Iraq, US in talks to keep American troop presence after IS
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi is in talks with the Trump administration to keep American troops in Iraq after the fight against the Islamic State group in the country is concluded, according to a U.S. official and an official from the Iraqi government.
Both officials underlined that the discussions are ongoing and that nothing is finalized.
But the talks point to a consensus by both governments that, in contrast to the U.S. withdrawal in 2011, a longer-term presence of American troops in Iraq is needed to ensure that an insurgency does not bubble up again once the militants are driven out.
“There is a general understanding on both sides that it would be in the long-term interests of each to have that continued presence. So as for agreement, yes, we both understand it would be mutually beneficial. That we agree on,” the U.S. official said.
Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations.
The talks involve U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis and Iraqi officials over “what the long-term U.S. presence would look like,” the American official said, adding that discussions were in early stages and “nothing has been finalized.”
U.S. forces in Iraq would be stationed inside existing Iraqi bases in at least five locations in the Mosul area and along Iraq’s border with Syria, the Iraqi government official said. They would continue to be designated as advisers to dodge the need for parliamentary approval for their presence, he said.
He said al-Abadi is looking to install a “modest” Iraqi military presence in Mosul after the fight against the Islamic State group is concluded along with a small number of U.S. forces. The forces would help control security in the city and oversee the transition to a political administration of Mosul, he said.
The U.S. official emphasized that there were no discussions of creating independent American bases in Iraq, as such a move would require thousands more personnel. He said the troops levels would be “several thousand … similar to what we have now, maybe a little more.”
Currently, the Pentagon has close to 7,000 U.S. troops in Iraq, many not publicly acknowledged because they are on temporary duty or under specific personnel rules. The forces include troops training Iraqi forces, coordinating airstrikes and ground operations, and special forces operating on the front lines.
The news comes as Iraqi forces are struggling to push IS fighters out of a cluster of neighborhoods in western Mosul that mark the last patch of significant urban terrain the group holds in Iraq, nearly three years after the militants overran nearly a third of the country.
Such an agreement would underscore how the fight against IS has drawn the U.S. into a deepening role in Iraq.
At the height of the surge of U.S. forces in 2007 to combat sectarian violence that nearly tore Iraq apart, there were about 170,000 American troops in the country. The numbers were wound down eventually to 40,000 before the complete withdrawal in 2011.
The U.S. intervention against the Islamic State group, launched in 2014, was originally cast as an operation that would largely be fought from the skies with a minimal footprint on Iraqi soil. Nevertheless, that footprint has since grown given Iraqi forces’ need for support.
During a visit to Iraq in February, Mattis and Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, described an enduring partnership between the U.S. and Iraq.
“I imagine we’ll be in this fight for a while and we’ll stand by each other,” Mattis said.
Townsend, who was standing by Mattis, declined to say how long the United States will stay in Iraq.
But, he said, “I don’t anticipate that we’ll be asked to leave by the government of Iraq immediately after Mosul.”
He added, “I think that the government of Iraq realizes their very complex fight, and they’re going to need the assistance of the coalition even beyond Mosul.”
The talks over a longer-term U.S. presence has greatly concerned Iran, which in turn is increasing support to some of Iraq’s Shiite militia forces, said Jafar al-Husseini, a representative from Kataib Hezbollah, an Iraqi Shiite militia group with close ties to Iran.
“Iraq’s security forces and the Popular Mobilization Forces (mostly Shiite militia groups) have the ability to protect (Iraq’s) internal roads and borders, so why is al-Abadi using American security partners?” al-Hussein asked.
Al-Abadi has long struggled to balance Iraq’s dependence on both the U.S. and Iran. Both countries are key security and economic partners for Iraq, yet are often at odds with each other when it comes to regional politics and security in the greater Middle East.
Over the nearly three-year-long fight against IS, Iraqi forces closely backed by the U.S.-led coalition have retaken some 65 percent of the territory the extremists once held in the country, according to the U.S.-led coalition.
But Iraq’s military is still in the process of rebuilding and reorganizing after it was largely gutted by widespread corruption under former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
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Kuwait sends 75 tons of food commodities to western Mosul residents
Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Kuwait has sent 75 tons of basic food commodities to several districts in the western flank of Mosul city, northern Iraq.
