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To LOP or not to LOP!! Geez, the CBI says YES, we LOP, the GOV says NO, we don't. We'll see who wins. My opinion is that if the draft does not have at least a small RV included, the GOV will not approve it. It says clearly in the initial article that started this thread. And YES, LOP is in the cards. So, what?

I say 1.17 after Investment Law and Oil Law are passed. No date, cause we know they may take th whole year to pass these two laws....

Something caught my eye in this article: ..".including a project to renew the strategic projects and services and the reconstruction of buildings and vital infrastructure and implemented in all parts of Iraq including Kurdistan." Okay, so what project is he talking about? BECAUSE THIS ..."especially since this project will have a significant impact in economic and social development of the country and the advancement of reality service, noting that the value of a project is 70 billion dollars and the equivalent Iraqi dinar from the date of issuance of the law. ...kinda says we will have a different rate on IQD....what? He does not know what's the rate and can't calculate the equivalent of the 70 billions?? Is the value going to change BEFORE OR ON the date of the issuance of the law?? Does anyone else see the same thing I see, or it is just wishful thinking??

Not yet, jooced.... He said midnight tonight - tomorrow here in the US.... "Actually I meant that when CBI changes on Tuesday night PST in the US (actually WED) we'll be there. I'm praying for all of us. POURITFORWARD" Read more:

wow...this is hilarious!!

CBI: The average per capita income of $ 4400 per year and will arrive in 2016 for nine thousand dollars Palm - expect the CBI to reach the average income of the Iraqi citizen in 2016 to nine thousand dollars. The central bank adviser said the appearance of Mohammed Saleh said that the average per capita income will reach after six years to nine thousand dollars a year, after contributing to economic development activities in the development plan as submitted by the Government. Saleh added that the average per capita income at the present time up to 4400 dollars, stressing that Iraq needs to invest capital to be able to cope with problems that hinder the economic cooperation in the country. He pointed out that the promotion of development will raise the production capacity and the active center of the high income of the Iraqi individual, and will enhance the ability of GDP and does the purchasing power in the market economy. The United Nations reports have indicated that more than seven million Iraqis are living below the poverty line in the country, despite an increase in the size of Iraq's oil exports to 2.5 million barrels a day.

BINGO!! When Estonia did it at the beginning of the year, also it showed later in January on the UN site...

You are so full of ****, you stink. Get off this site and go back to IIF. There is where a foul language like yours is accepted. Haha..."stir the pot"...'youngest billionaire"...I know bankers that are 100% idiots. Don't make me go there... Get off that stuff you are smoking, it is too strong for you, kiddo!!

Yep!! ..and I also believe the naysayers are working for Shabibi - to make us sell at 1170!!

Thanks for posting, blueskygal! Let the bashers bash away, as they just discovered themselves a new hobby. We'll wait it out until tomorrow...not big deal. Thank you for sharing.

I would look at making a move after HCL is passed and Chapter 7 is lifted. If THEN nothing happens, yes, I would get rid of some of my dinars. But the budget just passed. As Maliki was saying to the demonstrators, they did not even get a chance to start spending, invest & such...he asked for 6 months. I am giving him the 6 months for the dinar to RV...

