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

Originally Posted by bob1940

Oh my tiffy I knew there was a reason I liked you.

Yes, Bob...esp on the belly bit...


This is for our birthday bit to TIFFY....a huddles worth !!!

Happy Birthday Tiff!!!

...over a week from now if I can't make it to post this wish-4-U.






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

Wednesday, August 23rd 2006


The Iraqi Minister of Trade announced that Iraq will participate in the Damascus International Fair from September 3 to 12.

The Minister added that Iraq's participation will strengthen trade and economic relations between Iraq and Syria.

The Minister hopes that Iraqi businessmen will sign contracts for food production, construction and industry fields.


Iraq to participate in Damascus International Fair in Sept.

Wednesday, August 23rd 2006

The General Secretary of the Arabic Economic Union said that Egypt will host the first Arabic Rebuild Iraq Fair from Sept. 6 to 8.

The General Secretary said that the event will help in rebuilding the infrastructure of Iraq and that many Arabic businessmen and Egyptian ministers will participate.

The General Secretary added that many Iraqi businessmen will have an opportunity to sign economic contracts with other Arabic businessmen in fields such as electricity, oil and cement.

Egypt to host first Arabic Rebuild Iraq Fair in Sept.

Welcome frathousemicrowave and thanks for contributing your post.. every bit of info we get helps us all... ezcash

Baghdad Flourishes in Post-Saddam Iraq

Baghdad Flourishes in Post-Saddam Iraq24/08/2006 Source: CBN News

Hassan Abu Taha is a busy man these days. His shop in central Baghdad is constantly full of people looking to buy a popular symbol of freedom in a post-Saddam Iraq— the cell phone.

"I started in this company three years ago shortly after the fall of Saddam Hussein. Since then, business has been good," said Taha.

Business has been so good, that business owners like Taha are having a tough time keeping up with the growing demand. He sells everything from dime-a-dozen Nokia’s to high-end camera phones.

Taha said, "During Saddam's time, we only had government-run land-lines. Cell phones were illegal. Now almost everyone has a cell phone."

The internet and satellite television were also illegal during Saddam’s time. Not anymore.

"We have so many stores that sell satellite televisions today. There's a growing demand for such items," said store owner Avad Nashaat.

Taha said he's proud that Iraq is slowly becoming a modernized country.

"For years were never allowed to experience the outside world. But now, because of cell phones, the internet and satellite television, we can learn more about the world. I hope that one day our country will no longer be considered a Third World nation but a developed one," said Taha.

In so many parts of Baghdad today, small and medium-sized businesses are actually doing well. This one sells air conditioners and fans. With temperatures soaring to 122 degrees, business is booming.


"When Saddam was in charge, people did not get paid a lot of money. They could not afford to buy such items. Now, people have lots of money and are willing to spend," said business owner Oday Resq-Allah.

More than three years after Baghdad fell to U.S.-led forces, many Iraqis across the country are trying to get on with their lives. Schools, hospitals, roads, and other critical infrastructures are slowly being rebuilt. But it has not been easy.

These are very challenging times today in this nation, especially in Baghdad. Although there is relative peace up in the northern part of the country as well as in southern Iraq, in Baghdad there is a tremendous amount of tension.

Parts of the city remain essentially at war as a fierce insurgency and sectarian violence threatens to engulf the capital. American and Iraqi forces are trying to bring security to Baghdad.

In recent days, they've launched major operations to try to take back sections of Baghdad from Shia and Sunni extremists.

U.S. officials warn that if not stopped, the sectarian violence could turn into an all-out civil war.

This is hardly news to residents in one Baghdad neighborhood who believe the civil war has already begun.

“We are killing each other, Sunni and Shia. I don't understand this. We are all part of the same family. How can this be happening?" said Baghdad resident Mohammed Saleem Rashid.

Three years later, some fear the situation in Baghdad has gotten worse.

"I am so nervous about my life. If I can get a visa to any country in the world, I would leave," said Ali Abdul Jabar, another Baghdad resident.

