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

Originally Posted by JT2154

Hello Gloribee or Someone,

Can you explain to me how to make the translation of Eruo to Dollar amount. If the dinar peg to $1.23 Eruo, what is the dollar equivlent?

Thanks much,
JT2154

Todays EUR = 1.3098USD
Multipy 1.3098 x 1.23 Proposed value of the Dinar = $1.611054 USD per Dinar

Hi JT2154 - Someone here - I think it is 1.23euro=$usd$1.61 aprox.

Originally Posted by JT2154

Hello Gloribee or Someone,

Can you explain to me how to make the translation of Eruo to Dollar amount. If the dinar peg to $1.23 Eruo, what is the dollar equivlent?

Thanks much,
JT2154

multiply the 1.23 times the rate of the euro at the time. that will give you that fraction of the euro.

Isn't 1.61 the YAZZMAN RATE!!!!!

Originally Posted by maxib

Hi JT2154 - Someone here - I think it is 1.23euro=$usd$1.61 aprox.

Originally Posted by CharmedPiper

Isn't 1.61 the YAZZMAN RATE!!!!!

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Leaders Pledge to Track Iraqi Insurgents
Fierce Attacks Erupt for Second Day in Baqouba
By BASSEM MROUE, AP

BAGHDAD, Ir

But as they went on national television to try to keep Iraq from sliding into an all-out civil war, fighting between Iraqi security forces and Sunni Arab insurgents raged for a second day in Baqouba, the capital of Diyala province north of Baghdad.

By the end of the day, the province's latest casualty figures were a microcosm of the brutality in Iraq: 17 insurgents killed, 15 detained, 20 civilians kidnapped, three bodies found, one U.S. Marine killed and two wounded. The mayor of a municipality also narrowly escaped an assassination attempt that killed one of his guards and wounded three.

During Saturday's fighting in Baqouba, police had killed at least 36 insurgents and wounded dozens after scores of militants armed with assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades attacked government buildings in the city center, police said. The fighting raged for hours in Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad.

On Saturday, officials including Defense Minister Abdul-Qader al-Obaidi and Gen. George Casey, Iraq's top U.S. commander in Iraq, met and decided to fire Diyala's police commander, saying he was unable to stop infiltration of the force by Sunni insurgents, two Iraqi officials said on condition of anonymity as is often the case in areas subjected to widespread fighting and revenge killings.

One of the main challenges for U.S. and British forces in recruiting and training Iraqi military and police forces is that soldiers and police often are attacked by insurgents and militias, which also have infiltrated some security forces to kill and kidnap in disguise.

"We promise the great martyrs that we will chase the killers and criminals, the terrorists, Saddamists and Takfiri (Sunni extremists) for viciously trying to divide you," Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, Sunni Parliament speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani and Kurdish President Jalal Talabani said in their joint statement on state-run TV. In addressing "the great martyrs," they were referring to the 215 people who died when suspected Sunni insurgents attacked Sadr City, the capital's main Shiite district, on Thursday.

Al-Maliki also urged his national unity government of Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds to end their public disputes and curb sectarian violence.

"The crisis is political, and it is the politicians who must try to prevent more violence and bloodletting. The terrorist acts are a reflection of the lack of political accord," al-Maliki said.

He is facing strong criticism from top Shiite and Sunni Arab leaders alike as he prepares for a summit in neighboring Jordan with President Bush on Wednesday and Thursday.

Al-Maliki visited Sadr City on Sunday afternoon and paid condolences to some of the relatives of those killed Thursday in the bombings, but as he drove away at the end of his visit, several teenagers hurled stones at his motorcade, residents said.

The challenges that Bush faces across the region were evident to Jordan's King Abdullah, who said the problems in the Middle East go beyond the war in Iraq and that much of the region soon could become engulfed in violence unless the central issues are addressed quickly.

"We could possibly imagine going into 2007 and having three civil wars on our hands," he said, citing conflicts in Iraq, Lebanon and the decades-long strife between the Palestinians and Israelis.

"Therefore, it is time that we really take a strong step forward as part of the international community and make sure we avert the Middle East from a tremendous crisis that I fear, and I see could possibly happen in 2007," he told ABC's "This Week."

Elsewhere, two U.S. Marines were killed Saturday in Anbar province, the area of western Iraq where many Sunni-insurgent groups are based, raising to at least 2,875 the number of U.S. servicemen who have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003. So far, 56 American service members have died in November.

In Baghdad, the government partially lifted a 24-hour curfew it had imposed in the capital in response to the bombing and mortar attack in Sadr City, and some Iraqis went shopping at vegetable and fruit markets after being confined to their homes for two full days.

"The situation is better today because we can finally get out and buy food for the first time in two days," said Hussein Fadel, a Shiite civil servant, as he shopped in Sadr City, where memorial services were still being held for people killed in Thursday's attack. "I hope the city is less tense today."

