Thursday, January 18, 2024
An American report reads “conflicting” messages between Al-Sudani and Biden, 18 JAN
An American report reads “conflicting” messages between Al-Sudani and Biden
Shafaq News / The American “Atlantic Council” Institute considered that Iraqi Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani is sending “conflicting” messages about the withdrawal or stay of American forces in Iraq, warning that relations between Baghdad and Washington are rapidly approaching the dynamics of the era of the administration of former President Donald Trump when he decided Assassination of the Deputy Head of the Popular Mobilization Forces (Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis) and the Commander of the Quds Force, General Qassem Soleimani.
To begin with, the American report, translated by Shafaq News Agency, considered that after a year of stability and mutual tolerance between Baghdad and Washington, relations between the two countries have entered a turn for the worse during the past two months.
The report recalled that when US President Joe Biden took office in 2021, the general perception was that US policy towards Iraq would be determined through diplomacy, in contrast to the strict approach of the Trump administration, which included the threat of imposing sanctions, confiscating funds, and using force to settle scores on Iraqi soil from Without the approval of Baghdad.
Sudanese and Al-Kazemi
After the report pointed out that former Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi was a strong supporter of working closely with all international actors, especially the United States, and that he transformed Iraq into a regional player and a stabilizing factor, it explained that Iraq was successfully able to mediate complex disputes, such as the conflict between… Iran and Saudi Arabia.
He also indicated that, as a result, Al-Kadhimi enjoyed a strong relationship with the Biden administration, but Al-Kadhimi’s successor, i.e. the Sudanese, did not enjoy a similar degree of trust during his period as head of the government since its beginning in October 2022.
The report explained that despite his ability to secure a one-year truce between the United States and the Iraqi political and armed factions that reject the American military presence in Iraq, and receiving declared support from the Biden administration, Al-Sudani has not traveled to Washington yet, while the security truce ended after the outbreak of war. The war between Israel and Hamas on October 7, 2023, ruling out that Al-Sudani will be received in the White House soon.
American assassinations
The report said, “It would not be an exaggeration to say that Iraqi-American relations are accelerating as they approach the dynamics recorded under the Trump administration in 2020, when an American drone strike killed Al-Muhandis and Soleimani, which prompted the House of Representatives to issue a resolution calling for the withdrawal of American forces.” .
Now, the report says that an American raid on January 4 killed inside Baghdad, the leader of the Popular Mobilization Forces, Mushtaq Jawad Al-Saeedi, coinciding with the anniversary of the assassination of Al-Muhandis and Soleimani.
The report stated that the Iraqi presidency, the Prime Minister’s Office, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued three statements condemning the new raid, describing it as “a violation of sovereignty and a violation of the bilateral agreement regarding the rules of engagement and conditions for the presence of American forces in Iraq,” and the spokesman for the Armed Forces, Major General Yahya Rasoul, described it as “blatant aggression.” …and an act resembling terrorist activities.”
He also referred to the statement of the Pentagon spokesman when he said, “Those in the country at the invitation of the Iraqi government are stationed there for one reason, which is to support the mission of defeating ISIS. And that when those forces are threatened, just as we do elsewhere in the world, we will reserve the inherent right to Self-defense to protect our forces.”
Calming messages
However, the report indicated that the phrase “the inherent right to self-defense” was what created a bilateral crisis every time it was applied in Iraq, adding that the Iraqi government’s reaction was expressed by Al-Sudani when he described the new American raid as a “crime,” pledging to end The presence of international coalition forces through dialogue in the joint bilateral committee.
However, Al-Sudani, despite the many strong statements made in the past few days, sent a soothing message to the United States when he told Reuters that the upcoming talks to negotiate an end to the presence of forces in Iraq do not mean the end of the partnership between Iraq and the international coalition, but rather the beginning. For bilateral relations between Iraq, the United States, and other countries, including security relations.
The report continued that the next few months will reveal whether the Iraqi government intends to adhere to the position announced by Al-Sudani and whether he will submit a formal request to withdraw American forces, or whether his statement, as skeptics claim, was made for the purpose of local consumption.
