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  1. linny0830 , Thanks for posting this for everyone to read!! Have you ever tried to copy chat from this chat room when it is buzzing, if so then you would not be asking this question?? Lets just say THANKS to linny0830 for getting it for everyone to read! TY linny0830
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  2. First of all, no one had copied this chat and this was the first one I had done. I was on my way to bed when Sonny came on and stayed on and just thought I would copy it for my co wprkers whom are invested. When I foubd out no one else had captured it, I posted it. I wasn't thinking that perhaps I might need to edit it for your likes. Bottom line, be happy you have a chat to read. Linny
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  3. Good evening Family, Apparently the palm dates were not being very effective so last week I had my team send the GOI a case of………..Prunes. I guess it worked. I told you yesterday that there are activities being done that are necessary to release the RI. No not required steps ……….those are all done. It’s more of a mop up……cleaning up a lot of mess. OOPS………..there’s another one……..clean up in aisle 3 please. Richard M. Nixon was a hero of mine………until he broke my heart in his second term. I always felt bad for President Ford because he lost everything when he pardoned Nixon. Our mighty nation was humiliated as the tabloids ran amuck with the embarrassing news of Watergate. Day after day……..week after week we learned yet another shocking revelation of what Nixon and his goonies did. No office of our nation has the authority to overrule the voice of its people who put that government in power to begin with! Nixon thought that he could create laws by executive order and stay within legal parameters. Sometimes politicians do some very ugly things. Sometimes old habits of politicians………are hard to break. Aren’t they Maliki? Two days ago on my thread I explained to you that the Iraqi citizens were learning and reproducing what America went through in the 60’s……..the Civil Rights Movement. When M stole the election from A four years ago……..he went on a campaign to support vampires………he sucked the blood out of every financial opportunity that he could take advantage of. Four years later A is now in charge………and so are the Kurds. The citizens of Iraq grew many sets of bravado! Good for them! They have come to realize in the last 2 months what they have always known………that M is not on their side. Actually M has fallen over on his side because his pockets are so full. Yes Humpty Dumpty is having a great fall and all of his little men can not put him back together again. The prunes were delivered to the GOI by the people of Iraq this past week. The mess that M did in the banking systems was cleaned up………this past week. The mess that M created with the Electric Minister is being cleaned up this week. The Iraqis are learning that they not only have an ELECTED voice……….but they also have an “ELECTRIC AVENUE”……..and that’s not just according to Eddy Grant. Bullies have a tendency to run scared when the weak unite. For 4 years so many opportunities for the citizens of Iraq have been flushed down the toilet by M. Remember the story of Lazarus and the Rich Man? For 4 years I have seen M swallow without chewing. Belching in the face of the Iraqi citizens as their only reward ………..for a taste of crumbs. So the Electricity Minister resigned yesterday and the Oil Minister is running around in circles scared. Well ……..once again ……what have you done for me lately GOI? With nothing to show the people ……..what do you expect them to do? Over the weekend they poured into the streets with an attitude. Martin Luther King was a pioneer in making a difference ……without violence. Gandhi had the same principle and both men made quite a difference. I do not believe that Iraqis have learned this concept yet but they sure have learned to fight for what truly belongs to them. THIS IS GOOD! The HCL comes in four parts. One part determines how much the GOI will make from oil revenues. A second part determines how much the oil refineries of Iraq will profit. A third part determines how much the signed oil companies will make for their profit. Of course there are many other stipulations to these three parts but superficially you get the point and these three parts have actually been ready since last year when they signed major oil companies to contracts. The fourth part that has been ignored by M and the GOI because it is too profitable to give up……..is how much of the oil revenues will be shared with the Iraqi citizens on their smart cards. Well it looks like there may be progress on this fourth part of the HCL. I have always said that the moment that you see the complete HCL passed ………within hours you should see the RI. So is this the completion of the HCL? Below are some articles that may guide you in this understanding. Please study and tomorrow I will give you IMO……..an idea of where we stand with the HCL. Government Releases Provinces’ Share of Oil Revenues Posted on 23 June 2010. Tags: Oil & Gas (Source: Aswat Al Iraq) Iraq’s Council of Ministers agreed on Tuesday to release the oil-producing provinces’ share of money received from oil production, according to a statement from the Iraqi government’s office. “The council agreed also on the proposals presented by the ministerial delegation of Basra regarding easing the electricity crisis in the province,” said the statement received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency. Iraq’s electricity minister had resigned Monday (June 21) after violent protests in the South over power cuts. Protesters had been demanding that he step down. http://www.arabianbusiness.com/591278-iraq-to-host-oil-contracts-meet-on-june-26 Iraq to host oil contracts meet on June 26 by Reuters This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it on Wednesday, 23 June 2010 OIL TENDERS: Iraq wants to build four refineries in Nassiriya, Kirkuk, Maysan and Kerbala. (Getty Images) Iraq will host a gathering of international oil executives in Baghdad on Saturday to discuss contracts for the four planned refineries that would add about 750,000 barrels per day of capacity, Oil Ministry spokesman Assim Jihad said on Wednesday. "There are many international companies that expressed their interest to participate and to reach an agreement with the Oil Ministry," he said. The conference is the first step before inviting companies to tender for the refineries, he added. Iraq wants to build a refinery in Nassiriya, southern Iraq, with a capacity of 300,000 bpd, and a second one in the northern oil city of Kirkuk with a capacity of 150,000 bpd, Jihad said. A third refinery, at Maysan in the south, is projected at 150,000 bpd and the fourth in Kerbala at 140,000 bpd. “The Building of Strong and Stable Civil Institutions in the Kurdistan Region" http://www.kurdishglobe.net/displayA...1679C3E4295E4D Iraq Electricity outages lead to protests http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z42-i5GvlNo As I told you yesterday Family AQ is helping me share articles with you. I also mentioned yesterday that there is more than enough evidence to show that 1......2 are done. As for 3 ........yes they sat their government but they kept telling us that the 2010 budget was none of our business........in so many words. Today we see hints that the 2010 budget has been activated and even plans for the 2011 budget to be worked on. If it's none of our business