direct impact on direct foreign investment, and reassess diplomatic relations and trade agreements,” said Matthew Sherman, a former State Department official who spent more than three years in Iraq. “Now is the time to exercise some of that leverage by publicly putting Maliki on notice.”

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Iraq Economic News ~ Links ~ Voice of Iraq Headline News for December 30, 2011 ...

The resumption of oil exports from Kirkuk to Ceyhan

Economist: draft deleted the three zeros did not lead to the strengthening of Iraqi dinar. And it will cost the State large sums

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US Treasury proposes fee rule to cover financial watchdog

December 30, 2011

US Treasury proposes fee rule to cover financial watchdog

The US Treasury has issued a proposed rule for determining fees to be paid by large financial institutions to cover the cost of the recently established financial-stability watchdog and other expenses related to the Dodd-Frank regulatory overhaul.

The Treasury plans to start collecting the semiannual fees in July 2012 from US bank holding companies with at least $50bn in total consolidated assets, foreign banks with at least that amount of assets in US operations, as well as nonbank institutions that fall under the supervision of the Federal Reserve, according to the proposal.

January 14-15-2012 ~ Iraq Meeting ~ The middle of next month .. Date «initial» of the Conference of the political forces ...

29/12/2011

The middle of next month .. Date «initial» of the Conference of the political forces

Talabani: You must take the judiciary and the justice Mejrihama in the case of al-Hashemial-Maliki: ready for the success of the National Forum of Baghdad - the morning I learned the "morning" of informed political sources for determining the middle of next month as the date a preliminary to the National Congress expanded under the auspices of President Jalal Talabani, to begin preparations after New Year's Day.

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Iraq and Biden ~ Will file a lawsuit against U.S. VP Joseph Biden in the event of Iraq's income are not diplomatic in his upcoming visit to Baghdad

29/12/2011

Liberals threaten to file a lawsuit against Biden

Amid claims not to enter the political affairs

Baghdad, Al Sabah vowed the head of the Liberal parliamentary Bahaa al-Araji, filed a lawsuit against U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden in the event of Iraq's income are not diplomatic in his upcoming visit to Baghdad. Araji said in a press statement that he "personally scrutinize and approached those relevant for how to enter Biden to Iraq in his upcoming visit, "noting that" all comers to Iraq should obtain a visa, "Visa" formally, the according to diplomatic norms and laws of Iraq.

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December 30, 2011

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Positive ~ Foreign investors: Iraq's economy will become the fastest growing in the world during the next decade ...

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Foreign investors: Iraq's economy will become the fastest growing in the world during the next decade .

expected number of foreign investors, on Thursday, to increase foreign interest in Iraq's fledgling stock exchange next year after the main index jumped more than 30 percent this year, noting that Iraq's economy will become the fastest growing in the world during the next decade.

Zebari discuss with Jeffrey activation of the bilateral committees in accordance with the strategic framework agreement

29/12/2011

Zebari discuss with Jeffrey activation of the bilateral committees in accordance with the strategic framework agreement

Baghdad, Research and Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, with James Jeffrey, U.S. Ambassador in Iraq, relations, Iraq - U.S. stage after the withdrawal of U.S. forces and the activation of the bilateral committees in accordance with the strategic framework agreement.

Iraq al-Sadr threatens to raise arms against the presence of the CIA in Baghdad ...

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Iraq ~ al-Sadr threatens to raise arms against the presence of the CIA in Baghdad

Sadrist bloc said on Thursday that the Sadr movement will use the "military resistance" against the U.S. embassy for violating the sovereignty of Iraq by the presence of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency the (CIA) in it.

The MP said the Sadrist bloc Rafi Abd al-Jabbar's " Twilight News "," The official announcement of the continuation of the work of the (CIA) in Iraq after 2011, evidence of non-recognition of the U.S. security agreement which provides for the withdrawal of its forces, whether military or intelligence or security of Iraq by the end of 2011, "noting that" the United States to prove it did not recognize the sovereignty of Iraq.

