What are we looking for? We're almost at the end of that golden highway ... stay positive and stay informed ... knowledge is power ...

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Everything is moving right along ... Iraq and the Slowskys ...

1. We are looking for a "Working" Iraqi Government to be Seated

2. Once the gov't is seated, we are looking for Parliament to re-convene and pass necessary laws i.e, oil/gas law, budget, any adjustments to the investment law.

3. Look for Iraq to be released from Chapter 7

... and what else could we be waiting for? Below are a few articles on events for the next few days and weeks - (Kel)

____Government

Dec. 2nd update ~ *** PM Maliki ABLE TO FORM NEW CABINET WITHIN DEFINED PERIOD (Maliki did refer to the 10th) !!!

Also remember link ~ December 10th -15th? *Iraq PM Maliki says to form government by mid-December ...

Thursday ~ Kurdish lawmaker confirms al-Maliki officially mandated to form a government Thursday, calling for cooperation ... and Thursday, November 25th ~ Emerging Plan for Shape of New Government in Iraq previous article Talabani will hold a ceremony to commission headed by Maliki government

___Budget

Dec. 2nd update ~ And Final Approval of the budget possibly ~ link ~*** (Dec. 10-15) ~ Budget 2011 ~ Ministry of Finance in Kurdistan end of next year's budget preparation in 2 weeks ...

Budget NOT YET Complete ~ Budget "Revision" has passed and will be discussed in the next meeting for approval in its "Final Form" ...

Iraq Government intends to send the final accounts for the 2010 budget to the House soon ... and link ~ breakdown of the 2010 budget (money which needs to be accounted for) ~ http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ar&u=http://nahrain.com/d/news/10/11/101123ac.htm&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dnahrain%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3Dbh9%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official&rurl=translate.google.com&twu=1

___Chapter 7

Dec, 2nd update ~ Chapter 7 Hallelujah! U.S. DEPUTY AMBASSADOR OF BASRA: IRAQ WILL EMERGE FROM CHAPTER VII BY END OF THIS YEAR!!

_ Chapter 7 ~ Foreign Affairs and the U.S. embassy discuss removing Iraq from Chapter VII ...

_ Chapter 7 ~ PM, Nuri Maliki, Resolving the issue of missing Kuwaitis and humanitarian and religious duty & obligation with the State of Kuwait

_ Iraq says keen to "close the file" of Kuwaiti missings, properties ...

_ *** Nice ~ Chapter 7 ~ Zebari meets with High-Level Coordinator on the affairs of missing persons and Kuwaiti property ...

Link ~ CONFERENCES, MEETINGS AND EVENTS FOR NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, 2010 ...
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