Monday, May 27, 2024
Iraqi group spokesman says a "shared command center" runs multinational operations against Israel, 27 MAY
Iraqi group spokesman says a "shared command center" runs multinational operations against Israel
Shafaq News/ A spokesperson for an Iraqi paramilitary group on Sunday said a "joint command center" organizes and coordinates attacks from different countries against Israel.
After more than seven months of war in Gaza, the mediators have struggled to secure a breakthrough, with Israel seeking the release of hostages held by Hamas and Hamas seeking an end to the war and a release of Palestinian prisoners in Israel.
Israel began the operation in response to Hamas-led militants attacking communities near Gaza on Oct. 7, killing around 1,200 and seizing more than 250 hostages, according to Israeli tallies. Nearly 36,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's offensive.
Leaders of Iran-backed paramilitary groups gathered in Tehran last Thursday to discuss ongoing strategies against Israel, amid escalating tensions in the Gaza Strip. The meeting, which took place three days prior, was confirmed by Hussein al-Mousawi, spokesperson for the Iraqi armed group Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba in a statement to Shafaq News Agency.
Al-Mousawi said that the assembly, involving factions from Palestine, Lebanon, Yemen, and Iraq, was not initially intended to focus on a specific agenda but occurred alongside the memorial service for Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash in northwestern Iran.
"The coordination among these factions has been at a high level since the beginning of al-Aqsa Flood operation," said al-Mousawi. "Decisions are made based on two approaches: individual tactical assessments by each faction and a unified stance against Israel."
The meeting saw the presence of high-profile figures, including General Hossein Salami, Commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and General Esmail Qaani, head of the IRGC's elite Quds Force. Among the attendees were Naim Qassem, Deputy Secretary-General of Lebanon's powerful group, Hezbollah; Ismail Haniyeh, Qatar-based Chief of Hamas' Political Bureau; and Mohammed Abdul Salam, a representative of Yemen's Houthi movement. Representatives from other Palestinian factions such as the Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine also participated.
Iran's Tasnim News Agency reported that the meeting touched on the latest developments in Gaza, affirming a commitment "to continue escalation until achieving victory".
The leaders, according to al-Mousawi, laid emphasis on "daily communication and operational coordination" through "a shared command center involving factions from multiple countries."
The meeting, he said, reiterated a "collective resolve" to maintain military pressure on Israel, reflecting a broader strategy across the region's "resistance axis" to support the Palestinian resistance groups in Gaza.
"RV UPDATE" BY POMPEYPETER, 27 MAY
PompeyPeter
The contracts are done in the country they're done with. If contracts are being done with Italy, France, Germany, they're in Euros. Great Britain, they're in pounds. U.S. obviously dollars...When the rate changes that's when the Iqd rate to the equivalence of the local currency becomes relevant. In other words, they're not going to be paid at 1310.
If for one second the new rate had been shown the Council of Ministers, the parliamentary Finance Committee or the House of Representatives we would have heard them singing and dancing and cheering from Iraq. We certainly would have seen it from the CBI first.
What happened then?
...As they've said, the amendments were viewed and passed by the Council of Ministers, the amendments of the 2024 budget were then passed to HOR via the Parliamentary Finance Committee...We definitely know the rate hasn't been exposed.
Sudanese Lassakhart: Demand to end UNAMI work for political and security stability in Iraq, 27 MAY
Sudanese Lassakhart: Demand to end UNAMI work for political and security stability in Iraq
Prime Minister Mohammed Shiaa Al-Sudani, on Sunday, informed the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Iraq, Jinin Plaskhart, on the occasion of the end of her duties, why Iraq requested the end of {UNAMI} work in the country.
A statement by the Prime Minister’s Office, a copy of which was received by {Euphrates News}, said that during the meeting, Al-Sudani expressed the government’s appreciation for its efforts throughout its work in Iraq.”
He pointed out that the request to end the work of the UNAMI mission comes based on the political and security stability witnessed by Iraq, and the progress it has made in several fields, pointing to the continuation of the Iraqi government in cooperation with the international agencies of the United Nations, in accordance with the government program and its development objectives and at all levels and fields, especially with the progress made in the fields of economic reform and the reconstruction of infrastructure, and the growing capabilities of our armed forces of all types.
For its part, Blaskhart renewed its praise on the important steps and promising initiatives presented by Iraq during the last eighteen months, especially in the fields of service provision, infrastructure reconstruction and investment, plans to mitigate environmental impacts, and reduce dependence on imported fuel.
"RV UPDATE" BY BRUCE, 27 MAY
Bruce
[via WiserNow]
...We have Memorial Day on Monday -- It looks like we probably will not get...the 800 numbers to call in until Tuesday -- when everybody's back at the redemption centers back to the call centers. I believe we're gonna get those on Tuesday and exchange if we get them early enough, either on Tuesday afternoon or on Wednesday...That's where I've been led from these sources that we have.
[via WiserNow] ... the rates are moving in the direction that we actually expect them to be ...Rates are populating and...they were...moving at 90 miles an hour...I don’t know if we are going to have fixed rates when we go in or whether we're going to have variable rates because they're still being traded up or down...But whichever it is they're going to be...
very good. And I heard... that the contract rate on the dinar is going to be very very high... the contract rate is based on what a barrel of oil in Iraq can be sold to a buyer like Turkey who's buying oil by the barrel from Iraq, that created a...contract rate for us...So I think we're going to be very pleasantly surprised by that...we're looking forward to getting this very soon.
We know that...Iraq paid back the IMF – a loan that they got in 2003...that's when the new 25 10,000 5000 1000 dinar notes were printed. Our notes that we have now are printed starting in 2003. And they paid the IMF back at $8 billion against a loan Iraq received in 2003... Now, to do that, you had to have a revalued dinar...to make that doable...
the rates are actually on the ATM’s in Baghdad in airports and other places. So have they converted over to I think the new rate in country – yes... they're keeping it hidden until they're ready for everything to be released.
...we have about 17 - 18 currencies that are going up substantially in value. We know that you know that obviously dinar and Dong - Dong is one of those...
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