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

Originally Posted by phiberoptik

not to get over excited or try to hype anyone up but I'm persoanlly wondering about something. we know with the 07 budget being 41 bil at a rate if 1260 there isnt enough dinar printed to cover that.. however.. if this is one of those comma demical point issures that was covered a few times before. i could be 1.260 which might make just a little bit more sense. because they do have the reserves to cover this.. and now that we're on that topic . someone posted and article earlier about the CBI having 14bil in reserves to cover the current exchange rate NOT COUNTING GOLD ( did anyone else notice that bit or was it just me )

You weren't the only one Phiberoptik..... WOOT

Originally Posted by Adster

Government reshuffle اThe Alliance is the new parliamentary government reshuffle in Iraq
Bush : Success in Iraq to protect the United States in the long run

Iraqi sources uncovered a document found yesterday that the coming days will witness the declaration of a new political coalition in Iraq, including the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq headed by Abdel Aziz al-Hakim, and the Kurdistan Democratic Party headed by Masoud Barzani and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, led by Jalal Talabani, the Iraqi Islamic Party, which is headed by Tariq Al-Hashmi. The sources, who asked not to give his name to the Declaration of (the coalition will be preceded by the formation of a new Iraqi government, or pave the way for Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki a cabinet reshuffle large).


No (excludes sources joining Dawa Party, which is headed by Ibrahim al-Jaafari, the Iraqi List, led by Iyad Allawi to this alliance. The sources did not rule out that in their statements (announce the new government formation after the announcement of President Bush's new policy in Iraq during the annual speech he will give the occasion of Christmas and New Year, Christmas Eve. For his part, Bush held yesterday with senior advisers deliberations on Iraq during a visit to the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also held meetings at the White House on the same subject.


وقال بوش امام مبني وزارة الخارجية الامريكية انه يهمه سماع نصائح المسؤولين الامريكيين لتقييم الاوضاع في العراق بهدف الوصول الي (طريق جديد الي الامام) في هذا البلد. وتابع الرئيس الامريكي (تريد هذه الادارة ككل الامريكيين النجاح في العراق لاننا ندرك بان النجاح في العراق سوف يساعد علي حماية الولايات المتحدة علي المدي البعيد). وتحدث بوش عن (الدول المجاورة للعراق وعن مسؤولياتها في مساعدة هذه الديمقراطية الفتية علي البقاء) مشيرا الي انه من مصلحة معظم الدول ان تكون في العراق حكومة ديمقراطية. واضاف (ان احدي الاشياء التي نحاول ان نقوم بها هي مساعدة هذه الحكومة علي الوقوف علي قدميها بشكل يمكنها من ان تحكم وتحدد سياستها الخارجية) مشيرا الي ان (دور امريكا هو مساعدة هذه الديمقراطية الفتية علي البقاء). وتابع بانه سوف يستمع الي مسؤولي وزارتي الدفاع والخارجية مشيرا الي انه (عندما اتحدث الي الشعب الامريكي فانهم سوف يعلمون بانني استمعت الي اطراف الحكومة). وقال (بانه يتطلع كي يستطيع العراق ان يحكم نفسه بنفسه ومساعدة امريكا في الحرب علي الارهاب مشيرا الي الدور الذي يمكن ان يلعبه العراق في هزيمة الارهابيين الذين يريدون ان يقيموا ملاذا امنا في الشرق الاوسط كي ينطلقوا من هنا لمهاجمة الولايات المتحدة). ويعقد بوش اليوم مؤتمرا بدائرة تلفزيونية مغلقة مع القادة العسكريين والسفير الامريكي في العراق زلماي خليل زاد. كما سيزور البنتاغون غدا. ومن الاسئلة الرئيسة المطروحة في واشنطن هل سيقبل بوش الغطاء السياسي الذي تقدمه لجنة الدراسة حول العراق ويتبني توصياتها الــ 79 ام انه سيضع سياسته الجديدة الخاصة؟. وتدل المؤشرات الاولية علي ان الرئيس غير مستعد لقبول توصية اللجنة باجراء محادثات مباشرة مع سوريا وايران لانقاذ العراق. وتتطلب مثل هذه الخطوة الغاء عقيدته الدبلوماسية التي تنص علي ان هذه البلدان "ذات السلوك السيء لا تستحق ان تكافأ بإجراء محادثات مع واشنطن. كما نأي بوش بنفسه عن توصية اللجنة له بسحب معظم قواته بحلول 2008 بعد ممارسة الضغط علي الحكومة العراقية بالمصالحة وتسريع تدريب القوات العراقية من قبل مدربين امريكيين يتم ضمهم للقوات العراقية. واكد علي ان سحب القوات يعتمد علي الاوضاع علي الارض وتوصيات القادة العسكريين.

