IRAQI DINAR POLITICS & ECONOMY

In fraud scheme, Dinar experts faced lengthy prison

In fraud scheme, Dinar experts faced lengthy prison

25 May 2014

Federal prosecutors say they will seek substantial prison terms for two local businessmen found guilty Thursday of swindling investors out of millions of dollars through the sale of Iraqi currency and two nonexistent hedge funds.
Bradford Huebner, 66, of Ottawa Hills and Charles Emmenecker, 67, of Sylvania each were convicted by a jury in U.S. District Court of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud in connection with the $24 million scheme.
A third co-defendant, Michael Teadt, 67, of Maumee was acquitted of those Read more…

Economic official: Kurdistan oil export will solve the financial crisis in the region

Economic official: Kurdistan oil export will solve the financial crisis in the region

Sunday, May 25th, 2014 13:58

BAGHDAD – Baghdad .. News / The President of the Federation of Exporters and Importers in Iraqi Kurdistan, on Sunday that the export of oil from the region that would address the financial crisis that has plagued the region.
He said Sheikh Abdul Rahman Mustafa said that “the export of oil and sell it in global markets will have a significant impact on the economy and vital,” .. stressing “the need to welcome everyone this step to bring the benefit of Read more…

Sadrists to the owners: No third term at all

Sadrists to the owners: No third term at all

05/25/2014

Palm – renewed Liberal bloc, Sunday, commitment to its refusal to nominate incumbent Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki for a third term, while confirmed that it will not negotiate with any political bloc on the basis of interests.

A spokesman for the bloc Jawad al-Jubouri in a media interview that “the Liberal bloc will not change its stance on the issue of the third term being contrary to the foundations of democracy and Read more…

U.S. State Department official, is not permissible for the region to export oil without the approval of Baghdad and offered a proposed settlement

U.S. State Department official, is not permissible for the region to export oil without the approval of Baghdad and offered a proposed settlement

Sunday, 25 May / May 2014 17:43

[Follow-up – where]

Deputy Assistant U.S. Secretary of State for the Middle East and Iraq Makourk part, that he “may not be a response to the sale of oil without the approval of Baghdad, and should not be based Baghdad to cut the budget of the Kurdistan region.”

He Makourk in tweet him on the social networking site Twitter that “the United States does not support the export of oil from any area in Iraq without the approval of the federal government of Iraq,” adding, “We have informed all parties that any work of this kind creates a lot of problems.” . Read more…

Finance Minister: Iraq needs to issue bonds before talking about his inability to unify the budgets of 2014 and 2015

Finance Minister: Iraq needs to issue bonds to meet the Khoznip before talking about his inability to unify the budgets of 2014 and 2015

24/05/2014 11:55

Tomorrow’s Press / Baghdad: Minister of Finance Agency purity of net debt, on Saturday that Iraq needs to issue bonds Khoznip worth 23 billion Iraqi dinars to cover the deficit in the budget for the current year and said the net for “tomorrow’s Press”, “The bond issue requires a draft law be approved by the House of Representatives and this means that we should wait until the next Read more…

The escape of al-Maliki’s family (read details)

The escape of al-Maliki’s family (read details)

24-05-2014 02:06 PM

Revealed reliable sources from inside the Green Zone to the family of al-Maliki, fled to Britain under the supervision of his brother Hussein Abdel Hadi Ahmed Hussein al-Maliki, known as (Abu Rehab), a nephew of al-Maliki and his private secretary and supervisor of the members of the protections uncle (Nuri al-Maliki) and is married to Isra eldest daughter of the Prime Minister.

and the family of al-Maliki, consisting Read more…

Zamili: National Coalition are going to provide the candidates for prime minister instead of al-Maliki

Zamili: National Coalition are going to provide the candidates for prime minister instead of al-Maliki

BAGHDAD – Iraq Press – 24 May

MP for the Liberal bloc, of quitting, the National Coalition will provide candidates for the post of prime minister, to choose one of them for the next stage.
Zamili told I followed / Iraq Press / that “the National Coalition and since it was formed a new endeavor that not be a third term for the owners,” he said, adding that ‘carefree president of the coalition at the moment is to form a government of national professional able to advance Read more…

KRG confirms the export of oil through Turkey and says: We will continue to sell oil independently of Baghdad

KRG confirms the export of oil through Turkey and says: We will continue to sell oil independently of Baghdad

Saturday, 24 May / May 2014 09:23

[Baghdad – where]

The Government of the Kurdistan sold a load of crude oil extracted from the region through Turkey independently of the federal government in Baghdad.

The Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz announced the first Thursday start exporting the first shipment of crude oil to the Kurdistan region through the Turkish port of Ceyhan on the Mediterranean Sea to world markets abroad, “noting that” the first Read more…

Chihod: Kurdistan oil export to Turkey is theft and violation of international law and the Iraqi constitution

Chihod: Kurdistan oil export to Turkey is theft and violation of international law and the Iraqi constitution

05/24/2014 15:02

Follow-up – and babysit –
Counting MP for the coalition of state law, Mohammed Chihod export and Ministry of Natural Resources in the Kurdistan Regional Government, the oil to Turkey, as the theft of the wealth of the country, noting that the government of Kurdistan and Turkey Khrgueta international law and the constitution.

The Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz announced the first Thursday start exporting the first shipment of crude oil to Read more…

Washington rejects the Kurdistan oil export to Europe via Turkey

Washington rejects the Kurdistan oil export to Europe via Turkey

05/24/2014 15:09

Follow-up – and babysit –
The United States of America refusing to step on the Kurdistan Regional Government to pump oil to Europe via Turkey without the approval of the central government.

