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

I don't know what the press conference is about but you never know.

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i see you lurking, can you confirm any of this?

- al-Maliki Declared a State of Emergency in the City in June.

BASRA, Iraq (AP)--Thousands of Iraqi and British forces will start a
security crackdown in the country's second largest city in a bid to rid it of
death squads and stop mortar attacks on residential areas, Iraqi authorities
announced Thursday.

Although the mainly Shiite city of Basra has not seen the level of violence
that is plaguing the Baghdad, 550 kilometers (340 miles) to the north, it still
suffers from violence - including attacks on British bases in the area.

Authorities also openly acknowledge that the local police force has been
infiltrated by militia, and that corruption is widespread.

We cannot accept the situation as it is today," Gen. Ali Hammadi, head of
Basra's High Security Committee, said at a news conference. "The security
situation must be improved and the 'death squads' defeated if the city is to
prosper."

Hammadi said the security operation - which will include both Iraqi and the
mainly British forces deployed in southern Iraq - would take place over the
next few months and would include all sectors of the city.

"Starting very soon, we will regularly surge thousands of Iraqi security
forces, assisted by Multi-National Forces, into the city to create a secure
environment," he said. "We will seek to make 'death squads' and other criminals a thing of the past."

A coalition official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because official
announcements were being made by the Iraqi authorities, said the operation
would begin in the next two days.

Hammadi said the plan aimed to stabilize the situation in Basra to the point
where Iraqi forces could take over the handling of security from coalition
troops. The handover of security control to Iraqi forces is a key element of
any eventual drawdown of international troops.

The start of the Basra operation comes as Iraqi and coalition forces
continue a massive security effort in Baghdad, where troops and police have
been going through the city neighborhood by neighborhood in an effort to stem the widespread sectarian bloodshed pitting Sunni Arab and Shiite Muslims against each other.

In predominantly Shiite Basra, however, the violence has been mostly between
Shiite groups battling each other for power as well as attacking Sunni Arabs in the city. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki declared a state of emergency in the city in June.

Iraqi authorities also acknowledged Thursday that part of the city's
security problems stem from the infiltration of the police by militia members.


"We have...to say that our institutions are corrupted," said Deputy Interior
Minister Gen. Abdel Khider al-Tahir. "We have to clean this up."

Al-Tahir insisted that efforts were being made to find and arrest corrupt
members of the Iraqi forces.

"If we find anyone, we will arrest them and severely punish them," he said.


In an effort to tackle the police problem, authorities were also trying to
find new recruits, the deputy minister said - although the force is already
over-staffed.

"We start to build our police. We chose the correct people to be an example
for the others," he said, adding that the selection process for about 200 extra
policemen will be stringent.

Those being recruited will come from all backgrounds - including Sunnis and
Christians, al-Tahir said.

He said that while for the time being, the security operation would use
forces already in Basra, local authorities would discuss with al-Maliki the
possibility of sending more troops from outside the area.

"What we want to try and do here is to start momentum," said British Lt.
Col. Peter Merriman, commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Fusileers."What we want to do is to show people what the benefits of security can bring."

The plan was designed in the hope that the city's population "will recognize
themselves that actually, with better security comes the promise of better
economic future," Merriman said, referring to reconstruction work that has been stalled.

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Bush to Hold Morning News Conference 09/15 08:02

- Powell Joined with McCain's Group

WASHINGTON (AP)--President Bush faced questions Friday about sharp divisions among Republicans about the war on terrorism and disputes over his proposed strategies for interrogating and trying enemy combatants.

Bush is to hold a late-morning news conference in the Rose Garden.

The session came one day after rebellious Republicans led the Senate Armed
Services Committee in rejecting Bush's proposal for interrogating and
prosecuting terrorism suspects. The dissident group, led by Sen. John McCain,
R-Ariz., said Bush's approach would jeopardize the safety of U.S. troops.

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell joined with McCain's group. Powell
said Bush's proposal to redefine the Geneva Conventions would encourage the
world to "doubt the moral basis of our fight against terrorism" and "put our
own troops at risk."

