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

Originally Posted by jsfletcher

IRAQ RARE IRAQI MONEY

It is interesting to note the 5 and 10 (1982) dinar's look just like the NID 5,000 and 10,000 notes.
CLM

Originally Posted by shotgunsusie

ive been watching the same 3 years.

I know, I remember the Yoda Avatar.

Since the report was printed in 2002 and the money wasn't printed until 2003, so the dinars pictures are probably of old notes, but it doesn't mean that the bills in question weren't printed in 03 and not released yet.

Annan calls on Washington to choose the right time to withdraw its troops

(Voice of Iraq) - 11-21-2006
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Kofi Annan calls on Washington to choose the right time to withdraw its troops from Iraq


21/11/2006

The Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan and Washington to choose the right time to withdraw its troops from Iraq while at the same time to ensure Iraq does not slide into chaos after the comprehensive withdrawal.

Annan described the current position of the United States in Iraq as a difficult position :
"We can say that the United States is in trouble in Iraq, and because they can not stay nor can also get out of it. "

Annan urged Washington on the need to ensure that Iraqis are able to assume responsibility for the security of their country before withdrawing its forces from the country.

At the field level, in Iraq, Iraqi forces launched a raid on the American and Sadr City in Baghdad on Tuesday and arrested seven gunmen, including a man believed to have information about the American soldier kidnapped in Iraq since last month.

The American army said that American and Iraqi forces carried out operations in the days since the city that is considered the stronghold of the Mahdi Army which has been accused of being behind the abduction of staff at the Ministry of Culture and Higher Education in the 14 of this month.

This was said Dr. Fayez Al-Sayegh journalist and political analyst Syrian control security in Iraq requires joint cooperation between Damascus and Baghdad. He added in an interview with "Radio Sawa" There are more than a means of controlling the Syrian-Iraqi borders :

Sawa

Originally Posted by AlwaysDreaming

Does anyone have a link to the iraq dinars prior to Saddam? The currency in the report do not have Saddams picture. The 1 dinar coin is similiar to the 25fils coin from the 70's. Thanks

Here is a link to some good pictures. The notes pictured in the state dept. document look like the 1979 and 1980 notes

Iraq General Computer Co.

Originally Posted by cigarman

Since the report was printed in 2002 and the money wasn't printed until 2003, so the dinars pictures are probably of old notes, but it doesn't mean that the bills in question weren't printed in 03 and not released yet.

Absolutely correct. Those babies are printed and ready for release i have no doubt.

I received an email from my buddy I talked to in Iraq about 2 weeks ago...
He sent the email a few days ago but it was in my spam folder...
He did not really have any new info, due to not being able to check it out ...
I have cut out all names and there was some serious personal talk which I cut out as well... I was not going to post it but I thought about it and figured this might be able to help people out on here to understand what a true soldier on the ground has to say about what is going on out there right now and how he see's daily life there, remember he is invested in dinar and is truely on the ground out there right now... Ithought everyone would really love to hear some of this info on daily life in Iraq as we speak from a US Marine

Email :

What's up? Been meaning to call and update you, sorry but the very next morning was sent up north near Rabihay. Get this, they have us helping contractors not only to train the IQM but police as well, don't ya just love it!

I never got to check into anything with the banks down there or ask any of the loco locals either. I have though been asking around here but this is a pretty small area out of the loop sort of say.

The desert is different this time around and up here, It’s very peaceful, don't get me wrong I just had a damn near-miss with a remote bomb which rocked the shit out of my SUV when I first got here to the village last week. I was surprised to see that most of the people in the village were very upset and angry over this, most of them don't understand why anyone would want to do this to us.

I'll tell you this, the IED explosive didn't shake me as much as I might have thought it would. Since I can't get much of any of the info that you want and that we need, let me tell you exactly what my theory is on Iraq and what I have seen since coming back for the first time in over a year. Maybe you can get a sense of the changes since you were last here.

First off, as you know by now I'm really missing the food at home, I'm tired of sheep. Every time you turn around we're having mutton. Now, the few I have been to lately, each town has a school, but the kids never seem to be there. I've seen them toting books and pencils, so I know they go, but I haven't visited because it would be so disruptive. When we come to town, it’s like a circus. Everybody comes to see what we are going to do. I've been to some villages where there hasn't been much American presence outside the vehicle. They are suspicious at first. In other places, they know if they hang around they know they will get some candy or water. There aren't many Americans where I am, so they all want to know why we dress differently.

In many ways, I have found this corner of Iraq much like our own Wild West days.
There are no real civil rights, none.You can get locked up for anything.Two policemen were jailed for sleeping on their post. One man was jailed because police were looking for his brother. Inmates better have friends outside, or they will go hungry.
They don't provide meals. If you don't have family feeding you, you don't eat.
You get lots of gunfire. You wake up in the night hearing it. As you already know we of course get used to it. I learned to recognize the sound of the gunfire already in this short time back, determining whether it is friendly or not props to me I can sleep better now. There is a lot of shooting. Lots of booms. The day I left Mozul there were three. People take it in stride.
I have seen no heroes stepping forward to stop the violence. There are none. If there are a few, it’s because of the money. I'm sure there are some, but I have yet to meet them.

