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Special Report - Between Iraq and a rich place Thu 27 May, 2010 07:08 By Nick Carey and Aseel Kami BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The first hint that Christopher "Kiffer" Andress is not just your average CEO is the 9mm automatic pistol at his right hip. "Regardless of the situation today, our security measures haven't changed since 2007 at the height of the violence here," said the head of AISG Inc on a tour of the firm's yard in Baghdad where Iraqi workers were turning abandoned cargo containers into temporary housing units and storage rooms. He looked down at the gun for a moment then grinned. "So far, I've never had a reason to use it." Andress is accompanied by two bodyguards who both also carry pistols and always keep the CEO a set distance between them, eyes constantly on the move. Some things haven't changed for AISG, a U.S. contractor based in Iraq for the past six years. But much like Iraq, the company faces a major transition. AISG has 500 employees, 80 percent of them Iraqis. The company provides construction, security and "life support" services -- food, water, waste management -- to a single employer: the U.S. military. But seven years after the U.S.-led invasion to topple Saddam Hussein, the U.S. military is on the verge of halving its numbers to 50,000 troops and preparing to leave Iraq -- where sectarian violence has abated but daily attacks and bombings are still a fact of life -- by the end of 2011. For AISG, which has its headquarters in Baghdad, and other firms like it employing 100,000 contractors here, that means looking for a new source of revenue. "For those contractors that have survived this far, the choice is clear," Andress said. "Either find a commercial line of business, or leave." Like Iraq, AISG is betting on the oil industry. The country has the world's third-largest known reserves and the current government has signed 11 ambitious oilfield development deals with major oil firms including Royal Dutch Shell, Italy's Eni, Exxon Mobil, Occidental Petroleum Corp and South Korea's KOGAS. In theory, those deals should take Iraq to second place among oil producing nations from 11th now and boost its capacity within seven years to just under Saudi Arabian levels of 12 million barrels per day from 2.5 million today. Whether Iraq could or should make that target, however, is an open question -- such a volume of oil could push prices down. What is not in doubt is a huge production boost is in the pipeline. "Most people, myself included, think the Iraq targets are very optimistic and some would argue that they are over-optimistic," said Samuel Ciszuk, an energy analyst at IHS Global Insight. "But unless things go very wrong in Iraq, it's going to be huge. "There's just no other way to say it: it's huge." RISING PROFILE The oil majors and their service companies are here or on their way, preparing vast projects to revamp Iraq's crumbling oilfield infrastructure and export facilities, plus build new capacity. For AISG, this means new business. It is already working with oil industry firms to get them registered in Iraq and aims to provide the same services as it has for the U.S. military because Iraq is still a dangerous place. "These companies want to know 'How do we execute these contracts without having to look over our shoulder?'" he said. "That's where we come in." The oil deals have also grabbed the attention of other investors because they could be the trigger needed for broader investment throughout the economy. "The oil deals really raised the profile of Iraq in the international business community," said Zaab Sethna, head of the Baghdad office of investment firm Northern Gulf Partners LLC. "When people see major household names sign huge deals to invest in Iraq, it really puts the country on the investment map." That interest, Sethna says, reflects the fact that after decades of war and sanctions, Iraq "needs practically everything". That could mean hundreds of billions of dollars in infrastructure projects. "The country is impoverished, but it has the potential to be rich." According to a November 2009 report from Dunia Frontier Consultants, after the energy sector more than 50 percent of nearly $160 billion in announced foreign investment projects last year involved commercial and residential real estate, plus "manufacturing, processing, service-sector and other productive infrastructure". Most of that investment remains in the pipeline -- hoped for rather than real -- but the time for investors to take the plunge may be close. Northern Gulf Partners looks for viable Iraqi investments of between $10 million (6.9 million pounds) and $30 million and helps Iraqi firms raise private equity for amounts above that. Where there is no local company providing a particular service, the firm sets up its own. Sethna said a heavy equipment leasing firm is in the works to provide machinery for the construction projects that lie ahead. In the short term, some investors are watching to see how Iraq's inconclusive March elections are resolved and whether the Iraqis can form a new government without a return to the wholesale sectarian violence that followed elections in December 2005. RESOURCE CROSSROADS Beyond the elections, the promise of oil money is also seen placing Iraq at a crucial crossroads -- where it must choose between remaining a centrally planned economy that uses oil wealth alone to provide jobs and homes for Iraqis, or use it to fund public private partnerships and help kick-start free-market reforms. Analysts say Iraq must diversify because its population is too large to be supported by oil money alone, making it dangerously reliant on high oil prices. Another problem is that the oil industry employs relatively few people. Although oil contributed around 56 percent of Iraq's gross domestic product in 2008, it employed only one percent of workers. "Even though oil will generate a lot of revenue, it's not going to generate a lot of employment," said a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak to the media. But becoming a free-market economy involves painful choices. To succeed, the next Iraqi government must reform a labyrinthine bureaucracy, simplify red tape that makes it hard for investors to do business here, plus battle endemic corruption. The Iraqis have found it relatively easy to dictate tough terms to the oil majors because the country's vast, high-quality and easily accessible reserves make it a rare and attractive prospect, but attracting investment beyond oil will take a lot of work. The next government also faces a politically sensitive problem posed by some 200 state-owned enterprises that produce little but employ 800,000 people. Officials like Sami al-Araji, chairman of Iraq's National Investment Commission, insist while it will not be easy, the government is committed to reform. "Everyone (in the government) wants to use oil to create a diversified economy," he said, adding, "not just a one-way- ticket economy." But this needs to be done quickly because U.S. officials and others fear once oil money, which accounts for 95 percent of state revenues here, really starts to flow the Iraqi government will find it easier to rely on that wealth than enact reform. "The choice is whether to become a petrostate or to open up the economy," said Patricia Haslach, the U.S. embassy's assistant chief of mission for assistance transition. "There is a small window of opportunity available to make this happen. Now is the time to focus on these issues." 'THE ONLY WAY IS UP' After decades of war and sanctions, Iraq is a mess. The country's infrastructure is damaged or crumbling. Seven years after the U.S.-led invasion, basic services like electricity and water are intermittent and inadequate. Iraq badly needs new roads, bridges, hospitals, schools, railways and much else besides. "This is a country that needs an awful lot of work done to it," said Gavin Jones, a partner at Upper Quartile, which advises firms on investing in Iraq. "Iraq has a very long way to go." The people here have also suffered. In an April 30 quarterly report to the U.S. Congress, the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) estimated some 7 million Iraqis live on less than $2 a day. The national unemployment rate is around 18 percent, but Mudher Kasim, a senior adviser at the Iraqi central bank, said including those employed at idle state-owned companies the real rate is 30 percent or more. The good news is the situation here has improved since the height two years ago of sectarian bloodshed between once dominant Sunnis and majority Shi'ites propelled into power by the invasion. According to the SIGIR April 30 report, security incidents in Iraq including all reported attacks on civilians and Iraqi or U.S. forces hit an average of 884 per month in the first quarter, compared with almost 5,800 incidents per month in 2007. "Back then, you wondered if you'd get through the day," said Loay Almaleika, CEO of internet service and phone company Itisaluna. "But we have passed rock bottom. The only way now is up." Backed by Middle Eastern investors, Itisaluna has spent $150 million to build its network and is close to breakeven point three years into the 15-year contract it purchased from the Iraqi government to provide data and voice services. The work has been tough, but Almaleika said much of the company's success has been down to its tenacious, informally trained engineers. "Our engineers know how to work without electricity," he said. "They know how to work under fire. They are capable of being Shi'ites when they need to be, or Sunnis or even Christians." "It's amazing what they can achieve." AN ECONOMIC GOVERNMENT Despite continuing attacks by insurgents, the improved security situation has left Iraqis longing for better services and economic growth. "If there were a good standard of living here, I wouldn't have to work outside my full-time job," said Hassan Abbas, 37, a school teacher who sells fruit on the street in Baghdad to supplement his income. "My salary is not enough and I have a family of four to support." Abu Salah al-Rubaie, 60, bemoaned the fact that many Iraqis have been left destitute. "We want the government to improve the quality of life here by improving services," he said. "We want them to find work for our jobless sons." Security specialists like Rohan Gunaratna, professor at the International Centre for Political Violence and Research in Singapore, note a marked mood shift among war-weary Iraqis as the security situation has stabilized and the Americans get ready to leave by the end-2011 deadline. "The Iraqi people are angry with the insurgents and they want peace and prosperity," Gunaratna said. "They also now realise the Americans didn't come here to stay or to take their oil, so they have a vested interest in making Iraq work." Polls ahead of the March election showed Iraqis want improved basic services and jobs. This was reflected in a shift in tone for the elections, with political parties promising to deliver just that. "The next government will be an economic government, not a political one," the central bank's Kasim said. "The Iraqi people are fed up with politics." LULL IN INTEREST But there's no getting away from either politics or oil. Iraq's massive reserves will play a key role for the next government and for luring foreign investors to Iraq. According to the November report by Dunia Frontier Consultants, investors announced $156.7 billion worth of projects in Iraq in 2009 through to November -- with the caveat that not all of those will necessarily come to fruition. Energy sector projects alone accounted for $73 billion of that total. Those deals have fuelled interest in Iraq, but the post-election mess has led some investors to pause. The cross-sectarian Iraqiya coalition, heavily supported by Sunni voters and led by former prime minister Iyad Allawi, took 91 seats in Iraq's 325-seat parliament in the March 7 election, just two ahead of the Shi'ite-led State of Law alliance of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. Neither had enough seats to form a government on their own. That has resulted in weeks of uncertainty, interspersed by bomb attacks such as the ones that killed 56 people near Shi'ite mosques in Baghdad on April 23 and attacks across the country on May 10 that killed more than 100. These have raised the spectre of renewed sectarian tensions. "There has been a little bit of a lull in interest because of the elections and uncertainty over who will form the next government," said David Tafuri, a lawyer at Patton Boggs LLP, who spent 15 months from mid-2006 in Iraq as the U.S. State Department's rule of law coordinator. "Once the government is formed we should see interest go up again." Some government officials, like the National Investment Commission's Araji, have been vocal about the need to court foreign investors. But one of the main problems and an obstacle to greater investment here is corruption. According to anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International's 2009 Corruption Perceptions Index, Iraq ranked 176th out of 180 countries, ahead of only Sudan, Myanmar, Afghanistan and Somalia. Nonetheless, analysts say the government has made some progress, including holding auctions for oilfield service deals on live television. "I was struck by how open the process was," said Rachel Ziemba, senior research analyst for China and the oil exporting economies at Roubini Global Economics in New York. "But in the current global economic climate there is a lot of competition for investment, so Iraq has to present itself as more of a sure thing than a gamble." Another issue investors complain of is the sheer volume of red tape they must wade through at multiple ministries to start a business. Each official interprets the rules differently. "We call this phenomenon the shifting sands of Baghdad," AISG's Andress said. The World Bank's Doing Business 2010 report ranks Iraq 153rd overall out of 183 countries, but 175th when it comes to starting a business. According to the report, it takes 77 days to start a business in Iraq compared with an average of 13 days among the member countries of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. Araji says the government is trying to create a "one-stop shop" whereby all procedures for setting up in Iraq will be under one office. But he said the country's massive centrally planned bureaucracy -- with its myriad different offices -- was slowing that process down. "It is not easy to penetrate that centrally guided way of thinking," he said. "Some bureaucrats live in their own world and don't want to give up their power. "It's not that anyone is against free-market reforms, everyone is in favour of them in theory," Araji added. "But making it a reality and making everyone understand what the free market is will take some time." Kamal Field al-Basri, an economist who compiled the Iraqi section of the World Bank's Doing Business 2010 report, said a lack of qualified personnel at government ministries is also a major problem. According to a study he compiled, in 2008 Iraq government ministries only used 68 percent of the funds allocated to them. "The problem is that while they have the money, they are not able to execute," he said. Basri also warned of what he called "muhasaseh" once the next government is formed -- whereby new ministers will replace skilled technocrats with their own loyalists. "That will contribute to the low performance of the next government," he said. PRODUCTION SHARING Most Gulf Arab producers are on a long drive to diversification and have used the oil income windfall they received during oil's 2002-8 rally to build infrastructure and heavy industry as they look to wean themselves off dependence on oil revenues. Oil price falls in the past have forced them to cut state spending, which provides generous benefits for citizens. Many of Iraq's near neighbours such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have a mixture of free-market and state-planned economies, with the private sector confined to services and smaller industries and the state running oil, gas and heavy industry. In Iraq's case, for decades oil was used to prop up the rest of the economy. As it currently provides nearly all state revenue and the state employs some 60 percent of the workforce, some fear the government will stick to that easy path. Countries that have become too dependent on oil have suffered for it. Russia, for instance, has become too reliant on oil and other commodities, while Nigeria's failure to use its oil wealth wisely has resulted in intense poverty in its oil-producing delta. Roubini's Ziemba said Iraq's large population of some 29 million is simply too big to be able to rely on oil in the long run. "Government subsidies are not really sustainable in the long run because to make that model work you need ever-increasing oil prices and ever increasing production," she said. "The oil buys the Iraqi government a little time as it has allowed them to avoid having to cut back on fiscal spending, but it won't support them forever." While U.S. officials say that using oil revenues to create a free-market, diversified economy is what Iraq needs, it is also a matter for a sovereign Iraq to make that call. "It's not like in the days of the Coalition Provisional Authority (in 2003-4) where we could tell the Iraqis to fix this, or fix that," said the U.S. embassy's Haslach. "Now we have to persuade them that something is in their own best interest. "It's really up to the Iraqi government." "It's their oil and their resource." Araji and other reformers talk of using oil to prime the pump through public private partnerships that would entice foreign investors into Iraq to help rebuild the country. He says he has a wish list of 750 infrastructure projects worth $600 billion -- most but not all of which are included in a five-year economic plan approved by the government -- which would include power generation, roads, bridges, hospitals, water treatment and housing. "How many projects we will get will depend on how clever and how open we are," he said. The National Investment Commission's plan for the roughly 200 dilapidated state-owned enterprises will be based on "production sharing". Under this model these firms will not be sold but investors will be asked to restructure and operate them, then share the profits with the government. France's Lafarge, the world's largest cement maker, recently launched a $200 million renovation of an Iraqi cement plant under just such an arrangement, potentially a watershed for non-oil investment in post-invasion Iraq. "I think the majority of our state-owned enterprises can be salvaged in this way," Araji said. Ingo Sahlmann, CEO of construction company GSI Business Services and vice president of the International Business Council of Iraq, said that based on the experiences of eastern Europe following the fall of communism, many of those companies are beyond saving. "But because they employ 800,000 people it's too politically sensitive just to shut some of them down," he said. "So the government will try to find a way to save as many jobs as possible and hope the construction boom will provide work for the others." Timothy Moore is the CEO of FastIraq, which is working to connect Iraq's fibre-optic network to the rest of the world and thus improve its communications and internet access. The network is owned by the government and FastIraq has already secured connections through Turkey and Kuwait, plus will connect via Jordan by the fall and via a submarine cable by the end of the year. Moore says that negotiating a deal with the Iraqi government was a "painfully slow process" and involved the state retaining ownership of the fibre-optic network. "It took a long time, but it's the Iraqi government's resource and the model works," he said. "The government is working out these things as it goes and is taking its time to try to get it right. It's worth sticking around to see that happen." "Iraq is the world's leading emerging market right now," Moore added. "If you can't get excited about that then you don't understand what you're looking at." (Additional reporting by Simon Webb, Khalid al-Ansary and Michael Christie; editing by Janet McBride) http://www.iii.co.uk/news/?type=reutersnews&articleid=TRE64Q1G1&feed=Bus&action=article

