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Iraq Important Dates

September 10, 2010 End of Ramadan - Eid ul-Fitr Celebration
September 27-28, 2010 Oil & Gas Conference Istanbul, Turkey
October 8-10, 2010 IMF Conference & CBI officials/MoF Washington D.C.
October 15-16, 2010 GET ENERGY for Iraq Conference Basra, Iraq
October 24, 2010 Iraq National Census - Postponed to 2011
November 25-28, 2010 Basra International Oil & Gas Conference Basra, Iraq
November 29-Dec 1, 2010 Iraq Petroleum 2010 London, U.K.
December 31, 2010 DFI Fund Remains in Federal Reserve NY
December 15, 2010 3rd Review Stand-by-Agreement Iraq
March 12, 2011 Kurdistan Regional Elections
March 1, 2011 Arab League Summit - Baghdad, Iraq

**Dates are tentative and could change without notice

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Wednesday, 1 September 2010

IRAQ IMPORTANT DATES

10 Sept 2010 End of Ramadan
27-28 September Oil & Gas Conference Istanbul, Turkey
8-10 October IMF Meet with CBI in Washington D.C.
24 October 2010 Iraq National Census (extended to 2011)
December 2010 DFI Account extended
December 2010 3rd Review Stand-by-agreement (IMF)
March 2011 Kurdistan Regional Elections
March 2011 Arab League Summit - Baghdad

We have nine or ten days left depending on which religious sect you fall under before the Ramadan celebration is over. The feast that marks the end of Ramadan is Eid ul-Fitr which lasts for several days. For all of you waiting on, expecting a government to form during Ramadan you will continue to wait. The Eid celebration is more important than forming a government.

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31 August 2010

IRAQ IMPORTANT DATES

9 Sept 2010 End of Ramadan
27-28 September Oil & Gas Conference Istanbul, Turkey
8-10 October IMF Meet with CBI in Washington D.C.
24 October 2010 Iraq National Census
December 2010 DFI Account extended
December 2010 3rd Review Stand-by-agreement (IMF)
March 2011 Kurdistan Regional Elections
March 2011 Arab League Summit - Baghdad

It is possible that there will be a sharing of power between Dr. Iyad Allawi and Adil abd-al-Mahdi, who is a leading member in the Iraqi Islamic Supreme council (IISC). The term will be two years each however, now they have to decide who will be first to take the two years when already they have waisted six months. The State of Law political bloc has downplayed the agreement between the IISC and Al-Iraqiyah List. The agreement has the blessing of Al-Sadr.

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Ministry of Communications went the way of General Electric

Your probably thinking they are the governments Ministry, they have plenty of money. The truth is that they are broke and as the same way with not knowing how much electricity the Iraqi people are using to collect the money what is owed to the government they also can't collect what is owed to them from landline phones.

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The Iraqi National Allaince (INA) has a desire to nominate Ibrahim al-Ja'fari, has the next Prime Minister of Iraq. This is not concrete as other names are being discussed. Names such as Adil Abd-al-Mahdi, Al-Chalabi. The Sadrist assure that that outgoing Prime Minister Maliki will not be endorsed.

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IRAQ IMPORTANT DATES

9 Sept 2010 End of Ramadan
27-28 September Oil & Gas Conference Istanbul, Turkey
24 October 2010 Iraq National Census
December 2010 DFI Account extended
December 2010 3rd Review Stand-by-agreement (IMF)
March 2011 Kurdistan Regional Elections
March 2011 Arab League Summit - Baghdad

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IRAQ IMPORTANT DATES

9 Sept 2010 End of Ramadan
27-28 September Oil & Gas Conference Istanbul, Turkey
24 October 2010 Iraq National Census
December 2010 DFI Account extended
December 2010 3rd Review Stand-by-agreement (IMF)
March 2011 Kurdistan Regional Elections
March 2011 Arab League Summit - Baghdad

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On 19 Aug American Contractor Intel (AC-I), wrote there would be a meeting in Damascus with the winning political blocs with the exception of the out going Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki. No other media has mentioned anything about this meeting until today. Just pointing this out that your getting at least from me the most accurate information and analysis about Iraq and at times ahead of the print media. In this instance it is four days before the press media published the Damascus meet.

