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ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Home | 2 Business | 17 Sport | 26 Qatar ranks 13th QDB, QNB sign a Qatar want to among 61 mostly new Al Dhameen start strong in high-income Programme U-20 World Cup countries. agreement. today. SUNDAY 31 MAY 2015 • 13 Shaaban 1436 • Volume 20 Number 6447 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 OPINION Deputy Emir greets Abbas on grandson’s wedding Iraq from Demand spurs bad to the worst partitioned S Defence Secretary UAshton Carter rubbed salt into the wound when he said Iraqi forces lacked villas’ rents determination in their fight against ISIS. “What apparently hap- pened is the Iraqi forces just Affordable housing crisis main cause showed no will to DOHA: Yawning shortages of and sighted such villas in areas fight” in affordable housing for limited- like Al Markhiya and near TV Ramadi income expatriate families are Roundabout. which was now giving way to portacabins “There are hundreds of ille- control- on offer in single villa com- gally partitioned villas in these led by the pounds on low rents in some and other areas,” the daily said. terrorist areas in and out of the city. Such villas were also sighted organi- Some families have begun liv- where tens of single workers sation of ing in portacabins, even provided arguably employed by shopping ISIS, he Dr Khalid Al-Jaber with “dangerously” makeshift centres were huddled together in Deputy Emir H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani congratulated Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said. electric and water supply con- violation of safety rules. on the marriage of his grandson Mahmoud Mazen during the wedding at Ritz-Carlton Doha last night. He also Al Sharq. The Iraq Popular nections, reports The daily said its reporter met conveyed the congratulations of Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani to Abbas. Mobilisation Forces responded The daily said even rents of former dwellers of partitioned by pinning the blame on the residential units in illegally parti- villas who had left after having US. “The forces which have tioned villas that were within the come to know that they were been described by Carter reach of low and middle-income illegal. as lacking will to fight were expatriate families earlier are Some of these families said Price cap on 400 Ramadan items trained by Americans for soaring. middlemen took whole villas on eight years and the US plun- “Pigeonhole residential units rent from owners, illegally par- DOHA: Minister of Economy A similar number of items were He said the ministry will inten- dered the will of Iraqi armed in illegally partitioned villas are titioned them, created makeshift and Commerce H E Sheikh included in the price control last sify efforts to monitor prices and forces,” a spokesman said. competing with regular apart- residential units and sublet them Ahmed bin Jassim Al Thani year. ensure sufficient availability of Despite American criti- ments as far as rents are con- to limited-income expatriate yesterday issued a decision, A full list of the commodities food items in the market. cism and response from vari- cerned, which are soaring,” Al families. imposing a price cap on 400 is expected to be issued shortly. This apparently is a warning to ous quarters, the problem in Sharq said. “No safety rules are followed in food and non-food items ahead Items will include flour, sugar, shops against violating the min- Iraq today reveals the depth According to the daily, despite these villas,” a family, which had of Ramadan. rice, macaroni, harees, oil and istry’s decision or the list or try- of the crisis and its serious- clampdown on villas partitioned occupied a unit in such a villa and The price control will be in milk, among others. ing to bypass it by not releasing ness under a disunited army in violation of the law, advertise- left, was quoted as saying. force from 24 of the Hijri month Prices of some essential com- enough stocks of the commodities and a weak government. ments to let and sublet residen- The daily reproduced a few of Shaaban corresponding to June modities are expected to fall with to avoid possible losses. The ongoing sectarian tial units on these properties advertisements that appeared 11 until the end of Ramadan, the ministry’s decision. He said the ministry will take conflicts, presence of for- continue to appear in local news- in newspapers, where entire which falls mid-July. “We are expecting a full list of measures to protect the rights of eign armed militias on a papers and on social media. floors with big rooms, a kitchen The annual Ramadan price items next week,” an official of consumers, combat commercial rampage and mobilisation of “Local newspapers and