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25 May 2010 Security Council SC/9934 Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York Security Council 6320th Meeting (AM) ‘Difficult to Overstate Importance’ of 7 March Legislative Elections in Iraq; RepresentS Firm Rejection of Violent Forces, Objectives Security Council Told Head of UN Mission Also Draws Attention to ‘Chilling Number’ of Violent Incidents; Iraq Says Delay in Forming Government Being Used by Terrorists to Advance Interests While serious dangers still threatened Iraq, the successful legislative elections provided an opportunity to further strengthen the country’s sovereignty and reconciliation, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative told the Security Council this morning. “It is difficult to overstate the importance of this milestone,” Ad Melkert, who is also the head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), said about the 7 March polls. “It represents a firm rejection by the vast majority of the Iraqi electorate of the violent forces and their objectives,” he said, adding that in the post-election period he observed a common feeling that there was no alternative to respecting the constitutional basis for governmental transition, even though time was a concern. The success of the elections, as well as the confirmation of the count after a recount in Bagdad, was a matter of pride to all United Nations staff, he said, who had tirelessly stood by the Independent High Electoral Commission in the delivery of the historical result and were now supporting the necessary parliamentary and constitutional processes, as well as further elections, that lay ahead. On the other hand, he drew attention to the “hard fact that a chilling number of violent incidents” had left over 2,000 Iraqis dead and 5,000 injured so far in 2010, including yesterday’s assassination of a newly elected member of Parliament, saying that it was imperative that the international community condemn and isolate the perpetrators in order to create a political environment conducive to meaningful dialogue and power-sharing. He explained that in Iraq’s political system, the election result alone was not a direct guarantee for the choice of Prime Minister. For that reason, UNAMI was encouraging the winning parties to meet and to converge around agreements guided by inclusiveness, power-sharing and a time-bound process for the formation of a government. Another major challenge, he said, was meeting the high expectations that progress on the political and security front would translate into economic growth and creation of jobs and drastic improvement in living conditions. Shortages were still everywhere and life expectancy was 15 years less than in Syria. Displacement was still rampant. Unfortunately, reconstruction and reform had often been piecemeal to this point and little attention was being paid to social priorities in the post-election period. That must change, or the democratic gains would be undermined, he warned. Turning to actions of the United Nations in that regard, he said the signing of the first United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) on 11 May marked a milestone toward longer term economic and human development planning for Iraq, centred on the priorities outlined in the Secretary-General’s report (see background). The framework for a related trust fund was being discussed with all partners, with the aim of making it operational by 2011. He said that the gradual government formation process offered opportunities to advance some key outstanding issues, including those crucial for reconciliation. UNAMI’s impartial outreach aimed at reconciliation between different communities and interests in the province of Ninewa had generated a possibility of tangible results in the near future. The Mission was facilitating meetings between the Ninewa Governorate and the Kurdistan Regional Government as a basis for progress in clarifying responsibilities in security policies for Ninewa, the issue of Arab detainees held in Kurdistan, strengthening protection of minorities and ending the absence of representatives from the Kurdish Fraternal List in the Ninewa provincial council and administration. He hoped that those first signs of change in atmosphere would bode well for addressing the outstanding issues concerning all “disputed areas” that still cast their shadow on the stability and future of Iraq. To that end, the Mission was exploring the possibility of expanding the work of the High Level Task Force. He advised all parties to focus the expanded agenda on: principles guiding the management, development and revenue-sharing of oil production throughout Iraq, including the Kurdistan Region and Kirkuk province; achieving consensus on the future arrangements concerning Kirkuk province; clarification of the relevant administrative roles and responsibilities with regard to “disputed” territories; and practical modalities for joint security arrangements. In regard to regional reconciliation and normalization of Iraq within the region and the wider international community, he said it was important to exit Chapter VII as soon as possible. There was some concern that signs of ambiguity seemed to stand in the way of advancing good relations with Kuwait. Re-affirmation by Iraq of the border demarcated in 1993 and affirmed in Council resolution 833 (1993) was indispensable for finding a solution to other outstanding issues, counting on the reassurance by the Government of Kuwait that normalizing relations was of mutual interest. Reconciliation also required a strong commitment to uphold human rights, which were still under tremendous pressure, he said. He urged in that regard the authorities in Baghdad and Erbil to take very seriously the alarm sounded by the International Federation of Journalists about violence against journalists in Iraq. UNAMI was also concerned at reports of ill-treatment and torture in secret detention places. Stemming trends of ongoing violence required both effective security forces and consistent application of the law in order to avoid a vicious cycle of infringement of elementary rights. Turning to the upcoming drawdown of United States Forces, he said that drawdown would affect the ability to provide adequate protection to United Nations staff, as having the full range of security services provided by the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) would take some time. That necessitated a combination of security options during the transitional period including: improving the United Nations’ own capability; gradually increasing reliance on the ISF; additional support from Member States in providing more United Nations guards; and, as a last resort, judiciously outsourcing some security function. The United Nations in Iraq would also have to work towards becoming self-reliant in life support and logistical services, he said. Preparations for a new United Nations compound in Baghdad were under way, following the offer by the Government of a construction lot and a payment of the initial contribution of $25 million as part of a proposed 50 per cent share. He counted on the support of Member States to enable the United Nations to continue to be represented in Iraq with the current footprint and — if requested by Iraq — more than that. The alternative would be reduction of presence with a negative impact at a time when major tasks were still ahead. After Mr. Melkert’s presentation, Iraq’s representative Hamid al-Bayati said security incidents such as yesterday’s assassination occurred because terrorists were trying to use the vacuum created by the delay in the formation of the Government to advance their interests. As for Iraq’s relations with Kuwait, he assured the Council that Iraq was committed to implementation of all Council resolutions. He then went on to describe progress made in Iraq in the political, security, economic, social and international areas, saying that the success of the electoral process in Iraq was another achievement of the Government, the Security Forces and the Independent High Electoral Commission. He commended UNAMI for its advisory assistance and logistical support to the Independent High Electoral Commission. The political process in Iraq was ongoing and would continue, as political rivals turned to the law and the Constitution to find solutions to political problems. Among examples of successes achieved by the Iraqi Security Forces, he mentioned operations that had lead to the death of the Egyptian terrorist Abu Hamza Al-Muhajir and the capturing of Manaf abd al-Rahim Al Wawi, known as the “governor” of Baghdad. Despite new terrorist operations, the security environment had improved dramatically over the last few months. That improvement had led to the return of some 61,000 persons displaced abroad and internally as of 31 March. Since that time another 41,852 internally displaced had returned to their homes and 7,241 had returned from abroad. He also noted the signing of the UNDAF and said Iraq’s oil exports — some 2 million barrels a day — had been remarkably stable over the past months. The Oil Ministry was now preparing for the third round of bidding that would focus on investment in natural gas fields. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), in its 2010 report on humanitarian action, had mentioned the end of the acute emergency stage of the humanitarian crisis in Iraq. Addressing what he called the “exaggerated fanfare” over the existence of secret prisons in Iraq and torture of detainees, he pointed out that media reports had distorted the truth and insulted the Iraqi Government. The Prime Minster had ordered that all allegations be investigated. He also pointed to regional and international openness in Iraq, mentioning a number of visits by international envoys, diplomats and other high-level officials to Iraq and visits to neighbouring countries by Iraqi high-level officials. Iraq, he said, was still suffering from the Council-imposed sanctions regarding disarmament of weapons of mass destruction and denying Iraq the use of technological advances and research, he said. On 17 February, Iraq had declared that it would apply the Additional Protocol of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which it had signed in 2008, pending its entry into force. He therefore renewed his Government’s demand that the Council review, with a view towards lifting, the restrictions in resolutions 687 (1991) and 707 (1991). The meeting began at 10:12 a.m. and ended at 10:55 a.m., when Council members immediately began consultations on Iraq, as previously agreed. Background As the Security Council considered the situation in Iraq, it had before it the Secretary-General’s report pursuant to paragraph 6 of resolution 1883 (2009) (document S/2010/240) regarding the fulfilment of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) over the past three months. In his report, the Secretary-General states that the national elections for the Council of Representatives on 7 March were “a testament of the Iraqi people’s determination to exercise their democratic right to vote and elect a Government that will shape the country’s future for the next four years”. During the elections, there were relatively few incidents of violence and voter turnout was strong. UNAMI has assisted in drafting key electoral legislation, developing Electoral Commission rules and regulations and assisting in public outreach. All election complaints are being vetted by competent electoral and judicial bodies and UNAMI assisted the Independent High Electoral Commission in developing clear protocols and procedures to ensure that recounts are conducted in a transparent and efficient manner, according to the report. The coming months will be a critical period, as ongoing negotiations to form a new government intensify. The Secretary-General urges political leaders to move swiftly and work together in a spirit of national unity to build a cohesive and inclusive government and ensure that the transition is peaceful. Once the new government is formed, the Secretary-General continues, it will have to deal with major challenges such as national reconciliation, resolving outstanding Arab-Kurdish issues, sharing of natural resources, human rights, internally displaced persons and refugees and reconstruction and development. He writes that relations between the Kurdistan Regional Government and the Government of Iraq continue to be a significant factor for political stability. Leaving outstanding issues such as administrative boundaries, the control of oil resources and minority rights unresolved will impact negatively on the political and security situation in northern Iraq. Initiatives such as recent talks held through the High-level Task Force supported by UNAMI to facilitate cooperation in Ninewa Province can contribute to broader efforts to promote lasting reconciliation. There is a gradual shift to longer-term development, as reflected in the United Nations Development Assistance Framework and the Iraq Humanitarian Action Plan for 2010. In the spirit of the Millennium Development Goals and the Paris Declaration, according to the Secretary-General, the United Nations Development Assistance Framework will form an important platform for supporting Iraq’s new vision for the future. The United Nations Development Group Iraq Trust Fund window of the International Reconstruction Fund Facility for Iraq will be entering its final months for allocation of funds. Discussions are continuing regarding a new funding mechanism, as well as the Government’s imitative to develop the necessary framework for the establishment of a co-financing mechanism. In order to support development priorities in the Framework, the United Nations country team will inevitably require more resources from Member States. As regional cooperation is essential for Iraq’s long-term stability, the Secretary-General urges the Governments of Iraq and of neighbouring countries to pursue the resolution of all contentious issues between them, including land and maritime issues and the safe return of refugees. He hopes that Iraq will make a concerted effort to expeditiously fulfil its Chapter VII obligations, including those related to Kuwait, as that could help create a positive momentum within the Council when it reviews outstanding Chapter VII mandates on Iraq. In conclusion, the Secretary-General observes that Iraq remains an extremely complex operating environment for the Organization. The safety and security of United Nations personnel remains his chief concern, he writes, expressing gratitude to those Member States who continue to provide security and logistical support for the United Nations presence in Iraq. In view of the planned drawdown of the United States Forces for Iraq, UNAMI is considering alternative arrangements to ensure that its security and logistical requirement are met. If the United Nations is to maintain or increase its activities in Iraq, a significant increase in resources from Member States will be essential. http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2010/sc9934.doc.htm

May 26, 2010 · Posted in CHATS / POSTS Breitling DONT WORRY GUYS THEY WILL GET IT DONE projoe so for some reason i’m a little fearful that once this is ratified we still might not see an RV till the hcl is passed and they work on chapter 7 and sanctions and fixing things with kuwait projoe i hope i’m wrong Breitling YOU GUYS HAVE TO REMEMBER THE ONLY CHIP IRAQ HAS ON THE TABLE IS THE RV Breitling THEY ARE GOING TO USE IT TO GET OUT OF CHAPTER 7 JRCivic projoe, did you read Med and MM17’s chat from last night ??? Breitling IF NOT THEY ARE GOING TO RV IT ANYWAY Breitling JUST DIF RATE Breitling AND DIF PLAN TO GET OUT OF CHPATER 7 Breitling EITHER WAY WE ARE GOOD projoe yep but i might have missed something Roadrunner They can rv without chapt 7 lifted Breitling YES THEY CAN BUT THEY HAVE TO GET INTO TRADABLE STAT FROM THE UN Breitling BUT THE WHOLE CHPATER 7 DOES NOT HAVE TO BE LIFTED Breitling AM I MISTAKEN ABOUT THE THE UN LETTING THEM RV IF THEY WANTED TO Med THE U.N. HAS NO SAY IN IT Med THE IMF DOES Breitling SORRY I MEAN IMF Breitling THANKS Med THEY HAVE FINAL AUTHORITY ON ANY COUNTRY THAT REVALUES Med THEY JUST CAN’T FORCE ONE Med UNLESS Breitling DID’NT MEAN THE UN Med THEY HAVE AN SBA AGREEMENT WHERE THEY CONTROL THE MONETARY AND ECONOMIC POLICIES Med AND THEY DO WITH IRAQ Med AS THE IMF SAID Med FOR THE MOMENT Med THEY WILL LET CBI CONTINUE THE CURRENT POLICY Med BUT Med THE NEW ECONOMIC REFORMS WILL Med FORCE CBI TO REVALUE THE CURRENCY Med WHEN YOU ARE ON A FREE MARKET ECONOMY Med YOU MUST HAVE FREE TRADE Med AND FREE TRADE MEANS A TRADEABLE CURRENCY Medic chat: Dinar Speculator 5/26/10 Part 2 May 26, 2010 · Posted in CHATS / POSTS Med says to (16:55:43): NOTHING WE SAY OR DO WILL MAKE IT GO ANY FASTER Med says to (16:56:47): RIGHT NOW THIS IS EXCITING FOR ME Med says to (16:56:54): MY FAMILY ARE POLITICAL NUTS Med says to (16:57:16): I AM ONE OF THE FEW WHO DOES NOT HAVE A DEGREE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE Med says to (16:57:37): BUT FOR ABOUT 35 YEARS IT HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT POLITICS THAT WERE DISCUSSED Med says to (16:57:49): SO THIS FOR ME IS PRETTY COOL STUFF Med says to (16:57:59): IT WILL IRON ITSELF OUT Med says to (16:58:06): IN FACT IT IS Med says to (16:58:10): MALIKI IS LOSING SUPPORT Med says to (16:58:30): ALLAWI WAS STEADFAST AND DIDN’T GET INTO THE MEDIA RHETORIC Med says to (16:58:41): THAT THE RULE OF LAW WAS CONTINUOUSLY PUTTING OUT Med says to (16:58:48): AND WHAT HAPPENED Med says to (16:59:01): THOSE COALITIONS STARTED LOOKING AT HIS RECORD Med says to (16:59:24): THE COALITION THAT IS IN THE MEDIA ONLY AS PART OF HIS BLOC Med says to (16:59:29): SAID THEY CAN’T SUPPORT HIM Med says to (16:59:40): THAT HIS RECORD IS FULL OF PROMISES HE DID NOT KEEP Med says to (16:59:54): THE TURKEMAN TODAY SAID THEY WERE CONSIDERING NOW ALIGNING WITH ALLAWI Med says to (17:00:19): AND THE SADRISTS ARE UPSET BECAUSE THEY COULDN’T GET ANYTHING THEY WANTED FROM MALIKI FOR THEIR SUPPORT Med says to (17:00:30): SO TODAYS SCHEDULED MEETING WAS CANCELLED Med says to (17:01:19): AND I BELIEVE WE WILL SEE A QUICK RATIFICATION OF THE ELECTION RESULTS Med says to (17:01:20): BUT Med says to (17:01:22): WHY apolloo says to (17:01:29): The Kurds today reported that the US has taken over the forming of the govt. Med says to (17:01:50): THERE IS NOTHING IN THE CONSTITUTION THAT STATES THE RATIFICATION Med says to (17:01:57): HAS TO BE DONE BY THE SUPREME COURT Med says to (17:02:18): ONLY THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION AND THE UNCHR Med says to (17:02:30): I WASN’T TAKING ? APPOLLOO Med says to (17:02:51): I WAS GETTING TO IT Med says to (17:03:09): BUT THAT IS ONLY THE KURDISTAN ALLIANCE REPORTING IT Med says to (17:03:21): WE SHALL SEE WHAT THE U.S. ACTUALLY DOES Med says to (17:03:38): I THINK THIS IS WHY BARZANI AND TALABANI HAD THE WORDS THEY DID Med says to (17:03:48): IT HAS TURNED COMICAL Med says to (17:03:55): AS THE U.S. NEWS IS REPORTING Med says to (17:04:07): AND WE CAN’T HAVE THIS CHAOS GO ON EVERY 4 YEARS Med says to (17:04:26): THEY ARE CONSIDERING ELIMINATING THE PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY Med says to (17:04:41): AND GOING TO A PRESIDENT AND VP AS WE HAVE Med says to (17:04:54): WHERE ONLY ONE MAN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SUCCESS OR FAILURES Med says to (17:05:18): MALIKI PROMISED AN END TO CORRUPTION BY 2009 Med says to (17:05:19): NOT DONE Med says to (17:05:31): HE PROMISED AND END TO UNEMPLOYMENT IN 2009 Med says to (17:05:33): NOT DONE Med says to (17:05:38): STILL IN 4 YEARS Med says to (17:05:43): NO POTABLE WATER Med says to (17:05:51): NO STABLE POWER Med says to (17:05:54): NO HCL Med says to (17:06:05): NO REMOVAL FROM CHAPTER VII Med says to (17:06:26): ALL THIS GUY IS WORRIED ABOUT IS POWER OVER THE MASSES Med says to (17:06:38): AND COLLECTING AN UNDESERVED 48 MILLION USD A YEAR Med says to (17:07:34): NOW ANY ? sully says to (17:09:03): How did the Judiciary ever get involved if not rerquired by the constitution? Med says to (17:09:16): SULLY THAT WE DON’T KNOW I THINK THAT THEY WILL USE ALLAWI wbcj4 says to (17:09:36): Is Maliki still in office. Med says to (17:09:36): HE IS PRO AMERICAN NO HE IS NOT Med says to (17:09:48): HE IS SELF APPOINTED rowboat says to (17:09:49): realisticly will this be over in 2010 Med says to (17:09:57): INTERIM PM Med says to (17:10:14): ROWBOAT I HAVE SAID MY THOUGHTS ON IT OVER AND OVER Med says to (17:10:36): I DON’T SAY ANYTHING JUST TO SEE MY STUPID NAME ON THE SCREEN Med says to (17:11:01): HONEST IF YOU KNEW ME PERSONALLY Med says to (17:11:13): YOU WOULD KNOW I AM THE SAME IN REAL LIFE Med says to (17:11:54): I AM JUST FOLLOWING THE NEWS Med says to (17:14:24): NEXT ? apolloo says to (17:16:08): seems like the intel from sources has died off some and all the stupid rumors have subsided a bit…. maybe the calm before the storm? Med says to (17:16:18): WHAT Med says to (17:16:22): WHEN Med says to (17:16:31): I JUST GAVE Med says to (17:16:44): INFO ON GROOVGALS SOURCES IN THE IMF apolloo says to (17:16:46): al the garbage that the other yawho’s were filling the screens with Med says to (17:17:03): PROBABLY BECAUSE IT WAS GARBAGE Med says to (17:17:14): AND MAYBE OTHERS ARE FINALLY LISTENING TO THE TRUTH Med says to (17:17:30): THIS SITE PROMOTES THE FACTS AND TRUTH IN THIS INVESTMENT Med says to (17:17:42): IT ISN’T ALWAYS ROSEY otis white says to (17:17:49): med do you realy think it will ever rv Med says to (17:17:52): BUT IT IS STEADY AND ACCURATE Med says to (17:18:05): OTIS YOU REALLY AREN’T ASKING ME THAT ARE YOU Med says to (17:18:10): IF I DIDN’T Med says to (17:18:15): I WOULD NOT BE HERE RIGHT NOW lucid says to (17:18:25): i doubt there’s really an answer that can be given to this, but what kind of delay do you think can come from the usual bombings, assassination attempts, etc as this gets closer? Med says to (17:18:26): YES THEY DO Med says to (17:18:39): AND ALL I CAN DO IS REVIEW THE CURRENT DYNAMICS Med says to (17:18:48): AND HOW IT EFFECTS THE INVESTMENT Med says to (17:18:59): SOMETIMES I LAUGH SO HARD Med says to (17:19:06): OVER THIS THAT I HAVE TEARS chloe says to (17:19:26): they (allawi, talbani, un,usa) are moving forward toward stability and a completion of the process imo Med says to (17:19:38): YES CHLOE THEY ARE Med says to (17:19:47): AND CHANGES WILL BE MADE DURING THIS PARLIAMENT Med says to (17:20:07): ONE THING THAT WAS A FARCE TODAY Med says to (17:20:24): WAS AN ARTICLE THAT CAME OUT THAT WHEN MALIKI’S ALLIANCE WINS Med says to (17:20:32): THEY WILL GO TO A ROTATING PM Med says to (17:20:40): HOW Med says to (17:20:57): THAT MEANS THEY ARE SAYING THEY WILL THEMSELVES REWRITE THE CONSTITUTION Med says to (17:21:05): THEY NEED PARLIAMENT TO DO THAT Med says to (17:21:25): THEY THINK THEY WILL RUN ROUGH SHOD OVER THIS PARLIAMENT Med says to (17:21:30): SORRY NOT GOING TO HAPPEN Med says to (17:21:39): DID YOU READ THE INTERVIEW WITH TALABANI Med says to (17:21:43): IT WAS EXCELLENT Med says to (17:21:48): THIS GUY IS DOWN TO EARTH Med says to (17:21:56): AND HAS A GOOD HEAD ON HIS SHOULDERS Med says to (17:22:08): ONE THING THAT STRUCK ME Med says to (17:22:20): WAS WHEN ASKED ABOUT ONLY HAVING ONE VP THIS TIME AROUND Med says to (17:22:28): WILL HE WANT A SUNNI OR SHIITE Med says to (17:22:42): HE SAID WHY DO I HAVE TO PICK FROM ONLY THOSE TWO Med says to (17:23:03): WHY NOT A CHRISTIAN OR ONE OF THE OTHER RACES THAT MAKE UP IRAQ Med says to (17:23:14): HE SAID HE SERVES ALL THE PEOPLE NOT LIKE MALIKI Med says to (17:23:18): ONLY THE SHIITES Med says to (17:23:37): OK ALL DONE butterfly says to (17:23:40): want to comment on the wonderful 3 zero articles from today? LOL Med says to (17:24:01): I READ IT AND THE ONE STATEMENT BY SALEH IS WEIRD Med says to (17:24:12): I CAN’T TELL IF HE MEANS TWO YEARS DOWN THE ROAD Med says to (17:24:15): OR WHAT butterfly says to (17:24:25): i know the articles were really oddly worded Med says to (17:24:34): NOW THAT CONTRADICTS THE STATEMENT BY SHABIBI TWO WEEKS AGO Med says to (17:24:42): THAT THE RV WILL COME IN 2011 Med says to (17:24:58): AND WHY REMOVE 24.9 TRILLION IN LIQUIDITY Med says to (17:25:07): YOU DON’T DO IT FOR NO REASON Med: ALSO SALEH HAS HAD SO MANY DIFFERENT AND CONFLICTING STATEMENTS ON THE RV Med: FIRST IN OCTOBER 6 2009 HE SAID AT THE CENTRAL BANK CONFERENCE IN ISTANBUL Med: THAT THEY HAD MADE THE DECISION TO CHANGE THE RATE OF EXCHANGE Med: AND IT WOULD TAKE A BIT OF TIME TO PUT IN PLACE Med: THEN AGAIN IN FEBRUARY 2010 Med: HE AGAIN MADE THE STATEMENT THAT THE PROCESS HAD STARTED IN EARLY FEBRUARY TO REMOVE THE ZERO’S Med says to (17:27:39): THEN HE HAD MULTIPLE STATEMENTS IN MARCH ALONG WITH THE MOF JABR, MALIKI THAT AN RV WAS COMING AND THEN NOT COMING AND THEN HE ASKED WHERE DID ANYONE GET THE IDEA AN RV WAS COMING Med says to (17:27:52): WELL FROM YOU YOU IDIOT Med says to (17:28:01): THIS GUY HAS SOME SERIOUS SHORT TERM MEMORY LOSS Med says to (17:28:14): NOW ALSO WE CANNOT FORGET Med says to (17:28:25): THE WTO ORDERED THEM TO CLOSE THE GAP WITH THE USD Med says to (17:28:35): IF THEY WANT IN ON THE WTO Med says to (17:28:38): THAT IS A MUST Med says to (17:29:15): AND ANYONE WHO EVEN READS THE MINIMAL ON A FREE MARKET ECONOMY KNOWS THAT THEY MUST HAVE A TRADEABLE CURRENCY Med says to (17:29:31): AND TO DEVELOP THE PRIVATE SECTOR THEY NEED A CURRENCY WITH PURCHASING POWER Med says to (17:29:48): ALSO WHEN DOING FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS THEY MUST AGREE TO PPP Med says to (17:30:01): SO THAT ALSO WILL ADJUST THE RATE OF EXCHANGE Med says to (17:30:34): AND NO COUNTRY THAT IS EXPECTING 4.5 MBPD WILL BE ALLOWED TO CARRY A CURRENCY WORTH 9/10 OF 1/10 OF 1 PENNY Med says to (17:31:17): IF THEY DO NOT GET A TRADEABLE CURRENCY Med says to (17:31:21): BY JAN 2011 Med says to (17:31:30): WHEN THE DFI PROTECTION ENDS Med says to (17:31:49): THEY WILL BE DRAINED DRY OF ALL ASSETS AND CURRENCY AND GOLD THAT IS FROZEN Med says to (17:32:05): THEY OWE 360 BILLION IN DEBTS, LIENS AND LAWSUITS Med says to (17:32:24): WHICH RIGHT NOW IS ALL PROTECTED BY THE DFI AND UNSC JRCivic says to (17:32:48): Med, do you think the UN would consider extending the DFI protection for Iraq in Jan 2011 ??? Med says to (17:32:48): NOW IN A COUPLE DAYS THEY HAVE 6 MONTHS TO GET THEIR ACT TOGETHER Med says to (17:32:53): NO Med says to (17:32:58): THEY SAID NO ALREADY Med says to (17:33:03): BAN KI MOON WILL NOT Med says to (17:33:19): THEY HAVE BEEN PROTECTED FOR 19 YEARS Med says to (17:33:25): LONGER THAN ANYONE EVER JRCivic says to (17:33:26): Good… I like it when someone lights a fire under Iraq’s fanny Med says to (17:33:46): ALSO I BELIEVE ALLAWI WILL FORM THE GOVT Med says to (17:33:55): TWO THINGS HE HAS STATED WERE ISSUES Med says to (17:34:04): AND HIS COMMENTS ARE ON FACEBOOK Med says to (17:34:12): THE IQD AND THE HCL Med says to (17:34:58): HE WILL WANT TO MAKE AN IMMEDIATE HIT WITH THE PEOPLE Med says to (17:35:03): AND THIS WILL DO IT Med says to (17:35:08): IT WILL BRING JOY TO THE SOUTH Med says to (17:35:15): AND JOY TO THE KURDS IN THE NORTH Med says to (17:36:00): THE ONLY THING I GET WHEN THESE ARTICLES FROM SALEH AND SHABIBI DO FOR ME Med says to (17:36:17): IS REITERATE WHAT I KNOW IS GOING TO HAPPEN SOONER THAN LATER Med says to (17:36:23): WHEN YOU PROFESS TOO MUCH Med says to (17:36:28): IT IS FOR A REASON Med says to (17:36:54): I NO LONGER PAY ATTENTION TO THESE ARTICLES Med says to (17:37:02): I JUST AM HAPPY THEY ARE SAYING IT Med says to (17:37:19): WHEN THEY STOP SAYING IT Med says to (17:37:25): I WILL GET WORRIED Med says to (17:37:46): OK ALL DONE sully says to (17:37:49): Isn’t the last they need right now is currency investors thus the conflicting news articles Med says to (17:38:11): ALL THIS DOES IN INCREASE SPECULATION……..IT WILL BACKFIRE Med says to (17:38:39): WE ARE NOT A NATION OF 3RD GRADE EDUCATIONS

