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larrykn says():Iraqi MP: US, Turkey Rocking Boat in Liberation of Tal Afar
TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iraqi legislator blasted the US and Turkey for their antagonistic behavior towards efforts to liberate Tal Afar city in Nineveh province.
Iskandar Watout, a member of the Iraqi parliament’s Security and Defense Committee, told reporters in a press conference that the process to take back Tal Afar is facing resistance and pressures by Turkey and the US.
He called on the Iraqi government not to become influenced by Turkey and the US or Iraqi Kurdistan President Masoud Barzani and try to expel the Turkish forces from Iraq’s soil.
Watout described Tal Afar as a vital and important city hosting tens of ISIL bases, and said, “Operations against the terrorist groups in Iraq should continue unstopped until full victory.”
In relevant remarks in April, another Iraqi parliamentarian revealed that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to hold back the Hashd al-Shaabi (Iraqi Mobilization) forces from any operation to liberate Tal Afar.
“Erdogan has in a message to Abadi warned that if Hashd al-Shaabi advances towards Tal Afar, the Turkish forces will also be deployed in the region,” Nahleh al-Hababi was quoted as saying by al-Mouqef al-Iraqi news website.
The Iraqi legislator, meantime, underlined that Hashd al-Shaabi has surrounded Tal Afar region from several fronts and would play the main role in the liberation operation.
Also, last month, a senior commander of Hashd al-Shaabi underlined his forces’ full preparedness to launch offensive against the ISIL bases in Tal Afar.
“Tal Afar is the ISIL’s last base in Mosul. We have surrounded the city since several months ago,” Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes said.
Stressing the importance of Tal Afar and its liberation, he said, “The Iraqi volunteer forces are fully ready to attack Tal Afar but the decision to start the attack is upon the General Command of the Armed Forces.”
tman23 says():This is the “Mother Load” in Iraq…… Hawija Operation to Be Launched in July 2017: Peshmerga Commander…….Kurdistan Region’s Peshmerga Corps are set to participate in the operation to free the town of Hawija which will launch in July this year, said a Peshmerga commander.
In a statement on Saturday, Brig. Mohammed Reger said Peshmerga is all set and quipped with enough weaponry for liberating Hawija, 30 miles south of Kirkuk, which the Islamic State (IS) militants still control.
Brig. Reger who commands Peshmerga forces at frontlines in western Kirkuk, said they are waiting for the General Commander of the Peshmerga Forces to issue the order to launch the offensive.
larrykn says():Have a Great Mothers Day 🙂
magnetlady says():Thank you Larrykn
tman23 says():Matter of fact…..Hawija is referred to as the “head of the snake” by military commanders.
tman23 says():WASHINGTON,— Turkish President Erdogan and Iraqi Kurdistan intelligence official Masrour Barzani will also be in the US at the same time. This is no coincidence.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will be visiting the US soon. KDP President Massoud Barzani’s son and Iraqi Kurdistan intelligence official Masrour Barzani will also be in the US at the same time with Erdogan. This is no coincidence.
is obvious in every sense that this is a planned meeting with a strategic purpose……..ALREADY KNOW BARZANI IS SET TO MEET WITH THE HERITAGE FOUNDATON ON THE 16TH IN DC……..
magnetlady says():Thank DIGI
jeffusa says():Urgent break into the last large remaining neighborhoods in Mosul Ayman
jeffusa says():[Oan- Baghdad] breeched security forces, on Sunday morning, widely recent residential neighborhoods and the remaining terrorist gangs Daesh on the right side of the city of Mosul.
jeffusa says():US-backed Iraqi forces have pushed deeper into the last pocket of Mosul controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS), as the battle for the city approaches an end after seven months of gruelling combat.
ISIL fighters have now been dislodged from all but a handful of districts in the western half of Mosul including the Old City, where the group is expected to make its last stand, taking advantage of narrow streets and its dense population.
Mosul: Uncertain future awaits children born under ISIL rule
Brigadier General Yahya Rasoul said on Sunday the area controlled by ISIL was no more than nine percent of west Mosul, which is bisected by the River Tigris.