A traffic ban remained in place, and the capital's streets were empty of cars and trucks, except those of Iraqi and U.S. security forces. On Saturday, the government lifted a 24-hour curfew that had closed the southern port city of Basra to all vehicular traffic and shipping.

But mortar attacks and shootings continued in Baghdad, killing a total of seven people and wounding seven, police said. A tortured body also was found in the Tigris River.

Two mortar rounds hit a U.S. military post in eastern Baghdad, setting it on fire and leaving a dark cloud of smoke above the Baladiyat neighborhood, police and witnesses said. Lt. Col. Scott Bleichwehl, a U.S. military spokesman, confirmed that "indirect fire rounds" hit the area, but declined to provide details. No casualties were reported.

Adnan al-Dulaimi, Sunni lawmaker who heads a large Sunni bloc in Parliament, also escaped unharmed when gunmen attacked his home in Baghdad and were repelled by his armed guards, the legislator said.

A total of 43 people were killed or found dead in Iraq on Sunday, police said.

An Iraqi security detainee died at a U.S. prison in southern Iraq two days after being taken to hospital after suffering chest pains, the military said. The detainee, whose name was not given, died Saturday "from what appears to be natural causes" at Camp Bucca near the southern city of Basra, the statement said.


AP-ES-11-26-06 aq (Nov. 26) - Sunni, Shiite and Kurdish leaders called on Sunday for an end to Iraq's sectarian conflict and vowed to track down those responsible for the war's deadliest attack.

Jordan King Warns on Mideast Civil Wars
AP
WASHINGTON (Nov. 26) -- Jordan's King Abdullah said Sunday the problems in the Middle East go beyond the war in Iraq and that much of the region soon could become engulfed in violence unless the central issues are addressed quickly.

"We could possibly imagine going into 2007 and having three civil wars on our hands," he said, citing conflicts in Iraq, Lebanon and the decades-long strife between the Palestinians and Israelis.

"Therefore, it is time that we really take a strong step forward as part of the international community and make sure we avert the Middle East from a tremendous crisis that I fear, and I see could possibly happen in 2007," he said.

Speaking on ABC's "This Week," Abdullah said he remained hopeful a summit he will host this week in Amman with President Bush and the Iraqi prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, will somehow lower the sectarian violence that threatens to push Iraq into all-out civil war.

"We hope there will be something dramatic. The challenges, obviously, in front of both of them are immense," the king said.

"We have to make sure that all parties in Iraq understand the dangers of the ongoing escalation. I hope Prime Minister Maliki will have some ideas ... on how he can be inclusive in bringing all the different sects inside of Iraq together. They need to do it now," he said, "because, obviously, as we're seeing, things are beginning to spiral out of control."

The king spoke of the urgent need for a change in course in Iraq.

"There needs to be some very strong action taken on the ground there today," he said. "I don't think we're in a position where we can come back and revisit the problem in early 2007. There needs to be a strategy. There needs to be a plan that brings all the parties together, and bring them today and not tomorrow."

Bush plans to fly to Jordan after attending a NATO summit in Latvia. Vice President Dick Cheney made a quick trip to Saudi Arabia for talks on Saturday as part of the administration's effort to bring peace to the region.

The Iraqi prime minister is under pressure from Shiite politicians loyal to the radical anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr who have threatened to boycott parliament and the Cabinet if al-Maliki meets with Bush. Sadr and his followers are a mainstay of his political support.

"This is all political posturing. It's all red herring. It's an anti-threat. This is a very stable government," responded Iraq's national security adviser, Mouwafak al-Rubaie, in an interview Sunday on "Late Edition" on CNN. He said he had no doubt the prime minister would meet with Bush in Jordan.

Abdullah said it is natural that Americans, with troops fighting in Iraq, view that war as the major problem in the Middle East.

"But, for the majority of us living in this part of the world, it has always been the Israeli-Palestinian, Israeli-Arab problem. I fear that if we do not use the next couple of months to really be able to push the process forward, I don't believe that there will be anything to talk about."

Unless something is done soon to lower the tension, he said, the two-state solution of Israel and an independent Palestinian state existing side by side becomes less a possibility.

"If we don't solve the Israeli-Palestinian problem then how can we ever solve the Israeli-Arab problem?" he said. "Do we resign this whole region to another decade or two of violence?"

The king said that he hoped in his discussions with Bush, the leaders can "concentrate ourselves on the core issues, which we believe are the Palestinians and the Palestinian peace process, because that is a must today, as well as the tremendous concern we've had over the past several days, (with) what's happening in Lebanon."

Lebanon's political crisis escalated last week with the assassination of an anti-Syrian politician, raising worries of more violence that could tear apart the country apart along its fragile sectarian lines.

