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

I just click on the new server site and it took me to the CBI site. I guess they are linked now. Who knows! Well then I went into the site after being confused, which does not take much these days . Then I pulled up the area where it had all of the auctions, in the history, by the way it is at the bottom of the 21 pages but it looks like they were only closed for 6 days. The dates were from Oct 23 - Oct 28. I tried to copy and paste but did not work, so I decided to post it, Don't hate me ok shoot the messanger to bad today. Oh by the way
Happy Birthday NENO I see you work on it and you deside to clean house and move stuff around real cute. lol

Iraq violence: Facts and figures
Gathering reliable data on the current bloodshed in Iraq is difficult, but the available figures help build up a picture of the complex mixture of insurgent attacks and sectarian killings.

CASUALTIES


DEATHS SINCE MAR 2003
Iraqi civilians: 43,380
Iraqi security forces*: 5,556
US military: 2,772
UK military: 119
Other coalition military: 118
Journalists: 77
*Since June 2003
Sources: Iraq Body Count (baseline estimate of civilian deaths), Brookings Institution

Iraq war dead figures
Death tolls - both military and civilian - since the fall of Saddam Hussein have far outstripped those during the initial period of US-led military action.

Numbers of civilian casualties are highly controversial and not recorded by the US or UK military.

INSURGENT ATTACKS

Insurgent attacks have become part of daily life in some sections of Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003. The last few months have exceeded the peaks of violence ahead of national elections in January 2005 and the referendum on the constitution in October 2005.

Graph: Breakdown of insurgent attacks in Iraq

Although about 80% of insurgent attacks are targeted against coalition forces, the Iraqi population suffers about 80% of all casualties, according to US officials in late 2005.


MAJOR ATTACKS IN IRAQ
13 Aug 06 - 57 dead
Four-storey building destroyed in blast in Zafaraniya district. US and Iraqi officials dispute cause
18 July 06 - 53 dead
Car bomb in southern city of Kufa hits crowd of labourers near Shia shrine
1 July 06 - 66 killed
Car bomb in Shia area, Sadr City, Baghdad
7 April 2006 - 85 dead
Triple suicide bombing at Shia Buratha mosque
5 Jan 06 - 110 dead
Suicide bombers hit Karbala shrine and police recruiting station in Ramadi
18 Nov 05 - 80 dead
Multiple bombings in Baghdad and two Khanaqin mosques
14 Sept 05 - 182 dead
Suicide car bomber targets Baghdad labourers in worst of a series of bombs
16 Aug 05 - 90 dead
Suicide bomber detonates fuel tanker in Musayyib
28 Feb 05 - 114 dead
Suicide car bomb hits government jobseekers in Hilla
24 June 04 - 100 dead
Co-ordinated blasts in Mosul and four other cities
2 March 04 - 140 dead
Suicide bombers attack Shia festival-goers in Karbala and Baghdad
1 Feb 04 - 105 dead
Twin attacks on Kurdish parties' offices in Irbil
28 Aug 03 - 85 dead
Car bomb at Najaf shrine kills Shia cleric Muhammad Baqr Hakim and many others

From late 2004, the number of attacks on Iraqi security personnel increased as the army and police force grew and became more active.

The figures also show a significant increase in attacks on civilians in the months following the bombing of a key Shia mosque in Samarra in February 2006, which unleashed new levels of sectarian violence between Sunnis and Shias.

Many of the insurgent attacks attributed to foreign jihadis have a sectarian element in that they have targeted Shias with the aim of provoking wider violence between Iraq's religious communities.

Insurgent attacks have become more sophisticated. The numbers of car bombs, suicide car bombs and roadside bombs all doubled from 2004 to 2005. The number of multiple-fatality bombings has increased from less than 20 a month in 2004 to a peak of 57 in June 2006.

The improvised explosive device has become the insurgents' weapon of choice, and was responsible for more than half of all US deaths in the first half of 2006.

Iraqi civilian targets have frequently been overtly Shia targets, such as Shia mosques, and targets related to the Iraqi government such as queues of potential police recruits.

INSURGENT NUMBERS

Estimates of the size of the insurgency vary considerably, partly due to varying definitions of the term "insurgent".

According to figures collated by Anthony Cordesman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, from autumn 2003 US officials put the total number of insurgents at 5,000, until late 2004 when they raised their estimates to between 12,000 and 16,000.

