IRAQI DINAR POLITICS & ECONOMY

Amidst Iraq conflicts Dollar rises higher

Amidst Iraq conflicts Dollar rises higher

Posted, 15 Jun 2014

The dollar edged higher against a basket of major currencies on Friday after violence in Iraq triggered a safety bid for the U.S. currency, while a slight rise in U.S. bond yields underpinned the move. Escalating insurgent conflict in Iraq resulted in a cautious mood, while renewed focus on the potential for more monetary stimulus in Japan and an uptick in U.S. Treasury yields also drove demand for the dollar.

Shahab Jalinoos, currency strategist at UBS in Stamford, Connecticut, said, “There may be a perception that the U.S. has less exposure to specific Read more…

Leaked documents “WikiLeaks”: U.S. military colluded in rigging the 2010 elections, the Iraqi

Leaked documents “WikiLeaks”: U.S. military colluded in rigging the 2010 elections, the Iraqi

Posted 15/06/2014 01:37 PM

New York – AFP
American soldier warned Chelsea Manning, imprisoned after being convicted of leaking classified documents to the website “Wikileaks”, the Americans that they had been misled about Iraq again.

Manning was sentenced to 35 years in jail in August 2013 after he was convicted of spying for leaking 700 thousand documents, diplomatic and military secret. He spends his sentence in a prison in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

He wrote the soldier, who was known as Bradley in an editorial in the newspaper “New York Times” “I realize that my violate the law, but the Read more…

New York Times: defeat in Iraq is a mistake, Obama and the Republicans and Maliki

New York Times: defeat in Iraq is a mistake, Obama and the Republicans and Maliki

15/06/2014 (00:01 pm)

Translation term

Defeat in Iraq is the fault of President Obama and the Republicans fault, too, but before this and that it is an error of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.
Some leftists blame the fault of President George W. Bush over the invasion of Iraq in the first place, and allegedly Sen. John McCain, that the White House assumes this responsibility as it Read more…

Iraq was entering its “legislative vacuum” and UNAMI calls to speed up the ratification of the election results

Iraq was entering its “legislative vacuum” and UNAMI calls to speed up the ratification of the election results

15/06/2014 (00:01 pm)

BAGHDAD / Amin Abdel Hadi

Ended on Saturday, the work of the House of Representatives the end of the fourth legislative term, while waiting for the court’s endorsement announcement of the Federal House of Representatives on the names of the winners in the second parliamentary session in light of the evolution of security incidents in the country and Daash gunmen seized control of the provinces of Mosul threatened to Salahuddin, Diyala and Kirkuk.
And afflict the “life span” of the Parliament kind of ambiguity, regarding the Read more…

Parliamentary Security: We do not need American soldiers and the strategic framework agreement had to help them

Parliamentary Security: We do not need American soldiers and the strategic framework agreement had to help them

Saturday, June 15, 2014 07:30

[Baghdad – where]

Commission announced the parliamentary security and defense, the security forces have a surplus of volunteers, who are in need of equipment and armament quick, pointing out that the strategic framework agreement makes it imperative for the U.S. to help Iraq, satellite imagery and intelligence.

Said committee member Abbas al-Bayati, told all of Iraq [where], “The strategic framework agreement between Iraq and the United States, impose Read more…

Dhi Qar send five thousand volunteers to Samarra, Tikrit and Mosul outskirts

Dhi Qar send five thousand volunteers to Samarra, Tikrit and Mosul outskirts

Saturday, June 15, 2014 18:54

[Dhi Qar where ]

Announced that the local government in the province of Dhi Qar on Sunday to send five thousand volunteers to areas of military operations in Samarra, Tikrit and the outskirts of the city of Mosul, as announced for the registration of more than fifty thousand volunteers at the registration centers of the province, indicating that the Read more…