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Source : Al-Sabah - 13/09/2006
The Ministry of Commerce has started a vast program to import cars in coordination with major global companies, and it is planning to import large quantities of construction materials from Menashie global ... He said Abdalvalah Sudanese Minister of Trade, in a press statement that his ministry is working on the distribution of cars between citizens easy payment in response to the directives of the Council of Ministers and across all banks and government banks.

He pointed out that the ministry is striving to reach agreement with major world companies to import cars with efficiency and good reputation confirming the existence of a competent delegation from the ministry to discuss a number of offers made to him. He added : The ministry will work on the implementation of the Directive Council of Ministers distribute cars as soon as possible. as well as the distribution of employees in the state. stressing that the tables ministry possesses sufficient expertise, which qualifies them for the success of such an initiative, The company for the car trade mandated search for the best Almenashie world.

In relation to the Sudanese said : The Ministry of Trade is planning to import large quantities of construction materials and the best brands and Almenashie. He stressed that the organs of laboratory testing and quality control will examine these materials to ensure the quality and conformance with international specifications. Explaining the Ministry's role in contributing to the process of building Iraq and the establishment of the residential compounds, which the government intends to set up in order to eliminate the housing crisis.

He pointed out that the Ministry will import of cement, iron and Shelman championship, as well as the water pipes, sanitary materials, as well as ceramics. The Sudanese Ministry of Commerce plans to start the plan loans from the Finance Ministry up to more than $ 300 million. In order to start this campaign as well as some loans from banks and local banks to be repaid on a continuous basis.

Source : Al-Sabah - 13/09/2006
Radzi Sheikh Mahmoud, Minister of Labor and Social Affairs and the ministry is ready to provide various kinds of cooperation to the private sector with a view to qualifying for the performance of important economic role in the promotion of economic reality in Iraq. pointing out the ministry is ready to build all the things necessary for the advancement of the national industry and electric power facilities in the procedural implementation of the law and solve the problems of working amicably. Radi said during a meeting with the President and Vice President of the Federation of Iraqi Industries : We are sensitive and feel the conditions of the private industrial sector deteriorating, where the magnitude of the suffering faced by the very difficult and complex. He added. The Plan investment for 2006-2007, the private sector will play a vital role in Iraq's reconstruction and the provision of public services and infrastructure, and removing obstacles to the movement of work. He pointed out that all the development in this sector is a sound investment of funds and manpower capable of production as well as the private sector greatly help lift the younger age groups of unemployment and suppression in the field of work and production.

Radi stressed the need for action to deal with the expanding horizons of international organizations, including the International Labor Organization, which sponsors development programs, rehabilitation and vocational training and employment programs for youth and the fight against unemployment. For his part, praised President of the Federation of Iraqi Industries on the support of the Ministry and provide appropriate conditions for the progress of the industrial sector in Iraq. Where the ministry adopted the basic issues, especially in the area of the release of funds

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Today, Friday, September 15, 2006 0900 hrs, Eastern / 1800 hrs. their time . . .

My Kurd . . . Indira finally got through to her Kurd Brothers & Uncle via satellite phone on their way north home from Baghdad . . . with the Army in their Hum/Vee . . .

Questions & Answers:

 (Q) Is the r/v ready to go? (A) Yes, finally! [Then some grumbling] / could have / & should have been announced by now, if not for the damn Politicians! . . .
 (Q) Has it been announced anywhere in country publicly? (A) No, only the *need-to-know’s* are supposed to knows about this. But leaks are inevitable . . .
 (Q) Do you know when it will be announced publicly? (A) Umm . . . last we heard Al-Gailani will make the announcement @ 10 hundred to 11 hundred hrs. Sunday morning. [That’s this Sunday @ 2 to 3 AM east coast US time] . . .
 (Q) Do you know the rate? (A) .93 -.95 Euro, [More grumbling / we wanted .98 but decided to compromise] . . .
 (Q) On your trip have you seen more *Oil - Survey* type crews or vehicles than usual . . . (A) Well yes, *BUT* why do you ask?
We have information that oil exploration has accelerated . . .
(Reply) Can’t keep any secrets over her / can we?
(Indira) Why do you say that?
(Reply) Well, information is flying around here that we may have 4-5 times the oil that were thought to have . . .

