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

Originally Posted by Adster

The CBI is the only official rate to go on. The Kuwaiti rate has been lower for a while since I've checked. I don't read anything into this.

Considering Kuwait is a very important and contributing factor in the success of Iraq in the future....I can't dismiss this especially with it so low and changing since yesterday....I'm sure they didn't just pull that number out of there hat to make Iraq look good....somethings up....JMHO. However, I always respect your opinions Adster...I just can't let this one go yet.

Originally Posted by CharmedPiper

FOX now reporting Bush and Maliki will meet for one of the most critical meetings in U.S. /Iraq history. They reported that the meeting is to find a solution to the difficulties. I have a solution start with revaluing your currency they would be amazed at the results this will produce....geez...!!!

Must mean security. But you're right, offload Maliki, get in someone with a butthole like Allawi and reval.

Originally Posted by Adster

Must mean security. But you're right, offload Maliki, get in someone with a butthole like Allawi and reval.

Unfortunately by the time they oust Maliki and want to put in Allawi there won't be any credibility left for big investors to depend on. Unfortunately Maliki is going to make or break this deal and if Bush doesn't slap some sense into him then I will....Maliki is really testing my good karma and I am on the verge of getting a little ticked off right now. But, he can redeam himself if he revals in the next day or 2....

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Commission to Study the situation in Iraq calls for talks with Iran

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Commission to Study the situation in Iraq calls for talks with Syria and Iran

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The New York Times newspaper said on Monday that a draft report prepared for the committee studying options in Iraq called for talks with Syria and Iran but did not set a timetable for the withdrawal of American forces from there.

The newspaper reported that the committee had been known as the Iraq study group, which includes Republicans and Democrats probably would accept the recommendation of diplomatic conduct diplomatic dialogue between the United States and Iraq's neighbors Syria and Iran. The newspaper based on the statements made by American officials did not reveal their identity.

The newspaper said that the group was divided on the issue of setting a timetable for the withdrawal of American forces from Iraq.

The newspaper added that the draft will be the basis of discussions of the committee, which comprises ten members and headed by the Minister of State, said James Baker, a Republican Lee Hamilton, former Democratic member of Congress meeting in Washington on Monday.

The newspaper said that the meeting had been extended for two days after the special originally.

Many expected the report of the Committee eagerly patience and preparation began before the victories achieved by the Democrats in Congress elections that were held on the seventh of November this November is expected to submit a report to President Bush next month.

President Bush begins Monday trip during which he will meet with Nouri Al-Maliki Prime Minister of Iraq, in Jordan. And Bush is not bound to accept the Commission's recommendations. Being the co-chairmanship of the Armed Forces of America and the National Security Council, similar studies.

But it is expected to have significant influence of the Commission because it includes representatives of the two parties, and co-chaired by Republican Baker, who is close to George Bush the father and served in his administration.

The New York Times newspaper that some members of the Committee are studying proposals to withdraw a significant number of American forces in Iraq rapidly over a year from now, even if the Iraqi army is ready to defend the country.

Under one of the proposals would reduce the size of the American forces in Iraq and the current strength of 150 thousand troops by half during the year. The newspaper quoted a member of the Committee, said that the Committee had been unable to reach consensus on the withdrawal of troops.

And despite the fact that the Commission is an independent advisory group formed at the suggestion of a number of members of Congress had met repeatedly by officials to listen to only that the meeting on Monday was the first opportunity for members to discuss the recommendations.

The lifting of the curfew in Baghdad despite continuing tension

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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi authorities concluded on Monday a curfew continued for three days in the capital, Baghdad, after experiencing the worst explosions since the U.S. invasion of the country but continued despite the lifting of the ban nerve stick for fear of new violence.

It is scheduled to travel Iraqi President Jalal Talabani to Iran to hold talks there after that escalated calls request help Iraq's neighbors Syria and Iran to prevent the country from slipping back into a civil war. Washington accuses Syria backing the Sunni fighters also accuses Tehran backing Shiite militias.

