Iraq an economic Study

[bugsy67] A forthcoming meeting of the three presidencies Published 02/09/2012 09:15 AM Babinaoz - agencies: of hoped to see the next few days, the return of President Jalal Talabani returned home after treatment and convalescence trip in Germany. With the return of the President of the Republic increased hopes near the National Conference as a prelude to settle the outstanding issues between the political blocs.

[bugsy67] A political source for "Brief Center for the Iraqi Media Network," that next week will probably meet important for the three presidencies followed weeks later by the National Conference expanded. Iraqi political scene, a lot of bilateral meetings between leaders blocs did not come out of any of them a final agreement between the parties on a mechanism to resolve the problems, after deducting the National Alliance and the reform paper that impressed most of the political forces.

[bugsy67] He announced last week before an agreement in principle to hold a meeting between the leaders of political blocs or described as "first line leaders" after the return of President Jalal Talabani after the holiday of Eid al-Fitr, according to parliamentary sources revealed " Brief Center for the Iraqi Media Network. "The MP for the Kurdistan Alliance Said Messenger has announced that the President of the Republic may return during the first ten days of this month to invite the political blocs to meet national and resolving the outstanding problems, he said, adding that Talabani and as the protector of the Constitution of his powers of being able to resolve the outstanding problems. [link to www.babnews.com] ··· ID=57322

umm, if i remember correctly, we dont want deletion of 3 zeros, so each 1,000 dinars will be worth just $1.

The central bank's call for traders and industrialists to buy dollars from banks participating in the auction of foreign currency at the official rate 9.118 dinars per dollar, fears of a number of experts in the light of the continuing process of money laundering. The head of the Iraqi Association for Consumer Protection support Araji said in an interview for (long) that the recent decision of the Central Bank is a true if it does not exceed the facilities provided to traders and industrialists and venture capitalists Iraqis in business dealings


Economic and discreet and impeccable, as well as for official purposes for the purchase of products and goods needed by the market of Iraq and that touches the actual need for the local consumer, noting that otherwise his indicators are moving towards strengthening the phenomenon of money laundering, which circulated widely.

Araji said that the central bank's call falls within the framework of the flow of hard currency from the country towards a number of neighboring countries, which suffer from severe economic sanctions currently imposed by the international community.

He trades citizens in the sale and purchase of foreign currencies as usual for both commercial and productive activities and economic well-known, as well as travel or treatment or tourism, study and other activities within the known limits.

While said faculty at the University of Baghdad Fawzia Al-Attiyah's (range): if there is any indication of a crisis in terms of currency smuggling abroad, specifically to Iraq's neighboring countries, pointing to the absence of deterrent measures and laws that limit the phenomenon of money laundering.

She added: The development of the Iraqi economy continues to deteriorate touches distal and proximal, and there is no supervisory role real on the overall activities and events financial, economic and specifically in relation to monetary policy after 2003, and the exceptional circumstances that have passed the country before this year's wars were frequent and economic sanctions.

And stressed the need to develop an economic strategy in particular within the general strategy of the country in various ways according to well thought out plans and scientific and academic studies in collaboration with Iraqi universities and institutes, as well as economic and political institutions different.

He noted that the Central Bank's recent decision falls within the ill-advised decisions and summary that will contribute to the reduction of the phenomenon of money laundering and the smuggling of hard foreign currency abroad.

She explained that what enhances this phenomenon and do it the lack of these studies and plans and field applications thoughtful and procedures true, with some of the decisions not to exceed being half-solutions or recipes (anesthesia) for the Iraqi people are used for media consumption only, not Njawz truth if we say that the species overlooked money laundering procedures, in the presence of a kind of instability in the economic and monetary situation in Iraq.

Furthermore, counting economist path Jumaili call adopted by the Iraqi Central Bank recently made in the right way, pointing out that he needed to find the scientific study of the situation of the movement foreign currencies in the domestic market and address the problems rampant in a scientific and thoughtful in order to move towards the right path, and directed by citizen Iraqi frustration that is felt.

He Jumaili's (range): that the decisions announced often contain things side hides Almtsdon to those decisions as there must be action sequence in this context to reduce the phenomenon of money laundering and see Iraqi citizens on actions in this regard, so as not to understand them to walk around legalize and promote the so-called money laundering in Iraq, as well as maintain the mechanisms for cooperation and coordination in this regard between the institutions and the competent authorities to curb smuggling of foreign currency and human resources from Iraq to the outside.