“It’s a very small area,” he told Reuters. “God willing, this is the final phase.”
The Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service (CTS) stormed the Ureibi and Rifaie districts at dawn on Sunday, according to a statement from the Joint Operations Command
jeffusa says():At the same time, the army’s ninth division and the Interior Ministry’s elite Emergency Response Division attacked the ISIL bastion of 17 Tammouz.
“Daesh (ISIL) is drawing its last dying breath,” the commander of the ninth division, Lieutenant General Qasim Nazzal, told state television on Sunday. “Daesh fighters are broken and quickly retreating from fronts.”
Vastly outnumbered by the forces arrayed against them, ISIL fighters are fighting back with suicide car bombs and snipers embedded among hundreds of thousands of civilians they are effectively holding hostage.
jeffusa says():http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/05/iraqi-forces-push-isil-pocket-mosul-170514102411518.html
dickmiller says():May i what Hawija has to do with our investment ?
dickmiller says():May i ask what Hawija has to do with our investment ? Does they have be clear too and cause more delay ?
BGG says():Other than it is a northern – mostly ISIS held territory… which the IMF, WB and UN have implied needs to be taken back, nothing. Kinda’ like we have talked about all along?
dickmiller says to BGG():So Hawija is no concern for our investment ..Thank you
dickmiller says to BGG():So per tman they are going into there July 2017 ..his is the “Mother Load” in Iraq…… Hawija Operation to Be Launched in July 2017: Peshmerga Commander…….Kurdistan Region’s Peshmerga Corps are set to participate in the operation to free the town of Hawija which will launch in July this year, said a Peshmerga commander.
In a statement on Saturday, Brig. Mohammed Reger said Peshmerga is all set and quipped with enough weaponry for liberating Hawija, 30 miles south of Kirkuk, which the Islamic State (IS) militants still control.
Brig. Reger who commands Peshmerga forces at frontlines in western Kirkuk, said they are waiting for the General Commander of the Peshmerga Forces to issue the order to launch the offensive.
dickmiller says to BGG():oh also congrats on your daughters wedding . So once mosul is clear this is the next battle which starts in july 2017 correct which is requested by the imf before an rv ? Are there anymore town ?
ABNewsflash says():Good Afternoon, Happy Mothers Day to all to all you Moms out there!
ABNewsflash says():A coalition is waiting for a Sunni Kurd to confront Maliki.
May 14, 2017 12:53 PM – The number of readings: 561 views
ABNewsflash says():http://www.al-mawqif.com/56557
ABNewsflash says():Time to turn the Heat on Maliki.
DIGIman1 says():good….looks like he needs a tan….
ABNewsflash says():Have you seen the articles this morning that we are down to one last neighborhood in Mosul?
ABNewsflash says():One district separates security forces from full victory in Mosul
ABNewsflash says():A military information cell announced Sunday that it would remain in one neighborhood to liberate the city of Mosul.
“The security forces are fighting in the old neighborhoods of Mosul, Zanzili, Rifa’i and al-Arabi, and the rest is a single neighborhood to liberate the city of Mosul with its left and right sides,” the cell said.
ABNewsflash says(): http://www.alebaatv.com/archives/126820
BGG says():I cannot believe what I say gets that misunderstood.
BGG says():I said none of the above.
BGG says():OMG.
BGG says():#thatshowinternetBSgets-STARTED.
ABNewsflash says():Here is something that relates to home for a few of us!
ABNewsflash says():Basra Council and US Consulate discuss twinning with Houston
Sunday 14 May 2017 – 07:22 PM
ABNewsflash says():Basra provincial council held a meeting with the US consulate in the province, discussed ways to activate the twinning agreement between Basra and the city of Houston, which was concluded between the two cities earlier.
The head of the Basra Provincial Council Sabah al-Bezouni told the Murad after receiving US Consul in the province, Wen Dayton at the council’s headquarters, that the push towards activating the twinning coincides with the adoption of the law of Basra, the economic capital of Iraq,
adding that the Convention has positive aspects of the province in terms of transfer of experience at the level of health and education Education and trade law, and other sectors.