Iraq: Invasion Ends - Neo-Colonial Rule Begins

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December 29, 2011

Iraq: Invasion Ends - Neo-Colonial Rule Begins

By Tony Cartalucciwww.BlacklistedNews.com

Even as US troops symbolically withdraw from Iraq, a superficial indicator that many may interpret as the return of Iraqi sovereignty, it is the flow of foreign-investment into the country that marks the true chains of foreign-rule being laid out. USA Today in an article titled, "Foreign investment begins to pour into Iraq," describes the real take over, prepared for over the course of nearly a decade, and is now beginning.

The US Chamber of Commerce, which represents the collective interests of the largest corporations both in the United States and around the world, has a "US-Iraq Business Initiative" dedicated to "building a better Iraq through private sector investment." The Chamber of Commerce stated in a post titled, "Iraqi Prime Minister: Business Now at the Front," that "Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki visited the Chamber today [December 13, 2011] to mark the transition from U.S. military engagement to economic engagement through commerce, trade, and investment." A similar article can be read via "The Hill's" "Iraq is open for Business."

What is Economic-Imperialism?

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Iraq ~ The formation of a preparatory committee comprising two members from each parliamentary bloc to determine the date of the National Conference

December 29, 2011

The formation of a preparatory committee comprising two members from each parliamentary bloc to determine the date of the National Conference

The decision of the House of Representatives Mohamed Khaldi about "the formation of a preparatory committee comprising two members from each political bloc joint the political process to prepare and determine the date of the National Congress called by President Jalal Talabani.

Iraq and U.S. Chapter 7 ~ America's silence about removing Iraq from Chapter VII is not a reasonable

12-29-2011

Nassif: America's silence about removing Iraq from Chapter VII is not a reasonable

Baghdad, MP called for high-mass white Nassif government pressure on the U.S. administration to remove Iraq from Chapter VII of money to preserve the Iraqi-US relations in the post-withdrawal.

Nassif explained in a statement moved its press office today, and received the news agency the future (and with) a copy of it "must be Iraqi-US relations in the post-withdrawal depended on the response to the demand of the U.S. administration of Iraq was pulled from Chapter VII.

She added that "Iraq after the withdrawal is an independent state can strengthen its relations with other Member States in the Security Council, according to their positions on Iraq, will not deter us one of the establishment of strong relations with Russia, Britain and France as if it sought these countries to get us out of Chapter VII.

And continued that "it is reasonable to see the state that have established in Iraq, the largest embassy in the Middle East are silent on this issue courtesy of Kuwait by the depth in the starvation of the Iraqi people and to punish him for things not his fault where", calling the Iraqi government to "treatment of the U.S. administration likewise.

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Iraq's next steps are up to its leaders

December 28, 2011

Iraq's next steps are up to its leaders

For the troops and the American people, there simply is no better gift this holiday season than to see the United States finally withdraw from Iraq.

This has been a long, arduous, costly and some would say unjustified war. Nearly 4,500 Americans have been killed in Iraq, tens of thousands wounded, and the war has also cost the country nearly $1 trillion.

After nine years of battles, of ups and downs for the American military and those who sent them on this mission, the Iraqi government now has to step up and bring stability to its country ...

Iraq and U.S. ~ Biden's visit aims to discuss more than one subject ...

December 29, 2011

Gift of hope: Biden's visit aims to discuss more than one subject

Baghdad, A member of the National Alliance MP gift of hope that the visit of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, the next will be dedicated to discussion of more than one subject, namely the political scene and the latest developments in the political process.

And Mpent gift in a statement summed up by the news agency of public opinion (and babysit) on Thursday that Biden will discuss with the Iraqi government relations strategy and the issue of the American Embassy and the number of employees and whether it will be 15 000 or more or less, in addition to the selection of another site of the embassy or to remain in place.