By 2006, US military estimates ranged from 8,000 to 20,000, although Iraqi intelligence officials have issued figures as high as 40,000 fighters, plus another 160,000 supporters.

The majority of insurgents are thought to be Iraqi and Sunni. The proportion of foreign fighters in the insurgency is widely considered to be less than 10%, although the US military said in May 2006 that 90% of suicide bombers used by Iraq's former al-Qaeda leader, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, were from outside Iraq.

SECTARIAN ATTACKS


LARGE-SCALE KILLINGS
12 July 06 - 23 killed
Kidnapped from bus station in Muqdadiya
9 July 06 - 40 killed
Mainly Sunnis, dragged from cars by Shia gunmen, Baghdad
26 March 06 - 30 bodies
Most decapitated, found near Baquba
14 March 06 - 29 bodies
Found bound, tortured and shot in south-east Baghdad
23 Feb 06 - 47 killed
Workers dragged from vehicles in Nahrawan, Baghdad
22 Jan 06 - 23 bodies
Police volunteers shot dead, found north of Baghdad
7 Oct 05 - 22 bodies
Found handcuffed and shot near the town of Badra
25 Aug 05 - 36 bodies
Found blindfolded, handcuffed and executed, near Badra

Since early 2005, gruesome finds of groups of corpses, often showing signs of execution or torture, have been becoming increasingly common.

Such discoveries have become more frequent and high profile since the outbreak of a wave of sectarian violence which followed the Samarra mosque bombing.

A large proportion of these killings can be identified as sectarian because of the style of killing, the identities of the victims or the context of the deaths.


BAGHDAD MORTUARY TOLL
Graph
The UN says "most" bodies processed in recent months have had gunshot wounds
The morgue processed about 150 bodies a month in 2002 (Source: A Cordesman)
However, no available figures differentiate between sectarian killings and crime deaths in a country where kidnapping, extortion and tribal feuds are rife.

The numbers of bodies processed by Baghdad morgue, which deals only with those who died violent or suspicious deaths, are a widely-used guide.

Correspondents say the actual toll may be much higher as many bodies are not taken to the morgue.

DISPLACED PEOPLE


TOTAL DISPLACED IRAQIS
15 Aug 06: 137,862
28 June 06: 110,000
2 June 06: 98,000
13 April 06: 65,000
30 March 06: 30,000
Source: IOM estimates
Increasing numbers of Iraqis are fleeing their homes as sectarian violence has spiralled since the mosque bombing in February 2006.

By August, close to 137,862 people were displaced, living in makeshift camps or with friends or relatives.


The movements of Iraq's 137,000 displaced people reveal the country's sectarian divisions

Enlarge Map

Figures from the International Organisation for Migration reveal a pattern of families leaving homes in mixed areas to parts of the country dominated by their own ethnic or religious group.

Sunni families who have moved to the mainly-Sunni Anbar province, for example, are largely from Shia heartlands in the south, while Shias are fleeing from northern, Sunni-dominated provinces to move south.

Many of the displaced tell similar stories of the killings and disappearances of neighbours, threats to their lives and attacks on property.

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Iraq violence: Facts and figures

Search for least-worst option in Iraq
Analysis
By Paul Reynolds
World affairs correspondent, BBC News website

US patrol inspect aftermath of a bombing in Baghdad
US troops are more exposed as they try to tackle sectarian strife

A "helluva mess" is how the former US Secretary of State James Baker is said to have described the state of Iraq - and the search is on for the least-worst option for US policy makers.

President Bush held a tele-conference with his generals in Iraq to see what might be done militarily. On the immediate agenda is the future of Operation Together Forward, the plan to pacify Baghdad. That is now an admitted disappointment and if it fails, then mission failure looms.

Benchmarks

It seems that Washington will now try to hold the Iraqi government more accountable -- by drawing up benchmarks and incentives.

The benchmarks would include action against militias, putting more troops onto the streets to reinforce the inadequate police force and agreeing on a political settlement. The big incentive is continued US support.

Mr Baker's bipartisan Iraq Study Group appears to be shaping up to recommend something between, as Mr Baker put it, "stay the course" and "cut and run". It will report probably in December, certainly after the mid-term elections.

Mr Baker has also said: "There is no magic bullet... it is very, very difficult."

Concepts

His group's main concepts seem to be "stability first" and "redeploy and contain", as they are called.


