Mosul .. Iraqi forces predict the ‘big wins’ within hours
Spokesman for the Iraqi joint operations Yahya said Messenger Saturday that “the coming hours” could see a “great victories” of Iraqi forces on Daesh fighters in Mosul, pointing out that the liberalization of the west coast of the entire city is near.
He explained in an interview with The Messenger, “Radio Sawa” that progress datum Iraqi air cover as well as the international coalition aircraft, adding that “in the coming hours, there will be victories Bushra wed to the Iraqi people.”
Messenger confirmed that the Iraqi forces now control more than 60 percent of the west coast of the conductor, but he pointed out that the population density hinder progress troops participating in the liberation of the city operations.
The military spokesman said that Daesh suffering from a decline in his abilities and appeared “Menksra dramatically and clear. A defeat and dispersion of leadership after successful strikes Iraqi air forces and coalition aircraft.”
Source: Radio Sawa
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BGG (Dinar Guru) – Articles: “Mosul .. Iraqi forces predict the ‘big wins’ within hours” “Mosul war will end very soon .. and Abadi called on Iraqis in Germany to return to their homeland” “Jubouri Macgork: Today suitable conditions for a comprehensive national reconciliation” So there are a few juicy headlines… I am still amazed at everything going on over there – and people still (as late as last nite) e-mail me boo hooing about how it hasn’t happened yet. I just comment on it – the mass of incredible news is just stunning. Iraq is moving forward with great speed. [We haven’t had any formal news from the CBI over the last few weeks about the delete the zeroes program, are you still of the impression that they are going to go ahead once Mosul is finished?] I can only go by their most recent commentary – all looks good from what they have said. Once this security “check box” is filled – we’ll have to see what they do.
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Mohammed Saleh: The central bank has a big role to emerge from the financial crisis for the country
Economy News / Baghdad … Set up the House of Wisdom Department of Economic Studies panel scientific symposium, Thursday, on the implementation of private sector development in Iraq strategy requirements (2014 2030)
The seminar was attended by Dr. appearance of Mohammed Saleh financial advisor to the prime minister and professor Samir Nasiri, an economist and banking and a number of economists and bankers*
And Dr. appearance of Mohammed Saleh during the symposium on how strategic economic implement and apply them to the ground adding that the private sector is the backbone of the Iraqi economy and millions of citizens working within the private sector, calling out the importance of getting rid of the market gap through public sector cooperation and private in order to create a large market
He said Saleh, the Central Bank’s role in saving the country from the financial crisis through the development of fiscal policy uncle of the federal budget and noted that 70% of the domestic and foreign debt is under control
For his part, economist and banker Samir Nasiri said that the reason for the lack of implementation of the economic strategy to visualize the lack of a clear implementation stressing that there are significant challenges facing the banking sector in Iraq after the financial and security crisis in the country
He said that should the private banking sector support through the control of the parallel market of Babavin, brokers and banking companies because they are the main reason for the rise in foreign currency rates and the development of laws by selling the currency window.
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Maliki afraid of his trial and the inauguration of the new governor of the capital to fuel the conflict between him and the Sadrists
Raged differences within the National Alliance, a Shiite ruler, after the dismissal of the former Baghdad Governor Ali al-Tamimi and the election Atwan Atwani substitute, where the former governor Ali al-Tamimi belongs to the Sadrist movement block free, while the new governor belongs to the bloc coalition of state law, led by Nuri al-Maliki, who began the liquidation of political opponents during his bloc in parliament, where he has managed in the last period of the dismissal of a number of ministers and officials in the government as a kind of revenge for the lack of support for the third term of the former Prime Minister, Vice President of the Republic the current Nouri al-Maliki, and the latest was the governor of Baghdad, Ali al-Tamimi, who formed his dismissal pivotal point in Shiite conflict within the House.
He said members of the Council of Baghdad, said Atwani not a candidate for the post, and thus chosen is not illegal, as the Legal Committee emphasized that Atwani not nominate However past president of the Baghdad Provincial Council to vote despite the presence of problematic. Which means more conflict in the future and perhaps access to justice by arch rivals and more disagreements. This was confirmed by MP Hassan Khalati National Alliance, which revealed the existence of differences between the cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and the majority of the National Alliance blocks, which called for a boycott of the current meetings of the Council, and it remains isolated from the coalition blocks.
He Khalati told (Basenyoz) that what is happening between the Alliance and the Sadrists does not mean out of power from the coalition there is what brings us together, as well as the presence of other forces at work to reconcile between two disputing parties and to ease the conditions for access to the final version – in a veiled reference to Iran.
