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nventer & nick, Sonny is a big boy and can speak for himself. The question NEW asked is a valid one, and deserves an answer. It wasn't asked with malice, but with a desire to know the level of credibility of the source. Now, Sonny can answer if he chooses, or not - it's as simple as that. I don't want to take sides, but your vitriolic and unreasonable remarks in response to a ligitimate, and apparently honest, question have no place here. I'm not your parent, but I think you were out of line. I personally have a hard time with our members attacking each other for no reason - or for differing opinions. We're adults and should treat each other as such - with respect...! JMHO By the way, there are specific rules against bashing.....I suggest you read them...! Thanks TruckerRon & DDW for your remarks....! Be Blessed Everyone, RON

Frank26: 8 June 2010 - KTF Missions Greetings Family, “Hope you don’t mind but ……..the Kurds are in control.” Awhile back I told you a story about a birthday party of mine when I was 10 years old. But I didn’t tell you all of it. You see I was running home from school because I had convinced myself that my mother was throwing a birthday party for me. When I raced through the door ………..nothing. I went on to tell you the story but did not mention that as I walked past the living room I saw a coloring book with crayons around it. Apparently my little sister was coloring and I was angry that there was no birthday party. So I took the black crayon and scribbled on some of the artwork. As I went into the kitchen I saw a pitcher filled with ice and a soft drink. My disappointment had only multiplied by then. So I took the salt shaker and poured a good amount into the pitcher. I can go on and tell you what I did some pretzels that were in a bowl………..and all because I was too young to have disciplined patience in my life. As most of you remember the story they scared the caca out of me when everybody yelled SURPRISE ! as I walked into the next room. I was once my little sister’s hero. We were 10 years apart because we had lost a sister in between us. With tearful eyes as wide as a deer…….my sister presented to me……….her artwork as a birthday present. She apologized for the black marks……….a knot formed in my throat. When mom told me to pass the cups so that everyone could have soda………my guilt surrounded my throat. Family……..some of you are young and some of you are well seasoned. In either case……..try your best to always be humble in all things that you do. The post I brought you yesterday triggered me to make the post you see below: Originally Posted by Frank26 Excellent qt Sir. Because I sit on top of a mountain. I can see my team and my KTFM Family. Both want the same thing ........... As I do too. Both or Some.... IMO are too emotional .........Right now. I FINALLY presented ALL intel yesterday............Made some sad. IMO we are so close that I thought it was time to lay out the rest of our options for this year. You know.......Data to make good decisions with because our ship is preparing to dock. My team is deep and complex and closer to the hunt than me. I respect them .............But............ I do Not trust the GOI. They run out of "2010". These LAST MONTHS are OURS TO REJOICE IN TO GOD! Not to pucker Your lips and ...............Pout. Pucker and Kiss the future that God is preparing for us instead. I was saddened when I saw Sulkiness last night. We should raise our hands up to God in praise with last night's intel. TINK and I worked so hard yesterday .........many do not even know the things we do.......Besides our post. So .............To be rewarded by a few with protruding lips in an expression of displeasure ...........Can be sad to me. I will share rates today and keep it ............Short. I promise. Please do have a ..............Motivating Day with God. No matter what I will always STILL be here in the day and ..........OF THE NIGHT. Love You Family......... KTF, Frank That was the last time I went online today. No I am not feeling sorry for myself ……….but feeling for one or two. I honestly believe that God has given us this investment knowledge so that we can help Him spread His Word. I also believe that many of us have been trained from birth to this moment for this blessing. Some of us have even questioned……….why am I still alive when there have been many justifiable times where I should not be here. IMO……..that which you are blessed with will be utilized for God. If you have always sought your purpose in life……….consider this blessing and how to use it for God. Most importantly………..IMO…….we should not ruin the birthday party that God has brought to us. Know what I mean? As I start my post Family I will apologize right now if anything I say is incorrect based on articles that may contradict me. I have not been online except for this morning to do the short post. So most of what I am going to talk about is from my team and phone calls throughout the day. Here goes. A couple of weeks ago the Oil Minister comes out saying that the barrel of oil cost is totally unfair. Yesterday he comes out saying the price is not that bad………but he is “not very happy” with the production of oil. Below you will find an article on his comments. Last year the barrel of oil was positioned twice to support the RI at a 3+ rate. They let both of those opportunities go by…….as they argued about anything. This year it was positioned in February and I told you that this could only last for a month. The price had to go down as winter ended so that it could do its annual thing of rising dramatically with the summer months. We are now in the summer months and Memorial day has come and gone. That was the weekend that always brought forth higher gasoline prices. Instead we saw an unprecedented movement in the price of oil ……….downward. Normally if a refinery even spilled a bucket of oil it was the trigger to make prices at the pump jump 30 to 50 cents a gallon. The Gulf disaster normally would have us paying with diamonds by now at the pump. Hmmm………one leak huh? We should get the memo on other leaks ……….soon. Tell me Family……..would you allow children to play with a flame? This flame is controlled by whatever powers you want to imagine. This flame if left high without control would only burn children. Mom and Dad are in control of the flame because the kids still haven’t learned how to use it properly. As of yesterday ……..this flame is in better hands. As of yesterday……….the flame is about to be re-increased. Just another reason why my team likes the month of June. Because the barrel of oil is going up? No……because we are in control. Remember the commotion last month with China? Two went to visit them………and everything is okay now on that side. Our history has controlled both sides of the world in the past. I for one can appreciate when two can learn from history. Remember this…………USA….IMF….UN? I need to update it as you keep in mind that they are all equal. From this point onward………I want you to remove us from the equation………A……IMF…….UN. Oh and one last thing……..hope you don’t mind………..The Kurds are in control. http://www.iraq-businessnews.com/?p=4215 Iraq Oil Minister 'not very happy' with OPEC Compliance Posted on 07 June 2010. Iraq's Oil Minister said on Monday current crude prices were fair and not too high to hinder global economic recovery, but added that he was not very happy with OPEC members' compliance with production quotas. Hussain al-Shahristani said he was comfortable with current price levels which were high enough to encourage investments, adding that there was no need for an emergency OPEC meeting before October. "The current price is also not too high to hinder the recovery of the global economy. It's a fair price," he told Reuters on the sidelines of the Asia Oil and Gas Conference (AOGC) in the Malaysian capital. U.S. crude for July slid as much as $2.00 to $69.51 a barrel on Monday, the lowest since May 26, and was down $1.34 at $70.17 by 0804 GMT, extending Friday's drop of more than $3.00. Oil's more than $20 plunge over three weeks last month, sparked by European debt problems, underscored market volatility from equities to commodities and the fragile state of global economic recovery, analysts said. Al-Shahristani later said that fairer crude oil prices could be reached if members of OPEC better abided by production quotas. "We have not been very happy with the compliance over the past few months. It's about 50 percent now," he told a news conference. "With better compliance, we should be able to reach a fairer price." Yesterday some of you were disappointed when you realized that we are taking two steps forward and one back. Sadly some did not realize that was a movement gaining ground. I have said it before and I will say it again………patience is a learned discipline! If you need to discipline yourself ……….I will pray for you. Then there were the one or two that took my 1….2……….3 and proclaimed ……….”I’m so confused”. Hmmm………..I found that very interesting. It is not calculus but let me try it one LAST time. All three steps are done. We have seen 1 as the courts ratification and we have seen 2 to a degree. In fact 3 actually occurred last Thursday. But does that mean they have to show you the rate that is in the 2010 budget? Of course not. I also warned you of this. Supposedly on this past Thursday their elected officials sat in parliament and high fived each other as the Kurds……….watched. They talked about the budget but they killed all the flies on the wall. It is believed that this coming Monday on the 14th they will have their ………I don’t know which word they will use so you pick it Family………NEW or OFFICIAL seating of parliament. Now what’s the next day? Oh yes……..the homework they handed in today will be graded by the UN on the 15th. Wouldn’t it be nice if they got straight A’s and they received CH7? I find it very interesting that intel shows me parliament meeting already but parliament itself has picked the day before they may get CH7 to sit their maximus down. Once again their annoying pattern of waiting till the last nano second to move. Yet……….we are getting there. A VP today said that they are counting on the economy to solve SECURITY AND POLITICAL PROBLEMS. That has to be the most polite way I have ever seen an Iraqi official say ……….we need to RI in order to stop the violence both on the street and in our own backyard. Family I present you not only my intel but my thoughts surrounding it so that you can become motivated to learn about your investment……….on your own. Yes I ask you to put on the COAT of Armor………but I will not sugar COAT it. If you were saddened yesterday it was by your own doing. Didn’t you even notice what I said about the Tbills? They activated this program IMO……..to find support for the RI. Those in control will now find the support ……….through OIL! I even mentioned the ERM which would require a new IQD rate. But I fear one or two seek only one thing. The world is preparing itself for the RI. IMO……we should too and not panic when you don’t read what you want to see. Heck the next thing we are going to be told is that the man in the moon will know some Bob Marley tunes and the Caribbean’s will know of the IQD’s value too. All of you know that I carry the banner of 3.86 for the RI. I started that way and I will end that way. My team still supports this number. BUT JUST LIKE YESTERDAY………I still do not trust Iraq. So my desire today was to talk about the possible rates that we may see instead of 3.86. I have already explained in great detail how this 3.86 was formulated. Many of you read what you want to read in my post and then ask me a question that I already discussed in my post. Then it is taken to a second level as that same question is re-worded ……….to stimulate me again. I am asking ……..especially the old timers……..to help me answer questions that I have long dealt with. I love you all and I want to reach out to each of your posts ……but I am asking for help. Many times I have said……..great teamwork! When you see a question that you notice I bypass……….can some of you word search at the top of the forum page…….the subject? Then copy and paste it and bring it on my post. Many of you are already doing this and I thank you kindly. Next week we will probably hit 10,000 members. That’s a lot of newbies that need help. I welcome your help. So they attacked the Kurds today huh? Well I tell you what……..it really doesn’t matter because ………they are in control. By the way………I would suggest that you look up the definition of control. Pay attention to articles from this point onward Family. They are now communicating ………without code words. In fact I will play a game with you. See how many articles you can find me this week where Iraq is literally asking for permission to RI. I’m not sure when I last said this but……….the Kurds are in control. All 140 of control. Do you remember what I said about M and Ministry of Oil? I was told that M is requesting a search for a new MO. LOL……..yes M……..we knew that thank you. I was told that the CBI put out an article today saying the want to improve the value of the IQD. This may be old news but these guys don’t go around repeating statements like this. Their stated goal to remove the 000’s in 2010 is actually on target. My team believes that they will be at 90 to 95% retrieved by the end of June. LOL…….maybe they have a point………it just might happen this month. But I don’t trust the GOI. I will not allow them to continually disappoint me with their bull. I would much rather go to Spain and run with their bulls. LARRY 2952……I am not sure about Moses Sir. But I do know how tired I am. No worries. KIDO and RVFORTHEE………I had a mouthful of words for the both of you ……instead I only have two words for you………Love you. MARKEB77……….that was a beautiful ship you posted. Yes our ship is coming in. From TINK: Big Praise Today - God Answers Our Prayers! A relative of one of our church members was injured in the storm: unstable fracture in her neck, cuts and lacerations, bruises, etc...they were not sure she was going to make it. SHE WALKED OUT OF THE HOSPITAL YESTERDAY!!!! Yes, God is real, and present, and cares about ALL of us! I had a call about Iraq’s Equestrian Team being on YouTube. Apparently there was celebration not about an event but because they are soon to become millionaires. I have just learned of this and I would appreciate seeing this clip if anyone has it. It may be nothing but requires attention. Again I apologize that I have not been online so I may be way off on this one. Last night our Prayer Conference Call was once again a great success. Thank you to all of you that were with us. I sang “In the Still of the Night”. I will share with you to consider being still or silent in your frustrations. Sometimes a drowning victim can drown the rescuer. I leave you now even though I have not discussed the rates. I felt it important to invest TINK’s hand in trying to re-motivate you. FOCUS……..DON’T LET YOUR HEART BE HARD. Do not allow your faith to be skolios………..keep it aiming straight forward. Keep your eye on God as you do this. Do not lie to yourself by keeping your eye on the treasure to come. In Genesis the blessing was given to Mary and Joseph so that Jesus could accomplish His goal. It is now our turn to prepare the world with His Word for His Second Coming. You are not expected to fill the shoes of Jesus…….but you can certainly follow in His footsteps. You see He didn’t just die on the cross obeying His Father God……..He filled His shoes. Don’t let this investment emotionally over take you…….be disciplined and try to keep in mind “I do not belong to me……..I belong to Him”. 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.

Robert A. Hall is the actor who plays the coroner on CSI if you watch that show. This should be required reading for every man, woman and child in the United States of America. "I'm 63 and Im Tired" by Robert A. Hall I'm 63. Except for one semester in college when jobs were scarce and a six-month period when I was between jobs, but job-hunting every day, I've worked, hard, since I was 18. Despite some health challenges, I still put in 50-hour weeks, and haven't called in sick in seven or eight years. I make a good salary, but I didn't inherit my job or my income, and I worked to get where I am. Given the economy, there's no retirement in sight, and I'm tired. Very tired. I'm tired of being told that I have to "spread the wealth" to people who don't have my work ethic. I'm tired of being told the government will take the money I earned, by force if necessary, and give it to people too lazy to earn it. I'm tired of being told that I have to pay more taxes to "keep people in their homes." Sure, if they lost their jobs or got sick, I'm willing to help. But if they bought McMansions at three times the price of our paid-off, $250,000 condo, on one-third of my salary, then let the left-wing Congress-critters who passed Fannie and Freddie and the Community Reinvestment Act that created the bubble help them with their own money. I'm tired of being told how bad America is by left-wing millionaires like Michael Moore, George Soros and Hollywood Entertainers who live in luxury because of the opportunities America offers. In thirty years, if they get their way, the United States will have the economy of Zimbabwe, the freedom of the press of China, the crime and violence of Mexico, the tolerance for Christian people of Iran, and the freedom of speech of Venezuela. I'm tired of being told that Islam is a "Religion of Peace," when every day I can read dozens of stories of Muslim men killing their sisters, wives and daughters for their family "honor"; of Muslims rioting over some slight offense; of Muslims murdering Christian and Jews because they aren't "believers"; of Muslims burning schools for girls; of Muslims stoning teenage rape victims to death for "adultery"; of Muslims mutilating the genitals of little girls; all in the name of Allah, because the Qur'an and Shari'a law tells them to. I'm tired of being told that "race doesn't matter" in the post-racial world of Obama, when it's all that matters in affirmative action jobs, lower college admission and graduation standards for minorities (harming them the most), government contract set-asides, tolerance for the ghetto culture of violence and fatherless children that hurts minorities more than anyone, and in the appointment of U.S. Senators from Illinois. I think it's very cool that we have a black president and that a black child is doing her homework at the desk where Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation. I just wish the black president was Condi Rice, or someone who believes more in freedom and the individual and less arrogantly of an all-knowing government. I'm tired of a news media that thinks Bush's fundraising and inaugural expenses were obscene, but that think Obama's, at triple the cost, were wonderful; that thinks Bush exercising daily was a waste of presidential time, but Obama exercising is a great example for the public to control weight and stress; that picked over every line of Bush's military records, but never demanded that Kerry release his; that slammed Palin, with two years as governor, for being too inexperienced for VP, but touted Obama with three years as senator as potentially the best president ever. Wonder why people are dropping their subscriptions or switching to Fox News? Get a clue. I didn't vote for Bush in 2000, but the media and Kerry drove me to his camp in 2004. I'm tired of being told that out of "tolerance for other cultures" we must let Saudi Arabia use our oil money to fund mosques and mandrassa Islamic schools to preach hate in America, while no American group is allowed to fund a church, synagogue or religious school in Saudi Arabia to teach love and tolerance. I'm tired of being told I must lower my living standard to fight global warming, which no one is allowed to debate. My wife and I live in a two-bedroom apartment and carpool together five miles to our jobs. We also own a three-bedroom condo where our daughter and granddaughter live. Our carbon footprint is about 5% of Al Gore's, and if you're greener than Gore, you're green enough. I'm tired of being told that drug addicts have a disease, and I must help support and treat them, and pay for the damage they do. Did a giant germ rush out of a dark alley, grab them, and stuff white powder up their noses while they tried to fight it off? I don't think Gay people choose to be Gay, but I damn sure think druggies chose to take drugs. And I'm tired of harassment from cool people treating me like a freak when I tell them I never tried marijuana. I'm tired of illegal aliens being called "undocumented workers," especially the ones who aren't working, but are living on welfare or crime. What's next? Calling drug dealers, "Undocumented Pharmacists"? And, no, I'm not against Hispanics. Most of them are Catholic, and it's been a few hundred years since Catholics wanted to kill me for my religion. I'm willing to fast track for citizenship any Hispanic person, who can speak English, doesn't have a criminal record and who is self-supporting without family on welfare, or who serves honorably for three years in our military.... Those are the citizens we need. I'm tired of latte liberals and journalists, who would never wear the uniform of the Republic themselves, or let their entitlement- handicapped kids near a recruiting station, trashing our military. They and their kids can sit at home, never having to make split-second decisions under life and death circumstances, and bad mouth better people than themselves. Do bad things happen in war? You bet. Do our troops sometimes misbehave? Sure. Does this compare with the atrocities that were the policy of our enemies for the last fifty years and still are? Not even close. So here's the deal. I'll let myself be subjected to all the humiliation and abuse that was heaped on terrorists at Abu Ghraib or Gitmo, and the critics can let themselves be subject to captivity by the Muslims, who tortured and beheaded Daniel Pearl in Pakistan, or the Muslims who tortured and murdered Marine Lt. Col. William Higgins in Lebanon, or the Muslims who ran the blood-spattered Al Qaeda torture rooms our troops found in Iraq, or the Muslims who cut off the heads of schoolgirls in Indonesia, because the girls were Christian. Then we'll compare notes. British and American soldiers are the only troops in history that civilians came to for help and handouts, instead of hiding from in fear. I'm tired of people telling me that their party has a corner on virtue and the other party has a corner on corruption. Read the papers; bums are bipartisan. And I'm tired of people telling me we need bipartisanship. I live in Illinois , where the "Illinois Combine" of Democrats has worked to loot the public for years. Not to mention the tax cheats in Obama's cabinet. I'm tired of hearing wealthy athletes, entertainers and politicians of both parties talking about innocent mistakes, stupid mistakes or youthful mistakes, when we all know they think their only mistake was getting caught. I'm tired of people with a sense of entitlement, rich or poor. Speaking of poor, I'm tired of hearing people with air-conditioned homes, color TVs and two cars called poor. The majority of Americans didn't have that in 1970, but we didn't know we were "poor." The poverty pimps have to keep changing the definition of poor to keep the dollars flowing. I'm real tired of people who don't take responsibility for their lives and actions. I'm tired of hearing them blame the government, or discrimination or big-whatever for their problems. Yes, I'm damn tired. But I'm also glad to be 63. Because, mostly, I'm not going to have to see the world these people are making. I'm just sorry for my granddaughter. Robert A. Hall is a Marine Vietnam veteran who served five terms in the Massachusetts State Senate. There is no way this will be widely publicized, unless each of us sends it on! This is your chance to make a difference. Copy and paste this into an email and send it on!

