Shafaq News/ On Saturday, Iraqi authorities decided to close one of the fortified gates of the Green Zone, which houses the US Embassy in Baghdad.
A security source told Shafaq News Agency, “Al-Alawi Gate No. 9 has been closed to civilian traffic, and entry will be restricted exclusively to holders of Green Zone badges.”
A few hours ago, hundreds of supporters of Shiite factions gathered near the entrance to the heavily fortified Green Zone near the Suspension Bridge in Baghdad, attempting to breach the Zone and storm the US Embassy to express their anger over the assassination of Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah.
In this context, an informed source told our agency, “Directives from the United States were issued this evening to its embassies in Iraq and Syria, raising the alert level in anticipation of any potential targeting.”
Earlier today, Hezbollah mourned Nasrallah who joined “the ranks of the great immortal martyrs he led for nearly 30 years, guiding them from victory to victory,” following an Israeli airstrike that struck a densely populated neighborhood in Beirut’s southern suburbs on Friday.
... as I mentioned before, that rate is tied to the per barrel of oil price selling by Iraq, not buying from Iraq, but selling from Iraq, and exporting to Egypt, to Turkey, to other countries that Iraq is exporting oil to it. So it’s tied to it. Now it’s fluctuating. If the high is down a little bit, it’s just something that’s a moving, moving number, a moving amount....
..So my point is, you’re gonna end up at the redemption center anyway, and if you have zim – nobody’s going to touch it except through Wells Fargo at the redemption centers. And let’s say we’ve got people that are in the hospital like we do with Tom. It could, they could take up 40, days for them to be able to still use the redemption centers.
So we’re going to set the appointment the best we can and try to get in there we can as soon as we can, sooner the better, because your Med bed appointment is predicated for the most part, on having gone through the redemption process once you get in there and talk to them about your dire Need, for example, in my case, or Tom’s case, or the fact that you have to have a medical problem, an issue, something needs to be resolved or fixed you have to do that and let them know that – in the redemption center when you go in and make your presentation –..
The head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party bloc in Kirkuk Provincial Council, Hassan Majeed, confirmed on Saturday the implementation of Article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution according to its legal paragraphs, which will contribute to solving many of the pending problems before conducting the population census in the province, noting that the bloc's attendance at the provincial council meetings is linked to a decision by the Federal Court.
Majeed told Shafaq News Agency, "Article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution is an article that was included in the constitution to find solutions for the disputed areas according to stages, which are compensation, normalization, and census, as there are hundreds of deportees to this day who have not received their financial compensation, and this means that there are matters that have not been fully implemented in Kirkuk and the rest of the areas in which demographic changes took place by the Baath government."
He stressed that "Kirkuk has matters that must be taken into consideration by the federal government, as the Kurds were displaced from it by previous governments and more than 4,500 Kurdish villages were destroyed in Kirkuk, its outskirts and the rest of the regions. This means that there are residents who left Kirkuk, and they must be returned to Kirkuk to become part of it, as they are its original inhabitants, for the purpose of including them in the census."
He added, "The population census is important for any country, including Iraq, because it provides a comprehensive information base for youth, women and children according to their ages, and determines poverty rates and the regions' need for services and projects. Through it, we know the numbers of residents, buildings and other matters, and this matter is important for everyone."
Regarding attending Kirkuk Provincial Council sessions, Majeed said, “The issue of our attendance at Kirkuk Provincial Council sessions is linked to a decision by the Federal Court, which is the final arbiter of the decision. There is a team representing the participants in the Kirkuk administration who say that the formation and contracting of the local government was legal, and there is a team in contrast who say that it is illegal, and the court’s decision is what will decide this matter.”
He stressed that "the members of the Democratic Bloc in the provincial council are committed to attending their work in the council and participating in receiving its clients, but they do not participate in the council sessions until the issue is resolved by the Federal Court."
The head of the third branch of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in Kirkuk, Mohammed Kamal, had demanded last Monday to postpone the population census in the province until Article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution is implemented.
Kamal said in a press conference attended by Shafaq News Agency, "Preparations for conducting the population census are necessary, but the situation in Kirkuk is different and the governorate is not prepared to conduct it. There are displaced people from Kirkuk in the cities of the Kurdistan Region, and in 1988 the Baathist regime demolished 4,500 Kurdish villages and deported their residents to the governorates of the Kurdistan Region."
