Kuwaiti newspaper: Baghdad and Washington approaching an agreement to establish a U.S. military base

Kuwaiti newspaper: Baghdad and Washington approaching an agreement to establish a U.S. military base in Iraq and grant its troops immunity



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Qabas newspaper said, quoting Iraqi sources and unnamed informed that "Iraq and the United States putting the finishing touches on completion of an agreement between them to establish a U.S. military base in Iraq after the growing threat of al-Qaeda. Newspaper, without giving residence of al-Qaeda in Iraq.

. Iraq has been since months bombings continued almost daily target markets and public places and football stadiums popular and cafes as well as government institutions and security forces, and was اعنفها in the month of July, which counted the bloodiest since 2008 as the number of victims in which more than three thousand people dead and wounded.

. With Al Qaeda adopted several operations carried out in Iraq, including the attack on the coronary prisons, Abu Ghraib and the smuggling of its leaders, in addition to the bombing of several car bombs and assassinations.

The Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Qabas reported, according to the same sources, "the U.S. military base, will contribute to addressing the grass that is growing organizations active in parts of Iraq, while showing that the security services and the inability of the Iraqi military on the face of escalating this activity and the expansion of terrorist operations."

According to experts, "the number of members of al-Qaeda in Iraq, as between 2007 and 2008 at the height of terrorist attacks against U.S. and Iraqi forces by about 5 thousand element, most of them non-Iraqis, and has now reached about 20 thousand, mostly Iraqis, so that became al-Qaida in Iraq locally. According to the newspaper.

According to Iraqi sources, who spoke to the newspaper, "the Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, who feel the government is concerned about the growing al-Qaeda operations and the seriousness of the security situation, sent a few days ago to Washington and security delegation politically senior, featuring political adviser Tariq Najim Abdullah, a leader of the Dawa Party, which is headed Maliki, and Minister of National Security Faleh Fayad in addition to Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari that already exists in the U.S. capital. "

The Qabas "and will discuss the Iraqi delegation with U.S. officials activate the strategic agreement between the two countries, including the security aspect at the heart according to the expression of Iraqi sources, which pointed out that the focus on the establishment of a U.S. base enhanced aircraft without a pilot, and special devices detect terrorists and track, in addition to training Iraqi cadres the security of the system. "

The Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said during his visit to Washington, "that Iraq sought to buy a U.S. drone aircraft from the United States to fight al Qaeda and the growing threat in the country."

Zebari said last Friday that "the presence of U.S. drones will help in the fight against the growing al-Qaeda threat in Iraq, although Iraqi forces need to help the United States in the areas of surveillance and intelligence analysis."

He suggested Zebari publication of a number, not appointed, but it is limited, "of U.S. advisers in the field of counter-terrorism to help the Iraqi army to stop the escalation of bloody attacks in Iraq," he said, adding that "the U.S. aircraft drone may be part of the package an American aid to Iraq."

In response to a question about the fate of the legal immunity that Washington had requested the troops that remain in Iraq and rejected by Baghdad two years ago, withdrew those forces in full at the time, said Iraqi sources told the Kuwait Times that "the situation is different now, and that American power would be granted immunity Valdharorh تبيحها."

He was quoted by the newspaper "Iraqi sources, well-informed," explained that "the number of members of al-Qaeda during the years 2007 and 2008 did not exceed five thousand element of Arab nationalities, while the number of currently about 20 thousand a majority of Iraqis."

This accretion attributed more than one source on and academic in telephone calls conducted by the newspaper with them to the "Shipping sectarian cause, too, in what looks like a commonality between members of al-Qaeda and followers of the former regime, including military officers and intelligence caliber military and intelligence."

The Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari has revealed in an interview conducted during his visit to Washington last week and his meeting with a number of U.S. officials for "a planned visit by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to the United States in September next year."

The Zibaa said "The prime minister will visit the United States in the near future," likely "be visit in the month of September next year."

Zebari between "The prime minister will discuss bilateral relations within the strategic framework agreement signed between the two countries and cooperation in the field of armament and the fight against terrorism, as well as the latest developments in the region, especially the Syrian crisis."