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IRAQ IMPORTANT DATES

9 Sept 2010 End of Ramadan
24 October 2010 Iraq National Census
December 2010 DFI Account extended
December 2010 3rd Review Stand-by-agreement (IMF)
March 2011 Kurdistan Regional Elections
March 2011 Arab League Summit - Baghdad

The Al-Iraqiyah List leader Dr. Iyad Allawi just finished his trip meeting the Russian President and now he is going to Kuwait. Dr. Allawi will be meeting with the Kuwaiti's to strengthen ties between the two countries.

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IRAQ IMPORTANT DATES

9 Sept 2010 End of Ramadan
24 October 2010 Iraq National Census
December 2010 DFI Account extended
December 2010 3rd Review Stand-by-agreement (IMF)
March 2011 Kurdistan Regional Elections
March 2011 Arab League Summit - Baghdad

A lot of great stories on the web today in reference to Iraq. As you know Dr. Iyad Allawi, is in Russia as he was invited by the Russian President to visit and discuss the political drama that is going on inside Iraq. The Russians also wanted to talk about energy. Dr. Allawi also met with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, to discuss energy cooperation between the two countries. Also in attendance was officials from the Crescent Petroleum. This is very positive between these two countries along with the UAE energy firm to establish potential partnerships in Iraq.

Slowly but surely the Iraq private banking industry is getting more mature and building value with a possible new Turkish bank branch in Erbil, Iraq. Officials have said the bank should be open by the end of the year. As you all know the Central of Bank as issued an order for the banking industry to increase their reserves and to think about merges with other banks foreign or domestic. A lot of the Iraqi banks are family owned we are still waiting to see if any banks merge for the better.

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The celebration of Ramadan continues as you see the Iraqi people only working an average of three hours a day. The government workers when the clock strikes 11 AM they are gone.

General Electric and Iraq

I had mentioned that General Electric, GE was not currently in Iraq and I am going to explain briefly why they will not be in the near future. First, news reports mention the future project of GE coming into Iraq and not necessarily saying they are currently in Iraq because they are not. Positive articles however, not necessarily the most accurate.

The government power grid operates in a way that most people don't even know or realize. The electricity for most Iraqi's operate only a few hours a day if they are so fortunate to have the government power grid at their residence. When the government power grid shuts off for them then it moves to a different section of the city or province and giving those residents electricity for a few hours. Than after a few hours more the government power grid moves a different part of the city or province and repeats itself throughout the day. This is how the government electrical grid operates in Iraq.

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Meet in Syria after Ramadan

I have stated that there will be no government formed during Ramadan. This is true. It looks like a very important meeting will be held in Damascus, Syria with all the wining political blocs. The only person that will not get an invite is the out going Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. This meeting has the backing of Arabs and Turkey. They say they want to end the crisis of forming a government without any Iranian or U.S. Influence.

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The American Contractor will bring you updated news that is accurate and not false or misleading. Someone had said the U.N. troops are being flown into Baghdad?! Readers of the American Contractor web site this is not true at all. There are no UN Troops in the country of Iraq. There is no US Military getting ready and donning on UN Symbols on there uniforms. A new U.N. resolution would have to be made with the support of the international community. I don't think the support is there for this new chapter for Iraq.

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Joining the WTO is not the best thing for Iraq.

Baghdad, 15 August: The Iraqi minister of labour and social affairs, Mahmud al-Shaykh Radhi, said that he rejects the notion that Iraq joins the World Trade Organization (WTO).

"My ministry examined this issue considering its effects on the levels of labour and unemployment," the minister told Aswat al-Iraq news agency on Sunday.

He noted that his ministry has conclusively found that this issue will negatively affect work efficiency in Iraq.

Source: Aswat al-Iraq, Arbil, in English 1204 gmt 15 Aug 10

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The Iraqi people are preparing for Ramadan that will be in just a few days. Do not expect anything important to occur during Ramadan such as a forming of the government. We are looking at the October - November time frame. The government will not be formed before Ramadan.

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6 August 2010

It has been two days since the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) had there scheduled meeting on Iraq. Did you all know the meeting was scheduled? The meeting was a routine meet that is held every three months. It was not a meeting due to the ongoing crisis of Iraqi officials attempt to form a government as some would lead you to believe. And in three months there will be another meet with the UNSC on Iraq.

In my last Intel AC-I report dated 4 August, I had said the UNSC has no power over Iraq to install and force an Iraqi government. I said the UNSC meeting is about recommending to speed up the forming of the government. If you forgot what I had said go back and read it again.

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