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

Originally Posted by franny

Sorry to type this, but mentioning the Pentagon makes me very home sick as my home is only 5 miles from the Pentagon in Va. When the dinars r/v, I will go home so r/v dinars; please

Hi Franny,

You mean you are a Virginian? I am originally from Alexandria, a stones throw from DC, where were you from?

Good luck to all, Mike

mike i am from alexandria also. my grandfather built ft belvoir. moved in 89
to florida - small world i went to edison

Originally Posted by bigred52

mike i am from alexandria also. my grandfather built ft belvoir. moved in 89
to florida - small world i went to edison

Funny,

Yes, it is amazing how small the world really is. I left before HS, but I still visit as I have an Aunt still living in Alexandria. Nice area, although I haven't been back in years. Where in FL are you as I have a place on Tampa Bay. Love FL in the winters. (g)

Good luck to all, Mike

Mike: I lived about 5 miles from the Pentagon. I lived there all my life basically until 2 years ago. I came to CA, but love Va. so much better. I am with my son here CA. I don't live with him, but live near him in CA. I worked for the Federal government for 32years; in Washington, DC; told my age again When I move back to Va. Mike, you must stop by and visit me. Va. beautiful state. I wil keep you posted.

And just WHAT has this got to do with the Price of Dinar??? hmmmmm???

I see what you are doing.. trying to distract everyone. take their minds of the raucous rollercoaster we are riding lol....

Well ALL HAIL VIRGINIA!!! ( it actually is nice)

RF

A Dinar-date...Good for Franny and interesting for Mike...


Nice to have members feeling good with each other within the RC Forum...


YB. - Cheers to the RC CARE Group....

Thank you; I know Virginia is nice. I was and am not trying to take anyone's mind away from anything.

(MENAFN) Iraqi planning and developing cooperation Minister unveiled earlier an anticipated petroleum agreement to take place between Iraq and Jordan, Al-Sabah reported.

The terms of the agreement will be discussed during the Jordanian Prime Minister's visit to Baghdad.

The Iraqi minister, who already made a visit to Jordan at the beginning of last week, had met Jordanian Prime Minister to hold talks on this petrol agreement . The visit was commissioned by the Iraqi prime minister along with oil minister, the minister added.

MENAFN - Middle East North Africa . Financial Network News: New petroleum agreement between Iraq and Jordan

Bigger U.S. force may stabilize Iraq

8/14/2006


By ROBERT BURNS, AP Military WriterMon Aug 14, 3:54 AM ET

Iraq could be stabilized faster if the United States increased the size of its force, but the costs would outweigh the benefits, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff said Sunday.

Gen. Peter Pace said in an interview at the conclusion of a two-day visit — his first since surging sectarian violence triggered talk of all-out civil war — that his meetings with U.S. commanders and their troops left him convinced that the Pentagon is correct to focus its effort mainly on training Iraqi security forces.

He said the current American force of about 133,000 troops is the right size for that training mission and for the more deadly work of containing the insurgency and helping reduce sect-on-sect killings.

"More U.S. and coalition forces could get the job done quicker, but that would mean dependency much longer for the Iraqi armed forces and the Iraqi government," he said, speaking in a recreation room for U.S. troops as a searing summer sun set on a day that took him from Baghdad to Fallujah to Mosul.

During a question-and-answer session with troops in Baghdad on Saturday, Pace said U.S. officials had hoped as recently as July that they could reduce the U.S. force by two brigades, or about 7,000 troops, this fall. But with the surge in sectarian killings, the force was instead increased by two brigades.

Pace returned to Washington early Monday.

Pace said his encounters with U.S. troops at each stop in Iraq reinforced his belief that they are proud of what they are doing and satisfied with what they have accomplished. But he also said he had detected among them "some frustration at the Iraqis for not yet grasping the opportunity that's in front of them."

He was alluding to the failure of rival Shiite and Sunni sects to reconcile their differences, stop the sectarian violence that has gripped Baghdad in recent months and establish an effective government.

The troops feel, "We're doing our part. When is the (Iraqi) governance part going to kick in? And that's a fair question."

Pace preached patience.

"It's too early to pass judgment on a brand new government," he said, referring to Prime Minister Nouri al-Malaki.

In Fallujah, once a key stronghold of the insurgency and still troubled by almost daily murders of policemen, a few Marines posed questions to Pace that suggested a creeping doubt about what their sacrifices have gained.

How much more time, one Marine asked, should the Iraqi government be given to achieve the political unity necessary to stabilize the country?

"I guess they have as long as it takes — which is not forever," Pace replied.

Pace argued that setting a deadline for the United States to withdraw its support would risk pushing the Iraqis into political decisions that are unviable. On the other hand, he said, "You do not want to leave it open ended."

Another Marine wanted to know if U.S. troops would stay in Iraq in the event of an all-out civil war. Pace repeated what he told a Senate committee last week: a civil war is possible, but not expected. He did not say what the United States would do if it actually happened.

Another asked what the United States would do if the Iraqi government did not support extending the U.N. resolution that authorizes the presence of American and other foreign troops in Iraq. Pace said the Iraqis already have said they favor extending the U.S. mandate, which expires in December.

One Marine wound up his question about the pace of U.S. troop deployments to Iraq by asking, "Is the war coming to an end?"

Pace didn't answer directly. He said Pentagon officials and military leaders are trying to keep enough troops in Iraq to achieve the mission of training Iraqi troops to take over the security mission, while avoiding having so many that it creates an Iraqi dependency.


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Well.. its really quiet..so to fill the void I went and read some juicy rumors at other forums.. and in a nut shell ,,this month really may still get it done! Nite..its late ..