Iraq is not salvageable as a unitary state
Peter Galbraith
Former US ambassador

The first would concentrate less on democracy and more on stabilisation, especially in Baghdad, and on trying to bring in nationalist (ie not al-Qaeda jihadist) insurgents into political life and even consulting Iran and Syria. New anti-guerrilla tactics might be devised.

This could tie in with thinking in Washington that there is merit in the idea of a government of "national salvation" in Iraq.

The second would be more radical. It foresees a possible major, phased withdrawal of US forces, perhaps to bases within Iraq or even to bases in the region from which they could support the Iraqi government if necessary.

Mr Baker and the administration have ruled out partition.

Looser federation

Iraqis themselves have meanwhile been involved in a fierce debate about dividing the country up into a looser federation.

On 11 October, there was a vote in the Iraqi parliament approving measures developing the provision in the constitution for more regional groupings like the semi-autonomous rule that the Kurds enjoy in the north.

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani
Iraqi President Talabani: against partition

The plan was forced through by the main Shia party and strongly opposed by Sunni leaders. The Sunnis know that, without oil in their region, they would end up the poorest. They fear the growth of a powerful, oil-rich "Shiastan" in the south.

The whole thing is likely to be put off for 18 months, during which anything could happen, but the manner of its parliamentary passage in an atmosphere of chaos and anger does not augur well for the governance of Iraq.


The minute you say we're going to make three autonomous regions, you're likely to kick off a huge civil war
James Baker

Degrees of separation

Varying degrees of separation are suggested.

On 1 May this year, in an article in the New York Times, Democratic Senator Jo Biden and commentator Leslie Gelb suggested decentralisation.

"The idea, as in Bosnia, is to maintain a united Iraq by decentralizing it, giving each ethno-religious group - Kurd, Sunni Arab and Shia Arab - room to run its own affairs, while leaving the central government in charge of common interests.

Peter Galbraith, a former US ambassador to Croatia, wants Iraq to follow the example of Yugoslavia which was divided into independent states, Croatia among them.

Now an advocate for the Kurds, he wants them to have full independence. Iraq, he says, cannot be put back together again.

"Iraq is not salvageable as a unitary state," he wrote in the New York Review of Books in May 2004.

Baker hostile

Mr Baker himself is hostile to partition or anything much like it.

He made this clear in an interview on ABC television on 8 October: "There are no boundaries between Sunni areas and Shia areas in Iraq, how do you draw the boundaries? And the minute you say we're going to do that and make three autonomous regions, you're likely to kick off a huge civil war."

And many Iraqis oppose breaking up the country.

The country's president Jalal Talabani is a Kurd, who fought for years against Saddam Hussein.

In a recent BBC interview he was asked if partition was a possible solution. He answered: "It's very dangerous for Iraq, especially the Arab part of Iraq.

"Baghdad, Baqouba, the mixed areas, it is not so easy to implement this policy of ethnic cleansing. Nor Kirkuk or Mosul. There is no possibility of accepting such a kind of policy."

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BBC NEWS | Middle East | Search for least-worst option in Iraq

Originally Posted by Adster

Once the dinar is fully convertible it will go onto the world markets via the Forex. Yes it would need to not be at the rate of 1470!!!! LOL.

I'm hoping the info from IIF from Stephanie is true.

Yes, with your time line as Nov. 11th (Saturday) FIL being enacted and going onto the world markets, and if Stephanie's info is correct, it makes perfect sense that B of A will be right there to start exchanging on Nov. 13th (Monday).

Originally Posted by Adster

Once the dinar is fully convertible it will go onto the world markets via the Forex. Yes it would need to not be at the rate of 1470!!!! LOL.

I'm hoping the info from IIF from Stephanie is true.

what info. was Stephanie giving out?

Originally Posted by clintstella

Chinger, bet you can't wait for the mommy tables to arrive

Are you kidding me it's on his signature. I had to tell him off on About Dinar. I hope he does not ruin Rolclub with his arrogance.

I wish he would go and read some new news instead of quoting old news. The new news totally makes his MunnyBaggs junk just that JUNK!!!!!

Sorry for the rant.

Dinar-Excited

Sorry if already posted...Dated today but looks familiar..