Originally Posted by shotgunsusie

Europaworld 24/11/2006 EU and Iraq launch negotiations for a Trade and Cooperation Agreement

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Despite the fact that Iraq has the world's third largest proven oil reserves, the government is forced to import refined oil products to cover domestic demand. As recently as September, the country's three main refineries were working at half their pre-invasion capacity, processing only about 350,000 barrels day compared with about 700,000 barrels a day before March 2003.

The chaotic security situation and continuous attacks on pipelines, tanker trucks and refineries have had an enormous impact on Iraq, which has the world's third largest oil reserves after Saudi Arabia and Iran.

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Iran Says It's Ready to Help U.S. on Iraq
By NASSER KARIMI
AP
TEHRAN, Iran (Nov. 26) -- Iran on Sunday said it was willing to help Washington calm the escalating sectarian violence in neighboring Iraq if the U.S. dropped its "bullying" policy toward the Islamic nation but denied that it had organized a summit in Tehran with Iraq's and Syria's leaders.

Hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Iran was "ready to help" the United States, saying the White House was "trapped in a quagmire" in Iraq.

"The Iranian nation is ready to help you to get out of the quagmire - on condition that you resume behaving in a just manner and avoid bullying and invading," he said while addressing members of the Basij paramilitary group, which is affiliated with the elite Revolutionary Guard.

But the United States, which is under increased pressure at home and abroad to approach Iran and Syria for help with Iraq, disregarded Ahmadinejad's offer. Engaging with Iraq's neighbors is believed to be one of the recommendations by a panel on Iraq led by former U.S. Secretary of State James A. Baker III.

"The Iranians have made comments similar to this in the past. There's nothing new there," said U.S. State Department spokeswoman Julie Reside in Washington.

Back in Tehran, Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammed Ali Hosseini said a summit involving Iraq and Syria was never on Iran's agenda.

"Such a summit needs certain preliminaries," he added, but did not give details.

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani was scheduled to visit Tehran on Saturday, but had to postpone his trip until Baghdad's airport - closed in a security clampdown after a recent upsurge in violence - reopens. Syria never said whether President Bashar Assad had intended to go.

But Hosseini said Iran has invited Assad for an official visit to Tehran and confirmed that Talabani would visit Iran, though he did not say when.

Iran is believed to back Iraqi Shiite militias blamed in sectarian killings that have killed thousands this year. Iran has repeatedly denied the charges.

Had the summit been held, it would have preceded U.S. President George W. Bush scheduled meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Jordan on Wednesday and Thursday. Vice President Dick Cheney was in Saudi Arabia, a U.S. ally and another one of Iraq's neighbors, over the weekend. The unusual succession of trips appears to reflect U.S. determination to rally allies at a time when Washington is considering changing its Iraq policy.

But one of the major sources of tension between Tehran and Washington - Iran's contentious nuclear program - appears remains at a standstill. The U.S. alleges Iran is secretly developing atomic weapons, though Tehran has repeatedly claimed its program is for peaceful purposes including generating electricity.

Iran has repeatedly refused to suspend uranium enrichment, defying an August U.N. Security Council deadline and has said it will not halt the process as a precondition to negotiations over its nuclear program.

Hosseini on Sunday promised improved cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency if the U.N. nuclear watchdog, rather than the Security Council, takes charge of Iran's nuclear dossier. Iran has made similar promises in the past.

"If the case is returned to the agency itself, it would be possible to review current ambiguities better than before," Hosseini said. "The agency is the best and the most qualified body for the case."

The IAEA officially turned over Iran's dossier to the Security Council in February after Iran had failed to answer key questions about its nuclear activities.

Last week, the IAEA rejected Iran's request for assistance building a heavy water reactor, which foregoes the uranium enrichment process. Enriched to a low level, uranium can be used to fuel a reactor, but enriching it further makes it suitable for a nuclear weapon.

"It is part of the agency's duties to help member countries. None of our activities have been illegal. Inspectors can inspect them," he said.

The U.N. Security Council, meanwhile, is deadlocked over how to sanction Iran for ignoring demands to stop uranium enrichment. Russia and China, both trade partners with Iran, have said repeatedly that the prefer the impasse to be resolved diplomatically rather than through imposing punitive measures, which Washington is urging.

Originally Posted by CharmedPiper

The Kuwait site is showing IQD to USD as 1350.4445 OBVIOUSLY THEY KNOW SOMETHING and isn't 1350 the target to allow for a full reval.

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Sunday, November 26, 2006

1 Iraqi Dinar = 0.0007228 US Dollar
1 US Dollar (USD) = 1383.60 Iraqi Dinar (IQD)

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Median price = 0.0006641 / 0.0007228 (bid/ask)
Minimum price = 0.0006641 / 0.0007228
Maximum price = 0.0006641 / 0.0007228

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