AN APOLOGY I personally want to apologize to ADAM for not editing a very inappropriate remark by a member of the forum that published the above chat. A clown that will go un-named made a derisive remark and I missed it. I read an abbreviated version of the above chat, but as I was preparing to post it, I saw that a full chat was available - and I copied and posted it without reading the full chat. No real excuse, but here's one anyway - I had to run to the airport and didn't read it until just now. I am embarrassed and want to apologize to Adam anain and everyone opn our forum for the posting. My intention was to provide information that some might consider useful, but failed in my responsibility to KNOW excatly what I was posting. I am totally against ANY bashing or belittling anyone for any reason - there is none...!!! Thanks for reading this post, and once again I apologize to Everyone, but especially Adam. This is HIS forum, and he permits the privelege of posting here. Blessings to All - Have a great rest of the week. RON

Thanks for your service bro. I too am a disabled vet. I fought the VA for a good long time and finally got where it was supposed to go. The VA should be paying you, providing you free medical care, job training, educational retraining if you want, aide helpers if you need and if your disability ratings are high enough or listed as unemployable, you can draw social security also. Regardless of what the Dinar does, fight the VA and make them do right by you if they are not.

Frank 26 Post: KTF Missions - 26 May 2010 Good evening Family, I will bulldoze through mountains to get to my TINK when she is in pain. The last couple of days I have seen her hide her pain while she types for me. It bothers me most when I have to take her hand and flatten the finger that refuses to unhinge. I can easily strike any surface in defense but to defend my TINK from this locked finger………causes me too much pain at times to force it back. With that said……….may I make today’s post simple and short? Thank you kindly. Oh what’s this on the floor? Looks like an old piece of paper with some items listed on it. Hmmm………let’s see ……….get electricity………water………..roads………banking systems……….ISX……….telecommunications………and a bunch of other items done. Next to them I see that they have all been checked off. Wow this is a long grocery list………I wonder who it belongs to? Down at the bottom in parenthesis it says flip over. Okay. Ahhh…….I see…………looks like three more items. But they don’t have anything next to them and the little box does not seem to be checked off. All it says is 1……2…………..3. Yet they have the audacity to declare that they have fulfilled all requirements to receive CH7. How embarrassing is that………or do they not smell their own words. Or was the back of that grocery list just simply ignored? In the rush to do 1……2…………3 did they forget to check off the little box…….so that you and I would know? How inconsiderate of them. Don’t they realize that I demand to know the total count of each hair their receding line loses daily? Are they doing things behind my back………LOL. If they are (like in China) then the following article could be justified. Then the nonsense of lost communications would make sense. Whether they deserve CH7 or not………it makes for good motivational reading. Please enjoy. Iraq urges UN to lift its sanctions Wed, 26 May 2010 06:34:23 GMT Iraq's Ambassador to the United Nations Hamid al-Bayati Iraq has renewed its call on the United Nations Security Council to lift Saddam-era sanctions on the country over its alleged weapons of mass destruction. "We think that lifting the sanctions against Iraq will enable Iraq and Iraq ministries to rehabilitate all these facilities," Iraq 's UN Ambassador Hamid al-Bayati told a Press TV correspondent on Tuesday. Bayati emphasized Iraq's compliance with all UN resolutions and all international agreements, called for the abolition of the restrictions imposed on the country since 1991. "Recently Iraq 's minister of foreign affairs has met with the general director of the IAEA, saying thatIraq is complying with the additional protocol…so nothing is left," he emphasized. The international community has so far failed to discover any WMDs in Iraq , despite urgent warnings by the US and its European allies prior to their invasion of the country in 2003. "When Saddam invaded Kuwait , Iraq was considered a threat to peace and security because of the invasion because of the program of the WMDs. Now Iraq is free of all WMDs andIraq has good elations with Kuwait," Iraq 's UN envoy argued. Iraq plans to host the next year Arab League summit which is expected to provide the country with a unique opportunity to reinforce a positive agenda for regional engagement and cooperation. Did you see the article today where the UN is literally declaring A to be the next PM? Lots of articles where M is still living in la la land. Silly rabbit……….. M really could have gone down in Iraq’s history as a great man. He was elected by the people 4 years ago and given a chance to make Iraq once again a 7th wonder of the world. Clues were noted during his physical when he won 4 years ago. During his eye exam the doctor said could you please look at the chart and read the letters. Rumor has it that M told the doctor ………can I skip the first letter? LOL…….and that’s been the case ever since. Where is the logic in doing things out of order M? If you cannot read the large E surely you have no chance of a vision ……….for the future of Iraq. I’m still in a CH7 mood because our team feels it is a hot issue right now. Below is another article on this lucky 7. Hill: the formation of the government help remove Iraq from Chapter VII Bar News | 26-05-2010 Baghdad / Orr News The U.S. ambassador to Iraq, Christopher Hill, the U.S. government looks forward to the Iraqis work to form their new government Is then to cooperate with them to address several issues, notably the search to rid Iraq of Chapter VII. Hill said at a conference in his country's consulate, which lies at the U.S. base at Basra airport, that the "United States emphasizes the need to expedite the formation of the Iraqi government to seek to cooperate with them and address the many issues, most notably the move to rid Iraq of pain seventh item," as the "Iraq no longer poses any threat to international security as was the case in the past. " The U.S. ambassador said, after arriving in Basra at the head of a delegation of many diplomats from Britain, the Netherlands, Japan and Turkey as well as foreign oil companies that won contracts of two rounds of licensing oil, that "the political parties to follow the parties to participate in Britain's last election that took place during this month was announced Three days later the formation of a new British government. " For his part, acting the Embassy of Japan in Iraq that his country's companies "are looking forward to the formation of the Iraqi government to seriously considering investing in Iraq." The U.S. ambassador and his entourage toured a number of oil fields in Basra province to see the reality of some oil facilities in view of the importance of the oil industry for the economy of Iraq. He underwent Iraq of the provisions of Chapter VII after the UN Security Council Resolution 678 for the year 1990 after Iraqi troops entered Kuwait in August of the same year, allowing the UN resolution to use military force to expel Iraq from there, and according to the provisions of Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations As I read the article below I said to myself………déjà vu. Been there done that ………..with Iraq. US and IMF helping a nation with its currency……….ditto ditto. How about this one………..yes we are looking for the proper Exchange Rate Mechanism. Hmmm……….here we go again. I told you yesterday that an Asian currency is itching. Please enjoy the following article. China, US reach consensus on currency rate reform By Ding Qingfen and Wang Bo (China Daily) Updated: 2010-05-26 07:00 BEIJING - China will chart its own course on currency reform based on its needs, and external pressure will only delay the reform, Assistant Finance Minister Zhu Guangyao said on Tuesday. "China and the US have reached consensus that the US understands that China will independently decide on the specific steps of its exchange rate reforms, based on its own interests, taking into account world economic conditions and China's own development trends," he said. Zhu made the remarks after the closing ceremony of the second round of the China-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue in Beijing. In his closing remarks, US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner welcomed a pledge by China's top leaders to pursue currency reform as part of a broader agenda aimed at boosting domestic consumption and helping rebalance global growth. "This is, of course, China's choice," he said. Geithner said he was "as confident as I've ever been" that China will see that it is in its own interest to let the yuan resume appreciating - for example, to help curb inflation. President Hu Jintao said on Monday, during the opening ceremony of the dialogue, that China will continue to "steadily push forward the reform of the foreign exchange rate mechanism, under the principles of independent decision-making, controllability and gradual progress." The remarks sparked market speculation that the government will let the currency rise in the near future. "Thanks to the global economic situation, China is facing less global pressure on currency revaluation, and now is the opportune time to widen the band of currency flotation and to make the yuan more flexible against the dollar," said Zhang Ming, economist at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. As part of the outcome of the dialogue, China also "agreed to submit a revised agreement on government procurement by July". Washington and foreign business groups have expressed concern over Beijing's "indigenous innovation" policy, which they believe promotes Chinese technology by favoring domestically-developed products in government procurement. Some foreign companies say the policy is the biggest threat to their access to Chinese markets. Geithner said the US welcomes China's commitment on submitting the revised offer as well as its commitment to "reducing barriers to foreign investment in services, hi-tech goods, high-end manufacturing, and energy-saving products and facilitate foreign investment by decentralized review and approval processes". "This is progress. It does not fully resolve our concerns, but it gives us a set of basic principles on which to move forward," he said. During his meeting with US officials on Tuesday, Premier Wen Jiabao said the dialogue has borne fruit as both sides reiterated their "principles on indigenous innovation, including non-discrimination, open trade and investment, and strong intellectual property rights protection". US Trade Representative Ron Kirk said "any progress from China in IPR protection and market access barriers could be more important than yuan reforms". "All these could be as valuable, if not more valuable, frankly, than whatever we accomplish on the exchange rate," he said. China agreed to further simplify the investment approval process, shortening the approval period, increas-ing transparency and narrowing the scope of approval, according to an outcome statement. Minister of Commerce Chen Deming told a press conference that China has the resolve to protect IPRs. The outcome statement also said China and the US will unite to "reform their own financial frameworks, strengthening supervision and transparency". "This round of the dialogue did not solve all our problems but did produce concrete results," US Secretary of State Hillarious Rodham Clinton said. Both sides praised the dialogue as a vital tool for easing trade strains and promoting economic and political ties. But the talks also highlighted the divisions. "It is impossible for the United States and China to agree on all issues and the two sides will have disagreements and differences," State Councillor Dai Bingguo said at the end of the meeting. Clinton also said on Tuesday that China had made a "wise" choice by buying US debt but should eventually channel more investment domestically. China is the world's largest holder of US Treasuries, worth $895.2 billion. Chinese officials have prodded the Barack Obama administration to avoid pursuing fiscal policies that could erode the value of those holdings. Geithner said that the Obama administration was aiming to steadily lower its deficit as a percentage of national output. "The basic strategy is to make sure that our economy is growing, then institute long-term reforms, and restore the basic discipline to the budget process that we abandoned in the previous decade," he said in a speech at the Central Party School. Below is a link that made me wonder if my calculations need more positive adjustment. Monday I told you IMO……that they deceive us by saying they have 70% of their IQD’s liquidated. IMO…….it’s 85%. I may be wrong and that certainly happens a lot but this article leaves me with the feeling that they have far less than the 12 or 13 trillion they claim in the streets. Maybe about 1/3 less. Wow……….you know where that would put their M1 figures? Strong enough to definitely come out at 3+. Please enjoy. http://www.iraqdirectory.com/DisplayNews.aspx?id=12623 Below is a link that will take you to a breakdown of the Line of Credit. It was done by WIGO from another site. As you all heard last night when you listened to the audio link I presented yesterday………Roger interviewed me on this opportunity and I gave him permission to put it on his site. It is a deeper explanation that he put together to follow up the audio. WIGO is prepared to help you Family. Many of you asked me questions as well. If you wish to talk to me about this before making a commitment………….please pm me your phone number and I will call you to guide you. LINK MISSING NANACAROL………If you could send me your phone number I would like to talk to you about the accompaniment to the Assistant Secretary of State. Thank you kindly. So Fulton Bank in PA is claiming that they will no longer sell IQD’s as of May 31st and their reason is because so many people are buying the IQD as a speculative investment and they want no part of it. That’s like a vulture wiping its mouth as it walks away from a dehydrated carcass. Let me get this straight………you make lots of money over the last handful of years selling the IQD and you now get ethical with us? Well let me ask you this Mr. Bank………….did you know that the “Financial Reform Bill” which is much more encompassing than the recent Health Care Package that was jammed through the revolving door of Congress……….is being voted on tomorrow? You did? I thought so. Thanks for the short cup of tea Family. I am very interested between now and the 8th of June because 7 days later on the 15th………the UN is looking to give away a lucky 7. In the meantime……….while we wait for 1……2…………..3 I am done with China. Instead our team now Concentrates on acid. [HCL] . My Christian love and Aloha. KTF, Frank __________________ Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Let us not forget that he (Bush) also put ALL of US into this investment. Inadvertently or not can be debated.

My understanding about the 2 day cash in with the dong simply meant that you would have 2 days to use dong money to buy more dinar if you chose to do so .... because the dinar supposedly would RV 2 days after the dong. I think that was the only point being made there. And while it is easy to get off on "How could this be .... the banks are closed on Monday for a holiday? .... see, he really is stupid ..." The point had nothing to do with really cashing in the dong but rather letting us know that there is a source out there that is saying the VND and the IQD have two days between their respective RV's. And for all those out there who think the world is going to RV their currencies and make their financial decisions based on our holidays and our banking hours, it might be good to develop a bit of a broader perspective. Memorial Day is not important to them. In fact, it is not even important to Obama. Take this for what it is ... a report from a "source" whose info has been as good as the next guy's.