D. Kamal Basri *
* Under the Ministry of Finance
Introduction :
The Iraqi economy during the last months continues to rise in the inflation rate amounted to about 70% with the possibility of continuity rise. As the statistics indicate to the rise in the proportion of spending on fuel in the family budget to be about 40% of total household expenditure. Given the widespread unemployment and incomes are most stable

The result is that the resulting spread of the phenomenon of inflation is the decline in purchasing power, the real income of individuals. This study tries to shed light on the causes of inflation and looking at the role of various government policies, including fiscal and monetary necessary to reduce the proportion of high and therefore mitigate the negative effects resulting from it.
The phenomenon of inflation :
The phenomenon can be defined as a constant rise in inflation and continued in the overall level of prices. Since the beginning of the 1990s of the last century until 2006 the average inflation growth of about 50% annually. However, I figure to 32% for the period from 2003 - 2006. In January 2006 inflation reached 20%, a record high of 53% in 2006 Maes to the deepening of the high prices of oil derivatives. The continued rise in the inflation rate to hit in July and 70% in August and 76.6% in a row.
Referring to the Central Agency of Statistics in September 2006 on the indices of goods and services. We find that the number of commodities covered count price index of 446 consumer goods and services. The index of consumer prices for the month of February 2006 in Iraq (21375) basis in 1993. This means that the consumer is happening in the month of February 2006, an amount (21375) on the same goods and services that he could be purchased in 1993 at 100 dinars. The index rose from the previous month (July 2006) at a rate (15.1%) also increased by (76.6%) for the month of August of last year (2005). As in the table (1)
Root
In fact, there is no single cause and no one Atvser single theory can explain alone the high overall rate of prices in Iraq But one can say that the high rates of inflation, which recently witnessed the Iraqi economy can be attributed to the absence of security and stability, which is reflected in the lack of supply of goods and services and to a rise in the price of oil derivatives. In spite of the support provided by the state in 2005 to import oil derivatives, and of about $ 400 million per month (to meet the shortfall in the production of such derivatives), However, the local market has been experiencing a serious shortage in bridging the growing demand due to the entry of a large number of cars that have been imported by the private sector, and also because of constant interruptions of power and the frequent use of generators in operation, which depend on those products as well as the distribution sector Maiaaneh of big problems and the existence of administrative and financial corruption. All these factors have contributed to the rise in the overall level of prices and impacted directly or indirectly in the food basket.
In line with the economic reform policy has been reduced financial allocations in 2006 to become half of the $ 200 million each month. This reduction was based on a desire of the government to gradually reduce the size of support and make prices (at least) consistent with the prices of the neighboring countries. As planned is a presidential order to end the monopoly of the state can be summed up for the import and sale of oil derivatives, and allow the private sector to work in partnership activity. However, the legislation did not go into existence and continues to fuel crisis still raging. During the recent period of 2005 stopped the imported oil from Turkey for reasons of irregular payment of financial dues of the Turkish side, This made prices more than normal market prices (non-subsidized) and because of the high prices of derivatives is the rate derivatives on the domestic spending limits 40% of the family income. This is evidenced by the statistical survey limited to the city of Baghdad, carried out by the Central Agency for Statistics in the fifth month of this year.
Results and implications
The phenomenon of inflation led to the production of many of the negative effects on the local economy. It is these effects, we find a reduction in the purchasing power of individuals, as well as the decline in the real value of savings and deposits (particularly if the inflation rate is higher than the rate of interest). On the other hand, the inflation is to increase the prices of locally produced goods, which results in a national decline in exports, as well as causing negative effects on the size of the investment in the national economy and discourage economic development process.
Sources phenomenon of inflation and its causes :
In general, the phenomenon of inflation caused by the mismatch between the growth or the volume of cash owned by individuals and the growth or abundance of goods and services available in the market. One of the most important reasons that led to the recent rise in the rate of inflation are :
1-high prices of oil derivatives : the reason for the rise increase in the cost of production of goods and services that rely on oil derivatives directly or indirectly.
2 - scarcity of oil derivatives : scarcer led to the emergence of a black market and the high Asaaramushanget (and sometimes more than the normal market price-supported). This also led to the scarcity of derivatives is that about half the local market need reimbursed from the black market. There is a statistical study indicates that increasing the supply of oil derivatives lead to lower inflation by 40% (after two months of the date of the increase of supply).
Three-power outages : causing power outages disrupt the production of goods and services and thus reduce the size of supply in the market. It also emerged the need to use power generators, which use an additional form of the request oil derivatives.
Four-twice the capacity of the government machinery in the implementation of projects and service degradation of the production of government services municipal services, public transport, electricity, water and health ... Etc.. Where the deterioration to hamper the production of goods and services.
5-deterioration of the security situation : the deteriorating security situation caused by the irregular supply of goods and services in the local markets (reduced working hours). On the other hand, the security problem led to difficulties in the supply of the imported border outlets and the high costs of insurance and escorts.
Six-Mile phenomenon of the rise of spending and weak tendency for savings due to the policy of blockade and deprivation suffered by individuals.
