Hisham Khalid - Informed political sources from entering the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, Stephen Beecroft on the line of the political crisis between the Kurdistan region and the central government, to the Americans put forward several solutions to this crisis,

The sources said that the U.S. ambassador in Iraq, held separate meetings with President Jalal Talabani and Massoud Barzani, at a time when pointed to news that the United States might exert great pressure on Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to stop the escalating tension with Kurdistan.

A source familiar with another former national security adviser Muwaffaq al-Rubaie, might be a candidate acceptable to replace al-Maliki in the caretaker government may continue until the formation of a new government, according to new elections,

The search Talabani and Beecroft in Sulaimaniya the crisis of the disputed areas between Baghdad and Erbil, where he confirmed Talabani during the meeting continued efforts to reach comprehensive agreements terminate situation and transferred Iraq into a new phase, called to encourage the parties to talk to the spirit of peace and abandon escalation and cramping media.

The U.S. ambassador held a similar meeting in Arbil with Kurdish regional President Massoud Barzani, who confirmed during the meeting that “what is happening in the disputed areas is a violation of the Constitution and the law, we can not accept at all.” “The presidency of the region sent messages to the political blocs and religious authorities in Najaf and Kadhimiya resolve this crisis and that the region will not block the door to dialogue.” The Beecroft part seriousness of the United States in finding a solution to the current crisis through dialogue and the Constitution, and said that his country supports all Iraqi parties without discrimination.

MPs in the Iraqi List, did not deny revelations informed political sources of Sunni agreement – to be Kurdish Rubaie substitute for the owners,

Attempts have been returned to withdraw confidence from the Prime Minister to appear again, which he referred to al-Maliki told a news conference on Saturday, stressing that he has procedures in this regard without that comes on other details.

Rubaie has close ties with the Kurdish and Sunni leaders, as well as the strong support it receives from the U.S. State Department.

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A while back, we authored about some traders choosing to experience a bad risk game, gambling on the lengthy-term wager around the Iraqi dinar. The concept behind the investors’ choice was that Iraq’s government would stabilize at some future time, and that’s when Iraq’s huge oil reserves might make for any radical turn of occasions. Meanwhile, however, Iraqis are ambivalent concerning the dinar.

In September, Iraq’s oil exports hit 2.six million barrels each day. That’s a 30-year peak, and when Iraq reaches six million bpd by 2017, they'll be on componen with Saudi Arabia’s current amounts. Statistics such as these underlie the dinar bulls’ thinking.

It's not a distinct segment trend either the Vegas-based Dinar Trade sells 100s of 1000's of dollars’ price of dinars every day. The organization ships dinar notes to clients all over the world, as it is not really a currency freely exchanged by banks outdoors of Iraq.

In Baghdad, though, Iraqis often convert any dinars into hard currency, and almost all major transactions have been in U.S. dollars.

Reuters reviews:
"We've no rely upon the Iraqi dinar - we're feeling afraid in order to save it. We trust the dollar more. The dollar doesn't increase and lower, it's fixed," stated housewife and mother-of-two Eman Saadeldine.

In the eighties, one dinar could buy $3. However came the Gulf War, by the finish of 1995, things had corrected to the stage where $1 could buy almost 3,000 dinars. Following a warfare in 2003, central bank policy made certain the dinar didn’t collapse completely. Oddly enough, despite Iraq’s oil production growing quickly in the last couple of years, the dinar hasn't appreciated considerably since 2009.

Worldwide sanctions on Iran and Syria haven’t assisted Iraqi traders still buy dollars then sell these to residential and business clients both in nations. This season, the dinar dropped to at least one,280 around the open market. Subsequently, two condition banks and many private loan companies were approved to market dollars, moving that assisted adjust the exchange rate to the present average of just one,200.

The big statistical values on dinar notes present another unattractive factor the greatest denomination is simply 25,000 dinars. Iraqi deals are often cash-based, and also the low worth of the dinar creates physical inconveniences.

Some believe the Iraqi central bank continues to be musing on the redenomination plan to be able to boost public rely upon the dinar, but any plans that may have been around happen to be indefinitely shelved. This Year, the Iraqi government conveyed towards the IMF it way to keep your dinar at its present exchange rate for that expected future.