تشكيل تكتل جديدThe formation of a new bloc
واوضحت مصادر القائمة العراقية لـ(الزمان) أمس ان (موضوع تشكيل تكتل جديد مطروح الان علي القائمة العراقية التي تدرس الجوانب الايجابية فيه) مشيرة الي ان (اطرافاً سياسية عرضت علي القائمة العراقية الانضمام الي التكتل) من دون ان تسمي هذه الاطراف. وقالت ان (التكتل الجديد يهدف الي تلافي الاحتقانات السياسية والطائفية بعد تشكيل تكتل سياسي يضم جميع اطياف الشعب العراقي) ولم تتطرق المصادر الي احتمالات تسلم علاوي منصباً في الحكومة. وكشف محمود عثمان عضو التحالف الكردستاني أن هذا التحالف (يهدف الي دعم الحكومة المركزية وإعادة رسم خريطة التكتلات السياسية البرلمانية، وهو مكون من خمسة احزاب وليس اربعة)

Sources told the Iraqi List (time) yesterday that (the question of forming a new bloc is now to the Iraqi List, which examined the positive aspects), referring to the fact that (political parties brought to the Iraqi List to join the bloc) without being called these parties. She said that (the new bloc aimed at avoiding political and sectarian tensions after the formation of a political bloc comprising all segments of the Iraqi people) did not touch on the potential sources recognizes Allawi positions in the government. Mahmoud Othman, a Kurdish member of the coalition that this alliance (designed to support the central government and redrawing the map of the parliamentary political blocs, which is made up of five parties, and not four)

. وقال (يضم التحالف الجديد إضافة الي الاحزاب الاربعة التي تداولتها وسائل الإعلام حزب الدعوة وسيكون تكتلا داعما للحكومة غير منغلق ويقبل التيارات الاخري علي ان تؤمن بأجندته السياسية القائمة علي اختيار الافضل).مشيراً الي ان(الموضوع لايزال قيد المفاوضات). ورحب رئيس البرلمان محمود المشهداني بتشكيل التحالف الجديد. وكشف نائب برلماني طلب عدم الكشف عن اسمه أن (هناك ترتيبات تجري لضم القائمة العراقية الي التحالف الجديد الذي عرضه السيد عبد العزيز الحكيم علي الرئيس الامريكي جورج بوش في زيارته الاخيرة لواشنطن وحظي بمباركته). وأضاف النائب (في ضوء هذا التحالف سيتم إعادة التشكيلة الحكومية بشكل جديد وعلي أساس الاكفأ والافضل)، مشيرا الي ان رئيس القائمة العراقية الدكتور اياد علاوي مرشح للحصول علي منصب مهم في الحكومة المقبلة..

He said (includes new alliance addition to the four parties and the media heard the Al-Dawa Party and the bloc will be supportive of the government was not closed and accept other trends Bajndth believes that the existing political to choose the best). He pointed out that (the matter is still under negotiation). He welcomed the President of the Parliament Mahmoud Almshahadani formation of the new alliance. A parliamentarian who asked to remain anonymous said that (there are arrangements to include the Iraqi List to the new alliance, which was introduced by Mr. Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, the American President George Bush during his recent visit to Washington and was blessed). The MP added (in the light of this coalition will be re-formation of a new government, based on the most efficient and best), pointing out that the existing Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, a candidate for the important post in the next government.


من جهته، قال النائب فلاح حسن شنشل (الكتلة الصدرية) إن (العراق ليس بحاجة الي تخندقات جديدة داخل البرلمان وإن علي الجميع الوقوف في خندق واحد هو الخندق العراقي لمكافحة الارهاب والقضاء علي العنف في العراق)، مبدياً تخوفه من ان تؤدي التحالفات الجديدة (الي مزيد من التخندق داخل البرلمان)، مضيفا أن (التيار الصدري سيضع يده بيد اي شخص يشاطره موقفه الوطني والاخلاقي المطالب برحيل قوات الاحتلال من العراق). من جهته كشف عضو مجلس النواب فؤاد معصوم رئيس كتلة التحالف الكردستاني عن فكرة مطروحة للتداول بين الكتل السياسية التي تتوافق في ما بينها في خطوطها
الاسياسية العامة .

