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

Voices of Iraq : Al-Maliki - Saddam-rule (first Introduction)
Books: Rasheed44 on Saturday, November 04, 2006-4:10 PM BT
Maliki : verdict against Saddam tomorrow Confident of Ismail
(To add details of the conference and the background)
Baghdad - (Voices of Iraq)
The Iraqi prime minister said today, Saturday, that the verdict against the ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in the case of Al will be tomorrow, Sunday, "God willing." And that will address to the Iraqi people the way in which he called for calm and the expression of joy manner consistent with the challenges of the security situation.
Al-Maliki said in a press conference held in Baghdad following the meeting included with a number of heads of the clans of the southern Missan governorate of Baghdad that the "judgment against Saddam will be tomorrow (Sunday) to God."
He added Maliki in the conference, which was transported across television screens evening today, Saturday, "We hope that the sentencing deserves this man and committed against the Iraqi people."
It is expected to meet the Iraqi Supreme Criminal Court, which considered the charges against Saddam and seven of his aides tomorrow, Sunday, a sentencing in the case of Al-final.
The trial of Saddam on charges of ordering the execution of 148 residents of the town of Al-after an attempt on his life during his convoy passed the town in the year 1982.
If convicted Saddam, the likelihood of a death sentence is a possibility but Maliki said profiteers earlier that the death penalty could not be implemented soon.
It is expected to last execution against Saddam for months and perhaps years until exhausted all avenues of appeal against the ruling. (Yeah at the rate they move years is highly probable! ) Al-Maliki said that he will tomorrow, Sunday, addressed a letter to the Iraqi people on the sentencing.
"Al-Maliki said that the Iraqi people "will reflect the joy of the way they see fit and we let the Iraqi people in a speech addressed. To remain calm and discipline. "
He added that he will ask the Iraqi people to "express their joy befitting manner consistent with the challenges of the security situation in order to preserve their lives."
."The Maliki had announced earlier in the declaration of a state of curfew destruction in each of the cities of Baghdad, the capital of Diyala, Salah al-Din as of tomorrow morning, Sunday, "until further notice."
The Iraqi security forces have taken all the preparations and put on a state of maximum alert in anticipation of any armed actions.
And ordered the Ministries of Defense and Interior all affiliates cut their vacations.

Cheers!
DayDream

Do I hear a Woot? Enacted by the end of the year!!!!


Iraqi deputy PM sees new oil law this year


BAGHDAD (Reuters) -- A policy committee hammering out a draft oil law for Iraq now has only one key issue left to resolve and the legislation should be enacted by the end of the year, Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih said on Thursday.
He also told Reuters projections of a doubling by 2010 of Iraqi oil exports, now at 1.6 million barrels per day, and of output to 6 million bpd from 2.3 million bpd were "conservative figures" in his view.
Oil revenues are critical to the economy of Iraq, which sits on the world's third largest crude reserves, and Salih said the way they were distributed in the country would spell the difference between a united country or its violent break-up.
"It is a blueprint for a nation at peace with itself and at peace with its neighbors," Salih said in an interview at his residence in Baghdad's fortified Green Zone. "It will determine whether we want to live together as Iraqis or not."
Salih said the committee, which he expected to meet again in a couple of weeks, still had to agree on crucial provisions governing whether development contracts with oil companies could be signed at regional or national level.
"I am hopeful we will be able to bring the group together on this matter," he said.
The contracts issue is the most critical of all because a major regional say will devolve more power over resources to Iraq's majority Shias and ethnic Kurds, who populate the oilfield regions, than the national government.
Minority Sunni Arabs, the dominant group under Saddam Hussein, fear regional devolution will leave them with nothing.
Salih chairs a government committee on oil and energy policy composed of key ministers which had struggled to overcome deep differences on the components of a new law to replace provisions dating from the rule of Saddam Hussein.
But he said a three-day "retreat" at his residence six weeks ago had overcome four of the five critical issues.
The committee had agreed that Iraq's two national oil companies should be turned into a holding company with operational affiliates to manage different aspects of the industry, Salih said.
It had also agreed oil policy would be set nationally and that the oil ministry would be restructured and transformed into a regulatory body. All revenues would be deposited in a single national account.
"The revenues will be shared between all the people of Iraq in accordance with the constitution," Salih said.
Under Saddam, the oil ministry had full control over all aspects of the industry but the revenues went to the finance ministry. Much of the money went to enriching Saddam and his close circle and to funding the military.
He deprived the main oilfield areas, the majority Shia south and the Kurdish north, of the profits from oil and left them severely underdeveloped.
Shia and Kurdish leaders are reluctant after decades of oppression to concentrate control over oil revenues centrally and have pushed in negotiations for a big say in negotiating contracts with foreign oil companies.
Salih, an ethnic Kurd, specifically rejected the word "central" but insisted Iraq's future lay in national oversight and distribution of oil revenues to ensure they were shared fairly. "We have narrowed the gap in a very significant way on this very principle," Salih said.
Years of UN sanctions, mismanagement under Saddam and now daily violence since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion have severely degraded Iraq's oil sector and it now needs billions of dollars of capital investment.
Oil had been a curse under Saddam, he said, but now could become a blessing that would help stem Iraq's sectarian and ethnic bloodletting and undermine the insurgency by Saddam loyalists from the once dominant Sunni Arab minority.
"My expectation is that we will reach consensus on the oil law. This is the indication I have from the various players," Salih said. Asked whether the law could be passed by Iraq's Shi'ite- dominated parliament by the end of the year as previously announced, he said: "I think it is realistic, very much so."