As of now, there is not an international exchange rate that dictates the value of the New Iraqi Dinar. The currency came out in 2003 and people who have bought the Dinar with Dollars have helped double the Dinar's value. The current value is based off current program exchange rate determined by the IMF and the Central Bank of Iraq. If you want to buy the currency, you cannot go to a bank and get it. You need to use the services of registered money brokers to buy the New Dinar and exchange it for the currency you like when the international exchange rate is set. Hold a Stake in Iraq's Success Consider this: prior to the Gulf War, you needed $3,200,000 to buy 1 million Iraqi Dinars. However, today you can buy the same number of Iraqi Dinars for $1,199. Did you know that the US has invested over $ 200 billion for the future of Iraq so far and committed to investing much more in the future? Due to this, speculators are buying the New Dinar up in billions. Currently, you can buy close to 100,000 New Iraqi Dinars for $100. They have the world's third largest identified oil reserve and with the new government, they have been tapping into it. A number of oil companies are expressing interest in the Iraqi oil reserves too, and it won't be long before the Iraqi Dinars will be worth a lot more. Even in the midst of all the chaos and political uncertainty, the Iraqi dinar has managed to appreciate by 25% (since 2003) and forecasters predict continued appreciation. With confidence in the currency, stability and growth are sure to follow shortly and it is definitely a good idea to be a part of it!

Sorry, I don't agree. I want to because the thought pattern is correct. However, I am fairly sure that ones gonads have no real impact on ones ability to recognize . And now that I have said this, I am sure there will be several members (especially of the opposite sex) who will take me to task on this....

Vietnam: IMF Article (Full Convertability of the Dong by 2010) June 9, 2010 · Posted in DDT - NEWS TIDBIT: Posted by Miskebam at zzz. Thanks Elizabeth! – DD I encourage AND welcome anyone that might be a little more educated in the monitary processes or grasps a better understanding of the ins and outs of the IMF to review and share your findings. . . I personally was tired when I read this last night, but really wanted to share when I ran across this: http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/scr/2006/cr06421.pdf This whole article is interesting. . . but I particularly like paragraph 39 on Page 15: Keep in mind when you read this that YES this is an article from 2006, but they are WORKING everything within this article between THEN and NOW! 39. The staff commends the authorities for the recent removal of remaining restrictions on the making of payments and transfers for current international transactions, and acceptance of Article VIII obligations, and it supports their plan to move towards full convertibility of the dong by 2010. The recent piloting of negotiated cash transactions is a welcome first step toward the authorities’ goal of establishing a more flexible exchange rate regime. While the exchange rate does not currently seem to be misaligned to any significant extent, greater exchange rate flexibility would serve to better cushion the economy from external shocks, and encourage market participants to improve their management of exchange rate risks. The usefulness of the exchange rate as a shock absorber is likely to become increasingly important as the economy becomes progressively more open to portfolio capital flows in the period ahead.

Med Chat: Dinar Speculator - 6/9/2010 - Very Early June 9, 2010 · Posted in DDT - CHATS / POSTS For those of us that don’t have time to sift through everything to get to the meat, here is a condensed version of Med’s chat this morning...Elizabeth (provider of chat to DD) MED says to (23:51:25): IF YOU LOOK AT THE NEWS FROM CBI TODAY WHAT IS BEING DONE HAS NO RELATION TO WHO IS RUNNING THE GOVT THEY ARE GOING FORWARD WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AND INVESTMENT IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR THIS IS GOOD NEWS THERE IS INFLUENCE FINALLY THAT IS HITTING HOME WITH THE CBI THE ONLY BAD THING WITH THE DELAYS IS THAT THE U.S. COMPANIES WHO ARE GOING TO DO THE ECONOMIC REFORMS HAVE REFUSED TO GO IN UNTIL THEY HAVE ANNOUNCED A GOVT AND SOME OF THE OTHER INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES HAVE STOPPED WORK TODAY THEY HAVEN’T BEEN PAID AND WHY BECAUSE THEY HAVEN’T APPROVED THE BUDGET YET IT HAS BEEN 5 MONTHS AND THE OIL MINISTER SHARISTINI HAS TURNED IN HIS RESIGNATION HE TOLD MALIKI TO FIND HIS REPLACEMENT IN FACT THERE ARE 45 CRITICAL POSITIONS THAT ARE ON HOLD BECAUSE OF THIS IN THE GOVT NOW THEY DON’T HAVE TO CALL PARLIAMENT AND NOT CONVENE TALABANI I DOUBT HAS THE RIGHT TO SUSPEND IT AFTER IT IS PUT IN SESSION BUT I THINK THIS WAS BECAUSE THE BLOCS SAID THEY NEEDED MORE TIME AND THEN TALABANI CAN STRETCH IT OUT FOR 30 DAYS IT IS NOT THE GOVT WHO RV’S IT IS CBI AND THE IMF THE GOI HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT LISTEN THE GOVERNMENT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE RV MALIKI DOES NOT THE PARLIAMENT DOES NOT THE ECONOMIC POLICY IS TOTALLY SEPARATE FROM THE GOI THEY ARE MOVING NO MATTER WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN MOVING FORWARD WITH NO GOVT THEY HAVE MANAGED TO BRING IN 70% OF THE LIQUIDITY THE MONETARY POLICY IS THE SAME NO MATTER WHO RUNS THE COUNTRY IT IS CONTINUOUS AS IN OUR COUNTRY NOW CBI HAS MADE A PROMISE IN ONE OF THE ARTICLES THAT WAS POSTED TODAY OR NOW YESTERDAY THAT THEY HAD PROMISED TO INCREASE THE VALUE OF THE IQD AND IF YOU ALL READ THE MAJOR PROBLEM CONFRONTING CBI IS INFLATION THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF INFLATION CORE INFLATION CONSUMER INFLATION IS PART OF THAT AND THE INFLATION CREATED BY TOO MUCH PAPER CURRENCY THE ONLY WAY TO COMBAT THE PAPER CURRENCY INFLATION IS WHAT???? ANYONE REALLY KNOW RV YES

Maliki Says Iraq Needs a Strong Leader, Like HimBy ANTHONY SHADID Published: June 9, 2010 BAGHDAD — Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, struggling for his political future in a snarled, months-long contest to form a new government here, warned Wednesday that failure to return him to power would lead to Iraq’s descent into the violence and sectarian strife that dominated the country when he took over in 2006. Notes from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and other areas of conflict in the post-9/11 era. Go to the Blog ».At times confident and joking, occasionally combative, Mr. Maliki said in an interview that he would resist efforts to curtail his authority if he did return. Only a strong leader, he insisted, could navigate the challenges ahead for a country bracing for an American military withdrawal and still beset by the remnants of an insurgency. Mr. Maliki’s remarks were defiant, even stubborn, and underlined one of the seminal issues in the crisis that followed Iraq’s landmark parliamentary elections in March and in the prolonged negotiations that have ensued to form the next government: In a country with a history of dictatorship, what power will the prime minister wield? “I will not be a prime minister with the job of a traffic cop — ‘You can go now,’ ‘you can come,’” Mr. Maliki said in his office, where he heads a caretaker government. “I will be either a prime minister, under the constitution, or not a prime minister at all.” Stripping the prime minister of powers, he said, “would lead to a weakening of control over the country and those responsible will be blamed for its collapse.” Speculation on the return of Mr. Maliki, who turns 60 this month, would keep any Vegas odds maker busy: His remarkable ascent from relative obscurity with a mix of impetuosity and decisiveness has won him popular support and united much of Iraq’s political class against him. The 89 seats he won in the 325-member Parliament fell far short of his advisers’ estimates. Outpolled by a secular and Sunni coalition led by Ayad Allawi, a former interim prime minister, he and his allies spent weeks trying unsuccessfully to change the results with recounts, court challenges and campaigns to disqualify winning candidates. But Iraqi politics these days are a carnival house of mirrors, where no one really believes anyone else, much less trusts them. Promises are made in the vaguest of terms; “there are no red lines” is as close as anyone usually gets to a commitment. Mr. Maliki’s incumbency alone — and the baggage each of his rivals carries — have led diplomats and even his detractors to suggest that a second term still remains an even bet. “I expect to,” Mr. Maliki said of returning to power. The new Parliament convenes Monday, in a session that will be largely symbolic, as both Mr. Allawi and Mr. Maliki’s coalitions fight over who has the right to form the next government. Mr. Allawi insists he does, as the top vote-getter in the election. But Mr. Maliki has cited a court opinion that would give that right to an alliance he formed with a rival Shiite coalition in May. Together, they are just four seats short of a majority. That new alliance seems shaky at best. The two have yet to even agree on a name for their union, and Mr. Maliki seemed to acknowledge Wednesday there was trouble. He said negotiations were still under way with what he described as “some elements” of the rival Shiite list, and he signaled his willingness to reach a separate deal with the faction that was long most adamantly opposed to him — the followers of Moktada al-Sadr, a populist cleric whose candidates polled second only to Mr. Maliki’s among Shiite voters. “There are steps toward reaching an agreement with the Sadrists,” he said. The talks are intricate even by Iraq’s standards, with its distinctive mix of the intimate and combustible, where bargaining shows a remarkable propensity toward deadlock. Outwardly friendly rivals often go back decades, having shared time in exile. Yet the stakes they are negotiating are perhaps higher than at any time since the United States overthrew Saddam Hussein in 2003. The issues range from the fate of the contested city of Kirkuk to the very power of the prime minister and Cabinet around him. Some politicians have suggested they would only sanction Mr. Maliki’s return if he agreed to reorient power away from the prime minister’s office and vest it in the Cabinet. Mr. Maliki has in the past complained that his post already lacks authority — burdened by a Cabinet that answers to individual parties and not him. In the interview, he rejected more restrictions, suggesting that any compromise would be difficult. “Every country needs a strong leader, but especially Iraq, because of all its problems and challenges and because it is not stable,” Mr. Maliki said, his tone turning sharper. “If he’s not firm,” he added, “he’ll turn into a feather in the face of the wind.” Dour, with a stern bearing, Mr. Maliki has won support not for his charisma, often lacking, but for what Iraq is no longer — a country mired in a sectarian war, swaths of its territory ruled by insurgents, and its capital too dangerous to roam at night. His admirers respect his decisiveness, crucial, they say, in having dealt with Iraq’s challenges. “If the state is led by a weak leader, the old days will return, I fear,” he said. But Mr. Maliki’s willingness to test the limits of his authority by gathering power in his hands and dispatching the military against militias and even his own rivals has angered many. His critics contend he is overly insulated by a small circle of advisers, prone to suspicion and given to taking disputes personally. His animosity with Massoud Barzani, the Kurdish president, was well known; he has not met Mr. Allawi in years. In the interview, he spoke darkly of neighboring countries’ intentions; they were interfering, he said, in every party but his. Saudi Arabia, Syria, Jordan, Turkey and Iran all share borders with Iraq, though Mr. Maliki declined to single out any of them. (The United States, he said, “was more an observer than someone intervening in this process.”) Despite what some saw as Mr. Maliki’s own demagoguery in fanning anti-Baathist sentiments before the vote, he blamed his Sunni and secular rivals for playing the sectarian card, encouraged, he said, by those same foreign powers. In a candid moment, though, he acknowledged his own disappointment about an election and a country where political choices are still dictated by identity. “We thought we had gone further in eradicating sectarianism than reality has shown,” Mr. Maliki said. Regrettably, he said, the election returned Iraq to “square one.” Riyadh Mohammed contributed reporting from Baghdad. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/10/world/middleeast/10maliki.html?ref=global-home

You don't need a machine specifically designed to destroy currency. Just follow the policies of the US government and print more. In no time at all, your currency will be unrecognizable as currency...

Lets hope we see an RV very soon before they run out of stock Its only £17 million so most of us can buy 2 Link http://dinarvets.com/forums/index.php?app=forums&module=post&section=post&do=new_post&f=7 As boat accessories go, a bespoke supercar is probably the most extravagant. But that's exactly what millionaire buyers of the £17m Strand Craft SC122 will get. Beating the Bugatti Veyron hands down for exclusivity, the supercar has 880bhp from its twin-turbo V12 engine and a claimed top speed of 234mph. Only six will be built, each capable of hitting 60mph from rest in 3.2 seconds. Designed by Eduard Gray, the car is so synonymous with the yacht that the company doesn't seem to have named it. The supercar will spend most of its time in the custom garage below deck while its owner enjoys the supreme luxury of the yacht. The SC122 is a vision of absolute splendour inside and out, kitted out with 52-inch televisions and a Bang & Olufsen surround sound system in every room. There are four double bedrooms, too. Its power dwarfs that of the accompanying supercar. Twin Rolls-Royce engines each pump out over 4,000bhp, and there's an optional 5,000bhp booster if the standard amount just won't do. That power enables the yacht to reach 55 knots - though at just over 60mph, it's actually quite sluggish compared to the car.

