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

Sunday, October 29, 2006

1 Iraqi Dinar = 0.0007140 US Dollar
1 US Dollar (USD) = 1400.52 Iraqi Dinar (IQD)

Learn about the new Iraqi Dinar
Median price = 0.0006552 / 0.0007140 (bid/ask)
Minimum price = 0.0006551 / 0.0007140
Maximum price = 0.0006561 / 0.0007149

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Originally Posted by $onedaysoon$

Sunday, October 29, 2006

1 Iraqi Dinar = 0.0007140 US Dollar
1 US Dollar (USD) = 1400.52 Iraqi Dinar (IQD)

Learn about the new Iraqi Dinar
Median price = 0.0006552 / 0.0007140 (bid/ask)
Minimum price = 0.0006551 / 0.0007140
Maximum price = 0.0006561 / 0.0007149

Business News

The 795 daily currency auction was held in the Central Bank of Iraq day Sunday 2006 / 10/ 29 so the results were as follows :

Details Notes
Number of banks 9 -----
Auction price selling dinar / US $ 1471 -----
Auction price buying dinar / US $ ----- -----
Amount sold at auction price (US $) 61.420.000 -----
Amount purchased at Auction price (US $) -----
Total offers for buying (US $) 61.420.000 -----
Total offers for selling (US $) ----- -----

Cash amounts sold to the bank and its customers were USD(34.580.000) at a rate of(1471+1+10=1482)IQD\USD .
The amount sold to make transfers abroad was USD (26.570.000) at a rate of (1471-2)+ one dinar as a bank fee and exempt the transferred amount from conversion fee.

Iraqi American joint statement emphasizes the building of a stable democratic Iraq

Preparation and submission : Faris Umar

One of the most prominent themes file :
** American Iraqi joint statement confirms work for a stable and democratic Iraq
** Concern of the United Nations the loose sectarian violence

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The Iraq and the United States issued a joint statement stressing their governments of the two countries agreed to work to bring about security and stability in Iraq.
The statement said the two parties at the time appreciate the difficulties they were aware that the continuation of the partnership and strategic alliance will allow them to meet the challenges facing Iraq.
The statement added that the United States will continue to stand by the Iraqi government and that the Iraqi government welcomes the support of the United States continues to make progress with projects of national reconciliation and economic revival and to promote the building of the Iraqi security forces.
The statement said the Iraqi government has clearly expressed the issues that solutions should be found within the framework of schedules and take positive steps forward as a government representing the Iraqis. The statement pointed out that the United States supports these efforts and will fully support to help make it succeed.
The Iraqi statement announcing the American pledge joint Iraqi government having a good relationship and ties with the government of the United States to work together for a stable democratic Iraq, and face the challenges of terrorism in the light of a strategic alliance between the two countries. according to the statement.

Iraqi American joint statement issued after the meeting held on Friday, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, the American ambassador to Baghdad, Zalmay Khalilzad, who expressed in the statement are glad about the meeting to discuss their continuing efforts to "peace and security in Iraq and to build a better future for all Iraqis."

In this context, reported Agence France-Presse quoted Hassan Al-Sunaid member of the Committee on Defense and Security in the House and the Adviser to the Prime Minister that Al-Maliki told the American ambassador saying : "I consider myself a friend of the United States but I am not a man of the United States in Iraq."
Al-Sunaid attributed to the Prime Minister to inform him of Khalil added : "I am elected by the people and Parliament, The Security Council must coordinate with me, and the decisions must not be unilateral. "
It was Khalilzad had announced in a press conference last Tuesday that Iraqi leaders had agreed on a time frame for making the difficult decisions required to be taken on specific issues that the United States and its coalition partners would support al-Maliki and other Iraqi leaders in their efforts to implement these standards. The impact statement Khalil increased speculation that the United States wants to impose a timetable for resolving a number of issues of disagreement between the Iraqi political forces. On Wednesday, a day after a statement Khalilzad, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki expressed confidence that the ongoing talk about timetables is not the official position of the American government saying that the case fell in the political calculations before the mid-term elections of the American Congress.

The Premier pointed out that it was the right of the American government to review its policies to suit its interests, but an elected government in Iraq and the people that elected it is the right to raise demands expected from the government in the implementation of this matter or the other.
In Washington with President George Bush and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, the agreement with al-Maliki in the rejection of any attempts to dictate to his government from the outside. Bush explained in a press conference on Wednesday that American officials are working with the Iraqi government to reach agreement on the criteria in making the difficult decisions to achieve peace. But the American President announced that the Al-Maliki was right in his insistence on the right of Iraq to take whatever decisions.
The day after Bush's statements, Rumsfeld stressed that the idea of an agreement on the criteria do not involve the dates fixed or penalties for failure to meet them.