For her part, explained the Chairman of the Development and Reconstruction Committee in the Council Zahra Albjari that the agreement was signed about two years ago, but did not do because of the controls were not available at the time, indicating that the city of Houston is similar to the city of Basra in terms of the availability of oil and ports as well as weather,
A joint committee headed by al-Bajari and the departmental directors of the Basra constituencies was formed to provide adequate information and needs to the Houston government, as well as to set up a similar committee in Houston to exchange information and expertise.
dickmiller says to BGG():if i did not understand or get it right sorry . i am trying to get this s45
ABNewsflash says():She pointed out that the most important was discussed in the meeting is the file of investment and the private sector in Basra and the exchange of experience in the sectors of health and education, where committees were mandated to provide adequate information in this regard.
For his part, said the representative of the Basra Oil Company, Adel Sadiq al-Marbad that Basra needs to transfer expertise from the American side, especially in the health file and upgrading it and the treatment of diseases, especially cancer, where the discussion of those files in addition to addressing the educational file.
“The meeting discussed the development of a plan and a program for the practical preparation of twinning in light of serious efforts by the local government in this direction,” said the director of the Planning Department in Basra, Ali Mohammed Sobeih said that Basra needs to develop its cadres and expertise in various fields and activate the infrastructure.
He pointed to the city of Houston, the United States includes specialized centers for cancer treatment in addition to the University of Houston, which is classified within the global universities and can be used.
The Governor of Basra, Majid Nasrawi, signed on May 5, 2015 a twinning agreement between Basra and the American city of Houston in order to open the doors of mutual cooperation between the two cities, which include various axes to exchange experiences and extend bridges of cooperation in vital fields including investment, health, education, agriculture and industry.
ABNewsflash says():
http://www.almirbad.com/mobile/news/view.aspx?cdate=14052017&id=20a56eda-ef53-4ffc-a455-94175c20bca4
stunningone1945 says():Isn’t Hawija another district/province in Mosul?
stunningone1945 says():I take it is not.
stunningone1945 says():That battle is schedule for July 2017.
dickmiller says to stunningone1945():i guess . who knows
BGG says to stunningone1945():it is a town.
BGG says to stunningone1945():/area
stunningone1945 says():But not in Mosul….I believe.
BGG says to stunningone1945():various names can be both a town and a province.
BGG says to stunningone1945():that is correct.
dickmiller says to stunningone1945():i am still trying find out if it matters . I google it . tman23 post this things which confuses the heck out me .lol
BGG says to dickmiller():it all matters – they are moving on all of it. They want to take their country back.
BGG says to dickmiller():and everyone is cheering them on.
dickmiller says to BGG():so july will be the focus on this battle correct then imf should be happy or is there more towns ?
stunningone1945 says():Hawija is considered the “Head of the Snake”.
BGG says to dickmiller():it’s not wise to make such LEAPS in logic. We have no concrete evidence of such.
Dr Dave says():Tel Afar also seems to be a pretty large city in northern Iraq still under Is control
dickmiller says to BGG():ok . i did not mean to take you away from your daughters wedding weekend . I will wait until tonight .
magnetlady says():Afteroon BGG
stunningone1945 says():When “Liberation” is being mentioned …….it’s referring to City of Mosul only….Right?
Dr Dave says():It seems that the news is now referring to them as Sunni insurgents rather than the IS……..
BGG says to magnetlady():Hey Mags
dickmiller says():yep . well taking the wife out …
ABNewsflash says():pg. 12 of the PDF on todays CBI news and announcements.
Rules of Due Diligence for Clients of Financial Institutions No. (1) of 2017 2017/5/14
ABNewsflash says():(I) cash-intensive activities, including some commercial activities, and some activities related to the provision of financial services, such as money-transfer companies and foreign exchange companies, if they are not subject to the level of control to which the financial institution is subject.
(Ii) organizations and charities that do not aim to achieve (Thath) traders of metals and precious stones, antiques and art works c. Risks related to the location of the customer or his work, and the source and destination of the operations on the account.