Everyone concentrates on the problems we're having in this country lately -- illegal immigration, hurricane recovery, alligators attacking people in Florida . ........ not me -- I concentrate on solutions for the problems -- it's a win-win situation. * Dig a moat the length of the Mexican border. * Send the dirt to New Orleans to raise the level of the levees. * Put the Florida alligators in the moat along the Mexican border. Any other problems you would like for me to solve today? Think about this: 1. Cows 2. The Constitution 3. The Ten Commandments COWS Is it just me, or does anyone else find it amazing that during the mad cow epidemic our government could track a single cow, born in Canada almost three years ago, right to the stall where she slept in the state of Washington? And, they tracked her calves to their stalls. But they are unable to locate 11 million illegal aliens wandering around our country. Maybe we should give each of them a cow.. THE CONSTITUTION They keep talking about drafting a Constitution for Iraq .... why don't we just give them ours? It was written by a lot of really smart guys, it has worked for over 200 years, and we're not using it anymore. THE 10 COMMANDMENTS The real reason that we can't have the Ten Commandments posted in a courthouse is this -- you cannot post 'Thou Shalt Not Steal' 'Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery' and 'Thou Shall Not Lie' in a building full of lawyers, judges and politicians ... it creates a hostile work environment. Also, think about this ... if you don't want to forward this for fear of offending someone -- YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM! It is time for America to speak up! Yep, I passed it on

Wednesday, June 9th 2010 3:09 PM Erbil, June 9 (AKnews) –According to a arrangement, prior to the first meeting of the Iraqi Parliament the positions have been divided among the Iraqi components in a way to allow for all the parties share in the new government, a source disclosed today. Hachm Hasani, the Spokesman for State of Law, told AKnews on Wednesday “In their meeting the different blocs agreed on a proposal for the distribution of the posts, where Kurds get Iraqi Presidency and the State of Law, the Iraqi Prime Minister’s post”. “Iraqiya and Iraqi National Alliance will be entitled the Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament and the Deputy Prime Minister positions, respectively and the ministries will be divided among all the Iraqi blocs and lists according to the votes they have secured in the elections”, he added. This proposal will be discussed in the first parliament meeting and its approval is subject to the voting by the parliamentarians, according to Hasani. Iraqiya maintains its right for the Iraqi Prime Minister position by the virtue of its first ranking results in the parliamentary polls, Maysun Damluji, the former Spokesperson for Iraqiya told AKnews. “Speaker of the Parliament for Iraqiya is not what it deems as its own constitutional right, it means sidelining the list in forming the next Iraqi government”, she argued. “If this compromise which is worked out without consulting Iraqiya is set, constitution will get violated”, she added. The first meeting of the Iraqi Parliament is “Futile” as long as the three top positions are not settled, according to Damluji. The current row over who will be the greatest parliamentary bloc stems from the constitution as it specifies for the largest parliamentary bloc to from the new government, while it is not clear whether this bloc is the wining list in the elections or the one that can from alliances after the elections and before forming the government. Iraqiya is the largest parliamentary bloc according to the polls results whereas State of Law is the largest bloc with its allies. Lh (AKnews) http://www.aknews.com/en/aknews/4/153644/

2010-06-09 01:46 (UTC) HANOI, June 9 (Reuters) - Confidence in the Vietnamese dong is returning after a year of pressure and widespread expectations of devaluation, and the unofficial rate will likely continue to strengthen, the World Bank said on Wednesday. 'Confidence in the dong is gradually returning,' it said in a report to a donors' meeting. Dong deposit rates have risen in recent weeks and that could create a shift by local investors out of gold and foreign-currency assets, it said. 'Dollar sales should contribute to bringing the parallel exchange rate deeper into the official floatation band, perhaps even crossing the central exchange rate in a not-too-distant future.' The unofficial, or parallel, rate is about 4 percent lower than one year ago. http://www.xe.com/news/2010-06-08%2021:46:00.0/1200213.htm?c=1&t= This is a little longer artical to look at:: http://www.sharenet.co.za/v3/news_disp.php?id=387804

Issawi: Iraq is able to form a government within one week 08/06/2010 @ 17:44 - Iraq Beituna Agency (and AP News) BAGHDAD (AP) - The Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the Iraqi List, Rafie al-Issawi for possession of a recording video and audio provided him by one of the leaders of coalition rule of law and the National Coalition shows the view of the Constitutional Commission on the interpretation of is the biggest bloc that has the right to form a government. According to the site-Issawi, who was transferred dialogue interview with Asharq al-Awsat, (the International Registry shows that the cluster of winning elections is that it forms a government, not the largest bloc of coalitions formed after the parliament, stressing that under this interpretation is the formation of the Maliki government ended its mandate.) Issawi stressed that there is a clear similarity between the list and the sums of coalitions (national and state law), challenging at the same time negotiations with a coalition of law, describing them as "undecided." In another aspect of his speech, the Iraqi leader that his list is able to form a government within one week and end the suffering of Iraqis. According to his opinion. Issawi to the new rejection of any interference from neighboring countries or by the ambassadors of other countries, but at the same time welcomed the intervention by the partners. http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ar&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Firaq-beituna.net%2Fiba%2F

Iraq political tussle gathers momentum Neither Al Maliki nor Allawi have the majority needed to form a cabinet and an alliance seems the only option to fill the haunting vacuum By Sami Moubayed, Special to Gulf News: Published: 00:00 June 8, 2010 Sami Moubayed is editor-in-chief of Forward Magazine. In less than two weeks, the newly elected Iraqi Parliament is scheduled to meet, now that the Supreme Court has ratified the March 7 election results, which confirm former prime minister Eyad Allawi winning 91 seats of Parliament and incumbent Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki with 89. Neither of them has the 163 majority needed to form a cabinet on their own (as stated in Article 76 of the Constitution), and therefore an alliance of some sort needs to emerge to bring Iraq out of the haunting vacuum created by the March elections. Allawi, however, says that his cabinet will be ready within a week, while Al Maliki insists that only he is the legitimate prime minister of Iraq. A quick read through the Iraqi press, however, shows that no less than 10 prime minister-hopefuls are promoting themselves for the job. What makes or breaks any of the big names earmarked for the premiership is what heavyweights in the Iran-backed Iraqi National Alliance (INA) have to say about the next government in Iraq. Nobody understands that reality better than Al Maliki, who has been desperate for a reversal of fortunes since March. He went for a manual recount of nearly 2.5 million votes in Baghdad, but they all showed identical results, re-confirming Allawi as the next prime minister. He tried to disqualify a handful of Allawi's allies on charges of being allied to the outlawed Baath Party, but that did not work. He is now reaching out to the INA, composed of former allies who had helped bring him to power in 2006 although he had refused to work with them last March. Perhaps an inflated ego got in the way, or perhaps Al Maliki wanted to polish his image in the Arab world and distance himself from Iran, which was strongly endorsing the all-Shiite coalition. Or maybe, the Prime Minister feared that the INA would never stand up for him until curtain fall since within it stood strong prime minister hopefuls, like Adel Abdul Mahdi of the Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council (SIIC). As a result, both Al Maliki and the INA failed to come out with a majority — the INA losing 70 of its seats — and thereby entire parliamentary majority. Despite the setback, its leaders remain deeply rooted within the business elite of the Shiite community and the religious establishments, thanks to seasoned politicians like Ebrahim Al Jaafary, Moqtada Al Sadr, and Ammar Al Hakim of SIIC. Al Sadr has made it clear that there is a low ceiling for any deal with Al Maliki since during his years in power the Prime Minister had been "ungrateful to the Sadrist bloc". Al Sadr after all, had supported Al Maliki wholeheartedly, giving him legitimacy among grassroots Shiites, while Al Maliki gave Al Sadr protection from Iraqi officialdom, turning a blind eye to the activities of his Mahdi Army. In the summer of 2007, the alliance snapped when Al Sadr walked out, objecting to Al Maliki's refusal to call for a timetable for US troop withdrawal. Al Maliki — now seeing Al Sadr as a political embarrassment in the Arab world — treated the walk-out as a blessing in disguise. He immediately began to persecute the Sadrists, arresting thousands in the months ahead of the March 2010 elections. Suddenly, Al Maliki realised that the most popular religious politician in all of Iraq was still Al Sadr. The man had miraculously won 40 of the 70 seats of the INA, making his blessing an absolute must for any incoming prime minister. Al Sadr's two magic traits, protection of the young and commitment to the poor, were two skills that Al Maliki never fully understood and badly needed to strengthen his grassroots power base within Iraq. The race for Al Sadr's support is ongoing between Al Maliki and Allawi although the 37-year-old leader has made it clear that he favours neither of them for the premiership, given Allawi's secularism and the fact that he went to war against the Sadrists back in 2004. Another natural obstacle is the position of Al Sadr's allies in the INA, being Al Hakim's SIIC. Although currently in dialogue with Al Maliki, SIIC cannot forget or forgive that it was because of Al Maliki's walk out in January 2009 that they lost 8 out of 11 provinces throughout Iraq. The same scenario was repeated, on a larger damage scale, during the parliamentary elections of 2010 when Al Maliki insisted to run independently on his State of Law Coalition (SoL). Although talks between Al Maliki's team and SIIC have not yet been completely called off, they remain in limbo because SIIC wants its number two man, Adel Abdul Mahdi, as prime minister while Al Maliki insists only he is entitled to the job. Last week, a furious Al Hakim fired away at Al Maliki saying: "I speak to the politicians and tell them: Come down from your ivory tower and [do away] with your personal ambitions. If it [power] lasted for others, it would never have reached you!" The strong message vibrated loud and clear throughout the Green Zone and within Al Maliki's office. It means that the Prime Minister has finally lost both foe and ally, and is likely to seal his political ambitions, at least for now. Sami Moubayed is editor-in-chief of Forward Magazine. http://gulfnews.com/opinions/columnists/iraq-political-tussle-gathers-momentum-1.638036 I love Al Hakim's remarks above, and can only hope the politicians heed his words, and the attitude and intention with with his statement was made. - RON

The examples in this report by the fed bank of New York outlines what are the scenarios for revalue, devaluation & in certain terms the dreaded LOP theory. Iraq’s situation with regards to this article is in no position to do devalue nor the lop. Link http://www.newyorkfed.org/aboutthefed/fedpoint/fed38.html Under a fixed exchange rate system, devaluation and revaluation are official changes in the value of a country's currency relative to other currencies. Under a floating exchange rate system, market forces generate changes in the value of the currency, known as currency depreciation or appreciation. In a fixed exchange rate system, both devaluation and revaluation can be conducted by policymakers, usually motivated by market pressures. The charter of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) directs policymakers to avoid "manipulating exchange rates...to gain an unfair competitive advantage over other members." At the Bretton Woods Conference in July 1944, international leaders sought to insure a stable post-war international economic environment by creating a fixed exchange rate system. The United States played a leading role in the new arrangement, with the value of other currencies fixed in relation to the dollar and the value of the dollar fixed in terms of gold—$35 an ounce. Following the Bretton Woods agreement, the United States authorities took actions to hold down the growth of foreign central bank dollar reserves to reduce the pressure for conversion of official dollar holdings into gold. During the mid- to late-1960s, the United States experienced a period of rising inflation. Because currencies could not fluctuate to reflect the shift in relative macroeconomic conditions between the United States and other nations, the system of fixed exchange rates came under pressure. In 1973, the United States officially ended its adherence to the gold standard. Many other industrialized nations also switched from a system of fixed exchange rates to a system of floating rates. Since 1973, exchange rates for most industrialized countries have floated, or fluctuated, according to the supply of and demand for different currencies in international markets. An increase in the value of a currency is known as appreciation, and a decrease as depreciation. Some countries and some groups of countries, however, continue to use fixed exchange rates to help to achieve economic goals, such as price stability. Under a fixed exchange rate system, only a decision by a country's government or monetary authority can alter the official value of the currency. Governments do, occasionally, take such measures, often in response to unusual market pressures. Devaluation, the deliberate downward adjustment in the official exchange rate, reduces the currency's value; in contrast, a revaluation is an upward change in the currency's value. For example, suppose a government has set 10 units of its currency equal to one dollar. To devalue, it might announce that from now on 20 of its currency units will be equal to one dollar. This would make its currency half as expensive to Americans, and the U.S. dollar twice as expensive in the devaluing country. To revalue, the government might change the rate from 10 units to one dollar to five units to one dollar; this would make the currency twice as expensive to Americans, and the dollar half as costly at home. Under What Circumstances Might a Country Devalue? When a government devalues its currency, it is often because the interaction of market forces and policy decisions has made the currency's fixed exchange rate untenable. In order to sustain a fixed exchange rate, a country must have sufficient foreign exchange reserves, often dollars, and be willing to spend them, to purchase all offers of its currency at the established exchange rate. When a country is unable or unwilling to do so, then it must devalue its currency to a level that it is able and willing to support with its foreign exchange reserves. A key effect of devaluation is that it makes the domestic currency cheaper relative to other currencies. There are two implications of a devaluation. First, devaluation makes the country's exports relatively less expensive for foreigners. Second, the devaluation makes foreign products relatively more expensive for domestic consumers, thus discouraging imports. This may help to increase the country's exports and decrease imports, and may therefore help to reduce the current account deficit. There are other policy issues that might lead a country to change its fixed exchange rate. For example, rather than implementing unpopular fiscal spending policies, a government might try to use devaluation to boost aggregate demand in the economy in an effort to fight unemployment. Revaluation, which makes a currency more expensive, might be undertaken in an effort to reduce a current account surplus, where exports exceed imports, or to attempt to contain inflationary pressures. Effects of Devaluation A significant danger is that by increasing the price of imports and stimulating greater demand for domestic products, devaluation can aggravate inflation. If this happens, the government may have to raise interest rates to control inflation, but at the cost of slower economic growth. Another risk of devaluation is psychological. To the extent that devaluation is viewed as a sign of economic weakness, the creditworthiness of the nation may be jeopardized. Thus, devaluation may dampen investor confidence in the country's economy and hurt the country's ability to secure foreign investment. Another possible consequence is a round of successive devaluations. For instance, trading partners may become concerned that a devaluation might negatively affect their own export industries. Neighboring countries might devalue their own currencies to offset the effects of their trading partner's devaluation. Such "beggar thy neighbor" policies tend to exacerbate economic difficulties by creating instability in broader financial markets. Since the 1930s, various international organizations such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have been established to help nations coordinate their trade and foreign exchange policies and thereby avoid successive rounds of devaluation and retaliation. The 1976 revision of Article IV of the IMF charter encourages policymakers to avoid "manipulating exchange rates...to gain an unfair competitive advantage over other members." With this revision, the IMF also set forth each member nation's right to freely choose an exchange rate system.

Inmarc Email: Great New Iraq Info (Gen Odierno) June 9, 2010 · Posted in DDT - CHATS / POSTS Hi DD, Haven’t been on-line lately, had to run fast to catch the day job back up after my illness, but things are almost on an even keel now. I didn’t think the Drudge Report of the Dinar world could get any better, but your current format that separates the chat/forum, news, rumours and tidbits is dynamite. I hope people are paying attention to the news section, there’s a lot of good information there. It’s interesting to see the discussions in various forums about something that is also in the news, some of the interpretations are priceless. There are some other good sources of information that tie things together. For instance General Odierno had a 6/4/2010 DOD briefing that was pretty interesting. Two things jumped out at us: (1) “In addition to that, over the last 90 days or so, we’ve either picked up or killed 34 out of the top 42 al Qaeda in Iraq leaders. They’re clearly now attempting to reorganize themselves. They’re struggling a little bit. They’ve broken — they’ve lost connection with AQSL [al Qaeda Senior Leadership] in Pakistan and Afghanistan.” and (2) “It was interesting about — there’s only about 20 percent of the incumbents are coming back now to the new parliament that will be seated probably in the next week to 10 days or so. I think it’s a total of 64 out of 325. So we have a lot of new members, a lot of new parties; new parties being developed. New people will now be involved in the government inside of Iraq. We think that’s extremely important as we move forward.” News accounts had the number returning as 9. His briefing transcript is at: http://www.defense.gov/transcripts/transcript.aspx?transcriptid=4632 and there is a video at http://www.dodvclips.mil/?fr_story=FRdamp372084&rf=sitemap < other remarks edited: business related > Mike Jones .

Allawi ignores the owners and begin to form a government June 9, 2010 · Posted in DDT - NEWS Iraq News – Election News Tuesday, June 8th, 2010 @ 23:00 Starts with the leader of the list “Iraqi” winner of the election negotiations to form a government as of next week, a move interpreted by observers as a disregard of the current Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, who is still clinging to a chair of the Authority. After Jalal Talabani called “president” elected parliament to convene next Monday, the rival blocs have entered the decisive phase of the actual labor and end the run, amid fears the coming days to see the violent settling of accounts. Iyad Allawi predicted Tuesday that the period would witness a tough battle near the Iraqi List and the forces that want to stay in a communal, warning of the increasing targeting of the list during the coming few days. Allawi said in an interview for a number of media, before the regular meeting of the Iraqi list that “conspiracies are still being hatched against the existing” Iraqi “by some, as well as the killing of a number of its members to pay for maturity” constitutional, noting that “the existing leaders detained in detention system, and others chased from the security services and some have been eradicated. ” The label “system” used by the “opposition” in Iraq during the regime of Saddam Hussein, coupled with repressive and authoritarian regimes, which means that the Maliki government, which is some degree of tyranny and oppression. Allawi stressed that “the battle between the Iraqi democracy is the faithful and other forces that believe in keeping Iraq under sectarian will be a long and hard,” adding that “the list went beyond all the attempts to dismantle them, are these attempts in the dustbin of history.” And lost the Iraqi List led by Iyad Allawi, yet three of the candidates in the province of Nineveh, as it was unknown gunmen wearing military uniforms stormed into the small hours of the night the fifth of June, home of the candidate for the Iraqi List Faris Jasim al-Jibouri, which is located in the village of pro-”25 km west of Mosul, “and cast him out of the house, and executed by firing at his head and chest, killing him instantly. Says leaders of the “Iraqi” The acts of murder and intimidation will not deter them from claim, form a government. Adviser, said existing Hani Ashour, Allawi will begin next week to negotiate with the political blocs on forming the next government, after the ratification of the election results by the Federal Court recently. Ashour said in a press statement “There is a certain affinity between the Iraqi List and the Iraqi National Coalition,” Shiite “special Sadr to form the government.” http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&langpair=auto%7Cen&u=http://www.irakna.com/index.p