then they have done a good job of making it very clear to us. But if they did activate the 2010 budget with their newly seated government then A is entitled to one of MORGIE's George Foreman Grills as a reward. (inside joke at KTFM) OR !!! .........he can go to Washington DC to pick up the documents of CH7 which have been waiting to be EARNED and REWARDED and then ........take them to New York and hand them to the doorkeepers of their CH7 at the UN. Wow!!! Wouldn't that be sweet? Well first of all read the article below and then read one more time the articles that AQ put together last night to show you how we follow articles NOW. One last thing.........if A is going to the US to pick up CH7 as a President of Iraq ......is that enough authority or does he hold the position of PM? IMO.......depending on what happens over this weekend it is possible that I may owe a sincere apology......to my team. Allawi to Washington: make amends can be corrected (Voice of Iraq) - 23/06/2010 Send this to a friend (Voice of Iraq) - Candidate for the presidency of the Iraqi government calls for removing his country from Chapter VII of the end of internationalization. Middle East Online Baghdad, Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi Wednesday to Washington and the United Nations is responsible for "repair what can be repaired before the withdrawal," adding that his country is subject to internationalization since the early nineties. The statement quoted Allawi as saying "rests with the U.S. administration and the international community and the United Nations is responsible for repair what can be repaired before the withdrawal (...) At the forefront are required to protect the democratic process who sacrificed for him the people of Iraq." He said opposition to "the security agreement between Iraq and the United States because of lack of clarity about the readiness of the armed forces and the implementation of the political reform document approved by the House of Representatives, former removing Iraq from Chapter VII." And demanded "the implementation of this item and a document of political reform and save the political process of splitting and sectarianism." Allawi criticized the quota system, saying, "One of the most serious mistakes in Iraq Mahasstin adopt the principle of political and sectarian." He said not to take "measures to get Iraq out of Chapter VII, which promotes the continuing internationalization of the situation (...) Keeping Iraq under Chapter VII of the priorities mean that the responsibility of the United Nations is to protect its borders and its assets." "Of our competitors have been accused that we are seeking to internationalize the Iraqi issue, that issue already internationalized since the early nineties due to invasion of the former regime of Kuwait." The head of the outgoing premier Nuri al-Maliki condemned the intervention of Foreign Affairs Tuesday, saying that "external factor to march toward the national factor, which has become disabled from taking any decision and this dangerous phenomenon, those who were at the top of the political process have given up voluntarily to the outside." Allawi said "fancy imagines that the Iraqi issue in all its ramifications is complex and can be solved through foreign intervention, no matter the identity of these interventions that we did not increase the thorny Iraqi files, but complicated." He concluded, "I thanked the brothers the Arab leaders and Islamic states to non-interference in internal affairs and to keep this matter to the Iraqis." Locked winning lists in the legislative elections that took place on the seventh of March last, so far fruitless negotiations to agree on forming a new government during the struggle for the post of prime minister. And ratified the Federal Court in early June, the highest judicial body in the country, election results, which confirm the Liberal victory Allawi (91 seats), Maliki (89 seats), while the Iraqi National Coalition gained seventy seats. There are many things that I do not share because I am responsible for those that bring me this intel. When I tell you that the RI ………”is done”……….I promise you I know what I am talking about. When I hint something at you and tell you to wait three days……it usually serves a purpose doesn’t it? Last night AQ showed you three articles and explained to you why and how we study articles. How can we say it is done and there is no link? Well …….believe it or not………the media is not an exact science. LOL. Please look at what AQ shared with you last night once again. Originally Posted by angelquest Hey guys, LOOKEE SEE....They say the proof is in the pudding and many have asked me why I keep saying it is done as does Frank....Frank has intel, I have articles and Franks word...so I hunt and find and search for reasons and find then post....Now today was my day as the Lord laid this before my eyes...in the space of the day I have never found this proof though I knew it was there just too tired to track back but today they were in this day and almost back to back...I have posted three articles from today below.....Look at the date of each article= todays date june 22nd and then see when each of these events were happening......did you see it..? HOW CAN "A" BE FORMING A GOVERMENT NEXT MONDAY, WHEN "T" WAS GOING TO AN ARAB SUMMIT THAT WAS NEXT MONDAY AND YET THE THIRD ARTICLE SAYS THE SUMMIT WAS YESTERDAY AND SUNDAY???? DO YOU GET THE PICTURE? Okay splain Lucy....A has formed the government and it was around the 8th of june or before at the same time I believe the UN was approached and all was in line for them to be released from Chap7....NO we have not seen it in writing yet just the compilation of many articles but as we did see today it will show up but till then it is as Frank said....NONE OF OUR BUSINESS...I have seen the articles leading up to the HCL that WS and RC post daily..it is there folks...Article 140 is done or in progress as the forms were being sent out for the boundaries why if it was not passed??? but I am with Frank that all is done....these article were held and not put out till today....is it any clearer? Next Monday Allawi will be named to from governmentTuesday, June 22nd 2010 9:56 AM Erbil, June 22 (AKnews) – A member of al-Iraqiya List declared that next Monday the Iraqi President will ask Ayad Allawi, the Head of the List, to form the next Iraqi government. The Parliament will reconvene next Monday to assign the next Speaker of the Parliament, Maysun Damluji told AKnews on Monday. “During the same session the Iraqi President, Jalal Talabani, will call on Allawi to from the new government and certainly al-Iraqiya will carry out the task effectively”, she declared. “The outsiders’ interference and the political disputes have suspended shaping the government; however, the next Iraqi government should be shared by all Iraqi players”, Damluji concluded. Lh (AKnews) lets see he made an annoucement giving A the power to form the govt next monday in an earlier article and he will not be there.....JMHO Talabani will raise Arab support to Iraq file during quintuple summit June 22, 2010 - 04:15:30BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani will raise during his participation in the quintuple summit next Monday the Arab support to Iraq file, according to the Iraqi Presidency Council’s chief-of-staff Naseer al-Aani. “Talabani received an invitation to take part in the quintuple summit within five countries, including Egypt, Qatar, Yemen, Libya, which will host the meeting,” al-Aani