The financial institution shall be guided by the following in determining high risk geographical areas: (a) Countries that do not apply the FATF recommendations and which do not have legislation and regulations To combat money-laundering and the financing of terrorism.
(2) States subject to sanctions or prohibition of dealing or other similar procedures of the United Nations.
(3) Countries with a weak rating in terms of transparency.
(4) States classified as financing, supporting or experiencing a high level of crime such as trafficking in persons or narcotics Article 4 – Simplified due diligence procedures shall be as follows:
First: The financial institution shall determine the transactions required or the clients required in Such as taking simple due diligence measures when identifying and verifying the identity of the client and the real beneficiary, taking into account international recommendations, standards and best practices that determine examples of clients or(I) cash-intensive activities, including some commercial activities, and some activities related to the provision of financial services, such as money-transfer companies and foreign exchange companies, if they are not subject to the level of control to which the financial institution is subject.
reynoldse2 says():ABNewsFlash that’s extremely thick. Interesting, maybe. I’m not sure.
reynoldse2 says():what do you make of it?
ABNewsflash says():pg.15
The right to persons who are or are present in that State: (1) to continue to apply strict due diligence procedures against such clients;
(2) carefully monitor the operations associated with these persons and identify their purpose.
(Iii) send a statement of transactions related to such clients to AML / CFT.
(Iv) terminate employment relationships with such customers or limit financial transactions with them when the financial institution is unable to implement effective due diligence measures; The financial institution shall pay special attention to its branches and subsidiaries in countries that do not implement or implement the FATF recommendations.
Fifth: Non-resident customers: The customers’ customers, whether they are natural or moral persons, who have no permanent residence or address in the country in which they are present,
shall take into account the following: For natural persons, the visa for entry to the country shall be checked with the confirmation that it is valid and obtain a copy of it. For legal persons or legal arrangements,
the following shall be done: (1) Obtain a copy of the establishment document of the legal person or legal order authenticated by the embassy in the parent country.
reynoldse2 says():hmm
reynoldse2 says():do you think this is significant somehow?
ABNewsflash says():reynoldse2 looks like the CBI is laying down the ground rules for the Banks/customers/investors
reynoldse2 says():well I’ll drink to that. Come ON Iraq
ABNewsflash says():pg.16
(2) Obtaining a copy of an official document stating the registration of the legal person or legal arrangement certified by the competent authority in the parent country.
(3) Obtaining the consent of the regulatory body to which the legal person or legal arrangement in the parent country is subject to deal with the bank, in the case of such a restriction in the internal legal system or legal arrangement.
C. The financial institution monitors the accounts of non-resident clients, whether they are natural persons, legal persons or legal arrangements, to ensure that they are used for the purpose for which they were established, to identify any unusual or suspicious transactions, and to prepare periodic special reports on the activity of such accounts Responsible for reporting
Sixth: correspondent banks and taking into account the following: a. Collect sufficient information on correspondent banks to understand the nature of their activity, structure of ownership and management of the most prominent activities and the work carried out by the location and headquarters of the parent institution, and decide in the light of the information available to determine the original correspondent bank’s reputation, the level of control it is subject to,
With the Bank or any of its members or owners of the controlling interest in the subject of money laundering and the financing of terrorism or the existence of a regulatory action in this regard. Evaluating the AML / CFT controls in the original correspondent bank and ensuring their effectiveness and adequacy.
C. Obtain the approval of senior management in the financial institution when establishing a relationship with foreign financial institutions.
ABNewsflash says():i like the last sentence
ABNewsflash says():establishing a relationship with foreign financial institutions.
Hope BGG has good news for us today, would totally make my day. s40
subgirl says to tycho():brb
BGG says to tycho():Already happened – Iraqi Spec Ops have breached inner Mosul fortifications. Just running on Fox News.
BGG says to tycho():(the ticker).
BGG says to tycho():BBIAb
Pablo says():Is this at that mosque?
ABNewsflash says to BGG():GoodStuff
ABNewsflash says():here is one last article i would like to share B4 i go see my Mama.
ABNewsflash says():link