For his part, the deputy said Falah Hassan Chanchal (mass chest) that (Iraq does not need to Tjendakkat new inside the Parliament and that everyone stand in the same trench is the frontline Iraqi counter-terrorism and the elimination of violence in Iraq), expressing fears that new alliances (for further bunker inside the parliament), adding that (the Sadri movement would hand, however, any person who agrees with his national and moral demands the departure of the occupation forces from Iraq). For his part, member of the House of Fouad Massoum head of the Kurdistan Alliance on the idea put up for circulation among the political blocs, which coincide with them in the lines of key Assembly.

عملية متعثرةThe stumble
وقال معصوم ان العملية السياسية متعثرة وتواجه مشكلات كثيرة بسبب اشخاص مشاركين في العملية السياسية من جانب وهم لا يؤمنون بها من جانب اخر .

He explained that the political process is stumbling and facing many problems because of people participating in the political process by which they do not believe in the other.

وأضاف ان قوة الحكومة تكمن في اصطفاف القوي السياسية التي تتفق في ما بينها تدعم هذه الحكومة داعيا الاطراف التي لا تؤمن بالحكومة ولا بعملها ولا تعترف بمنجزاتها ان تكون في خندق المعارضة وهذا الامر طبيعي في التجارب الديمقراطية العالمية حسب رأيه.

He added that the strength of the government lies in the alignment of political forces agree with them support this government and called on the parties who do not believe in government and they do not work does not recognize its achievements to be in the trench of the opposition and this is normal in a democratic world experiences, according to his opinion.


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there he is cleanin that house again!!! whew!!! ... or is that WOOT???

Russia upbeat but wants changes on Iraq UN measure

[10:53 , 12 Dec 2006]
.:: Peyamner Daily NEWS::.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters)
PNA- Russia praised a European draft U.N. resolution imposing sanctions on Iran's nuclear materials but objected to a travel ban and wanted to ease a freeze on financial assets on Tehran officials.
"It should not take too long," Moscow's U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin told reporters on Monday when asked about a possible vote by Christmas. But he quipped that the "Russian Christmas is on the 7th of January."

(Note: we do not want the RV on a Russian Calendar!)

Britain and France presented the draft, a softer version of the original one, to the full 15-member Security Council in hopes of a vote by Christmas.

"The intent of the resolution (is) to stop any risk of proliferation of sensitive nuclear and missile technologies and at the same time to convince Iran (to) go back to negotiations," said Britain's U.N. Ambassador Emyr Jones Parry. "If Iran complies, the process stops. That much is clear."

The resolution bans imports and exports of materials and technology relating to uranium enrichment, reprocessing or heavy-water reactors as well as ballistic missile delivery systems for a bomb, which Moscow approves.

The proposals are a reaction to Iran's failure to comply with an August 31 U.N. deadline to suspend uranium enrichment, which can produce fuel for nuclear power plants or for bombs.

Iran says it is pursuing nuclear power for peaceful purposes, while the West believes its research is a cover for bomb making.

France's U.N. Ambassador Jean-Marc de la Sabliere reminded reporters that Iran "for 13 years has concealed its activities and this has created mistrust."

The U.S.-backed resolution, drawn up by Britain, France and Germany, would impose a travel ban and freeze the assets of institutions and individuals involved in Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile programs.

DOUBTS ABOUT TRAVEL BAN

But China's U.N. Ambassador Wang Guangya made clear Beijing and Moscow were uneasy about those provisions. "The travel ban will always be regarded as a humiliation," he said.

Added Churkin: "We do have some doubts about the appropriateness of the travel ban in this resolution."

Churkin said the financial freeze should also be refined to make sure an agency on the list that engaged in both prohibited and legal activities would not necessarily be punished.

An annex to the resolution, obtained by Reuters, singles out 11 agencies or businesses and 12 individuals involved in Iran's nuclear and ballistic missiles programs.

A key concession to Russia was allowing the continued construction and supply of fuel to an $800 million light-water reactor it is building at Bushehr in southwest Iran. The original draft was ambiguous on fuel supplies.

The text says the council would consider lifting the sanctions if Mohamed ElBaradei, director-general of the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency, decides Iran has suspended its uranium work and stopped efforts to produce a heavy-water nuclear energy reactor. He reports within 60 days.