It is noteworthy that the central bank called for traders and industrialists and slides produced to buy dollars from banks participating in the auction of foreign currency and the rate 9.118 dinars per dollar, and the introduction of domestic banks to participate in the auction of foreign currency to finance their investments and Astiradthm through conversion or opening letters of credit and commitment official exchange rate and abide by it, as well as to get on the dollar after having fundamentalist documents that prove to have engaged in import and according to standard international norms of documentary credits and remittances and the instructions issued by the Central Bank in this regard.

Yeah, that's weird. We've been seeing some strange numbers posted about the rate lately. Usually, it just looks like a typo, but this one is completely different. I've seen decimals in the wrong place, but I haven't seen anything like your number, which would indicate a rate of roughly a dime, which would make Adam Montana downright prophetic. I'm still leaning typo, since your number has 1189 in it, which is a number that's been mentioned lately, but we'll see.

As far as the deletion of zeros mentioned above, it really depends on what your definition of "deletion of zeros" is. It means several things, including the dreaded l-word, but it has also been used to reference removing the old 3 zero notes from circulation, deletion of zeros from the exchange rate, and just the redenomination that comes after the RV.

I'll take a dime, better then the 3 zeros removal

Struck me as strange since they mention it twice in the article...waiting for my buddy Cris to wake up so I can see what he thinks...

Currency Auctions
Announcement No. (2204)

The latest daily currency auction was held in the Central Bank of Iraq on the 2-SEP-2012. The results were as follows:

DETAILS NOTES
Number of banks 32
Auction price selling dinar / US$ 1166
Auction price buying dinar / US$ -----
Amount sold at auction price (US$) 306,129,000Amount purchased at Auction price (US$) -----
Total offers for buying (US$) 306,129,000
Total offers for selling (US$) -----
Exchange rates

Dollar's exchange rates / in Baghdad markets

BIG Sale...

They've been closed for about a week. This usually happens when they take some time off. Just catching up, but that's definitely a big auction.

A little correction from earlier. I said "typo," but I really meant "translation issue." We had some articles last week that mentioned 118.9 dinars per dollar and one that mentioned 1189 dollars per dinar. Nothing has changed yet, though, so I think it's just the translation software.

I think there is a problem in translation. if you inverse the rate of 1168 to dollar you get something in the neighborhood of .00009 which is a bit above what the bank now pays of .00089 I believe. .00089 is the value of the Iraqi dinar in relation to a dollar .00089 x 1168=1.03 usd.

You got it right about deleting the zeros, it is Iraqi speak for removing the large notes, those having 3 zeros, from circulation. I believe we will not see .10 conversion rates,but anything over .30 would work for a short time for Iraq, best I can figure. But I really think we will see a number of about .89 or .90. sk

I agree, sk. $0.86-$1.18 staging rate is what I've been hearing all year. Several articles mentioned that the new 200 dinar note would be worth $180, or right at your $0.90 rate.

PS .89 would be another way of removing 3 zeros ie .00089 becomes .89 which would translate 1,000,000 would be equal to 890,000 usd, I think I could live with that. lol sk

That's the beauty of "delete three zeros." By meaning three things simultaneously, it gives them plausible deniability, when they RV, to say, "We were telling you, all along, that we were going to revalue. You just took it as we were saying we were going to delete the zeros from the face value, i.e. l-word."

Closer and closer on HCL.

Tentative agreement on the adoption of the draft law of oil and gas


2012-09-02

Announced decision of the Commission on oil and gas in the Iraqi Council of Representatives, Qassim Mohammed, an agreement in principle between the presidencies of the Council of Ministers and House of Representatives, on the adoption of the draft law of oil and gas for the year 2007, for approval by the House of Representatives, pointing out that the Kurds supported that choice.

The Committee for the Unification of the three bills proposed oil and gas, and emanating from the Iraqi Council of Representatives, has held its first meeting Wednesday, to discuss the selection of one of these projects.

