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They are making a lot of headway toward Chp 7 removal

5-20-13 Trinity: It sounds like they are making a lot of headway toward Chp 7 removal. Not much left to accomplish according to this report. Great news for Iraq and if true will gain them credibility and respect among the international community and United Nations, who has held Iraq under their thumb for years in order to control them.

Even though it seems like we are very close to seeing these sanctions lifted, it could still take a few months. I could be wrong and certainly do hope I am but the bottom line is it’s only a matter of time. IMHO.

Today’s Article – Chapter VII: Organize navigation with Kuwait comes out of Iraq from Chapter VII. Shaima Rashid Ezzat Foreign Relations Committee the reasons for postponement read Convention on the Regulation navigation between Iraq and Kuwait not to see some of Representatives, stressing the importance of this agreement in order to remove Iraq from Chapter VII.

According to the agreement, the ships passing through this channel down their flags in both Iraq and Kuwait will not raise any flag, but if you raised the ship, science Kuwait when entering the Kuwaiti side, it follows that any legal consequences at the time. member of the Foreign Relations Committee, Imad John Yako explained that the Convention on the Regulation navigation in the Khawr Abd Allah came from the government to the House of Representatives and has been studied by the Committee on Foreign Relations.

The Council of Ministers adopted a resolution in January of this year to approve the agreement between Baghdad and Kuwait to regulate navigation in the Khawr Abd Allah that occurred initially, because the This agreement governing navigation in this port in terms of traffic and environmental safety and all aspects to ensure smooth navigation in this channel.

Yako said in a statement this agreement is not new it older than 8 years, but because of the sensitivity View the Kuwaiti and amplified by some politicians, some of them do not like him return relations, Iraq – Kuwait and some of the deputies deliberately delayed so we made a request to postpone the reading of the Convention.

I have pulled the treaty from the agenda until after the holiday legislature, and we’ll then Btadhaev experts from the Ministry of Transport and Foreign seen Representatives on the importance of agreement », adding that« the presidency is keen to pass this agreement between Yako that the opinion of the Foreign Relations Committee with a contract so conventions and treaties with the Kuwaiti side to be the beginning of good faith in order to remove Iraq from Chapter VII.

Chapter VII is one of seventeen chapters constitute the UN Charter, and consists of (13) material is material from 39-51, and consists of the Charter as a whole of the (111) material, and authorizes this chapter the UN Security Council to use force against the state or states that threaten peace and international security, and enjoy the decisions that are issued on the basis of this chapter Balsafh mandatory.

also noted a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, Hassan Khudair al-Hamdani that relations between Iraq and Kuwait to take through Lhalhalh in all outstanding issues through the exchange of delegations at a high level of both the House of Representatives or the Presidency of the Republic , as well as attend the Emir of Kuwait to the Arab summit in Baghdad, and these things led to the formation of a set of relevant functional commissions between the two countries in order to discuss to resolve outstanding problems.

between Hamdani in a statement »Center Brief for the Iraqi Media Network,» said one of the problems that must be solved between two countries, which keep Iraq under Chapter VII that there would be agreements in accordance with international legitimacy, including the organization of a mechanism navigation.

As for the reason to postpone reading this Convention, the MP said there from the House of Representatives had reservations about some of the items in the Convention, and should go these reservations to the Commission competent in order to hear their views clearly and taking them and get to put convince the House of Representatives of what is happening and we also refer to the international laws on this side and thus to reach a final version.

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It’s a great sign to see all the talk of Chapter 7 removal

Thursday, 27 September, 2012 | Dinar Detectives

9-27-2012: Freebird: Removal of Chapter 7 is not a requirement for a RV/RD/RI. We do believe however that in order for Iraq to move into article 8 they will need to have a tradeable currency. So, it’s a great sign to see all the talk of Chapter 7 removal. Article 140 is being helped along by UNAMI and many powerful countries seem to be in Iraq’s corner. Most likely because they are looking to exploit Iraq’s wealth. All great signs we are moving in the right direction. I still think there’s a great chance of this going down this month. Keep the faith.

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* Iraqi Council of Representatives intended to support the Central Bank of zeros on the removal of currency

Announced the Finance Committee in the Iraqi Council of Representatives that the legislature tends to support the central bank policy on the removal of zeros from the currency.

The central bank says it completed a road map to get rid of three zeros from the currency, to reduce the money supply and ease of financial transactions in line with the new situation of the Iraqi economy, but the government and the Securities Commission have shown Khchithma that affect the process negatively on financial trading in the Iraqi market for securities .

A member of the parliamentary finance committee, Najiba Najib, in a press statement, said that there is a tendency by the legislature with the support of the Central Bank’s policy to restructure the Iraqi currency and delete zeros at the beginning of next year.

She explained that this issue began to mature day by day for the members of the Finance Committee and the Economic Commission, noting that preparations for the central bank to implement the project under way, but it is incomplete yet.

They pointed out Najib, the Deputy for the Kurdistan Alliance, that the project will be implemented over two years by government banks, and will be part of the new currency coins of small denominations.