The draft also includes a provision urging nations to "prevent specialized teaching or training" of Iranian nationals in areas that could advance training of banned nuclear work.

And it threatens further measures if Iran does not comply but it is doubtful any will be imposed, considering the weeks of haggling over an initial resolution.

As in the earlier draft, the resolution invokes Chapter 7 of the U.N. Charter, which makes enforcement mandatory. But it points to Article 41, that pertains only to sanctions and not to any possible military enforcement

Originally Posted by Socata 850

SGS,

WITH THE AMOUNT THAT HAS BEEN PULLED SINCE NOV 1st, ANY IDEA WHERE WE MIGHT BE IN A GRAND TOTAL IF CALCULATIONS INCLUDE NUMBERS SINCE BACK IN MAY?

eosirl2 is the group wiz at that stuff and im merely a student. youll have to ask wm. or eo or anyone else who is versed in such things.

where do i personally think we are sittin? right on the edge of this cliff. some of us are fixin to sail off into the sunset with on our faces and some are fixin to fall to the bottom of the abiss they have so gleefully flaunted the grandeur of to us this entirely long journey.

i have just spent the last 3 hours reading 35 pages. i had to go through trollville and thank god ive got the majority on ignore or it would have taken me longer to laugh through it. after those 'you have user on ignore' lines i go through pages of sadness and lament from the good folks here who have hope in their hearts. fear not you beautiful souls, you will be rewarded.

and the news sites you must consider the source always. iraqi updates is a site which gives readers updates in emails about whats goin on in the war torn region. the stories are seldom up to date but are within a week of posting. if you want to know the news of the day go directly to the local media sites, the radio sites like nawa, the newspaper sites, the government sites like presidency and iraqigov. and sabaah.

misinformation has been and will be a big factor in this. use common sense when considering.

oh yeah, what a fantastic bunch of folks this forum is i gotta say!!!

Announcement No.(824)

D.G. of Foreign Exchange Control

The 824 daily currency auction was held in the Central Bank of Iraq day Tuesday 2006 / 12/ 12 so the results were as follows :

Details Notes
Number of banks 11 -----
Auction price selling dinar / US $ 1416 -----
Auction price buying dinar / US $ ------ -----
Amount sold at auction price (US $) 18.180.000 -----
Amount purchased at Auction price (US $) ------
Total offers for buying (US $) 18.180.000 -----
Total offers for selling (US $) ------ -----





D.G. of Investments

Daily price Bulletin buying and selling Tuesday 2006/12/12

Currency
Currency Code
Selling Price In IQD
Buying Price In IQD

US Dollar
USD
1419.000
1418.291

European Euro
EUR
1876.344
1875.406

Sterling Pound
GBP
2774.429
2773.042

Canadian Dollar
CAD
1236.709
1236.091

Swiss Frank
CHF
1178.963
1178.374

Sweetish Krone
SEK
206.800
206.697

Norwegian Krone
NOK
231.047
230.932

Denmark Krone
DKK
251.703
251.577

Japanese Yen
JPY
12.126
12.120


The above price represent reference rate and does not from any commitment on the Central Bank of Iraq.

Originally Posted by TerryTate

You weren't the only one Phiberoptik..... WOOT

lookout folks, terry is wootin. the watched pot is startin to heat up i believe.

Allawi says Iraq nearing "point of no return"

http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/Cris...ryId=N11423462
Mon 11 Dec 2006 22:13:16 GMT
WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Iraq's former prime minister, Iyad Allawi, on Monday said the country was quickly approaching a "point of no return" and praised the recommendation of a bipartisan U.S. panel for a diplomatic push to stem the violence.

In an interview on MSNBC, Allawi said Iraq was "approaching now, unfortunately, very fast the point of no return."

If Allawi only knew that the IQD will be taking off and leaving his tail end behind and it will be the "point of no return"!!!

RV

Originally Posted by motomachi

Allawi says Iraq nearing "point of no return"

http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/Cris...ryId=N11423462
Mon 11 Dec 2006 22:13:16 GMT
WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Iraq's former prime minister, Iyad Allawi, on Monday said the country was quickly approaching a "point of no return" and praised the recommendation of a bipartisan U.S. panel for a diplomatic push to stem the violence.

In an interview on MSNBC, Allawi said Iraq was "approaching now, unfortunately, very fast the point of no return."