Tensions flare in Iraq rallies Thousands gather in Baghdad and northern Iraq demanding improved services and an end to corruption and food scarcity. Hundreds of Iraqis have converged on Baghdad's Liberation Square as part of an anti-government rally named the Day of Rage, organised mainly through the social networking website Facebook. About 2,000 protesters are said to have already gathered on Friday, which comes after weeks of scattered protests around the country calling for an end to corruption, shortages of jobs, food, power and water. Iraqi army helicopters buzzed overhead, while trucks took up posts throughout the square, where a groups of protesters shouted ``No to unemployment,'' and ``No to the liar al-Maliki,'' referring to Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki. Jane Arraf, reporting from Baghdad, said that a violent standoff was happening between protesters and police. The protests also stretched from the northern city of Mosul to the southern city of Basra, reflecting the widespread anger many Iraqis feel at the government's seeming inability to improve their lives. A crowd of protesters in the northern city of Hawija, 240km north of Baghdad, tried to break into the city's municipal building, according to Ali Hussein Salih, the head of the local city council. That prompted security forces to fire into the air. "We had given our instructions to police guards who are responsible for protecting this governmental building not to open fire, only if the demonstrators broke into the building," he said. Three demonstrators were killed and 15 people wounded, according to Fattah Yaseen, the Hawija police chief. In Mosul, hundreds of protesters gathered in front of the provincial council building, demanding jobs and better services, when guards opened fire, a police official said. A police and hospital official told the Associated Press that two protesters were killed and five people wounded. Thousands demonstrate Black smoke could later be seen billowing from the building. While in the south, a crowd of about 4,000 people demonstrated in front of the office of Governor Sheltagh Aboud al-Mayahi in the port city of Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, located 550km southeast of Baghdad. They knocked over one of the concrete barriers and demanded his resignation, saying he had done nothing to improve city services. They appeared to get their wish when Major General Mohammad Jawad Hawaidi, the commander of Basra military operations, told the crowd that the governor had resigned in response to the demonstrations. State television announced that the prime minister asked the governor to step down but made no mention of the protests. Around 1,000 demonstrators also clashed with police in the western city of Fallujah, located 65km west of Baghdad, witnesses said. The demonstrations have been discussed for weeks on Facebook and in other Internet groups, inspired by the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt. While demonstrations in other Middle Eastern countries have focused on overthrowing governments, the protests in Iraq have centered on corruption, the country's chronic unemployment and shoddy public services like electricity. "We want a good life like human beings, not like animals," said Khalil Ibrahim, a protester in Baghdad. Recent protests Like many Iraqis, he railed against a government that locks itself in the highly fortified Green Zone, home to the parliament and the US. embassy, and is viewed by most of its citizens as more interested in personal gain than public service. "The government of the Green Zone is terrified of the people's voice,'' he said. Iraq has seen a number of small-scale protests across the country in recent weeks. While most have been peaceful, a few have turned violent and at least seven people have been killed. The biggest rallies have been in the northern Kurdish city of Sulaimaniyah, 260km northeast of Baghdad, against the government of the self-ruled region. But Iraqi religious and government officials appeared nervous over the possibility of a massive turnout for Friday's rally, and have issued a steady stream of statements trying to dissuade people from taking part. On the eve of the event, Nouri al-Maliki urged people to skip the rally, which he alleged was organised by groups loyal to former ruler Saddam Hussein, and al-Qaeda. Source: Al Jazeera and agencies

Planning: The percentage of completion of the previous annual plans were not convincing 24/02/2011 24/02/2011 بغداد – الصباح BAGHDAD - morning ا Confirmed the Iraqi Ministry of Planning, the percentage of completion of the previous annual project plans were not convincing to raise the level of economic development. The spokesman said ministry spokesman Abdel Zahra al-Hindawi's (Rn): The "annual plans that were developed by the Ministry of Planning earlier had not been implemented properly because of political problems, economic and security issues facing the country, which resulted in non-high level of economic development in the country." "The developed countries shall work according to long-term plans are reconciled with the fact that Iraq's work on the annual plans because of the inability of state institutions to work to the implementation of long-term plan." The Iraqi government has launched last July the National Development Plan for the next five years, from 2010 to 2014, which is expected to include nearly 2700 projects in various sectors, worth up to $ 186 billion. Hindawi pointed out that "there are real problems faced complete plans in the previous phase, which make our assessment to be completed is not convincing and Aitlaem ambitious with the ministry." He said the CBI that five-year plan adopted by the Iraqi government dominated by the nature of the theoretical and more practical to address the constraints on the government for implementation during the fastest time to advance the rate of economic development in the country. He explained that "Iraq will continue in the future to complete the five-year plan that the security and political situation have become better than previous years and no need to follow the plans Stratejp annual." Confirmed that the Ministry of Planning and Development Cooperation that five-year plan in Iraq is still in the first way and can not be judged from now on. The Iraqi Government has allocated $ 186 billion five-year plan to implement the $ 100 billion of public budgets of the country and the remaining $ 86 billion of investment projects, domestic and foreign . As announced by the Federal Ministry of Planning that the percentage of economic growth that will arrive in accordance with the strategic plan set by the ministry to 47 percent after it is completed in 2014. The International Monetary Fund had said earlier that the economic growth of Iraq has been slower than expected during the year 2010 in the Economic Review of the Fund, due to expected growth in oil production. AsSabah

I totally agree with you. If he would have said anything about it, it would've had to RV immediately. That's what I meant actually with my initial comment.

Sadr's word is heavy - he is seen as a patriot by many in Iraq. It is good that he's calling for "protest to be deferred for six months to give the government a chance to implement reforms". Can you imagine what would have happened if he would have come back and say - let's take the gov down"? We know he could have done that too - he's got the weapons and the people to do it. I think it is all good.