The report concluded by saying that it is difficult to explain the failure of American officials, who stress that the presence of American forces in Iraq is based on an invitation from the Iraqi government, to see the irony in the collective condemnations of their actions issued by all parties of the Iraqi leadership.
The report continued, saying that at the same time, it is also difficult to explain the reason for the failure of the Iraqi government, which confirms the protection of its “guests” from the American forces from attacks launched by the factions. The government describes them as belonging to the Iraqi security forces, which are supposed to operate according to the powers granted by them. They have a supreme leader.
The American report concluded by saying that the time has come for the governments of Iraq and the United States to review their commitments and fulfill them, instead of mixing partnership with aggression.
shafaq.com
"RV UPDATE" BY GOLDILOCKS, 18 JAN
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"Federal bank regulatory agencies announced today that they will extend until January 16, 2024, the comment period on their large bank capital proposal (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/09/18/2023-19200/regulatory-capital-rule-large-banking-organizations-and-banking-organizations-with-significant) to increase the strength and resilience of the banking system."
Do you remember this article back in October the 20th of 2023? Well, we have reached this benchmark. Today, we will begin the process of utilizing and adjusting Capital requirements in gold to be infused into the new digital economy as needed until we reach the March 11th, 2024 deadline whereby old money will no longer be supplied for the new economy. This was stated last week in a recent article.
In other words, we are in transition from the old Financial system to the new one whereby the injection of real values will be injected into our new economy until we are fully transitioned. OCC Link
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Iraq’s financial revenues exceed 121 trillion dinars in 11 months, 18 JAN
Iraq’s financial revenues exceed 121 trillion dinars in 11 months, 18 JAN
Shafaq News/ The Ministry of Finance revealed, on Wednesday, that the volume of Iraqi revenues in the federal budget during 11 months exceeded 121 trillion dinars, confirming that the oil contribution to the budget had risen to 93%.
Shafaq News Agency followed the data and tables issued by the Ministry of Finance this January, for the 11-month accounts of the last fiscal year, which showed that oil is still the main resource for Iraq’s general budget, reaching 93%, which indicates that the rentier economy is the basis for the budget. General countries.
The financial tables indicated that the total revenues up to the month of November of last year amounted to 121 trillion, 214 billion, 907 million, 87 thousand and 408 dinars, after excluding transfer revenues, which amounted to one trillion, 438 billion, 122 million and 744 thousand dinars, indicating that the total expenditures with advances amounted to 98 trillion 727 billion 745 million 419 thousand dinars.
According to the financial tables, oil revenues amounted to 112 trillion and 665 billion and 1 million and 402 thousand dinars, which constitute 93% of the general budget, while non-oil revenues amounted to 8 trillion and 549 billion and 504 million and 931 thousand dinars.
Meanwhile, economic expert Muhammad Al-Hassani considered, in an interview with Shafaq News Agency, that “the decrease in oil’s contribution to the general budget is a positive factor,” adding that “the decrease was not significant and that it came as a result of the decrease in oil prices in global markets.”
He added, “Oil prices decreased significantly, which affected Iraq’s general budget,” stressing that “oil prices are subject to global fluctuations.”
He pointed out that “the Iraqi government must take advantage of the financial abundance in the budget by developing the economic and agricultural sectors to reduce dependence on oil.”
The Prime Minister’s Advisor for Financial Affairs, Mazhar Muhammad Salih, confirmed in March 2021, in an interview with Shafaq News Agency, that the reasons for the economy remaining rentier are due to wars and the imposition of the economic blockade on Iraq during the past era and the political conflicts we are witnessing today, which led to… Dispersal of economic resources.
The Iraqi state’s continued reliance on oil as the sole source of the general budget puts Iraq at risk from the global crises that occur from time to time because oil is affected by them, which makes the country turn every time to cover the deficit through borrowing from abroad or within, and thus indicates the inability to Managing state funds effectively, and the inability to find alternative financing solutions.
shafaq.com
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