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

Originally Posted by DLMCFX

I just love this one;-)

27 are hanged at Abu Ghraib in first mass execution since Saddam's fall.

08 September 2006 (The Daily Telegraph)

The brutal excesses of Saddam Hussein's regime were relived yesterday as Iraq's new government announced that it had hanged 27 prisoners convicted of terror and criminal charges.

Abu Ghraib prison has several gallows erected in the execution chamber

Mass executions at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison, which has several gallows erected in the execution chamber, were suspended after coalition-led troops overthrew Saddam three years ago. The death penalty was reinstituted in 2004, and yesterday's executions took place just days after control of Abu Ghraib was handed over to the Iraqi authorities.

An Iraqi Justice Ministry official said two of those hanged had been convicted of terrorism charges, and the other 25 – including a woman – were convicted of murder and kidnap.

News of the executions was made public by Nouri al-Maliki, the prime minister, when he attended a ceremony to mark the transfer of control of Iraq's military from the United States to the recently elected government.

"This is the message I have for the terrorists," he said of the hanged prisoners, "we will see that you get great punishment wherever you are. There is nothing for you but prison and punishment."

The government's media office later confirmed that the sentences had been carried out on Wednesday. It also called the prisoners "terrorists", a name normally reserved for insurgents who have attacked coalition or Iraqi forces.

Mass executions of convicted prisoners took place on an almost weekly basis under Saddam's regime, with Sunday and Wednesday the most popular days.

Saddam himself faces execution if he is convicted on charges relating to a massacre that took place in the Shia town of Dujail in 1982. The verdict in his trial is due next month. The ex-dictator has begged the Iraqi authorities that he be executed by firing squad, rather than by hanging, if he is convicted and sentenced to death.

Hundreds of convicted prisoners are believed to be on death row in Iraq as the authorities have struggled to control the insurgency that has seen the country brought to the brink of civil war by rival Sunni and Shia militias.

The number of detained prisoners in Iraq means that many of the country's prisons, including Abu Ghraib, are suffering from severe overcrowding. Prison authorities recently relocated 3,000 prisoners from Abu Ghraib to an undisclosed location outside Baghdad.

Concern about the Iraqi government's increasingly authoritarian attitude was further heightened yesterday afternoon when it ordered the Arabic satellite channel al-Arabiya to close its Baghdad office for a month.

The station is based in Dubai and is considered to be one of the Middle East's more objective channels. It announced live on air that police had entered its studios in the centre of the city. In July Mr Maliki's office issued a warning to television stations against broadcasting gruesome footage that focused on the victims of insurgent attacks.

The Iraqi government's reputation for openness was also dented after it emerged that the first figures released for civilian casualties in Baghdad in August had widely overstated the success of the US and Iraqi security operation in the capital. It had said last Thursday that the murder rate had dropped by two thirds on the previous month. Most murders in Baghdad at present are the result of sectarian tit-for-tat killings.

But yesterday corrected figures emerged showing there had in fact been almost no change with 1,536 people killed. Officials indicated the mistake may have been to a sudden upsurge in violence in the final week of August that saw more than 250 killed.

The death penalty has an enormous emotional significance in Iraq, as under Saddam special courts were set up to issue death sentences with no appeal. Thousands are believed to have been killed at Abu Ghraib prison.

Iraqi law still specifies that the death penalty is carried out by hanging for civilians and firing squad for soldiers. The death penalty is overwhelmingly supported by the Iraqi public, particularly as punishment for those who commit insurgent atrocities.

Interesting,

No matter where in the world, hanging is considered the worst form of death, so I think this announcement will squelch future terrorist activities. Time will tell, but with this distinct return to punishment, as per the law, it has to be on the minds of the terrorists who continue to kill the innocent woman and children. I think this will have more impact than anyone yet realizes, so lets hope so.

Put yourself in that position for a moment, standing in line waiting to be hung, don't you think even the most hardened and hateful killers would be shaking in their boots if in this line? I know I would, and that is why the coward that he was, Saddam, is requesting to be shot, taking the easy way out, similar to blowing yourself up. Yes, hanging is a detterent, and hopefully it will have more impact than bringing in another 10,000 troops.

Good luck to all, Mike

the 2007 budjet is muving and secerity is handed over. THIS THING JUST MITE PEG

It won't Just Might Peg - it DEFINATELY WILL REVALUE - Cross your fingers, say your prayers, do a $$ money dance, hold a ritualistic ceremony, what ever it takes , lets put our postive thoughts forward. Watch the clip below - you will love it - it is a visual - About Wealth! There is a part that says "there is more money being printed for me right now" you gotta love it. My favorite is "money falls over me like an avalanche" Love it too!! Have fun with it- Make it Happen!!!

Marlene in NY

Originally Posted by www.xealthy.com

It won't Just Might Peg - it DEFINATELY WILL REVALUE - Cross your fingers, say your prayers, do a $$ money dance, hold a ritualistic ceremony, what ever it takes , lets put our postive thoughts forward. Watch the clip below - you will love it - it is a visual - About Wealth! There is a part that says "there is more money being printed for me right now" you gotta love it. My favorite is "money falls over me like an avalanche" Love it too!! Have fun with it- Make it Happen!!!

Marlene in NY

I mean soon . Ihave always knew it wood .

I just got here after working a Saturday to make up for the last batch of dinars I bought from chase. Looks like my gamble is going to pay-off. wow nothing but good news in here sofar. Be back later as my Boys are coming to spend the week-end to see what we can find out for tomorrows meeting. If we find anything will post. Fingers Crossed.

Hi,

Just got back from holiday and have been catching up with all the postings. In one of the postings some pages back it stated thar Iraq had to revalue by the 17th as per the agreement with the IMF. Is this true? have not seen anybody post a reply to confirm.

Originally Posted by readytogo

I was just checking out susie on iif and she said something that made my ears perk up. She made the comment that Iraq has to reval before the 17th of Sept to keep their agreement with IMF. She gave a link, I will try and post it here. I could not find what she was talking about. She said nine months from the date of this document???????

http://www.imf.org/external/np/loi/2005/irq/120605.pdf


Who was it on this forum that was posting about this? That after the 17th they would begin to loose money?

Help!!!!! I really, really want to find that post. Is it related to what susie is saying?

Hope so!!!!

Thanks in advance,

Monica

Might be in here: Press Release: IMF Executive Board Approves First Ever Stand-By Arrangement for Iraq As we are looking it over and seems to be.

I bit off topic but..... I was in my garage working tody listening to the radio. If any of you listen to country music you will know what song i am talking about. If not check out John Michael Montgomery's "in a letter from home" I have heard the song a million times before but today I just could not help it. I started sobbing, and it hit me that the first thing I'm doing after the r.v is donating to a fallen soldiers fund. After all, it's because of them we have this opportunity.

John

Originally Posted by neno

Might be in here: Press Release: IMF Executive Board Approves First Ever Stand-By Arrangement for Iraq As we are looking it over and seems to be.

Thanks Neno!

Originally Posted by neno

Might be in here: Press Release: IMF Executive Board Approves First Ever Stand-By Arrangement for Iraq As we are looking it over and seems to be.

thi one is a job for OSW. mike what do you think. the link is on post 757