Iraq conducted its last population census in 1987, in which all governorates participated, followed by the 1997 census, which was conducted without the participation of the governorates of the Kurdistan Region.
Over the past years, the country has relied on approximate statistical figures issued by unofficial institutions and research centers concerned with this matter, before the Ministry of Planning issued estimates in 2022 that the population of Iraq had reached more than 42 million people.
The census has been delayed over fears of politicization, and has been opposed by ethnic groups in disputed areas such as the Kurdish, Arab and Turkmen-populated city of Kirkuk, which is home to major oil fields, because it could reveal demographics that could undermine their political ambitions. LINK
So, the CBI has told us just recently that Electronic Banking is an important step in the currency reform and banking process, but we knew that didn’t we?
Next, the CBI then told us all about the success of initiative. See article titled – “CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES SUCCESS OF DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION PLAN IN IRAQ” WOW! WOW! WOW!
So what message is he trying to tell the Iraqi people? I do not think he is saying final success on that there is good success so far. Remember we were told the goal is about 80% of the working citizens. I quote from the article – “it clearly indicates the success of the digital transformation and electronic payment plan, and the percentage rose from 20 percent a few years ago to 48.5 percent”
Then also in today’s news, a parliamentary member comes out and says Iraq has a stable economy. I quote from the article – “PARLIAMENTARY FINANCE: IRAQ IS EXPERIENCING GOOD AND STABLE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS”. So then where is the project to delete the zeros? Didn’t Ali al-Alaq and others tell us that Iraq needed a stable economy to conduct the Project to Delete the Zeros? So they achieved it and now what?
Then also in today’s news they tell us and I quote from the article “
AN IMMINENT PROCESS TO CHANGE THE SKIN OF THE IRAQI DINAR.. REMOVING ZEROS WILL REVEAL THE EXTENT OF CURRENCY MANIPULATION”
Define Imminent: as an adjective, about to happen.
I believe they really meant Inevitable rather than Imminent. With Arabic to English translation meaning sometimes gets lost. But this is only my opinion and it could actually mean Imminent as I also believe we are in the final stretch leading to the Project to Delete the Zeros kicking off this fall between Nov and Dec we are very close to it now. Either way we are very close and they can’t hold off progress much longer. This project,as you know, will ready the economy for the reinstatement in early 2025. The reinstatement of the IQD will also facilitate the WTO accession, trade and coincides with the transition to the correspondent banking system will take place at the end of the year.
Define Inevitable: as an adjective, certain to happen; unavoidable:
I quote from the article titled “PRIME MINISTER: WE WILL SWITCH TO THE CORRESPONDENT BANKING SYSTEM TO CONDUCT 100% OF FOREIGN TRANSFERS BY EARLY 2025” – I quote from the article “Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said that Iraq will switch to a correspondent banking system to conduct 100% of foreign transfers early next year.
Al-Asadi: We call on citizens to invest in the retirement and social security law
During his visit to Najaf Governorate today, Saturday, September 24, 2024, the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, Mr. Ahmed Al-Asadi, called on citizens to invest in the Retirement and Social Security Law and expedite registration for optional insurance.
Al-Asadi announced the completion of the procedures for issuing smart cards to more than 17,074 new families during the opening of schools designated for people with special needs.
During the visit, he explained a number of measures regarding what the ministry has accomplished:
* Issuing smart cards to 13,498 people with disabilities and special needs.
* Completion of the smart card for children with diabetes, amounting to 3496.
* Completion of the smart card for 80 orphans, and they will receive the cash assistance next Tuesday, corresponding to 10-1-2024.
* The number of those included in Najaf Governorate reached more than 110,594 families.
* 2,433 new families from Najaf Governorate were included, and smart cards were issued to more than 1,226 families in Najaf, and they will receive the aid next Tuesday.
* We have completed the transfer of more than 12,000 social protection beneficiaries to the Ministry of Interior, including 998 beneficiaries from Najaf Governorate.
* Today we opened Elia Elementary School for Special Education in Najaf Governorate.
* Today we opened the main reception hall for beneficiaries in the Women's Social Protection Department.
* Today we opened the safe environment hall for raising children in the Women's Social Protection Department.
* We opened electronic inquiries and a central computer room for the Social Protection Department for Men.
* We have directed to take rapid measures to facilitate the granting of loans.
* We directed the Disability Rights Commission to open more than one new medical committee in the governorate.
* We directed to focus on opening new sub-committees for social protection in the governorate. link
