USA Today: Iraq negotiating U.S. troop presence

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s political leaders gave the government the green light Tuesday to begin negotiating a deal with the U.S. to keep American troops in the country past the end of the year to train Iraqi security forces.

But Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said a final agreement is still far from settled, and cautioned that Baghdad could still insist the U.S. military leave by the end of 2011 as required under a 2008 security agreement.

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Talabani Summit: Agreement on forming Erbil Agreement; Present security minister candidates in two weeks

Agreement on the formation of policies and implementation of the Convention of Arbil and authorize the government signed an agreement with Washington to provide trained

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Baghdad (news) .. leaders of political blocs agreed to form a ministerial committee to implement all the terms of Arbil.

The Deputy Prime Minister Ruz Nuri Shawis at a news conference attended by the Agency (news) was followed during which the final statement for the meeting: that the meeting of leaders of blocs, which was held at the Peace Palace ended after midnight on Tuesday to form a ministerial committee and a representative for the implementation of Arbil, also agreed to the formation of the strategic policy President Talabani, and to transmit the bill within three days of Parliament.

Iraqi Dinar will regain glory and coins in our pockets soon

Dinar regain glory and coins in our pockets soon

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Central Bank will soon begin to lift the three zeros with the advice of international economic organizations and Baghdad?

A Deputy Governor of Central Bank of Iraq that Iraq began the restructuring of the involvement of the currency of international economic organizations focus on raising three zeros and the development of new metallic currency.

The appearance of Mohammed, told the people that “the central bank agreed with the international organizations on the process of restructuring of the currency and support the level of the value of the Iraqi dinar against foreign currency (dollar).”

He pointed out that “the process of restructuring, which will begin this week will focus on providing appropriate climates to raise three zeroes from the local currency in addition to the development of simple coin for 500 dinars and 1,000 dinars.”

Iraq will soon gain control of its airspace from the US

Arbil, August 2 / August (Rn) – A source at the Iraqi Ministry of Transport, on Tuesday, said preparations were under way to regain control of the atmosphere of the country from the Americans.

The agent said the Transport Ministry, banks Rakane, told the Kurdish news agency (Rn) that “the ministry preparations are under way to regain control of the country’s airspace by U.S. forces,” adding that “the Americans in control of Iraqi airspace since 2003.”

Rakane explained that “the Iraqi Ministry of Transport signed an agreement in principle with the company (Serco), the British, in order to re-regulate the movement of Iraqi Airways, given the importance of these lines.”

Talabani Summit underway in the presence of Allawi and Maliki

Talabani’s meeting began, the presence of all the leaders of the blocks

Leaders of political blocs, this evening, closed-door meeting called by President Jalal Talabani, the presence of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and parliament Osama Najafi and leader of the Iraqi List, Iyad Allawi.

A source at the presidency in an interview for “Alsumaria News”, “Meeting leaders of political blocs began, on Thursday evening, at the residence of President Jalal Talabani, the presence of all leaders of political blocs, “noting that” Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and parliament speaker Osama Najafi and leader of the Iraqi List, Iyad Allawi, who attended the meeting. ”

Confirmed, Allawi will attend Talabani Summit Meeting today

Confirm the presence of the Iraqi leader Iyad Allawi, a meeting of leaders of blocs

Baghdad, August 2 / August (Rn) – The Iraqi List, said that its leader Iyad Allawi will attend the meeting foreseen for the leaders of political blocs on Tuesday, revealing the launch of a map file and the minister for the office of the Iraqi Ministry of Defense agency.

Iraqi politicians will hold a meeting today at the home of the President of Iraq Jalal Talabani to discuss the controversial themes, including a file as well as American troops.

A spokesman for the Iraqi List, Maysoon al in a press statement after meeting the leaders of the Iraqi List, the headquarters of the movement of reconciliation in Baghdad for a number of media including the news agency Kurdistan (Rn) that “the Iraqi List, met to discuss developments related to negotiations and a meeting of leaders of blocs, which will be held today at the headquarters of President of the Republic Jalal Talabani. ”

Iraq List decides to attend summit meeting after receiving assurances from the State of Law Bloc

Tuesday, 2 August 2011

BAGHDAD – babysit – An Iraqi MP from the coalition, Yassin al-Obeidi said the list had received assurances from the coalition of state law, and it would attend a meeting of leaders of the blocks today.

Obeidi said in a statement seen by news agency public opinion (and babysit) on Tuesday: “It is expected that the meeting come out with positive results and will solve some of the differences between the political blocs.”

He pointed to the possibility of solving the security ministries, or acting on my own behalf, and stated in this regard: “There are names put forward to fill ministerial portfolios, and they Jubouri Salah and Abdel Karim al-Samarrai, and Jaber Al-Jabri, and Qais Cdhir Daly and Salem.”

