Iraq an economic Study

Change: Maliki carried out the biggest scandal of the bankruptcy of Iraq funds

According to the facts presented by the change of the Iraqi people, the al-Maliki, the oldest also to withdraw five billion dollars from the treasury of the central bank, so that Iraq may have gone bankrupt from reserves of cash, and now depends on the proceeds of oil to pay salaries, which means that Iraq may declare bankruptcy, in the case of stop the export of oil, and sell it to the outside.

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Obama Looks at Expanding Airstrikes in Iraq

Targets Would Be Expanded to Logistics, Supply Lines of Militant Islamic State

The Obama administration is considering a major expansion of the scope of US airstrikes in Iraq to target the logistics hubs and supply lines of militant Islamic State forces, in operations intended to help Iraq's new government retake lost territory.

The new phase would represent a departure from the past month, when American military forces confined their operations to categories such as protecting US personnel in the northern city of Erbil, humanitarian relief operations and defending key Iraqi infrastructure from the militants' advance.

A new category of strikes is designed to have a wider effect. Some US officials said airstrikes over the weekend at Haditha dam were a first example of the potential of an expanded air campaign, one closely coordinated with Iraqi forces.

"The strikes would support Iraqi forces on the ground and help them take back territory," said a defense official. "It opens the aperture."

President Barack Obama plans to use a speech to the nation on Wednesday to outline his strategy for Combating Islamic State, formerly known as ISIS or ISIL. He is set to meet with Republican and Democratic congressional leaders Tuesday afternoon to detail his approach and determine what lawmakers need in order for them to sign on.

The Obama administration had been waiting to announce any expansion in help for Iraq until the new prime minister forms a cabinet. Iraq's Parliament approved one Monday and Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi was sworn in, ending months of political wrangling.

Mr. Obama could green-light the new "sovereignty strikes" in his address on Wednesday. Mr. Obama also could decide by Wednesday whether to authorize strikes against Islamic State strongholds in Syria, a senior administration official said, although the strategy is still being formed.

Pentagon planners have been supportive of expanding strikes into Syria. Military officials believe that because Islamic State fighters move back and forth across the Iraq-Syria border, striking the group's supply lines in Syria could help diminish its military strength more quickly.

"It makes military sense to expand to Syria, but this is a lot more than a military problem," said another defense official. "Is it the right move strategically? That is a decision the president has to make."

Senior Pentagon officials have discussed potential Islamic State targets in Syria with the White House, officials said.

The president's speech, on the eve of the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, is primarily intended to explain to Americans both the threat posed by the Islamic State and his strategy, which will have diplomatic, economic, intelligence and military components, administration officials said.

The strategy also will rely on resources supplied by a coalition of nations from the Middle East to Europe. The president has remained adamant that he will not deploy US combat troops on the ground in Iraq or Syria.

Off the table, for now, is a stepped-up campaign of strikes targeting the leadership of the Islamic State. There are few senior leaders of the group operating in Iraq, said defense officials. Even if the president were to order an expansion of the air war into Syria, the US lacks intelligence on where Islamic State leaders are hiding, officials said.

The US has begun conducting surveillance flights over Syria, but it will likely be some time before the intelligence is sufficient to initiate a drone campaign against so-called "high value" leaders of Islamic State, defense officials said.

One problem with beginning the broader strikes in Iraq is that US officials are not certain that Iraqi and Kurdish forces would be able to effectively capitalize on them.

The Obama administration also has held off expanding its advisory military effort, keeping the 1,192 US military personnel now in the country focused on embassy security and on staffing joint US-Iraqi operation centers.

The formation of a new Iraqi government likely will enable the Obama administration to allow US personnel to begin directly advising Iraqi military units, although it will take weeks or months for American military officers to have an effect on the prowess of Iraqi units.

The Obama administration does not believe it needs explicit congressional authorization for expanded strikes in Iraq. Senior congressional officials in both political parties have signaled that they do not want to force members to take a vote, the senior administration official said.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R., SC) said he was wary of Congress voting to authorize additional action. "What if it comes over and you can not pass it? That would be a disaster. And what if you put so many conditions on it that it makes any military operation ineffective, that's what I worry about," Mr. Graham said.

White House officials have indicated that Mr. Obama wants Congress to approve his proposal for a $ 500 million counterterrorism fund to help arm and train moderate Syrian rebels.