If Allawi only knew that the IQD will be taking off and leaving his tail end behind and it will be the "point of no return"!!!

RV

Hum makes me wonder about him, remember a while back when he said Iraq was in civil war, Makes me wonder if he's wanting his country to fail.
I thought he was good when we appointed him in the beginning, but his words are aways negative about his own country.

Originally Posted by day dreamer

Hum makes me wonder about him, remember a while back when he said Iraq was in civil war, Makes me wonder if he's wanting his country to fail.
I thought he was good when we appointed him in the beginning, but his words are always negative about his own country.

i think he was supposed to be the us. govt. man to take control and since he wasnt elected has pissed and moaned about it since. as have those who supported that idea and still do in the govt. im not surprised the us. govt hasnt tried to oust maliki and get allawi in already.
it would be a grave mistake on the us part i fear tho. power is one thing but the will of the people is another.

Stars & Stripes

Rebuilding for the future with Iraqi oil


By Charlie Coon, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Monday, December 11, 2006



Jennifer H. Svan / S&S file photo
The sun sets behind the Basra oil terminal in the northern Persian Gulf in October. The off-shore facility pumps about 1.5 million barrels of crude oil a day into commercial oil tankers, making it the mainstay of the Iraqi economy.


BAGHDAD — The work on Iraq’s oil machinery, at least the U.S. military’s $1.72 billion portion of it, is scheduled to be finished by May.

At that point, the war-torn nation should be able to tap into its cash cow at a rate equal to or higher than before the March 2003, U.S.-led invasion, according to the man overseeing the repairs.

The work, supervised by the Army Corps of Engineers, has included a series of projects meant simply to jumpstart the oil industry, not run or sustain it for the long haul, according to Navy Capt. Richard Fritzley, program director for the corps’ Gulf Region Division, Oil Sector.

Iraq has 115 billion barrels of crude oil underground, which, depending on the source, is the second- to fourth-most proven reserves of any country in the world.

But while its oil potential is a trillion-dollar jackpot, the nation’s oil machinery is a jalopy.

“People were quite shocked at how poor of condition it was in,” Fritzley said. “The operators did not get the maintenance dollars or parts they needed. They’d cannibalize parts from [one machine to fix another].

“Immediately after the invasion, a lot of facilities were extensively looted” for copper wire and other materials, he said.

Among the projects supervised by the Army: repairs to wells, upgrades to offshore loading platforms, and working on plants to increase production of cooking gas and gas to run power plants.

Iraq produced about 2.5 million barrels per day before the invasion, Fritzley said. Production stopped after the invasion but has been slowly rebounding. By May, the country could be able to produce 3 million barrels per day, Fritzley said.

Much of the military-sponsored work was contracted to and performed by companies such as Halliburton.

Oil revenue, which has historically accounted for 90 percent of the Iraqi government’s funding, would among other things pay for military and police roles now largely being handled by U.S. troops.

The oil pumped from Iraq produces fuel for cars, jets and heat, and gas for cooking and to power electric plants. The cash from oil pays for virtually all the government’s efforts to provide electricity, roads, healthcare and other needs.

After the work is finished in May, the corps could take on other oil projects, such as ones to “harden” and protect pipelines and other infrastructure from sabotage, Fritzley said, such as the Nov. 27 attacks to an oil facility near Kirkuk and pipeline south of Baghdad.

The U.S.-funded work is just a start toward furnishing what Iraq needs to become a modern oil superpower, according to one Western oil official in Baghdad who declined to be identified.

Daily production of 4 million to 6 million barrels per day, compared with next year’s goal of 3 million, is attainable if the Iraqi government spends its own money on new infrastructure, the official said.

“They’re stuck in the ’70s,” he said. “It’s like that old Ford you have in your garage. Eventually you just have to bite the bullet and get a new car.”

Forty-three companies have already signed nonbinding “memorandums of understanding” with the Iraqi government to do oil business here, the official said.

Iraqis may need help in the short-term to run their oil industry, according to Mackenzie Eaglen, senior policy analyst for national security at the Washington-based Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank.

Eaglen acknowledged, though, that Iraq has suffered from “brain drain” as experienced oil professionals left the country.

“In the long run, however, they are fully capable of running it, with the right advice, technical help, and technology from the U.S. and other countries,” Eaglen wrote in an e-mail. “Iraqis ran their own oil industry for many years and have considerable expertise