told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. “The president will raise the Arab support to Iraq file from the security, economic and investment side,” he explained. “Special committees have been formed in preparations for the coming Arab summit, scheduled to be held in Baghdad in 2011,” he said. Arab League recommends that the support the media in Iraq and some countries in the region in the face of terrorism and extremism Editor: SA | NK Tuesday, 22 حزيران 2010 19:04 GMT Alsumaria News / Baghdad Completed the Standing Committee for Information of the Arab League meetings of the eighty-sixth session, on Tuesday, the recommendation of the Arab capitals to continue their public information efforts to combat extremism, violence and sectarianism, terrorism and incitement, as recommended by the provision of information support of both Iraq and Lebanon, Syria, Sudan and Palestine. A statement by the President of the Iraqi delegation participating in the meetings that were held in Cairo, Umar Shahir "The meetings of the Committee recommended the formation of a team of legal experts, journalists and professionals to develop legislation along the lines of European legislation, protect investments in the Arab satellites, as recommended by the Arab capitals to continue their public information efforts to combat extremism, violence and sectarianism, terrorism and incitement, while upholding freedom of information and refused to restrictions imposed on them with the need to distinguish between terrorism and the right of the Arab people to resist Israeli occupation. " The statement, which received a "Alsumaria News" a copy of it, that the meeting of the media committee of the Standing League of Arab States "asked the Arab institutions to continue to provide information support for both Lebanon and Syria, Iraq, Sudan and Palestine, based on resolutions of the Council of the University at both the summit and foreign ministers." The participants decided to meet, which was held for the period June 20 to 22 being the scheduling of the regular session of the eighty-seventh of theStanding Committee of the Arab media at the headquarters of the Secretariat of the League of Arab States for the period 30-1 until 02/01/2011. It has been an exciting day. Much intel and many strong articles. One last thought Family .......I have opened many businesses in my lifetime and no matter how much I prepared my business plan to meet the financial needs ........just before opening I always seem to run out of money. I guess that's why they invented credit cards..........LOL. It looks very promising that the IQD RI is about to be given birth.....at least in this year's calendar. If Iraq was about to open for business with it's RI I can assure you that no matter how much money they have on their books..........enough is NEVER ENOUGH!!! So when you read the following consider that a GRAND OPENING requires a lot of funds. Oh they have plenty of funds to back the RI just the way my business plan allowed me to open for business. It's the working capital that sometimes.........lacks. Please enjoy and try to understand. Source: Iraq to borrow billions to eliminate 2010 budget deficit Wednesday, June 23rd 2010 7:07 PM Erbil, June 23 (AKnews) – Iraqi government is planning to borrow $5 billion from the World Bank to eliminate its 2010 general budget deficit, Iraq's acting Finance Minister said Wednesday. Iraq's general budget for 2010 is suffering a deficit of IQD23 trillion which the government is planning to narrow by a $5 billion loan from the world bank, Fathel Nabi said. Kurdistan Region will have its 17 percent share of the loan as well, Nabi said. The loan will be dramatically narrowing the deficit and the bank has not imposed any obligations on Iraq, he concluded. ba/ry AKnews With the above in mind now look at the following. It was during this time period that I disappeared for 4 days and BRASS posted. It is just not smart to post all intel. Remember I told you that they knew they were coming? But I told you after they left……please read the following: Frank the article that says they knew ahead of time about the bombing at CBI http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&sl=ar&tl=en&u=http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5691617,00.html%3Fmaca%3Dara-Alsabaah_Irak-2506-html-box&rurl=translate.google.com&usg=ALkJrhjTTKR-GfVuzRElGWxb2TITMhgbyg Intel is not seeing the 000’s flooding back into the streets or banks. Last year they did this in June/July because they knew they were not going to do the RI as scheduled. With 90% of the 000’s removed from the streets and banking systems it serves as good news for the lower denoms and fils to be introduced. Last night Ali answered questions on a forum. I will be copying and pasting the session on a thread tomorrow so that you can all learn from his answers. I found it very informative and helpful. With the M of O and the M of E resigning while S serves as temporary Minister ……..look for these positions to be assigned next week. This and the HCL activity along with the 140 from the Kurds ………can only expedite the RI. Does anyone have any prunes? Just kidding. Yesterday we all learned a great lesson at KTFM as one Family. It was encouraging to see how many of you reacted to “B’s” comments. By the way……..the reason why I posted the enlarged pic of my avatar is so that B could see ………..my girl. Have a safe night Family……….please accept my Christian love and may your heart beat be the same as His ………..heart beat. Aloha. KTF, Frank
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  4. Hi everyone, We finally got back from Moscow - it's great to be home. I just got an email from one of our IQD family who is in Iraq, and had a very interesting observation at the Baghdad Airport regarding the Chinese that is worth noting...how close are we...??? Hello Ron. I have never done this before. I respect your posts and I see you do alot on DinarVets. I'm a bit reluctant to pass on info. I'm a contractor in Iraq, for 2 yrs now. I'm getting ready to head back home. It has been rewarding in many ways. Unlike many of the people working over here I ACTUALLY GO OUTSIDE THE WIRE with the Military, when called upon. I've seen a lot of suffering out there and a lot of positive things as well. You should have seen the faces of the children last Halloween, we had a mission and the escorts threw candy to the children. The kids loved it !!! The soldiers have also thrown soccer balls to the kids, they love that too. So here's the info I wanted to pass on, nothing earth shattering but interesting to see, IMO. Have a great day ! A funny thing happened yesterday. On our return trip from R-R, after we arrived at BIAP ( Baghdad International Airport ) . While in line awaiting our visas, which took over 3 hours and they knew we where coming into theater,they processed everyone else ahead of our charter, even the ones who arrived after us ! That's another story. We shared the waiting area with around 30-35 Chinese, all men, only 1 woman that I saw. One of my co-workers asked them who they worked for, they responded " A Chinese oil company". I took this as another positive sign. They are getting people in the country to get the oil pumping !! Ron, If you have any questions, I'll do my best to answer. I try to ask questions and talk to any LN's I run into on base or off, if the Military lets us. Best Regards, Shawn PS. I did throw this out on a reply to Frank's 23rd chat post that was posted in the rumors section. I did not see the original until now.