Drones bombed a building of Nineveh province and a camp for “Daash” in Mosul

Drones bombed a building of Nineveh province and a camp for “Daash” in Mosul

06/15/2014 11:17

Agencies – official military source said, Sunday, that the bombing of the Iraqi Army Aviation building of Nineveh province, and to organize the camp “Daash” in the city of Mosul.
The source said in a press statement, said that Read more…

Former Defense Officials Blast Obama As Having A ‘Complete Lack Of Strategy’ For Iraq

Former Defense Officials Blast Obama As Having A ‘Complete Lack Of Strategy’ For Iraq

6/14/2014

Business Insider By Paul Szoldra
REUTERS/Larry Downing

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) listens as U.S. President Barack Obama hosts a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, September 30, 2013.

With radical militants seizing vast swaths of territory in Iraq less than three years after American soldiers left the country, two former senior defense officials tell Business Insider much of the blame for an increase in sectarian violence stems from a lack of leadership in the White House.

“Unfortunately, this administration’s principal interest seemed to be not Read more…

McCain calls for sacking Dempsey because of the situation of Iraq and calls for immediate air strikes

McCain calls for sacking Dempsey because of the situation of Iraq and calls for immediate air strikes

01:09:14 / 06/2014

Khandan – called the most prominent members of the U.S. Congress, to the dismissal of chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey, against the backdrop of the security situation in Iraq, which seized control of the elements of organizing “Daash” on Iraqi cities. asked Republican Senator John McCain, in an interview with (CNN), President Barack Obama, authorized air strikes Read more…

United States could launch a military strike against Iraq’s air during the 24 hours

United States could launch a military strike against Iraq’s air during the 24 hours

06/14/2014 9:25 a.m.

Brother – Follow-up
U.S. news site revealed on Saturday that the United States could launch a strike military air zones in Iraq during the last 24 hours.
The site said buckets Best in a report posted on his site, “President Barack Obama has not responded yet to the request of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki air strikes U.S. against the jihadists who seized areas in the country, but if President Obama his opinion, will fly American fighters over Iraq in less than one day. ”
It said that the “spy planes like the U.S. (Global Hawk) could fly at Read more…

Washington announces move an aircraft carrier to the Gulf in preparation for any military intervention in Iraq

Washington announces move an aircraft carrier to the Gulf in preparation for any military intervention in Iraq

JUNE 14, 2014 19:33

Twilight News / United States announced Saturday it had moved Taúratn carrier to the Gulf in preparation for any possible attack on Iraq.

altAccording to press reports seen by “Twilight News” that the Pentagon has moved an aircraft carrier to the Gulf in anticipation of any possible military intervention in Iraq.

He said Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to officers in the city of Samarra yesterday that Read more…

The Washington Post: Iraq’s biggest challenge in front of Obama

The Washington Post: Iraq’s biggest challenge in front of Obama

06/14/2014

Baghdad, Washington / Orr News

Full of paper many of the reports of the Iraqi crisis and the challenges imposed by the U.S. administration, the newspaper said that Iraq now represents the most pressing challenge for the Firsts national security for Barack Obama and also for his legacy in foreign policy .. Iraq collapses and breaks down with him believing the neo-conservatives that the dictatorship of sectarianism can is fast becoming an independent, democratic, as well as Obama’s approach to non-interference Read more…

Iraq turmoil has one winner: the Kurds

Iraq turmoil has one winner: the Kurds

Posted, 14 Jun 2014

A Kurdish flag has replaced the Iraqi flag flying over the disputed, oil-rich city of Kirkuk, in a clear symbol of how Iraq’s Kurds have benefited from this week’s turmoil.

Kurdish peshmerga forces moved into areas long contested with Iraq’s central government, ostensibly to protect ethnic Kurds after Iraqi forces fled in the face of a swift offensive by Sunni jihadists. But no prize is greater than Kirkuk, a mixed-ethnicity city long viewed by Kurds as their cultural capital.

