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Latest from Tikrit: Hashed is welcoming+ensuring safety of returning Tikritis. No security incidents reported since returns started 2day ago

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  1. Around 300 families returned to Tikrit today, in the first organised return to the city after ISIS’s invasion and its subsequent liberation

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    1. Latest from Tikrit: Phone lines are running again, internet is back up. Some of the markets have reopened. Water is on too.

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    2. Latest from Tikrit: Many Tikritis currently displaced in Baghdad r preparing to return tomorrow and after tomorrow.

Iraqi military official: al-Maliki ordered us to withdraw from Mosul

  
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – revealed the former commander of ground forces in the Iraqi army, Ali Ghaidan, the former Prime Minister and Commander of the Armed Forces Nuri al-Maliki is one of the military units in the province of Mosul to withdraw is what made ​​the organization Daash impose its control over the entire province. A member of the Integrity Committee in the Iraqi parliament, MP Adel Nouri in a television interview, said that “the commander of ground forces in the former Iraqi army Ali Ghaidan, admitted during interrogation about the reasons for the fall of Mosul, they withdrew from the province of Nineveh, by order of the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces at the time Nouri al-Maliki “.
Nuri “It must Kurdistan region form a committee comprising lawyers with experience in internal and external files, to file a complaint with the Federal Court against al-Maliki, who is currently the Vice President of the Republic, and against his booth.” He explained Nuri, a deputy from the Kurdistan Islamic Union, that “it shows that al-Maliki issued a command of the Iraqi army’s withdrawal from Mosul, and caused the spilling of blood and all those who faced mass of the Kurdistan region.”
The commander of ground forces in the Iraqi army Ali Ghaidan, a senior military leaders who made ​​them fall of Mosul Commission, Nuri said that “Ghaidan said the investigative committee that they had withdrawn from Mosul, a direct order from the prime minister (former) al-Maliki.” The disclosure of this information at the time had not been delivered yet investigative committee in its final report, the fall of Mosul, and wait for an answer to her questions directed to Nuri al-Maliki and Massoud Barzani, on the reasons for the fall of Mosul, on the tenth of June 2014.

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Central actions aimed at stabilizing the dollar exchange

  

Default Central actions aimed at stabilizing the dollar exchange
6/18/2015 0:00
Experts: supply and demand balance contributes to the stability of its price

BAGHDAD – Hussein Tgb

A number of economists headed dollar prices to a gradual decline after the CBI action, stressing the importance of giving flexibility to sell the dollar by central without restriction, and its role in maintaining the stability of the exchange of the dinar rate against the US dollar.
economic expert on behalf of Jamil Antoine said that the stability of the exchange rate and returning to normal rates required by the Central Bank of Iraq show higher amounts than the figure currently located to meet the needs of the local markets of the dollar and as a result demand for the dollar decline.
Pointing out that the central needs to activate the role of regulatory bodies to prevent the influence of speculators on the market.
He said in an interview with “morning”: that the huge demand for goods holy month of Ramadan before is one of the reasons that raised demand for the dollar has doubled imported from different materials quantities.
financial expert Samir Alnasiri attributed in an interview for the “morning” reasons for the high exchange rate of the dinar against the dollar back to restrict the sale by the Central Bank of Iraq process, pointing to the need to be flexible in the mechanics of selling and that depends on the supply and demand in the local market.
He noted the importance to be CBI work independently, and that the provision of the dollar in the domestic market, contributing to keep speculators and users of price manipulation and monopoly, which Osthma in the events of the vagaries of exchange rates.
He said, that the punishment of 14 banks and the war on terrorism and the lack of liquidity and low oil prices accounted for the main causes of the high exchange rate .
For his part, between authorized source at the Central Bank said the increase in the exchange rate is normal and that the central continues to issue instructions that contribute to the return of prices to normal levels after the follow-up actively for the causes of this rise in selling the dollar markets.
While he said the managing director of the Association of Iraqi private banks The central bank has a great role in the gradual decline in selling the dollar market yesterday measures.
He noted that the Association is following the graph to sell the dollar in the domestic market, and is considering ways to stabilize the exchange rate and reduce the impact of speculators on prices.
decision to reduce the period of deposit for amounts will contribute to reducing the price dollar exchange rate (according to the Iraqi private banks association) came in a statement, that the Iraqi Central Bank’s recent decision,
containing the reduced period of deposit for amounts as well as consideration on Saturday a regular working day to meet the banks requests from foreign currency will contribute Bkhvs dollar exchange rate, indicating that it will be supportive of the decision.
The head of the Association meek ​​Handal said the Iraqi Central Bank is trying through the procedures and mechanisms in place to support the Iraqi dinar, and create an atmosphere suitable for the banking business and in cooperation with private banks as a team solidarity,
noting that the recent decision to increase the auction business days and consider Saturday a regular working day to meet the banks requests of foreign currency, in tune came up with to meet the banks need of foreign currency “dollar” and facilitate the work of the banks.
He said Handal, said the decision the other to reduce the period of deposit for amounts from ten days to five are directly contribute to the reduction of the dollar’s exchange rate against the dinar and this is what Senlahza through the next few days and that the Association would be supportive of the decision to serve the public interest.
The Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce member of the Baghdad Alaa Al-Nouri has said the chamber committees I have indicated a slight increase in some food prices,
especially white meat and red imported exclusively, either in terms of food prices Other natural they open their prices because of the large stocks of them within the country.