GO-SUSIE-GO / this pans your info out to the ounce!

I've been asked again, and again, my % read on all this . . . several days ago . . . I was a firm 85% / due mostly to being a bit over-cautious / and that my sources are third hand . . . I am now up to 92.5% . . .

My other 7.5% still nags @ me . . . because this is a huge leap on their part . . . Of course I will zip skyward to 100% when I see the CBI exchange rate . . .

Another point . . . perhaps we should not ALL try to access the CBI site Sun @ [ 3-5 am east coast ], I don’t know if their site could handle 10K people continuous clicking *re-fresh* a trillion times over a two hour period . . . perhaps 1-2-3 *night owl* people should do this and let us all know . . . Common interest / the last thing we want to do is crash their site . . .

And another point . . . we need eyes on the ground for final confirm . . . My Info is third hand / I think much of Susie’s is 3rd hand / and I’m sure she has a lot of 2nd hand / but it would be excellent if someone could drop by the CBI and peer in a window and see if they have a **GIANT RE-VAL-TODAY** fluorescent sign blinking away . . .

When I have more / you’ll get it . . . RR

PS: Indira translated *The Finance Minister / my mistake listing the "Former - interim-Minister" . . .

Breakthrough fuel crisis does not mean solution of the problem and to those concerned to address the causes
Source : Al-Sabah - 13/09/2006
A number of citizens that the relative relaxation of the fuel crisis in the country risks in the tainted if unresolved and the Ministry of Oil in mind the permanency of the actions taken recently to contain the causes of the crisis. They emphasized in their conversations that the financial and administrative corruption rampant in the sectors of the state in general and in the oil

Especially Group remains threatened any action taken by the ministry and expressed the hope that the officials to address the causes of the crisis and appealed to the owners of clean consciences of brotherhood drivers and traders lower prices, which took their pockets.

This refers to the official statistics of the Ministry of the oil industry that oil derivatives, can not meet the need of local, To fill the shortfall, the ministry import petrol in particular from the neighboring countries. But this did not solve the crisis but on the contrary, have worsened in recent weeks of the month (August) edition, Through field poll conducted by the (morning) in a number of mobilization stations fuel deployed on both sides of Karkh and Rusafa views of citizens agreed that the fuel crisis it has been a relative détente, but this does not mean solution of the problem from its roots. citizen (Mohammad Fayyad) We met him in the mobilization station and fuel green Amiriyah, he recalled the times he spent days the crisis, saying :

Purchased (20) liters of gasoline at (35) thousand dinars at the beginning of the last week of the month (August) and the price in some streets leading to the same area (40) thousand dinars versus (20) liters of gasoline. However, high hopes recent actions.

As for the citizen Mohammed Moussa Veda says : administrative corruption that is causing the President to this (crisis) via a crisis that led to the formation of queues and cover the group of (sailors) who are owners of cars dolphin, which altered the fuel tanks to reach capacity exceeded (150) liters under the flag and the attention of the owners of these stations and civil guards at the entrances to these officials hinted Add invaded their cars (GMC) Modified cars Almalibo almost disappearing, which are limited to the sale of gasoline through the fuel tanks modified stand behind these cars a number of (events) their sale of this article on the black market and at the crossroads and arenas, However, the fuel crisis which cast a shadow on all of the economic and social episodes led citizens to obtain benzene for the operation of generators and citizen referred to Hussein that the amount spent (380) thousand dinars per month to buy gasoline to get rid of the harsh summer heat, He adds : "It seems that crises simultaneously in braking, starting permanent electricity crisis through higher prices and the recent fuel crisis, which turned the streets of Baghdad into areas almost empty. citizen Jabbar Hashim We met him in the mobilization station (Mansour) confirmed that the rise in material prices (gasoline, kerosene) reflected on the prices of transportation lines also from the private sector, For example, the line of Ghazaliya section of the great dinars (500) to (1000) dinars, as well as the Amiriyah section of the great dinars (500) to (1000) dinars. and the revival in the line of the torch from the Auto Salon (1000) dinars per passenger to reach (2000) dinars. As part of the Basilica has increased the price of the new Baghdad Kazemih to fictitious price up to (1250) dinars to the passenger cars (Kia) The external lines has hit a taxi passenger saloon cars line Côte Baghdad (7000) thousands of dinars and hit the Basra-Baghdad (30.000) thousand dinars.