CNN: Senate expected to pass debt plan, end crisis Tuesday

Washington (CNN) — The U.S. Senate is scheduled to vote on a last-minute compromise plan Tuesday to raise the nation’s debt ceiling while imposing sweeping new spending cuts and narrowly averting an unprecedented national default.

Senators are set to vote on the plan about noon. Although the bill requires a supermajority of 60 votes to clear the 100-member chamber, it is expected to be easily approved.

The measure was approved by the House of Representatives on Monday by a 269-161 vote, overcoming opposition from unhappy liberal Democrats and tea party Republicans.

The measure needs to be signed into law by President Barack Obama before the end of the day. If the current $14.3 trillion debt limit is not increased by that point, Americans could face rapidly rising interest rates, a falling dollar and shakier financial markets, among other problems.

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Iraqi delegation to visit Kuwait to discuss port issue next week

Baghdad, August 2 (AKnews) – An Iraqi team of negotiators is expected to head to Kuwait next week to hold talks with the country’s officials about controversial plans to build a deepwater maritime port close to the border that economists say will cut Iraqi maritime trade by 60%.

Kuwait – said to have shown more “flexibility” in recent conversations on the issue with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki – has expressed willing to resolve the port dispute through dialogue.

Maliki’s legal advisor Maliki Fadhil Mohammed Jawad told AKnews on Tuesday that the delegation “has specific questions” to ask Kuwait along with a requested “visit to the area where the Mubarak port will be constructed”.

The committee is expected to prepare a detailed report about the impact of the Mubarak port on the Iraqi ports and whether it transgresses Iraq’s maritime borders.

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Press TV: IRAN Central Bank to present Rial redenomination bill

Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Mahmoud Bahmani says the bill to drop four zeros from the Iranian currency, the Rial, will be submitted to Parliament (Majlis) within the next three months.

“We will have meetings with Majlis [lawmakers] and we will offer necessary explanations in this regard,” Bahmani said in an interview with IRNA on Monday.

“If we can garner the complete support of Majlis this — in other words dropping four zeros [from the Rial] — will happen smoothly,” he added.

The CBI Governor believes that currency redenomination is a good idea, and says this is the result of a 24-month study and would strengthen the national currency.

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Iraqi Reparations Moving Rapidly

The UN has approved the release of another US$1bn from the reparations fund that compensates Kuwaiti businesses, government bodies and international organisations for losses due to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990.

Iraq has now repaid more than $33bn of its $52bn due in damages claims. The $1bn comes from a 5% cut of Iraqi oil sale revenue that goes to a UN-controlled fund. From 1994 to 2003, the amount taken was 25%.

Five companies and four other bodies will receive the compensation. As usual, the UN has not named the claimants receiving compensation.

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CBI announces annual inflation fell for the first time in Iraq to 3%

Central Bank of Iraq, on Monday, down annual inflation rate for the first time in Iraq, to ​​3 percent, while pointing out that the doubling of rates of inflation after the month of February of this year was due to increased inflation region Ataraly the global level, expressed the readiness of the Bank to intervene to maintain monetary stability in the If inflation exceeds the red line.

The adviser said the Central Bank of Iraq the appearance of Mohammed Saleh, said in an interview for “Alsumaria News”, “The level of annual inflation fell for the first time in Iraq, to ​​3%,” adding that “a victory for economic and monetary policy in Iraq in particular.”

Economists: The future of a market economy in Iraq is controlled by the government

After the question as posed by the requirement of faith in the economic (market economy) to get away completely from the practice of commercial activity limited to the government and the private sector? Response specialists in their talk (for the Agency news) that the Tsoaj government activity with the private sector and be supportive and non-controlling it.

The economist said Dargham Mohammed Ali in a statement to the Contact Agency (news) on Tuesday: “directed economy to a market economy, rumors and just ink on paper, refusing to be the inclinations of the government control of the private sector for being unlawful manner.

Parliament to hear details on general census next week

Parliament and Minister of Planning is hosting next week for the census

Committee announced the economy and investment representative, Tuesday, for hosting and planning minister next week to discuss the possibility of a general census of population in the country.

The Member of the economy and investment Nahida Daini in an interview (twilight) “The House of Representatives and Minister of Planning will host next week to follow up the basic design and new cities as well as to examine the details of the general census of population and how Ansiabatha in the country.”

Economists warn of a lot of exposure to the disruption of development plans as there were not an accurate database can be relied on to implement those plans, and it lies in a general census of population in the country.

