Thread: Iraq/Dinar News. 09/05 to 01/14/07

Adster

It is only me being positive and hoping for $3.00.

No link available, only in my head...

11 May 2001 was a Friday....

yeah Maybe tomorrow! let it take off as high as can be.

WOW! 144 people on line wishing, hoping, and praying that this is it. What time is it in Bagdad right now? Do we have to wait until tomorrow morning again? Another all nighter...don't think I will make it tonight after last night

Originally Posted by Adster

11 May 2001 was a Friday....

Go back through the fx history of the dinar at oanda, all abrupt changes to the dinar happened on Wednesdays.

I didnt make sure everyone of those days was a wednesday on the post I replied to, but I can prove it to you later when I have a bit more time on my hands if you dont care to look now. Just let me know if you want me to do it.

Originally Posted by Alphamystic

I agree. After reading his post on IIF I got a good vibe from him. He had good information to share and never pushed his site. He, of course, was chased away by the certain so and so's over there and quite posting.

P.S. I'm not a member of his site.

what kind does he have? i could use a new one...

found this on truckandbarter.

Armymp wrote:
People it's gone down, new rate is .336, it will be updated on the cbi tommorrow the 18th, guarenteed, me and my buddies are goin nuts over here. I got 3 more months of duty here, but can't wait to get outta here and back to my wife and kids in the states, we are rich.

-- October 17, 2006 5:26 PM ∞

Originally Posted by Treater

Go back through the fx history of the dinar at oanda, all abrupt changes to the dinar happened on Wednesdays.

I didnt make sure everyone of those days was a wednesday on the post I replied to, but I can prove it to you later when I have a bit more time on my hands if you dont care to look now. Just let me know if you want me to do it.

Thanks Treater, I'm not going to get time tonight now and I'm sure we'll have our answer within 24 hours whatever happens, ie r/v or no r/v.

The Republicans are feeling pressure from their constituents...GW is feeling pressure from some in his party, and a whole lot of folks outside of his party. Maliki and Co. is getting it from all sides...GW via Ms. Rice, the other heads of state in the region (think Sheiks, Princes..) who are saying WTF? Not to mention the most important screw in this vice, the daily deluge of death...

On a personal level, failure here will echo long into the lives of these men. Politically, I think at the very least a question mark will always follow their names...personally...I think failure here, and I mean the failure of Maliki's government, failure will like the spot of mold that flavors the whole loaf of bread....

True, this article is opinion, but I think it may point to a turning tide...These men HAVE GOT TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN AND QUICK!!!



Published: 10/18/2006 12:00 AM (UAE)

Al Maliki faces a litmus test
By Mohammad Akef Jamal, Special to Gulf News



The US political tradition calls for assessing the performance of its president after completion of his first 100 days in office. The time duration is considered an important pointer to gauge the president's performance and competence.

So it is only natural that these US traditions are used to asses the current Iraqi government's performance and the competence of its Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki.

The previous civil governments in Iraq failed to handle the security dossier, which is a tripping stone in the path of advancement of any political process in the country.

The previous Iraqi governments were not given ample time, as the first government was under the direct authority of the US, while the second was transitional and the third was provisional. But Al Maliki's government, according to the Iraqi constitution, may complete its full term, which is four years.

Al Maliki's government is set apart from the governments that preceded it due to the national reconciliation project it has presented to solve the security dilemma in Iraq.

A hundred days have passed since the project came into force, but its success is not on the horizon. The rate of violence is increasing at a constant and frightening pace and the worsening hardships have slid Iraqis back to the medieval ages.

Official and non-official US fact-finding visits to Iraq are being conducted constantly due to the deteriorating security situation. Teams from the US Congress too have visited Iraq to assess the strategy drawn up by the US administration to decide the future of the country. The visits are also aimed at monitoring the ability of the current Iraqi government to face the growing security challenge and to find a way out of the worsening situation, which is embarrassing the US administration and has been a dampener on its "greater Middle East" initiative.

In the midst of these activities, important and novel statements are being made by US officials. Senator Lee Hamilton who took turns with James Baker in presiding over the Iraq Study Group, which ended its work in Baghdad recently, said in a statement: "Nouri Al Maliki has three decisive months. Either he succeeds in the agenda set out to be implemented on stability and security or other options have to be considered."

US ambassador to Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzad, in a speech on October 2, said that Iraq's prime minister has two months to solve the security crisis in the country.

"They do not have much time," said US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during her surprise visit to Iraq recently.

Undiplomatic

These undiplomatic statements, which sound like warnings, mean one thing - the US administration's patience is running out, its options are getting fewer and it has no other option but to destroy the political process it was so proud of, directly after occupying Iraq.

No doubt, this last option will cause the US administration a great deal of embarrassment at the international level and at home, especially at election time.

How is Al Maliki to accomplish, within two months, a mission which no one else was able to complete? No one can doubt the good intentions of the Iraqi prime minister, but the National Reconciliation Plan has to be tread with caution. So, will Al Maliki's government succeed in putting the US at ease concerning its ability to face the deteriorating security situation?

There is no evidence of success in the National Reconciliation Plan nor is there any indication that Iraq's neighbouring countries will stop interfering in its internal affairs. Neither is there any improvement in law, order and other services.

Rice's visit to Iraq might be the beginning of a new era of US policy towards its greater Middle East project. Sources close to her have mentioned the bleak picture she has conveyed to President George W. Bush regarding Iraq. It was said that she has suggested a change of government as the only option available to the US administration.

The Iraqi political scene today is static because the forces that made it to the parliament came as a result of a sectarian tide. These forces are no longer able to control the groups that elected them in the first place. As such Al Maliki's government will be a victim of US anger. But the bigger victim will be the political process itself. Who is to blame? The Iraqi political parties and forces, which played it wrong from the very beginning?



Dr Mohammad Akef Jamal is an Iraqi writer based in Dubai.


Gulfnews: Al Maliki faces a litmus test

Originally Posted by CharmedPiper

Okay I am going to post my weird happenings I am finding with one of the news sites I frequent. This site has never changed formatting as long as I have been searching for news and today they have changed the formatting and when I copy off articles it is more difficult to copy, not simply a cut and paste. Also they are now running advertisement banners which to me seems like to attract worldwide business....just my observations on this as I am on this site all the time. I did copy the banner advertisement but it was not as easy as articles use to be to copy. I could be reading into this more than there actually is....but who knows with all the other weird stuff going on today. Fingers still crossed for us all. Below is the copy that I made of the advertisement...


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strange, me too, i've had a hell of a time trying to copy articles, i can't seem to highlight an entire paragraph even, i know it's not my puter i tried it on forums and emails and it works fine