Taha Lahibi: We have a proposal to take over al-Maliki and the presidency latter showed a response بغداد(الاخبارية)..أكد عضو القائمة العراقية طه اللهيبي ان قائمته قدمت مقترحاً وحيداً لرئيس الوزراء المنتهية ولايته زعيم ائتلاف دولة القانون نوري المالكي بشأن تسلمه منصب رئاسة الجمهورية،منوهاً إلى وجود بوادر ايجابية من الاخير بشأن الموضوع. وقال اللهيبي(للوكالة الاخبارية للانباء)اليوم الاربعاء:"ان المقترح قدم بشكل رسمي من القائمة العراقية إلى المالكي لغرض قبوله بمنصب رئاسة الجمهورية ".واضاف اللهيبي:أن المالكي أبدى شيئاً من الايجابية والقبول بشأن هذا الموضوع،مشيراً إلى أن العراقية مازالت تنظر جواباً رسميا من ائتلاف المالكي لحسم هذا الموضوع،وكانت مصادر قد كشفت(للاخبارية)عن أجتماع عقد في بيروت بين مستشاري المالكي وزعيم الجبهة الوطنية صالح المطلك لغرض مناقشة موضوع أعطاء المالكي رئاسة الجمهورية.وتوقع عضو القائمة العراقية ان يحدث توافق في يوم الاربعاء في الاسبوع الذي ستعقد فيه اول جلسة للبرلمان بين الكتل السياسية بشان تشكيل الحكومة حسب رؤية ومخطط العراقية.يذكر أن رئيس الجمهورية جلال الطالباني قد حدد الاثنين المقبل موعداً رسمياً لعقد الجلسة الاولى لمجلس النواب العراقي./انتهى/(12.ن.ص) 9 June 2010 - IKH News Agency Baghdad (news) .. According to a member Iraqi List Taha Lahibi that the list submitted a proposal alone to the Prime Minister's outgoing leader of the coalition rule of law, Nuri al-Maliki on his assumption of the presidency, pointing to the existence of positive signs from the latter on the subject. Said Luhaybi (of the Agency by news) Wednesday: "The proposal has been submitted an official from the list of Iraq to al-Maliki for the purpose of accepting the post of President of the Republic." He added Lahibi: Maliki expressed something positive and acceptance on the subject, pointing out that Iraq was still considering a response formally Maliki's coalition to resolve this issue, Sources have revealed (the news) for a meeting in Beirut between Maliki's advisers, the National Front leader Saleh Mutlaq, for the purpose of discussing the subject to give Maliki the presidency. He expected the Iraqi List said no consensus on Wednesday in the week will be held the first session of parliament between the political blocs on the formation of the government according to a vision and blueprint of Iraq.'s President Jalal Talabani, has set next Monday as the date for the meeting was officially the first Iraqi Council of Representatives. / Finished / (12. n. r) http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&langpair=auto|en&u=http://www.ikhnews.com/go_ar.php%3Fid%3D1276067261&rurl=translate.google.com My understanding of this is that the Iraqia List has offered the Presidency to al-Maliki, and he indicated he is interested - IMHO RON

When I personally read this it seems to me that all candidates have been chosen for Mondays seating?? I am no experts but posted this for the many that can let others know what it does mean. Thanks in advance for the replies Link http://www.al-mashriq.net/ Baghdad / follow-up to the Levant: A member of the National Coalition Iraqi leadership in a cluster Liberal of the Sadrist movement, Bahaa al: "The National Coalition is not yet resolved is the members of the Committee of Wise Men, which in turn will choose a candidate to head the government." Araji said in a press statement is expected to resolve the issue Committee of Wise Men this weekend. There is substantial convergence of the components of the National Coalition about it. "He pointed out that:" Not so far identifying names of the members of the Committee, and the share of the Sadrists, including 4 members. "The coalition of law and the Iraqi national, who announced on the fourth of this month, their alliance is discussing now in joint meetings to form a committee composed of 14 members of the task of putting mechanisms to nominate a prime minister and then selected according to the mechanisms and conditions between the coalitions. The political scene is mobility and wide to form a government, especially among the three blocs winner, a / Iraq / received on 91 seats and its candidate, Iyad Allawi and a coalition of state law, which won 89 seats, and the candidate Nouri al-Maliki as well as the National Coalition, which won 70 seats and the most prominent candidates, Ibrahim al-Jaafari and Adel Abdul Mahdi. Net spokesman said the leader of the coalition of the rule of law Adnan OS: "The coalition rule of law, National agreed to provide all the of them only one candidate in the vote within the Committee of Wise Men of the / 14 / to select a candidate coalition to head the government. "said OS:" The coalition of the rule of law nominated Nouri al-Maliki, the Iraqi National Coalition has two candidates, Adel Abdul-Mahdi, and Ibrahim al-Jaafari, and will choose one with Maliki when vote. "He added:" The Commission on the preparation of the government program, one of the important committees, will meet to lay the foundations of the government program and the role and powers of the Prime Minister. "He pointed out:" The agreement was also to adopt the principle of consensus when choosing a candidate. Then vote on that candidate receives 80 per cent. In the absence of a solution, are also consulted the Committee of Wise Men. "According to OS:" The coalition of coalitions are facing pressures start the first session of the parliament, which will be held on Monday, and he has to pick put the name of the coalition and its leader and candidate for prime minister. "He pointed out that the atmosphere friendly within coalitions is no truth to the rumors of a rift. The coalition rule of law and national levels declared on the fourth of last month the alliance, but they not been appointed the name of the coalition or its president or candidate for prime minister. The Federal Court ratified the election results and looking forward to the political blocs invitation of the Presidency Republic for the first session of Parliament within 15 days after ratification by the Iraqi Constitution.

Med Chat: Dinar Speculator 6/8/2010 - Late Night OK ARE THERE ANY ?’S I CAN TRY TO ANSWER FOR ANYONE PLEASE ASK butterfly: how long can they suspend the meeting once they seat parliament? butterfly: if talibani actually does that flowergirl: why is T waiting for the14thfor seating I BELIEVE 15 DAYS WITHIN 15 DAYS THEY HAVE TO NOMINATE A PRESIDENT butterfly: ok, so what is the purpose of suspending? OF THE REPUBLIC IT DRAGS IT OUT THE PROBLEM IS THIS ONCE PARLIAMENT CONVENES, IF THE RULE OF LAW AND NATIONAL COALITION ARE NOT OFFICIAL, THEY ARE SOL YOU CANNOT MERGE AFTER THE FACT IT WILL GO TO ALLAWI’S LIST, AND RIGHT NOW HE HAS IT THE LIST IS NEGOTIATING WITH THE KURD ALLIANCE i dont even know why they are allowing it at all since he people didn’t vote on that combined coalition, its not fair to them…. NO IT IS NOT, THE JUDICIARY SAID EXACTLY WHAT MALIKI TOLD THEM TO SAY NOT ONE ENTITY OUTSIDE IRAQ INTERPRETED ART 76 THAT WAY BUT MALIKI’S JUDICIARY frustrating…. i cant imagince how upset there people are ALSO ONE MORE BAD THING, ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION, TALABANI IS SUPPOSED TO ENACT AN ARTICLE THAT GIVES MALIKI AND HIS GOVT BACK THEIR POWER UNTIL IT IS SETTLED AND NOT JUST AS AN INTERIM GOVT BUT AS SOON AS A GOVT IS ANNOUNCED TO BE FORMED BY A BLOC HE IS DONE IF YOU LOOK AT THE NEWS FROM CBI TODAY, WHAT IS BEING DONE HAS NO RELATION TO WHO IS RUNNING THE GOVT THEY ARE GOING FORWARD WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AND INVESTMENT IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR THIS IS GOOD NEWS THERE IS INFLUENCE FINALLY THAT IS HITTING HOME WITH THE CBI THE ONLY BAD THING WITH THE DELAYS IS THAT THE U.S. COMPANIES WHO ARE GOING TO DO THE ECONOMIC REFORMS HAVE REFUSED TO GO IN UNTIL THEY HAVE ANNOUNCED A GOVT AND SOME OF THE OTHER INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES HAVE STOPPED WORK TODAY THEY HAVEN’T BEEN PAID AND WHY? BECAUSE THEY HAVEN’T APPROVED THE BUDGET YET IT HAS BEEN 5 MONTHS AND THE OIL MINISTER SHARISTINI HAS TURNED IN HIS RESIGNATION HE TOLD MALIKI TO FIND HIS REPLACEMENT IN FACT THERE ARE 45 CRITICAL POSITIONS THAT ARE ON HOLD BECAUSE OF THIS IN THE GOVT NOW THEY DON’T HAVE TO CALL PARLIAMENT AND NOT CONVENE TALABANI I DOUBT HAS THE RIGHT TO SUSPEND IT AFTER IT IS PUT IN SESSION BUT I THINK THIS WAS BECAUSE THE BLOCS SAID THEY NEEDED MORE TIME ANYMORE ? what is the meeting on the 14th for then TO CONVENE AND SWEAR IN PARLIAMENT AND THEN THEY HAVE TO APPOINT A PRESIDENT OF PARLIAMENT AND DEPUTIES THE SAID NO POLITICAL ISSUES, ONLY ISSUES THAT ARE FOR THE GOOD OF THE REPUBLIC so they are still in a holding pattern then after that AND IT CAN BE CALLED BACK FOR EMERGENCY SESSION YES, BUT THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW THE CONSTITUTION AND THE TIMELINES WHICH IS 15 DAYS FOR THE PRESIDENT OF IRAQ AND THEN TALABANI CAN STRETCH IT OUT FOR 30 DAYS TO ANNOUNCE WHO HE WILL CALL TO FORM THE GOVT so if that wanted they can still rv then IT IS NOT THE GOVT WHO RV’S IT IS CBI AND THE IMF, THE GOI HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT okay got you now The 34 cargo ships that entered iraqs ports last week could they be waiting for payment before they to off load? do you think they will rv under maliki THEY DON’T HAVE TO WAIT FOR PAYMENT then what are CBI and IMF waiting for now OK AGAIN LISTEN once they appoint the president do u think things will fall in to place? THE GOVERNMENT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE RV, MALIKI DOES NOT HE PARLIAMENT DOES NOT THE ECONOMIC POLICY IS TOTALLY SEPARATE FROM THE GOI THEY ARE MOVING NO MATTER WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN MOVING FORWARD WITH NO GOVT THEY HAVE MANAGED TO BRING IN 70% OF THE LIQUIDITY THE MONETARY POLICY IS THE SAME NO MATTER WHO RUNS THE COUNTRY IT IS CONTINUOUS AS IN OUR COUNTRY NOW CBI HAS MADE A PROMISE IN ONE OF THE ARTICLES THAT WAS POSTED TODAY OR YESTERDAY THAT THEY HAD PROMISED TO INCREASE THE VALUE OF THE IQD AND IF YOU ALL READ THE MAJOR PROBLEM CONFRONTING CBI IS INFLATION THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF INFLATION, CORE INFLATION, CONSUMER INFLATION IS PART OF THAT, AND THE INFLATION CREATED BY TOO MUCH PAPER CURRENCY THE ONLY WAY TO COMBAT THE PAPER CURRENCY INFLATION IS WHAT???? ANYONE REALLY KNOW RV rv YES revalue their currency THAT IS THE ONLY WAY bring in liquidity THEY CAN ONLY BRING IN SO MUCH LIQUIDITY BECAUSE OF THE VALUE OF THE DINAR PAPER NEEDS TO BE OUT BUT WITH AN RV THAT WILL BRING IN THE LARGE DENOMS AND THEY WILL THEN BE ABLE TO SCRAP THEM AND IN TURN REPLACE WITH THE 7 SMALLER DENOMS so the question is when…. AND FILS HOW WOULD I KNOW NOBODY KNOWS THAT IS UP TO CBI AND THE IMF BUT THEY HAVE MADE THE FIRST OF NEEDED CHANGES TO RV, WHICH WAS REMOVAL OF ALMOST 25 TRILLION IQD FROM LIQUIDITY I AM ONLY DISCUSSING THE FACTS AND WHAT IS THE ONLY MOVE THAT CBI HAS AND THE ARTICLE I POSTED TODAY BACKS MY OPINION IT IS FROM CBI AND IS VER LONG BUT EXPLAINS EVERYTHING IN DETAIL YOU AN SKIP THE HISTORY LESSON PART IN THE MIDDLEIF YOU WANT Med…Are they still trying to remove even more liquidity than the 70% already removed? I EDIT ALL MY POSTS SO THEY ARE EASY READ AND UNDERSTANDING I DO THE SAME WITH ALL THE POSTS WHICH ARE CRITICAL READING ALSO ONE THING THAT IS HELPING US, OIL IS FALLING to RV AND IT IS HURTING THE IRAQI 2010 BUDGET, SO THEY WILL NEED TO USE ALL THE MONEY FROM THE IMF AND WB TO COVER THE DEFICIET hey med, this article kinda says talibani is sayin he will let allawi form the govt how about the next big payment can they cover it YES IT DOES cuz the coaliton cant get their crap together BUT HE NEEDS TIME LINK See following Post TO FINISH HIS DISCUSSIONS WITH THE KURD ALLIANCE AND THE INA he needs to talk faster AND THE ISLAMIC COUNCIL I AM NOT REALLY SURE HE WANTS TO BE PM trainwreck74 says to (00:16:15): Are they trying to remove even more liquidity than 70%? FROM WHAT I AM HEARING, I AM SURE THEY ARE, AT EVERY AUCTION In this timeline, at what point is Maliki……SOL? I did not understand. I Sorry. MONDAY ACTUALLY SUNDAY MED says to (00:17:52): WHICH IS OUR SAT NIGHT As far as the time line goes for RV, are you leaning towrads just seating parliament, or election of PM? I AM NOT LEANING ANYWAY can they make there next loan payment What % of liquidity do you think they will shoot for? ALL OF IT ty ******,i can’t make heads or tails of some of the articles w/o you thanks THAT IS WHY AN RV, IT WILL REMOVE THE REST AND THEY CAN’T GET IT ALL CAN THEY ANYONE KNOW WHY THEY CAN’T? We have it YES USA and us USA HAS THE MOST IN ALL THE WORLD other countries will hold because the governments around the world are not going to cash it all in THEY CAN USE IT TO PAY FOR TRADE IN IRAQ to buy oil YES, OR FOR FOREIGN CURRENCY ASSETS TO BOOST THEIR OWN CURRENCIES’ VALUE AS WE WILL USE SOME IN THE US FOR THAT OK GANG GN FOR NOW I WILL BE BACK LATER I HAVE BEEN SPENDING ALLOT MORE TIME ON THE ARTICLES MED says to (00:22:57): AS MANY MAY HAVE NOTICED TWO WEEKS AGO I HAD 5OO POSTS NOW OVER 1200 GN ALL

It is my understanding that each Block will propose a member or members to hold variopus key positions - ie: PM, Pres, VP, Chairman of Parl, etc. Then the process takes place to vote in a representative for each position. I believe the behind the scenes haggling and wrestling has determined who will be selected for these positions - so that on 14 June everything will get done. There are articles indicating several positions already. Even an article today that indicates the Iraqia Block suggested the Presidency to Maliki, and he indicasted he was interested. So, the article indicates some of the proposed individuals, and what might happen if there's not agreement; and the 80% requiremernt to seal the deal - JMHO...based on the numerous articles I've read...! I hope this helps...! Zantac, this is a good (+) post......Thanks.........I hope this also answers your PM question...! Blessings to Everyone, RON

Thanks for the Post SPARKLINGBLUE...Good (+) job...! Here's the article from the missing link above: Talabani heads to assign to the failure of Iraq if coalition coalitions 08.06.2010 رنا حداد Rana Haddad After the difference in the political equation in some situations among a coalition of law and the Iraqi National Coalition, and not allow them to declare their alliance is expected at their last meeting before the resolution of controversial issues of nomination of a candidate for prime minister, made the remarks President Jalal Talabani confirmed that he was going to assign to the Iraqi List to form the government in the absence of coalitions to achieve decisive results. Member Mahmoud Othman, the Kurdish Alliance between the consistence of the constitutional President of the Republic so, as well as the legitimacy of Iraq being the biggest winner in the elections. Iraqi National List, for its part welcomed the wider trend shown by Talabani within his constitutional powers, and confirmed by a member-based Shaker Book of the right of the list in the formation of the government, and not waiving its entitlement election, noting the lack of success of coalition rule of law and the Iraqi National Alliance of the merger one. Member of a coalition of law Adnan OS between the President of the Republic does not have a constitutional right to mandate the Iraqi List to form a government without understanding the agreements reached between the blocks, menus, speaking about a deal, the three presidencies in accordance with constitutional and legal mechanisms, stressing at the same time that next week will determine the nature of the blocs and alliances Wi have the right to form a government. مزيد من التفاصيل في الملف الصوتي. More details in the audio file. I hope this helps...! RON

Maliki and the Rule of Law Bloc are out of luck & out of time. This article is like the nail in his coffin...! They might make him Minister of Oil - to shut him up. Time will tell. RON Sadr does not accept any candidate from Dawa, to head the government Posted: by Med - Dinar Speculator Tuesday, June 08, 2010 - Radio NAWA News The withdrawal of coalition rule of law, a candidate of the settlement, hours after submission to the National Alliance, after he refused, the Sadrists to accept any candidate for prime minister of the Dawa Party. Sources familiar with the negotiations between the parties of the newspaper Al-Hayat the failure of all the secret meetings and public coalitions between the national and state law. She said that Maliki's coalition presented Haider al-Abadi (leader in the Dawa Party) candidate settlement rather than Maliki, said he was surprised to reject the other party, specifically al-Sadr for any candidate from Dawa, indicating that the movement was prepared to accept a candidate from the state of law for prime minister on the condition that it is other components of the coalition and not from the Dawa Party.

