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

Vice President of the Republic, Mr. Adel Abdel Mahdi : there are critical decisions

To put an end to statements inciting violence from any quarter .... Baghdad / justice : Mr. Adel Abdel Mahdi, the first deputy president of the Republic that there will be critical decisions to put an end to statements inciting to violence from any quarter and added Abdul-Mahdi. The situation faced by the Iraqi requires serious work and responsible for the defeat of terrorism and the spread of security and stability and comes through the unification of the political discourse and the unity and support of the government and draft a national dialogue to bridge outlets on the other hand, sedition and who want evil to Iraq and its people. It is noteworthy that the political council of Iraqi national security announced that in the case of continuous session after hours of bloody attacks Thursday, which was announced in the aftermath of President Jalal Talabani, "that the conferees had agreed to join the political discourse of the leaders of Iraqis." He said President Jalal Talabani, that it was agreed during the meeting of the political council of national security to strengthen the checkpoints in tense areas in Baghdad. He said in a press conference held the day before yesterday, after the end of the third meeting of the Council will hold a special meeting of the security committee to follow up the Baghdad security situation, "noting that the Council stressed the need to ensure the capital, even if we had to bring in forces from various provinces to Baghdad." He appealed to Talabani, the Iraqi media following the speech, which calls for calm and stability. " The Maliki had stated in a joint press conference held after the third meeting of the Political Council that "the crisis in Iraq is political and that it can stop the deterioration of the wheel are only when politicians feel that there is a winner and loser in this e battle, "adding that" we are in the process of forming a front to confront the outlaws national ranks. On the other hand, Mahmoud Othman called on the political blocs to implement what was agreed upon politicians in the political meetings of the Council for National Security. He told the Iraqi National News / Nina / Tuesday : "There must be practical steps as agreed either to agree on something is not implemented by the other would be useless." Uthman added : "The call for the formation of a front to achieve national harmony, a good step to serve everyone under the umbrella of the same team, but must reflect this agreement on the ground." He continued : "There must be far from the frenzied letters and resolve differences that have an impact so large that also eased their statements have a big impact on the Iraqi street, what is happening in acts of violence.

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Egyptian-Iraqi coordination unprecedented ministerial meeting of the Commission on Iraq

Baghdad / follow Justice : informed diplomatic sources said that the Egyptian-Iraqi talks chaired by the Foreign Ministers of the two countries, Ahmed Abu Hoshyar Zebari preceded by the Arab ministerial committee on Iraq which will be held on Tuesday, 5 next month The headquarters of the Secretariat of the University of Cairo talks Ghayt and Zebari will overall situation in Iraq, particularly after the dangerous escalation of the recent waves of violence and breadth of discussions will also deal with the future of bilateral relations between Cairo and Baghdad, and ways of developing and strengthening in various fields, What can be played by Egypt to help Iraq for this purpose. The Egyptian diplomatic sources refused to comment on reports that Cairo was considering reopening its embassy in Baghdad and the appointment of Svergdid in Iraq, However, she pointed out that the conditions and the security situation is not favorable for such a step. More details on page 3

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Baghdad Governorate Council to propose a plan for protection

Baghdad / justice : he said Riyadh al-Abdullah al-President of the Security Committee in the province of Baghdad : "The Council regarding the lifting of a proposal to the Cabinet of Ministers on the protection of Baghdad and the redeployment of the security services," he said. He added of the National Iraqi News / Nina / Tuesday : "The Council prepared a plan is now under discussion on the composition of the security services in the areas of Baghdad and pointed out : "The proposal, which would later contact the preserve of the prime minister is to make the protection of Baghdad, the Ministry of the Interior and the Defense Protection encircled Baghdad, as work will be more structured.

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Look who can take care of the militias in Iraq...

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N29311689.htm

Now, bite me, beat me, why don't they do that NOW instead of waiting for the US troops to pull out....

Just a little from the article:

U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney held talks with Saudi King Abdullah in Riyadh on Saturday. Details were not disclosed.

Obaid said Cheney's visit "underlines the pre-eminence of Saudi Arabia in the region and its importance to U.S. strategy in Iraq."

He said if the United States begins withdrawing from Iraq, "one of the first consequences will be massive Saudi intervention to stop Iranian-backed Shi'ite militias from butchering Iraqi Sunnis."

Obaid listed three options being considered by the Saudi government:

- providing "Sunni military leaders (primarily ex-Baathist members of the former Iraqi officer corps, who make up the backbone of the insurgency) with the same types of assistance", including funding and arms.

- establishing new Sunni brigades to combat the Iranian-backed militias;

- or the Saudi king "may decide to strangle Iranian funding of the militias through oil policy. If Saudi Arabia boosted production and cut the price of oil in half ... it would be devastating to Iran ... The result would be to limit Tehran's ability to continue funnelling hundreds of millions each year to Shi'ite militias in Iraq and elsewhere."

