IRAQI DINAR POLITICS & ECONOMY

Commission: 60% of voters participated in the balloting

Commission: 60% of voters participated in the balloting

Posted, 02/05/2014

Commission confirmed the Independent Electoral turnout primary in the process of universal suffrage for all of Iraq’s provinces amounted to sixty percent likely rise in this ratio after the completion of counting ballots. Read more…

Ban Ki-moon called on Iraqis to be patient until they sort the voters

Ban Ki-moon called on Iraqis to be patient until they sort the voters

02-05-2014 01:30 PM

Baghdad (news) .. congratulated the Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon, the people and the government in Iraq to hold parliamentary and provincial elections in the Kurdistan Region, praised the design of the Iraqis to strengthen the democratic process in the country. praised Ban Ki-moon in a statement Read more…

“Nostradamus Arabs,” predicts the assassination of al-Maliki after his election victory

“Nostradamus Arabs,” predicts the assassination of al-Maliki after his election victory

01-05-2014 01:03 PM

Expect the so-called ‘Nostradamus Arabs’ astronomer Ahmed Shaheen, in the last prophecies launched by the end of the elections in Iraq, that is the assassination of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki after his election victory. Shaheen said in remarks to him that ‘Iraq is entering a crucial phase in its modern history, before whirlwind upcoming events in the Middle East, which comes on top of the assassination of Prime Minister Read more…

Maliki confirms that his abdication or retreat from the prime minister for a third term

Maliki confirms that his abdication or retreat from the prime minister for a third term

Thursday, 01 May / May 2014 16:21

[Baghdad – where]

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki adherence to the third state.

Al-Maliki said at a news conference in Baghdad on Thursday, after asked about the possibility of non-renewal of the mandate to him, “Are human creation only because the Prime Minister, and that the country does not Read more…

Kerry: With ink-stained thumbs, Iraqi voters sent powerful rebuke to the violent extremists

Kerry: With ink-stained thumbs, Iraqi voters sent powerful rebuke to the violent extremists

Published: 2014/5/1 15:50

Baghdad (Forat) –The United States confirmed that the election is one step in a democratic process to stand up a new parliament and form a new government.

A statement by the US Secretary of State reviewed by Alforat News Agency cited “Millions of Iraqis courageously voted today and reaffirmed not just their commitment to democracy, but their Read more…

IHEC: 7 days required to count all votes of 2014 elections

IHEC: 7 days required to count all votes of 2014 elections

Published: 2014/5/1 17:50

Baghdad (Forat) -The Independent High Electoral Commission for Elections (IHEC), announced on Thursday not determining certain date to announce the results of 2014′ parliamentary elections .
Seror al- Heatawi , member of the Board of Commissioners, stated to Alforat News Agency” The counting process of the electoral votes , needs Read more…

Maliki wins and loses numerically the third term

Maliki wins and loses numerically the third term

04/30/2014

BAGHDAD / bright Abbas

Will not be able to block any Iraqi political rival of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to win in the parliamentary elections, which starts today. But a coalition of political forces led by the leader of the “citizen” Ammar al-Hakim may succeed in snatching the next prime minister, al-Maliki is not alone, but from Read more…

Sources close to the reference: the next prime minister will be a surprise to all

Sources close to the reference: the next prime minister will be a surprise to all

04/30/2014

Baghdad / Orr News

Sources Najafip close to the reference to “religious authority is the Supreme is like a father to all, whether they are Shia or a year and all Muslims in Iraq, which is eager to everyone, and therefore it is out function legitimacy invites everyone at this stage to be on their way a real direction of change, It is not elected who was responsible for Read more…

“The Washington Post”, “civil war” threatens Iraq with the start of the race

“The Washington Post”, “civil war” threatens Iraq with the start of the race

Posted 30/04/2014 10:39 AM

Translation: Alaa Ahmed *
It seems that Iraq is sliding back into civil war after an upsurge in violence and bombings in recent times in different parts of Iraq, the two are the most important in today’s Iraq, Anbar crisis and the upcoming Iraqi elections, which wrestle by political leaders.

