WEBVTT 00:00.930 --> 00:03.450 quality and access to clean Kabeer a 00:03.450 --> 00:06.830 lot of power . CSC will Saudi 00:07.020 --> 00:08.020 Academy 00:10.980 --> 00:14.230 is to the increase of 00:14.240 --> 00:17.570 the Iraqi forces capabilities . 00:17.580 --> 00:20.330 And second , the increase of the 00:20.330 --> 00:22.552 awareness of the Iraqi people and their 00:22.552 --> 00:25.880 cooperation with the security uh forces 00:25.890 --> 00:29.210 that actually health achieving a lot of 00:29.210 --> 00:31.280 successes and victories against the 00:31.290 --> 00:33.560 terrorist groups and the outlaws and 00:33.560 --> 00:37.210 return to stability to all areas in 00:37.210 --> 00:40.770 Baghdad . Uh Third we killed a lot of 00:40.780 --> 00:43.730 uh leaders of those uh terrorist groups 00:43.730 --> 00:47.060 and arrest uh thousands of them and uh 00:47.070 --> 00:50.430 defused a lot of uh I E D s uh 00:50.440 --> 00:53.570 BBS and can seize uh 00:53.580 --> 00:57.450 munitions and uh weapons and uh 00:57.460 --> 01:01.200 rockets and uh factories 01:01.200 --> 01:04.120 and uh confiscate a lot of 01:04.120 --> 01:07.160 uh vehicle that has no 01:07.170 --> 01:10.430 documentations and has no uh it has a 01:10.430 --> 01:13.120 faked uh plates and I know that the 01:13.120 --> 01:15.200 conference , we can't talk about all 01:15.200 --> 01:17.730 the details but uh about the things 01:17.730 --> 01:20.310 that we achieved in 2000 and eight . Uh 01:20.320 --> 01:23.100 Number four is reopened bridges and 01:23.100 --> 01:25.260 roads that was closed because of 01:25.260 --> 01:28.440 security situation or they was the ones 01:28.440 --> 01:31.330 that was damaged or sabotaged . And uh 01:31.340 --> 01:33.900 one of it is to open the Sarafiya 01:33.900 --> 01:37.500 bridge and Salam and ah rasul bridge uh 01:37.510 --> 01:41.280 bridges and uh they were implemented 01:41.290 --> 01:44.790 uh by the people in Baghdad and also 01:44.790 --> 01:47.660 the major roads and they to see in 01:47.660 --> 01:50.400 front of you um on our slides in 01:50.410 --> 01:54.120 various areas of Baghdad and California 01:54.120 --> 01:57.500 soft . Um and uh we 01:57.500 --> 02:01.040 also opened the entrances to 02:01.040 --> 02:04.580 outsiders city and they were 14 major 02:04.580 --> 02:08.390 entrances and uh we're also 02:08.390 --> 02:11.040 working on getting more streets opened 02:11.040 --> 02:14.950 in the upcoming gear uh inshallah and 02:14.950 --> 02:18.250 uh number five is the reopening of uh 02:18.260 --> 02:21.500 chance Aries , embassies and uh foreign 02:21.500 --> 02:24.400 and Arabic missions in Baghdad after 02:24.410 --> 02:28.410 providing security full security to 02:28.410 --> 02:30.640 them by Ministry of Interior with 02:30.640 --> 02:33.740 coordination with the Baghdad operation 02:33.740 --> 02:37.670 Command . And also uh in addition to 02:37.670 --> 02:41.000 uh having a lot of kings presidents , 02:41.000 --> 02:44.530 ambassadors uh ministers provide coming 02:44.530 --> 02:47.220 to Baghdad from other countries during 02:47.220 --> 02:50.650 this year . Also uh the production 02:50.660 --> 02:54.100 of the decree the Prime Minister's 02:54.100 --> 02:58.070 decree that uh related to return of 02:58.070 --> 03:00.430 the displaced families to their homes 03:00.430 --> 03:04.270 and uh evacuate the houses that 03:04.270 --> 03:06.600 was occupied by others and at the 03:06.600 --> 03:08.600 number of families that returned to 03:08.600 --> 03:12.180 their families Uh starting from the 03:12.190 --> 03:14.690 fourth afternoon plant in uh 03:14.700 --> 03:17.990 14th February 2007 and so 03:17.990 --> 03:21.860 far to 19 January of 03:21.870 --> 03:25.730 December 23,000 uh and 03:25.740 --> 03:28.580 uh for displaced families has returned . 