YES, AND I DO THANK THE GUYS THAT SAW IT AS AN ATTACK, BUT I DONT THINK ANY MALICE WAS INTENDED

I'm with woody, how bout you guys try to TAKE it from me?????Let's see what happens then!

As I start my post Family I will apologize right now if anything I say is incorrect based on articles that may contradict me. I have not been online except for this morning to do the short post. So most of what I am going to talk about is from my team and phone calls throughout the day. Here goes. A couple of weeks ago the Oil Minister comes out saying that the barrel of oil cost is totally unfair. Yesterday he comes out saying the price is not that bad………but he is “not very happy” with the production of oil. Below you will find an article on his comments. Last year the barrel of oil was positioned twice to support the RI at a 3+ rate. They let both of those opportunities go by…….as they argued about anything. This year it was positioned in February and I told you that this could only last for a month. The price had to go down as winter ended so that it could do its annual thing of rising dramatically with the summer months. We are now in the summer months and Memorial day has come and gone. That was the weekend that always brought forth higher gasoline prices. Instead we saw an unprecedented movement in the price of oil ……….downward. Normally if a refinery even spilled a bucket of oil it was the trigger to make prices at the pump jump 30 to 50 cents a gallon. The Gulf disaster normally would have us paying with diamonds by now at the pump. Hmmm………one leak huh? We should get the memo on other leaks ……….soon. Tell me Family……..would you allow children to play with a flame? This flame is controlled by whatever powers you want to imagine. This flame if left high without control would only burn children. Mom and Dad are in control of the flame because the kids still haven’t learned how to use it properly. As of yesterday ……..this flame is in better hands. As of yesterday……….the flame is about to be re-increased. Just another reason why my team likes the month of June. Because the barrel of oil is going up? No……because we are in control. Remember the commotion last month with China? Two went to visit them………and everything is okay now on that side. Our history has controlled both sides of the world in the past. I for one can appreciate when two can learn from history. Remember this…………USA….IMF….UN? I need to update it as you keep in mind that they are all equal. From this point onward………I want you to remove us from the equation………A……IMF…….UN. Oh and one last thing……..hope you don’t mind………..The Kurds are in control. http://www.iraq-businessnews.com/?p=4215 Iraq Oil Minister 'not very happy' with OPEC Compliance Posted on 07 June 2010. Iraq's Oil Minister said on Monday current crude prices were fair and not too high to hinder global economic recovery, but added that he was not very happy with OPEC members' compliance with production quotas. Hussain al-Shahristani said he was comfortable with current price levels which were high enough to encourage investments, adding that there was no need for an emergency OPEC meeting before October. "The current price is also not too high to hinder the recovery of the global economy. It's a fair price," he told Reuters on the sidelines of the Asia Oil and Gas Conference (AOGC) in the Malaysian capital. U.S. crude for July slid as much as $2.00 to $69.51 a barrel on Monday, the lowest since May 26, and was down $1.34 at $70.17 by 0804 GMT, extending Friday's drop of more than $3.00. Oil's more than $20 plunge over three weeks last month, sparked by European debt problems, underscored market volatility from equities to commodities and the fragile state of global economic recovery, analysts said. Al-Shahristani later said that fairer crude oil prices could be reached if members of OPEC better abided by production quotas. "We have not been very happy with the compliance over the past few months. It's about 50 percent now," he told a news conference. "With better compliance, we should be able to reach a fairer price." Yesterday some of you were disappointed when you realized that we are taking two steps forward and one back. Sadly some did not realize that was a movement gaining ground. I have said it before and I will say it again………patience is a learned discipline! If you need to discipline yourself ……….I will pray for you. Then there were the one or two that took my 1….2……….3 and proclaimed ……….”I’m so confused”. Hmmm………..I found that very interesting. It is not calculus but let me try it one LAST time. All three steps are done. We have seen 1 as the courts ratification and we have seen 2 to a degree. In fact 3 actually occurred last Thursday. But does that mean they have to show you the rate that is in the 2010 budget? Of course not. I also warned you of this. Supposedly on this past Thursday their elected officials sat in parliament and high fived each other as the Kurds……….watched. They talked about the budget but they killed all the flies on the wall. It is believed that this coming Monday on the 14th they will have their ………I don’t know which word they will use so you pick it Family………NEW or OFFICIAL seating of parliament. Now what’s the next day? Oh yes……..the homework they handed in today will be graded by the UN on the 15th. Wouldn’t it be nice if they got straight A’s and they received CH7? I find it very interesting that intel shows me parliament meeting already but parliament itself has picked the day before they may get CH7 to sit their maximus down. Once again their annoying pattern of waiting till the last nano second to move. Yet……….we are getting there. A VP today said that they are counting on the economy to solve SECURITY AND POLITICAL PROBLEMS. That has to be the most polite way I have ever seen an Iraqi official say ……….we need to RI in order to stop the violence both on the street and in our own backyard. Family I present you not only my intel but my thoughts surrounding it so that you can become motivated to learn about your investment……….on your own. Yes I ask you to put on the COAT of Armor………but I will not sugar COAT it. If you were saddened yesterday it was by your own doing. Didn’t you even notice what I said about the Tbills? They activated this program IMO……..to find support for the RI. Those in control will now find the support ……….through OIL! I even mentioned the ERM which would require a new IQD rate. But I fear one or two seek only one thing. The world is preparing itself for the RI. IMO……we should too and not panic when you don’t read what you want to see. Heck the next thing we are going to be told is that the man in the moon will know some Bob Marley tunes and the Caribbean’s will know of the IQD’s value too. All of you know that I carry the banner of 3.86 for the RI. I started that way and I will end that way. My team still supports this number. BUT JUST LIKE YESTERDAY………I still do not trust Iraq. So my desire today was to talk about the possible rates that we may see instead of 3.86. I have already explained in great detail how this 3.86 was formulated. Many of you read what you want to read in my post and then ask me a question that I already discussed in my post. Then it is taken to a second level as that same question is re-worded ……….to stimulate me again. I am asking ……..especially the old timers……..to help me answer questions that I have long dealt with. I love you all and I want to reach out to each of your posts ……but I am asking for help. Many times I have said……..great teamwork! When you see a question that you notice I bypass……….can some of you word search at the top of the forum page…….the subject? Then copy and paste it and bring it on my post. Many of you are already doing this and I thank you kindly. Next week we will probably hit 10,000 members. That’s a lot of newbies that need help. I welcome your help. So they attacked the Kurds today huh? Well I tell you what……..it really doesn’t matter because ………they are in control. By the way………I would suggest that you look up the definition of control. Pay attention to articles from this point onward Family. They are now communicating ………without code words. In fact I will play a game with you. See how many articles you can find me this week where Iraq is literally asking for permission to RI. I’m not sure when I last said this but……….the Kurds are in control. All 140 of control. Do you remember what I said about M and Ministry of Oil? I was told that M is requesting a search for a new MO. LOL……..yes M……..we knew that thank you. I was told that the CBI put out an article today saying the want to improve the value of the IQD. This may be old news but these guys don’t go around repeating statements like this. Their stated goal to remove the 000’s in 2010 is actually on target. My team believes that they will be at 90 to 95% retrieved by the end of June. LOL…….maybe they have a point………it just might happen this month. But I don’t trust the GOI. I will not allow them to continually disappoint me with their bull. I would much rather go to Spain and run with their bulls. <snip prayer updates> KTF, Frank

HSBC expects Iraq profits to soar Post: by LLH - KTFM AME Info - [6/9/2010] HSBC has said that it is "remarkably bullish on Iraq" and expects bank profitability in the country to increase by 100 times within 10 to 20 years, Bloomberg has reported. "There is more lending activity as the economy gets stronger," James Hogan, country manager of HSBC Holdings said. HSBC entered the Iraq's post-war banking sector with its 2005 purchase of a 70% stake in the Dar Es Salaam Investment Bank. HSBC may soon put its own brand on the business, Hogan said.

Looks like there may be trouble ahead Link http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-49166020100609 (Reuters) - About 20 of Iraq's newly minted lawmakers including Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and key ministers may not be able to take their seats due to a legal hurdle that demonstrates the growing pains of a new democracy. The Iraqi constitution does not allow a member of parliament to hold an executive post in the government. Nothing in the law makes an exception for a newly elected MP who also holds a job as an executive in the last government, which is staying in place until a new one is formed. Among those facing the issue are Maliki, vice presidents Tareq al-Hashemi and Adel Abdul-Mahdi, Deputy Prime Minister Rafie al-Esawi and at least nine cabinet ministers including Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani. A special committee has been formed to suggest solutions. "From the moment of the (first) session, this government and the presidency council will lose their legitimacy," said Aliah Nissaif Jassim, a parliamentarian-elect with the Iraqiya bloc. Officials said they did not believe the constitutional snag would hold up the formation of a new government, more than three months after Iraqis voted in an election they hoped would help stabilize their nation after years of sectarian war. But it is indicative of the holes in the Iraqi constitution, written after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein, some of which threaten serious political dispute. CONSTITUTION HAS HOLES The first and second-placed blocs in the March 7 vote are at loggerheads over who has the right to form the next government because of differing interpretations of the constitution, a row that could potentially spill over into the streets. Iraq's Supreme Court last week certified the final results of the election, affirming a two-seat lead for a cross-sectarian bloc led by former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi. But Allawi's Iraqiya alliance fell short of a majority, and Maliki's mainly Shi'ite State of Law coalition is trying to outmanoeuvre him with a tie-up with third-placed Shi'ite bloc the Iraqi National Alliance. President Jalal Talabani has scheduled the first session of the new parliament for Monday. Maliki's government has acknowledged it faces a problem. The prime minister and the others would have to resign from government on the eve of the first session of parliament if they want to take their seats. But officials said there would be no constitutional crisis. "I think that the constitutional and parliamentary experience (in this country) is new," said Safaaeddine al-Safi, minister of state for parliamentary affairs. "These things may appear. Now that they have emerged, they can be addressed." Those who hold executive posts could defer their swearing-in - they would not be able to cast votes - until a new government has been agreed. Those with executive jobs in the new government would then resign their seats, and the others could be sworn in. "This is one of the suggested solutions," al-Safi said.

Finance Ministry receives $440m from Int’l Monetary Fund June 9, 2010 - 10:26:03 BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Iraqi Finance Ministry has received $440 million as a loan from the International Fund Monetary. “The loan is processed according to an agreement between the two sides through which Iraq should get an amount of $3.6 billion in total from the International Fund Monetary,” the Iraqi ministry said in a release on Wednesday as received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency. It noted that the received $440 million is the first dispatch of the total amount. “Other dispatches are coming ahead this year,” the statement explained. MH (P)/SR http://en.aswataliraq.info/?p=132976

Tax Changes are Looming There's a new refrain sweeping America: "Taxes, They Are A-Changin.'" It might not be as catchy as Bob Dylan's famous 1960's anthem, but upcoming tax changes are likely to impact many taxpayers' financial planning strategies. From tax rates on earned income and capital gains to a wide range of tax breaks and estate tax provisions, tax law changes over the next few years may affect Americans at different income levels. The key word is "likely," because Congress could alter many of the changes scheduled to take effect in 2011, and even those already in place for 2010. Likewise, new proposals from the Obama Administration could change the outlook, contingent upon Congressional action. Complicating the picture even further are the tax implications of the recently passed federal health care reform bill, officially known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Despite some uncertainties, however, it may be prudent for many savers and investors to consider the effects of any potential income tax and/or estate tax changes now and contemplate ways they may be able to implement or modify any related tax strategies. "A thorough and comprehensive investment plan should take into consideration the expected impact of current and future taxes," says Chris McDermott, senior vice president of Investor Education, Retirement, and Financial Planning at Fidelity Investments. "Since some of the tax rule changes may not be finalized until later in 2010, it's smart to think through what changes you may want to make in your investment plan now so that you aren't under time constraints when the final rules are announced." Consulting an experienced tax advisor, financial planner, or estate planning attorney is highly recommended to assist you in making the right tax moves for your situation—or to confirm that your current approach is still sound. To help you prepare for a productive discussion with your advisor, we've provided an overview of the pending tax law changes and some possible strategies to think about. Ordinary income tax rates Tax rate reductions enacted by Congress in 2001 are scheduled to expire at the end of this year and revert back to their pre-2001 levels—meaning an increase of between 3 and 4.6 percentage points in each bracket. Taxpayers in the top bracket would pay a marginal rate of 39.6% in 2011, and the 10% bracket will disappear, bumping the lowest earners into the 15% bracket. Most Washington observers, however, expect Congress to act in one of three ways before the reversion takes place. Lawmakers might vote to continue the 2010 rates, They could adopt the Obama Administration's new tax proposals (described below) Or they could choose some other alternative. The Administration's proposed budget calls for tax rates in the top two brackets to revert to the 39.6% and 36% levels in 2011, while the current 10%, 15%, 25%, and 28% percent brackets would become permanent. Plus, the 28% bracket would be expanded to reduce the number of taxpayers who would get bumped into the higher brackets. Two other provisions that could expire in 2011 relate to the so-called "marriage penalty." Unless Congress acts, some married couples filing jointly in the 15% tax bracket could have a higher tax bill (the penalty was never eliminated for couples in the higher brackets), and the standard deduction for couples filing jointly would again be less than double the deduction for single filers. The Obama Administration proposals would permanently extend the marriage penalty relief. When it comes to limitations on itemized deductions and personal exemptions under current law and the Administration proposals, the phase out will be reinstated in 2011. This may mean that in 2010, some taxpayers may want to consider recognizing deductions, since there is no limitation this year. Possible strategies: If you expect that your tax rate is going to increase, you may want to consider maximizing your contributions to any tax-deferred retirement plans you own, if you haven't already. By contributing more to a defined contribution plan sponsored by your employer, such as a 401(k) or 403( plan, you can reduce your current-year taxable income and also collect an employer match, if one is offered. Keep in mind, however, that you will have to pay income tax on the money when you withdraw it in retirement. Additionally, it's important to note that there are IRS limits on the amount you can contribute to a workplace savings plan. Another possible strategy is to contribute to a Health Savings Account (HSA). In addition to reducing your current-year taxable income, HSA contributions and earnings are never taxed as long as the money is used to pay for qualified medical expenses. Be aware, however, that the penalty for non-qualified withdrawals in 2011 will be increased to 20% due to the passage of the new health care reform bill. You also may want to consider converting any assets you have in a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA. Although you would have to pay tax on the amount you're converting, the move may make sense if you expect your tax rate to be higher in the future, among other factors. Income limits for converting Roth IRAs were also removed in 2010 for high-income individuals. Plus, if you convert in 2010, you can spread out tax payments on money owed to the federal government equally over the next two years. Note: in addition to assets held in a traditional IRA, 401(k) plans, SIMPLE IRAs and SEP-IRA, and rollover IRAs can also be converted to a Roth. Capital gains and dividend tax rates As with income tax rates, the tax rate on long-term capital gains and dividends is scheduled to revert to pre-2003 levels in 2011. That means that next year the capital gains rate would increase to 20% from the current 15% for middle- and upper-income taxpayers. The current 0% rate for taxpayers in the lowest income brackets would jump to 10%. All dividend income, meanwhile, would revert to being taxed as ordinary income. President Obama's budget proposal, however, suggests an alternative to this. The plan calls for a three-tiered rate system for capital gains and qualified dividends starting in 2011: 0% for people in the lowest tax brackets, 15% for the middle income brackets,, and 20% for the top two income brackets. Possible strategies: If you expect the tax rate you pay on capital gains to increase next year, you might consider moving more of your fixed-income taxable account assets into tax-free municipal bonds, either by investing through mutual funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), or individual bond issues. Of course, before investing in ETFs, you should consider the risks involved and how they may affect your particular financial situation. Also, you may want to consider putting more of your money into mutual funds that try to limit buying and selling activity within the fund. Such activity often generates capital gains, and, therefore, tax liability in a taxable account. Tax sensitive investing may not provide as high a return as other funds before consideration of federal income tax consequences. Tax sensitive investing can result in realized capital gains. You may have a gain or loss when you sell your shares. In addition, you can be your own tax-smart money manager by holding appreciated stocks and mutual funds for longer periods of time in a taxable account. It's also important to note that holding income-producing investments in tax-deferred accounts, like IRAs, may help you take advantage of the tax benefits associated with these vehicles, provided that you don't allow tax concerns to undermine other sound investing principles, such as diversification and investment quality. Plus, keep in mind that if you sell investments at a loss this year, your capital losses are used first to offset capital gains. If there are no capital gains, or if the capital losses are larger than the capital gains, you can use the capital loss to offset up to $3,000 of ordinary income. Plus, you can carry over into subsequent years the losses in excess of the $3,000 limit you can claim in any single year. Those carryover losses would become more valuable for people in the top two tax brackets if capital gains tax rates increase next year. Health care reform While the health care reform bill is a lengthy subject unto itself, two provisions are of particular concern to high-income taxpayers. Beginning in 2013, individual taxpayers with earned income of more than $200,000 and married couples filing jointly with income above $250,000 will owe an additional 0.9% in Medicare payroll tax. In addition, individuals and couples with modified adjusted gross income above those levels will be taxed an additional 3.8% (called a "Medicare contribution") on their net investment income, including capital gains, interest, dividends, royalties, rents, and income earned from a trade or business that is a passive activity. With three years to go until this provision takes effect, it is possible this part of the law may change in the meantime, but if not, the Medicare contribution would push the current tax on capital gains and qualified dividends to 23.8% for high-income taxpayers, starting in 2013. The 3.8% Medicare contribution does not apply to distributions of income from qualified retirement plans, including pensions, individual retirement accounts, and defined contribution plans, such as 401(k) and 403( plans. Among the many other provisions in the proposed legislation is one that limits health care cost contributions to $2,500 in flexible spending accounts offered by employers. Previously, there was no limit. Possible strategies: If your income is likely to exceed the thresholds in the legislation for the additional Medicare contribution, you may want to consider a variety of strategies to help limit your capital gains, interest, and dividend tax liability. As previously noted, these strategies might include investing more in tax-exempt municipal bonds and tax-managed mutual funds. And, because you likely would not incur the Medicare contribution on distributions from qualified retirement plans, you might want to consider contributing more to those plans, if you aren't already at the maximum. If you want to contribute more pre-tax money toward health-related costs than the $2,500 limit for flexible spending accounts, you might want to consider opening a Health Savings Account (HSA) which has higher limits and no annual "use it or lose it" provision. Note: You can only open an HSA if you have a high-deductible health care plan. "While most of the new Health Care Reform provisions seem straightforward, there may be continued adjustments made to them as Congress and the Obama Administration refine the law and its implementation," McDermott says. "Investors should keep up to date with these developments in order to make any necessary adjustments to their investment plan." Estate taxes The federal estate tax has been repealed for 2010. That's good news for high-net-worth individuals and their heirs, right? Well, sort of. Depending on the wording of your will or trust, the lapse of the estate tax could have a variety of unintended negative consequences. The issues are complex, so be sure to consult a tax attorney if you believe you might be affected. Also, the estate tax is scheduled to return in 2011 with a $1 million exemption at a rate of 55% (only assets in excess of that amount are subject to the tax), compared to the $3.5 million exemption that was in effect for 2009 with a top rate of 45%. The situation is fluid, however, and could change significantly before the end of the year. Many experts expected Congress to act before the end of 2009 to prevent the estate tax from lapsing in 2010. That didn't happen, but Congress could pass a measure this year and make it retroactive to Jan. 1, 2010. Whether the retroactive provision would survive a court challenge, however, is an open question. The Obama Administration supports the retroactive plan and is proposing reinstatement of the 2009 exemption levels for 2010 and beyond. If the Administration's proposal is not enacted, a provision currently in place that hasn't gotten much recognition could spell tax trouble for some heirs. When the estate tax was in force, heirs would figure their investment cost basis on assets such as stock or real estate at their value at the time of inheritance, not when they were originally purchased. That can make a major tax difference when heirs sell the assets and realize a capital gain. But if the repeal of the estate tax stands, the stepped-up basis treatment will be limited to the first $1.3 million in capital gains pertaining to inherited assets. The limit is $3 million for assets transferred to a surviving spouse. Anything above those levels is valued at the original basis that the deceased paid for the assets. Note: The provision limits the stepped-up basis valuation of appreciated assets that are part of an estate only for those individuals who pass away in 2010. Possible ideas: If there was ever a reason to work with a professional in preparing an estate plan, this is it. Because of the range of variables and the high stakes involved for wealthy individuals, consulting a trusted estate planner is the best strategy for anyone who might be subject to either the estate tax or the limitation on stepped-up basis treatment. Should the estate tax not be reinstated for 2010--and depending on the health status of your parent or spouse--you might want to begin tracking down any investment documents that will help your heirs determine the original cost basis of any assets they stand to inherit, and make sure they are stored in a safe place. Tax breaks Not all of the coming tax changes will result in higher tax bills. There are some tax breaks available to help certain taxpayers. For example, the Making Work Pay Credit that went into effect last year is available again in 2010, with phase-outs beginning at $75,000 of income for individuals, and $150,000 for couples filing jointly. The refundable tax credit for those who fully qualify is $400 for individuals and $800 for couples. The Obama Administration's proposed 2011 budget calls for extending the credit for one additional year. Other tax breaks already on the books for 2010 are an enhanced Earned Income Tax Credit for families with three or more children and the American Opportunity Tax Credit for higher education costs. The Administration has proposed making both credits permanent, but they are subject to income limitations. On a positive note for high-income taxpayers, the income limitation for claiming itemized deductions that was repealed in 2009 is absent again in 2010. The limit is scheduled to return in 2011, but the Administration has proposed increasing the threshold to $200,000 for individuals and $250,000 for couples filing jointly. Possible strategies: Tax deductions and credits available in 2010 and proposed for future years vary widely. The best way to find out what's available and how they might impact your tax situation is to consult a tax advisor. All of these tax law changes can seem confusing, but keep in mind a few fundamentals: Sound investing principles should be the foundation of your financial strategy, no matter what happens to the tax code. New developments are constantly coming out of Washington, so keep up to date by following a trusted news source. Consult an investment or tax professional before you make any major moves that may have tax implications. Many tax scenarios have not been covered in this article, including the impact of the Alternative Minimum Tax, state taxes, and more. Make sure to consult an attorney or qualified tax professional to help you determine the best tax strategies for your particular needs. By following these basics, you'll be better prepared to handle whatever the changing times have in store. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Again maybe its just me, but I think this is what we wanna hear folks.....redenomination comes with a revalue of the currency....but all the talk that 1,165 IDQ will be equal to 1.165 new dinar if your exchanging Dinar for Dinar would not apply to us.....I dont know about you but 1.165 dinar being equal to 1 US dollar is pretty damn close to a 1 to 1 exchange rate therefore I will be cashing in for US dollars!! NOT for the new dinar.....but again this is just how i see this going down...please someone correct me if im wrong!