"We still have water shortages, there's no electricity and the security situation is just getting worse. Sometimes, we have to wait three days in line just to get a few gallons of gas," said yet another resident.

A shopkeeper said, "I don't think anyone here is happy. So many people have lost hope. God willing, the Americans will stay until the situation gets better.�

Security in Baghdad improving, U.S. generals say
By PATRICK QUINN
ASSOCIATED PRESS
8/25/2006
Associated Press
U.S. Gens. John Abizaid, left, and George Casey are both "very optimistic." BAGHDAD, Iraq - America's two top generals in the Middle East said Thursday a security operation in Baghdad was helping curb violence after a surge of bombings and shootings there in recent months. But the bloodshed persisted with three car bombs in Baghdad and a series of bombings and shootings across the country killing at least 16 Iraqis and two U.S. soldiers Thursday. Another U.S. soldier was killed the previous day, the military said.
U.S. authorities claim a joint American and Iraqi operation that began in early August has improved security. The U.S. military has said the operation, for which 12,000 troops were redeployed to Baghdad, aims to curb mostly sectarian warfare.
"I believe there is a danger of civil war in Iraq, but only a danger," Gen. John Abizaid, the top U.S. commander in the Middle East, said after meeting with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani. "I think Iraq's far from it. I think that there's been great progress in the security front here recently in Baghdad."
Abizaid said he and Army Gen. George Casey, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, were "very optimistic that the situation will stabilize."
Casey also said the security operation was working.
"I think everybody has seen an improvement in the situation in Baghdad over the last weeks because of the operations of the Iraqi security forces supported by the American Army," he said. "And we're confident that we can sustain that."
In violence around Iraq, two U.S. soldiers were killed, one in a roadside explosion south of Baghdad and the other after gunmen attacked his patrol with small arms fire, the U.S. military said.
On Wednesday, another American soldier died in fighting south of Baghdad in a raid to capture "foreign terrorists," the U.S. military command said.
In Baghdad's eastern neighborhood of Mashtal, a suspected suicide car bomb killed at least two people and wounded nine, police said. A bomb inside a parked car exploded in the capital's Sunni neighborhood of Azamiyah, killing two civilians and injuring four, while another car bomb exploded in Baghdad's Zeyouna neighborhood, wounding five policemen, police said.
In other attacks, according to Iraqi security forces:
Three Iraqi soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in Buhriz, 35 miles north of Baghdad.
In Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, a bomb in a minivan killed three policemen.
A police officer was killed and four others were wounded by a roadside bomb in Jirf al-Melih, south of Baqouba.
In Baghdad's Azamiyah district, a policeman was killed and another was wounded when gunmen opened fire on their patrol.
Gunmen shot and killed the mother and brother of the owner of a clothing store in Baghdad's southern Dora neighborhood in a drive-by shooting. The owner was wounded.
In northern Mosul, two civilians were killed in a drive-by shooting.

World Bank to open an office in Baghdad and the Ministry of Municipal lends $ 500 million

17:50 2006.08. 25
The Italian (Ak) :

The Information Office at the Ministry of Municipal Iraqi manager of the World Bank in Amman, Ziyad Badran announced that the World Bank "was awarded the Ministry of Municipal Iraqi 500 million as a soft loan to be repaid over 40 years," , "invested in the implementation of service projects in Iraq in coordination with the ministry." The statement by the Iraqi Ministry of Municipalities out that the bank "is the process of opening an office in Baghdad in the near future." According to the statement, Badran was "ready to train the size of the Iraqi bank and building administrative capacity, technical supervision, to enable them to contribute actively in the implementation of the projects sponsored by the World Bank in Iraq.




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Also you all know the new site updates right of the CBI?

Central Bank Of Iraq

Statistics

This one is very cool. But we all know it now. Just a copy for your records.

http://www.investorsiraq.com/attachm...g?d=1156481522

Also always a good place to compare notes here.

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