Attiya said that the visit will also discuss the Iraqi political scene and the latest developments in the political process and the recent problems, indicating that the issue of trainers will discuss with Biden and their number, according to the amount of weapons that would be imported from the United States and the need to Ala trainers.

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Obama to Request Increased Debt Limit ...

December 29, 2011

Obama to Request Increased Debt Limit

The Treasury Department announced President Obama's intention to request a $1.2 trillion debt limit (CBS) increase by the end of the week.

According to the Budget Control Act, Congress has fifteen days to reach a decision following the president's request.

U.S. Taxes ~ New Rules Target U.S. Citizens With Accounts Abroad and Noncitizens With Deposits at U.S. Banks ...

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December 29, 2011

Financial institutions around the world are bracing for new U.S. tax regulations that are prompting some foreign banks to ditch their customers and their American counterparts to worry that they could lose crucial deposits.

The rules—one of which is being phased in, while the other hasn't been finalized—are aimed at reducing tax evasion by making banks report more details about income earned by customers who keep deposits in countries other than their own.

Overseas, some banks have alerted customers that accounts will be closed at the year's end.

U.S. banks, meanwhile, are trying to quash a proposed regulation that would require them to report interest income earned by non-U.S. residents to the Internal Revenue Service, which could then pass the information to their home countries.

Banks in Florida, Texas and California say the effort could drain the coffers of banks that rely heavily on foreign deposits ....

Japan Defends Push to Curb Yen

December 29, 2011.

Japan Defends Push to Curb Yen

Tokyo, Japan put on a brave face Wednesday after the U.S. Treasury issued a surprisingly strong reprimand against Tokyo's recent rounds of foreign-exchange intervention to weaken the yen, but the hardening U.S. attitude could seriously undermine further forays into the market in the months ahead.

In its semiannual report on foreign exchange, the U.S. Treasury also repeated its assertion that China's yuan is undervalued but again stopped short of declaring China to be a currency manipulator.

But it was the harsh language toward Japan that came as a surprise to theforeign-exchange market. It also appeared to put Japanese officials on the ...

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2011-12-28

Maliki begins next Sunday for an official visit to Kuwait to discuss the outstanding issues between the two countries

BAGHDAD (Iba) ... The Iraqi government announced that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will visit Kuwait next Sunday to discuss the outstanding issues between the two countries, after talks with his Kuwaiti counterpart Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, the most important files between the two countries in a telephone interview Monday.

The adviser said the Prime Minister Hamid Hussain Al Jabri told a news briefing that al-Maliki will discuss the problem of the port in Kuwait, Mubarak Al-Kabeer and the closure of outstanding issues.

The Iraqi government says that Iraq would emerge from Chapter VII, based on Kuwait's position towards the issue of missing Kuwaitis, and archives, in addition to the stent border.

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Iraq Chapter 7 ~ Iraq's Maliki Will Vist Kuwait ~ The current political crisis will not prevent al-Maliki to visit Kuwait

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

State law: the current political crisis will not prevent al-Maliki to visit Kuwait .

Confirmed a coalition of state law, Wednesday, that the current political crisis will not prevent the country's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's visit to Kuwait, noting that the Kuwaiti side is serious in resolving the outstanding issues between him and Iraq.

The MP for the State of Law coalition Batoul Farouk in an interview with, Twilight News, "that" the current political crisis between blocs will not prevent the visit of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to Kuwait, "indicating that" the political crisis in the country related to the judiciary and legislative branch, and has no relationship government and the country's foreign policy, "in reference to the charges against them to wave to the Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, and asked the Prime Minister made ​​by parliament to sack his deputy, Saleh al-Mutlaq.

Iraq's PM, Nuri al-Maliki, is preparing to assign the post of Minister of Finance and agency to the Minister of Planning ...