People in this area in the North seem to take very slowly to any change, even slower than those down south in the loop. Nothing happens fast over here, nothing. That’s one of the first things you learn now, patience. If you go talk to the police chief, you can't start with business. You have to visit, drink, visit, then work into it. It will take a little more time, a little more influence, a little more learning about what they are capable of. Some don't know what they are capable of because they have been pushed down so long.

When I first got here we were certainly an oddity — an American Soldier and normal dressed cAmerican contractors in this very little village in northern Iraq, wow. We were the first they had seen in this village out of a car and setting base. They seem to be getting to know us already. As the week has gone by I think they see we are trying to help them, and we have some things they want to learn. At first they put up with us, but they like to come to lets just say what we now call, class. I hope they see we just came to help them.

I like it, I really do. If it wasn't for missing the wife and kids, I would not mind staying here a lot longer as I will be back home in five more months brother. Thank goodness for the Internet and web cams, do you have one? If it hadn't been for that so far, I would be having some trouble already. There’s a lot of negative stuff here, but a lot of positives, too. They really need our help in areas like these, taking this on has changed my outlook, these people are actually very grateful, they are also very generous to a fault. They don't have anything, but they will give you all they have.

I hope you and the family are doing well and will try to get a call in to you soon and sorry I could not help in finding out details for you. Have you heard anything new since I talked to you last? Are you still on those Internet blogs getting good information? How is the restaurant biz lately? Wow, did not realize I've been writing a while, I'm going to have to scat and get on. I will be in touch and please take care of yourself.

If we could get some true prayers in for him and all our troops over there right now to keep them safe and on course, I'm sure once I tell him they would muchly appreciate that...

I'm much behind and in the middle of cooking dinner for the wife and kids right now and will be back on in little bit for any responses...

BAGHDAD, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- An Iraq Oil Ministry spokesman said the government will begin setting up regional based oil companies in oil-rich provinces, including Kirkuk.

Assem Jihad announced the Maysan Oil Company would be established to produce oil in that province, set up along the same criteria as the South Oil Company in Basra, Iraq Directory reports.

He said it would spur development and investment in the oil sector that has been hurting for help; Saddam Hussein overworked the oil industry without the necessary maintenance and now violence has kept away the investment international oil companies are willing to give it.

But the announcement of state oil companies -- which will operate under the Oil Ministry's control -- comes at an unsure time for the country's oil sector. Governance is based on a vague wording in the 2005 constitution, pitting the central government against regions for control of future oil extraction.

The central government has yet to reveal an oil law, which is expected but will most likely miss the deadline of the end of the year. (If the deadline is missed it calls into questions numerous international loans and debt forgiveness agreements.)

The ministry said an oil company will be set up to explore the Kirkuk region's estimated 11 billion barrels of oil. But the Kurdistan Regional Government and the central government are fighting over control of the city, which is historically Kurdish, and it is unclear how this new company will affect the tussle.

United Press International - Energy - Iraq to set up regional oil companies

Posted: Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Baghdad

Iraq's inflation rate jumped last month after a big spike in energy prices, a reminder of the economic hardship facing ordinary Iraqis alongside daily bloodshed.

Consumer prices rose 7.2 per cent in October after falling 12.8 per cent in September, according to Iraq central bank data, and are 52.8 per cent higher than a year ago.

Energy prices jumped 32 per cent in the month, partly reversing an even sharper decline in September.

The numbers are not seasonally adjusted and are calculated on the basis of a relatively small national survey.

Officials blame the poor security situation for playing havoc with supplies, particularly of gasoline which is the subject of a hugely lucrative black market.

Prices gathered by reporters from around the country show big regional differences.

The cost of a unit of electricity in Baghdad, where sectarian violence has turned many neighbourhoods into no-go areas and residents buy their power from a local generator, is roughly 10,000 dinars ($6.80).

That is twice the price in the somewhat less-troubled religious city of Najaf in the south.

Food prices rose a more modest 1.2 per cent last month. Food is the largest component of the index by far, accounting for over 60 percent compared with 2.1 per cent for energy and 4.9 per cent for transport and communication.

Official data was borne out by Reuters' informal survey of market prices.

These show that the cost of a kilo of tomatoes, an important staple in the Iraqi diet, averaged 965 dinars in various neighbourhoods in the capital in October versus 850 dinars in August.


Iraq inflation rate rises - Middle East Business news related to travel, food, hotel, real estate, health, oil and more

Originally Posted by PopaDinar

I received an email from my buddy I talked to in Iraq about 2 weeks ago...
He sent the email a few days ago but it was in my spam folder...
He did not really have any new info, due to not being able to check it out ...
I have cut out all names and there was some serious personal talk which I cut out as well... I was not going to post it but I thought about it and figured this might be able to help people out on here to understand what a true soldier on the ground has to say about what is going on out there right now and how he see's daily life there, remember he is invested in dinar and is truely on the ground out there right now... Ithought everyone would really love to hear some of this info on daily life in Iraq as we speak from a US Marine



If we could get some true prayers in for him and all our troops over there right now to keep them safe and on course, I'm sure once I tell him they would muchly appreciate that...

I'm much behind and in the middle of cooking dinner for the wife and kids right now and will be back on in little bit for any responses...

Please send prayers to him and the troops in Iraq. The information was great, really appreciate it, it is so nice to hear about real life. Tell him to take care and to keep safe and hope he returns home soon to his family.