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

Originally Posted by texaslonghorns

Okay, maybe I missed something. What's this 48 hours talk about? Something supposed to happen?

I need to ask this as well. I thought we were all looking for the 1st of Nov. for something to happen...

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American official : Mecca document is very important, a clear message to the Iraqis
Washington accuses the media with disinformation «» in addressing the controversy objectives »,« «» timeframes with Maliki

Washington : Talhah Jibril
In what was described by an American official meeting, which was held in Mecca between the Shiites and the Sunnis in Iraq and culminated in the signing of a document «» Mecca, denying sectarian feuds, «as a very important step», He noted the role played by Saudi Arabia and the Organization of the Islamic Conference to arrange that meeting. the White House played down the dispute with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on the time frames «» »,« goals, accusing the media with disinformation »« in this regard.
Said David Satterfield adviser Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State, Coordinator in Iraq, During a symposium held last night in Washington, «We are grateful for the role played by Saudi officials and the Organization of the Islamic Conference, who made the meeting possible ». He added Satterfield, Asked «» Middle East, «that the meeting was important because it sent a clear message to the Iraqi people on reconciliation, and also sent a message that there is no (legitimate violence) against the Iraqi people, It also confirmed that there was no justification for the killing of innocent people wherever they occur, This is an important step we consider part of the series, both the religious, political, to address how to achieve the stabilization of peace in Iraq. How can we stop the sectarian violence, Finally, how can the termination of the groups and armed gangs and militias. , which bore the primary responsibility in the current violence ». Satterfield pointed out that the United States is having contacts with those who have a relationship with «rebels» (armed Iraqis) to discuss how to stop the violence. and whether they are truly to stop the spiral of violence.

Satterfield said that Washington strongly supports the «» Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and his government, He went on, saying, in response to another question, told the Middle East «», asked whether Washington was still continuing to support Al-Maliki, «Yes, we ... We recognize the difficult circumstances through which Iraq is today, We are fully aware of how difficult decisions, that could be taken by the Iraqi government, It is difficult decisions on the security front, At the level of political reconciliation, These decisions must be taken by a sovereign government. We respect the sovereignty, But there are decisions must be taken by the Iraqi government, for a democratic Iraq at peace, Our role in the United States and the leadership of the coalition forces support the Iraqi government and security forces and to provide the means for them to lead their country forward. but the future of Iraq and its security rests with the Iraqis themselves ». He added Satterfield said : «We expect Maliki to take these decisions and we have confidence in his leadership».

And some predictions had indicated that the United States is no longer enthusiastic about the continued support of the Iraqi prime minister, on the basis of the references in the statements of President Bush, in a press symposium held last Tuesday, , in which he said that like most Americans are not satisfied with the worsening situation in Iraq. It seems that the main purpose of the symposium was to press the Ambassador Satterfield in the foreign press center in Washington. it aimed to refute the predictions.

On the other hand, opinion Donald Rumsfeld and American Secretary of Defense that the differences between Washington and Baghdad on plans for a greater role in Iraqi security are political machinations of the elections in America.

He refused suggestions that the process of defining the goals American officials hailed by others, as the progress towards the handover of control to the Iraqis formal process, contrary to the United States Ambassador to Baghdad, Zalmay Khalilzad, , who said last Tuesday. The Iraqi leaders agreed on a schedule includes political and security procedures. With the debate on the terminology denied Maliki since then have agreed to any timetables, as reported by Reuters.

Rumsfeld said the day before yesterday that «electoral season, and everybody just trying to cause harassment to use, and to make it or turning it into a political football ». He added «It is a process and not an event». It also seemed that the statements made by Nai-Maliki during himself from any time frames addressed to the American audience at home, and not to the supporters of the United States. He said Iraqi Prime Minister Reuters the day before yesterday he will be able to eliminate violence in Iraq within six months, if the Americans grant more weapons and control over his troops. Rumsfeld said Maliki Commenting on the statements that «political». He added that such statements should be expected and said «we should not be surprised ... Now we only warm and enjoy democracy there ».

The White House blamed the media reports misleading to say that al-Maliki refused any kind of milestones or objectives. Berino said Dana spokeswoman for the White House, «question put to him was whether he agreed that there should be a timetable for the withdrawal of troops within 18 months». Her «This is something rejected Maliki as rashness. And the President completely agreed with him ».