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Iraq within ten weaker countries to measures against "money laundering" and the level of transparency and legal authority

The index Basel is not organized the first international put Iraq at the tail of its list, as promised by Transparency International, in (the 27th of June 2013), that Iraq sits in the "depths of the bottomless corruption rates in the world," which led to "raise" political violence and inflict "damage" the process of building a state of "effective and the lack of" providing services as Iraq is still "a failure" in the delivery of basic services adequately, and that 23% of his sons are still "living extreme poverty", while showed that despite government initiatives to combat corruption, it's still "stuttering" announcement did not come as former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, the fight against corruption within 100 days in the year 2011, as "any positive result," questioned the will of the government and its commitment to anti-corruption efforts.
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The discovery of a new oil field in southern Iraq

Baghdad, September 9 (Petra) - The Ministry of Oil in Iraq for the discovery of an oil field is the first of its kind in the region exploratory No. 9 in Basra in southern Iraq.

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I don't even think this ISIS issue is gonna take more than a few days to get resolved. These guys have another fight to deal with in Syria, and they know, if they stay in Iraq once our airstrikes really get going, they're gonna lose every last fighter, and every piece of equipment they stole. It's an apocalyptic fight on their part, and I don't think their leadership is that stupid. I think, once Shock n Awe 3.0 gets going, they're gonna run back to Syria as fast as they can, and I think we will let them, because we still need them to take out Assad for us, but we'll make a big show of it. I anticipate the Obama speech, tomorrow, to start with, "As of ?:??, on my orders, American and coalition forces began a massive air campaign, supported by Peshmerga and Iraqi Security forces on the ground, to destroy ISIL's ability to make war on innocent Iraqi civilians." We will then be treated to hours to days of coverage on the cable news networks, followed by Obama's "Mission Accomplished" speech wherein he declares ISIS defeated and Iraq secure. I don't think this will take more than a week.
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Every time they stick a shovel in the ground, they find a trillion dollars.

I just saw where Syria canceled their wheat shipment to iraq.

Cancel a deal to sell 200 thousand tons of Syrian wheat to Iraq



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Watch the news tomorrow. I bet we're gonna get a speech very similar to the one I proposed above. Obama needs a big victory, and declaring a quick end to ISIS in Iraq, after all the heat he has taken here for not going after them stronger until now, will give him a big boost. It will bring his biggest detractor, John McCain, to his side, and even bring back a lot of Democrats who have been very outspoken, the last few weeks, about his lack of resolve in Iraq. Of course, we all know better, that the lack of seriousness in confronting ISIS was to apply pressure first to Maliki to leave, and then to the new government to get itself formed. Obama and Kerry have been saying, for the past two months, that we wouldn't go in in earnest until they had a democratically elected government seated, and I expect them to follow through with that. Also, we have had "advisers" on the ground for two months. They know exactly where to hit these guys to get us the biggest bang as quickly as possible, and we are going to be getting a lot of help, primarily from the Brits, as David Cameron has been more outspoken than anyone about the need to take out ISIS.

We are about to open the gates of hell on ISIS, and I believe they will run like the cowards they are.

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Hey REVBO, nice analysis this morning! Here's some more food for your thought from a top advisor on Iraq policy at CSIS just out this morning...pre Obama speech.

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Lol! Posting the speech points as you were typing

Well, he seems to think years to get rid of ISIS in Iraq. I think days. We shall see. It's all up to Obama. If he comes out strong, I'm right. If he keeps up what he's doing now, I still don't think it would take years, but it may take months.

Do what? Is he giving the speech now?

After reading that strategic report, I think a week is a bit optimist.

Thread: 9/11 EVE: President Obama will deliver address Wednesday at 9pm ET on 'destroying' ISIS

No, I just meant my posting Cordismans comments on Os speech was being posted at the same time you were giving your views.

Oh, gotcha. Well, it all depends on how strong we go at this. If we decide containment is the way to go, it's gonna be a long time. I'm counting on Obama needing a big international victory right before the mid term elections. One more day until we know how it's gonna play out. These guys do get it wrong sometimes. Kirk Sowell is an expert on Iraqi politics and until about a month ago, he was convinced Maliki was never going anywhere.



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The arrest of a gang of counterfeit currency in Basra
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I have seen a lot more crack down on embezzlement, laundering, counterfeiting charges being given out the last couple of days.