The Deputy Foreign Ministry spokeswoman American Marie Harff told a news conference: “should not be on the central government in Baghdad, and the territorial Government to take any step Read more…

Life: Maliki is ready to abandon the «third mandate»

Life: Maliki is ready to abandon the «third mandate»

2014/5/23 01:24:30 AM

Published Al-Hayat newspaper in its edition today, a report stating: Al «life» of the sources familiar with the program of the visit of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki Tehran tomorrow, it will be to Iranian officials not to his commitment to run for a third term «in order to preserve the unity of the National Alliance» fractious Shi’ite himself in this matter. Has begun deliberating the names of his alternate personalities, including his Read more…

Allawi calls for the re-counting of the results of Baghdad and provide evidence of fraud

Allawi calls for the re-counting of the results of Baghdad and provide evidence of fraud

05/23/2014

Special / newspaper straightness / Mohammad Mehdi – called the National List led by former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, re-counting of the results of the parliamentary elections in the capital Baghdad.

A member of the list Adnan Aldenbos told (the newspaper of integrity) that “the national list demanded re-counting in the province of Baghdad, especially Read more…

Supreme Council flirts state law: Maliki will cast its votes as prime minister for a third term

Supreme Council flirts state law: Maliki will cast its votes as prime minister for a third term

05/23/2014

Palm – MP for the mass citizen Hassan Wahab, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki voices obtained in the parliamentary elections will probably be prime minister in the next government, noting that the talks are still going on in the National Alliance for the selection of VIPs.

He said the donation during the permit media that “the mass of the citizen does not reject Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to be prime minister in the next government, but rejects Read more…

Iraqi Kurdistan oil sales revenues are deposited in the Turkish bank

Iraqi Kurdistan oil sales revenues are deposited in the Turkish bank

23/05/2014 16:38

Follow-up – and babysit –
The government of the Kurdistan region of Iraq, said in a statement Friday that revenues from the first shipment of oil from Kurdistan transported via a pipeline to Turkey will be deposited in the creation of the Turkish Bank.

The statement added that the Kurdistan oil exports from the Turkish port of Ceyhan will continue despite the opposition of the Iraqi central government, which asserts that such sales are illegal.

The oil and gas laws the main Read more…

State of Law coalition nominates Maliki for a third term

State of Law coalition nominates Maliki for a third term

Posted, 05/23/2014 22:38

Follow-up – and babysit – announced a coalition of state law, led by Nuri al-Maliki, on Thursday, the nomination of its leader for a third term as prime minister, after several days of announcement of results of the parliamentary elections.
The semi-official al-Iraqiya: “The State of Law coalition decided at a meeting of the coalition and all its components, this evening, to nominate its leader, Nouri al-Maliki for a third term as prime minister.

The parliamentary election results announced by the Electoral Commission Read more…

Iraq: “united” and “the Kurdistan Alliance,” reject the return of al-Maliki

Iraq: “united” and “the Kurdistan Alliance,” reject the return of al-Maliki

23-05-2014 05:27 PM

The new Arab / 23/05/2014 Baghdad Osman Mukhtar source revealed prominent leader in the ‘coalition united’, on Friday, announced that the ‘united bloc’ and ‘Kurdistan Alliance’ have decided to take over the prime minister’s refusal outgoing, Nuri al-Maliki, for a third term, and that at a meeting held this morning in the city of Arbil, in Iraqi Kurdistan. said the source, who declined to be named, said a closed meeting Read more…

Coalition united again refuses to give al-Maliki the third term

Coalition united again refuses to give al-Maliki the third term

23-05-2014 10:27 AM

Baghdad (news) .. rejected a coalition united under the chairmanship of Osama Najafi, take Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, the third term, stressing solidarity with the masses calling for changing the political process. Nujaifi said during the conference held by the bloc after a meeting in Arbil and seen by the Agency (news): The ‘ blocs announced their positions to change the reality of Iraq Read more…

Contracts with more than 40 billion dollars behind the desire of Russia and China, the survival of al-Maliki

Sources: contracts with more than 40 billion dollars behind the desire of Russia and China, the survival of al-Maliki for a third term

22-05-2014 01:34 PM

The sources revealed high-level diplomatic about the movement of both Moscow and Beijing to ensure that the third-term Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, the motionless Maliki today as the political forces depends on an important aspect to move the Russian – Chinese-generating money and commissions, as it emphasizes political sources said Maliki supports the principle of dismantling blocks to have a majority that enables it to the third term. Read more…

National Coalition declares its readiness for an alliance with the state of law in the absence of Maliki’s nomination for a third term

National Coalition declares its readiness for an alliance with the state of law in the absence of Maliki’s nomination for a third term

Thursday 22 May 2014 14:04

Alsumaria News / Baghdad
announced the National Coalition on Thursday, ready for an alliance with the state law and the restoration of the National Alliance to the political map for the formation of the next government in the absence of the nomination of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki for a third term, as he pointed Read more…

Industrial Bank confirms plans stop supporting the Iraqi Industrialists due to the delay in approving the budget

Industrial Bank confirms plans stop supporting the Iraqi Industrialists due to the delay in approving the budget

05/22/2014 16:44

Tomorrow’s Press / Baghdad: The head of the Industrial Bank of the Iraqi Ministry of Finance’s Mohamed Abdel Wahab, said Thursday that plans for the bank to support Iraqi Industrialists stopped because of the delay in approving the federal budget. said Abdul and inflaming for “tomorrow’s Press”, “The delay in approving the federal budget for the current year Holiday plans adopted by the bank in order to support the largest number of industrialists in Iraq and the development of their projects by 60 billion Read more…