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  5. [Marpat] sonny1 you settled us down [Marpat] CarrieAnn ok, that's what I thought [linda55] Marpat , yes july 26th would be the best bday for my mom, she will be finished with her chemo them, on the 15th [justin88] Howdy folks!!!!!!!!! [CarrieAnn] Marpat there he is! [Texxas777] sonny1 howdy [dirtman_00] sonny1 no I am good now [Marpat] linda55 Wonderful!! [linda55] hello sonny1, see you are back [Marpat] CarrieAnn yes....lol [justin88] hey sonny [sonny1] nothing the iraq gov does matters, the imf and iraq have their plan and they will stick to it [Texxas777] tell us somethin good [Marpat] sonny1 that's good [sonny1] Texxas777 its going to rv by july 26th, is that good [barboza] sonny1 Would they RV without a gov in place? [Marpat] Wooohooo!!! [sonny1] Barboza SURE [justin88] Barboza gov is in place [Texxas777] sonny1 u bet [bubbie] sonny1 hey!!!! [linda55] sonny1 , it sounds like that song, thats my story and i'm stickin to it [deenar] I think we make too much of articles coming out of Iraq. Our emotions change with each one. Everything is going according to plan. Stay positive! [sonny1] linda55 it is, i hear it everyday [dirtman_00] Barboza it will be in place Mon. [barboza] dirtman_00 t/y [justin88] sonny1 hey its Todd [Marpat] linda55 [sonny1] justin88 hey, whats up w/you [Marpat] deenar good word [justin88] sonny1 nm just thrilled right now [jimbobcookie] i'm freakin out u never led me the wrong way [linda55] sonny1 , justin88 is my little sugar [barboza] sonny1 Is the budget supposed to be approved this Monday? [justin88] lot of info coming in to me from overseas [sonny1] justin88 me too, its going to bite us like the bullet came up and bit forrest gump [jimbobcookie] sonny1 i'm not freakin out [sonny1] justin88 whatch got? [justin88] yes it is and fast [bodeen] sonny1 how is the days events change any thing [justin88] sonny1 news from iraq [Marpat] sonny1 justin88 Yipeeeeee!!! [sonny1] justin88 anything specific? [bodeen] iraqu needed a loan for 5 bil from the IMF? [linda55] well tell us okay [justin88] i cant say it all at this time but they are preparing to celebrate [sonny1] justin88 any time window? [bubbie] justin88 soon! [justin88] this coming weekend and week [linda55] maybe if we dance we get it going better [sonny1] justin88 sweet, i goes with what im hearing [justin88] i have 9 sources say the same ting [desimo] Hi sonny...interesting disinformation coming out of iraq [beefcake] justin88 all in iraq [beefcake] ? [justin88] iraq and kuwait [Motorco] See told everyone to stick with sonny...hope everyone feels better! I dont pay attention to anything else... [linda55] sonny1 , is this the guy you were talking about the other night [justin88] nothing after the 30th is the latest [bodeen] sonny1 your hearing......Please tell [beefcake] high level or mid? [sonny1] desimo i dont know if its misinfo as much as the gov doesnt know what cbi is doing, infact i think we know more [desimo] I think sonny has a good basis of things [sonny1] linda55 i believe so [desimo] lol...could be that they could not find their butt with a gps [sonny1] desimo [barboza] sonny1 When they approve the budget, do they necessarily have to RV? [jimbobcookie] sonny1 is there goin to be a time frame to cash in the big money [linda55] Motorco , i don't listen cause i don't know any one else to listen to [justin88] china is playing ball with veitnam [Motorco] linda55 [beefcake] justin88 high level or mid sources [justin88] both [sonny1] Barboza yes they will have to,according to my smart friends, it in the budget [beefcake] ok ty [bodeen] My Rangers have won 5 in a row....... GO RV [barboza] sonny1 t/y [sonny1] jimbobcookie DONT KNOW YET [justin88] A is pm [cindi] sonny is it still close to 2.00 [bodeen] Sorry that is now 10 in a row [justin88] its done just not out yet [Motorco] I feel we are in the last 20 or so days...time to get ducks in a row! And just wait... [desimo] i thought the budget was approved. When is it set to be approved? [linda55] justin88 , you get them all talking and they don [deenar] I'm sticking to sonny1's window of by July 26. If this does not come to pass, I won't go negative. We need to look at the whole picture. The bottom line is that you can't have all of that wealth and have your currency stay at 2/10 of one penny indefinately. One day we will be rich! [sonny1] cindi thats what im hearing, and its from the same guy who told me two weeks ago that china was going to adjust .3% [cindi] thanks sonny [Motorco] deenar exactly! [desimo] nice [linda55] t''don't know how to talk to each other [bubbie] justin88 you think rv in the next 10 days [justin88] Ill throw it out there the government is done PM is done its all timing to annouce it [Marpat] justin88 this is such good news....thank you so much!! [JKET955] justin88 is that why they were having no auctions because they were getting ready to rv [desimo] sonny ..question...there is some talk which seems to make sense that the vnd and iqd would be close together. I know what wto and china is telling nam to do..What are your thoughts? [bodeen] sonny1 can you help me on way? [justin88] M is out of the picture [sheliaansley] Does anyone know what was said on CNBC on Monday and what was the name of the program?? Do you have a link??? [justin88] JKET955 not really but i think it did help [sonny1] justin88 im honestly hearing it could be as earl as tomm, dont sta up and wait, that's what i heard was the start of when it could be announced, dont freak out im still sticking to jul 26th, but tomm would be great [Marpat] justin88 Thank God for that!! [justin88] sonny1 exactly what i heard tonight [sonny1] bodeen whats that [beefcake] sonny1 yes it would [CarrieAnn] haha anyone else wishing they had the money to buy more dinar?? [sonny1] my y is sticking [Marpat] sonny1 justin88 YEAAAAAA!!! [beefcake] CarrieAnn nope [justin88] Ill throw it out there the government is done PM is done its all timing to annouce it [Marpat] justin88 this is such good news....thank you so much!! [JKET955] justin88 is that why they were having no auctions because they were getting ready to rv [desimo] sonny ..question...there is some talk which seems to make sense that the vnd and iqd would be close together. I know what wto and china is telling nam to do..What are your thoughts? [bodeen] sonny1 can you help me on way? [justin88] M is out of the picture [sheliaansley] Does anyone know what was said on CNBC on Monday and what was the name of the program?? Do you have a link??? [justin88] JKET955 not really but i think it did help [sonny1] justin88 im honestly hearing it could be as earl as tomm, dont sta up and wait, that's what i heard was the start of when it could be announced, dont freak out im still sticking to jul 26th, but tomm would be great [Marpat] justin88 Thank God for that!! [justin88] sonny1 exactly what i heard tonight [sonny1] bodeen whats that [beefcake] sonny1 yes it would [CarrieAnn] haha anyone else wishing they had the money to buy more dinar?? [sonny1] my y is sticking [Marpat] sonny1 justin88 YEAAAAAA!!! [beefcake] CarrieAnn nope [justin88] Ill throw it out there the government is done PM is done its all timing to annouce it [Marpat] justin88 this is such good news....thank you so much!! [JKET955] justin88 is that why they were having no auctions because they were getting ready to rv [desimo] sonny ..question...there is some talk which seems to make sense that the