A lot more articles of support to combat terrorists since the formation of their government as well

09/09 France: an additional 18 tons of aid to Iraq Sky News


09/09 Spain, Italy and Germany, and China welcomes the formation of the Iraqi government and emphasizes Let them against terrorism agency Wayne

09/09 Britain will send automatic rifles and ammunition for the Iraqi army and Kurdish Source News

09/09 King of Jordan: the formation of the Iraqi government is an important step and support them in the face of terrorism agency Wayne

09/09 Italy declares its readiness for military action against Air Daash in Iraq Khandan

Sure, Victory may be had in the media and shown to the voters, but the problems are still there. Nothing happens that fast in war ( Bush claimed Victory for the media too if you remember).

I've followed Cordesman for along time, check out his bio and expertise. He's always been spot on. You know these ThinkTank guys are the ones behind politicians running the policy...IMO of course.

Doesn't mean I don't think the RV will happen fairly soon though.

I think a lot of our commentators have overestimated ISIS's capabilities from the start. Sure, they're dangerous. Probably more dangerous than al-Qaeda ever was, and probably even capable of attacking us at home, but they're not the Mongol hordes of modern times, and have no conventional military power that can come remotely close to competing with the Navy. They have some weapons that they stole from the Iraqi military, but they have no air power, and no way to stop attacking coalition air power. They fought a drastically outgunned Peshmerga to a draw, and are already on the run in Iraq, despite a very lackluster effort on the part of American forces.

If we step the attacks up, seriously, as I believe we are going to, they would be stupid to try to stand and fight, especially when they have a safe haven in Syria. There is some debate, among the "experts," as to whether Obama will authorize attacks in Syria in support of our operations in Iraq. I believe Obama will find a Syrian operation unpalatable at this time, which will allow them free movement back to Syria to be dealt with later. That's something our mainstream commentators can't say because it implies we are using ISIS as a tool of foreign policy and gets dangerously close to actually having to accuse our administration of the arming and training of ISIS that they did, whether knowingly or unwittingly. CSIS and other experts can't talk openly about such things lest they be accused of being conspiracy theorists. I have no such restraints here.

Victory in the media is the real thing we're looking for, anyway, and I do remember Bush claiming victory. Technically, he was right, though. We crushed the Iraqi army in a matter of days, and things were pretty peaceful until AQI showed up and started a civil war, but as to the military victory, Bush was right.

These ISIS fools like to pretend they're a real army, so they are going to be met as a real army, and if they try to stick around, they will be crushed, too. I just don't see them wanting this fight in Iraq, and to lose all those new toys they have acquired, when Syria was their primary goal. If they keep a few people inside Iraq to fight a guerilla war, I would think we would call that victory and move on.

Lol!
Sure, when I put on my conspiracy hat, Obama will just call up Bahgdadi and tell him to fall back and wait for his next mission in Russia or China

Well, obviously, I don't think it works like that, but do you not believe we had a hand in empowering ISIS and are using them for our own foreign policy objectives? We supported every Arab Spring movement, which were all run by Muslim Brotherhood, and ISIS is really just another offshoot of MB.

Oh, absolutely I agree that we have created and used the extremist groups to initiate our global foreign policy goals. Libya, Syria, Iraq, Ukraine, Somalia and many others. What's hard for me to get my head around is that all the others have had an end goal of splitting larger threats into manageable failed states...and why would Iraq be any different? Sort of like Phoenix believes I guess.

On the other hand, I like to believe the PTB have an anomalous plan for Iraq becoming a powerful state player in the ME, hence my personal belief in the dinar. Sometimes I just don't know what to think...

I'm not as good as you REVBO in putting my thoughts into words, wish I was. I'm usually conflicted in my ideas about how things work so that doesn't help either :) Todd calls me his dichotomy girl...

Did not know this...

9-9-2014 Newshound Guru Kaperoni I wanted to tell you all about a little tidbit...most are aware of the CBI, Maliki, and the charges against Shabibi and the recent decision to give him a 7 year sentence and removal of Turki etc. which we all know is nonsense and Abadi already said Maliki had no authority to do so... here is the tidbit: Back in 2012 Abadi was on the finance committee who investigated Shabibi and his report stated no evidence of any mismanage or charges...in fact, Abadi was a signature on that report. So, i would expect that Abadi will clear Shabibi soon. So I think we will see many good things happen in the near future.

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Very nice little tidbit here. I'm all for Shabibi getting his due respect.

I thought he was already acquitted...
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They convicted him in absentia. That article is a little misleading, if just from the title. The conviction still stands, but he can be pardoned by Masoum at the request of Abadi.

Last Edited by Revbo™ on 09/09/2014 03:31 PM

Ok, thanks!