According to Mohammed that "there is an agreement in principle between the presidencies of the Council of Ministers and the Iraqi parliament, representatives of the two major blocs within parliament, two coalition and Iraqi rule of law, on the adoption of the draft law of oil and gas in 2007, for approval by the House of Representatives, a selection of cast support the Kurds."

He added that this agreement would facilitate the work of the Commission for the Unification of the three bills proposed oil and gas. "


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This IS the biggest hurdle, Before it was SOFA, if they get his resolved, the sky is the limit for the Dinar.

Written by Administrator Tuesday, August 28, 2012 05:06

Revealed the CBI for that size the money supply in the Iraqi market exceeded (35) trillion dinars / or 27 billion U.S. dollars, stressing that there bloc cash Iraqi drove out of Iraq and exposure in the markets of an international currency, but count this thing positive sign in the interest of the Iraqi economy.

The deputy governor of the Central Bank of Iraq the appearance of Mohammed Saleh in a meeting with (tomorrow) he has so far worked Directorate release cash to put up more than 35 trillion Iraqi dinars to trade, and that the rate of increase Released gradually since 2004, the year replaced the old currency, and reached the source then 8 trillion over the past eight years raised larger amounts exceeded 27 trillion, attributing the causes to the requirements of the market and the needs of the Iraqi street to block larger as a result of rising prices and salaries and daily transactions and opening to the outside and internal and external trade.

In regard to the party that governed the largest amount of this mass between that there is no information in what if the citizen retains for bulk or government and private banks, even if their presence within the banks are also belonging to citizens customers deal with the bank such as the provision and deposit. "Regarding the presence of international markets deal buying and selling of currencies, some American, recently offered IQD trading, Saleh said, that these markets specialized buying and selling of currencies, and managed through her years of acquiring extensive experience with which it can promote their business and achieve profits and here might exploit any information or any circumstance gets in a country to achieve these profits and the success of its business, and might have heard about the intention of raising the value of the dinar or replaced and deleted three zeros and promoted to clients with them that this matter will bring them profits and here conducting the sale and purchase at this time.

He said the move Iraqi dinar to handle external is a positive indicator of the Iraqi economy and the strength of the dinar, depending on what is known as economically (b optimistic forecasts), up Iraqi dinar value depending on the accounts economic signal that Iraq possesses economical promising and strong economy based on the presence of enormous riches and oil investments and industrial very large and that the day will come when this country will exercise its economic power on a global level, not regionally.

Saleh added that the Iraqi dinar reflects this optimism, if the currency strong reflects the strength of the country's economy traded him, although it remains the Iraqi dinar local currency and not a global currency, but the currency strong local owns cover cash exceeded even now 62 billion dinars, or higher than the value of approximately three times and this makes it stronger. "

He had earlier announced specialized companies buy and sell currency, put the Iraqi dinar in mind, especially after the central bank announced its intention to raise the value of the dinar, and predicted companies the recent rise in the value of several times over a period of months. "

Follow "interesting companies through the use of the Internet offer large quantities of Iraqi dinar for sale and there are requests to buy it from speculators," When browse these sites often read phrases such as "Buy Iraqi dinars, the current government will raise the value of the currency will become rich."

And transfer Georgia Pablk site Brodcastnk U.S. mail expert on financial planning Brian Hancock as saying that there is nothing guaranteed in the world of foreign exchange exhibition of the variables at all times.

Hancock added, "There seems to be many who are selling the Iraqi dinar in the United States according to what I heard recently, they are persuading people that its value will rise to a hundred times."

The "base their arguments to convince people to what happened with the Kuwaiti currency after the first Gulf War," adding that he "received request advice from three people recently someone was convinced that he is able to win over a million dollars if he bought Iraqi currency at the moment ".

In terms of the second, there is known as secured requirements markets of currencies in the event of a correlation commercial or tourist, and here you can deal in Iraqi dinars in the markets of Iran, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Jordan, and with it in place in the Iraqi market that you find the offices of Banking believes you Altoman Iranian and Syrian pound The Saudi riyal and UAE dirham and the Turkish lira and the pound and the Indian rupee, and any currency needed tourist and Iraqi trader in order to travel to another country, and that too when positive signs, a guide to the admissibility of the Iraqi dinar in the markets mentioned, but mostly used for tourism and not for the trade that require large amounts of currencies internationally accepted, such as the dollar and the euro. "

And that in the event of currency exchange and the deletion of zeros will put 35 billion dinars and this is normal after deleting three zeros, stressing that the project to delete the zeros still exists but has yet to acknowledge. "

The previously announced the Central Bank "intention to start a project to replace the Iraqi dinar rolling now a new edition after deleting three zeros from the beginning of the year 2013, but the government asked to wait for an unspecified date."