That does not mean it can’t improve drastically later on, though. Indeed, based on the IMF, 2010 .2 percent budget surplus of GDP could skyrocket to 12.1 % in 2017. Deputy central bank governor Mudher Kasim thinks it's highly likely that the redenomination, in addition to significant appreciation from the dinar value, can come about at some point, possibly the moment 2014.

The central bank wishes to establish parity between your dinar and also the U.S. dollar, making 1 dinar comparable to $1 with time. Actually, Reuters quotes a Baghdad foreign exchange shop owner whose values reflect popular sentiment about them:

"You want the dinar's value would return to what it really was like before, when previously equal $3 within the seventies as well as the eighties," he [Ahmed Abdul-Ridha] stated.

"I expect on that day can come. Why don't you? What we should are dealing with is definitely an condition...We're an oil country."
 
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The Kurdistan Regional Government announced a reduction in oil export to the half until Baghdad pay international firms working in the region their debts, some technical troubles have also contributed to the cut, Kurdistan Natural resources advisor told “Shafaq News” on Wednesday.

The advisor of natural resources ministry, Ali Hussein Ballo, told “Shafaq News” the ministry announced that a technical problem resulted in halfing crude oil export in the region explaining that “the non-commitment by the Iraqi government might be the reason behind such problem because it has not pay the required amount of money for those firms yet”.

Ballo said that “in accordance to the agreement between Baghdad and Erbil signed on Nov. 29, it is supposed that Iraqi government pay those firms 350,000 million dollars within a week, but Baghdad has not fulfilled its pledge”, adding that Iraq’s deputy prime minister of energy issues, Hussein al-Shahrestani has recently released statements saying “Baghdad will not pay such money”

Gas and oil are one of the conflicted issues between Baghdad and Erbil, as Kurdistan demand to quickly step toward legislating oil and gas law in order to be considered as a reference in such disputes, Baghdad insist on excluding oil exploration and exportation within its authorities.



 
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MP Ibraheem al-Mutleg, criticized the government’s dependence on the oil revenues for national income and neglecting private sector.

Mutleg reported in the statement to AIN that ”Iraq will not be developed if the private sector does not obtain allocations from the state budget and the national income depends on Oil revenues only.”

Mutleg ruled out any political disputes on items of state budget 2013, expecting the budget law draft to be endorsed in the Parliament during this month.

The Parliament has started the second reading of the law draft of the state budget 2013 within the preparations of the political bloc to participate in elections of provincial councils which scheduled on April 2012.



 
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BAGHDAD:Ruled Iraqi Parliament Speaker Osama al-Nujaifi, Sunday, the outbreak of the military confrontation between Baghdad and Erbil, because of the positioning of rejection from the political forces of internal wars, worrying, however, the analysis revealed accusations of corruption within the Central Bank of Iraq.

Nujaifi stated in a press conference attended by “obelisk”, that “the chance of military confrontation is between Baghdad and Erbil, however the political forces won't accept the occurrence internal wars in Iraq,” adding that “there is really a danger between Baghdad and Kurdistan A 3rd party is attempting to worsen the political situation”, without be known as that 3rd party.

Najafi stated the “lack of confidence between Baghdad and Erbil was behind failure to withdraw their forces in the disputed areas,” adding that “the authorities and also the Kurdistan region of Iraq forever real desire.”

Nujaifi known as to solve variations in compliance “with the Metabolic rate and also the national consensus,” saying that “the pm wants revisit the settling table using the territory.”

Pm Nuri al-Maliki introduced Sunday that the particular groups had decided on the necessity to resolve the issues between Baghdad and Arbil, and also the formation of joint checkpoints from the military and also the Peshmerga and also the training and outfitting of numerous sons disputed areas

Around the analysis into the reason for the Iraqi Central Bank Najafi stated that “investigations revealed the presence of quasi-corruption and also the incidence of smuggling and cash washing within the Central Bank of Iraq.”

The strain between Erbil and Baghdad has increased following a decision from the Iraqi Pm, Nuri al-Maliki, to create a new military command, known as Procedures Command Tigris, including its section of procedures disputed town of Kirkuk brought to clashes between your Iraqi military and Kurdish Peshmerga forces have led to deaths and injuries . These fights brought, based on experts, our prime voice, “separatists” in the area and push from the layer search the central Iraqi condition. However, the regional situation, based on the fans, and considering the problem in Syria prevents ale Kurds to win worldwide support right now for that separation project, that is in support of the us government, that is trying to emerge like a effective authority when confronted with chaos.