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The Iraq National Microfinance Summit organized by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded IZDIHAR project Nov. 14 to 15 in Erbil attracted more than 100 participants to a discussion of the role of microfinance in economic development and job creation in Iraq.

The audience included Iraqi and international microfinance practitioners, private sector partners, government officials, international financial institutions and USAID representatives.

"The Summit for the first time brings together all the stakeholders to take stock of the industry as it exists today," IZDIHAR Chief of Party Baljit Vohra said at the Summit. "Microfinance, as defined in Iraq, creates employment and self-employment opportunities. We look forward to the deliberations of this summit helping to outline a strategy for this sector that will lay the foundation for a thriving microfinance industry in Iraq."

"Given the unique environment in which microfinance institutions operate in Iraq, there are no real precedents to draw on for guidance. This Summit assisted donors in formulating practical programs with realistic expectations for microfinance in Iraq," USAID's Greg Howell said.

Summit outlines strategies for microfinance industry in Iraq

Just a tid bit of information

Cheney, in Riyadh today, and Zebari up tomorrow
Today Dammam
The News quoted diplomatic sources in Riyadh as saying, The Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari will arrive in Riyadh tomorrow, Sunday,, noting that the security situation in Iraq and means of peace talks will be on top of the Kingdom. The sources denied the existence of a direct relationship between the visit and the visit Zebari supposed to be doing today by Vice President Dick Cheney to the kingdom, where news agency quoted French diplomatic source in Riyadh as saying that Cheney's talks with Saudi leadership will focus on the situation in Iraq. in addition to developments in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the situation in Lebanon.

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U.S. tries broader approach to Iraq conflict
25 Nov 2006 02:53:54 GMT
Source: Reuters
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More (Updates with Cheney's departure, spokeswoman's comment)

By Sue Pleming and Caren Bohan

WASHINGTON, Nov 24 (Reuters) - With Iraq near all-out civil war, the Bush administration is renewing efforts to break the cycle of violence there by enlisting the help of moderate Arab nations while also seeking to tackle the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

President George W. Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki are due to meet next week and Vice President Dick Cheney left for Saudi Arabia on Friday for talks on the Middle East. (LEFT FROM WHERE?? LOL WE KNOW!!)
"The vice president is looking forward to meeting with King Abdullah, a strong ally, to discuss regional issues of mutual interest," said Lea Anne McBride, Cheney's spokeswoman, as the vice president's plane made a brief stop in Ireland.

The United States wants Saudi Arabia to use its influence with Iraq's Sunni minority to help stabilize the country. On Thursday, car bombs killed more than 200 people in a Shi'ite stronghold in Baghdad in the worst single attack since U.S.-led forces toppled Saddam Hussein's government in April 2003.

Bush and Maliki will discuss security in Iraq at their meeting, in what is shaping up to be a crisis summit.

The surge in violence in Iraq came as U.S. public discontent with the Iraq war was hammered home in Nov. 7 elections in which Bush's Republican Party lost control of houses of Congress.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair and other European leaders want Bush to take a more active role in reviving the Middle East peace process. But Bush has so far avoided the hands-on approach to Middle East peacemaking of his predecessors.

That may change as Bush turns increasingly for advice to figures from his father's administration like former Secretary of State James Baker who is leading a review on Iraq policy, some analysts said.

REGIONAL APPROACH

David Rothkopf, a scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, said Bush's trip signaled a recognition that stability in Iraq depended on a regional approach.

"By going to Jordan to meet with Maliki, Bush is investing himself in a multilateral dialogue on the Middle East," Rothkopf said.

The Bush administration is also seeking help from Arab allies like Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan in breaking a deadlock in Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.

"All of these issues of the Middle East are interrelated and you can't solve any of them without looking at others," said one Arab diplomat.

There is pressure for the United States to meet with Iran and Syria over Iraq, but U.S. officials have been cool to the idea. One Western diplomat said Washington wanted to counter the threat it sees from Iran and Syria by co-opting moderate Arab nations on both Iraq and the Palestinian-Israeli issue.

"They also want to allay regional fears that the United States is going to leave Iraq too soon. The big concern is about stability in the region," said the diplomat.

At the United Nations in September, Bush made clear resolving the Arab-Israeli conflict was a priority of his final two years in office and he charged his Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, with tackling it.

After joining Bush in Amman, Rice will attend an annual Middle East conference in Jordan, where key Arab players may meet on the sidelines to discuss Arab-Israeli issues.

The administration's point people on Israeli-Palestinian issues, David Welch and Elliott Abrams, have been shuttling between Arab states and Israel to move the process along.

However, a senior U.S. official said any movement depended on what happened with negotiations to form a new unity government in the Palestinian territories to replace the Hamas-led administration boycotted by the West. (Additional reporting by Patricia Zengerle in Shannon, Ireland)

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I live in mesa az does anyone know of a chase or bofa bank that I can buy dinars. Any info would be appreciated.

I have noticed that the Iraqi news sites I frequent are a day or 2 behind in the news or have been very selective and not posting very much since yesterday. I do not think this is all related to the recent violence....I am just not so sure but we may be on the brink of the BIG MOMENT......JMHO.....now would be the time to do it by diverting attention away from the violence and back on the economy....any thoughts.