Speaking to the Kuwaiti news agency KUNA, Ismail abdul Aziz, of the Kurdish Barzani Charity Foundation, said 75 tons of the basic commodities are offered by the Kuwait Red Crescent Society to the freed regions in western Mosul.
The commodities included 2500 food baskets, each weighing 30 kilograms, abdul Aziz said. They included rice, flour, cooking oil and beans that cover needs of one family for two weeks.
The initiative, according to abdul Aziz, is a response to calls by human rights groups and residents who suffer acute shortage of food due to military offensives ongoing to liberate the city.
Several rights groups previously warned against aggravating crisis of the besieged residents in the west due to shortage of food, drinking water as spread of diseases.
A previous report by the Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights said quarter a million persons in Mosul have been living on grass as they ran out of food in light of ongoing military operations.
At least half a million persons have been displaced since Iraqi forces launched a major offensive to retake Mosul from IS fighters in October, according to the United Nations and Iraqi migration officials.
Read more: http://www.dinarupdates.com/showthread.php?48788-Kuwait-sends-75-tons-of-food-commodities-to-western-Mosul-residents
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Army forces uncover huge IS munition stash in Mosul
Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi army forces ran into a large weapons cache belonging to Islamic State militants in Mosul as operations proceed to clear the western side of the city.
Maj. Maan al-Saadi, a second special operations division commander, the army’s Counter-Terrorism Service, was quoted by Alsumaria News saying that a special force found the mini-factory in al-Yabessat district in western Mosul.
The finds included mortar missiles, rockets and rocket launchers, al-Saadi said.
Iraqi government forces recaptured eastern Mosul in January after three months of fighting, and claimed recently to control at least 70 percent of the western side of the city after a second phase of offensives launched in February.
Speaking in a weekly press conference late Tuesday, Prime Minister Haider alAbadi said his military commanders were ready with “new military plans” to recapture remaining cities in Nineveh from Islamic State militants.
Commanders from the U.S.-led coalition backing the Iraqi campaign against IS say there are less than 1000 militants in Mosul, while Iraqi generals believe the group holds less than seven percent of Iraqi territories.
The conflict has so far displaced 600.000 civilians, according to Iraqi government counts.
Read more: http://www.dinarupdates.com/showthread.php?48732-Army-forces-uncover-huge-IS-munition-stash-in-Mosul
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This is the date of declaration of the full liberation of Mosul
This is the date of declaration of the full liberation of Mosul Ayman.
The Ninewa Operations Command revealed today that the announcement of the liberation of the entire right coast of Mosul will be announced in a few days.
“A few hours apart the security forces from breaking into the remaining neighborhoods in the western axis and penetrating the central axis of Mosul to save civilians held by a terrorist in the areas under their control,” the commander of Nineveh operations, Maj. Gen. Najem Jubouri, said in a statement that ” Which arrived in the village of Hleileh and stationed with the forces of the anti-terrorism in the western axis will launch operations during the hours of the liberation of the areas of Musriva and Riffi and Tmuz and carpenter and remaining neighborhoods in the western axis
Jubouri said that “the federal forces moved into all neighborhoods of downtown Mosul with air support.”
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Security Advisor: big surprises awaiting ISIS in Iraq
Detect European Centre for counter terrorism Adviser Abdul Karim Khalaf, the Iraqi military preparations in preparation to launch new operations North and West of the upcoming right cutter for the connector, and among it will be the task of the army unit, stressing the need to accelerate the liberation of cities of Tal Afar walbaag and Kairouan.
Khalaf said the Iranian Fars agency withdrew that “there is a decision of the Supreme military command of security leaders in Nineveh requires willingness to open new fronts in military operations against cliques ISIS North and West of the city of Mosul, right cutter,” Noting “now being finalized by the army which would be anticipated operations”.
He continued after a slow advance “military units starting new operations, Ayman connector at this time specifically accelerates resolve battles left coast and opened the way for our troops toward the city center,” continue “select any time to resolve operations right side under new battles starting and many surprises awaiting ISIS.”
And about the conduct of military operations to the popular West Mosul crowd, among European Counterterrorism Center consultant that “hot spots where ISIS are the cities of Tal Afar walbaag and Kairouan in the Western side of the city and edited destroys the presence and power of ISIS in Mosul,” desert still in front of the crowd many battles within the Western-centred “, stressed” the need to liberate these cities because of their military importance to resolve fights over Mosul
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Open a new military front against ISIS West Mosul
Security forces opened Wednesday, a new military front in West Mosul, Nineveh Governorate.