RE: Dinar Speculation Timeline May 26, 2010 · Posted in DDT - RUMORS It appears as though the May 25 deadline was of no consequence. Talabani didnt want the job. We are still waiting for the verification of votes. In fact, they didnt even send them all in until yesterday. (By official reports) June 15th is still on for a likely timetable for RV. (Dont hold your breath) Although, some people have pointed out the UN redoing its books on June 30th, so it still could be. News stories expect verification by the 1st of June, then they have 15 days to convene the first meeting of the new parliment. That puts us to June 15. Then there is the elders selecting the president in 15 days and the pm in 30, which puts us into August. Option B: They have secretely already chosen the PM and Pres and will seat immediately when votes are verified. Then they will first adopt the new budget, which will activate the RV/RI rate. (Then we wont care who the PM is) Then the new value will be in place for the UN to review and release them from Ch 7. Then the IQD will be an accepted currency and tradeable on Forex, allowing you to walk down to your local Chase or BofA and cash in. IMHO By Jim4Frredom

Ron, I saw the comment and was not happy to see Adam's name getting dirtied like that. However don't get down because of it. The volume of information you put up for all of us to use is impressive and for my part extrememly appreciated. Keep up the good work..... Davdon

Hey Ben C.... thanks for clarifying. I am very sorry to hear of your hardships both physically and financially. I am so grateful for your service and am sure you have quite a story to tell. I can tell you that you are not alone in your pain. There are many people on here that have lost their careers, lost their homes, lost their health, and a few that have clearly lost their minds. These are tough times. Although this investment is a tug-of-war with our emotions, I am grateful that it exists for one very important reason.... FAITH. It provides that little extra incentive each day that says... maybe THIS is the day. Sometimes that little bit of hope is just enough to get you through the day. You have been invested far longer than I have, but it never really had a chance to RV 5 years ago as you probably look back. Knowing what you knew then and what you know now.... I am sure you have to be somewhat excited at the progress that has been made. Here are my thoughts from my research. Nothing is going to happen until we have a parliament sitting in their little assigned parliament seats. They will need to have a Prime Minister in place and his Minister's and government selected. The Chap 7 sanctions discuss the fact that Iraq has to have a fully representative government in place in order to be released from sanctions... including the Developmental Fund. You probably know that that fund (the DFI) is an account held in New York, that holds 95% of Iraq's proceeds from oil sales for the benefit of the people of Iraq (infrastructure repair, utilities,social programs, etc.). The other 5% goes to Kuwait to repay them for all the damage they caused during the invasion. Now, Iraq has trade sanctions against them that prevent open trade with nations until they fulfill all of the stipulations outlined in the United Nations Security Council agreement against them. The IMF(international monetary fund), WTO(World Trade Organization), Arab league, OPEC, GCC(Gulf Cooperation Council) and numerous other agencies and nations are helping Iraq work through it and have vested interests in Iraq's success. Iraq wants the UN to remove the leash and let the redevelopment and free trade begin. It appears we are close. Iraq is in the senior class of high school and we as parents are about to kick them out of the house as soon as graduation comes. Haha! Right now, Iraqi's are experiencing freedoms they haven't had in well over 20 years. BUT... they are still poverty stricken, fearful of aggressors, and without work for the most part. As goofy as their customs of politics, business, and general dialog are, they are still way better off. It is all coming to a head. That is why you are seeing such a passionate political fight between the various blocs and in particular the 2 Prime Minister candidates. They are fighting for their constituents that voted for them. As well they should. You see... they realize this isn't any ordinary opportunity. This is like electing George Washington in my opinion. They have a brand new country and the first PM is going to set the tone for the future of Iraq. In my opinion, a revaluation will be the catalyst to move Iraq out of the dark ages and into one of the preeminent positions in the Middle East and will recognize it as a credible nation in the world. No longer recognized by the fear that it bellows, but judged by the commerce and democratic government it forges. This cannot happen without a credible currency. One Dinar being less than the equivalent of 1/10th of one US penny, is not a credible currency. You shouldn't have to have a backpack full of Dinar to go grocery shopping. The world is waiting to invest in Iraq. They are licking their chops. I strongly believe that it will revalue within the next few months. 45,000 US troops are going home at the end of August leaving 50,000 in country until the end of 2011. I strongly suspect a revaluation would happen before then (end of August). I know I would appreciate the extra security if I were the PM going through that kind of value revolution. Who knows for sure??? If you connect the dots it leads you to the conclusion that we are close....in my humble opinion. I hope success and happiness finds you sooner than later. Keep the faith!

What to do with with a hundred thousand bucks...grab your RV, a beer and enjoy the scenery.

Don't feel bad, I have talked o more people than you could believe that did the same as you. I for one did not vote for him and I sure wish more people could see what is truly happening. I hear the same thing over and over from the blind that he inherited all the problems. Yes there were some problems and yes you can't please everyone all of the time but obama is way out of line and is doing much more damage than any person I have seen and he is to arrogant and prejudiced to do the right thing. God help us. 2012, please hurry up!

MailMan17 Chat 05/27 @ 6:52 am CDT - Dinar Speculator mailman17 says to (06:52:18): AFTER ME AND MED GAVE THE CHAT I THOUGHT ABOUT RECENT EVENTS AND THE RAMIFICATIONS IS IRAQ STALLING?....YOU BETCHYA THEY ARE WHY?....WHO THE HELL KNOWS SO I WILL GIVE YOU GUYS MY LATEST TAKE ON WHERE I THINK WE STAND FIRST OFF... CAN THEY RV BEFORE OR ON THE 15TH OJ JUNE..I USED TO THINK SO, BUT HAVE CHANGED MY MIND...I WILL EXPLAIN WHY WITH MEDS LATEST INTEL FROM GRROVGAL AND THE IMF, WE ARE NOW ON A WINDOW BETWEEN NOW AND THE FIRST 2 WEEKS OF JUSLY BUT I STILL THINK PARLIMENT MUST...I REPEAT MUST BE SEATED BY JUNE 15TH IRAQ MUST BE ABLE TO SHOW THE UN THAT SOMETHING HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED SOMETHING....AS TRIVIAL AS SEATING THOSE ELECTED BACK IN MARCH... HMMMMM...ONLY TOOK 3 MONTHS....DAMN DIRTBAGS AS FAR AS SANCTIONS...THEY ARE IN THE NEAR FUTURE IF IRAQ CAN GO BEFORE THE UNSC WITH AT LEAST PARLIMENT SEATED......THAT WILL AT LEAST SHOW THE UN...THE MAIN PART OF THEIR GOVT IS IN PLACE THE PM CAN COME LATER AND IS NOT A PRE=REQUISITE FOR THE RV AFTER THAT SHORT MEETING, I THINK THE IMF/ WHICH YOU ALL KNOW IS THE MOETARY ARM OF THE UN WILL GRANT THE RV NOW, HERES WHY I THINK THIS RV IS AS JUST AS IMPORTANT TO THE IMF AS IT IS IRAQ LETS FACE IT...THE IMF IS IN TROUBLE..YES? THEY ARE BROKE (PER SE') NOW THE DINAR WILL NOT PULL THEM OUT OF TROUBLE, BUT WHAT IT WILL DO IS THIS THE IMF LOANS MONEY TO NATIONS IN TROUBLE AND AS WE ALL KNOW EUROPE IS IN BIG TROUBLE WITH AN RV, EVEN SMALLER COUNTRIES THAT MAY HAVE STOWED AWAY SOME DINAR CAN PULL THEMSELVES UP BY THEIR OWN BOOTSTRAPS I WILL EXPLAIN THE DINAR WITH A VALUE OF 86 CENTS LETS JUST SAY...A SMALL COUNTRY LIKE LATVIA....JUST AN EXAMPLE HAS MANAGED TO PURCHASE 3 MILLION USD WORTH OF DINAR....NOT MUCH COMPARED TO THE US AND ENGLAND ECT BUT THATS 3 BILLION DINAR AT 86 CENTS...GIVES THAT SMALL COUNTRY THE FOREIGHN CURRENCY ASSETS TO CACK THEIR OWN CURRENCY. EURO AS IT WILL THE REST OF EUROPE HOPE YOU GUYS ARE FOLLOWING ME ON THIS NOW THE IMF HAS NO MONEY TO LEND....BUT IF THE COUNTRIES IN TROUBLE CAN MAKE THE ADJUSTMENT THEMSELVES, THEN THEY SHOULD SLOWLY BE ABLE TO GET BACK ON TRACK...MONETARILY WISE AND WE ALL KNOW WHAT THE DINAR WILL DO FOR THE BIGGER COUNTRIES LIKE THE US, UK, FRANCE ECT THE DINAR IS A TOOL NOTHEING MORE BUT A TOOL NONETHELESS THAT HAS VALUE THEY ARE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT US PEEPS...TRUST ME THIS HAS MUCH MORE OF A GLOBAL IMPACT EVEN AT 86 CENTS.... MAKE SENSE? I HOPE SO... claflame says to (07:07:21): so now we wait... mailman17 says to (07:07:21): THANKS PEEPS...JUST WANTED TO GET THIS OUT BEFORE I FORGOT...I AM GETTING OLDER...NOT AS OLD AS MEDIC THOUGH....LOL CLAFLAME..CORRECT....BUT I TRULY THINK NOT MUCH LONGER THANKS JUST ANOTHER REASON THE UN IS PISSED THEY NEED THIS TO HAPPEN, BUT CANNOT GIVE IT TO IRAQ UNTIL THEY AT LEAST MEET THE MINIMAL GUIDELINES FOR IT AND A ACTIVE GOVT IS ONE OF THEM WHICH IS WHY...WHO IS PM REALLY DOESNT MATTER GOP says to (07:11:11): Thanks MM. I have thought for some time that the Dinar RV was to be a tool to boost the world economy. Nice to hear someone who actually has some real knowledge say it! thanks again mailman17 says to (07:11:56): GOP....BEEN MY THINKING FOR A LONG TIME....IF THE DINAR WASNT GONNA BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, THEY WOULD OF LOPPED A LONG TIMA AGO GOP says to (07:12:09): YEP BUT THEY ARE TOO STRONG IN ALL AVENUES...IE...INFLATION ECT AND NOW ESPECIALLY THAT WE KNOW THEY HAVE RECOVERED 24 TRIILLION OF THE REPORTED 32 TRILLION DINAR IN CIRCULATION THAT NEWS WAS HUGE AND IS WHAT ME AND MEDIC WERE WAITING FOR THE ACTUAL AMOUNT THEY HAD IN THEIR GREEDY LITTLE HANDS GOP says to (07:14:19): A long time ago Med said something about the US holding the dinar to strengthen out currency, that's where I got the idea that other countries would do the same, and boost everyone's value mailman17 says to (07:14:37): NOW I DID SAY REPORTED...AS ANY OF YOU WHO KNOW ME, KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT IRAQS REPORTED FINANCIALS....ITSD LIKE READING A COIMIC BOOK GOP...THE US HAS HAD DINAR SINCE THE FIRST DAY IT WAS PRINTED IN 2003 AN ESTIMATED 4 TRILLION....BUT I AM SURE THEY HAVE ADDED A LITTLE HERE AND THERE SINCE THEN THE THING TO REMEMBER ALSO IS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK IF THE RATE OF THE DINAR SHOULD BE HIGHER IN LIEU OF WHATS HAPPENED IN EUROPE? WELL, THE HIGHER THE BETTER FOR THE EUROPEAN NATIONS...BUT BUT BUT THE IMF WILL NOT ALLOW IRAQ TO BITE OFF MORE THAN THEY CAN HANDLE AND IF IT WERE TO GO TO A LEVEL AND BUST THAT JUST PUTS EUROPE BACK TO SQUARTE ONE AND ALSO SCREWS IRAQ TOO THATS WHY 83-86 IS MOST PROBABLY GONNA BE THE RATE AT LEAST UNTIL THINGS CAN GET LEVELED OFF AND STABLE KEY WORD BEING STABLE AS A WHOLE OK...NOW IM GONE...LOL

Medic Chat - 05/27/2010 @ 12:52 am CDT - Dinar Speculator Med says to (00:52:17): HEY GANG OK WE KNOW THAT IRAQ HAS PULLED IN ALMOST 25 TRILLION IN LIQUIDITY AND THEY HAD APPROX. 32 TRILLION TOTAL NOW LET'S SAY THAT IRAQ WANTS ALL THE LARGE DENOMS OUT OF CIRCULATION SO THEY EXCHANGE 25K DINAR NOTES FOR 25K OF 50 DINAR, 250 AND 500 DINAR NOTES NOW YOU ARE GETTING THE SAME AMOUNT 25 THOUSAND DINARS SO WHEN IT RVS WHAT WILL YOU HAVE THE SAME VALUE IF IT RV'S AT .83 YOU WILL STILL HAVE OVER 20 K OUT OF THAT 25K OF DINAR CORRECT JRCivic says to (00:55:42): Yes Med says to (00:55:59): OK THEN LET'S SAY THEY ARE CALLING IN ALL THE LARGE DENOMS GLOBALLY WHERE EVERYONE IN THE WORLD CAN BRING IN THERE LARGE DENOMS AND YOUR BANK OR TRADER FROM WHO YOU GOT IT FROM WILL THEN GIVE YOU SMALL DENOMS FOR YOU LARGE ONES EQUAL VALUE FOR EQUAL VALUE NOW REMEMBER IT HASN'T RV'D JUST SWAPPING TRILLIONS GLOBALLY SO WHAT SOMEONE IS SAYING IS THAT IRAQ IS GOING TO SHIP OUT TRILLIONS TO ALL THE COUNTRIES WHO SOLD DINAR AND YOU ARE GOING TO SWAP IT SO YOU CAN THEN EXCHANGE IT FOR THE SAME AMOUNT ANYWAYS AND THEN HAVE IT SENT BACK TO IRAQ IN A MATTER OF MONTHS CAN YOU SEE IRAQ SENDING OUT TRILLIONS TO TRADERS AND BANKS ALL OVER THE WORLD THEN YOU SEND IN YOUR IQD TO ALI OR WHOMEVER NOPE AND HIM SENDING YOU BACK SMALL DENOMS JUST SIMPLE SIMPLE COMMON SENSE SAYS THIS IS AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DO THIS THE UNDERTAKING WOULD BE HUGE AND THE RESOURCES TREMENDOUS butterfly says to (01:00:03): THE COST AND LOGISTICS ALONE MAKE IT POINTLESS Med says to (01:00:28): YES IT WOULD JUST SO YOU CAN EXCHANGE IT BACK IN A FEW MONTHS OR WEEKS IT WOULD TAKE MONTHS IF NOT A YEAR FOR THE TRADERS TO HANDLE THIS ALI GETS BACKLOGGED JUST WITH GENERAL SALES ALSO DO YOU NOT THINK THAT ALL THAT IS GOING ON WITH THE IQD OUR GOVT KNWOS KNOWS IF SOME JOKER ON THE NET KNOWS INFO IS SOMEONE SERIOUSLY GONNA SAY THAT OUR GOVT DOESN'T AND IF THEY KNEW THAT THE LARGE DENOMS WERE NOT GOING TO BE ANY GOOD IN A SHORT TIME LIKE 2 WKS OR SO ALL LARGE DENOM SALES WOULD STOP ASAP LOOKING FOR OPINIONS DID I MAKE SENSE OR AM I OFF BASE the baroness says to (01:02:45): dealers would charge at least 10 % to exchange hull_lottalove says to (01:02:58): yes you made perfect sense! Med says to (01:02:58): BUT THINK ABOUT THE ENTIRE ORDEAL AND HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE FIRST TO SHIP AND THEN TO SHIP AGAIN dinarfrank says to (01:03:18): Won't happen. Med says to (01:03:21): AND THEN TO EXCHANGE HELL NO IT WON'T HAPPEN butterfly says to (01:03:39): NOPE Med says to (01:03:40): IT IS SO REDICULOUS A STATMENT WHEN IT RV'S dinarfrank says to (01:04:07): Traders will want to make a profit again Med says to (01:04:08): ALL CURRENCY WILL BE EXCHANGED BUT THINK ABOUT IT IT TOOK YEARS TO SELL AND SHIP WHAT IS OUT THERE NOW HOW LONG DO YOU THINK IT WILL TAKE TO DO THIS PLUS IT TOOK 27 747'S TO SHIP OVER THE INITIAL DENOMS butterfly says to (01:04:51): YEARS JRCivic says to (01:05:07): It would serve the Iraqi people far greater if the small denoms stayed in country... getting them out to other countries makes no sense at all. Med says to (01:05:10): WHICH WERE LARGE hull_lottalove says to (01:05:20): not to mention dinars being potentially lost Med says to (01:05:37): JUST THINK HOW MANY AIRCRAFT IT WOULD TAKE TO SHIP ALL THOSE SMALL DENOMS amag01 says to (01:05:46): well what about this we all get lower denoms are we all going to pay 35percent taxes since we just got it Med says to (01:05:59): IT WOULD TAKE 450/50 DINAR NOTES the baroness says to (01:06:00): They would have to print them Med says to (01:06:07): TO EXCHANGE FOR A 25 K NOTE I HAVE FRIENDS WHO HAVE BETWEEN 150 MIL AND 500 MIL OF DINAR ALL 25K NOTES I AM NOT BEING MEAN HERE NOR NAMING ANY NAMES BUT WHEN PEOPLE SPOUT THIS STUFF the baroness says to (01:07:37): You would look like a Mexican Drug Dealer Med says to (01:08:02): THEY NEED TO THINK ABOUT THE COMMON SENSE AND FEASABILITY OF WHAT IS BEING SAID YES YOU WOULD BARONESS I AM SAYING THIS AND I GUARANTEE IT YOU WILL NEVER BE EXCHANGING LARGE DENOMS IN THE U.S. FOR SMALL ONES BEFORE AN RV IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN

العراق : الرافدين يعلن سحب 70 في المئة من السيولة الفائضة Iraq : Iraq announces the withdrawal of 70 percent of the excess liquidity أكد استمراره بدعم المشاريع السكنية والصناعية والخدمية Emphasized the continuing support of housing projects, industrial and service بغداد ـ طه حسين Baghdad, Taha Hussein استطاع مصرف الرافدين سحب نسبة عالية من السيولة الفائضة عن حاجة السوق المحلية الى جانب استمراره بدعم المشاريع الصناعية والخدمية والاسكانية. Bank of Iraq could pull a high proportion of surplus liquidity need for the local market as well as continuing to support projects of industrial, service and housing. وقال مدير عام المصرف عبد الحسين الياسري في مؤتمر صحفي حضرته “الصباح” ان المصرف حقق عملا مهما يتمحور في جانبين هما سحب السيولة الفائضة من التداول وطرحها الى السوق ثانية اذ تمكن من سحب 24 تريليونا و 800 مليار دينار تمثل 70 بالمئة من السيولة، مشيرا الى ان الجانب الثاني من توجهات المصرف يتمثل بدعم مشاريع الصيرفة الشاملة والقطاعات الصناعية والخدمية ومشاريع البناء والتشييد وتخصيص قسم من القروض للمزارعين وتمويل المشاريع الاسكانية لاسيما ان البلد بحاجة الى بناء اكثر من ثلاثة ملايين وحدة سكنية، منوها بأن المصرف خصص 6 تريليونات دينار لاغراض السكن والتجارة والصناعة الى جانب منحه قروضا للقطاع العام مثل وزارة الكهرباء التي منحها قرضا لتطوير الكهرباء وشراء سندات وحوالات منها على شكل دفعتين تجاوزت اقيامها اربعة تريليونات و800 مليار دينار، فضلا عن منح شركات وزارة الصناعة اكثر من تريليون و115 مليار دينار مساهمة منه في تنفيذ مشاريع اعادة تاهيل وتطوير هذه الشركات، اضافة الى القروض المختلفة التي منحها المصرف للموظفين والعاملين في دوائر الدولة المختلفة.وفي معرض حديثه عن القروض الاسكانية التي يمنحها الرافدين للمواطنين بين ان المصرف استعان بالعقاري باعتباره صاحب تجربة في منح القروض الاسكانية للمواطنين فاقرض الاخير مبلغا تجاوز 300 مليار دينار، اضافة الى اعداده دراسة في كيفية منح القروض الاسكانية من قبله مباشرة وذلك لان المصرف اراد تجنب الوقوع في الاخطاء التي وقع فيها العديد من المصارف العالمية من خلال المعادلة الموجودة بين الودائع ونوعها وبين القروض والسلف مبينا وجود ودائع قصيرة الأجل وطويلة الأجل وتوجد هناك قروض وتسهيلات قصيرة ومتوسطة وطويلة الأجل فالمصرف الذي يمتلك الرؤية الصحيحة للمستقبل يجب ان يضع هذه الموازنة ويقرض على اساسها، على حد تعبيره. The general director of the bank Abdul Hussein al-Yassiri told a news conference attended by the "morning" that the bank has achieved an important work focuses on two aspects, namely the withdrawal of excess liquidity from circulation, and then put into the market again, and managed to withdraw 24 trillion and 800 billion dinars, representing 70 percent of the liquidity, referring to the The second aspect of the directions of the Bank is supporting projects its banking and industrial sectors, service and construction projects and the allocation of part of loans to farmers and the financing of housing projects, especially that the country needs to build more than three million housing units, noting that the bank allocated 6 trillion dinars for the purposes of housing, commerce and industry to by granting loans to the public sector as the Ministry of Electricity had granted a loan for the development of electricity and purchases of bonds and remittances in the form of two waves exceeded purchases totaling four trillion and 800 billion dinars, as well as giving companies and the Ministry of Industry more than a trillion and 115 billion dinars, a contribution to the implementation of rehabilitation projects and the development of these companies , in addition to various loans granted by the Bank staff and employees in different state. Speaking of housing loans granted by Iraq to the citizens of that the bank used Balakari as an owner of an experiment in granting housing loans to citizens Vakarz final amount exceeded 300 billion dinars, in addition to the prepared study how to grant housing loans by him directly, because the bank wanted to avoid the mistakes of the many international banks through the equation between the deposits and the type and between loans and advances, indicating the presence of short-term deposits and long-term and there are loans and short-, medium-and long-term bank, which has the right vision for the future must be prepared to this budget and gnawing on that basis, he put it. المدير العام نبه الى ان المصرف مازال مستمرا في منح المواطنين القروض الاسكانية البالغة 30 مليون دينار مبينا ان المصرف اشترط امتلاك المواطن الراغب في الحصول على هذا القرض لقطعة الارض باعتباره مهيئا لبناء الوحدة السكنية اكثر من غيره، فضلا عن استمراره في منح القروض التجارية والصناعية.واوضح ان الرافدين كان قد وضع سقفا للسلف لايتجاوز ترليون دينار وهو حاليا يدرس امكانية وضع سقف جديد او رفع السقف الذي وصل اليه المصرف في المرحلة الماضية. Director-General warned that the bank is still going to give people housing loans of 30 million dinars, indicating that the bank is required possession of the citizen who wants to get this loan to the land as a place for building the housing units more than others, as well as continue to grant loans that commercial and industrial. Said that Iraq had put a ceiling for advances to exceed one trillion dinars and is currently studying the possibility of developing a new roof or the lifting of the ceiling he reached the bank in the previous stage. http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ar&tl=en&u=http://www.alsabaah.com/paper.php%3Fsource%3Dakbar%26mlf%3Dinterpage%26sid%3D102776&rurl=translate.google.com

I for one am happy he will be off vacationing in thug town usa. At least now we dont have to listen to a fake speech,and with him away from DC maybe will have couple of days that he and his band of thieves ain't screwin us or the country.