Government accountable for soaring poverty in Iraq, says an economics specialist Wednesday, June 9th 2010 8:33 AM Sulaimaniyah, June 9 (AKnews) - The high number of governmental employees, the chaotic market, businessmen’s reluctance to invest in the agricultural and industrial sects, and government’s lack of any plan are the grounds for soaring poverty in Iraq, according to an economics specialist. “The high number of employees, lack of control over the market, government and universities’ liability in not pursuing a plan and not spending the assets in the urgent sectors, have all contributed to the high rising poverty in Iraq”, Ismael Shukri, a member for the Economics Committee in the former Iraqi parliamentarian told AKnews today. The high salaries also help the inflation and minimize the capacity to buy currency, he noted. Shukri described the Iraqi economical infrastructure in ruins, saying that despite the large number of unemployed people in Iraq, lack of any measures to look over the market has led to a messy situation where neither quality nor price are constrained. The economics specialist questioned employing the college and institute graduates, arguing that they may not necessarily all be employed in the public sect. “If the Iraqi government boosts the private sects of agriculture and industry, the alumnae then will turn to these sectors”, Shukri explained, adding “besides, in such sectors they are better paid and their life is better guaranteed”, The Kurdish and Iraqi entrepreneurs have focused on housing projects, he believed. The Head for the Committee for Reducing Poverty in Iraq, Mahdi ‘Alaq, had announced in early May that there are over 6 million destitute people in Iraq ,that the villagers are more disadvantaged comparing to city-dwellers. Lh (AKnews) http://www.aknews.com/en/aknews/9/153463/

good post ron, does anyone have the post from CBI that was stated on the chat?

Medic chat: Dinar Speculator 6/8/10 @ 8:00pm June 8, 2010 · Posted in DDT - CHATS / POSTS MED : I AM A BIT MIFFED OVER TALABANI’S DECISION TO SUSPEND PARLIAMENT AFTER THE SWEARING IN MED : BECAUSE NOONE HAS A MANDATE YET MED : WHO CARES MED : WHAT WAS ALL THIS CRAP ABOUT THE LARGEST BLOC MED : ALLAWI HAS IT MED : NOW THEY SAY TO NEGOTIATE MED : THIS IS WHAT THEY DO WHEN THEY ANNOUNCE THE BLOC TO FORM MED : THEY NEGOTIATE WITH PARLIAMENT MEMBERS TO GET THE VOTES MED : AS IN OUR CONGRESS AND SENATE MED : I CAN’T FIGURE OUT HOW THE EX PRESIDENT CAN DO THIS MED : UNLESS IT WAS ASKED FOR BY THE BLOCS MED : I SEEM TO REMEMBER THE IRAQI LIST ASKING FOR MORE TIME MED : AND SURELY MALIKI WANTS IT MED : HE IS DOWN TO HIS LAST BREATHS HERE MED : TWO THINGS I AM SICK OF MED : FIRST THAT THESE PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW HOW TO PUT A PERIOD IN A SENTENCE MED : AND I AM TOTALLY SICK OF SEEING BAHA ARAJI THE SPIN DR FOR THE RULE OF LAW SAY IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS MED : I AM GOING TO PUKE IF I HAVE TO READ IT ONE MORE TIME MED : IS THAT THE ONLY ENGLISH HE KNOWS MED : LIKE NO ABLA MED : AND NOW THERE IS SOME CRAP GOING ON WITH IRAN MED : WARPLANES BOMBING INSIDE IRAQ MED : SHELLING INSIDE IRAQ MED : WHY ARE WE JUST SITTING AROUND WHILE THIS GOES ON MED : THEY SNAG UP AMERICAN CITIZENS AND PUT THEM IN PRISON FOR MISTAKENLY GOING INTO THEIR TERRITORY MED : THE ARTICLE THAT 22222 GAVE ME TO POST ON THE DINAR MED : WAS EXCELLENT MED : IT WAS A BIT LONG AND ALLOT OF INFO MOST DON’T CARE ABOUT MED : BUT THE MAIN THING WAS THE VALUE OF THE LARGE DENOMS WILL NOT CHANGE MED : THEY JUST ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE TAKEN IN DURING TIME MED : THIS IS GETTING ME NERVOUS NOW MED : THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY GETTING REALLY CLOSE TO THEM ACTUALLY REBASING THE DINAR MED : AND NOW I AM REALLY THINKING ABOUT WHAT I WILL DO WHEN CASHING IN MED : WE I THINK ARE PAST THE CROSSROADS MED : AND MOVING FORWARD MED : PARLIAMENT WILL BE SEATED SUNDAY NIGHT MED : OR EARLY MONDAY MORNING MED : MALIKI HAS 4 DAYS LEFT MED : WE SHALL SEE IF HE CAN PULL A RABBIT OUT OF HIS BEHIND MED : CUZ IT WILL TAKE SOME SERIOUS MAGIC TO GET HIM A 2ND TERM MED : NOTHING EXCEPT WHAT THE RULE OF LAW PUTS OUT SHOWS ANY HOPE FOR HIM MED : BUT THAT IS EXPECTED MED : ANYONE HAVE ANY ?’S Hoperv : Is there any way Maliki has the power to impliment an RV at this point? MED : NO MALIKI DOES NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO REVALUE THE IQD MED : HE ONLY HAS MINIMAL AUTHORITY MED : AND THIS IS UP TO CBI AND THE IMF Mailman’s neighbor : What do you think the iraqis response will be if Maliki does try to circumvent power and tries to proceed with his own agenda? Ditch : Civil war MED : NO IT WON’T BE A CIVIL WAR MED : THE U.S. WILL REMOVE HIM MED : AS WE ALREADY SAID MED : NO THEY CAN’T PICK THE NEW PRESIDENT ON MONDAY MED : AT LEAST THEY SAID THEY WERE NOT MED : THEY HAVE TO GET THE PRESIDENT OF PARLIAMENT MED : AND SOME OTHER DEPUTIES MED : BRB Masterkim : I have not seen any news on Iran doing what they are doing in Iraq. How deep have then gone into Iraq? And what is the US military doing about it? MED : IT IS THE KURDS SAYING IT MED : AND DEMANDING THAT THE U.N. STEP IN MED : THEY HAD PICS IN THE NEWS MED : OF THE SHELLING MED : NOW THEY ARE SAYING THEY ARE VIOLATING THEIR AIRSPACE MED : AND BOMBING MED : WHO KNOWS MED : YOU WOULD THINK THAT OUR MILITARY WOULD KNOW MED : WE HAVE KEPT KURDISTAN PROTECTED FOR 19 YEARS MED : WHY WOULD WE ALL OF A SUDDEN NOT MED : IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE MED : THIS IS THE PROBLEM WITH IRAQ AND THE MIDDLE EAST REGION MED : ALLOT OF GOVT CONTROLLED MEDIA BS MED : BUT MED : NOW TALABANI AND MALIKI ARE INVOLVED IN IT ALSO MED : NOW IF IT WAS JUST MALIKI MED : BUT TALABANI IS A STAND UP GUY MED : LATER ALL

I don't believe this to be trouble...... I agree ... among resonable people this is just a small glitch with a Robert's rules of order solution. However, in Iraq ... these folks major in making mountains out of mole hills ... then if the results don't satisfy them they murder them (see 3rd Iraqiya Candidate Killed in DV news today). al-Maliki doesn't want to leave ... I know the graft was good ... maybe still is, but he has to realize that the world thinks that he's a Bozo for not RI/RV sometime prior to the elections in one of the windows provided my the UN and IMF and his election would have been a landslide victory AS WELL AS his ill-gotten gain still being a secret. I still believe that there is something other than the obvious that we are not privy to that is the reason that he won't leave ... perhaps time will tell. Peace to all Doc

9:17 PM [keepmwlknfny] hows it going sonny? 9:17 PM [audrey williams] hey sonny1 9:17 PM [bumper64] hey sonny1 9:17 PM [sonny1] hello everyone, hope everyone is good 9:17 PM [audrey williams] sonny1 hi everything still going as u thought 9:18 PM [sonny1] audrey williams better 9:18 PM [audrey williams] sonny1 really 9:19 PM [audrey williams] sonny1 tell us about it 9:19 PM [bubbie] sonny1 hey!!! 9:19 PM [Motorco] sonny1 good to hear 9:19 PM [sonny1] yep, according to iraq they had 30 trillion out in currency, and now their claiming the got 21 trillion back with this reducing liquidity process 9:19 PM [bOBBY ROMERO] sonny1 sonny1 sonny1 sonny1 sonny1 9:19 PM [beefcake] sonny1 whats up bud 9:19 PM [dantz57] sonny1 What does that mean? 9:19 PM [sonny1] hey bobby, hey moneyfreak, how you been 9:19 PM [keepmwlknfny] sonny1 so then they are saying they only have like 9 trillion out in circulation? 9:19 PM [Marpat] sonny1 that's bad isn't it?: 9:20 PM [sonny1] beefcake hey 9:20 PM [MoneyFreak] hey sonny1 9:20 PM [linda55] hey sonny1 how are you tonight 9:20 PM [sunglass] Marpat no Marpat what sonny1 said is good 9:20 PM [sonny1] keepmwlknfny thats what their saying 9:20 PM [Motorco] sonny1 so that could possible let the rate float higher? 9:20 PM [sonny1] Motorco possibly 9:20 PM [sonny1] hey linda, im grrrrrrreat 9:21 PM [sonny1] its funny how this came together so quick 9:21 PM [sonny1] WayneC777 is that the final number 9:22 PM [jimbobcookie] hey sonny welcome back 9:22 PM [sonny1] thats crazy, the rv could maybe, and i say maybe be closer to 2.00 9:22 PM [sonny1] MoneyFreak saddam era 9:22 PM [sonny1] jimbobcookie hello 9:22 PM [sunglass] sonny1 you know why the auction was cancelled for 3 days today? 9:23 PM [beefcake] sonny1 do still think they will have a exchange time line for big notes? 9:23 PM [sonny1] beefcake yes i do 9:23 PM [Marpat] sonny1 wooohooo 9:23 PM [beefcake] sonny1 not what i want to hear 9:23 PM [machcobra] sonny1 how come your RV value keeps changing? 9:24 PM [sonny1] Sunglass i dont know why, and i thought it was the t-bill auction and it was canceled 3 days before the auction 9:24 PM [sonny1] beefcake you will be happy at the bank though 9:24 PM [sunglass] sonny1 thanks 9:24 PM [beefcake] sonny1 yeah your right 9:24 PM [sonny1] machcobra circumstances, and i said maybe 9:25 PM [Marpat] sonny1 Thank you for bringing good news!!! 9:25 PM [bOBBY ROMERO] sonny whats ur most outside date.? 9:25 PM [machcobra] sonny1 don't get me wrong, would much rather see 2.00 than 1.40 9:25 PM [sonny1] i find it hard to believe they got back 20-24 trillion, the only way this would of happened is something like a reverse auction 9:26 PM [bOBBY ROMERO] sonny whats ur most outside date.? 9:26 PM [sonny1] bobby romero july 26th 9:26 PM [keepmwlknfny] sonny1 ive always thought their currency autions was a front for them actually buying back their own money.... 9:26 PM [sonny1] at the latest 9:26 PM [bOBBY ROMERO] sonny1 bar none? 9:26 PM [beefcake] sonny1 i thought that they bought iqd back in the auctions not sold 9:26 PM [sonny1] beefcake the wording of the auction is how much they sold 9:26 PM [sonny1] bobby romero yep 9:27 PM [bOBBY ROMERO] sonny1 im withu bro..on ur coat tails.. yee ha 9:27 PM [unitedrich] sonny1 sorry Im late, but what made you increase your amount to $2.00? 9:27 PM [sonny1] MoneyFreak are you still in iraq 9:27 PM [MoneyFreak] sonny1 afghanistan now 9:27 PM [sonny1] how you doing 9:28 PM [sunglass] sonny1 speculating based on that rumor if true 9:28 PM [sonny1] Unitedrich i said maybe, and because of the dinar they took back in 9:28 PM [MoneyFreak] sonny1 good actually guys this is his son in law and im on his cause he wanted me to ask you guys but i just got off the phone with him and he says hi everyone 9:28 PM [unitedrich] sonny1 ok thx 9:28 PM [sunglass] sorry sonny1 just tryin to help ;( 9:28 PM [sonny1] MoneyFreak tell him to get home soon-safe 9:28 PM [linda55] sonny1 , do you know when it will rv 9:28 PM [MoneyFreak] sonny1 he doesnt get real good inet service at his new camp 9:29 PM [sunglass] Unitedrich i was tryin to help sonny 9:29 PM [sonny1] linda55 if i knew the date for sure........i wouldnt be on the internet, but the latest is july 26th 9:29 PM [bOBBY ROMERO] sonny1 whatta bout dat VND VND ting? 9:30 PM [sonny1] WayneC777 if thats true, and their not b.sing it smells like an rv 9:30 PM [sonny1] BOBBY ROMERO no nothing about it 9:32 PM [sonny1] we are sooooooo close, their telling us whats happening, turn up you volumes folks......... 9:32 PM [sonny1] your 9:32 PM [lambert] sonny1 9:33 PM [chas32] sonny1 thanks. 9:33 PM [bOBBY ROMERO] sonny1 thk u 9:33 PM [sonny1] happy gilmore reference 9:33 PM [audrey williams] sonny1 have yu talked to Adam ..does he feel the same 9:33 PM [Marpat] sonny1 Thank you for your encouragement!! 9:33 PM [sonny1] audrey williams havent talked to him 9:34 PM [audrey williams] sonny1 ok just wondering if he heard the same...or anythin from his cbi dude 9:34 PM [linda55] sonny1 , i could squeeze the puddin out of you , you are so sweet 9:34 PM [sonny1] linda55 9:35 PM [sonny1] Bumper64 you get some 9:35 PM [bumper64] sonny1 nope!! thats why no return date!! j/k 9:35 PM [sonny1] Bumper64 i gotta teach you how to close. 9:36 PM [bumper64] sonny1 Sometimes you just might not want to close after talking to her 9:36 PM [sonny1] 9:37 PM [gwright] sonny1 my goodness who'd a thunk 9:37 PM [audrey williams] sonny1 thank you for the info...so encouraaging 9:37 PM [sonny1] well gotta go, its looking great everyone, keep your chins up. plus reducing liquidity is a major step towards a rv. it gets iraq an actual figure....... very good......very good........later all 9:38 PM [unitedrich] sonny1 gnite 9:38 PM [Lacey] sonny1 ty 9:38 PM [bumper64] sonny1 later bro 9:38 PM [bigrocks85] sonny1 bye thanks 9:38 PM [Marpat] sonny1 Thanks again!!!! 9:38 PM [bOBBY ROMERO] sonny1 sonny1 sonny1 bye guy 9:38 PM [trishberg] thank you sonny1