vnd and iqd would be close together. I know what wto and china is telling nam to do..What are your thoughts? [bodeen] sonny1 can you help me on way? [justin88] M is out of the picture [sheliaansley] Does anyone know what was said on CNBC on Monday and what was the name of the program?? Do you have a link??? [justin88] JKET955 not really but i think it did help [sonny1] justin88 im honestly hearing it could be as earl as tomm, dont sta up and wait, that's what i heard was the start of when it could be announced, dont freak out im still sticking to jul 26th, but tomm would be great [Marpat] justin88 Thank God for that!! [justin88] sonny1 exactly what i heard tonight [sonny1] bodeen whats that [beefcake] sonny1 yes it would [CarrieAnn] haha anyone else wishing they had the money to buy more dinar?? [sonny1] my y is sticking [Marpat] sonny1 justin88 YEAAAAAA!!! [beefcake] CarrieAnn nope [justin88] Ill throw it out there the government is done PM is done its all timing to annouce it [Marpat] justin88 this is such good news....thank you so much!! [JKET955] justin88 is that why they were having no auctions because they were getting ready to rv [desimo] sonny ..question...there is some talk which seems to make sense that the vnd and iqd would be close together. I know what wto and china is telling nam to do..What are your thoughts? [bodeen] sonny1 can you help me on way? [justin88] M is out of the picture [sheliaansley] Does anyone know what was said on CNBC on Monday and what was the name of the program?? Do you have a link??? [justin88] JKET955 not really but i think it did help [sonny1] justin88 im honestly hearing it could be as earl as tomm, dont sta up and wait, that's what i heard was the start of when it could be announced, dont freak out im still sticking to jul 26th, but tomm would be great [Marpat] justin88 Thank God for that!! [justin88] sonny1 exactly what i heard tonight [sonny1] bodeen whats that [beefcake] sonny1 yes it would [CarrieAnn] haha anyone else wishing they had the money to buy more dinar?? [sonny1] my y is sticking [Marpat] sonny1 justin88 YEAAAAAA!!! [beefcake] CarrieAnn nope [linda55] sonny1 , well when we rv you can get a new one [socalmom] I just came in... Sonny, are we still looking for RV by July 26? Or has anything changed? [sonny1] bodeen [beefcake] justin88 yeah are you W? [justin88] yes i am [sonny1] linda55 new what [Lacey] justin88 sonny1 thanks for all the great info [justin88] but its my frineds account [CarrieAnn] beefcake Ive had to buy mine a little at a time [sonny1] socalmom we are still on track [beefcake] justin88 thats all [justin88] im just visitng [socalmom] thank you [beefcake] justin88 ty [Marpat] justin88 You have certainly blessed us tonight [justin88] I dont see us passing the 30th iraq is broke [tleite43] amen!!! [jimbobcookie] sonny1 love it when u come on here [beefcake] CarrieAnn that works to [Motorco] Wow more awesome news...sonny1 justin88 you rock! [Marpat] justin88 That's my opinion too [alizerenee] justin88 i read an article 2day about china pushin 4 inflation for all south asia..wat r ur thoughts on that? [justin88] alizerenee they will push them all around [socalmom] June 30th Justin88? [justin88] but it will take time [hall80] thanks sonny1 and justin88 [justin88] socalmom yes no later [jimbobcookie] sonny1 hopefully we can meet when this is over [audrey williams] justin88 does adam agree with you on this info [justin88] unless things get crazy again [justin88] audrey williams i dont know [socalmom] Things are always crazy in Iraq... [bodeen] we all wait for your best, as i do,,,,,,,,,,,,,, please help us [linda55] sonny1 i told justin88 he could get a new computer after the rv [justin88] audrey williams im here because my friend called and said u had more questions [tleite43] jimbobcookie Cedar City, UT [justin88] linda55 i need one too [sonny1] jimbobcookie sure, look for the drunkest guy and ask if his name is nick, it will probably be me [sonny1] linda55 [barboza] sonny1 You always boost our hope when you come by! Please, whenever it is possible, come more often! We appreciate oyu here! [justin88] sonny1 cheers then [beefcake] sonny1 [JKET955] justin88 are you in texas [Motorco] sonny1 [justin88] JKET955 yes i am [bodeen] sonny1 My butt hurts [linda55] justin88 , well you can get a new one [deenar] I remember thinking "dang, we have to wait until July?" Now it's only a week away. [linda55] sonny1 , well when we rv you can get a new one [socalmom] I just came in... Sonny, are we still looking for RV by July 26? Or has anything changed? [sonny1] bodeen [beefcake] justin88 yeah are you W? [justin88] yes i am [sonny1] linda55 new what [Lacey] justin88 sonny1 thanks for all the great info [justin88] but its my frineds account [CarrieAnn] beefcake Ive had to buy mine a little at a time [sonny1] socalmom we are still on track [beefcake] justin88 that's all [justin88] im just visitng [socalmom] thank you [beefcake] justin88 ty [Marpat] justin88 You have certainly blessed us tonight [justin88] I dont see us passing the 30th iraq is broke [tleite43] amen!!! [jimbobcookie] sonny1 love it when u come on here [beefcake] CarrieAnn that works to [Motorco] Wow more awesome news...sonny1 justin88 you rock! [Marpat] justin88 That's my opinion too [alizerenee] justin88 i read an article 2day about china pushin 4 inflation for all south asia..wat r ur thoughts on that? [justin88] alizerenee they will push them all around [socalmom] June 30th Justin88? [justin88] but it will take time [hall80] thanks sonny1 and justin88 [justin88] socalmom yes no later [jimbobcookie] sonny1 hopefully we can meet when this is over [audrey williams] justin88 does adam agree with you on this info [justin88] unless things get crazy again [justin88] audrey williams i dont know [socalmom] Things are always crazy in Iraq... [bodeen] we all wait for your best, as i do,,,,,,,,,,,,,, please help us [linda55] sonny1 i told justin88 he could get a new computer after the rv [justin88] audrey williams im here because my friend called and said u had more questions [tleite43] jimbobcookie Cedar City, UT [justin88] linda55 i need one too [sonny1] jimbobcookie sure, look for the drunkest guy and ask if his name is nick, it will probably be me [sonny1] linda55 [barboza] sonny1 You always boost our hope when you come by! Please, whenever it is possible, come more often! We appreciate oyu here! [justin88] sonny1 cheers then [beefcake] sonny1 [JKET955] justin88 are you in texas [Motorco] sonny1 [justin88] JKET955 yes i am [bodeen] sonny1 My butt hurts [linda55] justin88 , well you can get a new one [deenar] I remember thinking "dang, we have to wait until July?" Now it's only a week away.
    6 points
  6. This is from another site June 23, 2010 All, This is not me spreading rumors, but me sharing a fact. I’ve heard from no less than 5 different contacts in the past 24 hours that are all saying the same thing… we are in a window starting tomorrow, with the hot dates being the 26 – 30th. I’m not giving intel, as the details really don’t matter. I’m not pumping anything, just stating what I’ve experienced. None of these individuals talk to one another. A few aren’t even on these forums. Their stories are all different, but their dates corroborate each other’s information. It’s something to be aware of, nothing more. Let’s hope they’re right. I am still holding on to an RV by sometime in October 2010. another site I sure hope his sources are right. Go RV!!!!!