And each agency sources said Iraq [where] “security forces opened a new front on the West side of Mosul, mshirfah area north of Mosul.
He noted that “terrorist ISIS gangs receive direct blows from a new front which accelerates the editing process”.
A number of field commanders confirmed that edit right side of Mosul city to be announced in three weeks, tops.
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Kaperoni (Dinar Guru) – Article: “Vice: oversees the United Nations five-year plan for economic development in Iraq” Quote: “this time is different from its predecessors, because the United Nations oversees this plan and has allocated a large sum for her, that’s why we think the success of this plan.” UN means the IMF and World Bank. We should be excited.
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Kaperoni (Dinar Guru) – Article: “Abadi: We prepare for the announcement of the great victory” Quote: “According to a statement to the Office of the Prime Media Minister, Abadi said, in his speech , a festival of national unity , which was held under the slogan ( the great victory on our way towards peace): «We are gearing up to announce a great victory, the biggest priority of peace...” Let’s hope so.
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An Iranian-Iraqi cooperation to implement projects within Iraq endeavouring
IRNA-Iran vulnerable institution agreed ‘ Mohamed Saidi KIA ‘ with Minister of construction and housing and the Iraqi public municipalities ‘ wholesome Osei ‘ cooperation on this Iranian institution affiliates in endeavouring to projects inside Iraq.
Speaking during a joint press conference with the Iraqi Minister, on Wednesday, the head of the Iranian establishment potential vulnerable institution and investment willingness to engage with the Iraqi side in various areas for reconstruction projects in this country.
He was a vulnerable institution able to do reconstruction areas liberated from the control of terrorism and all the projects proposed by the Ministry of housing
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The Iraqi Minister noted, to the Iranian side and potential energies in various reconstruction areas, including housing, water and sanitation, municipal services and building roads.
Osei Lady showed that the bilateral meeting today discussed ways of signing a memorandum of understanding for mutual cooperation on the resumption of the stalled projects and implement new projects and joint investments in this regard.
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Business Council in cooperation with internal organizing workshop for investor protection and investment projects
Iraqi National Business Council organized in cooperation with the Ministry of the Interior Tuesday, a workshop for investor protection and investment projects that serve the security in the country, among those present that there is close correlation between security and economy and investment.
According to a statement by the Ministry of the Interior received/balance news/copy, the “investor protection and investment projects serve the theme security throughout Iraq,” Noting that “the background to this subject the Iraqi National Business Council established in cooperation with the Ministry of Interior workshop”.
He added that “the workshop was held on Tuesday on the Iraqi National Business Council meetings under the auspices of the Ministry of the Interior and in the presence of advanced leadership cadre in the Ministry and in the presence of the President of the Parliamentary Commission of economy, investment and reconstruction and Services Committee Chairman Representative and a large number of men and women in business”,
For his part, Council President Daud Abdul ROAR gave a speech in which he welcomed the distinguished guests of the House of representatives and leading cadre’s advanced Interior Ministry who attended this workshop, pointing out that “the Interior Ministry daily sacrifices in order to provide security for the citizen to provide plenty of investment opportunities for many continents that could inflate the financial resources of the Ministry such as border and port Ministry employees, housing projects and health insurance and other cooperation with the private sector”.
He demanded that “the Development Directorate for the protection of investment projects, noting what Prime Minister Haider Abadi, who would stop and hindered investment and must kalarhabi to the Interior Ministry to provide security for projects for a price because investors request state protection first and not security companies.”
In turn, the economy and Investment Committee head said prosecutorial Ahmed “Kanani interrelationship between ensuring security and particularly investment and economic projects in general real and effective thread and that economic development can absorb unemployment, which is one of the main reasons for the deviation and undermine security,” prompted “serious work and intensive Interior Ministry to ensure protection of investors
He pointed out that “no entry of foreign investment in Iraq due to the lack of a safe investment environment”, adding that “we as a Commission representative investment economy seized to check details of investment projects and the private sector involved in the discussion of all relevant laws such as the law of economy and investment.”