Iraq’s State of Law MP expects Tuesday meeting to reach national accord on U.S. troops withdrawal

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Legislature Khalid al-Assady of the State of Law Coalition, led by Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, has expressed confidence that the meeting of Iraq’s Political Leaders, scheduled to take place at the residence of President Jalal Talabani on Tuesday “would reach a national accord on the withdrawal of the American Forces from Iraq, by the end of the current year.”

“The meeting of Leaders of the Political Blocs, scheduled to convene in President Talabani’s residence today (Tuesday), is expected to concentrate on two important topics – the withdrawal of the American forces and the differences among the Political blocs, especially al-Iraqiya, led by Iyad Allawi, and the State of Law, led by Maliki, about the Arbil Agreement,” Assady told Aswat al-Iraq, expecting that the meeting would “come out with a national consensus about the issue of the departure of the U.S.
Forces from Iraq.”

Al-Iraqiya Coalition’s MP says it received reassuring messages from PM Maliki to settle suspended dossiers

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: A Leader in al-Iraqiya Coalition, led by Iyad Allawi, has said on Tuesday that his Coalition had received reassuring messages from Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, that the meeting, scheduled to convene at the residence of President Jalal Talabani later in the day to “be decisive.”

“Al-Iraqiya Coalition has received reassuring messages from the State of Law Coalition, led by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and the Prime Minister himself, confirming that all leaders of Political Blocs, would attend the Tuesday meeting, which shall be decisive to settle all the suspended dossiers and complete the articles of Arbil Agreement, including the nomination of security Cabinet ministers and to settle the issue of the National Council for Strategic Policies (NCSP),” Talal Zubae told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

Iraq: The bankers demand the reactivation of investment funds

Iraqi bankers asked the Iraqi government to re-activate the investment funds to take advantage of the huge amounts of cash monopolized by public banks and other government agencies, to stimulate the economy.

According to the CBI that there are more than 70 percent of the mass of cash in public institutions is invested.

Banking expert, Mohammed al-Samarrai told «life» that «Iraq is in dire need of a government decision encourages the activation of investment funds and the exploitation of masses of cash, whether in government banks,« Iraq »and« good », or those deposited in special accounts of state departments and its institutions, and value of trillions of dinars. He said: «financial institutions government does not know how the operation of the funds and manage, which generates benefits for the economy, and the owners of capital from the merchants and citizens did not find direct them to invest the cluster of large cash and frozen they own in a safe, under the auspices of the government and participation.

Kuwait National Assembly Speaker: Kuwait keen on good neighborliness with Iraq

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National Assembly Speaker Jassem Al-Kharafi KUWAIT, Aug 1 (KUNA) — National Assembly Speaker Jassem Al-Kharafi reiterated Monday that Kuwait is keen on good neighborliness with Iraq.

“We seek distinguished relations based on respecting sovereignty of each country’s territories,” he told reporters commenting on the recent Iraqi escalating statements over the Kuwaiti Mubarak Al-Kaber port project.

Kuwait does not want any harm to Iraq interests or territories, Al-Kharafi added, stressing the importance of the role of the Kuwaiti-Iraqi Joint Committee in addressing any differences.

“We should think how to address problems through wisdom and farsighted moves and decisions in this difficult time which the region experiences,” he said.

The National: Neighbours should not bicker over a few barrels of oil

Despite their problems in governing the country, Iraq’s politicians apparently possess one unique talent: X-ray vision. Oday Awwad, a member of parliament, invited fellow MPs to visit the border to validate his claim that Kuwait was stealing oil by drilling into Iraqi territory.

There will be nothing to see at the border, of course, other than a distant row of Kuwaiti oil wells. This is theatre to distract attention from the politicians’ failings, combined with similar rhetoric such as the accusation from another MP that Kuwait and Saudi Arabia were responsible for an epidemic of drug use in Iraq.

Iraqi, Kuwait premiers discuss bilateral relations, telephone call

8/2/2011 11:01 AM

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki received a telephone call from his Kuwaiti counterpart Sheikh Nassir Al-Sabah, according to cabinet statement on Monday.

The statement, copy received by Aswat al-Iraq, reported that both sides discussed bilateral relations and the question of Mobarak port.

Both Prime Ministers discussed the visit of the expected Iraqi delegation to Kuwait to discuss the pertaining question of the port.

Iraqi List: We will weigh in at Talabani Summit today

Iraq: Talabani, we will be meeting today Bthaglna

Announced that the Iraqi List led by Iyad Allawi, on Tuesday, it will weigh Talabani meeting scheduled for this day.

A spokesman for the Iraqi List, Maysoon al during a press conference held at the Iraqi “Alsumaria News”, “Iraq will weigh in the meeting of leaders of political blocs, which will be held at the residence of President Jalal Talabani on Tuesday, indicating that the” assumption of a single Minister of the Iraqi Ministry of Defense proxy will be decided during the meeting. ”

The Damluji that “the Iraqi delegation that will participate in the leaders’ meeting includes the existing leader, Iyad Allawi, leader Tariq al-Hashemi and parliament speaker Osama Najafi, Rafie al-Issawi and Saleh al-Mutlaq, in addition to the representative of the Turkmen Arshad Salhi.”