03:28.590 --> 03:31.660 Uh Number seven is uh decree 03:31.660 --> 03:35.430 number Prime Minister's decree 118 that 03:35.430 --> 03:39.280 was in 2000 and eight uh by uh 03:39.290 --> 03:41.520 moving are receiving the 03:41.530 --> 03:45.400 uh sons of Iraq uh 03:45.410 --> 03:47.460 files and returned to the Iraqi 03:47.460 --> 03:49.627 government and be under the control of 03:49.627 --> 03:51.571 the Iraqi government . We received 03:51.571 --> 03:54.250 51,000 and 101 135 03:54.440 --> 03:58.380 uh volunteers or sons of Iraq and 03:58.380 --> 04:00.600 we started paying them salaries by the 04:00.600 --> 04:03.910 Iraqi government uh continuously . And 04:03.910 --> 04:06.370 that was a mechanism put in place by 04:06.380 --> 04:09.930 the uh bach and the reconciliation 04:09.940 --> 04:13.190 committee and uh this mechanism has 04:13.190 --> 04:15.134 proven and this plan that's proven 04:15.134 --> 04:17.880 great success and we didn't have any 04:17.880 --> 04:21.370 problems . Um as far as this issue , 04:21.380 --> 04:24.920 number eight success of the security 04:24.920 --> 04:27.920 plan . That was put by the Iraqi uh 04:27.930 --> 04:30.660 Baghdad Operations Command and so many 04:30.670 --> 04:34.520 uh religious events and 04:34.520 --> 04:37.680 national events , the imam al Qaeda on 04:37.680 --> 04:41.300 ceremony . Also the Shabani visit also 04:41.300 --> 04:43.870 the plan that was put during Ramadan 04:43.870 --> 04:47.280 and month and the feast after Ramadan . 04:47.280 --> 04:49.470 Also the uh 04:49.470 --> 04:53.220 huh And also the 04:53.220 --> 04:56.390 plan that was put during uh huh a feast . 04:56.390 --> 04:58.930 And I think everyone has all the media 04:58.930 --> 05:02.730 has covered uh those uh celebrations 05:02.730 --> 05:05.280 and we've seen a lot of thousands of 05:05.290 --> 05:07.570 people coming and visit Iraqi people 05:07.570 --> 05:10.870 visiting the shrines and religious 05:10.870 --> 05:14.600 areas and uh also the recreation 05:14.600 --> 05:18.020 parks that was put by uh the Iraqi and 05:18.020 --> 05:20.131 then it's back to the minutes and the 05:20.131 --> 05:23.910 bach as well . Uh as a result of 05:23.910 --> 05:26.410 the security improvements and going 05:26.410 --> 05:30.210 back to normalcy Uh the year 05:30.220 --> 05:32.820 during the year of 2008 . So the year 05:32.820 --> 05:35.290 of 2009 is going to have great 05:35.300 --> 05:38.450 transitions as far as security . Uh 05:38.460 --> 05:41.990 political economical uh 05:42.000 --> 05:45.620 Iraqi secure Baghdad Command has put a 05:45.620 --> 05:49.040 lot of plans uh in 2000 and nine . Um 05:49.050 --> 05:52.080 uh The first of uh 05:52.090 --> 05:55.780 january uh uh 2000 and nine is going 05:55.780 --> 05:59.450 to uh implement the 05:59.450 --> 06:01.880 agreement , the security agreement and 06:01.880 --> 06:04.190 this that's going to start by uh 06:04.200 --> 06:06.660 turning the secure the control of the I 06:06.660 --> 06:09.400 G to the Iraqi from the coalition 06:09.400 --> 06:11.700 forces to the Iraqi or multinational 06:11.700 --> 06:14.580 force to the Iraqi government and in a 06:14.590 --> 06:17.060 gradual process according to mechanisms 06:17.060 --> 06:19.490 that was put our agreed upon by both 06:19.490 --> 06:22.170 sides , american and Iraqi sides . And 06:22.180 --> 06:25.770 this uh ensures the provides 06:25.780 --> 06:27.760 providing full security to the 06:27.760 --> 06:30.160 international zone and to avoid any 06:30.240 --> 06:32.900 violation security violations uh in the 06:32.900 --> 06:36.370 future . And the other point is to uh 06:36.380 --> 06:39.970 do the provincial elections in uh 06:39.980 --> 06:43.300 january 31st 2000 and nine . And the 06:43.310 --> 06:46.330 other point is to uh the withdrawal of 06:46.330 --> 06:49.600 the foreign forces from the inside of 06:49.600 --> 06:52.290 the cities uh to the outskirts of the 06:52.290 --> 06:55.700 cities in uh june of 2000 and nine . 