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

Originally Posted by spice12

AH, CMON

KNOCK, KNOCK

Who's there?

Originally Posted by shotgunsusie

i think the optimum word here is 'why' of course we understand very little of this being westerners and the like. they have rules and proceedures and butts to kiss and backs to pat along the way. politics, it seems, is universally lethargic.

what my thoughts were concerning the bank and the handouts is that they already posted they would be closed for the end of ramadan and that the final date for closure would be the 19th right? and the eid is on the 24th. so the banks wont be open to cash checks, make deposits, get eid gifts, nothin. logically (pushin it i know) that would leave ONE DAY to get the checks cashed and that would be TODAY in iraq, oct. 19, '06 currently 4am baghdad time.

I agree, if nothing happens today (19 Oct) in Baghdad I will not only be floored but totally lost as to where this whole mess is going!

Originally Posted by jsfletcher

Lifted this from LadyD at IIF




We spoke with our guy Today, He said, that the reason the site was down was they were changing it to Iraqgov.org or something like that, like ours is USgov.org. He did not say that he had quit selling he has said he will continue to sell until the day of the reval.

He also said there was an auction today and that the going rate was 1470 and $72 mil were sold :-( I was feeling optimsitec that some thing good was about to happen.

Now this doesn't mean that we won't see some action next week before the 10,000 dinars are handed out. I am hopeful that they will do something by then.

If they don't I feel that we have a long wait to come because the people will riot if the reval after they spend their 10,000 dinars.
Lady D

did you ask her where they got that information??? i was unaware of that info being published anywhere but the cbi site and then in an article at aswataliraq daily auction information is posted everyday there is an auction. there has been NO AUCTION NEWS listed at aswataliraq. that tells me there has been NO AUCTION.

IMF is making them be more transparent in their dealings so you wouldnt have an auction not even listed anywhere.


not against you but im callin bs.

Originally Posted by ordinaryseawoman

Lifted this from IIF...


Quote:
Originally Posted by mike032588
I recently sent an email to Warka bank asking about my next stock order and i got the following response:

"I confirm receiving your stock pick list which will be executed after our Eid Holidays on the 1st of November trading session."

Straight from MR. I

Lance replies:
I had a similar message that stocks had been purchased details would follow after Eid.


So I'm thinking...it's what, the 19th today? sounds like they are gearing up for their holidays...I don't imagine very many people are REALLY working right now...kind of like me right now in the last days of work before our big vacation...I'm there, but I'm not terribly motivated to get much done.

Of course this doesn't explain why the CBI website is down, but hearing this, that Warka can't be bothered to send results of the latest trading session until AFTER the EID holiday...makes me wonder who else is slackin and sliding into the holidays....

BTW--I haven't been sent the results of MY stock requests, and I'm STILL waiting for my account balance....I'll be emailing them as well and I'll post the response...

14 more posts until I get my senior membership card and certificate suitable for framing!!!!

I emailed them my stock pick list on Sunday 15th and Mr. I confirmed the very same day that the purchase would be executed on Monday 16th and that I would receive the details from his ISX department. Havent heard from them yet, so I don't know if my purchase has gone through. But it's only 2 days so far! Up to now I really can't complain in any way. They have offered an excellent and VERY FAST service (better than any German bank that I've known so far)! I am also going to buy Warka stocks as soon as they trade again!

Antje

Originally Posted by texaslonghorns

I agree, if nothing happens today (19 Oct) in Baghdad I will not only be floored but totally lost as to where this whole mess is going!

No shite!!! I'm with you.

Originally Posted by neno

Might as well just keep it here. I will Start part 7 soon. To much to move. Will do it later, "Hot Tub" time now...Later Gators.

Ok, so we all love to chat...and chat about the news. When someone posts we all want to comment or share thoughts, which is a good thing, but not for someone that wants "the facts, mame, just the facts". SO, here's my idea:

Let's just have a chat thread just like this. Don't laugh....listen. Where we can post the news and comment just like we are doing now BUT Have a separate thread just for the news articles. Ok, it means a double post but wouldn't that be easier than Neno having to come in here and MOVE ALL OUR post every day?!

I think we could handel a news thread for the article and then post that same article in the Chat thread so we could do our thing. I bet if Neno moved all the news articles and left the chatter he would have less to do

I just don't think we can stop ourselves from commenting and that is the fun stuff that links us together. I think we can keep the CRAZY thread for just the CRAZY stuff. So we would have 3 seperate threads: 1.) for news posts to chat about 2.) just for news posts, no chat and 3.) go CRAZY thread ( this is more a social conversation club, really fun with the dinar gals, but there is no news there to chat about so it gets a bit disorintated. It's a great CRAZY thread. When we see a topic like IT, CBI down, Dinars changing etc. they should be started in a new thread just for that topic.

I don't see any other way, with all that is going on, to keep it clean. We do want to help the mods, who we so dearly love, but chatting about the news is fun. Today was crazy but great to get everyones comments and sense of humor. I don't think we should stop that but just post the news for those that don't have time to stop and chat.

Ok, my thoughts, anyone else? What do you all think? Would it work? I think it is worth a try.

Originally Posted by skipster

Who's there?

THANK YOU SO MUCH SKIPSTER

I'm sorry, I'm impatient so I put the rest in my sig. Thanks for the response. What can I say.... 2 glasses of wine and I'm loopy. Just having fun.

Originally Posted by Alphamystic

Catch up Neno, this has already be resolve mate.

It was Iran, not Iraq; I guess President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad doesn't want his MTV. Here's the full article to Brain's link:

Iran restricts broadband speeds to 128Kbps
October 18, 2006 8:02 AM PDT
The Guardian's Web site ran a report Wednesday stating that Iran's government is restricting Internet download speeds in an effort to keep outside influences from undermining its Islamic culture among the younger generation.

Service providers have been told to restrict download speeds to 128Kbps (kilobits per second), the article said. This should make it more difficult for people to download foreign music and video from the Net.

Presumably upload speeds have also been limited, although the article didn't specify those speeds. Limiting upload capacity will make it more difficult for groups opposing the government or organizing protests to put information onto Web sites.

The restrictions on Internet speeds come after a crackdown on illegal satellite dishes, which millions of Iranians use to watch western television, the article said. Thousands of dishes have been seized in recent months.

Posted by Marguerite Reardon

I meant Iran. They have got all their people's Internet off to another servers outside of Iran. The reason stated for, so noone reads outside sources to porn and sex sites. Others say that is a cover up for them to reach the outside for news of political sites of nation's outside theres. I just thought that maybe there was a connection.

Originally Posted by goldraker

OK this makes sense now!

So Iraq is in a black out!

The 10,000 dinars being distributed by 10/24/2006

The CBI is not buying or selling dinars!

Laws are about to be activated!

Big bankers meeting tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!! Oop's did I say that?

We should see our christmas present by 10/23/2006