Now, after relaxing the crisis, citizens appealing owners clean consciences of private transport owners and traders to reconsider the pricing of transport, because these prices affect the family budget Iraqi infested.

Oil stakeholders have another opinion that the (oil industry) exposed to the problems inherited rooted in the 1980s and that the work had been relatively ties with international companies and international experts, both on the oil explorations or extraction, as well as for building refineries for oil refining, The impact of the time limitation and the retreat of performance and low efficiency, which has affected most of the facilities (oil), including the oil industry which led to a decline in productivity.

Each justification whatever valid or invalid is not convince the citizen's need for it is convinced that his country's oil Akadrh needs to provide, but how this is left to those on oil policy, which we hope will not be repeated crises abhorrent!

Originally Posted by RollsRoyce

Mods . . . I cant figure where this belongs . . .

and I just spent an hour scrutinizing the forum & can't find anywhere I can start a new thread . . . move it if you wish, but please let me know where you're putting it . . .

Today, Friday, September 15, 2006 0900 hrs, Eastern / 1800 hrs. their time . . .

My Kurd . . . Indira finally got through to her Kurd Brothers & Uncle via satellite phone on their way north home from Baghdad . . . with the Army in their Hum/Vee . . .

Questions & Answers:

 (Q) Is the r/v ready to go? (A) Yes, finally! [Then some grumbling] / could have / & should have been announced by now, if not for the damn Politicians! . . .
 (Q) Has it been announced anywhere in country publicly? (A) No, only the *need-to-know’s* are supposed to knows about this. But leaks are inevitable . . .
 (Q) Do you know when it will be announced publicly? (A) Umm . . . last we heard Al-Gailani will make the announcement @ 10 hundred to 11 hundred hrs. Sunday morning. [That’s this Sunday @ 2 to 3 AM east coast US time] . . .
 (Q) Do you know the rate? (A) .93 -.95 Euro, [More grumbling / we wanted .98 but decided to compromise] . . .
 (Q) On your trip have you seen more *Oil - Survey* type crews or vehicles than usual . . . (A) Well yes, *BUT* why do you ask?
We have information that oil exploration has accelerated . . .
(Reply) Can’t keep any secrets over her / can we?
(Indira) Why do you say that?
(Reply) Well, information is flying around here that we may have 4-5 times the oil that were thought to have . . .

GO-SUSIE-GO / this pans your info out to the ounce!

I've been asked again, and again, my % read on all this . . . several days ago . . . I was a firm 85% / due mostly to being a bit over-cautious / and that my sources are third hand . . . I am now up to 92.5% . . .

My other 7.5% still nags @ me . . . because this is a huge leap on their part . . . Of course I will zip skyward to 100% when I see the CBI exchange rate . . .

Another point . . . perhaps we should not ALL try to access the CBI site Sun @ [ 3-5 am east coast ], I don’t know if their site could handle 10K people continuous clicking *re-fresh* a trillion times over a two hour period . . . perhaps 1-2-3 *night owl* people should do this and let us all know . . . Common interest / the last thing we want to do is crash their site . . .

And another point . . . we need eyes on the ground for final confirm . . . My Info is third hand / I think much of Susie’s is 3rd hand / and I’m sure she has a lot of 2nd hand / but it would be excellent if someone could drop by the CBI and peer in a window and see if they have a **GIANT RE-VAL-TODAY** fluorescent sign blinking away . . .

When I have more / you’ll get it . . . RR

Holy Crap! Gotta go back to the "Crazy" Thread!

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