In terms of the conditions of Anbar, said one of the leaders of the militants belonging to the tribes in Anbar, Sheikh Zaidan al-Jabri, “that his team will win the next election despite the Read more…

Maliki calls for the Iraqi people to go heavily to the polls

Maliki calls for the Iraqi people to go heavily to the polls

04/30/2014 13:35

Follow-up – and babysit – Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, on Wednesday, the Iraqi people to go heavily to the ballot boxes to be their message smacked of terrorism generally,
Maliki said after casting his vote, said that “the Iraqi people to go Read more…

Newspaper: America defer delivery “F-16” for Iraq, fearing al-Maliki clung to power

Newspaper: America defer delivery “F-16” for Iraq, fearing al-Maliki clung to power

TUESDAY, APRIL 29 / APRIL 2014 15:08

Twilight News / Kurdish newspaper said Tuesday that the United States will not hand over Iraq’s aircraft “F-16” fighter scheduled to arrive after five months in Iraq by Iraqi military sources.

The newspaper quoted “Media” Weekly sources, she informed decision-making positions in the military in Iraq, saying the United States is now working on Iraq’s non-delivery of these aircraft in the current period and deferred to 2015.

The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad has been pointed out a few days ago Read more…

Iraq is facing problems in the quality of oil

Iraq is facing problems in the quality of oil

04/29/2014

Capitals (Reuters) – coincided Iraq’s efforts to pump more oil to Asia with complaints from some buyers about the quality of Iraqi crude, which casts doubt on the ability of Baghdad to increase the supply of Basra Light crude to the region by a third in 2014. Iraq has managed to Read more…

Sistani, the most prominent players in the top five elections Iraq

Sistani, the most prominent players in the top five elections Iraq

02/29/2014

Baghdad / Orr News

Told AFP that there are five key players in the current Iraqi parliamentary elections. The Agency has prepared a brief profile for each and every one of them:

* Nuri al-Maliki, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is seeking a third term at a time when his government is facing a surge in violence. Maliki spent decades in exile, but returned after the U.S. invasion of Iraq and Read more…

Warka May Cost US Army Millions

Warka May Cost US Army Millions

4-29-14

Like a replay of the Great Depression, a bank in Iraq went under in 2010, nearly taking millions of American dollars with it. Read more…

Candidate claims lots of Iraqis abroad restricted from voting

Candidate claims lots of Iraqis abroad restricted from voting

29 Apr 2014

On last Sunday, a candidate for the Iraqi parliamentary elections revealed that he received information on the prevention of thousands of Iraqis in a number of Western countries and the United States to cast their ballots in the parliamentary elections because of the general procedures imposed by Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC).

One of the candidates, Adnan Francois Aoumraa said, “I received phone calls from the United States as Read more…

Maliki Goes on Offence as Elections Approach

Maliki Goes on Offence as Elections Approach

4-29-14

By Harith Hasan for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News.

In an interview with the Lebanese Al-Manar TV channel on April 20, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki challenged his adversaries, Read more…

Fransabank opened a branch in Iraq among other Lebanese banks

Fransabank opened a branch in Iraq among other Lebanese banks

29 Apr 2014

Fransabank joins a growing number of Lebanese banks in the Kurdistan Region, where there are more banks from Lebanon than any other foreign country.

Early in this month, a branch has been opened by Fransabank in Erbil of Iraq, following in the footsteps of Byblos Bank Credit Libanais, which in 2007 became the first Read more…

Iraq elections: Can country be saved from break-up?

Iraq elections: Can country be saved from break-up?

4-29-14

Iraqis go to the polls on 30 April in parliamentary elections overshadowed by violence and sectarian tension. Read more…

Transportation shut down all airports to secure elections

Transportation shut down all airports to secure elections

29-04-2014 11:34 AM

Baghdad (news) .. shut the Ministry of Transport, on Tuesday, all the ports, aviation and airports, at the request of the security forces to secure the upcoming parliamentary elections, and will continue to close until the end of the public vote on Wednesday. said a ministry statement seen by the Agency (news): The ‘ Iraqi security forces had asked the Read more…

Hamid al-Mutlaq: America’s opinion of her choosing Iraq’s prime minister next

Hamid al-Mutlaq: America’s opinion of her choosing Iraq’s prime minister next

4-29-14

Tomorrow’s Press / Baghdad: MP for the mass dialogue Hamid al-Mutlaq, on Tuesday, that the United States has a say in choosing Read more…