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Postponed Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi his visit to China scheduled for next Wednesday.

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A source in the prime minister told all of Iraq [where] that “the postponement was due to the current situation in Iraq and of the reforms announced by the government has announced new again this week.”  The Prime Minister’s Office announced on Wednesday that first-Abadi will travel to China on an official visit next Wednesday on a two-day head of a high government delegation, to discuss the development of relations between the two countries in various fields.  Iraq has been popular demonstrations and reform decisions taken by the government in response to the directives of the religious authority and the demands of Altzahreinn.
It is expected that the government is taking a new package of reforms, where a spokesman said the office of Prime Minister Saad al-Hadithi that this second package will be announced soon, will include reducing its ministries and merging some of them in addition to the feminine and the integration of some independent bodies and the appointment of its officials, according to the integrity and efficiency away from sectarian quotas. ”  Many of the journalists, writers and users of social networking pages called via [where] Wednesday, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to postpone his trip to China and stay in Baghdad to implement the reforms that recently put forward a package.  According to numerous appeals on Facebook pages that this trip at this time is not appropriate for several reasons, and it was better to defer or send his representative on the Prime Minister to China.  He asked one of them, “Is it reassuring to the point that leaves Iraq, however, of waging a campaign to exclude them?”.
Starter “What is the most important matter of the situation in Iraq and asked me, ‘Let the prime minister that the time is appropriate and you’ll start implementing reforms Beshravk Profile” .anthy SOURCE
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Iran-Iraq-Presse -14 August / August: Iraqi writer and political analyst based in Tehran Zine El Abidine al-Haidari, said Friday, “The Vice President of the Republic of former Prime Minister, Nuri al-Maliki will arrive in Tehran on Sunday to participate in the General Assembly meeting of the Federation of radio stations and the Islamic televisions” . The statement comes Haidari to violate altogether novel former deputy cleric Ayad Jamal al-Din, who said in a tweet on “Twitter”, on Thursday, that “al-Maliki arrived in Tehran with a number of leaders of state law.” He said: “I do not know why some people admire the arrival of al-Maliki or non-arrival to Tehran.”  And Jamal al-Din attacked the ruling parties in Iraq, said, “The al-Maliki and al-Abadi and parties of political Islam all Nspthm Shiite Iran, al-Maliki and a group of leaders of the Shiite alliance conducting extensive discussions in Tehran with Iranian officials.  In contrast to the so-Haidari he said in a statement to news agency “Mehr” Iranian that “al-Maliki will start his visit to Iran, next Sunday, and will be meeting with a number of senior Iranian officials, including supreme leader of the country, Ali Khamenei, and Secretary of the Supreme Council of the Iranian National Security, Ali Shamkhani “.

Iraqi writer did not give any details about al-Maliki get the green light from the Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to visit Iran, especially since the latter issued, last Monday, a decree banning al-Maliki and other officials from traveling after the rise in the pace of popular protests demanding accountability for the corrupt.

Saadoun said Colonel Mohammed al-Musawi, in a timely manner, that “al-Abadi decided to travel ban on Iraqi state officials accused of corruption, as instructed to close airports in front of all those responsible.”

According to al-Moussawi, the “Abadi instructed to ban travel by air and land to officials of the Iraqi state to those who are the rank of director and above, until the completion of the special files of corruption investigations have been opened recently,” noting that “al-Abadi also instructed to freeze the seven senior officials of movement and prevent them from traveling outside the country “

And come Maliki’s visit to Tehran under the hot political atmosphere that Iraq is going through because of the escalation of popular protests demanding his resignation and his trial, as decided prime minister, Haydar al-Abadi, last Sunday, the abolition of the posts of Vice President and the Cabinet, also ordered the owners to vacate his residence in Baghdad.