Medic chat: Dinar Speculator 5/26/10 @ 1:30pm May 26, 2010 · Posted inDinar DFaddy's Tidbits - CHATS / POSTS Med says to (12:30:02): FIRST OFF THE ADVISOR TO THE CENTRAL BANK OF IRAQ IS THE MOST CONTRADICTORY MAN IN THE THIS GUY HAS SAID THEY ARE THEY AREN’T THEY ARE THEY AREN’T SINCE OCTOBERS INSTANBUL MEETING OF CENTRAL BANKS IT WAS LESS THEN TWO WEEKS AGO THAT SHABIBI THE GOVERNOR OF CBI SAID THAT IT WOULD BE DONE IN 2011 WHICH WE KNOW WAS BS THIS IS NOTHING BUT BS THEY WERE TOLD BY THE WTO CLOSE THE GAP IF THEY WANT IN ON THE WTO THIS IS DONE AND I JUST WISH THESE IDIOTS WOULD GIVE IT A REST NEXT JAN 2011 THEY LOSE ALL PROTECTIONS AND IF THEY DON’T HAVE A CURRENCY IN PLACE TO PAY OFF THESE DEBTS THEY ARE SOL ALSO ECONOMIC STABILITY DOESN’T COME FIRST THE PRIVATE SECTOR IS DEVELOPED THROUGH PURCHASING POWER WHICH THEY DO NOT HAVE AND WHO SAYS THAT SHABIBI IS KEEPING HIS JOB WHEN THE NEW ADMINISTRATION IS IN PLACE ALLAWI SAID THE RETURN OF THE IQD IS A PRIORITY FOR HIM lifeisgood says to (12:37:18): Med have they started spending the 2010 budget or is that a whole other issue?? Med says to (12:37:25): YES THEY HAVE SPENT 20% THAT IS ALL THEY WERE GIVEN BY THE MOF ALSO THE MOF WANTS IT DONE HE SAID THEY CAN HANDLE THE RATE OF EXCHANGE THIS IS AN ISSUE OF THINKING OF THE IMPACT OF THE PEOPLE WHO GIVES A RATS ASS IF YOUR INFLATION IS 3.4% WHEN YOU ARE MAKING $60 A MONTH NOBODY THAT IS WHO THERE WILL BE PRESSURE IF IT IN ANYWAY HASN’T BEEN DECIDED THIS IS HAPPENING SORRY PHONE apolloo says to (12:59:51): The articles confirming the removal of 70% of the liquidity of the dinar from circulation, to me, were a huge indicator that they have been puposefully deceiving the public about how many dinar were actually in circulation. To be able to remove 24.9TRILLION dinar on a whim proves that those dinar might have been “available for circulation” but obviously not “IN ciruclation” and that means that they now have acknowledged that there are far fewer dinar to have to worry about being cashed in. Do you agree with that assessment? Med says to (13:01:45): APOLLOO WHAT YOU JUST SAID WAS SPOT ON YOU DON’T REMOVE THAT MUCH LIQUIDITY FOR NO REASON IT IS IN PREPARATION FOR SOMETHING THIS WAS A MAJOR MOVE IN REVALUING THE DINAR I HAVE TO GO MY BEST FRIEND IS HERE I WILL BE BACK LATER Med says to (13:12:37): OK LISTEN UP STOP THEY REMOVED 70% OF THE LIQUIDITY WHICH WAS ABOUT 24.9 TRILLION WHICH IS CORRECT SINCE THEY HAD 32 TRILLION ACCORDING TO THE MM2 SO THEY NOW HAVE ABOUT 7 TRILLION IN LIQUIDITY THAT IS COUNTING WHAT THEY HAVE AUCTIONED OFF AND WE HAVE BOUGHT NOW KUWAIT HAS 3 MILLION POP IRAQ HAS 30 MILLION POP KUWAIT HAS 800 BILLION IN LIQUIDITY OUT DO THE MATH IRAQ IS 10 X LARGER SO THE LIQUIDITY LEFT IS APPROX WHAT IRAQ SHOULD HAVE OUT THERE FOR THE POP OF THE COUNTRY THE LESS LIQUIDITY THE MORE THE FOREIGN CURRENCY ASSETS HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE RATE OF EXCHANGE OK ALL DONE