    5 points
  7. Hi Folks, I have four items I would like to share and ask that you pay special attention to the dates. **** The US indicates Iraq's entrance into the WTO by 2010 ---- it states this on the US Investor Guide from the US International Trade Department --- Page 16 My link. See snapshot below. **** U.S. International Trade Administration -- Upcoming Business Development Mission in October --- My link . See snapshot below. **** World Bank IRFFI Banking Reform Status Report -- Target completion date of October -- Page 55 My link. See snapshot below. **** ISX Returning to International Standing --- ISX Committe Elections -- June -- Launch - October 2010 -- My link Several chats ago I discussed the currency must be internationally recognized first by the UN/IMF/World Bank before trading of products, goods, services, stocks, equities, etc.. . So the RV and currency recognition first. Then the Stocks and equities market would be second -- Here's more evidence. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Iraq's WTO Assencion by 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- U.S. International Trade Admin. -- Upcoming Business Development Mission in October -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- World Bank IRFFI Banking Reform Status Report -- Target completion date of October -- Page 55 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Enjoy, Scooter
    5 points
  8. DIVORCE AGREEMENT THIS IS SO INCREDIBLY WELL PUT AND I CAN HARDLY BELIEVE IT'S BY A YOUNG PERSON, A STUDENT!!! WHATEVER HE RUNS FOR, I'LL VOTE FOR HIM. Dear American liberals, leftists, social progressives, socialists, Marxists and Obama supporters, et al: We have stuck together since the late 1950's for the sake of the kids, but the whole of this latest election process has made me realize that I want a divorce. I know we tolerated each other for many years for the sake of future generations, but sadly, this relationship has clearly run its course. Our two ideological sides of America cannot and will not ever agree on what is right for us all, so let's just end it on friendly terms. We can smile and chalk it up to irreconcilable differences and go our own way. Here is a model separation agreement: Our two groups can equitably divide up the country by landmass each taking a similar portion. That will be the difficult part, but I am sure our two sides can come to a friendly agreement. After that, it should be relatively easy! Our respective representatives can effortlessly divide other assets since both sides have such distinct and disparate tastes. We don't like redistributive taxes so you can keep them. You are welcome to the liberal judges and the ACLU. Since you hate guns and war, we'll take our firearms, the cops, the NRA and the military. We'll take the nasty, smelly oil industry and you can go with wind, solar and biodiesel. You can keep Oprah, Michael Moore and Rosie O'Donnell. You are, however, responsible for finding a bio-diesel vehicle big enough to move all three of them. We'll keep capitalism, greedy corporations, pharmaceutical companies, Wal-Mart and Wall Street. You can have your beloved lifelong welfare dwellers, food stamps, homeless, homeboys, hippies, druggies and illegal aliens. We'll keep the hot Alaskan hockey moms, greedy CEO's and rednecks. We'll keep the Bibles and give you NBC and Hollywood . You can make nice with Iran and Palestine and we'll retain the right to invade and hammer places that threaten us. You can have the peaceniks and war protesters. When our allies or our way of life are under assault, we'll help provide them security. We'll keep our Judeo-Christian values. You are welcome to Islam, Scientology, Humanism, political correctness and Shirley McClain. You can also have the U.N. but we will no longer be paying the bill. We'll keep the SUV's, pickup trucks and oversized luxury cars. You can take every Subaru station wagon you can find. You can give everyone healthcare if you can find any practicing doctors. We'll continue to believe healthcare is a luxury and not a right. We'll keep "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" and "The National Anthem." I'm sure you'll be happy to substitute "Imagine", "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing", "Kum Ba Ya" or "We Are the World". We'll practice trickle down economics and you can continue to give trickle up poverty your best shot. Since it often so offends you, we'll keep our history, our name and our flag. Would you agree to this? If so, please pass it along to other like-minded liberal and conservative patriots and if you do not agree, just hit delete. In the spirit of friendly parting, I'll bet you answer which one of us will need whose help in 15 years. Sincerely, John J. Wall Law Student and an American P. S. Also, please take Ted Turner, Sean Penn, Martin Sheen, Barbra Streisand, & Jane Fonda with you. P. S. S. And you won't have to press 1 for English when you call our country.
    5 points
  9. Ours vs theirs........ My great grandfather watched as his friends died in the Civil War, my father watched as his friends died in WW II, & I watched, as my friends died in Vietnam. None of them died for the Mexican Flag. Every one of them died for the U.S. flag. Just this week, here in Texas, a student raised a Mexican flag, on a school flag pole; another student took it down. Guess who was expelled....... the kid who took it down. Kids in high school in California, were sent home on Cinco de Mayo, because they wore T-shirts with the American flag printed on them. Enough is enough. The e-mail message below needs to be viewed by every American; & every American needs to stand up for America. We've bent over to appease the America-haters long enough. As of now, I'm taking a stand. I'm standing up, because the hundreds of thousands who died fighting in wars for this country, & for the U.S. flag, can't stand up. If you agree, stand up with me. If you disagree, please let me know, And I will gladly remove you from my e-mail list. And shame on anyone, who tries to make this a racist message. A Map Of Our Country: Let me make this perfectly clear.! THIS IS OUR COUNTRY! And, just because I make This statement DOES NOT Mean I am against immigration.!!! YOU ARE WELCOME HERE, IN OUR COUNTRY! Welcome, to come through to us, legally: 1. Get a sponsor! 2. Get a place to lay your head! 3. Get a job! 4. Live By OUR Rules! 5. Pay YOUR Taxes! And 6. Learn the LANGUAGE, just like millions of immigrants have in the past!!! AND, 7. Please don't demand that we hand over our lifetime savings of Social Security Funds to you. And, 8. Since the time of Lyndon B. Johnson, Democrats have been giving away our Social Security, to foreigners. It's time they stop. Many of us, who've already paid into the system for 35-40 years, are now being told, WE have no right to expect to receive it, from our current Administration. If you don't want to forward this, for fear of offending someone, Then YOU'RE PART OF THE PROBLEM! When will AMERICANS STOP giving away THEIR RIGHTS??? We've gone so far the other way....... bent over backwards not to offend anyone. But, it seems no one cares about the AMERICAN CITIZEN that's being offended!