3 - 7 weakness of the banking system and the temptation to attract cash. Recently, in an attempt to rein in inflation. Senior Central Bank to raise interest rates from 10% to 12%. This increase observers estimate unable to make any positive impact, They are unprofitable Valtakl caused by the inflation of capital greater than the interest rate, Therefore, this policy is not sufficient to maintain the purchasing power of the Iraqi currency.
8-improved level of wages and pensions after the war and thereby improve the purchasing power of individuals. In the 2006 budget, increased the size of salaries and various payments by more than 90% from what it was in 2005. There is no doubt that this increase has not been accompanied by an increase in the supply of goods and services.
9-structurally weak GDP : The previous economic policies and because of the embargo and the war on the weak structure of the gross domestic product. This is illustrated by the following table : Recalling SNA to the adoption of the economy in recent years (2004 and 2005) on the oil sector alone, where the percentage of its contribution to GDP of 63% after it was 18%. He got the opposite with regard to agriculture, where the ratio from 14% to 7%. and industry from 13% to 2% increase compared to 1988 : as in the table (2)
When checking the development of the working class, we find the unemployment rate is 27-30%. The greatest proportion of the labor force in the services sector with marginal influence in the overall GDP, although an estimated 2% of the labor force in the oil sector with a major impact on GDP. From this we can deduce that 2% of the labor force contributes 64% of gross domestic product. while 98% of the labor force contributes 37% of the GDP. (Sectors, which does not include the petroleum industry). There is no doubt that there are flaws in the structure of the Iraqi economy. In the industrial sector, public works 580 thousand from labor, but because of the weakness of productivity, the State supported by 840 million dollars. Government support is also estimated direct and indirect in the state budget, and 80% of the GDP.
Thus, there is clear imbalance between the sectors of production and services sectors. This is the purchasing power depends on the external market to satisfy their needs. Thus exposing the economy to import inflation from an external source, and to make the balance of payments deficit to weaken the Iraqi currency. And if we take into account the amount of government support for the wages in the productive sectors of the picture is much worse. The result of all Matqdm low productivity of labor cost which is inversely proportional to the rate of prices.
Dealing with the phenomenon of inflation :
We will review the financial and economic tools available cash to restore the desired balance between circulation of goods and services and the cash available to individuals. Undoubtedly, the issue of security and the high prices of oil derivatives and the inability of the economy to produce goods and services competitive Pklv all influential factors in the continued rise in the rate of inflation. And can deal with the phenomenon of inflation through Mayati :
First : work on Astekararalamen of confidence in the local market and the smooth flow of goods from the border outlets.
Second : to address the scarcity of derivatives by ending the monopoly of the State of import and sale of oil derivatives, and to allow the private sector to import and thus can control the price rises above the market price. It is essential that the state urgently implement the law, which aims to raise the Ministry of Oil monopoly for the import and distribution of petroleum derivatives, and working to find permanent legislation for this purpose. We hope that the law allows competition in the sale of oil derivatives by ensuring that a sufficient number of independent importers from one another. Since the government has already provided a draft bill to the National Assembly the previous late 2005 Alaanh are not ratified it. It should be noted that the amount of reduction (planned), in supporting the prices of oil derivatives in the current year budget was about (25%). However, due to accumulated debts derived from the import of derivatives in 2005 and payment of allocations this year, the lack of support is more real.
Third : improve the distribution of products and reduce the negative effects of the black market through the adoption of the distribution Alcabonat.
Fourth : raising interest rates in general have a role in collecting cash, which is a practice in many countries stable. However, we do not believe that have a significant impact, due to the lack of miles for savings and the absence of investment opportunities that can be fed savings. Banks find no economic incentive to raise interest rates, no individuals have the tendency to save because of consumerism (as a result of the policy of deprivation in the previous preference for spending on savings). As for the rich because of lack of confidence in the Iraqi economy, their preferred diversion of capital abroad. Accordingly, it is hard to imagine that the rate of interest rate role da m difference between the inflation rate significantly.
Fifth : raise the exchange rate, There is no doubt that the rise in the value of the Iraqi currency against the dollar would make the value of the imported less. The higher value of exports. As exports are negligible, the economy will benefit from the policy of raising the rate of the Iraqi dinar. Therefore I believe that this procedure has positive effects when used with other procedures. Sixth : fiscal policy, reflected controlling public spending and the use of tax policy to reduce the cash. In fact it difficult to talk about controlling spending at a time when the government is seeking to encourage investment spending tottering (in the projects in the draft ministerial provincial assemblies). Examinations of the budget items found it difficult to reduce spending on any part of its terms. The same applies to tax, there is reluctance to pay taxes starting While we take the unemployment rate, which exceeds 25%, we find that there is a need for government spending to protect the rights of the consequences of poverty and deprivation.
Seventh : the sale of government bonds in order to absorb liquidity, this is not expected to significantly impact of the procedure, but no doubt that his role will be complementary to the previous treatments, which are all aimed at creating a balance between the flow of goods, services and cash flows bloc.
Undoubtedly, the policy of correcting the prices of oil derivatives, the policy required them to activate, However, there is a need to link reform scheduling prices of oil derivatives, including governmental actions of :
1. The improvement of public services, especially public transport sector.
2. The expansion of the network of social protection vertically and horizontally.
3. Addressing the problem of security and reducing the impact of economic development.
4. Linking expenditure policy and support the production of goods and services.
5. Tighter control on the distribution of oil derivatives (using the Alcabonat).