At the same level of services and reconstruction Committee head said prosecutorial Nazim Al Saadi “that this workshop into investment service, economy, and security services and mechanisms that investment can proceed due to urgent need as a result of a decline in revenue for the State and that no investment without security and the return of migrating capital” m, “pointing to the Interior Ministry to think about how to present investment opportunities to develop financial resources like neighboring countries and others in addition to stopping the spread of slums and urban planning to Baghdad and the provinces.”
Nick introduced some points:
1. formation of investment Department linked to the Minister and competent personality attributes and develop investment map in coordination with the private sector
2. ask Minister to put a direct line between him and investors
3. call on the Interior Ministry to form a special emergency force to raise abuses and abusers of public money in coordination with Baghdad.
The representative said the Interior Minister General Adviser Yassin yasiri, that “there is a strong correlation between security and economy,” the Ministry of Interior are setting sober security database ”
Lmaur have deep discussions workshop management Mr Dawood Abd ROAR involving a large number of businessmen and businesswomen and leading staff of the Ministry of the Interior and the Symposium came a set of recommendations was submitted to the Minister of Interior will be presented to you when approved, had attended the workshop:
Mp Ahmad Nelly
Deputy Nazim Al Saadi
Deputy Captain Abdul Karim
Lawmaker Yahia alaithaoi
Yassin Al-yasseri Adviser representative and Minister of Interior
Major General Mehdi waeli Director General citizenship and passports.
General Amer Saddam FPS Director and characters
Major General Ali Al-Ghurery Baghdad Police Director
Brigadier General Hussein first Federal Police Division Commander my monsters.
Mr Samir police Fund Manager
Brigadier Saad Maen General Manager of public relations Department of the Interior
Commodore engineer Sattar Jabbar, Director of the Ministry of the Interior works
Colonel Mohamed’s Karrada cutter
Colonel Mohamed baidhani relationship manager
Dr Wahab TAEE Interior Minister’s media adviser
Colonel Mohamed Identity Manager
Hossein Kurd Council Member Vice Chair of the Iraqi Federation of industries
Dr Salam smeisim
Dr Hamid penal system.
I hope Mr Hussain President of women business center
Mr Abdul Hassan frozen yogurt
Mr Haider Suhail
Dr Salah XXXXXXX
Hamid al-Hamdani
Mr Ghalib Al-Anbuge
Dr Sam Al-Attiyah
Mr Osama koraïchi IBC
Mr Mohamed Abdel Hamid Moussa
Mr Mohamed bitter melon morning
Iraqi National Business Council members
Ali love
Falah Hassan virtues
Mr Ala metallic ribs is
Mehdi Al-shammari
Mr Haider ISA gesture
Mr Mohamed Jawad al-Jabburi
Mr Saad Jaffar Naji
Mr Durham surgeon
Mr Saad Jaber Al Nuaimi
Mr Mushtaq Zuheir Mohsen
Mr Ahmed Jassim Al-rabeei
Mr Karim Abd al-Rida
Miss Suha Najjar
Hassan Al-zorfi
Mr Nagy chanter
Yasser Sabry
Abbas shmarh
Mr Adham pottery
Mr Razak inclusive
Mr Haider Abdul Karim
Mr Ammar kalh Moses
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Iraqi Dinar/Dollar auction 05-04-17 (most recent listing)
Currency Auctions Announcement No. 3435
This daily currency auction was held in the Central Bank of Iraq on the 05-04-2017
| DETAILS | NOTES |
| Number of banks | 35 |
| Number of remittance companies | 11 |
| Amount sold at auction price (US$) | 159,555,532 |
| Amount purchased at Auction price (US$) | —– |
| Total offers for buying (US$) | 159,555,532 |
| Total offers for selling (US$) | —– |
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Director of the Issuance Department of the Central Bank: Printed currency volume exceeds 11 billion and 600 million dinars
Most of the Iraqi Central Bank steps are subject to political and legal environment of the country , especially in regard to the deletion of zeros that counted specialists in the earlier trend sensitive and dangerous may still be , but the central remains the most important institution in terms of the need to adjust the financial management in light of the financial crisis experienced by the the Iraqi economy, which must have to deal with dilemmas , whether with regard to the citizen or the work of the central bank itself.