    5 points
  10. Conscious / Baghdad / m a 24/6/2010 6:01 pm Called Iraqi President Jalal Talabani Fast treatments for the file services and end the suffering of citizens and stressed that the right of expression guaranteed by the Constitution and that the shortcomings in the provision of electricity is a burden on the citizen. Talabani said in a statement received (and the Iraqi News Agency Information / INA) a copy of it "on the need to deal wisely with hot and lack of investment and exacerbating the problems, but the contribution of everyone to resolve it as a shared responsibility" Talabani said in the statement "our country is turning a highly sensitive and complex requires all of us a spirit of high responsibility for the fate of our beloved Iraq and ensure the full enjoyment of decent people deserve services, and the ambitions of well-being. The default made in the provision of electricity and other services is at present a heavy burden on the citizen and pointing to the defect in performance, implementation, and requires quick and effective treatments for these files are hot. Saying that "The Iraqis who have been deprived for decades of freedom to express their views, they may raise their voices demanding the provision of most basic elements of a decent life, a right guaranteed by the Constitution exercised by various means, including a peaceful demonstration without compromising security or prejudicing the State property that are in Indeed, the King of all the people. " He emphasized that "accumulated problems in the provision of services is, on the one hand, part of the inheritance heavy of the past dictatorship, is on the other hand, the outcome of errors and cons of the period after 2003 is a responsibility, albeit to varying degrees, on the legislative and executive power." The Iraqi president insisted in a statement to the "partnership and consensus in the formation of the Authority and the Department of State, this invitation should also mean compatibility in the partnership and responsibility, and a common search for solutions to the dilemmas of the list. Noting that "the phase of the current complex requires political leaders to listen to the voice of the people and their legitimate demands, and require its leaders to understand the seriousness of the circumstance surrounding the political process and participate in addressing the problems, not exacerbate, investment, and to take into account that the enemies of the political process lie in wait for them and waiting for opportunities to exploit loopholes to disable. " "But the call for wisdom does not mean never mouths and disable the freedoms that our people have struggled so long in the process. But that is currently the responsibility of us all to live up to the level of responsibility and awareness of the serious stage." The statement concluded that "the problems accumulated in the area of services and overcome the blockages in the political process requires that all political forces to exercise maximum prudence and wisdom and to expedite the completion of the constitutional steps for the election of the three presidencies and the formation of the Council of Ministers and to initiate joint action to end the suffering of citizens and providing the requirements of a decent life for them. " http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&sl=ar&tl=en&u=http://al-iraqnews.net/new/political-news/14318.html&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&usg=ALkJrhgeTwDxt7TaZNytfl_sKz3QhzIitg
    5 points
  11. Ok ok..this has to be some kind of joke because for one tarzan you can't spell to save your life and second of all to try and say sonny is a liar and pimpin pumper...??? How old are you? 12...? You don't even know him. Your a joke all you are doing is trying to stir up drama....get a life
    5 points
  12. Okay, here's the baby I want!!
    5 points
  13. It comes in varied colors, the Wally might be better for mounted guns, but trust that mine will be well protected without gun mounts...I prefer to be mobile with my weapons...lol. I know of piracy where I've been in the Caribbean as well, so yes I will be armed as much as the law allows! ds2, I do not claim to be a guru nor do make rates and dates, just passing on info shared. We're all in this together, just sharing. Information that I feel is pertinent and worthwhile in sharing Rick C was just asking if there was any update on any intel, not that the RV rate or date has passed, there are several other sites sharing the exact same intel which is okay, my point was that a military finance officer stated what they stated sooooooooooooooooo.........is that all you got?
    4 points
  14. THATS GREAT AND ALL, BUT I NEVER MENTIONED JUNE... AND ITS SONNY NOT SONY.
    4 points
  15. Terryk Update Parliament met today and we are told that the HCL went into law so that piece is done..they also refer to Allawi as their PM and that is also being reported in the papers and on the streets. There is rumor that the budget was read which we are trying to confirm. Monday they will officially announce Allawi as the PM, release the budget and the RV will be announced and made official on the 30th of June at the UN meeting. Either Monday or the 30th Ch 7 will be lifted. Rate still to be $3.22 to 3.86
    3 points
  16. You could be right, however, the article referred to Maliki as the outgoing PM
    3 points
  17. RON, Thank you very much for sharing this. A few of my friends over here also feel the HCL is an important issue still. Remember we are outside speculators that are looking in. From the HCL, how much will go back to the citizens? and that can't be answered until the government is formed... I know this much, without money going back to create basic services or welfare programs for the people their will continue to be security issues that terrorist organizations can exploit. Do you see terrorist groups wreaking havoc in UAE or Kuwait? HECK NO and there are big reasons for that, look at how those countries treat their natural born citizens there. Everything is tied together... Thanks again Ron I appreciate you sharing.
    3 points
  18. From the Canadian Free Press! You will never see this in our press. READ TO THE VERY END! VERY ENLIGHTENING!!! AND VERY DISTURBING!!! By Dewie Whetsell, Alaskan Fisherman. As posted in comments on Greta's article referencing the MOVEON ad about Sarah Palin. The last 45 of my 66 years I've spent in a commercial fishing town in Alaska . I understand Alaska politics but never understood national politics well until this last year. Here's the breaking point: Neither side of the Palin controversy gets it. It's not about persona, style, rhetoric, it's about doing things. Even Palin supporters never mention the things that I'm about to mention here. 1. Democrats forget when Palin was the Darling of the Democrats, because as soon as Palin took the Governor's office away from a fellow Republican and tough SOB, Frank Murkowski, she tore into the Republican's "Corrupt Bastards Club" (CBC) and sent them packing. Many of them are now residing in State housing and wearing orange jump suits. The Democrats reacted by skipping around the yard, throwing confetti and singing, "la la la la" (well, you know how they are). Name another governor in this country that has ever done anything similar. 2. Now with the CBC gone, there were fewer Alaskan politicians to protect the huge, giant oil companies here. So she constructed and enacted a new system of splitting the oil profits called "ACES." Exxon (the biggest corporation in the world) protested and Sarah told them, "don't let the door hit you in the stern on your way out." They stayed, and Alaska residents went from being merely wealthy to being filthy rich. Of course, the other huge international oil companies meekly fell in line. Again, give me the name of any other governor in the country that has done anything similar. 