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

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Eleven Sunni insurgent groups have offered to halt attacks on the U.S.-led military if the Iraqi government and President Bush set a two-year timetable for withdrawing all foreign troops from the country, insurgent and government officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

The demand is part of a broad offer from the groups, who operate north of Baghdad in the heavily Sunni Arab provinces of Salahuddin and Diyala. Although much of the fighting has been to the west, those provinces have become increasingly violent and the attacks there have regularly crippled oil and commerce routes.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060628...insurgent_offer

Geezz there are some knob ends out there. Spent too much time tonight explaining to others that see this as a zero lopping. I give up, folks choose to believe what they want. If you told some it was raining and they could see it was outside they'd still argue the toss, pricks. Why would they go backwards in knocking off zeros? It would give them no purchasing power whatsoever. Aside from screwing their own folks and 'taking' Bush from behind, it's about as likely as Saddam being put back in charge of Iraq. Be a huge 2 finger job to the US/UK and other countries that have helped them. Also not give out confidence in their currency at a time they NEED foreign investors.....

Anyway, this is it in a nutshell, good stuff. And no there will be no lopping!!!!

Off to bed.


http://www.iraqiwiki.com/wiki/index....pping_argument

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,201396,00.html
Good news are right now on fox :)

BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq is producing an average of 2.5 million barrels of oil a day, its highest level since the war began in 2003, an oil ministry spokesman said Wednesday.

Assem Jihad said 1.6 million barrels are being exported daily from the southern port of Basra, while 300,000 are being pumped from the northern city of Kirkuk to the Turkish port of Ceyhan.

The other 600,000 barrels produced daily are for domestic use, he said.

Iraq, a founding member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, sits atop the world's third-highest proven reserves. Its estimated 115 billion barrels are exceeded in OPEC only by Saudi Arabia and Iran.

But oil production has plummeted since the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003 as the system faced repeated insurgent sabotage, attacks on maintenance crews, alleged corruption, theft and mismanagement. The nation was producing an average of just 2 million barrels a day in April.

Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani, a Shiite who assumed the post a month ago as part of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's new government, has promised to increase oil production and give all Iraqis a share.

Jihad also said new measures were being implemented and he was optimistic that the situation would improve.

"We hope to add 200,000 to 300,000 (barrels per day) before the end of this year," Jihad told The Associated Press, adding he also hoped to double the amount of oil pumped from Kirkuk to Ceyhan in that time period.

Iraq's oil industry has never regained even the reduced production levels that prevailed in the 1990s, when Iraq was under tough U.N. sanctions. In 1990, probably its peak production year, Iraq extracted about 3.5 million barrels a day.

Crude oil prices rose above $72 a barrel Wednesday on anticipated strong demand over the Fourth of July weekend in the United States and the dispute over Iran's uranium enrichment program.

Originally Posted by Adster

Geezz there are some knob ends out there. Spent too much time tonight explaining to others that see this as a zero lopping. I give up, folks choose to believe what they want. If you told some it was raining and they could see it was outside they'd still argue the toss, pricks. Why would they go backwards in knocking off zeros? It would give them no purchasing power whatsoever. Aside from screwing their own folks and 'taking' Bush from behind, it's about as likely as Saddam being put back in charge of Iraq. Be a huge 2 finger job to the US/UK and other countries that have helped them. Also not give out confidence in their currency at a time they NEED foreign investors.....

Anyway, this is it in a nutshell, good stuff. And no there will be no lopping!!!!

Off to bed.


http://www.iraqiwiki.com/wiki/index....pping_argument

Now THAT is an entertainingly graphic post if I ever heard one.. I could not help but laugh out loud when reading it...

Thanks again Adster lol

RF

absolutely. I howled aloud and read it out loud to my husband too. Good on ya Adam.

