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

Bomber kills 70 in Baghdad

Interior Ministry sources said 236 people were wounded in the Baghdad blast after the suicide bomber lured a crowd of day laborers to his vehicle with the promise of work. They said 70 people were killed.

Bomber kills 70 in Baghdad - Yahoo! News

Originally Posted by Inscrutable

Bomber kills 70 in Baghdad

Interior Ministry sources said 236 people were wounded in the Baghdad blast after the suicide bomber lured a crowd of day laborers to his vehicle with the promise of work. They said 70 people were killed.

Bomber kills 70 in Baghdad - Yahoo! News

As terrible a thing as that was, it shows how badly citizens are trying to find work instead of blowing themselves up. JOBS! JOBS! JOBS!

Iraq seeks oil sector consensus


BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi legislation intended to resolve the politically charged question of distributing the country's oil wealth is nearing completion, the chairman of a panel drafting the law said Saturday.

The distribution of oil revenues, the mainstay of Iraq's economy, is at the heart of some of Iraq's most contentious political issues, including the push by Shiite leaders to allow the oil-rich south of Iraq to set up a self-rule region similar to a Kurdish one in the north.
advertisement ''We have reached important agreements. I cannot put a timeframe on when it will be ready, but we are very keen on achieving that as soon as possible,'' Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh, a Kurd who chairs the committee, said. ''We hope that we will reach a comprehensive agreement that will enhance the oil sector and make oil a unifying factor to all Iraqis.''

He said, however, that key issues still need to be resolved, including ''the administration of the oil sector, deals and contracts.''

Oil Ministry Spokesman Assem Jihad said the government hoped that the oil legislation would encourage foreign investment in the oil sector.

Source: AP




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Posted on Tuesday, December 12

Sulaimaniyah: Shorsh to receive $2 million for service projects


$2 million have been allocated for clean water and sewage system projects in the town of Shorsh.

Dara Yara, President Barzani's representative on the panel to fulfill the people's requirements in Sulaimaniyah, has reported that $2 million have been allocated for clean water and sewage system projects in the town of Shorsh. Many survivors of Anfal families reside in the town of Shorsh, located 70 km south of Sulaimaniyah.


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Posted on Tuesday, December 12

Holland consulate to be opened in Erbil


The aim of opening this consulate is for the sake of relations between KRG and government of Holland.

Local media is reporting that Holland plans to open a consulate in Kurdistan Region.
"The aim of opening this consulate in Erbil is for the sake of strengthening relations between the Kurdistan Regional Government and the government of Holland," said Shamam Shauqi, who works in the Iraqi embassy in Lahai. According to Shauqi, around 45,000 Iraqis are currently living in the Netherlands, out of which 64% are Kurds.

Source: KRG




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Posted on Tuesday, December 12 @ 09:36:38 PST by admin

GDID grants 153 licenses to establish industrial projects


The General Directorate of the Industrial Development GDID at the Ministry of Industry and Minerals has granted more than 153 establishing licenses for the industry projects varied among food, textile, wooden, sheet, chemical, plastic, construction, minerals, remittance industries over last Nov.

In a press statement , an official source at the ministry said that the total cost of these projects has reached to more than ID28 billions and 600 millions, referring that food stuffs has occupied the 1st rank in the number of the granting licenses.
Source: Al Sabaah




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Posted on Tuesday, December 12

Iraq, Iran businessmen to expand economic cooperation


In cooperation with the General-Secretariat – the international Iraqi Economic Center in Tebreeze City, Iran, the Iranian-Iraqi Economic Gathering organized by Southern Itherbajan Trade and Industry Chamber has specified the weak points in the domain of the economic and trade cooperation among the businessmen and traders of the two countries.

The gathering distinguished by disclosing, frankness and transparency on obstacles which hamper the trade exchanging expanding, these obstacles had summarized the nature of the valid trade laws in the two countries. Moreover, the gathering authorized the necessity of studying and submitting these obstacles to the concerned sides to expand the circle of cooperation.
Source: Al Sabaah




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Posted on Tuesday, December 12

World Bank to grant $100m to boost education sector in Iraq


Iraqi News reported that the World Bank agreed to extend a $100 million loan to Iraq to help improve education there, the first loan to Iraq in over 30 years.

According to a statement released by the bank, the $100 million Third Emergency Education Project (TEEP) will help the Government of Iraq alleviate school overcrowding and lay the groundwork for educational reform.
The statement said that the TEEP builds on the successful experiences of two previous projects financed by grants from the World Bank Iraq Trust Fund, a $40 million textbook project and a $60 million school construction and rehabilitation project.

The Iraqi ministry or education will implement the project and it will contract Iraqi construction companies using internationally accepted competitive procurement procedures.

Iraq's educational system, once considered among the best in the Middle East, has deteriorated over the last twenty years, resulting in poor learning conditions and declining school enrollment.

Source: MENAFN




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Posted on Tuesday, December 12 @ 07:42:49 PST by admin

Originally Posted by kevinsw

For what it may be worth to everybody, here in "small town Iowa" banks with Dinar are very few.

BUT I just made my last buy from "Safe Dinar" this morning and they had 25,000 10,000 and even offered 1,000 Dinar notes to me.

Got my confirmation emails and I will have it this Wednesday.

Yup my 17 year old son wanted to buy some so I explained to him the risk and he said " I would rather lose my money trying than to not take the risk and wish I had"

Not bad for 17 ?

(chip off the ol block?)

Wow, 17? Nawwwwwww, can't be. No 17 year old has that much maturity.
Just kidding. He sounds like a very astute young man who will be going places I'm sure.

Originally Posted by $onedaysoon$

Central Bank Denies Attempts to Fix Dollar Exchange Rate
(Noozz Editorial) Dec 12 2006

Noozz.com | IRAQ

Do these people think that the CBI has not fixed, manipulated, and undervalved the rate of the dinar from the beginning?