Originally Posted by mike brown

from RR earlier


Point #2 . . . Brother 1 confirms Adster's 1's, 2's, 5's, 10's & 20's . . . Indira's postitive he's banging the bank teller / which is where she is sure he got this info . . . he has no way of knowing if all banks have them . . .

can you give us more detailed information on this, did she see the denoms etc.?

Wonder what the bank teller looks like?........oops!

Originally Posted by IITB

And god bless Kerry's child bride... as she makes crappy food taste good with her ketsup !!! or catchup ....or whatever the hell that is....
(sorry Neno I had to do it )

I am not sure which one it is either??

Her hubby may be working in the catsup/ketchup business after this weeks brain farts. When he said those things I felt like this little guy.

Originally Posted by mike brown

no

24 hour turnaround

We had to open an account with our Chase before they would order for us. We are in Tomball Texas. I friend of mine on the west side of Houston ordered 1/2 mil yesterday from a different Chase and did not have to open an account.

So, I guess it depends on the Chase you go to...

Originally Posted by Beaniemom

We had to open an account with our Chase before they would order for us. We are in Tomball Texas. I friend of mine on the west side of Houston ordered 1/2 mil yesterday from a different Chase and did not have to open an account.

So, I guess it depends on the Chase you go to...

I've used Chase on 290/1960. Don't need an account there.

Originally Posted by mike brown

no

24 hour turnaround

Originally Posted by Vipor

I've used Chase on 290/1960. Don't need an account there.

Well, I guess the Tomball Chase got to me. But, hopefully I don't have time to buy anymore! Next time I go in that bank, they will be pleading with me to open more accounts with them!

Be even stronger with a reval..........


[Jacob S. Hacker]Now it's not the economy, stupid
The Korea Herald In the final days of this fall's campaign, Republicans have turned to an unexpected issue: the economy. President Bush touted the nation's prosperity last week, insisting that "a strong economy is going to help our candidates." And why not? The Dow is soaring. Unemployment is low. Inflation is tame. Gas prices are falling. And the overall economy has been growing steadily. If Americans practice what political scientists call "retrospective voting" (captured by President Ronald Reagan's famous question: "Are you better off today than you were four years ago?"), then one would think that incumbent politicians should be cruising to victory. There's just one problem: Despite the sunny talk and favorable numbers, voters aren't happy with the...

Funny, my father is here and we were discussing Iraq. He knows nothing of my investment and reads the paper daily. His opinion is like all of the media, civil war close etc, they have no clue what's going on behind the scenes. Pisses me off the way the papers blow everything out of context..........

Anyway, more good stuff here folks.

Voices of Iraq : Foreign-Organization

Books : nakr2004 on Friday, 03 November, 2006-6:12 PM BT

Iraq wins membership in the Organization of Eko Suk
Baghdad - (Voices of Iraq)
Iraq won membership in the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (Echo Suk) on the continent of Asia and during the elections which took place in the General Assembly of the United Natidhams Sunday.
The Foreign Ministry issued a statement today, received news agency (Voices of Iraq) Independent that "Iraq happened during the elections which took place yesterday, Thursday, 181 votes out of 192 votes, representing members of the United Nations."
He pointed out that "this victory was important to express the international community's appreciation of the role of the new Iraq in this international organization and the level of the world."
It is noteworthy that the Economic and Social Council of the principal organs function of the United Nations is responsible for the design of economic and social policies of the Organization.

Translated version of Aswat al Iraq :: Aswat al Iraq

Originally Posted by cmeshon

I do not think they will execute him tomorrow. I read some where if he is sentenced to death, it must be carried out within 30 days BUT must be reviewed by a 9 judge panel first. I do not know if that is true but do remember reading it some where.

I also wanted to thank everyone for all the hard work they have done gathering info and taking the time to post on this wonderful fourm.

Here's to tomorrow...

I could be wrong but I read where once sentence has been passed down, that 'execution of the execution' (no pun intended) can happen anytime post statement. It doesn't seem logical to go to the extremes of closing BIAP, invoking essentially martial law in certain provincial areas, etc., unless they plan to whack this monster. Any extended appeal process would be deadly for Iraq. Thirty additional days will guarantee an uptick of violence against our troops and innocent Iraqis. I'm sure the liberal media press here and abroad will cry foul if they execute Hussein sooner than later because they habitually side with the enemy. A possible strategy to diffuse anticipated violence to a guilty verdict and subsequent execution would be to announce a reval / reversion of the dinar before a Hussein verdict and provide a 'double shot of my baby's love' (love that song) to the Iraqi people. RV and a DOA for Hussein. The former Baathists and Hussein loyalists will still likely still go berserk but now their location(s) may be leaked to US and Iraqi security forces by Iraqis who will suddenly realize a more financially prosperous future for them and future generations. The Shiites and Kurds finally have their mortal enemy in hell and get concrete proof that their economic and financial futures are in an ascension mode. A taste of honey can change the mindset of an entire nation. I believe we will witness this, soon.