And on future alliances Khalati confirmed the presence of motionless among other blocs coalition blocs to form a common vision about the next election, and the National Alliance will seek to enter in one list.
But the facts on the ground indicate that large cracks between the Shiite house components, which seeks cleric Moqtada al-Sadr alliance with the civil power, which is leading the current protests with the leader of the Sadrist movement, and there were several meetings recently conducted by the chest with the leaders of the civil power is expected to produce a new coalition Sadrist trend graduated from the umbrella of the National Alliance.
And escalated in recent intensity of the conflict for the presidency of the National Alliance, despite receiving position by the current Zaamah Ammar al-Hakim, however, that there is a conflict hidden, according to a report of the Center for Future Studies, between state law, which does not recognize headed by Ammar al-Hakim, head of the National Alliance, in light of the vision of the coalition that He was entitled to the post of prime Alliance, and that the candidate leader of the Dawa Party and the head of the state law, the parliamentary Ali Adeeb was the best for the job, especially since the State of law coalition is the largest bloc within the National Alliance, also represents the largest force in parliament B93 seats out of 328.
The report pointed to what he called anti efforts to Nuri al-Maliki through the front, which recently formed from several deputies in addition to the deputies State of Law bloc, known parliamentary Front parliamentary reform last year formed, and includes about 150 deputies, mostly from Maliki’s coalition and his sympathizers, tried that block the dismissal of Prime parliament Salim al-Jubouri, as well as several interrogations resulted in the dismissal of defense Minister Khaled al-Obeidi and Finance Minister Hoshyar Zebari.
The report pointed out the differences between the “Moqtada al-Sadr” and “Nouri al-Maliki,” returned her nail into the coffin of the Shiite alliance, stressing that the two sides often met since 2014 on the exchange of accusations and criticisms about the reality in Iraq, especially after the storming of supporters of the Sadrist movement fortified Green Zone security, which shook the throne of the ruling Dawa party of Maliki recoils fiery remarks against the Sadrist movement, describing them Balgogaiaan, and outlaws.
The report revealed the existence of fears of the leader of the state law, Nuri al-Maliki of prosecutions, in light of recent calls by calling to account those involved in the fall of the city of Mosul fist Daesh, growing declarations in this regard, as well as the Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry into the fall of the city is the head of the security committee in parliament Iraqi governor Zamili, a Sadrist, so al-Maliki is always trying through his statements and his actions to draw attention to him and prove his position.
During the last period there has been a rapprochement between the Sadrists and the number of civil forces represent coordination of demonstrations and unify positions, which suggests an alliance is coming.
Meanwhile delegation from the Sadrist movement, with the leadership of the Iraqi Communist Party to strengthen cooperation and coordination in the demonstrations and peaceful protests, said a statement of the Communist Party that a delegation from the political body of the Sadrist movement visited Monday the headquarters of the Central Committee of the Iraqi Communist Party, and was greeted by party secretary Raed Fahmi delegation and his party.
The delegation visiting congratulations on the convening of the tenth National Party Congress and the election of Fahmy, secretary of the Central Committee, and wished him success in his work, while the circulation of the two delegations according to the statement “the political developments in the country.”
And on the political settlement of disputes internal National Alliance around a researcher Strategic Ihsan al-Shammari believes that the project is no longer his admissibility in the Iraqi street, especially, after the rejection of many of the parties have, if the alliance, which launched the initiative, all mass did not agree to the project, how ask the rest of the ingredients that endorse and support such projects, adding that this project revealed a sharp disagreement unspoken within the National Alliance blocks, where some of the blocks and approved the settlement and others are still refusing.
He said al-Shammari, told (Basenyoz) that the upcoming elections may see a new Iraqi blocs will appear for the yard, especially after the recent cracks witnessed by the masses.
The “historic compromise” project presented by the ruling coalition at a standstill without achieving any tangible results so far remains, and while the blocks have shown some response to this initiative put forward by third parties as a legitimate alternative.