There will also be major currencies corresponding to $ 180, or 200 thousand Iraqi dinars from the current currency. She added: Through extensive discussions with the Central Bank.

And what has been providing us with the studies from the World Bank, the project aims to support the Iraqi currency, in addition to the introduction of new categories of currency markets, as well as reduce the size of the money supply, as well as the inclusion of Arabic and Kurdish in the currency.

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Google Reports Rise In Removal Requests

Google says in a new “transparency report” that there’s been a rise in government attempts to remove content appearing on the Internet.

The report says many requests for Google to remove content, especially videos, came from Western democracies, not only countries usually associated with censorship.

In addition to its search engine and other sites, Google owns the world’s most popular video-sharing site, YouTube.

In a blog post, Google’s senior policy analyst Dorothy Chou said that several years ago the trend for censorship requests by governments looked like an “aberration, but now we know it’s not.”

The report says Spanish regulators asked Google’s search engine to remove 270 links to blogs and newspaper articles critical of public figures. Google said it did not comply with the requests.

The report says U.S. authorities sought the removal of 187 pieces of material for a variety of reasons. Google says it complied with 42 percent of these requests.

Google says it did not comply with Pakistani requests for the removal of six videos allegedly satirizing government officials.

British police asked Google to remove five YouTube videos that were allegedly promoting terrorism. In this case, Google said it agreed.

Turkish authorities requested the removal of 149 YouTube videos that allegedly insulted the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kamel Ataturk. Google said it responded by making the clips unavailable in Turkey.

For the first time, Ukraine, Jordan, and Bolivia asked for a removal of some materials.

In Poland, Google was asked to remove an article critical of the Polish agency for enterprise development and eight search results linked to the article. The search engine said it did not comply.

Google was asked by Canadian officials to remove a YouTube video of a citizen urinating on his passport and flushing it down a toilet. The company refused.

Authorities in Thailand asked Google to remove 149 YouTube videos that allegedly insulted the country’s monarchy. The company said it complied with 70 percent of the requests.

The report listed no requests from Russia during 2011.

The Google report did not provide many insights about China, where tight Internet controls allow for blocking of content, eliminating the need for authorities to ask Google to take down content.

Fred von Lohman, Google’s senior copyright counsel, said that last year Google received 3.3 million requests from firms, private individuals, and others for removal of content on copyright  grounds. The company said it complied with 97 percent of requests.

WIth reporting by AFP

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Chinese in bold call for official’s removal

A group of Communist Party veterans has written a daring open letter calling for the removal of China’s top security official, in the latest sign of disunity ahead of Beijing’s leadership transition.

Security chief Zhou Yongkang, one of China’s top nine rulers, is viewed as a hardliner and is linked to Bo Xilai, the charismatic party leader whose downfall earlier this year triggered the nation’s biggest political scandal in decades.

In an open letter to President Hu, the party’s general secretary published on a number of overseas website suggest Zhou is part of a movement to revive the China of Mao Zedong

Zhao Zhengrong, a retired anti-corruption official from the southwestern province of Yunnan, told the AFP news agency he and 15 other party members from the same province had sent the proposal advocating Zhou’s removal to higher authorities.

Speculation has been growing about the future of Zhou since the downfall of another top politician, Bo Xilai.

It is not often that party members make such a daring plea to their boss.

Al Jazeera’s Rob MCbride reporting from Hong Kong said: “This incident shows the rifts and infighting behind close doors.”

“It has been known for some time there has been a power struggle between the reformers and the new-leftists who are calling for the return of the old Maoist ideals,” said our correspondent.

Zhou is expected to step down from the nine-member Standing Committee, and as head of the party’s Politics and Law Commission, which oversees China’s judiciary, prosecution and police at the party congress later this year.

But removing him earlier would send a signal to the people on which direction the nation was heading, the open letter said.

“Same ilk”

“We are demanding this because Zhou Yongkang directed the ‘Chongqing model’ and supported Bo Xilai. They are liars, they are of the same ilk,” Zhao said.

Zhao was referring to Bo’s rule of the southwestern metropolis of Chongqing, which included an anti-mafia crackdown that many say involved widespread use of torture, and a leftist revival that saw residents sing Maoist songs.

The letter said: “People like Zhou Yongkang, not only took part in Bo Xilai’s plan for the ‘Chongqing model’, but helped push it forward and gave it active support. He should not be allowed to escape his crimes.”

During his five years in the position, Zhou, who oversees a budget this year of $ 111.6bn ,higher than China’s declared military budget has gained a reputation as a hardliner willing to use force to quell unrest.

He has overseen the quelling of riots in Tibet in 2008, and in Xinjiang in 2009, as well as a crackdown on democracy and rights activists.

The letter seems to warn about the dangers of reviving an interest in Chairman Mao and his policies.

It stresses the danger China faces from such things as corruption and the inequality of wealth without political reform.

There has been no official comment from the leadership on the letter which was released on May 4.

The letter also called for the sacking of Liu Yunshan, the head of the party’s propaganda department.

He has been tipped for promotion later this year when the party holds a once in a decade reshuffle of its top leaders.


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