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Originally Posted by ozizoz

Lets not forget
F. They have something most countries in the region dont have . . .NATURAL FRESH WATER

I'd provide a link but it will short circuit my CPU

hence the number one food producing nation in the MIDDLE EASTERN REGION!!!

add that to number one in the world natural gas and oil. oh yeah BABY!!!

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Pentagon : the escalation of violence in Iraq linked to Al-Qaida trying to influence the American elections



She said the American Defense Department Friday that the escalation of violence in Iraq comes within the framework of attempts by al-Qaeda to influence the American elections and increased opposition to President George Bush.

However, the Pentagon spokesman, Eric Ruff pointed out that this does not mean that Al Qaeda wished to win the Democrats in the parliamentary elections on the 7th of November next.

The spokesman, at a press conference to an article in the newspaper "Washington Post" on the transfer of the official in the Al Qaeda confirmed the desire to intensify attacks "in order to have maximum impact on the American elections."

He added Rau, "meaning that they (Qaeda) could escalate violence and could increase opposition to the war and causing negative impact on President George Bush." The spokesman said the Madrid attacks in March 2004, which carried out three days prior to the electoral defeat of Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar's former ally of President Bush.

The war in Iraq saw an escalation of the bloody attacks of armed Iraqis, especially in the last month of Ramadan which targeted particular elements of the Iraqi police and American soldiers who received 96 of whom died during October instant.

The Democratic Party has maintained the lead in the American opinion polls for mid-term legislative elections to be held on the 7th of next month, according to statistics published on Thursday evening Foundation Pio Reserch Center.

Enjoy the Democrats at the national level as in the 40 constituencies where fierce competition that progress up to 11 points. largely due to the war in Iraq, where the 59% of Americans that they take a bad track, note that the top concern of voters.

Unlike other statistical institutions. Pio Reserch Center is that the voters still feel greater confidence in Republicans than Democrats on the level of terrorist threat, as expressed in 44% of them said they attached the party, which is led by President Bush more confidence from the Democratic Party with regard to security issues.

Sawa

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Saudi Interior : the terrorist threat to the economic installations was based and declared objective
British Navy warns of threats to Ras Tanura and Washington declares its readiness to help

RIYADH : Turkish Neigh
Maj. Gen. Mansour Turki, the Interior Ministry spokesman told the Saudi Middle East «», The terrorist threat to the economic installations in Saudi Arabia. «is based and the declared objective», He pointed out that members of (misguided group) seek to influence the interests of the Saudi citizen, through these objectives. A spokesman for the Saudi Interior, put that his country is targeting economic installations by terrorist groups, Among the possibilities basic strategy work in the security and the fight against terrorism. The British Navy had announced yesterday, The coalition forces in the Gulf has strengthened security measures precautionary, Adopted by the Saudi and Bahraini sides. after receiving information from the British Navy possible terrorist threats to the port of Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia, , which is the largest oil installations in the world.
At the same time, The American State Department yesterday, The United States stands ready to help Saudi Arabia in combating threats from al-Qaeda. Meanwhile, Shawn Mccormak, spokesman for the State Department from commenting specifically on the British reports. He said Mccormak «We have excellent cooperation in the fight against terrorism with Saudi Arabia.

Originally Posted by texaslonghorns

Okay, maybe I missed something. What's this 48 hours talk about? Something supposed to happen?

well, im figurin they need that dinar revalued BEFORE they introduce that FIL to the world and the oil law to the world and they didnt really say anything about the fil being enacted until the forex was about done for the week. now everybody knows the fil is a comin round the bend like a speeding bullet, that forex opens and it will be 'rush to buy dinar' time.

Originally Posted by mike brown

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I just got this info from a friend who lives in Florida. His son is an Army Ranger in Iraq.

is this normal for US officers to guard banks in baghdad?

umm not that i remember but i do recall them guarding oil wells on the basis of it being part of the infrastructure.. so maybe thats the case here

Originally Posted by Alphamystic

I need to ask this as well. I thought we were all looking for the 1st of Nov. for something to happen...

im at a loss too what happens in 48 hours ?

Report: Halliburton unit exploited rules By ANNE PLUMMER FLAHERTY, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 38 minutes ago



The Halliburton subsidiary that provides food, shelter and other logistics to U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan exploited federal regulations to hide details on its contract performance, according to a report released Friday.