06:55.710 --> 06:59.160 Uh And that's according to what being 06:59.160 --> 07:01.100 set during the agreement and the 07:01.100 --> 07:03.820 agreement uh security agreement . And 07:03.820 --> 07:07.550 also uh put uh doing the are 07:07.550 --> 07:09.494 implementing the referendum public 07:09.494 --> 07:12.760 referendum on in july um of 2000 and 07:12.760 --> 07:14.593 nine on the withdrawal of the uh 07:14.593 --> 07:18.120 coalition forces . Uh and also uh doing 07:18.120 --> 07:20.009 the census , are implementing the 07:20.009 --> 07:23.240 census in various areas of our entire 07:23.240 --> 07:26.770 Iraq . And also doing the elections 07:26.770 --> 07:30.440 are for the uh parliament I think these 07:30.440 --> 07:33.110 are very important cases . And uh we 07:33.110 --> 07:36.230 put plans by the supervision of the 07:36.230 --> 07:38.508 Prime Minister , the Chief and command , 07:38.508 --> 07:40.310 the Commander in Chief . And I 07:40.310 --> 07:42.740 hopefully we're going to achieve a lot 07:42.740 --> 07:45.650 of success and victories and far as 07:45.660 --> 07:47.882 implementing those those plans . And of 07:47.882 --> 07:49.993 course this is going to depend on the 07:49.993 --> 07:52.049 cooperation of the Iraqi people with 07:52.049 --> 07:54.900 Iraqi security forces to prefer our , 07:54.910 --> 07:57.132 prepare the right atmosphere to achieve 07:57.132 --> 07:59.299 those uh accomplishments . The year of 07:59.299 --> 08:02.770 2009 is going to uh witness a lot more 08:02.780 --> 08:04.836 coordination between Baghdad eminent 08:04.836 --> 08:07.290 and the back and also the traffic 08:07.290 --> 08:10.960 police to reopen all the closed 08:10.970 --> 08:14.510 roads and streets and to also lift 08:14.520 --> 08:17.200 remove all the concrete barriers or 08:17.200 --> 08:19.700 security barriers . And these are 08:19.710 --> 08:21.400 positive signs that indicated 08:21.410 --> 08:24.280 indicators uh that the life is going 08:24.280 --> 08:26.790 back to normal policy and uh security 08:26.790 --> 08:28.790 is improvement in Baghdad and other 08:28.790 --> 08:31.020 provinces uh throughout what we've 08:31.020 --> 08:34.340 mentioned . Uh The achievements , brief 08:34.340 --> 08:36.451 achievements that we just mentioned . 08:36.451 --> 08:38.562 2000 and eight is considered the year 08:38.562 --> 08:40.729 of 2000 and eight is considered one of 08:40.729 --> 08:43.770 the best years that we've had so far 08:43.780 --> 08:45.947 after the form of the former regime in 08:45.947 --> 08:47.970 2000 and three . As far as security 08:47.970 --> 08:50.480 wise , economical wise , and um 08:50.480 --> 08:54.240 political wise , this year uh 08:54.250 --> 08:57.600 witnessed reduction uh terrorist 08:57.600 --> 09:01.550 actions . Uh more than 6 86% of 09:01.550 --> 09:03.650 reduction in uh terrorist actions . 09:03.660 --> 09:07.640 Also the increase of the Iraqi security 09:07.640 --> 09:10.790 forces capabilities um that we 09:10.790 --> 09:14.460 have put uh 10 10 09:14.460 --> 09:16.700 activities for Iraqi security forces 09:16.710 --> 09:20.330 uh against one activity to the 09:20.330 --> 09:22.600 Iraqi to the to the terrorist groups . 09:22.600 --> 09:24.433 So this is a great achievement . 09:24.433 --> 09:26.750 Finally , we want to commend the great 09:26.750 --> 09:30.460 efforts uh that uh the Iraqi security 09:30.460 --> 09:33.930 forces has done so far in our M . O . I 09:33.930 --> 09:37.770 M . Y . G and uh national uh police and 09:37.780 --> 09:40.650 um national forces . In addition to the 09:40.660 --> 09:44.200 great uh efforts that was done by 09:44.200 --> 09:47.100 the uh services and the Services 09:47.100 --> 09:49.580 Department , and the great coordination 09:49.580 --> 09:53.060 between um the government institutes 09:53.060 --> 09:55.580 and various government institutes and 09:55.580 --> 09:57.580 of course the coordination with the 09:57.580 --> 10:00.600 multinational forest in addition to the 10:00.610 --> 10:03.450 support of the prime minister 10:03.520 --> 10:07.400 and the commander in chief 10:07.410 --> 10:09.850 um um and the commander of the armed 10:09.850 --> 10:13.620 forces that have helped us to reach to 10:13.620 --> 10:17.250 those good results in uh 10:17.260 --> 10:19.980 God help us uh And thank you for 10:19.980 --> 10:22.970 listening . Now , I defer to General 10:22.970 --> 10:26.520 Perkins to give his update or his brief 10:26.520 --> 10:28.980 from the multinational force . Thank 10:28.980 --> 10:29.560 you very much .