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Any idea why in at least the last 2 auctions the sell price on the top & bottom dont match? Today it says the sell is 1471 on the top chart & 1473 on the bottom.

Hello Jedi17,

You well need to bad into the hirtory thread, because NENO was cleanig the cob webs out to move this area along. What she had mentioned was that the B of A had a meeting with their employees and on the 13th of Nov. they will be able to sell the Dinar. But others that were at that meeting had some other thoughts. If my memory is working, can any one else ellibrate on this a lttle more or find the site for Jedi17. I hope this will help you.

Iraq reconstruction projects identified through Joint Reconstruction Operations Center

Sunday, October 29th 2006

Coalition Forces and the Government of Iraq recently announced their efforts to establish "a common operational picture of reconstruction efforts in Baghdad" as part of the Baghdad Security Plan.
Led and planned by Iraqis, Operation Together Forward aims to improve security in Baghdad by focusing on "clear, hold, build" efforts - "clearing targeted neighborhoods of violence, holding the neighborhoods and building essential services projects that will have an immediate and sustained effect on Iraqis living in the neighborhoods."

The Joint Reconstruction Operations Center (JROC) was created to coordinate and synchronize Baghdad reconstruction efforts. The JROC consists of representatives from Multi-National Forces - Iraq, Multi-National Corps - Iraq, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, the U.S. Department of State, the Provincial Reconstruction Team - Baghdad, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Government of Iraq and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Gulf Region Division (USACE - GRD).

Each organization provides data to the JROC; the JROC then "presents a unified voice" to the Joint Planning Commission, which then decides on service projects for targeted areas.

"The common operational picture gives us outstanding situational awareness of reconstruction efforts in support of the 'build' phase of Operation Together Forward," Lt. Col. Reinhard Koenig, the GRD's liaison to the JROC, said. "Reconstruction is critical to ensuring the success of the Baghdad Security Plan."

Service projects have already been identified in Doura, Bayaa, Mansour, Kadamiyah and Adamiyah. As of Oct. 22, the GRD has identified 105 projects in the sectors of sewer, water and electricity at a construction cost of $35 million; 34 projects have been completed at a construction cost of $5 million.

"The more we strengthen the infrastructure, the more we weaken the insurgency and give the Iraqi citizens a reason for hope in the Government of Iraq," Koenig said.

As of Oct. 14, the Department of Defense has planned 3,566 projects at a construction cost of $7.22 billion in areas of security and law enforcement; public works and water; oil; buildings, health and education; transportation and communications; and electricity.

According to USACE:

648 are under construction at a construction cost of $2.58 billion.

2,597 have been completed at a construction cost of $3.49 billion.

3,245 projects have started at a construction cost of $6.07 billion.