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| Number of banks | 32 |
| Number of remittance companies | 11 |
| Auction price selling dinar / US$ | 1182 |
| Auction price buying dinar / US$ | —– |
| Amount sold at auction price (US$) | 163,952,356 |
| Amount purchased at Auction price (US$) | —– |
| Total offers for buying (US$) | 163,952,356 |
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Maliki preparing a coup to topple al-Abadi
Haroun Mohammed – Opinion Piece – It is no longer a whisper as it was in the past, since the weeks of political and parliamentary circles in Iraq is concerned, trading news that the Dawa party leader and head of a coalition of state law , Nuri al – Maliki, is ready to remove Haider al – Abadi for prime minister to replace him, which is waiting for the end of the battle of the left pane of Mosul, and the exploitation of preoccupation with the joint forces and units of the fight against terrorism and pieces of pro – army of servants, to complete the liberation of the city and keeping the land in which, to strike was blocked by two contexts: parliamentary and military, is being prepared for them rapidly through the organization of meetings and the holding of new alliances and political polarization.
The Parliamentary context , to mobilize the largest number of MPs, would agree to withdraw confidence from Haider al – Abadi and bring down his government in accordance with the so – called “political majority”, after al – Maliki succeeded during the last six months to fortify his coalition “state law” and prevent his deputies leak toward the pavilion or team Abadi, and attract deputies Patriotic Union of Kurdistan ( PUK ) and the movement for change and the group Islamic Kurdish, and the alliance with Saleem al – Jubouri and his new party “civil Rally for reform” and cooperation with the “solution” bloc headed by Jamal Karbouli, add to them a ten deputies from the system , ” the year – Maliki , ” and thus be a leader Dawa Party has ensured a majority of parliamentary and political comfortable, paving the way for his return to the presidency of the Council of Ministers and the formation of a new government will be the first tasks, encircling the Sadrist movement led by Muqtada al – Sadr , a Shiite, and the isolation of the block “united” and its president , Osama Najafi , a Sunni, and the weakening of the Kurdistan Democratic Party , headed by Massoud Barzani , a Kurd.
As for the other parties and blocs, such as the Supreme Council led by Ammar al – Hakim, and the Virtue Party , led by Mohammed al – Yacoubi, and a coalition of “Iraq” led by Iyad Allawi, Maliki is optimistic and says , “they are free to” give them the Ministry of “fatty”, ministries, and will come Mhrawlin.
With regard to the military context to be adopted by Nuri al – Maliki in the implementation of the scheme, who shall move the popular crowd forces and packaged so as to ensure the success of his coup after being practically become, head of the political wing of the crowd, as described by former MP Hassan Alawi, who believes that al – Maliki is coming, if you do not not now, in the next election strongly crowd strike and its votes, estimated by one million votes, especially since the crowd leaders managed by threats and pressure to convert their factions than just armed militias outside the law and the Constitution, to the official military institution public and political parties, enjoying the benefits and privileges and powers more than defense and interior ministries and greater than the combined forces and anti – terrorist units, the defendants that the Americans were founded by and chose their leaders and trail Anazarema.
Although Abadi , not far from the al – Maliki moves, and knows that the latter is restless and settle down , but his return to power again, but it is in an enviable position, as running silent again, and hints firmness at times, but in both cases can not take decisive action to restrict Maliki movement and prevent him from proceeding with his plans coup, for fear of a clash with the consequent repercussions on the volatile political scene.
Valebadi acknowledges that it is exposed to the attack say it is unfair and aimed at spoiling his government and embarrass him personally and hindered the implementation of the reforms the looks of it, is aware in advance that al – Maliki stalked him and he goes to jamming on his performance and show it as prime minister is weak. But the problem lies in his personality Abadi confused that lack of confrontation, and is well aware of the serious threat to his political future, which allowed the owners to play in the arena in accordance with the wishes and choices freely without the fear of one. This was evident last week when advocating his supporters Party instigated in Kut to receive Abadi , who visited the university, with shouts of prey, and leveled the Sadrist trend , which hastened its leader , Muqtada al – Sadr, to repudiate them praising Lakedr Abadi , describing him as a man of reform and the only term for corruption offenses, in response clear, it refuted the accusations of al – Maliki, and the granting of Abadi dose of support and assistance, and space to think about taking steps to help him curb his opponents revealed their purposes, but did not invest dose and leeway to serve his position, remained hesitant waiting respite will not come.
Since taking Abadi as prime minister in September 2014 events proved that al – Maliki indefatigable, organized in his approach to besiege Abadi and fabricating crises in front of his government and entered into the dangerous areas. For example , recently unveiled contacts made the call with the leadership of the “Bi Ka Ka” Turkish Kurdish party concentrated in Sinjar , west of Mosul , the party leader, and there are unconfirmed reports that the PKK fighters, paid a monthly salary of the popular crowd budget and receiving weapons and military equipment from its warehouse information. The goal of al – Maliki and clear, and is straining the Iraqi – Turkish relations , which subsided visit Ben Ali Yildirim , Turkish Prime Minister to Baghdad last month , and the success of his talks with al – Abadi. Maliki is himself, not others, instructed his ally , the National Union Party to take over the North Oil Company in Kirkuk, also said Kurdish MP Biriwan Khilani, to prevent the flow of Iraqi oil to the Turkish port of Ceyhan, and pave the way for implementation of the project Kirkuk oil transport through the territory of Iran and ports.
