Iraq Mobile Phone Network Contract Auctioned
The Iraqi government held an auction in Jordan’s capital city of Amman for three contracts to setup mobile phone networks in Iraq, Thursday August 16.
India gold seen crossing 9,000 rupees this week
MUMBAI, August 6 (Reuters) – Indian analysts said gold prices were expected to rise beyond the psychological level of 9,000 rupees per 10 grams this week amid worries over U.S. economic growth and the rupee’s weakness.
New Law Permits Foreign Investment in Iraqi Oil Refineries
Sunday, August 5 – Iraqi Parliament has approved a draft on a new law allowing foreign companies to build and manage oil refineries in this country.
Iran Quds Force secret guidelines for Iraq’s Badr Brigade
Reza Shafa
No surprise, [[Quds Force]] sent new guidelines to its agents in [[Badr Brigade]] to begin arming the tribal militias close to the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (SIIC) and at same time resist disarming its own forces.
There has been a new directive from the Quds Force Headquarters in Tehran to SIIC and Amar Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, son of Abdul Aziz al-Hakim as well as Hadi al-Ameri, head of the Badr Brigade militia and a member of Iraq’s parliament. In the absence of his father, Amar runs the SIIC.
It is reiterated by the Quds Force that the SIIC should prevent the efforts by the Multi-National Forces Iraq (MNF-I) from succeeding in dissolving the militias and also arming the Iraqi Sunnis tribes. Hence, the Quds Force gives specific instructions to establish new front associations for covering the force’s trials in Iraq.
Iraqi Dinar rises against Dollar before doors open to international traders
Stop Fundamentalism, Thursday July 26 – The Iraqi financial market is expected to open doors to trade from other countries allowing foreign traders to participate in Iraqi exchange market beginning August 2. This will definitely impact exchange rates in this country.
Quds Force Expanding in Lebanon
Reza Shafa
A year after the thirty-three day war in Lebanon, the role of the Iranian regime in this country remains a great concern. Tehran has substantially intensified efforts to fuel conflicts in this war torn nation.
In May, conflict between Lebanese army and a group known as Fatah Al-Islam near Nahar Al-Bared Camp in Tripoli, home to many Palestinian refugees, entered a new phase. The Fatah Al-Islam took positions in the camp, to fight with Lebanese army using civilians as human shields.
According to credible reports and intelligence received from within the Iranian regime and its Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), Fatah Al-Islam has been created by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its subordinate, the Quds Force in 2005.