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Liberal bloc preparations reveal al-Maliki for the award of "financial" and the agency to thank

Liberal bloc affiliated with the Sadrist movement, Wednesday, for Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is preparing to assign the position of the Ministry and the Agency to the Minister of the current planning Ali Shukri, as pointed out that it did not confirm officially, showed that Is Minister Nuri al-Maliki can not leave this occupied by the Iraqi ministries vacant.

A member of a cluster of quitting the Liberal MP said to .. Twilight News ..

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is preparing to assign the post of Minister of Finance and agency to the Minister of Planning Ali Shukri, but it has not been confirmed so far officially .. and ...

Iraq Stock Exchange ~ ISX ~ Foreign investors see robust 2012 for Iraq's bourse ...

December 28, 2011

Foreign investors see robust 2012for Iraq's bourse

By Aseel Kami

Baghdad, Foreign interest in Iraq's fledgling stock exchange is expected to rise in 2012 after its main index jumped more than 30 percent this year and investors say a political crisis that threatens to increase sectarian discord will not deter them.

Tensions came to the surface within the Iraqi government immediately after the last U.S. troops left 10 days ago, opening the door for a possibility of sectarian strife that drove the country to the brink of civil war a few years ago.
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Iraq is lucky to have al-Maliki

Wednesday, 28 December 2011

Iraq is lucky to have al-Maliki

Perhaps the extremists, or the ideologues, are not the only ones who are lucky with regards to the presence of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, rather everyone who is committed to the unity of Iraq, the survival of the political process there, and the avoidance of sectarianism, is lucky to have Nuri al-Maliki as a prime minister.

This is because Nuri al-Maliki has moved away from the political game, and instead resorted to using force against his opponents, immediately following the withdrawal of U.S. troops. This represented a red flag to all those who are concerned about the future of Iraq.

Al-Maliki is a man who has not mastered the political game, and it seems that he does not even believe in politics at all, or at least not as much as he believes in the power of force. Therefore, he has over-used what he terms “the law,” and we now see him seeking to arrest Iraqi Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, and fire his own deputy, Saleh al-Mutlaq, whilst he is also clashing with Iraqi Parliamentary Speaker Osama al-Nujaifi.

Iraq Parliamentarians and experts are demanding to accelerate the adoption of the 2012 budget ...

Wednesday, 28/12/2011

Iraq Parliamentarians and experts are demanding to accelerate the adoption of the budget next year

Baghdad, called on the parliamentarians and experts to the need to speed up the adoption of the budget for the coming year as it affects the lives of the citizens directly. They said in a talk to (economic term): The speed up the approval helps provide quick opportunities for the unemployed as well as the sustainability of the movement of public and private sectors,

Stressing at the same time that the delay increases the discontent of the government.

A member of the Economic Committee in the House of Representatives Abdul-Hussein Abtan's (range economic), the suspension of some members of parliament present at the Council of Representatives will lead to lack of quorum, which affects the process of voting on the budget , indicating that it would delay the adoption of the budget 2012, reflected negatively on the process of reconstruction and provision of services to citizens.

He Abtan: to accelerate the budget will help to provide opportunities Links for the unemployed, as well as the sustainability movement, the private sector in Iraq.

EU Response to the economic and financial crisis - ECFIN - European Commission

December 29, 2011

EU Response to the economic and financial crisis - ECFIN - European Commission

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29-12 Fakhri Karim al-Maliki is time to leave and turn the page ..

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Iraq's Political Crisis Easing ~ Deputy for Iraq: looming political crisis easing ...

Thursday 29-12-11

Deputy for Iraq: looming political crisis easing

Baghdad, Among the leadership in the block dialogue and Deputy/Iraqi/coalition, aldhelki Thunder political horizon waving endeavours to resolve the current crisis.