In the meantime, said Vice-President Adel Abdel Mahdi, that the focus on the Americans to dissolve the militias is misplaced. It was Abdel Mahdi visited Friday religious authority Al-Sistani in the city of Najaf. He said in a statement to journalists following the meeting that there are attempts to make the battle against the militias and to delay the battle against terrorism and the armed actions. The newspaper quoted the New York Times as Vice President of the Republic, saying : "We warn of the dangers of such attempts."

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The United Nations has expressed concern over the continuation of sectarian violence in Iraq. He warned the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs of the United Nations, Jan Egeland that the killings identity has become "out of control", according to the source. He pointed to the deaths of about one hundred people every day and displacement of civilians from their neighborhoods and towns because of attacks and counter-attacks on the basis of belief.
The official pointed out that the international United Nations estimates that three hundred and twenty thousand citizens at least have left their homes in Iraq since the 2003 war, some shops to temporary housing in other areas of Iraq and left others to Syria, Jordan and other countries.
He said the Humanitarian Coordinator for the United Nations in an interview with the Associated Press : "This situation is not a permanent and irreversible, but the longer the time the stronger." He noted that in this context to what happened in the Balkans, Lebanon and other areas of ethnic and religious conflict.
Egeland pointed out that the figure of a hundred who are killed daily in acts of violence based on the audit and review the records Morgues by the United Nations and other humanitarian organizations.
The official said that violence has become international breakdown completely out of control revenge killings in many areas of Iraq. He added that the figures tell the magnitude of the suffering of the civilian population and the importance of going now appeal to all who can stop it.

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Scheduled to restore Iraq and China work to hold oil worth a billion dollars, two hundred million dollars was signed between the two countries in 1997 to develop one oil fields in Iraq. The Minister of Oil Hussein Shahrastani Saturday that officials from both sides would meet next month to renegotiate the agreement to develop the field Alahidb in southern Iraq. The declaration Shahrastani in the conclusion of his visit to China after a three-day visit to Japan to invite the two giant companies to invest in Iraq. The news agency Associated Press of oil minister that in the event of an agreement quickly is expected to begin work immediately.
He explained that the field Shahrastani Alahidb would be the first oil fields that foreign firms will be invited to make presentations to them that these technology companies and financially capable and has a proven track record in oil production.
The Minister of oil that Iraq needs investments of about twenty billion dollars to develop its petroleum industry.

Originally Posted by $onedaysoon$

Sunday, October 29, 2006

1 Iraqi Dinar = 0.0007140 US Dollar
1 US Dollar (USD) = 1400.52 Iraqi Dinar (IQD)

Learn about the new Iraqi Dinar
Median price = 0.0006552 / 0.0007140 (bid/ask)
Minimum price = 0.0006551 / 0.0007140
Maximum price = 0.0006561 / 0.0007149

Business News

Maybe the auction was for the smaller denominations. Gotta' account for them somewhere???

Originally Posted by $onedaysoon$

Sunday, October 29, 2006

1 Iraqi Dinar = 0.0007140 US Dollar
1 US Dollar (USD) = 1400.52 Iraqi Dinar (IQD)

Learn about the new Iraqi Dinar
Median price = 0.0006552 / 0.0007140 (bid/ask)
Minimum price = 0.0006551 / 0.0007140
Maximum price = 0.0006561 / 0.0007149

Business News

Are we still looking at the October /November 1st dates?

If anyon can please answer that question for me...Thanks!

Save the Iraqi government on the table the option of America **
Maliki is a new government in order to avoid surprises in the dissolution of the parliament and the freezing of the Constitution **