The press reports pointed to accompany Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, Advisor to the Prime Minister and his chief Tariq star with National Security Minister Faleh al-Fayad, for the purpose of persuading the United States Maliki's visit to Washington.

. The Massadraalamih also revealed a request by Baghdad to the United States for help in the fight against al-Qaeda and other militant groups in


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"Al Qabas" Kuwait: Baghdad and Washington approaching an agreement to establish a military base and grant its troops immunity 
                                                                                   
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Khandan - The newspaper "Al Qabas" Kuwaiti and Iraqi sources informed revealed "that Iraq and the United States putting the finishing touches on completion of an agreement between them to establish a U.S. military base in Iraq."
According to the same sources, the U.S. military base, "will contribute to addressing groups (al Qaeda) that is growing activity in parts of Iraq, while showing that the security services and the inability of the Iraqi military on the face of escalating this activity and the expansion of terrorist operations."

According to experts, the "number of members of al-Qaeda in Iraq, as between 2007 and 2008 at the height of terrorist attacks against U.S. and Iraqi forces by about 5 thousand element, most of them non-Iraqis now reached to about 20 thousand, mostly Iraqis, so that became al-Qaida in Iraq Locally" .

According to Iraqi sources, who spoke for "Al Qabas", the "Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, who feel the government is concerned about the growing al-Qaeda operations and the seriousness of the security situation, dispatched to Washington and security delegation politically senior, featuring political adviser Tariq Najim Abdullah, a leader of the Dawa Party which belongs to al-Maliki, and the National Security Minister Faleh Fayad in addition to Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari that already exists in the U.S. capital. "

The newspaper said Kuwait to the Iraqi delegation to discuss U.S. officials "activate the strategic agreement between the two countries, including the security aspect at the core," according to the expression Iraqi sources, which pointed out that the focus on "the establishment of a U.S. base enhanced aircraft without a pilot, and special devices detect terrorists and hunt them down, In addition to the training of Iraqi cadres of the system security. "

He said that "this step, which resorted to the Maliki government raised eyebrows and puzzlement, where justify of the al-Qaeda threat has become a degree of risk threatening Iraq, which did not find about it only to bring power back to the American territory."

In response to a question about the fate of "immunity" that Washington had requested the troops that remain in Iraq and rejected by Baghdad two years ago, withdrew those forces in full at the time, said Iraqi sources said the situation is different now, and that American power would be granted immunity.

Parallel modes of security and political mover confusedly on the Iraqi arena, surprising some of the information available to the "Al Qabas" of sources concerned, and that the number of elements of al-Qaeda is on the rise steadily and, surprisingly, calls alert to the risk of more bloody and violent.

Sources pointed out that the number of al-Qaeda members during 2007 and 2008 did not exceed five thousand element of Arab nationalities, while the number of currently about 20 thousand a majority of Iraqis.

This growing attributed more than one source on academic and in telephone calls conducted by "Al" to cause sectarian shipping, too, in what looks like a commonality between members of al-Qaeda and followers of the former regime, including military officers and intelligence with military and intelligence competencies. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]


This is a great article and a game changer, this will get us what we seek.  Calm the country and then Cha Ching.
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LIT

HELLO!!!!!!!!! Now we talkin!

3,000 US troops secretly return to Iraq via Kuwait
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Sun Dec 9, 2012 6:36PM GMT
Over 3,000 US troops have secretly returned to Iraq via Kuwait for missions pertaining to the recent developments in Syria and northern Iraq, Press TV reports.


According to our correspondent, the US troops have secretly entered Iraq in multiple stages and are mostly stationed at Balad military garrison in Salahuddin province and al-Asad air base in al-Anbar province.

Reports say the troops include US Army officers and almost 17,000 more are set to secretly return to Iraq via the same route.

All US troops left Iraq by the end of 2011, after nine years of occupation, as required by a 2008 bilateral security agreement between the two countries. The troops left Iraq for the neighboring Kuwait.

