State of law: The new American ambassador violated Iraqi sovereignty before her arrival
6-15-2024
State of law - The new American ambassador violated Iraqi sovereignty before her arrivalInformation/private..
A member of the State of Law coalition, Haider Al-Lami, said on Saturday that the new candidate to assume the position of US ambassador to Iraq violated Iraqi sovereignty before assuming the position.
Al-Lami said in a statement to the Maalouma Agency, “American interference in internal affairs is rejected, especially the statements of the new candidate to assume the position of American ambassador to Iraq,” considering them a “violation of Iraqi sovereignty.”
He added, “The new ambassador’s statements are provocative to Iraqi political circles and must receive a direct response,” noting that “the presence of the Islamic resistance is an Iraqi choice, and the new candidate cannot change its course.”
He continued, “The American candidate, Tracy Jacobson, has not yet assumed the position of American ambassador to Iraq and is making violations and provocative statements.”
It is noteworthy that the new candidate for the position of US ambassador to Iraq, in her speech before the US Senate, attacked the Iraqi resistance factions, promising to end them as soon as she assumed the position.
...the economic and financial advisor to the Prime Minister, Mazhar Muhammad Saleh, proposed an “unusual” idea to establish a sovereign wealth fund. ...Unlike the CBI reserves that are mandated by the IMF to cover the government expenses in time of emergencies, the SWF is more flexible and gives an additional pad of money for stability and security. This fund will also cut down the reliance on oil revenue and help them move more quickly out of the rentier economy. WOW!
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...Just look at all the progress made just since December 2022 when Iraq announced they were finally entirely out of Chapter VII. And now the spigot is wide open...the final issues preventing the reinstatement are being dealt with one by one...my contact in the CBI told me there is a very high probability that we would see the currency swap out in this month of June and so we watch and wait.
...Iraq’s exit from the list of “high-risk countries" ...was officially announced by the International Task Force (FATF) last week.
Yes, “the writing is on the wall” now as this is the BEST news...Iraq’s exit from the list of high-risk countries could not get any better. They are slowly clearing the way to the reinstatement, one obstacle at a time...They were not about to release the currency back to FOREX with this in place...WOW! WOW! WOW! news for us today.
Biden is preparing a new anti-Tehran ambassador to Iraq
6-16-2024
Biden is preparing a new anti-Tehran ambassador to IraqUS President Joe Biden’s nominee for the position of ambassador to Iraq, Tracy Jacobson, surprised official and political Iraqi circles with unusual statements about Iranian influence and militias loyal to Tehran. Jacobson presented her opening speech before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, and expressed her gratitude to President Biden and the Secretary of State for their confidence in her nomination. For this “vital position”.
It seems that the new ambassador, who will succeed another controversial ambassador, Elena Romanski, wanted to enter the Iraqi scene directly regarding the Iranian file. Jacobson confirmed that she will work closely with the committee to promote American interests in Iraq.
She said: “Our army provides vital support to the Iraqi security forces and the Peshmerga in the Kurdistan region. Ten years after our forces returned to Iraq to fight ISIS, it is time for our army to move into a new role. “I will ensure that any transition from Operation Inherent Resolve to a bilateral security arrangement is directed toward defeating ISIS and ensuring Iraq’s security.”
Jacobson stressed the importance of Iraq strengthening its relations with its neighbors, noting the positive steps taken by the Sudanese Prime Minister in this direction.
Jacobson pointed out that the presence of economic development, and a government capable of providing services to its people, reduces the attraction of terrorism, and also reduces the influence of militias allied with Iran, which pose a great danger to the future of the country. Iran is a “malignant actor”
and she said, “Iran is a malicious actor in Iraq.” “It is destabilizing to the region, and we realize that the main threat to Iraq is the militias allied with Iran.”
Observers believe that Jacobson’s appointment may mean a new path for American policy in conjunction with the transition of the security relationship after the international coalition to a sustainable security partnership, according to Iraqi government statements.
Since assuming office about two years ago, Al-Sudani wanted the relationship with the countries of the coalition against ISIS to be governed by a new equation different from what it was before.
At the beginning of this year, Al-Sudani announced the end of the international coalition’s mission and the transformation of relations between his countries and Iraq into bilateral relations. He also agreed with President Joe Biden in Washington to reactivate the strategic framework agreement between the two countries signed in 2008, which was ratified by the Iraqi parliament.
At a time when Sudanese made pledges to the parties demanding the withdrawal of the Americans from Iraq as occupying forces to end this presence in stages in accordance with the “Strategic Framework” agreement, it appears that the armed factions loyal to Iran were not convinced by all these pledges, because they have another strategy in dealing with the Americans that is not in In light of the nature of the Iraqi-American relationship, but rather in light of the critical balance between Washington and Tehran.
