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I would have never believed that Abadi would allow himself to be so paralyzed by Maliki. Almost all of the present ministers were appointed by Maliki as proxies. I would have […]

Abadi is in a hard place. He is trying to maintain order, avoid a civil war and reshape the government by removing the corruption from the system. This weekend we […]

The corrupt must be removed from government first before we will see any action against Maliki. All the while Maliki will be fighting to stop the change. The process is […]

Article quote: “…called economic academic Dr. Majid Baidhani private banks to cooperate and coordinate with the central bank to curb the appreciation of the dollar exchange rate in the Iraqi […]

Article quote: “The Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, ladder, on Thursday (31st March 2016), the new government formation to the President of the House of Representatives, Saleem al-Jubouri, a closed envelope, […]

Article quote:  “Rafidain Bank announced on Tuesday for the bank to sell the dollar directly through its branches in Baghdad and the provinces, while confirming that the selling price will […]

Article quote: “…al-Abadi, on Saturday, the Integrity Commission to take legal proceedings regarding the grave by an agency investigative journalism…which revealed the involvement of senior Iraqi officials in the state in […]

Shabs has been there all along in the background IMO. Most likely Shabibi will not come back but there is strong evidence  that Shabibi has been advising and communicating with Keywords as […]

Article: “Sadr, ending a sit – green and calls for demonstrations until the vote on the ministerial cabin” Sadr is still playing the bad guy, good guy routine. He is threatening […]

Article quote:  ” …Abadi “will present the ministerial change tomorrow, Thursday, to the House of Representatives as he promised last week, and reinforce its resolve and determination to proceed with the […]

Article quote:  “…The Financial and Economic Intelligence Department of the Ministry of Interior announced on Monday the seizure of three banking companies that were transferring funds to the ISIS…” It is […]

Article quote:  “the forthcoming cabinet reshuffle, which would expose the Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, next Thursday, at the parliament session, which will include seven senior ministers in the government.” We have […]

The spread between the street and program rate getting bigger, was predictable … You cannot reduce a spread by raising the sale or program rate, especially in such a corrupt […]

The political problems are serious and hopefully they will be resolved as fast as they can be peacefully. I believe the economic problems will also be resolved when they are ready […]

Article: “Abadi moved away from his promise to form a government of technocrats” [Abadi can’t just make changes without Parliamentary approval its unconstitutional, it’s exactly what Maliki was trying to […]

Article: “Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq will receive substantial financial support soon” Iraq still needs loans even after they change the value of their currency and they need huge infusion […]

Article: “Will Iraq pass amnesty law that could pardon terrorists?” […passing this law will go a long ways towards reconciliation between the Sunni’s and the Shia…] I absolutely agree… This law […]

Prime Minister will resort to “Plan B” in the event of his failure to convince the masses of reform document Writer:   Editor: AZ   03/13/2016 21:54     Long-Presse / Baghdad Abadi has […]

Article quote: “Abadi has not been decided to provide “reform document” for the reshuffle, the escalating dispute within the National Alliance parliamentary bloc, the largest.” This is exactly why Abadi […]

I am sure that it is Maliki who is pressing for more time. Sadr is pissed and I don’t blame him. We have no idea whether or not Abadi agreed. […]

I think Sadr’s job in all this is to pressurize the change putting fear into all those who continue to try to stall this. I think Sadr is on board […]

Shortly Iraq will open the economy within the international rules with full transparency. Think about where we were 1 month ago and where we are today. There is a plan […]

IMO parliament will rubber stamp the new technocrats the first time Abadi presents them which most likely is this Friday. The blocks have presented their choices already but unknown to them Abadi […]

Member News Discussion 3-9-16 Phillyman: Ministerial committee in charge of the selection of cabin finish selecting names, Abadi waiting for ” the green light”     Author: ZJ   Editor: AT ​ 03/09/2016 16:56   Long-Presse […]

Article:  “Nuri al-Maliki on Monday sources, the latter decided to retire from formal political positions permanently.” Maliki was trying to make Iraq a dictatorship with him as the dictator answering […]

This should not surprise anyone.  Iran is a self serving state who has been using Iraq as a surrogate state through the Maliki government and has been draining economically this […]

Article quote: “High-level Iraqi sources revealed that Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi will announce the formation of the new cabinet soon, contrary to expectations, because of what the reason for the […]

Abadi just resigned as a member of the SOL killing the direct lines of communication between the SOL and the Abadi government. He did  this to start his new super block which is to consist […]

“The report released in Baghdad, the most dangerous operations of financial corruption in the Iraqi Ministry of Health revealed valued at $ 445 million, relating to contracts for drugs and […]