Washington decided to pull out all its troops from Iraq after Baghdad refused to grant legal immunity to the remaining US soldiers.

Washington claims that the only US military presence left in Iraq now is 157 soldiers responsible for training at the US Embassy, as well as a small contingent of marines protecting the diplomatic mission.

US-led forces attacked Iraq in 2003 and toppled Saddam Hussein on the pretext of possessing weapons of mass destruction. But no WMD was ever discovered in Iraq. At the peak of the US-led military operation in Iraq, there were 170,000 US troops and more than 500 bases in Iraq.

More than one million Iraqis were killed as the result of the US-led invasion and subsequent occupation of the country, according to the California-based investigative organization Project Censored.

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The US has arrived.  So 20,000 in numbers should be able to clean this up and we can move on.
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LIT

So now the violence is the hold up?

Time for the U.S. troops to go back in there & show them how to get a handle on things!

Economic parliamentary: political Central Bank of failure to maintain the value of the Iraqi dinar



Friday, August 23 / August 2013 09:00

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Economic Commission described the parliamentary political central bank to maintain the Iraqi dinar against foreign currencies as "failed."

The central bank has promised to take measures to raise and stabilize the price of the Iraqi dinar, as it was in the past, but the impairment and the exchange rate of the dinar continues.

He said the Commission's decision Mahma Khalil told all of Iraq [where] that "the central bank demands to maintain the exchange rate of the Iraqi dinar, and determine a fixed price against the foreign currencies, as may or unreasonable that there is a balance of a sovereign Iraqi exceed seventy billion dollars, and it remains the Iraqi dinar rate Over [1200] dinars per dollar, and sometimes brings about this price on the black market. "

He added that "the policy of the central bank failed to maintain the exchange rate of the Iraqi dinar against a basket of foreign currencies."

The Khalil said that "the exchange rate of the dollar against the dinar depends on several things, including Balance Iraqi sovereign of the dollar, and there are reasons not directly affected by the value of the dinar up and down, climate-related Iraqi politician who became of foreign currency and is not attractive to them."

"As the government interventions in the political bank, in addition to the desire and the seriousness of citizens to transfer and deposits of Finance to hard currency and not deposited in banks of Iraq is part of the reasons led to the fluctuation of the dinar against the dollar, there are also reasons to indirect secondary, including international sanctions on Syria and Iran, and the fact that the Iraqi trader merchant pivotal trying to deal with all the nations of the world to the dollar. "

And the decision of the Economic Commission said, "What distracted today dollar of deposits is not the real size of the Iraqi market needs."

Observers believe Economists and analysts said the increased turnout to buy the dollar has led to a significant drop in the price of the dinar, and attribute this to smuggle most of it will offer daily Central Bank of dollars abroad.

The Iraqi Central Bank announced shortly before the new measures restrict the availability of U.S. currency in markets where demand to buy them, amid suspicions suggest the smuggling of large amounts of hard currency for the benefit of neighboring countries.

And issued the CBI, new instructions to stabilize the exchange rate of the Iraqi dinar against foreign currencies select the stakes weekly for banks and money transfer companies and trading firms currency from the dollar is estimated according to the capital each, and are to increase or reduce this share compared to the commitment of all of them deliver the amounts they want customers from citizens.

The central bank starts to put the dollar at an auction for the sale of foreign currency at subsidized prices and the lowest of the real exchange rate in the market to support the dinar. "

Observers fear stop CBI those auctions and then multiply the value of the dollar against the dinar. "

The central bank is facing charges for the staff in conjunction with officials in the state with corruption, smuggling of currency, the Bank is currently subject to investigations in this regard. Employees complain and retirees who receive their salaries in dinars from the high cost of living, and that their salaries are no longer sufficient to meet their needs, and that the rise in prices has included real estate and rentals, as well as transportation, food and clothing. 2 ended.


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Here is an article that tells us once they get the Iraqi Dinar stabilitzed and country calmed down, we should see them move forward.
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LIT      (Quack Quack)

well ... it sure will help Iraqi.  I feel for our guys going back in and their families.

thanks for the news and highlights Rocky and LIT