social and toilets in offer could easily freeze, which has entered its fifth a leading hypermarket told this fraud and prevent monopolistic forces along sectarian lines media are inundated with such be partitioned and give away to year, aims to “ease the burden of daily last evening. practices. At the same, the min- on Iran’s behalf have aggra- advertisements but nobody low and middle-income families extra costs on consumers”, the The Minister has urged the istry is keen to promote competi- vated the crisis. cares,” the daily said, adding on rent. Qatar News Agency reported, public to keep a vigil on shops and tion in the market, he added. Continued on page 2 its reporter paid a field visit THE PENINSULA quoting the Minister. report any violations of the law. THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA Nepal refutes report on its workers in Qatar KATHMANDU: Nepal’s Ministry of Labour and Employment yesterday refuted a report published by the Guardian on the conditions of its workers in Qatar. In a statement, the minis- try said the report inaccurately Firefighters trying to contain a blaze in what appears to be an illegal quoted Minister of State for makeshift residential unit in Al Mamoura. Labour and Employment Tek Bahadur Gurung with regard to Nepali workers in Qatar following the devastating earthquake that Fire at partitioned villa hit Nepal on April 25. The ministry said that “the DOHA: An outer house in a around 1.30pm, arguably due to content of the report does not villa compound, allegedly with a short circuit. reflect the spirit of the minis- illegally partitioned residential The lady of the house called her ter who had appealed, in good units, in New Salata of the city, husband in panic. He was at work faith, to all employers of Qatar caught fire yesterday. and advised her to rush out of the to facilitate the return of Nepali No casualties were reported. house with their child and pass- workers to join their family mem- The occupants of the house, an ports to safety. The family was bers who have been victims of the Indian family, had a lucky escape. preparing to go home on vacation. earthquake”. The man of the house was not Continued on page 4 Continued on page 4 in at the time the fire erupted THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA More FIFA indictments likely WASHINGTON: A senior US Internal Revenue identify the remaining targets of the US investiga- Service official yesterday said he is “fairly confi- tion or say whether Blatter was among them. dent” there will be another round of indictments “We strongly believe there are other people and in the criminal investigation into alleged corrup- entities involved in criminal acts,” Weber said. tion within soccer’s governing body, FIFA, the US authorities said on Wednesday that nine offi- New York Times reports. cials and five sports media and promotions execu- Several senior FIFA figures have been indicted in tives were charged in cases involving over $150m bribery and kickback schemes, although no charges in bribes over 24 years. They said their investiga- were brought against FIFA President Sepp Blatter, tion exposed complex money laundering schemes, re-elected on Friday. “I’m fairly confident that we millions of dollars in untaxed incomes and tens of will have another round of indictments,” Richard millions in offshore accounts held by FIFA officials. Weber, Chief of IRS unit in charge of criminal inves- The IRS did not respond to a request for comment. tigations, was quoted as saying by the Times. See also page 27 The newspaper reported that Weber would not REUTERS SUNDAY 31 MAY 2015 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Iraq now split into three states New interchange Continued from page 1 ground to help them identify tar- the fact that the Iraqi crisis will Extremist terrorist groups are gets, making the operation useless. go on and its implications will growing roots and the US-led air In Iraq today, there are three be huge and will cross borders. strikes are unable to stop their states with three governments. Federica Mogherini, the High advance. The first one is in Baghdad, Representative of the European John McCain, who heads the which has limited political power Union for Foreign Affairs and Armed Services Committee in the and a corrupt system dominated Security Policy, said that a military Senate, said in an interview with and guided by the sectarian reli- solution in Iraq is not enough, and CNN that 75 percent of the war- gious authority. The second is a some expect the conflict between planes were coming back to their Kurdish-led government in Erbil, Sunnis and Shias in the region bases without dropping bombs and the third the ISIS govern- to develop into a ‘war for thirty because of lack of people on the ment in Mosul.