Conscious / writer and thinker Hasan upper in an open dialogue for (INA): Maliki had refused to share power with Allawi is no benefit from their meeting after the announcement of the coalition / Interview المشرف العام General supervisor 27 May 2010 - Al-Iraq News واع/ جبار طراد الشمري- تحسين صبار Conscious / Jabbar Trad-Shammari - Improving cactus تعودنا في اي حوار ان نتبادل اطراف الحديث حول امور ومحاور نتناولها في الحوار وعن اشياء اخر لا تصلح للنشر وان يقتصر على ايصال المعلومة او محاولة نشرها في وقت لاحق فما تناهى الى علم الصحفي سيكون معدا للنشر في مقالات او مجالس صحفية وعندها تكون المعلومة منتشرة اعلاميا غير ان ذلك لم يحدث مع العلوي الذي طلب ان يطلع على الاسئلة التي اجاب عنها بشيء من التعالي وغياب واضح للمجاملات التي تعودنا عليها من العراقيين ولكن قد يكون لرحلة النضال للعلوي خارج العراق تأثير على كرم الضيافة التي غابت عن حركة الوفاق الوطني. Used in any dialogue that exchange parties to talk about things and topics we address in the dialog and other things not suitable for publication and only to get information or try to publish at a later time, what have heard to the attention of the press would be ready for publication in the articles or boards of a journalist and then have the information spread in the media is That does not happen with the top who asked to be briefed on the questions that he answered with something of superiority and the apparent absence of courtesies that we are used from the Iraqis, but may be a journey of struggle for the upper outside Iraq impact on the hospitality absent from the National Accord Movement. الحوار مع حسن العلوي قد لا يشبه غيره من الحوارات فقد تطرق فيه الى تجربة الحكم في العراق ومحاولة ادارة البلد والسقوط للوصول الى القيادة السليمة وعرج على تحسن العلاقات مع دول الجوار في حال تسلم السلطة من قبل القائمة العراقية وان كانت حظوظها في تسلم السلطة ضعيفة في ظل تحالف الوطني ودولة القانون اللذين ينتظران مفاجأة قد تعيدهما الى سابق عهدهما متفرقين او يندمجان لتشكيل الحكومة وهذا ما سيكون عليه الحال خلال 15 يوما من اليوم. Dialogue with the proper top may not be similar to other dialogues have touched it to the experience of government in Iraq and trying to run the country and the fall to get to safe driving and stopped at the improvement in relations with neighboring countries in case of transfer of authority by the Iraqi List, and had no chance to receive the judiciary is weak in light of National Alliance and the state of law, which may surprise waiting for lead back to an earlier outdated or scattered to merge to form a government, this would be the case within 15 days from today. وكان سؤالنا الاول للعلوي Our first question was for the upper * انتهت مرحلة الانقلابات والثورات ودخل العراق مرحلة الانتخابات واستحقاقاتها وبعد ثلاث تجارب على مدى سبع سنوات من التداول السلمي للسلطة دخلنا في اشكالية جديدة ما بين الدستور العراقي والتجارب العالمية فكانت ازمة التشكيل الوزاري. * Phase is over, coups and revolutions and Iraq entered the election period, and benefits after three trials over seven years of peaceful transfer of power entered in the problem between the new Iraqi constitution and international experience was needed cabinets. أي المخارج يراها العلوي اصلح لحل الازمة الخانقة لتشكيل الحكومة المقبلة؟ See any exits the top repaired to resolve the crisis suffocating to form the next government? فاجاب Answered الافضل الحوار بين العراقية ودولة القانون Better dialogue between the Iraqi and the rule of law ـ الافضل والاصلح لحل الازمة هو ان تتحاور الكتلتان الفائزتان The best and most suitable to resolve the crisis is to have a dialogue blocs prizewinners من اجل الوصول الى تشكيل قاعدة برلمانية من 180 مقعداً وهذه القاعدة البرلمانية يمكن ان تشكل وزارة وان تعدل الدستور ولكن هذا لايعني ان تكون وزارة ثنائية ناتجة عن كتلتين وهذا الامر يصلح للدول التي لاتقوم على نظام الديمقراطية التوافقية وانما على الاغلبية البرلمانية وهذا النظام لايصلح للعراق لانه سيؤدي الى حرمان كتل فلو ان الشيعة مثلاً صوتوا واحرزوا الاغلبية فان السنة يحرمون وايضاً لو ان السنة هم من شكل الاغلبية فان الشيعة يحرمون او الاكراد. In order to reach the formation of a parliament of 180 seats, and this rule parliament can form a Ministry, and that amending the constitution, but this does not mean that the Ministry of the binary resulting from the two blocs, and this is good for the countries accused of doing on a system of consensual democracy, but on the parliamentary majority and the system unlikely to sustain Iraq because it would If the blocks to deny that the Shiites for example, voted and won a majority, Sunnis and also denied if the Sunnis are a majority, the Shiites or the Kurds are denied. ان نظام الاغلبية البرلمانية خطر كبير على العراق فأي System that the parliamentary majority, a great danger to Iraq what من الكتلتين لايمكن ان تشكل حكومة لوحدها. Of the two groups can not form a government alone. قدمت برامج لتشكيل الحكومة ولان اي منهما لا يستطيع ان يشكل وزارة لوحدة لماذا لا تشكل وزارة ثنائية الرأي يقع تداول السلطة فيها على مرحلتين كل مرحلة منهما تتكون من سنتين لرئاسة الوزراء وهذا المشروع واجه صعوبات لان كلا من الرجلين يريدان ان Introduced programs to form a government and because none of them can form a ministry for the unity of why are not the Ministry of bilateral opinion is the devolution of power by two stages, each stage of each consists of two of the prime minister and the project has encountered difficulties because both men want to be يكون رئيساً للوزراء لكن علاوي في نهاية الامر وافق على هذا المقترح وقال انه مشروع عملي لكن المالكي لم يوافق ورفض لانه بامكانه ان يوفر قاعدة برلمانية بعد ان تحالف الائتلاف الوطني ودولة القانون وهما يحتاجان الى اربع او خمسة مقاعد لتشكيل قاعدة قانونية لاختيار رئيس الوزراء من الائتلافين . Be prime minister, but Allawi eventually agreed to this proposal and said he was a practical project, but Maliki did not agree and rejected because it can provide the platform of parliament after the alliance of the National Coalition and the state of the law and they would need four or five seats to form the legal basis for the selection of the prime minister's coalitions. الاوضاع ستتفجر بين الائتلافين خلال اسبوعين The situation erupt between the coalitions within two weeks ان المشكلة الان ليس بين علاوي والمالكي لم تعد مشكلة بعد اعلان التحالف بين الائتلافين الوطني والقانون وذلك لان القادم من الائتلافين يأتي كمرشح لمنصب رئيس الوزراء ويتحدث كمرشح ولايسمح بمرشح اخر اي لايسمح لعلاوي وهذا يشكل ارباكا لان علاوي يعتمد على استحقاقه الدستوري باعتباره رئيس الكتلة الفائزة . The problem now is not between Allawi and Maliki is not a problem after the announcement of the alliance between coalitions of national law, because the next coalitions comes as a candidate for prime minister speaks of a candidate and does not allow a candidate another which does not allow for Allawi, and this is confusing because Allawi depends on the maturity of constitutional as chair of the winner. ان الموضوع خرج الان عن الاثنين واصبح داخل الائتلاف وخلال 15 يوما يحدث شي كبير فيما بين الائتلافين اما ان ينفجر الوضع وكل منهما يعود الى مكانه او يتفقان على مرشح لمنصب رئيس الوزراء . The issue is now out on Monday and was within the coalition and within 15 days, something big is happening among the coalitions that either the situation will explode and all of them back to his place or agree on a candidate for the post of prime minister. وسبق ان تقدمت بالمقترح He had earlier made the proposal الذي تقدم به رئيس الجمهورية وقلت لو ان رئيس الجمهورية كلف القائمة الفائزة الان وذهبت القائمة الى البرلمان فانها سوف تواجه أخفاقاً لان اي قائمة موجودة الان لاتستطيع ان تجمع (100 مقعد) وان جمعت فيبقي هناك 25 مقعداً خارج القائمة . Made by the President of the Republic and if I said that the President is now assigned to the winning list and went to Parliament it will face a failure, because any existing list can not now have to collect (100 seats) and collected, then there are 25 seats out of the list. ان قائمة دولة القانون لو انها ذهبت الى البرلمان فانها لن تحقق 180 مقعداً وحدها الا من خلال الائتلاف مع غيرها وبالتالي هذا يكون اتفاق دستوري فاما ان تذهب القائمة العراقية الى البرلمان وتسقط او تفشل في التوصل داخل البرلمان بتشكيل قاعدة برلمانية مكونة من (النصف +1) وهنا يكلف المرشح من الكتلة الاكبر وأجد ان اي من الائتلافين لن يوافق على هذا المقترح وهذا ما سيواجهه رئيس الجمهورية باعتبار ان الائتلافين هما من سيرشحان رئيس الوزراء لكن متى ؟ The list of the rule of law if it went to parliament, it will not achieve the 180 seats alone, but through a coalition with others, and therefore this is a constitutional agreement will either go the menu Iraqi parliament and the fall or fail to reach inside the parliament to form a parliament composed of (half +1) Here, the candidate of the cluster assigned to the largest and I find that any of the coalitions will not agree to this proposal and this is what the president will face, considering that coalitions are Serchan Prime Minister, but when? نعتقد ان الخلاف بين الائتلافين (الوطني والقانون ) كبير جداً واكبر من الخلاف بين القائمتين . We believe that the disagreement between coalitions (national law) is too large and bigger than the difference between the two lists. *ماذا لو طالبت العراقية باستحقاقها الانتخابي ؟ Q: What if it were the Iraqi electoral entitlement? لو كلفت العراقية بتشكيل الحكومة ستسقط في البرلمان If the cost of Iraq will fall to form a government in parliament ـ ان هذا الحل اقترحه رئيس الجمهورية وقد طرحته اكثر من 3 مرات This solution proposed by the President of the Republic has put forward more than 3 times فلو كلف رئيس القائمة العراقية دستوريا وذهب الى البرلمان فانه لن يحصل على الاصوات فقد ارادوا ان يدفعوا علاوي الى البرلمان وهذا هو مشروع المقترح وهذا لم يحصل لان علاوي يعرف انه لو ذهب الى البرلمان قبل التحالف فانه لن يحصل على الاصوات الكافية . If assigned to the President of the existing Iraqi constitution, and went to parliament, it will not get the vote they wanted to pay Allawi Parliament and this is the proposed project and that did not happen because Allawi knows that if he went to Parliament by the coalition, it will not get enough votes. *هل يمكن ان تكون هناك حكومة ظل في العراق. * Can there be a shadow government in Iraq. ان حكومة الظل ليس لها علاقة بالوضع العراقي ولايمكن تطبيق حكومة الظل في العراق .هل يمكن ان تكون العراقية معارضة ؟ The shadow government is not related to the Iraqi situation and can not apply the shadow government in Iraq. Could it be that the Iraqi opposition? العراقية لن تكون في المعارضة لانها تمثل مكون (سني) Iraq will not be in opposition because it represents the component (Sunni) ـ لايمكن ان تكون العراقية ضمن المعارضة لانها مكون معني وهذا يعني ان يكون السنة في المعارضة. Can not be within the Iraqi opposition to it on the component and this means that the Sunnis are in the opposition. ان الديمقراطية التوافقية ان اعضاء الحكومة فيهم من هو معارض فالوزير نفسه في الحكومة يعد معارضا فمثلاً اليوم الوزير الكردي هو جزء من الحكومة لكنه في الوقت ذاته معارض لكل اجزاء يتعارض مع المصالح الكردية والوزير من حزب الدعوة جزء من الحكومة ولكنه معارض في اي تدبير او أمر باعتقال او محاسبة وزير من الحزب ويتحول حزب الدعوة الى معارض في الحكومة وهكذا بالنسبة لبقية اعضاء الحكومة العراقية الوزراء يعدون ضمن المعارضة فيها فقد تكون القائمة العراقية ضمن الحكومة ولكنها معارضة في الوقت نفسه وهذا هو حال الديمقراطية التوافقية. That consensual democracy that members of the government among them some who exhibits the minister himself in the government was opposed for example, today, a Kurdish minister was part of the government but at the same time exhibits all parts contrary to the interests of the Kurdish minister of the Dawa Party, part of the government, but opposition in any measure or an arrest warrant or accounting and a minister from the party and become a party to call for opposition in the government, so for the rest of the members of the Iraqi government ministers are among the opposition, which may be within the existing Iraqi government but the opposition at the same time this is the case of consensual democracy. *في ثلاثة لقاءات لكم مع المالكي واخرى مع شخصيات مهمة في صنع القرار السياسي العراقي ما هي حصيلة اللقاءات التي خرجتم بها من هذه اللقاءات المهمة؟ * In three meetings you with Maliki and other key figures in the Iraqi political decision-making what is the outcome of the meetings that you come out of these meetings by the task? التقيت المالكي سبعة مرات وناقشت معه مشروع مشاركة الاقوياء Maliki met seven times and discussed the project with the participation of powerful ـ التقيت المالكي سبع مرات خلال الفترة الماضية لم تتركز على محور واحد فقط انما شملت عدة محاور ولكني لاحظت في الاعلام ان ما ركز عليه هو لقاء الشخصيتين فيما لم يكن اللقاء هو المحور الوحيد ولكنه احد المحاور التي تجاوزت الاربعة محاور ومنها وظيفة الدولة العراقية فبعد الملك فيصل الاول عام 1933 لم تحدد وظيفة الدولة فينبغي تحديد وظيفة الدولة . I met with Maliki seven times during the past period had not focused on one axis, but included several axes, but I noticed in the media that the focus of is the meeting of these two characters with no meeting is the only focus, but one of the themes that exceeded the four axes and including the post of the Iraqi state after the King Faisal first in 1933 did not specify the function of the state should determine the function of the state. طرحت موضوع مشاركة الاقوياء، وليس مثل الحكومات السابقة تأتي بشيعي تعبان وتضعه في الوزارة وتقول هذا يمثل الشيعة وهذا الامر حدث في الحكومة الحالية جاءت بوزير سني تعبان وقلنا هذا يمثل السنة او يأتي بوزير لايستطيع ان يزور مدينة كردية ويقول انه ممثل للاكراد وهذه الحالة اطلقت عليها مصطلح الضد النظري اي شيعي ضد الشيعة وسني ضد السنة وكردي ضد الاكراد وهذه اللعبة لعبت في العراق ولعبت مع الشيعة ولعبت مع الاكراد ،والان تلعب مع السنة يأتي بسني ويضعونه في كل يوم في مكان جديد وينقلونه من مكان الى اخر ويقال انه هناك من يمثل السنة . Introduced the theme of the participation of the powerful, not like previous governments come Bshiai serpent and place it in the ministry says this is a Shia and that will not happen in the current government came with the Minister a Sunni tired and we said this is a year or come with the Minister was unable to visit the Kurdish city and says he is a representative of the Kurds and the situation by firing the term antibody theoretical no Shiite against Shiite and Sunni against Sunni Arabs and Kurds against Kurds and the game played in Iraq and played with the Shiites and played with the Kurds, and now play with the Sunnis come my age and put in every day in a new place and take it from one place to another is said to be there a year. ان رأيي هو ان اردنا اقتراح تكوين الدولة ونحقق مشروع السلم فيجب ان نتفق مع اقوى الاقوياء بحيث عندما ياتي وزير او نائب رئيس الجمهورية يأتي مع بيئته ويكون مسؤولا عن حماية الامن في بيئته ولا ناتي بوزير مطارد اصلا في بيئته وهذا المشروع يمكن ان اقول انه النجاح الكبير الذي حققته مع المالكي والحكيم والجعفري وغيرهم من الشخصيات السياسية الاخرى ويمكن ان تكون قاعدة لتشكيل حكومة بمشاركة الاقليات وليس كما موجود ان يأتي بالوزير من فئة اخرى . My opinion is that we want the proposal to establish the state and achieve the project of peace, it must agree with the most powerful, so when it comes to the Minister or the Deputy President of the Republic comes with its environment and be responsible for protecting the security environment we are bringing the Minister of stalker already in the environment and the project could say that the great success achieved with Maliki, Hakim and Jaafari and other political figures and the other can be the basis for forming a government with the participation of minorities and not as it exists the minister to come from another category. * هل تعني حكومة الشراكة الوطنية انها محاصصة او تحاصص وهل تصلح لنظام سياسي وليد في العراق؟ Q: Do you mean the Government of National Partnership for distribution or Thass it does serve as a political system and hand in Iraq? حكومة الشراكة نظام عالمي وليست محاصصة Government of the partnership and not a global system for distribution ـ انً انبل الحكومات في العالم حكومات الشراكة الوطنية اذكر لي دولة في العالم ليست فيها محاصصة فالحكومة البريطانية والامريكية حكومتا شراكة وطنية ومحاصصة ومصطلح يتداوله الناس مثل الببغوات فهناك مسؤول في الدولة او زعيم ويهاجم المحاصصة ، برغم ان المحاصصة هي النظام المثالي للمجتمع الذي يعاني من عدم التجانس الاجتماعي تعدد قومي تعدد ديني فيكون الحل في المحاصصة . The noblest governments in the world governments national partnership remind me state in the world where they are not seizing the UK government and U.S. governments of national partnership and seizing the term bandied about people like Albbgwat there is an official in the State or leader, and attacks the quota system, even though the quota system is the ideal system of society, which suffers from lack of homogeneity Social multi-national multi-religious Vicu solution in the quotas. ان المحاصصات في الغرب كيف تتكون اعرق الديمقراطيات في بريطانيا فيها محاصصة فيما بين ويلز وانكلترا واسكتلندة وايلندة الشمالية لايمكن لوزارة ان تشكل من دون مشاركة احد من هؤلاء . The quotas in the West consists of how one of the oldest democracies in the Britain where quotas between Wales and England, Scotland and Northern Ailandp can not be formed of the Ministry without the participation of one of them. فتكون وزارة من دون مشاركة اسكتلندا مستحيل وهذا الذي يعطينا درسا ان هناك في العراق محاصصة هو عنده محاصصة ولكنها جغرافية . Vtkon Ministry without the participation of Scotland is impossible and that which gives us a lesson that there is in Iraq, seizing seizing him, but geographical. هل يمكن ان تشكل حكومة امريكية من دون ان يساهم فيها الغرب الامريكي والجنوب الامريكي والشرق الامريكي فيها حتى انتخاب الرؤساء هل يستطيع ان يتولى الرؤساء من منطقة واحدة ثم لماذ اغتيل الرئيس الامريكي جون كندي هذا السر الكبير كيف ولماذا اغتيل هل قتل لانه كان الكاثوليكي الوحيد من رؤساء امريكا جميعاً بروتستانت ولذلك قتلوه ودفن سره معه ثم نشروا في الاعلام غير ذلك يعني ان البروتستانت احتفضوا بقيادة الدولة وهذا يعني ان للبروتستانت حصة في قيادة الدولة الامريكية. Is it possible to form the American government without contributing to the American West and the South American and Middle U.S. where even elected presidents that you can take the heads from one region and then why the assassinated U.S. President John F. Kennedy this great mystery how and why the assassination is the killing because he was the only Catholic heads of America, all Protestants, therefore, killed him and buried his secret with him and then published in the media but it means that Protestants, led by the State Ahtvadwa This means that the share of Protestants in the leadership of the American state. ً لانتصور في يوم من الايام تلغىالمحاصصة والشعب يستقر او الحكومة تستقر فالمحاصصة تعود اساساً في بناء الدولة الحالية . Antsour for one day Tlgymahassp and the people or the government settle settle back Vamahassp mainly in the building's current state. *خلال حملتكم الانتخابية زرتم مقر نقابة الصحفيين هناك من عدها ذكاء من الشخصية السياسية المعروفة حسن العلوي واخرون عدوها حنينا للمجال الذي برزت فيه كاتبا ناحجا وتجربة فذة في هذا المجال كيف يفسر العلوي هذه الزيارة؟ * During your campaign, you visit the headquarters of the Press Union of promise there smarter than personal well-known political foe, the top and others nostalgic for the domain that has emerged in which a writer Nahja and unique experience in this area explains how the top of this visit? استخدمت نقابة الصحفيين للدعاية الانتخابية ولم اروج لفكر البعث Syndicate used for electoral propaganda was not rooting for the Baath ideology ـ لم اروج لفكر البعث في النقابة اما الترويج الانتخابي فقد حدث في نقابة الصحفيين فلم انطق للترويج لفكر البعث ثم انني ولمدة 30 عاما كنت معارضا لحزب البعث وليس مثل هؤلاء هل احد منهم ان يواجه صدام علنا جميعهم وبكل القابهم ،عارضت صدام علنا وليس مثل هؤلاء البيراغيث الذين لم يستطع احد منهم ان يذكر اسم صدام وهو تحت اللحاف وان اراد ان يكتب فيكتب ابو فلان وبالنتيجة لا يوجد فلان ولا ابو فلان وانا كتبت باسم حسن العلوي منذ اول يوم خرجت فيه كتبت كتبي وهذا فعل الشجعان وليس فعل الجبناء . Not promoting an ideology Baath in the union either to promote the election had occurred at the Press Syndicate did not utter to promote the ideology of the Baath, and I for 30 years I have been opposed to the Baath Party and not like those you one of them that Saddam publicly all of them and all their titles, opposed Saddam publicly and not like those Alpiragit who could not one of them he did not mention Saddam's name which is under the quilt and wanted to write writes Abu so and so and so consequently there is not Abu so and so and I wrote a good name, the top since the first day I came out when I wrote my books and this is the act brave and not the act of cowards. عارضت صدام علنا وباسمي الصريح Opposed Saddam and publicly express my * هل تؤيدون استبدال النظام البرلماني في العراق باخر رئاسي وايهما اصلح لهذه الفترة الاستثنائية من عمر النظام السياسي الجديد في العراق؟ * Do you favor replacing the parliamentary system in Iraq, the last presidential and which one is better for this special time of life of the new political order in Iraq? ـ نظام الحكم الرئاسي والبرلماني لا افضل ان يكون النظام الرئاسي بديلا عن النظام البرلماني وحتى المالكي بعد ان دعا الى النظام الرئاسي عاد وسحب دعوته وهذه الدعوة Presidential system of government and parliamentary better not be a substitute for a presidential system, parliamentary system, even after al-Maliki called for a presidential system has since withdrawn his call and the call لها جانب مهم هو انها تعطي مركزية للسلطة ولو عقدنا مقارنا مع الدستور الامريكي والدستور العراقي نجد ان الدستور الامريكي يعطي صفة دكتاتورية لرئيس الجمهورية من خلال منحه صلاحيات واسعة ومنها الغاء Have important aspect is that it gives the central authority if we compared with the U.S. Constitution and the Iraqi Constitution, we find that the U.S. Constitution gives the status of the dictatorship of the President of the Republic through the grant broad powers including the abolition of قرار الكونغرس (البرلمان الامريكي ) ولايوجد رئيس دولة في العالم يستطيع أن يلغي قرارات البرلمان سوى في امريكا لأنهم وضعوا في دستورهم ضمانات لوحدة بلادهم فهم يخشون من ان أعضاء البرلمان أتفقوا على شيء قد يهدد وحدة البلد فهنا يستطيع رئيس الجمهورية ان يستخدم حق الفيتو أمام البرلمان لكي لايحدث أنفصال احدى الولايات وهذا النص الدستوري العظيم في بلد يطبق الفيدرالية الحقيقية واقرأ الدستور العراقي تجده يعطي الافضلية في النص الدستوري تعطي الافضلية للمحافظة وأنه ان حدث خلاف بين المركز والمحافظة فأن الولوية للمحافظة ورئيس الوزراء او رئيس الجمهورية من دون صلاحيات . Resolution of Congress (Capitol) and does not have a head of state in the world can overrule Parliament, only in America because they put in their constitution guarantees the unity of their country, they fear that the members of parliament have agreed to anything that might threaten the unity of the country Here, the President of the Republic to use its veto in front of Parliament in order to is not taking place secession by one state and this constitutional provision the great country with a real federal and read the constitution you find gives the edge in the constitutional provision giving preference to maintain and that it was the event of disagreement between the center and maintain the priority to the province and the Prime Minister or President of the Republic without authority. * قلتم في لقاء سابق في احدى القنوات الفضائية (ان علاوي والمالكي مسيران وليس مخيرين وهناك ضغوطات من قوائمهما * You said in an earlier meeting in one of the satellite channels (that Allawi and Maliki Mserran not Mjerin There are pressures from their arms تدفعهما باتجاه معين ولو ترك الاثنان يتصرفان بحرية لحلت الكثير من العراقيل والمعوقات .ما هي الضغوطات التي تمارس على علاوي بحكم خبرتك وموقعك القيادي في القائمة العراقية؟ Moved by a certain way if they leave the two were acting freely, has solved many of the obstacles and constraints. What are the pressures exerted on Allawi, by virtue of your experience and your leadership in the Iraqi National List? ـ لم أقل هذا الكلام ولم يصدر عني اطلاقا I did not say this was no talk at all about me * مازال العراقيون والجالية العراقية في الخارج يتعرضون الى اعتداءات ومضايقات * Still Iraqis and the Iraqi community abroad are exposed to attacks and harassment والحدود العراقية والمياه الاقليمية تنتهك وتقصف من بعض دول الجوار And the Iraqi border and territorial waters and violate the bombing of some neighboring countries في حال تسلم العراقية رئاسة الوزراء كيف ترد على هذه المضايقات والاعتداءات ؟ In the event of receipt of the Iraqi prime minister how to respond to this harassment and attacks? اذا تسلمت العراقية السلطة ستتحسن العلاقات مع الجوار بعد ساعات If you received the Iraqi authority will improve relations with its neighbors after hours - أن هذا الامر فيه جانبان أن تسلمت العراقية السلطة فأن الاوضاع ستتحن - This matter involves two issues that received the Iraqi authority, the situation Stthn مع دول الجوار بعد ساعات كرد فعل عربي لتسلم القائمة العراقية للسلطة وبغض النظر عن فاعليتها الجوار العربي مستعد أن يساعد الحكومة للقائمة وسوف نرفع مستوى التمثيل الدبلوماسي بين العراق ودول الجوار . With neighboring countries hours after the Arab reaction to receiving the list of Iraqi authority and regardless of the effectiveness of its Arab neighbors willing to help the Government of the list will raise the level of diplomatic representation between Iraq and neighboring countries. وسوف نعمل على تدفق المياه الى النهرين دجلة والفرات لأن الحكومة الحالية لم تفتح اواصر جيدة مع دول الجوار أو الجوار العربي أو الجوار بشكل عام عدا أيران . We will work on the flow of water to the Tigris and Euphrates rivers because the government did not open the existing good ties with neighboring countries or Arab neighbors or neighborhood in general, except Iran. ان جميع الحكومات السابقة عليها البصمة الامريكية لأنها دولة احتلال ولن تكون حكومة علاوي الوحيدة في هذه البصمة ولكن الامريكان في الحكومة المقبلة سيكون دورهم دور المتفرج او بشكل بسيط وان السفارة الامريكية بدأت التكلم على استيحاء وتريد لأنهم يريدون الانسحاب بشكل سريع وحسب الاتفاقية بين الطرفين. That all previous governments, the fingerprint U.S. occupying State will not be Allawi's government only in this footprint, but the Americans in the next government role will be the role of spectator or in a simple and that the U.S. embassy began to speak on the inspired and you want because they want to withdraw quickly and according to the agreement between the parties. العراق يمر بتجربة هشة ومازالت حتى الان الدولة هشة وتجربتنا في الحكم تشبه تجربة Iraq is still fragile and experience so far the fragile and our experience in government similar to the experience of راكب الدراجة الهوائية تجده يسقط اكثر من 20 مرة Bicyclist find drops more than 20 times قبل ان يتمكن من قيادة الدراجة وهذا مايحصل مع تجربة الحكم في العراق ونحن الان نمر بمرحلة تعلم الحكم Before he could ride with the experience of this case with the government in Iraq, and now we are in the process learning rule والموجودون Who are present الان ليست لهم تجربة في الحكم واذا كان راكب الدراجة يسقط هذا العدد من المرات وقد تكسر قدمه قبل ان يتمكن من قيادة الدراجة فأذا كانت هذه الدولة كلها دراجة هوائية يجب ان تتوفر الخبرة لأدارة الدولة بالصورة الصحيحة والاعتماد على أصحاب العقول من العراقيين وعدم تهميشهم . Now they have no experience in government and if the cyclist drops the number of times has broken foot before he could ride, if this whole country bicycle must have the experience to manage the country properly and rely on the minds of Iraqis and non-marginalized. http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&sl=ar&tl=en&u=http://al-iraqnews.net/new/specific-palaver/10697.html&rurl=translate.google.com&twu=1&usg=ALkJrhifKI5qXcVJxcVkYwBOyghf0p_JCA

The order of events will be: ratification of results, the call to the Council of Representatives to convene, the election of a speaker, the election of the new President, the nomination and approval of the Council of Ministers. The ratification of the general election results by the Federal Supreme Court will take place according to Article 93(7) According to Article 54 of the constitution: The President of the Republic shall call upon the Council of Representatives to convene by a presidential decree within fifteen days from the date of the ratification of the general election results. Its eldest member shall chair the first session to elect the speaker of the Council and his two deputies. This period may not be extended by more than the aforementioned period. According to Article 55 of the constitution: The Council of Representatives shall elect in its first session its speaker, then his first deputy and second deputy, by an absolute majority of the total number of the Council members by direct secret ballot. According to Article 70 of the constitution: First: The Council of Representatives shall elect a President of the Republic from among the candidates by a two-thirds majority of the number of its members. Second: If none of the candidates receive the required majority vote then the two candidates who received the highest number of votes shall compete and the one who receives the majority of votes in the second election shall be declared President. According to Article 76 of the constitution: First: The President of the Republic shall charge the nominee of the largest Council of Representatives bloc with the formation of the Council of Ministers within fifteen days from the date of the election of the President of the Republic. Second: The Prime Minister-designate shall undertake the naming of the members of his Council of Ministers within a period not to exceed thirty days from the date of his designation. Third: If the Prime Minister-designate fails to form the Council of Ministers during the period specified in clause “Second,” the President of the Republic shall charge a new nominee for the post of Prime Minister within fifteen days. Fourth: The Prime Minister-designate shall present the names of his members of the Council of Ministers and the ministerial program to the Council of Representatives. He is deemed to have gained its confidence upon the approval, by an absolute majority of the Council of Representatives, of the individual Ministers and the ministerial program. Fifth: The President of the Republic shall charge another nominee to form the Council of Ministers within fifteen days in case the Council of Ministers did not win the vote of confidence. Pursuant to Articles 68 and 77, the President and Prime Minister must be Iraqi by birth, born to Iraqi parents. The President must be over 40 and the Prime Minister over thirty five. http://www.gjpi.org/2010/03/24/the-election-is-over-and-so-what-happens-next/ Looking at this Article 68 is rearing it's ugly head, so it looks like Allawi is not a shoe in for sure.