Hi All Pulled this from outside source. Take it for what its worth as per usual & dont shoot the messanger please Enorrste chat 06-07-10 flyingtooth Member Posts: 2 [enorrste] Oh, I have a rumor [enorrste] My dear 85 year old Syrian lady friend has a son in Texas who is a devout Muslim [enorrste] and has many contacts in Iraq [enorrste] He says that Maliki knows that he is going to lose [enorrste] and that he has decided to do the RV just before he loses out entirely! [enorrste] How cool is that? [enorrste] Oh, well, it is a rumor, ya know? [enorrste] He wants to go out on top! [enorrste] And might just hope it would sway him to win, DUH! [enorrste] What you got, Road? [Road_Kill] enorrste there was some deal made with Maliki to down let the elections finish without anymore incidents. at the last minute he backed out which may hinder an RV on the 8th but it will not the RV, if not tomorrow, look to the 15th [Road_Kill] enorrste my rumor is from Saudi Arabia [enorrste] I like RoadKill’s version of the rumor, actually [enorrste] Did you all see the posts today (articles?) [enorrste] I have one you haven’t seen [enorrste] I’ll copy it here; it’s cool! [enorrste] LINK [enorrste] It’s tough to understand, but basically says this: [enorrste] If M can’t get it together then Mahdi will be chosen to “resolve” the issue [enorrste] However, from another post today we have even better news: [enorrste] Allawi has offered the Presidency to Mahdi, with himself as PM [enorrste] HOWEVER [enorrste] He says they can switched roles after 2 years! [enorrste] Meaning that Mahdi would become PM and Allawi President for the second half of the term [enorrste] Now THAT’S political thinking! [enorrste] I’m still predicting that Allawi is going to go in with a majority to offset the State of Law/INA supposed coalition [enorrste] Meaning that Allawi will go first BOTH because he won the most seats AT the election, AND that he will have the most seats AT the first session of parliament [enorrste] which will pull the rug out from under Mr. M, period [enorrste] Then, if our rumor is right, M will see this and pull the trigger on the RV in a last ditch attempt to appear a hero [enorrste] Just before he brings in the Army and kills all of parliament! [enorrste] Allawi is on record for having the first meeting on the 10th [enorrste] They MUST meet by the 15th per constitution, no exceptions allowed [enorrste] According to TerryK he said it was a Reuters article, or interview. We should start there [enorrste] But Elvis said he saw/read it himself, I believe. [enorrste] However, I’d like to comment on Phoenix’s “drivel” [enorrste] He amazes me, talking about “all of the other sites” as if we were idiots [enorrste] and then claiming that he has the “scoop” because, presumably, the CFR had a meeting with Maliki and the Kurdish Alliance [enorrste] Let’s just analyze this for a moment, OK [enorrste] First, has ANYONE ever heard of the CFR meeting with ANYONE [enorrste] Of course not; that is not the way they do business [enorrste] second, why meet with the Kurdish Alliance? [enorrste] What role could they possibly play? [enorrste] They are small potatoes, and the CFR doesn’t work with “small potatoes” [enorrste] Finally, Knowing that the CFR is behind the UN, US, IMF, World Bank, etc. etc. [enorrste] AND knowing that the UN and US are backing Allawi for the first shot at the government [enorrste] then apparently the CFR doesn’t know what it’s RIGHT hand is doing! [enorrste] OK, off the soap box for a moment [enorrste] Oh, one more thing [enorrste] how many saw the Phoenix chat? [enorrste] Did you notice how he used the word “myopic”? [enorrste] and then decided to define it for everyone? [enorrste] Well, that is a word I’ve been using here for quite some time, as you all know, especially when berating the “narrow minded” people on other sites [enorrste] and was quite proud of himself [enorrste] and had to let you all know what it is! [enorrste] DUH! [i told you so] enorrste you said in your book, Iraq are inventors and masters at CHESS. now Maliki RV is a masterful move. “Check”. Whats your counter move???? [enorrste] Hmmm. Good question, I Told [enorrste] first answer is of course that I am not playing Maliki [enorrste] thankfully [enorrste] However, my response would probably go something like this: [enorrste] M has been playing with the UN on chess, not me [enorrste] and quite adroitly, I might add (someone email Phoenix with that word, please) [enorrste] How about this” [enorrste] Maliki’s tenacity and ability to obfuscate is punctuated by his excentric methodologies and his pernicious and deleterious requisite to “stay on top”! [enorrste] He punctuates his sentences with assassins! [enorrste] His inability to compromise is based on his myopic and infantile crustacean-like movements in the face of an avalanche of evidence to the contrary [enorrste] Not to mention the irrepressible UN which continually adds voluminous conditions and extensions to existing minutia of legalities until his nostrils are plugged with GOO and he can hardly function! [enorrste] So he continues to play chess [enorrste] hoping beyond hope that his “kingship” will not be checkmated [enorrste] however, the UN has pulled out the “big guns” [icemanSC] young Liz The participants at the just ended Bilderberger meeting in Spain are scared they are going to be identified and eventually hunted down, according to an inside source at the meeting. For now Clinton, Bush, Baker and the other Bilderberg Nazi’s are trying to cut a deal with China that will allow them access to large amounts of funds which they plan to hide and use to re-assert their power after the current political storm blows over, the source says. Unfortunately for them, this is one storm that is not going to blow over to and allow them to resume their plans for world fascist dictatorship. [enorrste] The Queen is advancing, with her bishops and knights at her side [enorrste] and her Rooks poised to block any evasive moves [AmerJus] The UN is letting him get away with his craziness by allowing extensions to the extensions [enorrste] But that is now over, AmerJus [enorrste] They told him in no uncertain terms that Allawi gets the first shot at making a government [enorrste] kido, 8, 12, 15, 30, or any in between; there [enorrste] I suspect you and Iceman are correct, Young Liz, but you have to admit that we have a fairly large “horse in this race”, right? So we see dinar talk in every grocery store! [enorrste] Theology [enorrste] Masters degree [enorrste] Tess, today was great in info [dinarluva] enorrste what was so great about the info? [enorrste] Allawi offered the Pres position to Mahdi for 2 years, and then offered two switch places. That’s pretty big, as politics goes [dinarluva] enorrste do you think iraq is trying to stall as much as possible? LINK [dinarluva] enorrste how positive are you about this month [enorrste] 75% (but I could be wrong, you know) enorrste] Actually, I’m very positive because of the forces (both light and dark LOL) coming together at this time [enorrste] Tess, the calm before the storm is called “negotiating” [enorrste] Actually I’m surprised that anything is leaking out at all, really [enorrste] these boys are all in the back rooms, with long cigars, and wads of bills [AmerJus] oh no.. i think it is higher than that…… june only has 30 days…. if shabibi is true to his word (please, somebody over there needs to be honest), then this must happen this month [enorrste] they don’t have time to go in front of the press right now [dinarluva] how can maliki cause so much prob for the whole country. FRUSRTATING [enorrste] I agree AmerJus [enorrste] well, he wants to retain power. Can’t blame him for that [enorrste] problem is, he may just bring down the country in trying to do so, although I think in the final analysis he will see the light [enorrste] right, Young Liz; that is why we can only hope he will realize that he is finding a losing battle (M) [enorrste] If/when he does, he may RV just as a going away present, so he looks good [enorrste] Remember, next election is only 4 years away [enorrste] People will see him as a hero if he RVs before parliament seats [AmerJus] between china and the us…. the imf and the un…. somebody is gonna spank M’s behind before this is over if he doesn’t get his act together… this isnt just about iraq…. it is world economics [enorrste] I agree, AmerJus, and I suspect one of M’s concerns is that he doesn’t want to be arrested [enorrste] M has held the RV from the world for 6 months now, waiting for the release from Ch 7 [enorrste] and what has happened: the UN is coming to him, not the other way around [AmerJus] the US is pushing for china to rv…. is it possible they are gonna bundle all of these together? the yuan, the dong, the dinar and whatever other currencies are pending? [enorrste] Tess, this is Iraq; he can’t be prosecuted while in office! Big difference [enorrste] yes, most likely, amerJus [enorrste] If we are lucky dinar first, then dong and others in a few days [enorrste] yes, Tess; he’s scared to death, IMO [enorrste] and hopes to ****** victory out of the jaws of defeat [enorrste] but he probably has a “getaway plan” [enorrste] like RV, and disappear in the confusion; that’s a good one, right? June 8, 2010 at 1:52 AM

Central Bank of Iraq makes plans for private sector support 08.06.2010 Emad Jassim Deputy Central Bank Governor Ahmed Bureihi that the Bank's plans moving toward consolidation of private-sector work to breathe life back into business life and urban, industrial and investment. Bureihi explained that the integrated program of action put under the supervision of experts, economists and academics to implement these plans, despite the constraints, and said the biggest obstacle to the implementation of those plans is the lack of confidence in government and private banks, which is a bridge of convergence between the Bank and who wish to receive loans encourage their work, as well as non- confidence commitments of traders and entrepreneurs and growing fears of security and political conditions are very unstable, so they exaggerate the application of safeguards do not give loans easily, because it is responsible before the central bank for the return of financial receivables, and they should be cautious in granting loans, making it apply the instructions of the Central Bank of the a lot of obstacles and difficulties. Bureihi stressed that the central bank began cutting interest loans, which recently arrived at 6% in an attempt to push for the revitalization of the private sector and to overcome the difficulties the monetary and banking to enable the dealers or owners of factories and workshops for private or holders of commercial projects range from in order to activate their business and to continue their projects of different varieties to run workforce after they invaded Iraqi markets of imported goods has also prevented the development of national industry, and stopped most of the industrial companies and factories with a production history and reputation of the task and the great work. Although the steps and measures have been welcomed the central bank and the complacency of many of the owners of capital, but that those concerned with economic affairs and found that the policy of the CBI is still inadequate and poorly understood and clear in some cases. The expert said the economic peace Sumaisem to a discrepancy and contradiction in the ECB's monetary and fiscal policy or economic, as the reduction of interest rates of loans that would lead to an increase in inflation, by injecting large amounts, with assurances the Central Bank of the necessity and importance to improve the value of the Iraqi dinar. http://translate.goo...n&hl=en&ie=UTF8 If your trying see the original article you need to click the ecomomy tab and you will see it. Sorry, Carla

Honest question, honest answer. That's the way it should work. Thank you Sonny1 for the info you bring!

I say keep the flag and deport the 43%. I WAS HORRIFED at the results of this poll> Think I will start paying attention to Earl Pitts and our own La. gun.com Terry

At a time when it was announced that the new Iraqi par­lia­ment to hold its first ses­sion next Mon­day, Iraqi sources pre­dicted that the U.S. Vice Pres­i­dent Joe Biden will arrive to Bagh­dad within the next two days, to dis­cuss the U.S. Admin­is­tra­tion views of the prepa­ra­tion for the with­drawal of the U.S. forces from Iraq (there are also rumors say that Shi­ite coali­tions will try to maneu­ver around Talabani’s deci­sion and announce the first par­lia­ment ses­sion as “an open ses­sion for at least 40 days”). In the mean­time, Iyad Allawi launched an attack on the Iraqi gov­ern­ment for the first time using the word “Iraqi regime”, a term that now reflect the extent of the inter­sec­tion with the Prime Min­is­ter Maliki. In a press con­fer­ence pre­ceded his meet­ing with Al-Iraqiya, Allawi ignored his pre­vi­ous “wish to meet Maliki” argu­ment, and he repeat­edly said that the “Iraqi regime” did every­thing in its power to under­mine Al-Iraqiya win. The inter­est­ing in Allawi’s state­ment is that, he failed to address the issues relat­ing to alliances between Al-Iraqiya and other coali­tions. Also made no men­tion to the new state­ment of the Pres­i­dent of the Kur­dis­tan region Mas­soud Barzani, who renewed the right of Al-Iraqiya to form a gov­ern­ment (announc­ing this after he returned from his visit to Turkey). The gov­ern­ment for­ma­tion scenarios: - Al-Iraqiya List to form an alliance with the Kurds and the Supreme Coun­cil to form a government. This is the most expected sce­nario because the inter­ests of the Kurds require Al-Iraqiya List, espe­cially if the Kurds want to imple­ment Arti­cle 140 of the Con­sti­tu­tion, which con­cerns the dis­puted areas, they need Al-Iraqiya sup­port in Mosul and Kirkuk. - The for­ma­tion of the gov­ern­ment by the “State of Law” and the “Iraqi National Alliance” and the Kur­dish Alliance. The coun­try will face the same fate as that expe­ri­enced dur­ing the past seven years, a gov­ern­ment of a sec­tar­ian nature based on the mar­gin­al­iza­tion of an essen­tial com­po­nent of Iraqi soci­ety (Sunnis). - The for­ma­tion of a national unity gov­ern­ment national includes all the polit­i­cal coali­tions (the Lebanese scenario). This is the most pre­ferred sce­nario by the U.S. admin­is­tra­tion, a dys­func­tional gov­ern­ment which serves the U.S. inter­ests. A weak gov­ern­ment, func­tions on the basis of con­sen­sus and rep­re­sen­ta­tion and sec­tar­ian and fac­tional groups, which means the increase of the finan­cial and admin­is­tra­tive cor­rup­tion and empty promises (also pre­ferred by the small polit­i­cal blocs) . - The two gov­ern­ments sce­nario (exec­u­tive gov­ern­ment and con­trol government). Not expected, but in one way or another, the Sadrists want some­thing close to this sce­nario. A shadow gov­ern­ment, with the mech­a­nism to func­tion as a con­trol and eval­u­a­tion government. Is this the end of Maliki? We will see this next time http://www.roadstoiraq.com/2010/06/08/at-the-eve-of-the-parliaments-first-session-the-possible-iraqi-scenarios/