The security file, the top-Maliki talks with Bush

Baghdad-justice said media source in the Cabinet yesterday, Tuesday, that the Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will head today, Wednesday, to the Jordanian capital of Amman to meet with the American President George Bush. The source, who refused to reveal his name, told the News (Voices of Iraq) The Independent that "the aim of the meeting between Bush and Al-Maliki is to discuss ways to transfer the security responsibilities from the multinational forces to Iraqi forces." The source did not give further details about the visit. The American embassy in Jordan on Sunday that Bush will arrive Amman today, Wednesday, and will meet with al-Maliki on Khami o, 30 of this month. The embassy added in a statement a copy of which was received justice, Bush and Maliki held a press conference following their talks. For his part, member of the House from the list of Iraqi Kurdistan Alliance Mahmoud Othman : "The two demands which would be included holding discussions Maliki and Bush in Amman." He added of the National Iraqi News / Nina / Tuesday : "The first requirement is to open dialogue with everyone and be comprehensive reconciliation except Qaida and to the satisfaction of all parties." Osman explained : "The second requirement is to dissolve the militias." Expected : "President file to be carried by Al-Maliki is the claim wider powers through the security file and military movements and iron and processing." And Osman : "If these points have been solved meeting will be fruitful." He said : "We hope that this meeting in Baghdad or Washington and not in Jordan announced States national security adviser Stephen Hadley said that the American President George Bush will discuss with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in their meeting the end of this week in Jordan ways to meet the needs of the growing violence in Iraq. He said Hadley on ethnic n reporters who accompany Bush to the Estonian capital Tallinn : Clearly, we are in serious characterized this increase in sectarian violence, which would require us to adapt to this new stage, We must chatting These leaders on how to do so. Hadley added : Iraqis Aithaddthon it as a civil war, The police and army are not Etvkka according to the standards of sectarianism and the government of Iraqi unity is still working as a bloc. Hadley, said that Bush and Maliki probably will discuss the feasibility of talking to Iran and Syria in an effort to stop the violence in Iraq. He added : I think you will find that the Prime Minister Al-Maliki will raise this proposal at his meeting with the President. He said that al-Maliki some strong views on this subject.

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Originally Posted by abbey56

Hi,

I guess this one is for Adster, When the dinar revalues and hopefully floates rather than pegs, how will it effect us in England with the weak dollar at the moment approaching $2 to the pound. Will the dinar against the pound be better will we get more pounds for our dinar, ANY IDEAS.

Hi abbey, good to hear from you.

Firstly I believe the dinar will be pegged. I believe they will want to control the rate of the dinar and know what it is, rather like taking a mortgage out and 'knowing' for say a year or two what your outgoings and commitments are. Iraq's no different. Until security gets better I don't see them risking openly letting the market drive the dinar up or down, just too risky.

As for the rate, well, let's look at it this way, say a reval of 1 to 1, a $1000 will be worth 513 pounds, (apologies, pound sign not working!) at todays rate of 1.94. Now say the dollar rate goes to 1.90, then this will be worth 526 pounds to us, (as was the rate on the 23/11.) So on a $1000 your loss is 13 pounds......or a loss of 13k pounds for a million dinars. (Not the end of the world.)

Guess, the bottom line is the sooner the better for a reval if the dollar continues going the same way. But providing you're 'holding' several million dinar then the 'loss' will be slim due to the exchange rate when cashing in. Nothing to worry about, Gordon Brown's 40% is the killer blow!

Annan : unless something is done urgently, we can almost radical, we can reach a stage of serious violence P

United Nations - (KUNA) denied UN Secretary General Kofi Annan yesterday described the violence that hit Iraq as a civil war but warned that unless something is done to address the situation there is urgent that the war "Almost falling." Anan said in a statement to reporters in response to a question about whether Iraq is in a state of civil war "in view of developments on the ground if they are not doing something drastic and urgent to stop the deterioration of the situation, we will reach that stage, in fact we can almost reach" to the brink of civil war. According to some estimates, the sectarian conflict in Iraq, which resulted in hundreds of thousands of civilian casualties since the beginning of this year alone.

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I don't know if this was posted but CBI changed the history from a PDF to an XLS file.

Indonesia Cancels 80% of Its Iraqi Debt BAGHDAD, Iraq, Nov. 29 PRNewswire — The Government of Iraq today announced that it has reached an agreement with Indonesia, canceling 80% of its bilateral claims against Iraq.

The accord is comparable to the bilateral agreements concluded since November 2004 between Iraq and its various other governmental creditors. In addition, the United States, Cyprus, Malta and Slovakia have each cancelled 100% of their bilateral claims against Iraq.
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Maliki-Jordan :: Aswat al Iraq :: Aswat al Iraq

Posted by: saleem on Wednesday, November 29, 2006 - 11:13 AM
Maliki-JordanIraqi Premier arrives in Amman for meeting with BushAmman, Nov 29,

(VOI) – The Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki arrived on Wednesday in the Jordanian capital Amman, where he is scheduled to meet with U.S. President George W. Bush."Maliki was accompanied by an Iraqi delegation comprising National Security Advisor Dr. Muwafaq al-Rubai'e, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zibari and a number of ministers and members of parliament," a cabinet source told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI) on Wednesday.The source added that Maliki would discuss with the American president the security situation in Iraq and transfer of security responsibilities from the multinational forces to the Iraqi forces.AE/