Maliki does not want to Ebadi to continue as prime minister until the next parliamentary elections in April 2018, and attributed to him in a meeting with the leaders of the crowd in his office, was devoted to discuss the political issue of the majority, saying that al – Abadi “Sbiana” If the elections were held under the current government, and this transfer speech – to – Abadi from several sources. But the latter is still the illusion that Washington and reference Najaf with him, and violations that trigger undermine his government, even though he knows that Maliki can change his skin at any moment, because it is without principles or political and moral value.
Mosul war will end very soon .. and Abadi called on Iraqis in Germany to return to their homeland
Called on Prime Minister Haider al – Abadi, Saturday, Iraqis who fled to Germany to seek asylum to return to their homeland, while noting that the war in Mosul will end very soon.
Ebadi said in an interview with the newspaper ‘Bild’ German edition of the day, that ‘in our interest to our citizens come back, do not want to be forced to leave the country and become refugees’, stating ‘We are returning the reconstruction of areas and we want to enable people to live here again.’
In response to a question on whether it calls its own citizens in Germany to return, Abadi , ‘Yes, I do , he said, they have to return, this is in our interest. ”
He predicted Abadi output regulation ‘Daesh’ of Mosul soon, saying that ‘ the war in Mosul will end very soon, and we arrived in the western part to the almost center of the city’, pointing out that the ‘process is very successful and the enemy either escape or be killed, and that troops wipe out the entire organization and will spend Once the ideology disarm the alleged control of the capital. ‘
And on whether the Iraqi government is able to provide security for citizens, Abadi said , ‘Look at what is happening in Mosul, expunged terrorism’, pointing out that ‘ the citizens they can return.’
Alsharqiaa.com
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The following .PDF is the review by RCookie of the IMF board’s publishing of Iraq’s SBA (excellent info) – He would have wanted you all to have it.. posting the whole .PDF was the only way to get it on here. Enjoy. BGG
Robert Cook CSW CSS CBP CST CTC
Iraq:
IMF EXECUTIVE BOARD COMPLETES FIRST REVIEW IRAQ’S STAND-BY ARRANGEMENT (45 pages…)
IS leader Baghdadi abandons Mosul fight to field commanders, U.S. and Iraqi sources say
By Isabel Coles, John Walcott and Maher Chmaytelli | MOSUL, IRAQ/WASHINGTON
U.S. and Iraqi officials believe the leader of Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has left operational commanders behind with diehard followers to fight the battle of Mosul, and is now hiding out in the desert, focussing mainly on his own survival.
It is impossible to confirm the whereabouts of the Islamic State “caliph”, who declared himself the ruler of all Muslims from Mosul’s Great Mosque after his forces swept through northern Iraq in 2014.
But U.S. and Iraqi intelligence sources say an absence of official communication from the group’s leadership and the loss of territory in Mosul suggest he has abandoned the city, by far the largest population centre his group has ever held.
He has proved to be an elusive target, rarely using communication that can be monitored, and moving constantly, often multiple times in one 24-hour cycle, the sources say.
From their efforts to track him, they believe he hides mostly among sympathetic civilians in familiar desert villages, rather than with fighters in their barracks in urban areas where combat has been under way, the sources say.
ISOLATED
At the height of its power two years ago, Islamic State ruled over millions of people in territory running from northern Syria through towns and villages along the Tigris and Euphrates river valleys to the outskirts of Baghdad in Iraq.
U.S.-backed Iraqi forces began an operation five months ago to recapture Mosul, a city at least four times the size of any other the group has held. The biggest battle in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion of 2003, it has been slow going, in part because hundreds of thousands of civilians remain in harm’s way.
The 100,000-strong Iraqi force fully captured the eastern half of Mosul in January, and commanders began an operation to cross the Tigris and take the western half last month. Progress has since been steady and the coalition says its victory is now inevitable, which would dismantle the caliphate in Iraq.
The intelligence sources point to a sharp drop in Islamic State postings on social media as evidence that Baghdadi and his circle have become increasingly isolated.
Baghdadi himself has not released a recorded speech since early November, two weeks after the start of the Mosul battle, when he called on his followers to fight the “unbelievers” and “make their blood flow as rivers.”