The planned Central Bank of Iraq and since 2005 the implementation of the project to delete three zeros from the Iraqi dinar, which suffered over the past decades inflation unprecedented led deteriorating value gradually from 3 dollars / dinars to 2400 dinars / dollars by the year 2003, enabling the central and through a policy put large amounts of dollar Central in the auction, to raise its value until now reached 1119 dinars.

CBI has already announced reduction teams exchange rate of the dinar to 4% after it was 7%, as he emphasized that it was raising its value in the Iraqi market and make one dollar equals 1,000 Iraqi dinars.

Saleh added that "the bank is working to make one dollar equals 1,000 dinars, pointing out that he is seeking to raise the exchange rate of the dinar during the next term and commensurate with the strength of the economy, particularly that Iraq will lead the energy market in the world for the coming years."

And saw Iraqi dinar exchange rate down quickly three months ago and after the announcement of economic sanctions on Iran and Syria, which depend on the Iraqi market to secure their goods different, was charged with the Central Bank these countries export Ozmtehma to Iraq via transfer mechanism dollar sales to their advantage and collected various images. "

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Hussein al-Asadi: indicators are currently at a meeting attended by Maliki and Barzani and Allawi
09/03/2012 - 10:45 AM

MP for the coalition of state law, Hussein al-Asadi and the absence of any indicators at a meeting attended by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and Kurdish President Massoud Barzani, the president of the Iraqi List, Iyad Allawi.

He said: "The political process is now in a state of calm, and everyone to watch the return of President Jalal Talabani of therapeutic journey", stressing the need to prepare all the political blocs to hold a national meeting after the return of Talabani.

He added: "The State of Law coalition believes that the best solution for the political process is holding a national meeting, brings together all political parties, to enable the development points to resolve the current crisis."

Some media recently pointed out a close encounter combines heads Minister Nuri al-Maliki and the Kurdistan region Massoud Barzani and the Iraqi List, Iyad Allawi


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amazing!

So, Biden gets there Sunday.


[lorijeanmarshall] Monday 3 September 2012 Deputy for Iraq: Biden's visit to Baghdad aimed at activating the strategic agreement between the two countries BAGHDAD - babysit - said the Iraqi List MP to meet Pink The gist of Joseph Biden's visit by U.S. Vice President will be to activate the strategic agreement between the Iraqi government and the U.S. side. He was a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, the parliamentary detect delegation visit senior U.S. headed by U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden will arrive Sunday to Baghdad, explaining that axis the foundation of the visit is to coordinate the positions of Washington and the UN Security Council and Iraq direction Syrian crisis and search initiative Iraq to solve the Syrian issue. [link to peopleinvested.co] ··· ost48050

Very interesting piece that kinda came out of nowhere today. We've now sent a delegation of Sens. John McCain and Joe Lieberman, and former Sen. Phil Gramm, who most recently served as VP for UBS's investment division. I've been reading, recently, the US is over there now to get the Strategic Framework implemented. As major foreign policy players, these guys would probably have been instrumental in its creation.


Alsumaria News / Baghdad

A high-level delegation arrived from the U.S. Congress to the capital, Baghdad, on Tuesday, to visit unannounced.

The reporter said "Alsumaria News", a high-level delegation comprising members of the U.S. Congress, Phil Gramm and John McCain and Joseph Lieberman arrived at noon today, to Baghdad on an unannounced visit.

The correspondent added that the delegation met upon arrival in the capital Baghdad, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari at the ministry center of the capital.

The media quoted an adviser to Prime Minister Ali al-Moussawi end of last August as saying that a U.S. delegation will visit Baghdad in the next two days.

Help arrived and Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Elizabeth Jones to Baghdad, the first Sunday (2 September 2012),

Where he discussed with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari ways to stop the bloodshed in Syria and the situation of Syrian refugees and the provisions of Chapter VII.