The hosts Jordanian King Abdullah this week in Amman summit between President George Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. Abdullah said on Sunday that there must hope that this summit on the important developments to stop the violence, which started getting out of control in Iraq.

The traffic light in Baghdad on Monday after he had chosen apparently large number of people to stay at home and wait to see what will happen after the cars in the streets for the first time since the bombings on Thursday trapped cars.

The simultaneous bombings that targeted the Sadr City neighborhood which is a stronghold of the Shiites in the capital Baghdad killed 202 and recalled the attack on Mazar-e-Shiite in Samarra in February, which escalated the violence.

Armed men attacked the next day to revive inhabited by the majority Sunni and rumors and accusations of further attacks despite the curfew.

He said Abu Marwa, a translator 40-year-old "has not sent my children to school on Monday because of these rumors. People say that this militia distributed uniforms and they will establish checkpoints and illusory in Baghdad today. "

The Iraqi Islamic Party is the largest Sunni parties that dozens of Sunni Iraqis were killed during a curfew at the hands of armed, uniformed but it has not been possible to obtain independent confirmation of this.

Washington, and focused its efforts on training and the empowerment of the Iraqi security forces but many of the Sunni Arabs believe that these forces infiltrated by Shiite militia hold Syria responsible for the killing of thousands at the hands of death squads.

Maliki pregnancy and tried to militias belonging to his allies in Parliament, especially the Mahdi Army of the young Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr against the Americans.

Stones were thrown on Sunday, the parade Maliki in a Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City, the Shiite stronghold came to offer condolences to the families of some victims of the attacks on Thursday, which was the most bloody since the overthrow by former President Saddam Hussein in April, in April 2003.

And yesterday, Sunday, drew politicians from all currents joint appeal for calm but Maliki leaders accused him by raising the allies violence.

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Just read on a swedish news site that England will start to bring home thousands of soldiers from Iraq, they have approx 7100 soldiers in Iraq.

But they stated that nothing will happen until in the beginning of next year. So they still have some weeks to Reval and to sort out the violence!

Britain cut thousands of its troops in Iraq by the end of 2007

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Britain cut thousands of its troops in Iraq by the end of 2007

London (Reuters) - A British Defense Minister Dis Brown on Monday that Britain expects to be able to withdraw "thousands" of troops from Iraq by the end of 2007.

Meanwhile, Brown said the specific figures but said, "I expect a substantial reduction in the preparation of thousands of British forces in Iraq by the end of next year."

Britain has about 7200 troops in southern Iraq, mostly around Basra.

Crowd Stones Iraq PM

They would not have dared do this to Saddam...

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Panel on Iraq to urge aggressive ME diplomacy
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WASHINGTON - A bipartisan panel studying US strategic options in Iraq is expected to urge an aggressive regional diplomatic initiative that includes direct talks with Iran and Syria but sets no timetable for a military withdrawal, The New York Times reported on Monday.


Citing unnamed officials familiar with the plan, the newspaper said that while the Iraq Study Group was likely to accept the diplomatic option, it also expected a potentially divisive debate about timetables for beginning a US withdrawal.

Several officials said announcing a major withdrawal was the only way to persuade the government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Kamal Al Maliki to focus on creating an effective Iraqi military force, the report said.

Members of the group, including some Democrats, are discussing proposals that call for a declaration that within a specified period of time, perhaps as short as a year, a significant number of American troops should be withdrawn, regardless of whether the Iraqi government’s forces are declared ready to defend the country, The Times said.

The paper said that among the ideas under consideration are embedding far more American training teams into Iraqi military units in a last-ditch improvement effort.

While the numbers are still approximate, phased withdrawal of combat troops over the next year would leave 70,000 to 80,000 American troops in the country, compared with about 150,000 now, according to The Times.

“It’s not at all clear that we can reach consensus on the military questions,” the paper quotes one member of the panal as saying.

The draft report, according to those who have seen it, seems to link American withdrawal to the performance of the Iraqi military, The Times said.

But details of the performance benchmarks, which were described as not specific, could not be obtained, and it is this section of the report that is most likely to be revised, the paper said.

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