Aldhelki said in a statement to a reporter (News News Agency) Thursday: there is a breakthrough to resolve the current crisis through three presidencies movements and leaders of the blocks, and wish to be radically solved and flowing towards the interests of the Iraqi people and the subsequent political process, adding that tackling the crisis and calm the situation only, meaning postponed to another time, this does not serve the Iraqi situation.

Opinion of the head of the Turkmen and Deputy/Iraqi/coalition Arshad Al-Salhi, province of Kirkuk, the most appropriate place to hold a National Conference of political blocs.

And was President of the Republic and Parliament Osama alngivi, have agreed to resolve the issue of Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi through judicial proceedings, and a National Conference of all political forces to address the issues.

Al-Salihi said in an earlier statement (News): that Iraq needed to hold a National Conference of political blocs, adding: that the most appropriate venue for almo'tmrhi Kirkuk governorate so as to avoid any political differences regarding the venue of the Conference.

The political arena has a State of tension between the political partners, because the Declaration confessions to protect Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi terrorist issues under the supervision of the latter, and ask Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki replaces deputy Salih al-mutlaq because of Netanyahu's Office declined describing Al-Maliki "dictator", as well as the failure to nominate candidates for Interior and defence ministries, which came across Arbil Convention that produced the Government dubbed national partnership naming.

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Allawi, Barzani required to attend a summit of leaders and chest

Wednesday, 29/12/2011

Allawi, Barzani required to attend a summit of leaders and chest

Baghdad, leader of the Iraqi List, Iyad Allawi, not attending or list any new meetings for resolving the current crisis without the presence of President of Kurdistan Region, pastor of the Convention of Erbil, and the leaders of the Sadrist movement and the Islamic Supreme Council and all the leaders of the masses who fought the regime's dictatorial past.

He called Allawi said in a statement press release issued by his office had received (range) a copy of it to form a committee of senior political leaders to oversee the integrity of the investigation and without interference in the judicial proceedings.
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Allawi demanding the implementation of Arbil agreement in full ~ And Calls for formation of a committee comprising major political leaders ...

12/28/2011

Allawi conditions attendance of Sadr and Hakeem for any meeting

The head of al-Iraqiya Bloc conditioned the presence of Kurdish region's president, Muqtada al-Sadr and Ammar al-Hakeem to hold any meeting, to be attended by the bloc, to resolve the present crisis.

He called for the formation a committee comprising major political leaders to investigate the integrity and transparency of the investigations.

Iyad Alawi evaluated, in a statement, copy received by Aswat al-Iraq, the roles of president Jalal Talabani and parliament speaker Usama Nujaifi, as well as other politicians, for solving pending questions that "was created by Premier Nouri al-Maliki" and the chaos that covered the political situation in the country.
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How to Save Iraq From Civil War - NOTE OPINION BY ONE SIDE - By AYAD ALLAWI, OSAMA AL-NUJAIFI and RAFE AL-ESSAWI ...

December 27, 2011

How to Save Iraq From Civil War

By AYAD ALLAWI, OSAMA AL-NUJAIFI and RAFE AL-ESSAWI

Unless America pushes for a unity government now, civil war will destroy Iraq.

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Wednesday, 28 December 2011

The Arbil Agreement Versus Daawa Authoritarianism

After the airport hold-ups, the arrest warrants and the bombs, the political turmoil in Iraq is now beginning to produce political statements focused on competing visions for the future of the country.

In an op-ed in The New York Times today, Iraqiyya leaders Ayyad Allawi, Usama al-Nujayfi and Rafi al-Eisawi bemoan increasingly authoritarian tendencies in Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s second government. The accusations against Maliki include overreach with respect to his attempts to control the security ministries as well as manipulation of the Iraqi judiciary for political ends. The cure, as the Iraqiyya leaders see it, is implementation of the shadowy Arbil framework that prepared the ground for the formation of the second Maliki government in November 2010.

Iraq Maliki ~ Plan to grant provinces central government authorities - Maliki ...

