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December 5, 2012
Govt. denies the word
"enemy" in a military cable
Baghdad: A leading member in the State of Law bloc,
headed by Premier Nouri al-Maliki, criticized
Tuesday the statements of a Kurdish leading member
for accusing the Iraqi government using the word
"enemy" in a military cable. MP Abdul Salam al-Maliki,
in a press conference, criticized the "incorrect"
statements of Jabbar. aswataliraq.info
MPs demanding reducing
Kurdistan's share in the federal budget by 5%, from
17% to 12%
Baghdad: A number of MPs for several provinces
called the Parliamentary Financial Commission to
decrease the share of the Kurdish region by 5%, at a
time unprecedented tension is rising between Baghdad
and Erbil. In a press conference, about 10 MPs
representing Babel, Wassit provinces, affiliate to
State of Law bloc,www.ekurd.net
headed by Premier Nouri al-Maliki, demanded
decreasing the Kurdish share in the central budget
from 17% to 12%. Calls were made during the last few
months to decrease the Kurdish share in the central
budget, alleging that their share is higher than the
real figures of the Kurdish population. Tension is
rising between the Baghdad and Erbil that led to
concentrating armies in the disputed areas,
particularly in rich oil Kirkuk province, following
the formation of Dijla Operations Command to control
the security in Diyala, Kirkuk and Salahal-Din
provinces, which matter was rejected by the Kurdish
region. aswataliraq.info
An independent MP: The
escalation between Baghdad and Erbil is just media
escalation and will end
Baghdad: The independent MP, Jawad al-Bazzoni said
that the escalation between the Kurdistan region and
the central government will not continue, describing
the last crisis as a plan played by both parties to
win votes in the next election. He said in a
statement to the National Iraqi News Agency that,
"The military and political escalation between the
province and the center is just a media escalation
and will not be achieved on the ground, because the
election is coming." He added, "There are failed
issues of providing services and suspicious of
corruption by the government,www.ekurd.net
so the Kurds go in this direction of escalation in
order to change the point of view toward the
government and control the disputed areas," expected
that "the crisis will end because the parties are
not willing to provide victims for their political
differences. " The House Speaker Osama Nujaifi
called, in a press conference, for media calm
between the central government and the Kurdistan
region, because of the seriousness of the current
situation which could be up to the extent of a
military confrontation between the two sides."
ninanews.com
Kurdistan spokesman rules
out conflict between Peshmerga forces and Federal
Army
Baghdad: The Kurdistan Alliance spokesperson, Muayad
Tayyib ruled out any military confrontation between
the Peshmerga forces and the federal army. He said
in a statement to the National Iraqi News Agency
Wednesday, Dec 5. that the province does not want to
conflict with the central forces, and is depicted by
others about the possibility of the outbreak of the
clash between the Peshmerga forces and the federal
army is untrue. He explained: "Settling the current
problem lies with the 2009 agreement, signed between
the governments of the center and the region to
maintain security in these areas." Tayyib added:
"The strategic alliance between the Arabs and the
Kurds cannot be ended and it will continue and the
Kurds, in all countries, feel strongly link with the
Arab nation and not only with Iraq's Arabs."
ninanews.com
Dana Gas receives Kurdistan
payment
Dana Gas has received its share of the recent
payment made by Iraq's Federal Government to the
Kurdistan Regional Government. The company's Joint
Venture in the Kurdistan Region received $120
million, of which the Dana Gas share of 40 per cent
is $48 million. "We are pleased to receive this
payment, and are working with the Kurdistan Regional
Government to further address the outstanding
receivables," said Rashid Al-Jarwan, Executive
Director and Acting CEO of Dana Gas. ana Gas is
working to address outstanding receivables from its
operations in both Egypt and the Kurdistan Region of
Iraq. In Egypt the Government has been settling the
company's receivables for current production and
working pro-actively with the company to address the
$200 million of receivables from 2011. The company
gave no update on progress towards its Sukuk
rescheduling. cpifinancial.net
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