Thread: This Week Par W/dollar

Originally Posted by Howzy

OR........she is once again jumping to another forum and figured she'd leave here with a bang.

Where is your contribution?? If you don't like it here your free to leave! We promise not to miss you!



Amanda

Originally Posted by shotgunsusie

WATCH IRAQI TELEVISION TELL YOUR CONTACTS IN IRAQ!!!
WORD IS THAT THE PM IS ANNOUNCING THE REVALUE BY THE END OF THIS WEEK ON TELEVISION, PAR WITH THE DOLLAR.

You go Susie Girl, I put my armidillo helmet on to keep out all the negative vibes. I will sheild you from them.

Kerby Team
(keith/ruby)

Originally Posted by archangel

You better stop while your ahead, these kind of comments don't fly here.

I agree, especially when Gotti's looking me in the eye while saying it!!! Archangel, glad you're back!

Originally Posted by pizzagal

Not When. But Where. Every Bank I Have Call Say No. Help.

When the dinar is trading on the forex I would assume all banks will exchange it. Not untill then. Even the money exchanges in airports will exchange it.

B of A will then be your best friend as will all the other banks.

Originally Posted by billknows

This could really be it!!!!!!!!

SGS has gone out on a limb before and she's been harshly criticized when her predictions haven't come to pass.

She won't risk being wrong again! She will have checked and 'double checked' her sources so as not to be caught looking foolish. You know the old saying, 'Fool me once... shame on you - fool me twice... shame on me!'

We MUST assume that this is a 'ROCK SOLID' lead!!!!!!!!!

you misquoted our ever-the-eloquent commander-in-chief. what he really said was, "There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again." —President George W. Bush

Originally Posted by $onedaysoon$

I need some help people, I posted a link to Iraqi TV sites. Does anyone have that link? its on my shop computer and I'm at home for the day

https://www.jumptv.com/en/channel/ashurtv/



This one above you can watch and then after they charge, I think!

The ones below are on the INTERNET…



Live TV Online: Find International Television Live Online from JumpTV (IPTV) | JumpTV 3.0 | en



Click on the Middle Eastern part like Iraq Area; and the stations will be on the right side, you can sample the stations there!



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http://www.alsumaria.tv/

Iraq's economic strides

Iraq's economic strides09/01/2007

Did you know that Iraqi real-estate prices have gone up several hundred percent since the fall of Saddam Hussein?

That Iraqi workers' salaries have increased more than 100 percent in that time?
That the number of cars in violence-torn Baghdad has grown by 500 percent in the same period?

That the Iraqi construction, retail and wholesale trade sectors are all growing at a healthy pace?

Chances are that you are astonished by these facts. I certainly was when I read them in an article by Silvia Spring in the end-of-the-year edition of Newsweek International.

The piece is titled "Iraq's Economy is Booming"[and it's a revelation. It goes on to mention that the number of registered businesses has increased from 8,000 to 34,000 in three years; that the number of cell phone subscribers has increased from 1.4 million to 7.1 million; that the stores are stocked with goods, and that consumers are buying them; that taxes have been cut, government revenues are up and that oil revenues and foreign grants are estimated at $41 billion for the year just ended.

Moreover, "Iraq's official economic institutions are making progress," the Kurdish region in the north is booming and with the oil fields in the south increasingly secure, oil production revenues are projected to grow substantially. The Global Insight firm,which tracks international economic activity, estimates Iraq's GDP growth at 17 percent for 2005 and projected 13 percent for 2006. The World Bank's estimate is lower (four percent for 2006), but the fact that there is any economic growth at all in Iraq will come as a shock to most people.

The article does not gloss over the country's many problems-- the raging sectarian violence foremost among them. Unemployment is estimated at a minimum of 30 percent, but even here there is a silver lining as foreign investment from neighboring countries is pouring into Iraq because of cheap labor. The author notes that "there is a vibrancy at the grassroots that is invisible in most international coverage of Iraq."
You can say that again.

It is understandable (if deplorable) that the "mainstream" media (with the honorable exception of Newsweek International) would be unaware of these facts or uninterested in publicizing them.

But what about the Bush administration? Why has the Bush team not put on a full-court press to inform the public about these signs of progress in Iraq?

The American people are, understandably, demoralized by three and a half years of largely negative media coverage of Iraq. Most do not want a pullout from Iraq, however; they want victory.


http://www.iraqdirectory.com/DisplayNews.aspx?id=2910

now would be a good time for RR or OSW to contact their Kurd contacts for corroboration.... P-p-p-p-please!

What if you can watch the arabic television....Who can understand it? I need a translated version.

Originally Posted by archangel

Even rock solid leads fall through, At least Susie shares what she hears, unlike some others out there.
We love ya Susie - no matter what

I can really appreciate this comment Archangel. If, for whatever reason, this rumor falls thru, it doesn't mean it was not credible or factually based. I truly believe a reval was planned, at least once, in the past, and was postponed for their own reasons. There is no way, they meant to keep this currency at this rate, for such a long period of time. One thing that took MUCH longer than anticipated was the debt forgiveness, which certainly affects a reval and all other economic decisions.

Some feel that there is no way, news of an impending reval would be leaked to the public. (The news over the last 30 days has clearly stated a reval....just not how much). In Iraq's case, I can see two MAJOR reasons why a leak of a reval would be approved:

1) The extremely high exchange rate, grossly affects the abilities of the local businesses. Iraq is a net importer, to an extreme extent. Most all ingredients, parts, components, etc. that a merchant would need to sell their goods are imported and therefore affected by the high exchange rate. If I were a merchant who recently imported a large amount of goods, only to have a reval the next day, I would be furious.

2) Individuals and businesses that have managed to save money and kept or converted the savings to USD. There would be a MAJOR rebellion if the CBI suddenly revalued the IQD without giving the higher net worth people a chance to convert their USD to IQD. Not allowing this courtesy to the poor would be even worse.

There has been a well organized effort to imply that a reval is coming over the last 30 days or so, through all Iraqi media outlets. The news over the last two days is as strong as you can get, without stating a time and amount. Iraq HAD to leak out news of an impending reval for the above reasons, just to name two.

I bet Susie's rumor is not as much a rumor. The question is.....Will Iraq execute the plan at THIS time, as is planned, OR, will they postpone it again???

....Sorry Archangel, for highjacking your post.