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Ft. Worth Star: Request for more F-16s by Iraq just a beginning

Lockheed Martin’s prospects for receiving an F-16 order from Iraq may have improved significantly over the weekend, but a contract could still be a ways off.

A Pentagon spokesman said Monday that Iraq’s renewed interest in an F-16 order should result in further negotiations between the U.S. and Iraqi governments after a planned sale of 18 planes initiated last year was put on hold.
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Pentagon: Iraqi delegation traveling this month to Washington for the purchase of aircraft, F16

Revealed the U.S. Department of Defense, Tuesday, that a delegation from Iraq will travel to Washington this month to negotiate a deal on F16 aircraft which had already announced its intention to Iraq purchased from the United States.

A Pentagon spokesman, Lt. Col. David Lapan, said in a statement received “Alsumaria News”, a copy of it, that “Iraq has asked to buy 36 aircraft type F16 from the United States of America, will come a delegation from the Iraqi side in August of this to push the negotiations forward on 18 aircraft are Wali installment of the deal. ”

Added during the “The two sides are still at the stage of the negotiations has not been a formal agreement on the deal, if concluded that the process of delivery and the training of pilots that could take years.”

Reuters: U.S. troops in Iraq will need immunity says U.S. chief

(Reuters) – Any agreement for U.S. troops to stay in Iraq beyond a year-end deadline for their withdrawal would require the Iraqi parliament to agree to grant American soldiers legal immunity, the top U.S. military officer said on Tuesday.

Immunity for American troops staying on in Iraq could complicate the already difficult wrangling for Iraq’s fragile, multi-sectarian government, whose leaders are under pressure to decide whether some U.S. soldiers should stay in the country.

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki says Iraq may need only trainers rather than U.S. troops, allowing him to bypass fractious negotiations with parliament. But U.S. officials say any training deal would likely involve American troops and require a lawmaker agreement on immunity.

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CBI Daily Currency Auction August 2, 2001: $169.5 million

The latest daily currency auction was held in the Central Bank of Iraq on the 2-AUG-2011. The results were as follows:

DETAILS	NOTES
Number of banks	19
Auction price selling dinar / US$	1170
Auction price buying dinar / US$	—–
Amount sold at auction price (US$)	169,580,000
Amount purchased at Auction price (US$)	—–
Total offers for buying (US$)	169,580,000
Total offers for selling (US$)	—–

This day in Kuwait history

KUWAIT, Aug 2 (KUNA) — 1990 — Iraqi troops invade Kuwaiti territory and seize the Amir’s palace in a surprise early dawn attack. The Ministry of Defense issues a statement demanding immediate halt of aggression and pullout of Iraqi troops. Iraq alleges that this aggression is in response to pleas by the Kuwaiti people.

1990 — Addressing the Kuwaiti people, then crown prince and prime minister Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah says Kuwait is facing a brutal invasion by enemies of love and peace, and stresses the occupying forces must be fought back and kicked out of Kuwaiti territory.

1990 — The UN Security Council condemns in a unanimous vote the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in an emergency meeting after calls by Kuwait and the US. Resolution 660 is issued calling for withdrawal of all Iraqi forces to their pre-August positions.

1990 — Sheikh Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, 45, is martyred. He is shot dead by the Iraqi forces while defending Kuwaiti territory.

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Kurdish MP: Meeting of leaders of political blocs today will come out with the decisions of the task

12:32:02 / 08/2011

Ashwaq confirmed member of a coalition of Kurdish blocs in the special permit for “Khandan” the meeting of the political blocs on Tuesday the house of President Talabani in Baghdad after being postponed from Saturday to Monday and then to Tuesday.

She Ashwaq dry in the context of her statement that the meeting will come out of the decisions are important, because the attendees are the heads of blocs and leaders, not their representatives, especially in Iraq and the decisions issued by the leaders of the masses unlike the meetings Ahoudrōha their representatives and they are not the owners of a decision.

She Ashwaq dry for conviction that the meeting will come out the decisions of positive as well as being disruptive to reveal the Convention on the Erbil.

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Maliki: We hope to reach final decision on the U.S. withdrawal during meeting of leaders today

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Tuesday, expressed the hope that come the leaders of political blocs during the meeting, which will be held today, the final decision on the need for Iraq to keep U.S. troops or not, calling the need for continued cooperation and coordination between the two sides, with said head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the Army the U.S. government of his country’s readiness to provide support for Iraq in all fields.