Now, after years of bickering with Baghdad and clashes with the Iraqi Read more…

Iran: We will not send troops to Iraq

Iran: We will not send troops to Iraq

Posted 14/06/2014 02:27 PM

CNN) – said Iranian Interior Minister on Saturday that his country would not send troops to Iraq, and that its borders safe, thanks to the awareness of its armed forces and the Revolutionary Guards.

The news agency quoted the Iranian Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli, that “the Islamic Republic of Iran will provide the necessary consultations to restore sustainable security in neighboring countries, especially Iraq, will not be very sparing in it.”

The Iranian president Hassan Rohani also said Saturday that his country was ready to extend a helping hand to Iraq, and denied that Iran has sent troops to Iraq.

Fazli explained that “However, Read more…

Allawi channel CNN: Iraqi army does not have something to fight for

Allawi channel CNN: Iraqi army does not have something to fight for

Posted 14/06/2014 02:37 PM

BAGHDAD – “arenas of Liberation”
Said the leader of the coalition, “Iraq,” Iyad Allawi, the channel “CNN American” during an interview with Christine Amanpour that “what is happening in the country, an inevitable consequence of the policies of the governing authority of marginalization and exclusion, and the loss of the principle of national partnership, which has long warned of them in recent years and that possible that the country out of control. ”

Allawi also added that “the Iraqi army has been trained for years by the United States, but many of the soldiers threw their weapons fled,” he said, Read more…

Maliki: What happened was a conspiracy and this is our chance to purge the army of the weak

Maliki: What happened was a conspiracy and this is our chance to purge the army of the weak

14/06/2014 13:09

{Baghdad: Euphrates News} counting the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces Nouri al-Maliki, said that what happened in Nineveh province and the withdrawal of the employees of the units conspiracy and a hoax, pointing out that such an opportunity to purge the army of the weak, calling for retreating to join their units.

Maliki said in a speech during a meeting with leaders and officers, spend Samarra that “what happened was a hoax and a conspiracy, not a shortage of weapons when he issued Read more…

Political blocs: We need international support and direct the collapse of Iraq would threaten the region and the world

Political blocs: We need international support and direct the collapse of Iraq would threaten the region and the world

06/14/2014 (00:01 pm)

 Baghdad / Mohammad Sabah

Called for political blocs to activate the Framework Convention signed between the United States and the government, and have suggested there is a need for U.S. intervention directly in the crisis, as they criticized the claims of some blocks to speed up the withdrawal of U.S. troops and brag they came out, but now it is proven that they were wrong and some of them Read more…

Najafi complements its own clearance and lift the immunity of all MPs today

Najafi complements its own clearance and lift the immunity of all MPs today

June 14, 2014 12:19

[Baghdad – where]

Complete House Speaker Osama Nujaifi on Saturday Disclaimers its own end of the age of the parliament.

A parliamentary source told all of Iraq [where] that “Najafi completed clearance of its day in the office of the Presidency of the Council of Representatives, and in conjunction with the end of life of the parliament today.”

He added, “it was lifting the immunity of all members of Parliament.” Read more…

Postpone the meeting of the Kurdish Committee to negotiate with Baghdad indefinitely

Postpone the meeting of the Kurdish Committee to negotiate with Baghdad indefinitely

6/14/2014 0:00

Baghdad, Omar Abdel Latif
postponed the situation in the province of Nineveh, and a number of other provinces Committee meeting Kurdish High to negotiate with Baghdad, which was scheduled to be held yesterday Thursday indefinitely.
member of the delegation from the Read more…

Kerry is expected “quick decisions” to President Obama on Iraq – Maliki calls for the removal of sectarian differences

Kerry is expected “quick decisions” to President Obama on Iraq – Maliki calls for the removal of sectarian differences

6-13-14

BAGHDAD / Wi Ninoz said U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday he expected to take President Barack Obama’s “quick decisions” on Iraq because of Read more…