It is expected to continue relationship with Iraq and the United States during the next stage within what is known as a strategic framework which provides for the exchange and partnership between the two countries in the economic, diplomatic, cultural and security.

The recent months have seen attempts by the Iraqi government to act as a regional power in a number of regional and international issues as Iraq hosted the Arab summit in Baghdad in the twenty-ninth of last March, also saw the Iraqi capital Baghdad in May last meeting of the Group of five plus one special nuclear issue Iran, Iraq submitted at the end of last August the Syrian initiative to resolve the crisis include ending the violence in the country and the formation of a transitional government.

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Now, Biden is going whenever Talibani shows up. Hopefully, Talibani sticks to Biden's schedule listed two posts above, and shows up on Sunday.



Babinaoz - agencies: agency said (UR) it's got a very important information about the details of the upcoming visit of the U.S. delegation to Iraq.

The sources said the task in the Prime Minister's Office said that "al-Maliki briefed on an electronic message sent by the U.S. government this morning indicates the work program of the U.S. delegation, which will be headed by U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden."

The sources said that "the U.S. delegation will present a road map for ending the conflict between the political blocs and solve the outstanding problem of laws, especially the oil and gas law and to break the ice between Allawi and al-Maliki and Barzani."

The sources said the task and wide access to that "Washington is worried about the continuing high rates of commercial cooperation between Iraq and Iran, and increasing interference in internal Iraqi affairs." And revealed that "Biden postponed his visit until the return of President Jalal Talabani, because he believes that the key to the solution in Iraq and that the balanced and the most acceptable and that would solve the crisis."

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Looks like Maliki actually met with our Senate delegation, and it seems like we had a bad translation this morning. It was actually Lindesy Graham, not Phil Gramm, who is there with Lieberman and McCain.

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We have a new statement from Talibani, too, and Barham Salah says T's finished with his rehab, and when he returns, all the parties are ready for the National Conference.

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Ambassador of Kuwait announces a breakthrough witnessed in relations between Iraq and Kuwait and resolve many of the files and the most important issue of sovereignty - 04 September 2012

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Wow, Lieberman and McCain heading the delegation now I'm starting to worry. Both sell major sell outs. But nothing new as most of them are. sk

Huge news day. From www.DinarDetectives.com

9-5-2012 HCL: Preparations for a meeting to pass the HCL. Affirmed the decision of the Commission on oil and gas and parliamentary readiness to hold intensive meetings in order to pass the law of oil and gas. Although long period of time but that the Parliament did not succeed in passing the law, but we are determined to pass format final accepted by all parties, after giving Presidency of the Council of Representatives to form a joint committee of oil and gas and legal to create a draft as a basis for discussion. The Mchkta stressed: that all political blocs are today convinced that the law will contribute to the organization of an important sector in the country, adding that Iraq would be one of the most important countries in the region from the oil side.

9-5-2012 TrinityeXchange: "Preparations for a meeting to pass the HCL." The United States and international community have moved in to hold Iraq's feet to the fire. They must perform what they promised to do according to the SFA. Passing the oil and gas law is not an option whimsically decided. According to contractual agreement, they will implement this law. We patiently wait.

9-5-2012 National Meeting: The return of the President Talabani would solve the problems between the political blocs, by holding National Meeting, which will be sponsored. After the return of President Talabani there will be a convergence of views through his and his meetings with blocks and proposing solutions to problems as bargaining reform.

9-5-2012 Maliki: Meets Nujaifi for the second time in 10 days. Prime Minister Maliki met today with the Parliament Speaker Nujaifi. The meeting which came as the second one with Nujaifi in ten days dealt with the political process developments and ways to get rid of the current crisis.

9-5-2012 Article 140: The Commission on Article 140 parliamentary confirmed it will control the work of the Article 140 government and push towards the speedy granting of rights to all components. The student movement of change Kurdish opposition yesterday to re-form a committee of Article 140 parliamentary, declaring that the commission set up in violation of the Constitution. The committee will ask the government to expedite the granting of rights. The work of the Commission on Article 140 parliamentary would be pressure to give all benefits to all parties in accordance with existing mechanisms in the constitutional article 140.