Adviser to the owners : scheduling the withdrawal and dismantling of militias on top of the agenda for Jordan
Source : AKI
24 / 11 / 06
An advisor to the Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki that the agenda for the forthcoming meeting last U.S. President George W. Bush on 29 and 30 of this month in the Jordanian capital of Amman. the task will include several files, including the scheduling of the withdrawal of the multinational forces, disbanding the militias. The Chancellor, by Hatvich (Lucky) did not wish to reveal his name, Bush, Al-Maliki, "they will review the readiness of the Iraqi forces and stages of training and preparation for the receipt processing files security in the provinces, in the first, to begin determining a timetable for the withdrawal of the multinational force and gradually reduce their number as of the beginning of 2008. " The advisor to the Iraqi Prime Minister that "the issue of the dissolution of militias will take an important space of these talks, , which insists upon Washington, The confirmation of earlier statements by the owners of this matter, because of the utmost importance to the stability of the troubled security situation in Iraq, especially in the capital Baghdad. " He stressed that the agenda of the meeting will also "consider the successive failures in the security plans Baghdad. carried out by the Iraqi forces supported by the multinational force, and considering the implementation of alternative plans if the security deterioration continued. " He explained that "one hot which will be discussed is a government of national unity in the months following the formation cabinet reshuffle intended Maliki done and the extent of coverage of the ministers concerned with security to this amendment." In a later development, representatives threatened Sadri trend in the House of Representatives to suspend their participation in the government and the council if Maliki met with Bush in Amman, against the backdrop of the bombings yesterday in the suburb of al-Sadr in Baghdad. The left hundreds dead and wounded, pointing to the American forces responsible for the incident. The term elections of the Congress of the United States has recently produced a clear majority for the democrats, those who seek to change their policy in Iraq. This forced Bush to look for alternatives in consultation with the leaders of the Democratic Party. It is noteworthy that the White House spokesman had ruled in a press statement, Following the return of Bush from the recent Asian tour, built to meet American President Bamaliki in Amman important decisions. Al-Maliki government faces many serious challenges of a widening influence of militias affiliated to political parties within the ruling coalition. and the escalation of sectarian violence and killings identity, which threatens the country to slip into civil war real, if the situation to what it is now.

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Originally Posted by CharmedPiper

I have noticed that the Iraqi news sites I frequent are a day or 2 behind in the news or have been very selective and not posting very much since yesterday. I do not think this is all related to the recent violence....I am just not so sure we are on the brink of the BIG MOMENT......JMHO.....now would be the time to do it by diverting attention away from the violence and back on the economy....any thoughts.[/B]

dangit i knew you were gonna ask me to think!

Originally Posted by michael16

I live in mesa az does anyone know of a chase or bofa bank that I can buy dinars. Any info would be appreciated.

Go to the "History Thread" and use the searchfuntion in that thread. Put in Arizonia are Chase and you will find all the info that has been posted about that area.

I am still holding strong for a November reval anybody else......come on SGS.....are you still saying December?????

Sadr calls Dari to defuse the crisis in Iraq
Source : Zawra
24 / 11 / 06
The Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, Sheikh Harith al-Dhari the most prominent leaders of the year to be asked followers to stop killing Shiites, a day after a devastating explosion in his stronghold Sadr City in Baghdad He invited al-Sadr during his Friday sermon invasion and occupation, which lies on the outskirts of the city of Najaf south of Baghdad. The al-Sadr on Thursday responsibility for the blasts that took place in the Sadr City neighborhood, killing 202 on extremists belonging to Al Qaeda and supporters of former President Saddam Hussein. The call for Sadr Harith al-Dhari, leader of the Association of Muslim Scholars, which includes a number of clerics year and required by the Iraqi authorities in connection with the accusations of involvement in terrorism. He denies the fierce living abroad these accusations. The Sadr that the fierce that the opinions of the followers of the Sunni minority are deprived Shiites killed or membership of al-Qaeda. He said amid shouts of his supporters that the fierce that the advisory opinion which prohibits the killing of Shiite Muslims the right of the blood, and that he must be denied belonging to the base or any other organization made of the Shiite enemies. He added that should the Dari also calls year to support the reconstruction of the Golden Mosque in Samarra, which destroyed Qpth in February, in an attack attributed to Al-Qaeda responsibility which is the dawn of the accident, which killed retaliatory sectarian no signs of abating. He promised that Sadr opposed the arrest warrant issued against the fierce if a Sunni leader of these opinions. Raised arrest warrant was issued last week wrath year who accuse Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki while ignoring the militias associated with the parties within the government and attributed them responsibility for the worst acts of sectarian violence. The body of Muslim Scholars, which says that the activities of daily gunmen year against the American forces legitimate data in the past condemns attacks against Shiite civilians, but has never prohibited belonging to the armed groups. Dari said to Reuters in Amman this week that the government was directed accusations to undermine its role in the defense of a year in which, as he put it bears the largest share of killings

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