Al-Kinani: "Maliki is a Dictator par Excellence" Niqash Interview With Ameer al-Kinani Posted: KTF Missions - LoveLightHope Niqash News | Tuesday, 08 jun 2010 by: Hayder Najm Ameer al-Kinani is the Secretary General of the al-Ahrar bloc, which is part of the Sadrist stream. He believes God’s will propels the stream to strength of numbers and influence in the new government. He stressed that the Sadrists will never accept the nomination of Maliki to the Prime Minister's position and that they will ask the new candidate to grant them the higher education, justice and planning portfolios. Over the past two years, former Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has led many military campaigns against the Sadrist Movement. He was able to successfully end the influence of the Sadrists in the different areas and to disarm the movement's Mahdi Army. Despite all his efforts, Maliki failed in ending the popularity of the stream and the sympathy it enjoys among the Shias. The Sadrists today enjoy huge political influence within the National Coalition bloc. They were able to win 40 out of 70 seats won by the Shia Coalition from a total of 325 parliament seats. Niqash: Let's start by speaking about you tour. You have visited a number of countries, what was the purpose of these visits? Al-Kinani: Each visit has its own reasons. Iraq's affairs are no longer only internal. Iraq’s neighbours and other influential countries are interfering in the formation of the government. One of the purposes of these visits is to project an image of the Sadrist movement different to the one created by the occupation. They were portraying us as criminals who want damage Iraq's achievements and end the political process. During our visits, we explained the movement's political opinion, especially with regard to the formation of the new government and our political future vision on how to build the new Iraqi state. The countries we visited welcomed our visits and now leaders of these countries have a more in-depth insight about the Sadrist Movement and its political views. Niqash: It is now being said that the Sadrists are the kingmakers in political process. Is it true that no government can be formed without your approval? Al-Kinani: This is partly true. Unfortunately, though, we are not kingmakers. We are always attacked and the experiences of the last four years are the proof. The war against us was not an easy one. Some believed that we were weakened but we were able to win with God's help in the recent legislative elections because we managed to organise ourselves and our supporters. Niqash: Did you receive any support or resources from external sources to reach this level of success? Al-Kinani: Yes. We received support from the commission. It intervened to make the Sadrist Stream strong and to have its say in the formation of the new government. Other political entities have since come looking for our support, as they know we have such wide popular support. Another reason is that they all know that we are not after the Prime Minister position and this is why many political entities want to join forces with us to get this position. And this is why the State of Law Coalition has been struggling to join us in the National Coalition. The third reason is that those who want to hold the Prime Minister's position know well that joining forces with us will ensure stability in the long run. Top on our agenda is resistance against the occupier. They are seeking our support in order to guarantee that they limit resistance and guarantee stability for the coming 4 years. Niqash: The stream's referendum for the Prime Minister's name showed a preference for Ibrahim al-Jaafari, the head of the Reform Stream. Do you still support him? Al-Kinani: We respect our supporters' choice and we want them to participate in the decision-making process. We are supporters of al-Jaafari but we do not adopt his political project. There is a big difference between support to a person and the adoption of his discourse. We support al-Jaafari because he is the best choice among the existing names. When the election results were announced, conflicts between Iraqiya and the State of Law Coalition reached very high levels and almost became armed conflicts. Maliki made dangerous statements threatening that the country would slip into a major conflict and Allawi threatened to seek support from external forces on internal issues. Our supporters, at that time, were not able to make their choices. With the referendum we wanted to see our supporters' preferences and we also wanted our poplar base to be involved in the decision making process with regard to the new Prime Minister's name. Niqash: What are the reasons behind your support for Jaafari? Al-Kinani: There are many reasons. When Jaafari was Prime Minister, the constitution was drafted and elections were held successfully despite the attacks of al-Qaeda and terrorists groups. The US did not want al-Jaafari and vetoed his name. This was one reason behind the support he received from our popular base. Some only voted for al-Jaafari to challenge the US veto. Another reason for support Jaafari is Maliki’s record with the Sadrists over the last two years. People were motivated to choose Jaafari because he did not attempt to attack the Sadrists. In addition to the above two reasons, people were tempted to choose al-Jaafari because he is a religious person and compared to Maliki, he is considered a Muslim committed to his religion. Niqash: You have personally met with Maliki. What were the results of these meetings? Al-Kinani: I met him twice. The first meeting took place at the premises of the political commission of the Sadrist bloc. The aim was to break the ice, forget the past and to open a new page of relations. Maliki apologised for his past mistakes and asked us to overcome the complexities of the past. He told us that the campaign against us was launched because there were no communication channels with the Sadrists after they left the government. The second meeting was held when a delegation from the political commission headed by Karar al-Khafagi visited Maliki. The aim of the visit was to improve relations between us and the Islamic Dawa Party and to overcome differences. We support such initiatives for many reasons, most importantly is that we share, together with the Dawa Party, the same Islamic values. Niqash: Do you still oppose Maliki's nomination to the Prime Minister's post? Al-Kinani: Yes, we still oppose the idea and we are against Maliki as a person. The whole idea is not acceptable to us. Niqash: Are you trying to take revenge because he attacked you two years ago? Al-Kinani: No. We have our reasons. It is not because Maliki attacked us and our supporters. Maliki failed in finding solutions to many problems. The way he handled the security file was full of mistakes. He has spent lots of money to bring in stability but failed in his endeavors. Terrorists continue to launch attacks against Iraqis Security leaders became politicised and only obey Maliki. They are not loyal to their military institutions but rather loyal to Maliki and his party. This is a very important indicator and is a military coup against democracy. Maliki would have stayed forever as a Prime Minister but the presence of the US troops made it difficult for him to keep the position. We are convinced that the presence of these troops has prevented him from launching a military coup, cancelling the constitution, and from announcing martial law. If the US troops were not present, Maliki would have abandoned the new constitution and replaced it with the Baath Party constitution. He also failed on public services, in many cases intentionally. There is no solution to the electricity problem. In fact, it’s deteriorating, despite huge sums being spent on it. The Minister of Electricity is a Dawa Party member. He was not held accountable for his failures in the last four years. Maliki claims he cannot hold ministers who are members of other blocs accountable for their acts. However, he can and should hold the 16 ministers, member of his own party, accountable for their acts. The Dawa Party ministries are the ones accused with corruption and are the ones who did not succeed in performing their tasks. Niqash: Do you believe that Maliki is a dictator? Al-Kinani: From a personal point of view, yes I believe that he is a dictator. In a different internal and external environment, Maliki would have seized all power and he would have become a dictator par excellence. Niqash: Did you tell him about these fears? Al-Kinani: Yes indeed. We have told him face to face and directly that he has committed many mistakes. We told him that the people affiliated with him are corrupt and we provided him with many reports and documents as evidence that his office manager, who signs on behalf of the Prime Minister, was putting his signature on many decisions taken in return of huge amounts of money and to achieve personal interests. We told him everything and we provided him with documentation to prove our claims. Niqash: Would you say that this put the alliance between the two Shia coalitions under threat? Al-Kinani: We do not care so much for this alliance. What we care for is the performance of the person who will be holding the Prime Minister's position. The interests of the Shia people will be best served by a moderate and balanced person, capable of protecting Iraq’s interests, a person who would serve Iraq and Iraqis regardless of their ethnic, sectarian, religious or national affiliation. We believe that "a just non-Muslim ruler can better serve the people than an unjust Muslim ruler." Niqash: What do you expect from Malilki in return for your support to him? Kinani: We don't want anything from him. We want him to step down and not to nominate himself. A true Muslim should not be deceived twice. Maliki has lied to us and to the Iraqi people. We will not allow him to do so again. He will not be given the opportunity to say that he was able to deceive the Sadrists twice. Niqash: A similar military campaign to that launched by Maliki in 2008, was launched by former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi against the Sadrists in 2004. Why don't you oppose Allawi the same way you oppose al-Malki? Al-Kinani: Maliki is nominating himself as a candidate for the coalition of which we are part and that is why we oppose his nomination. Allawi is not a member of our coalition and if the Iraqiya list forms the government we will see if the Ahrar bloc will support Allawi or not. Allawi has not yet been asked to form the government. When he is designated to do so, we will then see if we are going to support him or not. Niqash: The Iraqiya List is ready to compromise and has said that it will support the nomination of Adel Abdul-Mahdi, a member of your National Coalition. How do you feel about this compromise? Al-Kinani: I think it is a smart move by the Iraqiya list. By this compromise the list is trying to reduce Maliki's chances and also to please the Supreme Council of Adel Abdul-Mahdi. It is a step towards closer relations between the Iraqiya List and the Supreme Council given the weight of the council in the National Coalition. Neither the Supreme Council nor us have any reservation regarding the participation of the Iraqiya list in the forthcoming government. The only problem is the nomination of Allawi to the Prime Minister's position. We will deal with this problem when the Iraqiya is officially asked to form the new government. Niqash: Do you have reservations regarding some of the Iraqiya List leaders who are accused of being members of the dissolved Baath Party? Al-Kinani: The Constitution is the only guarantee of the political and democratic process in the country. It is the safety valve against the return of the Baathists. Niqash: What is the role of Sayyed Sistani in the negotiation between the different blocs? Is it true that he refused to interfere and to mediate between the different parties? Is it true that for Sistani, any conflict between Shias is considered as a red line? Al-Kinani: Usually, the Shia authorities oppose any internal conflicts. They also oppose sectarian and ethnic conflicts because they are against bloodshed and they want to spread Islam and its teachings. They do not want to see any conflict arising between the different Shia parties and they advise everybody to seek peaceful solutions. Unfortunately, politicians exploit the positions of the religious authorities and try to indulge them in their conflicts. They attempt to spread news that the religious authority supports one party and opposes the other. However, it is evident that the religious authority does not interfere in the details of the political process such as in negotiations between the different blocs. It only issues its instructions regarding issues of concern to the Iraqi state. Niqash: Will you participate in the new government? Will you have your own ministers and what are the positions that you want to hold? Do you have any further demands from the new Prime Minister? Al-Kinani: Since we are going to be partners in forming the next government, this will translate itself into executive positions. We will reach agreements and we will be given a number of portfolios. These will be given to very professional and efficient members. We are not afraid to be in the opposition. Frankly speaking, we prefer to take the ministry of higher education because we are a deprived and a marginalised sector of the society. We suffered from marginalisation and now we are seeking to get hold of the ministries of planning and justice. We want to put an end to the human rights violations committed by the former government. Niqash: Do you still believe in armed resistance as a way to complement your political struggle and will the Mahdi Army practice its armed role? Al-Kinani: Up to now, the Sadrists stream did not announce that it has ceased its resistance to the occupier. There are three ways to resist: political resistance, through our Ahrar parliament bloc; cultural resistance, through the Mumahidoon project which will allow the Mahdi Army members the opportunity to study, and the armed resistance. We will continue to attack the occupier on external roads and in its military barracks but we will not target the occupier in the cities. We will continue to resist until the last foreign soldier leaves Iraq. Niqash: There are foreign and Arab reports saying that you are conducting secret military training in Iraq. Some say that the training is conducted in Najaf. Is it true that even the elected members of the parliament are participating in these training sessions? Al-Kinani: These reports are baseless. I am a member of the new parliament and I don't know how to use guns. Niqash: In two months, the US troops will withdraw from Iraq. What did you prepare for this occasion? Would you consider Iraq as a free country after the withdrawal? Al-Kinani: No, Iraq then will not be liberated. We will continue with our resistance and we will all not cease our resistance until that last soldier, guarding the US embassy in Iraq, the biggest embassy ever, and whose members are all from the military leaves Iraq. We consider the presence of such an embassy as a violation to Iraq's sovereignty. We want to be friends with the Americans but on principles of equality. Iraq should be sovereign and fully independent like the rest of the world. Niqash: The US administration, according to its ambassador in Baghdad, expressed fears regarding the presence of an ever-growing anti-Western group in the new Iraqi parliament playing a bigger role in Iraq's affairs. How do you comment on these fears? Al-Kinani: Let them have their fears. We want our people to be happy and satisfied. We are not seeking to make the US and the occupiers happy. Niqash: Speaking of the Americans, there are reports that Washington is seeking to initiate a dialogue with the Sadrists. To what extent are these reports true, and are there any channels for negotiations opened with the Sadrists? Al-Kinani: No, these reports are absolutely baseless. There are no dialogue channels with the Americans. They want dialogue but we are against it. The central instructions of the Sadrist Stream stress that there should be no cooperation with the US until the last US soldier leave Iraq. Niqash: Do you think that it is still possible to form the government before the US withdrawal from Iraq? Is there a fear of security or political vacuum after the US withdrawal? Is there a fear of a civil war? Al-Knani: We are not afraid of any vacuum or of a civil war, may God forbid it all. The Iraqi people are fully aware of such attempts. And as I said before, only part of the US troops will withdraw. The Iraqi troops are capable of taking the security responsibility. Niqash: Some say that a national partnership government will be formed. Wouldn't such a solution bring back to memories the last 4-years failed experience? Al-Kinani: We need a government that enjoys the majority of votes given the divisions based on regions. All blocs want to see a strong government capable of leading the country in this very critical phase. All important decisions should be taken with the participation of all blocs in order to reach social, economic and security stability. http://niqash.org/content.php?contentTypeID=75&id=2690〈=0

Hi Superfly, I merged our posts so you still get credit, and I (+) plussed you...! Blessings my friend, RON

I keep posting mine almost the same time you do! Feel free to delete my duplicate posts.

THAT HOW THAY GET YOU TO SALE YOUR DINAR"S BY EMAILS LIKE THAT ONE

We have to keep in mind people that 1, when this redenomination happens the value of the dinar will have gone up and number 2, the majority of us at least me will not be exchanging my current dinar notes for more dinar notes....if the value is going up im trading dinar for US dollars....so we will get whatever that exchange rate is at that time......so if one 25k note is going to be worth only 25 new dinar then that means the value will have gone up 1000 times at the least making the exchange rate a hell of a lot closer to a 1 to 1 senerio with the US dollar......so really if the value is going up im not exchanging for more dinar...im cashing out baby!!!

Astrologers are excited about this date and say. Since, the June 12 date coinsides with New Moon in Gemini this may represent two or twin events happening the same day.Astrologers say that Jupiter (planet of fortune and expansion) enters Gemini. And, "By this time or thereafter, those financiers who behind the scenes manipulated world markets who may have helped precipitate the global economic collapse, will be identified and exposed".." And other aspects in the heavens Astrologers say, "demand progress and propels the beginning of this critical turning point in lives. A time to keep centered, so one is able to maintain the clarity that needed. With positive focus much will be accomplished. This planetary combination brings with it strong and powerful energy surges, which one must try to use wisely, otherwise it could be a really wild and chaotic ride" "The New Moon with an aspect Mars (energy) brings an an urge to bring ideals and wishes to fruition; the realization of joint ventures; increased energy and a need to control anger and impatience ; addressing problems; awareness in partnerships; the drive for fulfillment; becoming more self-reliant; anf then pushing others toward progress." At any rate from what I read everywhere June 12, 2010 seems to be an active day with all sorts of goings on that people never dreamed could happen. So Ron, I have to admit your friend may be right. Astrological informatoin supports your friend 's info. Thank you for the post.

This will blow you away by me saying this: Thank you God and the majority of voters for allowing Obama to get elected. Now before you blast me into little pieces, let me explain. It took the country of Japan to bomb the crap outta Pearl Harbor to get the American people together for WWII even though they knew full well Europe was being devestated by Hitler and the world needed our help but the public did not want to get involved. As Admiral Yamamoto was quoted as saying, " All we did I fear was wake the sleeping giant". Meaning all that Japan did was unite us. We kicked butt after. Now why did I say what I did the first sentence? Because the liberals has been systematically dismantling the Constitution and the American way of life for years. The Libs changed the banking laws and investment laws and the Dot Coms rose high and then bust as well as the Enron scandal. Then, Clinton and crew deemed that owning a house was not the American dream, but a right. So the housing laws was changed and the credit lending laws were majorly loosened to allow anyone basically to buy a house. We see where that got us. Most importantly, they have tried to make it politically correct to take God out of everything we do. So.....with the election of Obama, surrounded by Pelosi, Reed, Dodd, Frank and Billery Clinton, this has created the perfect storm. What they have done is awaken the silent majority...FINALLY. It is our jobs to take this anger and frustration to the polls this November and Nov 2012. by then, man do we have ALOT of work to do to undo the mess these wackos has got us into. It will not be too late to fix what has been done, but if these clowns are re-elected, the USA will cease to exist as the best country in the world IMO and just be another broke Euro nation.

If you want to fix your car what do you need? ...tools! You want to fix the leaking faucet what do you need? ...tools! You want to fix the light switch what do you need? ...tools! Money is just the tool that we need to get things done...simple things, hard things, fun things and not so fun things. We need money!...Do we love money? NO! We use it!...Does it master us? NO! WE master it! The love of money is the root of all evil, the mastery of it is the foundation of good fortune!