STOP AND THINK THE TIME YOU SPEND LEARNING ABOUT IRAQ, IRAQI PEOPLE, THE TIME YOU SPEND IN PRAYER REQUESTING GOD RV THE DINAR, ETC ETC STOP it STOP it STOP it if you are an AMERICAN! And proceed to read this! I've spent 2-1/2 years watching and studying, day after day, trying to get myself informed on what has happened, what is happening, and what this means for the future of our country, the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! What I have concluded is we have 100 (exaagerated BUT THERE ARE ALOT OF FRONTS) issues in our face that need to be addressed NOW; and the American public is dazed and confused and they have no idea where to begin, they just know that they are angry. Each and every American must ask their God and their heart which front they wish to serve on and which way they as an individual is to go! The immigration problem is also an issue! A major one! The Federal Reserve (as referenced above) is a HUGE issue, the corporate takeover hand-in-hand with our government assisting and advancing the takeover of our great nation is AN IMMEDIATE IMPENDING DANGEROUS issue. Yes our government partners with corporate america to bring the american people to their knees. Why do you think the White House staff/employees czars AND OUR NEWEST nominee for the Supreme Court are Goldman Sachs people! The banning of our right to bear arms is another HUGE issue (our constitutional rights). By the time our leaders are done only the CRIMINALS will be bearing arms! ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE IN DANGER, EMMINENT DANGER, of losing all of our rights in the US (each and everyone of us). Google FEMA camps, did you know there are about 2-3 camps in every state of this great nation, waiting to encamp and imprision, who? The list of the issues we need to be watching very closely is astronomnical. If you were to choose just 1 issue to watch and keep abreast of, you will be spending hours each day to get up to speed! AND GUESS WHAT, all of us, each and every American needs to be fully informed NOW! AND WE MUST BE INFORMED ON ALL THESE ISSUES NOW! We have reached a crescendo! There's no time left to act. I pray we all get informed and informed now! TO THOSE OF YOU WHO PRAY, PLEASE CONTINUE reading AND JOIN ME IN ASKING OUR GOD FOR HIS MERCY, WISDOM, GUIDANCE AND PROTECTION! Father God and your Holy Son Jesus - I ask for your wisdom and the sweet voice of your Holly Spirit to direct us and our Country, the United States of America. The country that you ordained and blessed mightily but, which have turned from you; and now we await your mighty hand to guide each and everyone of us in the way we should go! I pray on behalf of my brothers and sisters in Christ, myself included and at the top of the list, that the stewardship of this great nation - obviously, we have failed and turned from YOU and your gift of freedom. Father God we have failed! But I thank YOU Father God and your Holy Son and your Holy Spirit, FOR openING our eyes to the truth and the way you would have EACH OF US go from this point forward! Thank YOU for granting us the gift of discernment Father; and bless and praise you in advance for opening eyes of your people NOW. THIS IS your universe and we pray and thank YOU for your guidance NOW and time is short. I bless and praise you that action will be taken by your people as directed by YOU! It all belongs to YOU and we are YOUR stewards and we ask for your WISDOM and STRENGTH in our time of NEED! I pray that those who do not realize they are in desperate need realize this NOW and I thank you for giving wisdom and clear vision to all in which direction they are to go! Your will be done forever and forever! In Jesus name I pray! Amen http://newdinarchat....p?p=963#post963

Received this in an e-mail and thought it mad sense. Carla THIS IS HOW TO FIX CONGRESS!!!!! A friend sent this along to me. I can't think of a reason to disagree. I am sending this to virtually everybody on my e-mail list and that includes conservatives, liberals, and everybody in between. Even though we disagree on a number of issues, I count all of you as friends. My friend and neighbor wants to promote a "Congressional Reform Act of 2010". It would contain eight provisions, all of which would probably be strongly endorsed by those who drafted the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. *********************************** Congressional Reform Act of 2010 1. Term Limits: 12 years only, one of the possible options below. A. Two Six year Senate terms B. Six Two year House terms C. One Six year Senate term and three Two Year House terms Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work. 2. No Tenure / No Pension: A congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office. Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work. 3. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security: All funds in the Congressional retirement fund moves to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system, Congress participates with the American people. Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, server your term(s), then go home and back to work. 4. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan just as all Americans. Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work. 5. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%. Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work. 6. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people. Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work. 7. Congress must equally abide in all laws they impose on the American people. Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work. 8. All contracts with past and present congressmen are void effective 1/1/11 . The American people did not make this contract with congressmen, congressmen made all these contracts for themselves. Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work.

Ban Ki-moon calls for accelerating the formation of the Iraqi government 26 May 2010 - Darabeen News WASHINGTON (Drabin): UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Iraqi leaders to speed up the formation of the government, stressing that the prolongation of the process of its formation will not be in favor of the Iraqi people. He urged Ed Melkart Representative of the Secretary-General's special representative in Iraq in an interview with Al Hurra, the Iraqi parties not to waste any time and uphold the principles of power sharing and national reconciliation. She explained U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice said the United States encourages the formation of smooth inclusive government reflecting the will of the Iraqi people. Meanwhile, Rice said that for U.S. troops to pull this is not still on the track selected in accordance with the time frame agreed upon between the United States and Iraq to end the combat mission at the end of next August, so come out, U.S. soldiers at the end of the year. http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&tl=en&u=http://www.darabeen.com/index.asp%3Ffname%3D/2010/05/05-26/2010-5-26-10-3-32.htm%26dismode%3Dx%26ts%3D5/26/2010%252010:07:34%2520AM

Amri: Alliance «national» and «the rule of law» strategic and final can not be undone Voice of Iraq) - 05/27/2010 Thursday, May 27th, 2010 Stressed leadership in the «Iraqi National Coalition» Hadi al-Amiri, that the alliance with mass «coalition rule of law» is «a final strategic alliance can not be reversed under any circumstances». He stressed that the new alliance between the coalitions agree on a candidate for prime minister, adding that this «may take a few weeks or more». And saw the leader of the «Kurdistan Alliance» Muhsin al-Sadoun that «the integration of coalition rule of law and the Iraqi National to name a unified new alliance will help in ending the political crisis in the country would lead the next government». Revealed Amiri, who heads the «Badr Organization», one of the components of the «National Coalition», in a statement to «life» to set up three committees currently holds the rules of procedure for the new alliance, in addition to the Committee to select the prime ministerial candidate. . He stressed that the alliance of coalitions Amiri «a strategic and definitive. A reality which can not be undone under any circumstances, whatever the differences. There is no truth to reports about the presence of signs to quit the coalition because of node Prime Minister ». He said that «this bet wrong». The coalition «national» and «the rule of law», led by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki announced on 4 May (May) of this alliance to form the largest parliamentary bloc in order to take form the next government. Al-Ameri added: «After we formed the largest parliamentary bloc in charge of the presidency by the Constitution and the formation of the government are now working on a government program and through which we hope to establish controls and mechanisms that prevent the Prime Minister of the uniqueness of the resolutions and promote the building of institutions and the application of the Constitution. We made proposals to the rule of law in this regard ». He added: «If there is agreement on these mechanisms, there will be no objection to any candidate, whether from our list or from the rule of law». He Amri: «We are in the National Coalition against the red lines, do not oppose that by Nuri al-Maliki for a second term or any other person from both coalitions. We have no reservations about anyone, but what concerns us is to agree on mechanisms of action ». He added: «In addition to the Selection Committee for the Prime Minister are 3 other committees to develop rules of procedure of the alliance and will complete its work within days, since most of the ideas and proposals agreed by the coalition negotiations fail with the rule of law before the elections». The «National Coalition» 3 prepared working papers containing the program of work of the government and the powers of the Prime Minister and Minister accounting methods. And the «Committee of Wise Men» Inter-coalitions are tasked with choosing the prime ministerial candidate Amery said: «it was agreed that members of this Committee, namely seven out of the coalition. But did not provide any block party or a candidate to this Committee until now because we want to first agree on the mechanisms of choice and the government program ». Hasan al-Abd al-Halim al-Zuhairi, Haidar al-Abadi, Ali Keywords (Dawa / stand-Maliki) and Khudair Khuzaie (Dawa party / organization of Iraq) and Hassani (spokesman for the state of law). The candidates of the «National Coalition» Understanding: Bahaa al-Suhail and Qusay, Nassar al-Rubaie (Sadr) and Sheikh Hamam Hamoudi (upper house), and Faleh Al-Fayad (Reform Movement), Hassan Shammari (Virtue Party). Amiri rejected setting a specific date to end the negotiations, choosing a common candidate for prime minister and said: «We continue to work. Negotiations are continuing and if we are lucky process may take days or weeks. But may be complicated things a bit and goes more than that ». And Abizaid: «I am sure that coalitions will present a joint candidate for prime minister presents to the rest of the blocs in order to negotiate the formation of the government». It was stated leader of the «rule of law» Abdul Hadi al-Hassani's «life» that «the meeting coalitions today (yesterday) discuss the ratification of the names of the Steering Committee», consisting of 14 members, and developing the rules of procedure of the block the larger and develop criteria for selecting the candidate for prime minister » . He added that «the rule of law provided names of the candidates 7 to the Steering Committee», refused to reveal their names because they «may change if they did not accept the National Coalition», pointing out that «today's meeting (yesterday) is the one who will resolve the issue». . It was supposed to hold the meeting last Monday but was postponed more than once. In regard to the period of ten days, which has only 4, which was set to finalize the integration coalitions Hassani saw it «difficult to determine the timeframe for such things, especially the Federal Court has not ratified the election results after». So, he saw the leader of the «Kurdistan Alliance» Muhsin al-Sadoun that «the completion of the integration of coalition rule of law and the Iraqi National to name a unified new alliance and its head will help in ending the political crisis in the country would lead the next government», saying it «If the merge coalitions has become a new alliance on behalf of the uniform with the head and internal system and a unified political program, that is applied to the Federal Court decision that will contribute to accelerate the formation of the government and end the political crisis ». http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&langpair=ar|en&u=http://www.sotaliraq.com/iraq-news.php%3Fid%3D1091&prev=/language_tools&rurl=translate.google.com&usg=ALkJrhgjzIX0312jNVXvEFWZgcOl97bUSw

an update, i googled midwest realty management and this was on the results page from foxnews.com it seems the company has relented a little and will allow flag through memorial day weekend. not good enough in my book. it is good to see the action by the couple to not let this die and go away. it also sounds like many more have noticed as there was over 800 comments on this today alone. im terrible at pc stuff like copying etc but what i read is below--- Home U.S. World Business Politics Entertainment Leisure Health SciTech Opinion Sports On Air On Air Personalities »America’s News HQ America’s Newsroom Cavuto FOX News Sunday FOX & Friends FOX News Watch FOX Report Geraldo at Large Glenn Beck Greta Hannity Happening Now Huckabee Red Eye w/ Gutfeld Special Report Specials Studio B The Cost of Freedom The Journal Editorial Report The Lineup The Live Desk The O’Reilly Factor War Stories U.S. HOME February 01, 201 National Interest National Interest Wisconsin Veteran Must Remove Flag After Memorial Day, Wife Says By Joshua Rhett Miller Published May 26, 2010 | FOXNews.com Print Email Share Comments (826) Text Size Dawn Price Charlie Price, a 28-year-old Army veteran, will be allowed to fly this flag in his Wisconsin apartment only until Memorial Day, his wife told FoxNews.com. An Army veteran in Wisconsin will be allowed to display an American flag until Memorial Day, but the symbol honoring his service in Iraq and Kosovo must come down next Tuesday, his wife told FoxNews.com. Dawn Price, 27, of Oshkosh, Wis., said she received a call from officials at Midwest Realty Management early Wednesday indicating that she and her husband, Charlie, would be allowed to continue flying the American flag they've had in their window for months through the holiday weekend. The couple had previously been told they had to remove the flag by Saturday or face eviction due to a company policy that bans the display of flags, banners and political or religious materials. "It's basically an extension so we can fly the flag on Memorial Day," Price told FoxNews.com. "It does need to come down after that." Charlie Price, 28, served tours of duty as a combat engineer in Iraq and Kosovo, his wife said. To honor his eight years of service, she began decorating their apartment during Veterans Day in November. An American flag topped off the display, she said. "I knew it made Charlie really proud to see that," she said. "And this isn't something new. This has been up for quite some time now." Veterans' groups were furious at the realtors' refusal to allow the flag to fly. "As a veteran, it sickens me that the Dawn and Charlie Price's building management company would imply that the American flag could be construed as offensive by their residents," said Ryan Gallucci, a spokesman for AmVets. "We're talking about our most revered national symbol. This is insulting to anyone who has defended our flag honorably, like Charlie Price." Dawn Price said she now works to amend the federal Freedom to Display the American Flag Act of 2005, which states no "condominium association, cooperative association, or residential real estate management association" may stop someone from flying the American flag. The law, however, does not apply to renters. "This has been eating at us since Friday," she said. 'The best way to fight this isn't getting an eviction and going after these people in court. That's just going to cost us a lot of time, energy and money." Instead, Dawn Price said she either intends to place a curtain between the flag and the apartment window to block it from onlookers or will move it to a rear balcony come next week. "We don't want to fight the eviction," she said. "We know we'd lose." Officials at Midwest Realty Management, which manages Brookside Apartments, where the Prices live, did not return several messages seeking comment. In a statement to the Oshkosh Northwestern, company officials said the policy was established to provide a consistent living environment for all residents. "This policy was developed to insure that we are fair to everyone as we have many residents from diverse backgrounds," the statement read. "By having a blanket policy of neutrality we have found that we are less likely to offend anyone and the aesthetic qualities of our apartment communities are maintained." Despite the brief reprieve, Dawn Price said her husband is disappointed by the flag flap. "He actually sees it as a slap in the face to his service," she said. "He's pretty upset about it, especially right around Memorial Day." A Facebook group created by Dawn Price, "Freedom to Display the American Flag," had roughly 2,000 members as of Wednesday. "As a father of a son [who] is currently serving in Iraq this blackens my heart!!!!" read one comment. "These men and women sign a blank check up to and including their life!"

Here’s the AZ SB 1070. Be informed and read it for yourself if you already haven’t. http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/49leg/2r/bills/sb1070s.pdf The last line was the real eye-opener! This is very interesting and if Arizona can do it, why can't the rest of America? MEXICO IS ANGRY! Three cheers for Arizona. The shoe is on the other foot and the Mexicans from the State of Sonora, Mexico do not like it. Can you believe the nerve of these people? It's almost funny. The State of Sonora is angry at the influx of Mexicans into Mexico. Nine state legislators from the Mexican State of Sonora traveled to Tucson to complain about Arizona's new employer crackdown on illegals from Mexico. It seems that many Mexican illegals are returning to their hometowns and the officials in the Sonora state government are ticked off. A delegation of nine state legislators from Sonora was in Tucson on Tuesday to state that Arizona's new Employer Sanctions Law will have a devastating effect on the Mexican state. At a news conference, the legislators said that Sonora - Arizona's southern neighbor - made up of mostly small towns - cannot handle the demand for housing, jobs and schools that it will face as Mexican workers return to their hometowns from the USA without jobs or money. The Arizona law, which took effect Jan. 1, punishes Arizona employers who knowingly hire individuals without valid legal documents to work in the United States. Penalties include suspension of, or loss of, their business license. The Mexican legislators are angry because their own citizens are returning to their hometowns, placing a burden on THEIR state government. 'How can Arizona pass a law like this?' asked Mexican Rep Leticia Amparano-Gamez, who represents Nogales. 'There is not one person living in Sonora who does not have a friend or relative working in Arizona,' she said, speaking in Spanish. 'Mexico is not prepared for this, for the tremendous problems it will face as more and more Mexicans working in Arizona and who were sending money to their families return to their home-towns in Sonora without jobs,' she said. 'We are one family, socially and economically,' she said of the people of Sonora and Arizona. Wrong! The United States is a sovereign nation, not a subsidiary of Mexico, and its taxpayers are not responsible for the welfare of Mexico's citizens. It's time for the Mexican government, and its citizens, to stop feeding parasitically off the United States and to start taking care of its/their own needs. Too bad that other states within the USA don't pass a law just like that passed by Arizona. Maybe that's the answer, since our own Congress will do nothing! The Immigration Laws: Read to the bottom or you will miss the message... 1. There will be no special bilingual programs in the schools. 2. All ballots will be in this nation's language. 3. All government business will be conducted in our language. 4. Non-residents will NOT have the right to vote no matter how long they are here. 5. Non-citizens will NEVER be able to hold political office. 6 Foreigners will not be a burden to the taxpayers. No welfare, no food stamps, no health care, or other government assistance programs. Any burden will be deported. 7. Foreigners can invest in this country, but it must be an amount at least equal to 40,000 times the daily minimum wage. 8. If foreigners come here and buy land... options will be restricted. Certain parcels including waterfront property are reserved for citizens naturally born into this country. 9. Foreigners may have no protests; no demonstrations, no waving of a foreign flag, no political organizing, no bad-mouthing our president or his policies. These will lead to deportation. 10. If you do come to this country illegally, you will be actively hunted &, when caught, sent to jail until your deportation can be arranged. All assets will be taken from you. Too strict? The above laws are current immigration laws of MEXICO!

FREEDOM TO BE PROUD AMERICANS IS BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM US BY FOREIGNERS WHO CAME HERE TO ENJOY OUR FREEDOM...THEY NEED TO GO BACK WHERE THEY CAME FROM.. AMERICANS WAKE UP AND STAND TOGETHER SO WE CAN REMAIN FREE.

short & sweet. May 26, 2010 IHEC sends election results to Federal Court BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: The Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) in Iraq on Wednesday sent the Iraqi parliamentary election results to the Federal Court for final approval. “The election results that have been sent to the Federal Court are related to Baghdad and all provinces,” Hamdiya al-Husseini of the IHEC told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. She noted that the time required to approve the results is related to the Federal Court not the IHEC. http://articlesofinterest-kelley.blogspot.com/2010/05/iraq-wednesday-may-26th-ihec-sends.html

Ok I have a rumor that is new to me, and it is just that “a rumor,” because I have no facts that can prove or disprove it. I talked to a friend of mine today who has 50mil. Dinars, I know that means nothing just because he has that many but anyway he said that he feels that the RV/RI will happen by mid June or sooner. I just hope he is right. OK there it is have fun!!

Thanks Ron.. I agree with Med's assessment of the 70% liquidity subject. I think this was a huge positive step towards the RV IMO

Bush's attempt to cut the head off of the radical muslim snake was a frail attempt. Yes it is heartbreaking that so many have died, but would you rather a madman such as Saddam Husein be allowed to poison millions of his own people, print money to call his own and terrorize the entire nation and possibly the entire FREE WORLD? Take this into account before the bashing begins.... Saddam Husein financed muslim extremists becuase we were getting in his way. In the way of brutalizing women, children and even his own family if they too, got in his way. I'm not for meddling in a nations affairs(are you listening Calderon) but when a tyrant such as this runs execution squads aimed at anyone who would question his logic.... IT'S TIME FOR ANYONE WHO CAN, TO STAND AND FIGHT HIM! The link between WMD's is questionable to a point but he's already used the gas on whole communities at a time. What's the point in looking for the weapons he might still have if it's already proven that he's had them (and alredy used them) before? I would have personally allowed our military to do their jobs without questioning the manner in which they do it! They were sent there to do one thing! LIBERATE the Iraqi people. They weren't there to steal natural resources, money or religeous beliefs! What is wrong with the media? If a woman walks toward the military and does not halt her position, then the soldiers have no choice but to stop her by ANY MEANS necessary! Don't video the whole thing and court-marshall the souldiers that LIVE IN HARMS WAY DAILY and question them in front of a packed-out courthouse and ask them whuy they had to kill. THEY HAD TO OR THEY COULD POSSIBLY BE INJURED OR KILLED THEMSELVES! Is anyone listening! We have had to develop technology to put explosives inside the space of a shoebox because of the bleeding-heart meadia who jumps at the chance to pull at our heartstrings for the poor INOCENT CIVILIANS who's lives were lost so that human feces could also be wiped from the face of the planet. I can't believe that our nation has let political correctness blind us so much! No longer can we call a savage terrorist exactly what they are! Instead to not offend the world, we crater to referring to these deluted criminals as insurgents, or Muslim extremists! Call them and treat them the way they should be called and treated! They are the ant on our pinky toe but if left to continue will poison the very freedom we used to know. Wake up america. Wake up. WAKE UP! Bush has made colossal mistakes as every political figure before him. It comes with taking the responsibility of the President of the United States. But! If we continue to attempt to live our lives as hollywood and the media hands it to us.... There is no hope. Not even for Obama. Take responsibility for your actions. Don't hold your hand out if you are able-bodied. I welcome any man or woman to this country of free speech and hope but, do it legally, for God's sake. If you want to be an American, assimilate to the American culture, speak the english language and pay your taxes just like existing US Citizen does! Buy a soldier a drink and ask them how their day is going! SkeeterPE

I voted for Obama and really regret it now. He has done completely the opposite of what he campaigned on. I pray for him everyday, but I know he is running this country into the ground. I am so ashamed and embarrased that I voted for him.