Since then, sporadic Islamic State statements mention attacks carried out by suicide bombers at various locations in Iraq and Syria, but place no particular emphasis on Mosul, despite the city being the main centre of fighting.
Neither Baghdadi nor any of his close aides released any comment on the fall of the eastern part of the city in January.
The group’s presence on Telegram, a social media network that had become its main platform for announcements and speeches, has tapered off. The coalition estimates that Islamic State activity on Twitter has fallen by 45 percent since 2014, with 360,000 of the group’s Twitter accounts suspended so far and new ones usually shut down within two days.
“GAME IS UP”
In what is likely to be a major symbolic victory for the U.S.-backed Iraqi forces, they are now closing in on the area around Mosul’s Great Mosque on the western bank of the Tigris, where Baghdadi proclaimed his caliphate.
More than half of the 6,000 jihadists left to defend the city have been killed, according to Hisham al-Hashimi, the author of the book “World of Daesh”, who also advises the Iraqi government. Daesh is an Arabic acronym for Islamic State.
U.S. commanders sound upbeat and say the battle for the city is now in a late stage.
“The game is up,” U.S. Air Force Brigadier General Matthew Isler told Reuters at the Qayyara West Airfield south of Mosul, adding that some of Islamic State’s foreign fighters are trying to leave the city.
Those left behind to fight, mostly Iraqis, are putting up a “very hard fight” on the tactical level but they are no longer an integrated force, as coalition air strikes took out command and control centres, car bombs and weapon caches, he said.
“They have lost this fight and what you’re seeing is a delaying action,” he said.
Although the loss of Mosul would effectively end Islamic State’s territorial rule in Iraq, U.S. and Iraqi officials are preparing for the group to go underground and fight an insurgency like the one that followed the U.S.-led invasion.
The “caliphate” as a state structure would end with the capture of Raqqa, its de facto capital in Syria, possibly later this year.
Raqqa is far smaller than Mosul, but mounting operations against Islamic State in Syria has been trickier than in Iraq, because the group’s many Syrian enemies have mostly been pre-occupied fighting among themselves in a civil war since 2011.
Nevertheless, Islamic State has faced setbacks in Syria over the past year against three main foes: U.S.-backed Kurdish and Arab militias, the Russian-backed Syrian army, and mainly Sunni Muslim Syrian rebels backed by Turkey.
The last official report about Baghdadi was from the Iraqi military on Feb. 13. Iraqi F-16s carried out a strike on a house where he was thought to be meeting other commanders, in western Iraq, near the Syrian border, it said.
Baghdadi, an Iraqi whose real name is Ibrahim al-Samarrai, is moving in a remote, mostly-desert stretch populated exclusively by Sunni Arab tribes north of the Euphrates river, according to Hashimi.
The area stretches from the town of Baaj, in northwestern Iraq, to the Syrian border town of Albu Kamal on the Euphrates.
“It’s their historic region, they know the people there and the terrain; food, water and gasoline are easy to get, spies are easier to spot” than in crowded areas, he said.
The U.S. government has had a joint task force to track down Baghdadi which includes special operations forces, the CIA and other U.S. intelligence agencies as well as spy satellites of the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency.
But Baghdadi seems to have learnt the lessons from the 2011 capture and killing of Osama bin Ladin, and relies on multiple couriers and not just one, unlike the al Qaeda founder, say U.S. intelligence sources.
He also switches cars during trips, a lesson learnt from the 2011 drone strike that killed Anwar al-Awlaki, an al Qaeda figure in Yemen.
Baghdadi has not publicly appointed a successor, but Iyad al-Obaidi, also known as Fadel Haifa, a security officer under former dictator Saddam Hussein, is known to be the de facto deputy, according to Iraqi intelligence sources.
More than 40 leading members of the group have been killed in coalition air strikes, but the insurgency is likely to continue even if Mosul is captured and Baghdadi and his aides are killed, according to Iraqi security experts.
“There will be other commanders rising because the structure of the organisation remains,” said Fadhil Abu Ragheef, an Iraqi security expert specialised in IS affairs.
(Reporting by Isabel Coles in Mosul, John Walcott in Washington and Maher Chmaytelli in Baghdad; writing by Maher Chmaytelli; additional reporting by Mohammed el-Sherif in Cairo and Kylie MacLellan in London; Editing by Samia Nakhoul and Peter Graff)
Source: http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-mideast-crisis-iraq-baghdadi-idUKKBN16F1CG?rpc=401&
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