Good golly Adam... this is why I am so hooked on this forum... I never know what is going to be posted... one thing for sure I'm never disappointed and always entertained .
Libby

Originally Posted by Adster

Another site covering it, look halfway down for the article. This is sooooooooooooooooooooooo good.

http://www.google.com/translate?u=ht...&hl=en&ie=UTF8

Iraqi dinar equivalent of the dollar
An Iraqi Finance Minister Baqer Jabr Solag statement that his country intends to increase the value of the Iraqi dinar is equal to the value of the US dollar. The Solag : The Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of Iraq studying a proposal to increase the value of the dinar.


262 Pages & 107,292 Views & 2615 Post Man I am Glad I am caught up. Been busy on other threads but visit everyday. This seriosly on another order.

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Is Good News Overlooked?
By A.M.Johnson


June 27, 2006
Tuesday

Dear Editor,

The following post was submitted to Senator Murkowski's office today. It would be boon to all of us as Americans, to have this information confirmed as accurate.
Thanks,
A.M.Johnson
Ketchikan, AK - USA

About: Al Johnson writes, "Sort of conservative, like Bush, and really like our military and that for which is stands. Never cuts and runs."




Senator Murkowski,

Would you be kind enough to have one of your staff contact a counterpart in the Department of Defense to confirm the statistics offered as being authentic? I am sending this request as a letter to the Sitnews editor. It would be the intent to follow this up with the confirmation requested.
Your views on the information would be welcome. In my opinion ,if acturate, these facts be read into the daily log of the Senate by yourself. Tragic that good news is often conveniently overlooked by the Main Stream Media for up-patriotic ends.
Regards,
A.M.Johson



Of course I didn't know. How could I?

As of May 2006 and! ---- These facts are verifiable on the Department of Defense web site:

Did you know that 47 countries have reestablished their embassies in Iraq?

Did you know that the Iraqi government currently employs 1.2 million Iraqi people?

Did you know that 3100 schools have been renovated, 364 schools are under rehabilitation, 263 schools are now under construction and 38 new schools have been built in Iraq?

Did you know that Iraq's higher educational structure consists of 20 Universities, 46 Institutes or colleges and 4 research centers, all currently operating?

Did you know that 25 Iraq students departed for the United States in January 2005 for the re-established Fulbright program?

Did you know that the Iraqi Navy is operational? They have 5- 100-foot patrol craft, 34 smaller vessels and a naval infantry regiment.

Did you know that Iraq's Air Force consists of three operational squadrons, which includes 9 reco nnaissance and 3 US C-130 transport aircraft (under Iraqi operational control) which operate day and night, and will soon add 16 UH-1 helicopters and 4 Bell Jet Rangers?

Did you know that Iraq has a counter-terrorist unit and a Commando Battalion?

Did you know that the Iraqi Police Service has over 55,000 fully trained and equipped police officers?

Did you know that there are 5 Police Academies in Iraq that produce over 3500 new officers each 8 weeks?

Did you know there are more than 1100 building projects going on in Iraq? They include 364 schools, 67 public clinics, 15 hospitals, 83 railroad stations, 22 oil facilities, 93 wa ter facilities and 69 electrical facilities.

Did you know that 96% of Iraqi children under the age of 5 have received the first 2 series of polio vaccinations?

Did you know that 4.3 million Iraqi children were enrolled in primary school by mid October?

Did you know that there are 1,192,000 cell phone subscribers in Iraq and phone use has gone up 158%?

Did you know that Iraq has an independent media that consists of 75 radio stations, 180 newspapers and 10 television stations?

Did you know that the Baghdad Stock Exchange opened in June of 2004?
Did you know that 2 candidates in the Iraqi presidential election had a televised debate recently?

OF COURSE WE DIDN'T KNOW!

and WHY DIDN'T WE KNOW?





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Wow!! They have more going on than any one country in the World. This has to be "Good News" once again. Funny that the "Main Stream Media" can not tell us this.

Mike please see above in "Title".

Hey all you dinaraholics,

This may have been covered before, but I have a question.......when ever I count my new dinar some of the ink ends up on my hands. Should this be a concern? Sure hope not! Got it from safedinar. Thanks for any and all responses.

Monica