He warned the Iranian Supreme Leader for International Affairs Ali Akbar Velayati, Abadi, of trying to provide al-Maliki to the judiciary for his trial on charges of financial corruption during his rule in Alarac.anthy (1)      SOURCE

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It revealed a member of the economic and investment commission parliamentary Najiba Najib,Thursday, for initiating activating economic reforms through the launch of loans and the payment of private sector companies and the creation of new jobs and other measures. She said Najib’s / scales News /, that “economic reform requires a trend towards investment and the private sector and the payment of operating in the economic sector companies,” asserting that “the committee proceeded to go to achieve these reforms in line with the paper’s reform launched by the Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi.” She added, “There is a tendency to create new jobs and launch operational loans,” pointing out that “the Committee in connection with the investment law legislation in the nearest parliamentary session”. She noted that “there is guidance from al-Abadi lifting of these measures in terms of their commitment to cell crisis and to develop mechanisms work sober.” It is said that the prime minister Haider al-Abadi launched a package of reforms, financial reforms and administrative involved, including the investment and the private sector to activate. The House of Representatives had voted in its meeting a few days ago on that package of Aslahat.anthy / 29 / d 24
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Accused the leader of the National Alliance MP Ahmad Chalabi, on Friday, the President of the Court of obstructing the resumption of Rusafa 2500 case involving money laundering in exchange for tens of real estate in Lebanon and the Gulf. The MP said Ahmed Chalabi attributed to page him and pursued / scales News / “The money laundering in Iraq proved that there eradicate corrupt and political partners with them corrupt also do not care about Iraq or his future”, calling for “cleansing of the Iraqi judiciary of the stigma this judge offender against Iraq which hindered the implementation of more than 2500 lawsuit against the banks that smuggled money abroad. ” He said Chalabi “The bribes mobile companies that paid” to the judge, “We’ll put you in numbers and this government is required to punish the mobile companies involved,” explaining that “Judge Jafar Mohsin Ali al-Khazraji of the people of Badra is a member of Jaisalmer Kut Division of the party, teacher graduated from the Baath Party courses for guys from Law School six months crash course and then appointed a judge. ” He said Chalabi said, “the work of a judge to the security of Kut and cause the execution of scores after the change and was promoted head of resuming Rusafa Bammer Medhat al-Mahmoud and included Baqrrart de-Baathification but excluded by al-Maliki,” stressing that Khazraji “involved his race fraudulent billing claims T-issued by private banks hampered over 2500 lawsuit and also blocked lawsuits against mobile companies in Iraq and got this on dozens of real estate in Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates, billions of dinars all this with the support of some of the politicians involved and also was the main reason to expel a lot about running for the parliamentary elections. ” This “revealed MP Haitham al-Jubouri, for release of the book to pull the hands of a judge is to” blackmail “telecommunications companies and the owners of the banks to close the cases brought against them,” as he pointed to reveal the names of “mafias” big pervasive in the ministries of the Iraqi state, “.anthy 29 / d 25
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MP for the Iskandar and berries that the House as a representative of the Iraqi people, it is our duty to support demands that it calls for the reform and implementation of all the decisions made by the Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi. Tut said in a televised interview I followed news agency reported today that Bertha implementation of the decisions made by the Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi must be done through coordination between the Council of Ministers and the House of Representatives for application and work out. He pointed out that the Iraqi people endure unless endures any people in the world, have suffered from unemployment, poor services and financial and administrative corruption, as well as suffering because of terrorism takfirist and the wave of bombings of innocent people, calling for the parking of all political pause national in order to redress people. He added that the National Alliance wants to hold reforms voted on by the Council of Ministers in order to eliminate corruption and the fight against terrorism, calling for a move away from the sectarian quota system, which was the reason for the arrival of the country to this case. It is noteworthy that the Iraqi Council of Representatives passed unanimously, Tuesday 11 August 2015, on the reforms provided items by the Council of Ministers and the package of parliamentary reforms, it comes after the government came under a lot of public pressure and exit of massive demonstrations demanding better services and Mhacesph corrupt in the Iraqi state.  SOURCE
Iraq Prime Minister requests for opening of corruption files of Nouri Maliki & his son Ahmad Maliki