The special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction found that Halliburton's Kellogg, Brown & Root Services routinely marked all information it gave to the government as proprietary, whether it was or not. The government promises not to disclose proprietary data so a company's most valuable information is not divulged to its competitors.

By marking all information proprietary — including such normally releasable data as labor rates — the company abused federal regulations, the report says.

In effect, Kellogg, Brown & Root turned the regulations "into a mechanism to prevent the government from releasing normally transparent information, thus potentially hindering competition and oversight."

Halliburton spokeswoman Cathy Mann said that since the current contract is being reviewed and may be divided among several contractors, "It is clearly appropriate to mark data as proprietary that could potentially be used for competitive purposes" as would be the case in any new contract.

She said such proprietary markings have been used on a majority of the data for at least the last decade, and the company will work with the military on matters outlined in the interim report as the final audit is completed.

The Iraq reconstruction audits have routinely found significant problems with contracting and rebuilding in the country, ranging from high costs for security and overhead to alleged fraud and lack of oversight.

Sen. Byron Dorgan (news, bio, voting record) of North Dakota, chairman of the Democratic Policy Committee, said that in 13 oversight hearings on the war in Iraq the committee found more than $1 billion in waste, fraud, abuse and what it called "shoddy work" by contractors.

"I'm convinced that this is the most significant waste, fraud and abuse in the history of this country," Dorgan said.

If the Democrats take control of the Senate, he said, they will launch oversight hearings on war matters ranging from faulty intelligence leading up to the war to wrongdoing by contractors.

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Let me guess who Halliburton's employees will be voting for. Does anyone really expect anything different from Cheney's Company . . .I posted this for amusement only

today i called bank of america to ask about exchanging iraqi dinar in kansas city missouri. they said that they don't buy or exchange iragi dinar although earlier this week i spoke to another person there that knew exactly what i was talking about and today i spoke to someone else there and they had no clue. then later another branch of b of a called me back and said that they have refered others to united missouri bank, umb is where i have been purchasing my dinar, but they have a three week turn around time and the rate you take it in that day is not what you get, its when they finnally process your exchange, then on that day, that is the rate you'll receive. is it that b of a just may not be selling or exchanging in this area? does anyone know where you might be able to go for a quicker smoother turn around when you go to exchange dinar?

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Ex-president Carter calls for US troops to leave Iraq next year by Tripti Lahiri
Fri Oct 27, 10:19 AM ET



Former US Democratic president Jimmy Carter called for US troops to be "totally" withdrawn from Iraq "within the next year or so."

Carter's comments come one day after the number of US soldiers killed in Iraq hit 96 in the first three and a half weeks of October, the highest monthly toll in a year.

"I would personally like to see US troops out of Iraq within the next year or so," said Carter, who won the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize.

"I don't think so far there's ever been any commitment from our government in Washington ever to totally withdraw from (the) Iraq military. I would like to see that commitment made," Carter told reporters in the Indian capital.

US President George Bush said earlier this week in Washington that US troops would not be withdrawn "until the job is down" despite concern among Americans over mounting US casualties.

Carter, who served as president from 1977-1981, said that before their withdrawal, US troops should be moved away from the Iraqi capital Baghdad.

"I would like to see US troops being withdrawn from the center of violence to more remote areas where they could be stationed and called upon to maintain security for the country," said Carter, visiting India for a charity project.

Carter, on his first trip to India in almost three decades, also called for an international conference to obtain global support for Iraq's development after a US withdrawal.

"We should convene a major conference of all nations interested in the future of Iraq," said Carter, who was due to meet Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh later Friday.

Those invited should include the Gulf states, Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Russia, the United States, Canada, France and Britain, he said.

Carter also took aim at the Bush administration over North Korea's nuclear test earlier this month.

He blamed North Korea's decision to stage the test partly on what he said was the Bush administration's move to abandon a dialogue process he helped initiate in the 1990s on behalf of former Democratic president Bill Clinton.

"Instead of having direct bilateral talks, which I initiated, they shifted to six-nation talks," said Carter.

"I think this has been the wrong approach to North Korea."

The former president and his wife, Rosalynn Smith Carter, were in India for a weeklong charity project to help build 100 homes for poor families.

The construction effort was run by Habitat for Humanity which builds homes around the world with the help of volunteers.

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The conference for all major countries interested in Iraq . . .what should we call it??? The "please remember we helped you when you needed it to you can give us cheap oil" Club

Can I get an invite . .. technically we are all shareholders of Iraqi stock!!!