Questions concerning important files posed (range) in this meeting , the director of the release and the Treasury in the Central Bank Aa’bas behind, and with being answered by briefly he pointed out the most important points that showed that the currency is good for circulation deposited Central has exceeded one billion and a quarter of a million dinars an amount that is not a little if they were compensated by the stored banknotes at the bank , as some believe, at the time between the printed currency size has exceeded the “11 billion and 600 million dinars, he urged citizens on the need not to keep large amounts in homes or buried in the ground , the fact that the process of replacing in the event expose Dt to burn or damage costs the central administrative and financial burdens, stressing that the counterfeit currency rate is still within the internationally accepted borders, with the central quest to carry out an information campaign to educate the public on how to distinguish between the original currency and Almzorh.oicol behind on a question about the possibility of having higher versions of a class (50000 ) dinars?
– No at present intention to issue a higher class category (50000) dinars.
* What about the subject of the deletion of zeros and the reason for the delay?
– the decision on the deletion of zeros cannot be taken in isolation from the political and legal environment in the country under conditions the security situation as a result of terrorist acts and exit from the provinces outside the control of the state for the years 2014, 2015, 2016 which prevents certainly to wait in the implementation of this project, in addition to that this must be done in coordination with all state departments and the private sector, where it should be followed by changing the paragraphs contained in the various laws, which include a reference to fines or lump – sum collection of fees, must also change the financial and statistical records in order to conform with the project process the deletion of zeros. On the other hand, the technical preparations are underway by us.
* How is the cost of the annual replacement and replacement of damaged currency?
– First , there is no substitution instead of a damaged annually, as the bank instead seeks to issue new papers for security specifications developed, so the cost is reduced in this way it is the cost of issuing new banknotes specifications better used at the same time damaged to the replacement of currency from the previous editions .
We seek to carry out an information campaign to distinguish between original and counterfeit currency
* How discovered the counterfeit currency of the size?
– The Central Bank of Iraq resorted to the use of machines to sophisticated counting and sorting which can detect counterfeit currency, in addition to banks guide using modern techniques in the currency examination, but the problem is not doing shopkeepers enough efforts to use the machines to check the currency, as the bank seeks to campaign media to sensitize the public on how to distinguish between the original currency and counterfeit currency by issuing a booklet definitions and (posters) for this purpose and will be distributed to banks in major shopping malls, and in all cases, the counterfeit currency rate is still within the internationally accepted borders , where even T ratio (0.000025) (Twenty – five million paper sheet).
* What currency damaged by fire or poor storage of citizens compensation mechanisms?
– While we hope the citizens do not keep large amounts in homes or buried in the ground, and to do instead in the deposit with the banks, as the replacement of the burnt currency process or damaged it costs the central bank financial burdens and administrative Colva unwarranted, however the bank is to receive citizens whose savings in Iraqi currency to fire accidents provided that they are documented by the civil Defense Department and be sourced from the project, either in terms of currency (buried) are sufficiency statement on the sources of these funds, and in this regard we call on citizens not to accept the mediation of any hand to Astb The Iraqi currency and that this bank does not receive any commission for its replacement.
We applied security methods with modern technology advanced counting and sorting currency
* What future plans for the central bank currency and print?
– Iraqi Central Bank seeks to keep pace with the evolution of printing currency and modern technologies both in currency printing or counting devices and sorting the currency where they are constantly adding new security features in addition to the acquisition of advanced machines counting and sorting currency, was dispensed with final counting and manual screening process.
* How much is the size of the torn currency and how much of the size of the printed currency?
– The number of banknotes unfit for circulation deposited with this bank (1,277,049,543) cash paper of various categories, where they are compensated from the stored banknotes have this bank, as the number of printed banknotes (11,615,265,154) cash paper of various categories.
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| CURRENCY | CODE | SELL | BUY |
| US dollar | USD | 1184.000 | 1182.000 |
| Euro | EUR | 1292.810 | 1292.163 |
| British pound | GBP | 1530.438 | 1529.673 |
| Canadian dollar | CAD | 863.351 | 862.920 |
| Swiss franc | CHF | 1195.115 | 1194.517 |
| Swedish krona | SEK | 134.283 | 134.216 |
| Norwegian krone | NOK | 137.711 | 137.642 |
| Danish krone | DKK | 173.831 | 173.744 |
| Japanese yen | JPY | 10.503 | 10.498 |
| Special Drawing Rights |
SDR | 1621.216 | 1620.405 |