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Al Baghdadiya TV broadcasted the following report on Thursday, August 13th citing Iraqi government sources:  Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has sent two letters to the Integrity Commission to have this commission immediately begin investigating on a number of corruption files regarding Nouri Maliki and Baha al-Araji. The most important of these files is equipping the army with weapons, selling foreign currency in the Central Bank and granting loans to the provinces. According to these sources Haider al-Abadi has emphasized on opening the corruption files of Ahmad Maliki, the son of Maliki. Orders for the arrest of former Iraqi Central Bank director Sanan al-Shabibi has also been ordered, according to al-Baghdadiya.  SOURCE
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BAGHDAD (AP) — Thousands of people are taking to the streets in cities across Iraq to show support for a reform plan put forth by the prime minister this week that aims to target corruption and curb reckless government spending. People sang, chanted and played music at the demonstrationsFriday, the largest of which were in the cities of Baghdad, Babel, Basra and al-Kut. They waved Iraqi flags and banners showing their support for the first of several reform measures from Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi. On Tuesday, lawmakers unanimously approved a reform plan proposed by al-Abadi that eliminates the three vice presidencies and the three deputy prime minister posts. The reforms also expand the powers of the prime minister, allowing him to sack provincial governors and the heads of provincial and local councils.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP’s earlier story is below.


Local authorities in Iraq’s western Anbar province said government airstrikes destroyed a women and children’s hospital in Islamic State-held territory near the city of Fallujah. At least 22 women and children were killed, a local hospital official said.

The Anbar provincial council said Iraqi warplanes were targeting IS militants in the village of Nassaf, 2 kilometers (a mile) south of Fallujah, when the hospital there was hit on Thursday. In a statement sent to journalists, the council added that at least 53 women and children were killed and wounded in the attack, without providing a breakdown of the alleged casualties.

It called on the Iraqi defense ministry to accept responsibility for the attack and to exert caution when targeting areas with high civilian populations.

A senior official overseeing operations at several Fallujah-area hospitals said at least 22 women and children were killed in the airstrike. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he’s not authorized to talk to reporters. Falah al-Assawi, a member of the Anbar provincial council, confirmed the attack, also blaming government warplanes.

The fall of Fallujah in January 2014 started the Islamic State group’s dramatic blitz across Iraq. Since then, Islamic State group fighters have been advancing in Anbar province, the heartland of Iraq’s Sunni minority. Iraqi troops lost the provincial capital, Ramadi, in May after more than a year of fierce clashes. Tens of thousands of civilians have fled the province amid continued fighting.

In July 2014, Human Rights Watch said Iraq’s security forces killed at least 75 civilians and wounded hundreds of others in indiscriminate airstrikes on five cities – among them, Fallujah. Among the first orders given by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi after he was named Iraqi premier in September was for Iraqi security forces to stop shelling areas populated by civilians.

A spokesman for the Iraqi defense ministry, Yahya Rasool, on Friday rejected claims of the airstrike. He said Iraqi troops do not target hospitals, schools or other civilian facilities, even if they are occupied by militants.

“Airstrikes by Iraqi forces are conducted on targets linked to the (Islamic State) terrorist organization,” he said. “We carry out airstrikes based on information that we receive from intelligence forces … We have specific instructions to avoid hitting any targets that provide services to the civilians.”

Aamaq, an IS-affiliated news agency, posted an online video late Thursday purportedly showing the aftermath of the attack on the hospital, with men, women and children covered in blood, bandages and scars. The Associated Press could not independently verify the video.
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Tomorrow Press / Baghdad: off, on Friday evening, massive demonstrations in Tahrir Square in central Baghdad, seven Iraqi provinces, with the participation of thousands of activists and citizens, focused on demands for reforms in the judiciary, as well as other demands. In the capital Baghdad, where a demonstration was launched in Tahrir Square, on Thursday evening, with the participation of thousands of citizens, civilians and activists amid tight security, to demand reforms in the judiciary. And to the city of Nasiriyah province of Dhi Qar, where thousands of people demonstrated in support of the resolutions of the recent al-Abadi, as demonstrators demanded a review of the salaries and privileges of officials and those with special grades. Systems and hundreds of activists and citizens, a mass demonstration in front of the province of Babylon building to demand reform of the judiciary and a comprehensive review of the Iraqi constitution. And to the province of Kirkuk, where dozens of activists and citizens systems, a mass demonstration to demand accountability of the corrupt and the launch of the province’s budget.