9-5-2012 Ministers: Maliki and Najafi agree to resolve naming Defense Minister as soon as possible. Maliki discussed during a meeting in his office Najafi and views on various domestic issues and the status of the region, especially relations with neighboring countries, and emphasized the need for cooperation and coordination between the executive and legislative branches including accelerates process development services and reconstruction in the country. Agreed on the nomination of the characters’ names appropriate to the Ministry of Defence as soon as the submission to the Prime Minister to be taken necessary action.

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Agreed Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki with House Speaker Osama Nujaifi to resolve named defense minister.

A statement by the Prime Minister's Office has received all of Iraq [where] a copy of it on Wednesday that "al-Maliki discussed during a meeting in his office Najafi and views on various domestic issues and the status of the region, especially relations with neighboring countries, and emphasized the need for cooperation and coordination between the executive and legislative branches including accelerates process development services and reconstruction in the country. "

"It was during the meeting to continue the policy emphasis Iraq, calling for the establishment of good relations based on mutual respect and non-interference in the internal affairs with all countries, especially neighboring countries."



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Maliki and Najafi agree on appropriate candidates to the Ministry of Defense and resolve internal differences through dialogue

Wednesday, September 05 / September 2012

(Alsumaria News) BAGHDAD - presidents agreed Nuri al-Maliki government and the House of Representatives Osama Najafi, Wednesday, appropriate candidates for the post of defense minister and submit it to the Prime Minister as soon as possible, stressed the need for arbitration Constitution And use dialogue to resolve all disputes, non-interference in the affairs of all countries, especially neighboring countries, in the second meeting brought together by less than ten days.

A statement issued by the office of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, today, and received "Alsumaria News", a copy of which, "The Prime Minister received his official office House Speaker Osama Najafi," noting that "During the throw to exchange views on various domestic issues and regional situation particularly relations with neighboring countries. "

The bureau added that "the two sides stressed the need for cooperation and coordination between the executive and legislative branches including accelerate the process of development of services and reconstruction in the country," adding that al-Maliki and Nujaifi "agreed to nominate the names of the characters appropriate to the Ministry of Defence as soon as and submitted to the Prime Minister to be taken necessary action" .

The statement continued that the two sides stressed the need to "arbitration Constitution to solve internal differences and to resort to dialogue and understanding as a way to resolve all issues, in addition to continuing the Iraq policy calling for the establishment of good relations based on mutual respect and non-interference in the internal affairs with all countries, especially neighboring countries."

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Sounds like the Iraqi government is under some pressure to get ur done. "Feet to the fire." hmmm time is up, pressure to stay on schedule I would suspect. Would love to know all the plans linked to the Iraqi ten year plan and how it relates to the present currency wars. I suspect the RV will greatly improve the position of the US in it. lol wheels within wheels. sk

Just stupid money tricks, but if that's the game, I'll play it.

I kind of look at this whole thing as a business proposition. We spent craploads of money in that place, not to mention lives, and an investor doesn't do that without expecting a return on investment. I don't know about y'all, but it seems to me like we (U.S.) ain't seen a dime of it yet.

In the old thread, there were quotes from Bush in regards he investment in Iraq, our should I say war. He basically said that there would be a good return on the investment and it would end up not costing the US, in fact a profit was in the making. So based on that I would say its all about the money and the US is not about to let them off the hook. sk

I wish somebody could find those quotes. I've looked and can't seem to find any of them. Washed down the memory hole, I guess.

I seem to remember, from about 8 or 9 years ago, Bush encouraging folks to "Buy a little dinar." Maybe I'm dreaming, but when I first got into this, I saw a website called buyalittledinar.com and those words stuck in my head.

I think the dark one made a PDF of the thread. If you want I can check with him. He had it up on his web site, which I'm not sure exists any more. sk

Yeah, the site is dead. I checked it a few days ago. Wonder where Zen has gone. That'd be great if you could get a copy. Would be a great read the next time I've got 3 or 4 weeks to spare.

While I'm here, here's an update on Talibani from my boy, 8Ball. Looks like the big man is doing just fine...


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Talabani is fine and will return to the homeland soon.

And that "the French ambassador stressed that his visit today come to check on the health of President Jalal Talabani, expressing wishes of health and safety for the President of the Republic and his return to Iraq."
The statement added that "Ani assured the French ambassador on the health of the President of the Republic, stressing that Talabani is fine and will return to the homeland soon." Link