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BillyArizona

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  • Birthday 10/22/1968

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  1. I think given the chance he knows he can rig the votes. Oh wait , that never happens.
  2. Just a little fuel for the fire. I was told years ago when I got into this from someone that went to school with a relative of Ali from Dinar Trade that it would be worth .86 when they revalued it. But then again after that I listened to Okie and beleived that bull ontil I found this site. Anyway you look at it and I have from all angles just like most of you. This is the most good news I have read thus far.
  3. Good job once again Adam. I for one appreciate your input.
  4. $32.00 for 20 rounds of .223? I didnt bother looking at any other caliber. That would have to be some real special rounds for that price.
  5. Thanks Adam.Its getting exciting again.
  6. Wow it says *************rumor*************** and I still clicked on it. uggg I need to get a life. I sometimes just need some intertainment I guess. Its like the old soap operas my mom would watch everyday when I was a kid. It just keeps you comming back.
  7. Troops gone, U.S. increasingly sidelined in Iraq • Middle East Turmoil » Residents gather at the site of a bomb attack in al-Mouafaqiyah, a village near Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, December 17, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Khalid al-Mousuly By Barry Malone and Peter Apps BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON | Thu Dec 20, 2012 7:42am EST (Reuters) - When a group of Americans and their heavily armed guards arrived at the Turkish embassy for a party in September, Iraqi police outside blocked their path. Unless they surrendered the weapons held by their security detail in accordance with embassy policy, the Iraqis said, the delegation of U.S. diplomats would not be allowed in. What exactly happened next, two sources who were guests at the event say, is not entirely clear. At least one shot was fired, likely a warning shot by the Iraqi police. The Americans got back into their vehicles and disappeared into the night. After all of the violence and bombing of the last decade, the confrontation went barely noticed. But it points to the way the United States has watched its influence in Iraq dwindle. A year after U.S. troops withdrew from Iraq, American officials and their vehicles have all but disappeared from the streets of Baghdad. When U.S. officials emerge from their fortresslike embassy compound, they are clearly no longer the de facto rulers of the country they once were. Many keep themselves to themselves, preferring to fly over Baghdad rather than drive through it and increasingly avoiding contact with the government of Nouri-al Maliki. One U.S. official told Reuters he had not left the compound in almost 3 years except to return to the United States for leave. "Americans?" said one Iraqi official asked about U.S.-Iraqi cooperation. "I'd like to see some." In Washington and other Western capitals, there are mounting worries a failure to negotiate a permanent U.S. military presence may leave them sidelined for good. To make matters worse, they worry Maliki's majority Shi'ite government is quietly moving ever closer to Washington's premier regional foe Tehran. Reports Tehran was using Iraqi airspace - and perhaps even airports and trucking routes - to supply weapons to ally Bashar al-Assad in his battle to retain control of Syria have only deepened that perception. For some, it is yet another sign that ousting the minority Sunni regime of Saddam Hussein and attempting to increase greater democracy was never truly in the U.S. interest. Washington says the relationship remains close. On December 6, U.S. and Iraqi officials met in Baghdad for their latest meeting on security cooperation, discussing military sales and regional crises such as Syria. Strains, however, remain clear. "Does Iran have influence? Absolutely. Do we have influence? Absolutely," one U.S. official told Reuters. "But the Iraqis are the first to say they are pursuing their own interests." The sprawling U.S. embassy - the largest in the world, almost the size of Vatican City and which cost some $750 million to build - was supposed to be a sign of an enduring presence. Instead, it has become a sign of how greatly Washington overestimated its post-war clout. TROOP AGREEMENT FAILURE Current and former U.S. officials say it is not all bad news. Increasing Iraqi oil output has provided enough additional supply to the global oil market to allow the United States and Europe to ratchet up sanctions on Iran. The conflict in Syria, some argue, shows how bad Iraq's ultimate collapse might have been had Saddam Hussein not been removed in 2003. That Washington would find its influence waning was, they say, always inevitable. "I don't know why we have been surprised," says Douglas Ollivant, a former U.S. Army officer then National Security Council director for Iraq under both George W. Bush and Barack Obama, now a senior fellow at the New America Institute. "Now Iraq is less dependent on us, it is going its own way." Even as late as last year, those with knowledge of events say U.S. officials simply never envisaged Washington would be left with no troops at all left in Iraq. Having initiated a "status of forces" agreement in 2008 at the height of the "surge" launched to smother rampant insurrection, they always believed Maliki's government would acquiesce. "We'll get a deal, We'll get a deal," was always their response," said one non-U.S. diplomat. Most U.S. and Iraqi sources believe the Iraqi leader would have liked just that. But, they say, both sides ended up talking themselves into a corner and the ultimate sticking point - Washington's desire its troops retain immunity from local prosecution - was too much. DOOR OPENING AGAIN? "A status of forces agreement would have been good," says Jim Jeffrey, U.S. ambassador to Baghdad until last year and now a fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. "And we should have got one. But getting any Arab parliament to agree to (immunity for U.S. troops) was always going to be difficult. The only example would have been the 2008 agreement, and that was only because they needed us so badly." Private U.S.