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Washington announced that US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter on Wednesday that his country is willing in Iraq sends more recruits to military training camps set up by the United States and the international coalition in Iraq.

The plan was based on the training of 24 thousand members of the Iraqi security forces, but only seven thousand have been recruited so far, in addition to them, “van of anti-terrorism forces,” according to what the minister said in front of the Armed Services Committee in the House of Representatives.
Powell said “we are ready to support the Iraqi government more than we do already, but we must see broader engagement on the part of all the components of the Iraqi government.”
Carter did not rule out the Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey said US soldiers goes further in support of Iraqi soldiers.
But both made clear that it is assumed that the first Iraqi army proved itself in the fight against al-Islamic state.
Carter said the United States could “re-examine” in terms of military action in Iraq, “while the Iraqis is a capable and enthusiastic forces we can support.”
For his part, Dempsey said Washington could provide additional support “to specific targets in the framework of the attacks,” the Iraqi referring to a possible attack on Mosul as an example.
But it rectifies that this support can not become “commonplace” to “we want the Iraqis actually understand it their battle.”
US President Barack Obama decided to send an additional 450 soldiers to Iraq US, bringing the total number of US troops to 3550. nor approaching US military combat zones and satisfied the functions of training and counseling

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Urgent 20 ISIL terrorists killed near Albu-Ajil oilfields in Salah-il-Din

Published: 2015/6/17 20:5824 Reads
Baghdad (AIN) –The Iraqi Air Force killed 20 ISIL terrorists when targeting a gathering of them near Albu-Ajil oilfields in Salah-il-Din, the Ministry of Defense announced in a statement.
“The IAF killed 20 ISIL terrorists near the oilfields and destroyed a vehicle,” the MoD said. /End/

Regional Council for Oil and Gas meets with political parties in Kurdistan

05:33: 06/17/2015

Khandan – Regional Council for Oil and Gas 2015/6/17 Wednesday met with five parties participating in the Kurdistan Regional Government.

Kurdistan Regional Government said in a statement, that in the meeting discussed the attendance developments about the problems relating to oil between the Kurdistan Regional Government and the Iraqi government was emphasized on the Kurdistan Regional Government is fully committed to the Convention concluded between Baghdad and Arbil, and the law of the general budget for 2015, but the Iraqi government is not committed to do so .

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US Defence Secretary calls for the largest part of the Iraqi government’s commitment

05:55: 06/17/2015

Khandan- the United States called for “greater commitment” on the part of the Iraqi government in fighting al “Daash” terrorist at a time when Baghdad blamed it for failing to send more soldiers to train and stressed the need to enable the Sunni tribes.

The US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter in testimony before Congress, “as I said to the leaders of Iraq .. while the United States is open to support Iraq in the largest .. should see a greater commitment from all parties to the Iraqi government.”

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