At the beginning of the American occupation of Iraq in 2003, Washington sent an ambassador, acting as governor-general, whose entire experience was combating terrorism, which did not pose a threat when the previous regime fell. He was Paul Bremer.
Although Bremer continued to rule Iraq for a full year, while it was governed in form by a ruling council composed of the so-called founding fathers of the post-Saddam Hussein regime.
While Bremer wanted to use his experience in combating terrorism, when he left the country in 2004, clouds of terrorist movements were clouding over the skies of Iraq, and he was replaced by a Muslim ambassador of Afghan origin, Zalmay Khalilzad, who quickly entered the power equation in a country that had just begun to share positions along sectarian lines. (Sunni – Shiite) and ethnic (Arab – Kurdish) without being able to achieve any progress at the level of strengthening constitutional institutions.
During the following years, Washington sent many ambassadors to Baghdad, none of them left an imprint in the context of relations between the two countries, while the matter differed with Romanski, and it is about to be more different with the next ambassador.
In this context, Yassin Al-Bakri, professor of political science at Al-Nahrain University, told Asharq Al-Awsat, “The new ambassador’s mission will be to arrange the transition in the security relationship and arrange the roles assigned to Washington, and she will try to gain the largest space of freedom of movement for Washington’s goals, while the confrontation between Washington and And Tehran is putting more pressure on its arms in Iraq.
When they load or if they have loaded them up [new ATMs], the note count has already been determined. The note count for each individual machine has already been accounted for...These machines will be the state of the art...State of the art has nothing to do with a program rate. If it was they would have had the state-or-the-art with the program rate for the last 20 years...
The CBI is desperately trying to put out the least amount of currency at the onset before they release the new exchange rate. Because once they do this, if needed, they will be able to add to this note count as the value is needed.
These ATM machines have the capability to recognize the lower denoms that are soon to be passed out to the citizens in order to add value to their currency and to go hand in hand with a new exchange rate of the lower notes...These ATM machines have the software for the lower notes. But does it have the lower notes in these ATM machines? It is unknown...Since April there have been thousands of these ATMs being put out...
Question: "Do these ATM machines have the lower notes
?" Software definitely. [I'll] text Aki [Walkingstick's Iraqi Bank friend] about the notes.
Don't be dismayed if the rate is still the same in the budget when it comes out on Saturday...because Sudani is dealing with this [57 trillion] thievery...He could release an "operational" budget. [Iraqi bank friend Aki - highest level banking meeting update] Sudani is putting contracts in place to be implement inside of Iraq. Sudani has been doing this with thousands of contracts. "In the coming days" is what they told us that these contracts will be fulfilled in IQDs for most of the budget's proje...FOR READ MORE:
[Iraqi bank friend Aki - highest level banking meeting update]
Sudani is putting contracts in place to be implement inside of Iraq. Sudani has been doing this with thousands of contracts. "In the coming days" is what they told us that these contracts will be fulfilled in IQDs for most of the budget's projects...Those contracts will be fulfilled for their value but paid in IQD's only.
----- [Information from Iraq bank owner #1 friend] Ever since Sudani came back from Washington DC the government of Iraq...has been in the process of making...videos, commercials, advertising. Sudani has been doing this on behalf of the executive level of all the pr...for read more:
A law explaining Iraq’s right to reject the American ambassador
6-16-2024
A law explaining Iraqs right to reject the American ambassadorInformation/private..
Legal expert Ali Al-Tamimi explained on Sunday that Iraq has the right to refuse to accept unwanted ambassadors, due to statements that threaten civil peace within the host country.
Al-Tamimi said in a statement to Al-Maalouma Agency, “The new candidate to assume the position of American ambassador in Baghdad has violated many diplomatic norms in her recent statements,” noting that “Iraq has the right to reject her and not allow her to come to Baghdad in accordance with the 1961 Vienna Treaty, Article 9.” “.
He continued, “Many articles of the Vienna Treaty talked about the same subject, including Article 9 and Article 40, as well as Article 41,” pointing out that “Iraq has the right to this file according to the Vienna Treaty and the US-Iraqi strategic agreement in 2008.”
Article 9 of the treaty stipulates that any host state may, at the time it wishes and for any reason, announce the result that a member of the diplomatic corps within its territory is not desirable for his presence in the country, and obliges the sending state to recall him within an acceptable short period of time. If this is not done That persona non grata may lose his diplomatic immunity with the host state itself.