There have been a lot of dumb asses protesting the Arizona law, when in FACT it is a law that we already have in ALL 50 states. For those that protest I would like to remind them of some things 1) What part of Article IV, Section IV of the U.S. Constitution don’t these people understand? ”The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence. Illegal aliens, illegal immigrants, “Undocumented immigrants”, etc. ARE unlawful ILLEGAL “invaders” unlawfully sapping our system dry! EACH and EVERY state has a DUTY to uphold that law and the Constitution. If anything, states that boycott or protest against Arizona are saying loud and clear that they are in favor of breaking the law and ignoring the constitution. 2) Someone said we should impose harsher laws. Here is one that did. Did you see the video? So… the US is harsh and is un-fair, and THEIR president comes here to tell US that we are harsh?? LOL They say America is racist? Really?? Have you seen what these fine people had to say? Augustin Cebada, Brown Berets; "Go back to Boston! Go back to Plymouth Rock, Pilgrims! Get out! We are the future. You are old and tired. Go on. We have beaten you. Leave like beaten rats. You old white people. It is your duty to die. Through love of having children, we are going to take over. Richard Alatorre, Los Angeles City Council. "They're afraid we're going to take over the governmental institutions and other institutions. They're right. We will take them over . . . We are here to stay." Excelsior, the national newspaper of Mexico, "The American Southwest seems to be slowly returning to the jurisdiction of Mexico without firing a single shot." Professor Jose Angel Gutierrez, University of Texas; "We have an aging white America. They are not making babies. They are dying. The explosion is in our population . . . I love it. They are shitting in their pants with fear. I love it." Art Torres, Chairman of the California Democratic Party, "Remember 187--proposition to deny taxpayer funds for services to non-citizens--was the last gasp of white America in California." Gloria Molina, Los Angeles County Supervisor, "We are politicizing every single one of these new citizens that are becoming citizens of this country . . . I gotta tell you that a lot of people are saying, "I'm going to go out there and vote because I want to pay them back." Mario Obledo, California Coalition of Hispanic Organizations and California State Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare under Governor Jerry Brown, also awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Bill Clinton, "California is going to be a Hispanic state. Anyone who doesn't like it should leave." Jose Pescador Osuna, Mexican Consul General, "We are practicing 'La Reconquista' in California." Professor Fernando Guerra, Loyola Marymount University; "We need to avoid a white backlash by using codes understood by Latinos . . . " Are these just the words of a few extremists? Consider that we could fill up many pages with such quotes. Also, consider that these are mainstream Mexican leaders. Now don’t forget about this too; THIS REMINDS ME OF WHAT THEY ARE TEACHING IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS CALLED “RAZA STUDIES” (ALSO CALLED “MEXICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES”) WHERE THEY TEACH A BOOK THAT SAYS “KILL THE GRINGO” (PG. 323). ANOTHER PHRASE IN THE SAME BOOK (”OCCUPIED AMERICA ” BY RODOLFO ACUNA, 5TH EDITION) SAYS: “THE SUPPORTERS (OF THE PLAN OF SAN DIEGO ) WOULD EXECUTE ALL WHITE MALES OVER AGE 16…” (PG. 167) THE U.S. VS MEXICO: On February 15, 1998, the U.S. and Mexican soccer teams met at the Los Angeles Coliseum. The crowd was overwhelmingly pro-Mexican even though most lived in this country. They booed during the National Anthem and U.S. flags were held upside down. As the match progressed, supporters of the U.S. team were insulted, pelted with projectiles, punched and spat upon. Beer and trash were thrown at the U.S. players before and after the match. The coach of the U.S. team, Steve Sampson said, "This was the most painful experience I have ever had in this profession." Did you know that immigrants from Mexico and other non-European countries can come to this country and get preferences in jobs, education, and government contracts? It's called affirmative Action or racial privilege. The Emperor of Japan or the President of Mexico could migrate here and immediately be eligible for special rights unavailable for Americans of European descent. Recently, a vote was taken in the U.S. Congress to end this practice. It was defeated. Every single Democratic senator except Ernest Hollings voted to maintain special privileges for Hispanic, Asian and African immigrants. They were joined by thirteen Republicans. Bill Clinton and Al Gore have repeatedly stated that they believe that massive immigration from countries like Mexico is good. They have also backed special privileges for these immigrants. Corporate America has signed on to the idea that minorities and third world immigrants should get special, privileged status. Some examples are Exxon, Texaco, Merrill Lynch, Boeing, Paine Weber, Starbucks and many more. DID YOU KNOW?: Did you know that Mexico regularly intercedes on the side of the defense in criminal cases involving Mexican nationals? Did you know that Mexico has NEVER extradited a Mexican national accused of murder in the U.S. in spite of agreements to do so? According to the L.A. Times, Orange County, California is home to 275 gangs with 17,000 members; 98% of which are Mexican and Asian. How's your county doing? According to a New York Times article dated May 19, 1994, 20 years after the great influx of legal immigrants from Southeast Asia, 30% are still on welfare compared to 8% of households nationwide. A Wall Street Journal editorial dated December 5, 1994 quotes law enforcement officials as stating that Asian mobsters are the "greatest criminal challenge the country faces." Not bad for a group that is still under 5% of the population. Is education important to you? Here are the words of a teacher who spent over 20 years in the Los Angeles School system. "Imagine teachers in classes containing 30-40 students of widely varying attention spans and motivation, many of whom aren't fluent in English. Educators seek learning materials likely to reach the majority of students and that means fewer words and math problems and more pictures and multicultural references." WHEN I WAS YOUNG: When I was young, I remember hearing about the immigrants that came through Ellis Island. They wanted to learn English. They wanted to breathe free. They wanted to become Americans. Now too many immigrants come here with demands. They demand to be taught in their own language. They demand special privileges--affirmative action. They demand ethnic studies that glorify their culture. And they call us racists? LOL

GOD BLESS OUR SOLDIERS ALL, PAST AND PRESENT>

Thanks CARLA for another good post. You're awesome...! Blessings, RON

0k...lets do this right...I turn 63 on the 4th of June......How about 6.30.....if you're gonna dream...dream a big dream because the worst thing that can happen is that a small dream will come true.

Not to "poopoo" on the party here but on the flip side of the discussion, if you are going to post a rumor, don't always expect to be patted on the back for it. Expect a little criticism from people and take it with a grain of salt. JMHO "Let's Go RVing"

Banker Bemoans Foreign Banks' Reluctance To Set Up In Iraq An ATM in Baghdad May 26, 2010 - Radio Free Iraq BAGHDAD -- A senior Iraqi banker says the disinclination of foreign banks to extend their operations to Iraq has negatively affected the country's nascent banking sector and the national economy as a whole, RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraqi reports. Mudhhir Mohammed Saleh, who is a member of the Central Bank's board of advisers, told RFI that foreign banks are conspicuous by their absence in Iraq for a variety of reasons, including security concerns and the lack of a favorable legal framework. Iraq enacted legislation six years ago allowing foreign banks to operate freely in Iraq. While several foreign banks such as HSBC have a presence in Iraq, mainly through buying stakes in local banks, few have opened branches under their own names. Iraqi law still prohibits land ownership by foreigners, including a foreign bank that would want to buy property to conduct its operations, Saleh explained. Saleh warned that reluctance by foreign banks to come to Iraq is hindering the development of the banking sector, which remains rudimentary due to years of international isolation and the command economy under the former regime of Saddam Hussein. He pointed out that both state-owned and private banks in Iraq at best offer 10 products or services, compared to 450 by major international banks. Economic analyst Raghib Ridha Blaybil told RFI that the precarious security situation and continued restrictions imposed on Iraq under Chapter 7 of the UN Charter are the main obstacles to foreign banks setting up shop in the country. Blaybil said that another disincentive is the fact that state-owned banks account for some 90 percent of the banking sector in Iraq. The outgoing parliament failed to pass a new banking law, referring it with other important bills to the new legislature.

Man this guy just never stops ,He says to cash in the dong on Monday and buy more Dinar ? What a idiot, Before you make up this crap TK you should at least look at a calendar and dude if you think Adam and Sonny are in your room you are as dumb as you are! And back to this cashing in thing on Monday when a few people called it out that it was a Holiday he just walked around it , Thats because he knew he screwed up at that point and couldn't go back on his date , I really wish this guy would go away ohhhh yeah i thought Elvis was DEAD you big dummy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello, Benc .. along with others here, I too thank you for your service. I see you've only made two posts and I encourage you to visit and post more and if you haven't visited chat, you might like that as well. As you can see, there is much support here. I am so glad Drox provided such a great update on Iraq and the dinar, from his perspective. That's one of the best summaries I've seen .. plus, I hope you could feel the compassion behind Drox' words. And Markisuncfan is right there with you, so to speak. You are not alone. Keep that message from Drox and read it when you need to and I'm sure Markisuncfan would be glad to give you some other points. Personally, I think that Vets deserve the best care and support that can be provided and I hope you get that ... and even more with the dinar RV! Blessings! luckylucy Jeanette

I know I will not change any opinions and am most likely wasting my time, but here goes: If we could magically go back in time: 1) Do you think ole Bill Clinton would have acted differently towards Osama Bin Laden? Remember, back in the mid to late 90's, Clinton PERSONALLY Aborted 5 missions where our Spc Ops had OBL in their grasps? Thery could have killed him 5 times LONG BEFORE 9/11 and Mr Bill said NO. 2) Do you think GW Bush would have pushed harder in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006 to get Congress to thwart the snowball that he told Congress about as did many of the Repub Congress about Fanny Mae and Freddie Mac? Everytime it was brought up before Jan 2007, it was killed in committee by Chris Dodd and Barney Frank. After Jan 2007 when the Dems took control, Pelosi killed anything Bush tried to do. 3) Do you think our military should have attacked the miles long convoys from Iraq into Syria(while we was arguing with the UN before we went into Iraq in 2003) that contained many WMD's and huge sums of US cash? After all, the cash was used to help fund the insurgent movement that killed many US troops. These videos and satellite films hopefully will be released soon with the Freedom of Information Act. I saw some of these first videos hand, but don't take my word for it. I am Joe Nobody. 4) Do you think GW Bush had a different motivation in not allowing the WMD's found INSIDE Iraq during 2003-05 to be made public? I am NOT talking about the stashes of Yellowcake either. I have no idea why, but my opinion is due to the wordings of the Chp 7 the UN put on Iraq because Bush was hoping the Dinar would RV before 2008 elections thus repaying the US for all we spent there. As stated before, don't take my word for it....this too should be released under the Freedom of Information Act. 5) Do you think Bill Clinton, working with Sam Walton (Walmart) pushed hard to make it easy for US businesses to relocate to China, thus lowering prices on goods, but killing our economy? You think seeing what he sees now, the fallout, he would not let this happen??? Or did he not care just like he did not care when he GAVE China alot of military secrets. This was part of the reason one side of Congress Impeached him and the other side was close. Of course, he and Hillarious are still sleeping sound at night after over 27 people magically died or dissappeared that had the goods on them about Whitewater. 6) Do you think, knowing what you know about Obama now, would you still vote for him? Daily, more skeletons fall out of his closet and daily, he shows what he is all about. Power, control, kill Capitalism and convert to Socialism teetering on Communism. We don't have a magical time machine, but history does repeat itself. There is alot of wrongs done but our elected leaders, on both sides of the isle. But to me, nothing has been done as wrong and as many times as what our current administration and congress has done since Jan 2009. All the fallen soldiers and founding fathers are rolling over in their graves. Karl Marx, Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, are laughing in their graves. Read the original constitution. Keep it in tact. That is what made USA great and our downfall is getting away from it. Oh, and In God We Trust means alot more than a few words on our currency.

Leggman, No disrespect, but the article is talking about the KUWAITI dinar, not the Iraqi dinar.

Congress Sends Wrong Message to Iraq by Raed Jarrar, May 24, 2010 Email This | Print This | Share This | Comment | Antiwar Forum After more than 19 years of war, including seven years of occupation, the U.S. Congress still does not grasp domestic politics in Iraq. This week, the House passed a resolution asking the State Department to establish U.S. consulates in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, as well as in “other regions” in the country. This resolution isn’t binding, but it still sends the wrong message to Iraqis. The resolution claims it is important to establish such consulates to “facilitate more governmental” missions between the U.S. government and the government in the Kurdish region. Although this move might seem a mere technicality from the U.S. side, it is very controversial in Iraq. The people of Iraq will see such a consulate as a U.S. attempt to undermine the authority of the central government in Baghdad and establish direct diplomatic relations with the regional Kurdish government. In addition, there is no such a thing as “other regions” in Iraq. There was an attempt to dissolve the central government and create a “Sunnistan” and a “Shiastan,” but an overwhelming majority of Iraqis rejected such attempts to partition the country into thirds. Even the Kurdish region’s powers are still contested and under debate: some Iraqis want the autonomous region to be a confederation with a wide range of authorities, and others want the region to stay under the economic and military control of the central government. In fact, anything that supports sectarian/ethnic regional governments is extremely explosive in Iraq. It is as controversial inside the war-torn nation as it was here in the United States in the period before the Civil War, when certain states were trying to undermine the authority of the central government. Contrary to the conventional wisdom in the beltway, the ongoing Iraqi domestic conflict has more to do with political differences and less to do with sectarian and religious hatred. The latest election in Iraq was another example of how some Sunnis, Shi’ites, and Kurds with nationalist tendencies work together, and how other Sunnis, Shi’ites, and Kurds with separatist agendas collaborate. More importantly, Iraqis believe the United States has been meddling in the conflict by taking sides. For instance, a few years ago, Iraqis viewed the Biden-Brownback resolution, which promoted partitioning Iraq into three regions, as evidence of the United States backing separatist Sunnis, Shi’ites, Kurds, and Christians against the nationalists who prefer to keep a strong central government and are against the demographic partitioning of the nation. But President Obama has been maintaining a hands-off policy that avoids interfering in Iraq’s domestic issues – especially during this sensitive transitional time when Iraqis are trying to form their next government. Passing this controversial resolution, on the other hand, might complicate the efforts of Iraqis to form the new government. Congress should spend more time playing its oversight role to ensure we get out of Iraq in accordance with the bilateral security agreement, and less time interfering in Iraq’s domestic issues. http://original.antiwar.com/raed-jarrar/2010/05/23/congress-sends-wrong-message-to-iraq/

I read your post and wanted to reply. You are in my prayers. Remember that where God closes a door, He will open a window. Be busy looking for that window. Now that I've said that, let me speak frankly so that you can be looking in the right place for that window. It's probably NOT where you would normally think it's at. The millions of jobs that were lost, and the millions more that WILL BE LOST in the next downturn coming to a theatre, state and community near you, will NEVER come back to America until we are reduced to what we would call, third world standards. There is a forced winding down that's already happening, and much, much more is to come. This nation began outsourcing it's jobs back in the early 90's and the jobs that just crumbled with the popping bubbles - have all been outsourced to other countries, where the people will work for $1.00 per hour or $3 per day. I hate to say this, but if you have lost your job or are about to lose your job, it's time to look at RE-TOOLING. This means that you must quickly get educated on your present career, a new career direction, or get ready to move to another country where the opportunities are BOOMING! Most people who stay in America over the next 20 years will experience the horrid "SPREAD THE WEALTH AROUND" winding down of our nation's wealth and finances, as money is sheered off of the fat American sheep, and re-distributed to the rest of the world. Welcome to the new socialist era (with a little communist twist) which is bent on bringing up the third world, and reducing the wealthy Western societies, so that all are even. There are ways to get out of the way of the speeding freight train which is coming to decimate American wealth and the land that we've loved, but the movements are not easy, nor are they convenient. A new era has dawned, and the old ways of the "good ole days" are gone. It's time for precise actions, on purpose, out of the ordinary decision making, and people will need to have kahunees of steel to steer around this financial tsunami that's coming and hitting wave after wave. It can be done successfully! My friend, if I were you, I would take my welding career and look for the job that will require, demand and beg for welders for the next 20 years (or how much time you have left before retirement). Realize also that when the next round of jobs are lost, that you might have 30 - 100 people fighting for your job, willing to take less than you are wanting to get paid. These are realities to come, and they are likely scenarios that you need to prepare for now - in advance, so you can weather the storm. If you can't find any place to park your welding career in this country for the next 20 years, you may need to look overseas, if you are willing or able to make that move. If you can't do that - then you need to dig deep and find your true calling and talent which is inside of you, which will rise to take care of you and your family for the duration of your life. God has put one in there - but it's up to you to find it, tap it, perfect it and utilize it. For all Americans, we must realize that home prices MUST come down further. Homes will be properly valued once a school teacher can afford to buy a house in the community that she teaches in - on her individual income. This is not what we want to hear, but this is where housing prices NEED to go, to recover from the huge housing bubble that our fed created. They created it to keep us from looking at the OUTSOURCING OF JOBS problem. If they didn't flood the market with free money, low interest loans and "everybody deserves a home" mentality, we would have seen the job outsourcing problem and dealt with it in the 90's. We will also get to deal with tsunami waves called state and federal government default and bankruptcy, hyper inflation of many products that we need and won't be able to afford, disruption of food and other supply normal "good times" chains as businesses disappear and supply lines are cut, and more terrorism as our enemies believe that they're bringing the great giant satan (their terms) down further with each attack they make. More tsunami waves with their own waves are coming, but there's not enough time to write them now. I personally believe that we need to believe for the best and plan for the worst. That worst includes an unemployment rate of 25% or greater, 60 - 80 million on food stamps (we just hit 40 million last month, and they project 43.3 by end of 2010 - (why?). Also included is millions fighting for the jobs that you may have been holding on to. Investments need to be reduced in the vacation home, the third car, ownership in the suntan salon, and other "good times" investments, and start thinking about meeting people's needs during this winding down of the American economy as the sheep is sheered of it's wool. There are many ways to succeed and prosper during this re-distribution process. However, only 20%or less of Americans will actually succeed, because they're thinking "old school", they're hoping in the wrong direction, planning against the tide, and will generally make every wrong decision which will cost them their inheritance, their savings, their home equity and their retirement accounts. My prayer is that somehow, this can be averted. However, I'm planning for the worst as any good business person would do. There is so much more to say, and so much more for us to learn. The key is to GET STARTED, and we must start by taking an accounting of our jobs, where they stand in the future, will they survive a depression, 25% unemployment and outsourcing to a citizen of a country who will do your job for $10 per day? If your job cannot survive those tsunamis that are coming, it's time to get out of the way. ACT, MOVE, JUMP! Where God shuts a door, He opens a window. Look for the open window and JUMP OUT of the house where the doors are closing! My thoughts. Thanks for taking time to read. I post my blogs at www.basicsforsuccess.ning.com where we trade and invest in the markets every day while helping others to sidestep disaster in the markets and the world economies. Dr. Daniel Daves

Hey Larry, Wish you luck. Now you see how many friends you have praying for you. Good luck, and with your trust in God, It will always happen! Your Friend, Sisco