-hired security contractors were now providing many of the functions - such as military training - that would have been provided by U.S. forces, he said. After hitting a low point last year, U.S. officials say they believe the relationship is now once again improving. "The door was almost closed on us, they kept it open a crack because they had to; now it is halfway open, maybe more, and they are throwing it open further," said the U.S. official. "They are asking for cooperation across the board." But there seems little doubt other countries in the region saw the U.S. departure as something of a defeat. "The Western governments have certainly lost weight," said one Arab diplomat based in Baghdad. "There are no troops. Their war here is gone. The only reason they remain here is because they want to do business and they want oil contracts. But, even there, the special treatment is gone." For all the talk of U.S. oil firms benefiting from the Iraq invasion, the Americans have been almost completely frozen out. Instead, concessions have gone to Chinese and other firms - although Exxon in particular continues to step up its operations in the Kurdish dominated north. "NEVER OURS TO LOSE" In general, U.S. officials and their Iraqi counterparts have tried to manage their differences in private. But the fact the Obama administration was willing to brief U.S. reporters on suspected Iranian weapons shipments to Syria suggests some may have simply decided they have little goodwill left to lose. "It's clear that Maliki has higher priorities than his relationship with the United States," says Stephen Biddle, professor of political relations and international affairs at George Washington University and a former adviser to U.S. generals in Iraq. "We clearly pressured Maliki to prevent the overflights and he refused." Simply painting Maliki's Iraq as an Iranian proxy, however, was hugely over-simplistic, he said. On Syria, both Maliki and leaders in Tehran had a vested interest in supporting fellow Shi'ite Assad against a largely Sunni uprising. On other matters, however, he is seen increasingly playing Washington and Tehran off against each other. Some in Washington fear Maliki might go too far, alienating his own Sunni and Kurdish minorities, particularly with President Jalal Talabani, an Iraqi Kurd, now ill and leaving the country for medical treatment. What the U.S. may have to accept, however, is that there may now be little it can now do to shape events. "We never had as much influence in Iraq as either our friends believed or our adversaries charged," said David Mack, another veteran former State Department official with did two stints as a diplomat in Iraq. "Some Americans were guilty of imperial hubris... In reality, Iraq was never ours to lose." (Additional reporting by Patrick Markey in Baghdad; editing by Ralph Boulton) (Reporting By Peter Apps; editing by Ralph Boulton)
  8. You will have to forgive my spelling I'm writing from my phone. I just wanted to add my two cents. I think your idea is a wounderful one and as a Christian man myself I admire what you are trying to do . I put myself in your shoes and thought what I would do. I think I would try using the system for your benefit. Open up a non profit and sell to the highest bidder for royalties. Let them charge what they want and take your cut threw the non profit to put back into the price of the product to lower it as much as possible. People still go to work the company makes a profit and you give them to people as. Jeep as possible. As an air conditioning contractor I know the local power.company here gives incentives for homeowners who purchase high efficiency air conditioning units as well as other energy saving devices so that could also help reduce costs. Also now the company that bought your idea holds the liability. I hope that this may be of some help. I will pray for you and your associates.
  9. Thank you for the heads up Tennessee Cherokee. I will try to replace my number with my email.
  10. I'm new to posting but not new to this site. I have been reading and lurking for over 2 years now and I think this is the best site out there. Lots of good people. My dinar are priced rite and I hope to sell them quick. I am in Phoenix Arizona and can meet or ship and I will pay shipping. I would like to add my phone number if anyone is interested you can text or call to make it easier. 602-677-9939
  11. I have been comming on here almost dayly for a little over two years now. I feel I know a lot of you good people and very happy this site is here for us Dinar addicts. I do feel this is comming to an end here in the next few months. Good bad or indifferent im in it till something happens and will be very happy when its over. I pray no one gets hurt regardless of the outcome. Thats the fear I have after reading how many people on these sites are putting so much faith in this to happen. So that brings me to my story hahah. I would like to sell one million of my dinar due to well I can use the money. Im not giving up by any means. I will have enough and I can get more when I catch up. So if anyone can tell me the proper way of going about this I would appreciate the assistance.
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