In Wasit province, hundreds of people of the province, in front of the governorate building Kut’s city center, demanding the dismissal of the corrupt and condemning the poor services.

And the preparation of demonstrators stood before the Board of Basra province, the 20 thousand demonstrators building, demanding the dismissal of the governor Majid Nasraoui, and the abolition of customs tariffs, and to hold accountable corrupt law, in addition to improving the situation of services, especially electricity.

And launched in Mahazh Karbala, near the washer education amid the province, a demonstration with the participation of thousands of citizens, civilians and activists amid tight security, demanding accountability Osama al-Nujaifi and his brother, Ethel, as well as banners denounced Iyad Allawi and Rafi al-Issawi and quotas.

Diyala province has seen too, large demonstrations demanding the abolition of municipal and local councils and the reinstatement of Diyala police chief Jamil al-Shammari, add their demand to stop the project Apartments Integrity staff central Baquba, to overcome the gardens and rural streets New Baquba.

It is said that these demonstrations is the third of its kind and for the third consecutive week in the Iraqi provinces, where preceded by demonstrations called by activists to press for reforms and improve services.

The Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi issued on Sunday (August 9, 2015), a set of guidelines, which included an immediate a reduction of the number of protections for all those responsible Dmenhm three presidencies, and the abolition of the posts of Vice President and the Prime Minister immediately, and the dimensions of all senior positions from quotas partisan and sectarian.
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Tomorrow Press / Baghdad: The Federal Judicial Authority announced on Friday the completion of its components laws, uncertain sent to the House of Representatives by the Council of Ministers of the legislation. The judge said Abdul Sattar Bayrakdar, official spokesman, in a statement received “tomorrow Press,” that “the judiciary recently Ocetklmt code of all its laws.” He Bayrakdar “This Entries include: the Federal Supreme Court Act, the Supreme Judicial Council, and the law regulating the affairs of judges and public prosecutors, and the law of prosecutorial device, and the law of judicial oversight body, and the law of public administration of the judiciary.” The Spokesman pointed out that “the laws have been sent to the House by the Council of Ministers for the purpose of legislation.”SOURCE
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Tomorrow Press / Baghdad: A source in the Council of Ministers, on Friday, headed for the Council to cancel many of its departments and the assignment of general managers to retire. The source told “tomorrow Press”, that “two years managers who would be brought to retire are both Mohammed Baqir al-Moussawi, director of the Department of Finance, is the brother of Ali al-Moussawi, Maliki’s media adviser previously, and the Director General of Protocol Department Hadi each student one close to the Dawa Party, the characters, and director In the Engineering Department conciliator Akarmnge, and Director of Legal Abbas al-Saadi one of the main characters that adopted by the former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to pass controversial laws, in addition to the Director General of the Department of Affairs Committees Ibtisam Aziz “. The source added that “next week will end decades all the experts hired by the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers.” Abadi was relieved just days before Secretary General of the Council of Ministers Hamid Khalaf, who served as director of Maliki’s office ahead of his accession to the post of the General Secretariat, and his two deputies Farhad Hussein, a Kurdish figure, and slaves replace Freeh.  SOURCE
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Tomorrow Press / Baghdad: early detection, on Friday, the names of the officials who will be exempted from the Ministry of Electricity source. The source told “tomorrow Press”, “The officials were: Electricity Minister Qassim al-Fahdawi, and agent Khaled Hassan, the director of Aladrah Falah Jermt, and director of networks Euphrates Supreme Khaled Ghazai, and director of the South produce improved Zaki, the director of production Laith Hamid circle, as well as the director of networks Euphrates Uday Horse “. The source added that “among the names also director of internal control in the Ministry of Electricity Fadel Tariq, and Director of the Central distribution Ibrahim al-Obeidi, and the director of planning Aladdin Sehud, in addition to the expert group headed by Dagrmohamod and Hussein Attia and Hamid Htahot and other members, and director of the production just the flow of projects, and project manager Transportation morning scorpion, and director of the gas projects Yasser hilarious, and Production Manager Central Ghazi Abdul Aziz, the director of the Information Office of Sri Musab teacher. ” The Integrity Commission announced, last Wednesday, opened an investigation into suspicions of corruption in the ministries of electricity, trade and the Municipality of Baghdad. The prime minister Haider al-Abadi may face, last Tuesday, the Integrity Commission, the lifting of the names of the defendants of stealing public money and overtaking on the state and people’s property, to prevent them from traveling and bring them to justice. The House of Representatives vote, the beams governmental and parliamentary reforms included a focus on the past and present open the files of corruption and the fight against corruption in response to the directives of the Supreme religious authority and the demands of the demonstrators.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi delivered a speech marking World Youth Day, saying his actions will not target any specific group, Al Jazeera reported on Thursday, August 13th. The war against corruption and the corrupt need no law.
The Iraqi Prime Minister dismissed Hamed Khalaf Ahmad, Secretary of the Council of Ministers and a known member of former Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki’s inner circle, and two of his deputies. Al-Abadi warned demonstrators to be wary of groups he did not name, saying these groups are seeking to direct the demonstrators to clash with security forces and implement their divert demands.
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Tomorrow Press / Baghdad: directed Vice President Nuri al-Maliki, on Friday, to Iran on an official visit during which he is scheduled to meet with Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Iranian President Hassan Rohani and other officials. Maliki’s office said in a statement received “tomorrow Press,” The recent “trend, this evening, to the Iranian capital Tehran on an official visit at the invitation of the Iranian leadership and to participate in meetings of the General Assembly of the World complex of Ahl al-Bayt.” He added that “the World Society for the people of the house will hold its sixth meeting with a view to the convergence of views between scientists and thinkers on the latest developments in the Muslim world and in the midst of the current sensitive circumstances and conspiracies cultural and fierce attacks of the enemies of Islam that occur rift among Muslims and undermine their beliefs.” Office pointed out that “al-Maliki will meet during the visit, a number of Iranian officials in the forefront commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Iranian President Sheikh Hassan Rowhani,” explaining that “accompanied by a number of political and intellectual figures.”SOURCE

 Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi

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 Al Baghdadiya TV broadcasted the following report on Thursday, August 13th citing Iraqi government sources:
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has sent two letters to the Integrity Commission to have this commission immediately begin investigating on a number of corruption files regarding Nouri Maliki and Baha al-Araji. The most important of these files is equipping the army with weapons, selling foreign currency in the Central Bank and granting loans to the provinces.
According to these sources Haider al-Abadi has emphasized on opening the corruption files of Ahmad Maliki, the son of Maliki.
Orders for the arrest of former Iraqi Central Bank director Sanan al-Shabibi has also been ordered, according to al-Baghdadiya      .SOURCE
Parliamentary Finance’s (et): Parliament canceled a 19 billion dinars allocated to members

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Detection of the parliamentary finance committee member Husam punitive “The House of Representatives voted to cancel the amount of 19 billion dinars was intended for members to improve living within the budget for 2015 in parliament.”  He said punitive in a statement singled out by the reporter for News Agency et al) has been the practice in the previous sessions of the allocation of material amounts to the members of the council, at the beginning of the session to improve living, adding that “the House of Representatives in the current session did not receive the amount in solidarity with the lack of imports and the financial crisis experienced by Iraq “.  He explained that the share of each deputy 50 000 US dollars, equivalent to more than 55 million dinars, adding that most of the members of the House of Representatives voted to cancel the amount and turn it into the popular crowd and displaced persons.
Parliament voted on Thursday to cancel its allocations to improve the living and you spend one-time through the entire legislative session, the Council decided to return these funds to the state treasury and allocated to the popular crowd and displaced persons .  SOURCE

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