Washington Mercy Abotouq
The American sources said that the American Administration to study all possible options to control the deteriorating situation in Iraq. She told »« time student not revealed that the rumors about the preparation of the government of the National Salvation is a choice of all Iraqis, but also the option of dollars and rolling on the table ensures that the safety of the American forces. The sources did not rule out that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki current head of the government rescue However, it pointed out the possibility of formation from nine to eleven members can be from the Iraqi military figures, which enjoys the respect of the Iraqis, according to observers, the option of the government rescue originally based on the dissolution of the parliament and the freezing of the work of the Constitution for a period of not less than two years prior to the announcement of new elections, the United Nations control, although the duties of the government to ensure uninterrupted services offered to resolve bottlenecks living and economic as well as dealing with the pending files and disabling of the political process, including the file of militias and exit control operations for the state. She said that the Iraqi situation is likely surprises, especially as the congressional elections become imminent. And anything can happen in order to improve the situation, which reflect positively on the American performance in Iraq, which is facing a wave of criticism that the Democratic Party looks forward to a privileged strongly in the next Congress. Especially after the losses among American forces in Iraq, a record since the battles of Fallujah, killing two in October of this more than one hundred soldiers according to American statistics official. The sources, however, pointed out that Al-Maliki could prejudge the surprises of America surprise beating an iron hand militias However, it pointed out that this option is primarily political. The observers monitored the Maliki quickly received the letter and promised to the American response in a time faster than the door taken seriously as carrying the responsibility of the coalition inability to control the security situation warrants tied to the move by Iraqi forces allied powers of a special military unit. Al-Maliki and the government to talk about saving and the government named a coup and described access to the political process to undermine unlikely that Washington was considering this option. He said Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will be able to control the violence within six months, which was half the time that American leaders say they need him if Washington more weapons and given broader authority over his troops. He added Maliki »true that our forces still need to build, but we also believe that if we now ask ourselves We forces. We do not need 12 to 18 months, but six months may be enough to rebuild our forces and weaponry «called to have greater authority in the area of security once the authorization granted by the United Nations coalition led by the United States in December next. »Al-Maliki added that if there is responsible for the deterioration of the security situation in Iraq is« Alliance. He pointed out that despite being Prime Minister of Iraq and the commander-in-chief of the armed forces but he could not move one company without the approval of the coalition because of the devolution of the United Nations. He added that it should caution when some fighter and the armed militias because they are better armed than the army and the police, pointing out that the police Ever gun.

Azzaman International Newspaper-2531-Issue Date 28 / 10 / 2006

The newspaper Azzaman »« international number-2531-history 28 / 10 / 2006

Got a question maybe someone can answer....when they sign article VIII does the currency go Internationaly instantly....or is it possible there could be some bullshiate song and dance that that lead you on to say it will be ENACTED sometime soon or it will go into effect on such an such a date causing more speculation???? One other coment to ad i remember reading something on the IIF posted by dinartime a while back that the dinar is already convertable its on a US.gov site. If i have time i will look for it and post it later if i can find it or if someone else knows what im talking about can post it....if so is there a difference in being INTERNATIONALY CONVERTABLE than just CONVERTABLE...Andy you were around durring that time i believe...you know what im talking about???

Syrian-Iranian talks on Iraq
Damascus-10-29 : Manouchehr Matki met with the Iranian foreign minister, with the Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad on Saturday and discussed ways of achieving stability in Iraq and strengthen relations between Iran and Syria. He said Matki reporters, "We discussed the Iraqi issue and the talks were good."
And peace, Iranian Foreign Minister, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad a letter from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
The Syrian News Agency said, "The message focused on the situation in Iraq, Palestine and Lebanon" without giving further details.
The Iranian Minister said that the letter "is part of the natural framework for the promotion of relations between the two countries."
Call Chalabi
In the meantime, Urge Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Chalabi, the former United States to open direct talks with Iran.
He added that this could lead to the alleviation of sectarian violence in Iraq and allow the American forces to withdraw.
Chalabi's statements came in an interview with the Associated Press, which described it as the preferred option for the U.S. Department of Defense (the Pentagon). He criticized Chalabi secret talks, which are being held between the armed Sunni groups and the American officials, saying that it will not contribute to the stability of Iraq or alleviate the pace of violence.
Chalabi said, "If America fostered the Iraqi army and improved intelligence, and gave the Iraqi government more powers and opened talks with neighbors such as Iran, the coalition forces that it can begin the withdrawal in less than two years."
He added, "Iran and Turkey are two powerful neighbors of Iraq must be involved in the activation of the security situation in Iraq and the march of democracy and improving security."
He said that the Americans and the British to give the Iraqi government time to strengthen itself and demonstrate to the Arab world that democracy is possible.
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Originally Posted by Christmas1971

Are we still looking at the October /November 1st dates?

If anyon can please answer that question for me...Thanks!

We are little buddy, but Iraq being Iraq anything is possible. Hold on tight, as I as well as others believe this is going to happen real soon. If I knew positivly a reval was a day or two away, I'd sell the farm. But since I don't, I'll hold what I have and wait. Your going to to have to wait in suspense as well. I've been on this rollarcoaster for close to three years now. I've had ups and downs, but lately its mostly ups. Hang In, rest asured you will know when it happens.

Originally Posted by Christmas1971

Are we still looking at the October /November 1st dates?

If anyon can please answer that question for me...Thanks!

All I can say is that "I am holding this timeframe close to my heart" and if the date slips by so what; We all know its coming......