12/28/2011

Plan to grant provinces central government authorities - Maliki

Baghdad, Provinces will be given all the authorities of the central government , except those related to sovereignty, security, foreign policy and distribution of wealth, a plan announced by Premier Nouri al-Maliki today outlined.

In a statement issued by his office following a meeting with a number of Anbar tribal sheikhs and elder personalities, Maliki introduced the new plan.

Maliki approved the demands of Anbar delegation, except those outside his constitutional limits.

The statement added that Anbar delegation stressed their support of the government and unity of the country.

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Iraq's Budget Delay and Political Situation ~ Unstable Environment Not Good For Investment ...

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Economist: delay in approving the budget crisis and the political situation creates an environment for investment repellent

Economic expert said that the repeated delays in the past years in approving the budgets of Iraq and the continuing political crisis creates an unstable economic environment for investment and repulsive, indicating that Iraq is unique to the primacy of political decision on the economic decision.

The economist said Abbas Ghalibi for, Twilight News , The delay in approving the budgets of Iraq during the previous years, as well as the instability of the political situation centrifugal factors create an environment for investment ..and ...

Japan, India Agree to Set Up $15 Billion Swap Line

December 28, 2011

Japan, India Agree to Set Up $15 Billion Swap Line

*TOKYO—The Japanese and Indian governments agreed Wednesday to set up a three-year, $15 billion bilateral-currency swap line in an effort to buttress their economies against Europe's sovereign debt crisis.

The new swap line—five times that of the previous arrangement that expired in early summer—follows a Japan-South Korea deal in October to boost their bilateral swap pact to $70 billion from $13 billion.

The moves signal spreading doubts among Asian economic powerhouses about the ability of European leaders to fix their problems anytime ...

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Greece ~ Greek government gets more time to rescue economy ...

December 28, 2011

Greek government gets more time to rescue economy

Early elections in Greece have been delayed to give the interim government more time to rescue the country's crisis-hit economy, but political uncertainty looks set to complicate delicate talks with creditors.

Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos late on Tuesday said ballots would be set in late April to enable critical negotiations with the eurozone and banks holding Greek sovereign debt to be concluded.

Venizelos made the announcement at an internal meeting of the Socialist party. No official date has been set by the government.

The election issue has undermined an uneasy coalition of three parties backing the caretaker government of Lucas Papademos, a technocrat given a limited mandate in November to conclude a debt-saving deal for Greece, comprising new eurozone loans and a voluntary rollover of maturing sovereign bonds held by banks.

Iraq and Egypt ~ Egyptian minister to visit Baghdad to discuss the increasing presence in Iraq Wednesday ...

December 28, 2011

Egyptian minister to visit Baghdad to discuss the increasing presence in Iraq Wednesday

Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade, Wednesday, that he will pay a visit to Iraq on top of high-level delegation in February next, pointing out that the visit will urge the means of setting up joint ventures with Iraqi businessmen and open the way for Egyptian products to increase its presence in the market of Iraq .. and ...

Iraq's Political crisis ~ President Talabani Calls for Meeting Hoping to Reduce the Severity of Crisis ...

Wednesday, 28-12-11

Political crisis .. President Talabani Calls for Meeting Hoping to Reduce the Severity of Crisis

Erbil, explained Deputy/Kurdistan/Coalition blocs said Ahmed worsening political crisis due to loss of confidence among the leaders of the political blocs, hoping to achieve a meeting called by President Jalal al objectives in tackling the crisis and to minimize their seriousness.

Ahmed said in a statement (for the news agency of news) Wednesday: the lack of trust between leaders of the political blocs and the accumulation of differences without access to the resolution which led to a widening crisis making it difficult to easily adarkha, tightening up the need to take advantage of the invitation of President Jalal al for the meeting between the leaders of the blocks out of the current crisis to ratify their intentions, and this needs to be some concessions by political leaders for the benefit of the country and away from the language of mutual accusations and remarks "fitful" between blocs .. and ...

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