3. The other thing she did when she walked into the governor's office is she got the list of State requests for federal funding for projects, known as "pork." She went through the list, took 85% of them and placed them in the "when-hell-freezes-over" stack. She let locals know that if we need something built, we'll pay for it ourselves. Maybe she figured she could use the money she got from selling the previous governor's jet because it was extravagant. Maybe she could use the money she saved by dismissing the governor's cook (remarking that she could cook for her own family), giving back the State vehicle issued to her, maintaining that she already had a car, and dismissing her State provided security force (never mentioning - I imagine - that she's packing heat herself). I'm still waiting to hear the names of those other governors. 4. Now, even with her much-ridiculed "gosh and golly" mannerism, she also managed to put together a totally new approach to getting a natural gas pipeline built which will be the biggest private construction project in the history of North America. No one else could do it although they tried. If that doesn't impress you, then you're trying too hard to be unimpressed while watching her do things like this while baking up a batch of brownies with her other hand. 5. For 30 years, Exxon held a lease to do exploratory drilling at a place called Point Thompson. They made excuses the entire time why they couldn't start drilling. In truth they were holding it like an investment. No governor for 30 years could make them get started. Then, she told them she was revoking their lease and kicking them out. They protested and threatened court action. She shrugged and reminded them that she knew the way to the court house. Alaska won again. 6. President Obama wants the nation to be on 25% renewable resources for electricity by 2025. Sarah went to the legislature and submitted her plan for Alaska to be at 50% renewables by 2025. We are already at 25%. I can give you more specifics about things done, as opposed to style and persona. Everybody wants to be cool, sound cool, look cool. But that's just a cover-up. I'm still waiting to hear from liberals the names of other governors who can match what mine has done in two and a half years. I won't be holding my breath. By the way, she was content to return to AK after the national election and go to work, but the haters wouldn't let her. Now these adolescent screechers are obviously not scuba divers. And no one ever told them what happens when you continually jab and pester a barracuda. Without warning, it will spin around and tear your face off. Shoulda known better. You have just read the truth about Sarah Palin that sends the media, along with the democrat party, into a wild uncontrolled frenzy to discredit her. I guess they are only interested in skirt chasers, dishonesty, immoral people, liars, womanizers, murderers, and bitter ex-presidents' wives. So "You go, Girl." I only wish the men in Washington had your guts, determination, honesty, and morals. I rest my case. Only FOOLS listen to the biased media. If you've read this far ............................................... First Lady Michelle Obama's Servant List and Pay Scale First Lady Requires More Than Twenty Attendants 1. $172,2000 - Sher, Susan (Chief Of Staff) 2. $140,000 - Frye, Jocelyn C. (Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Policy And Projects For The First Lady) 3. $113,000 - Rogers, Desiree G. (Special Assistant to the President and White House Social Secretary) 4. $102,000 - Johnston, Camille Y. (Special Assistant to the President and Director of Communications for the First Lady) 5. $100,000 - Winter, Melissa E. (Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First Lady) 6. $90,000 - Medina , David S. (Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First Lady) 7. $84,000 - Lelyveld, Catherine M. (Director and Press Secretary to the First Lady) 8. $75,000 - Starkey, Frances M. (Director of Scheduling and Advance for the First Lady) 9. $70,000 - Sanders, Trooper (Deputy Director of Policy and Projects for the First Lady) 10. $65,000 - Burnough, Erinn J. (Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary) 11. $64,000 - Reinstein, Joseph B. (Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary) 12. $62,000 - Goodman, Jennifer R. (Deputy Director of Scheduling and Events Coordinator For The First Lady) 13. $60,000 - Fitts, Alan O. (Deputy Dir ector of Advance and Trip Director for the First Lady) 14. $57,500 - Lewis, Dana M. (Special Assistant and Personal Aide to the First Lady) 15. $52,500 - Mustaphi, Semonti M. (Associate Director and Deputy Press Secretary to The First Lady) 16. $50,000 - Jarvis, Kristen E. (Special Assistant for Scheduling and Traveling Aide to The First Lady) 17. $45,000 - Lechtenberg, Tyler A. (Associate Director of Correspondence For The First Lady) 18. $43,000 - Tubman, Samantha (Deputy Associate Director, Social Office) 19. $40,000 - Boswell, Joseph J. (Executive Assistant to the Chief Of Staff to the First Lady) 20. $36,000 - Armbruster, Sally M. (Staff Assistant to the Social Secretary) 21. $35,000 - Bookey, Natalie (Staff Assistant) 22. $35,000 - Jackson, Deilia A. (Deputy Associate Director of Correspondence for the First Lady) (This is community organizing at it's finest.) There has NEVER been anyone in the White House at any time who has created such an army of staffers whose sole duties are the facilitation of the First Lady's social life. One wonders why she needs so much help, at taxpayer expense, when even Hillarious, only had three; Jackie Kennedy one; Laura Bushone; and prior to Mamie Eisenhower social help came from the President's own pocket. Note: This does not include makeup artist Ingrid Grimes-Miles, 49, and "First Hairstylist" Johnny Wright, 31, both of whom traveled aboard Air Force One to Europe . FRIENDS.....THESE SALARIES ADD UP TO SIX MILLION, THREE HUNDRED SIXTY FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS ($6,364,000) FOR THE 4 YEARS OF OFFICE????? AND WE ARE IN A RECESSION????? WELL....MOST OF US ARE. I GUESS IT'S OK TO SPEND WILDLY WHEN IT'S NOT YOUR OWN MONEY?????
    3 points
  19. I think it's time to go back to the jungle
    3 points
  20. Medic chat: Dinar Speculator 6/23/10 9:57am June 23, 2010 · MED says to (09:57:33): HEY ALL SORRY JUST POSTED A GOOD ARTICLE IN FACT TWO THIS MORNING AND I AM ALWAYS LOOKING FOR POSTS I NEVER STOP IT IS SICK THIS IS EVEN WORSE THAN WHEN I STUDIED FOR NURSING SCHOOL I CAN’T GET IT OUT OF MY MIND I SEE ARTICLES IN MY SLEEP THE ENTIRE THING IT IS SCARY ONE THING I TRY TO BY PASS NOW IS THE ARTICLES FROM THE RULE OF LAW AFTER 14 WEEKS I JUST CANT TAKE THEM ANYMORE THEY SAY THE SAME THING WEEK AFTER WEEK AND EVERY WEEK IT IS THE SAME RESULTS THEY CANT AGREE THIS IS WORSE THAN THE BOY WHO CRIED WOLF I KNOW THERE IS A RUMOR OUT THERE ABOUT AN RV BTWN NOW AND THE 26TH IT CAME FROM ONE OF THE THREE STOOGES NOW PLEASE TAKE THE SOURCE FIRST WHEN EVEN CONSIDERING THIS TO BE TRUE ONLY ONE SITE HAS EVER HAD THE RESOURCES TO ACTUALLY KNOW AN RV WAS SUPPOSE TO HAPPEN AND IT IS THIS SITE AND DV AND WE DIDN’T FIND OUT WE WERE RIGHT UNTIL ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO bmason1108 says to (10:03:55): yes, still catching up on articles this morning – just logged on … seem Maliki’s own people don’t want him. all of this bickering will be for not hopefully on Monday when Allawi’s group is named to form the gov!! bmason1108 says to (10:03:55): I’ve had friends go to nursing school and that is one tough one MED says to (10:04:07): NO THEY DON’T BMASON THE ARTICLE YESTERDAY FROM THE IRAQI NATIONAL ALLIANCE WAS VERY TELLING THEY REALIZED THEY MADE A MISTAKE AND HAD RESERVATIONS THE ENTIRE TIME ALSO WHAT IS VERY INTERESTING IS JAFAARI GOING TO SEE ALLAWI I THOUGH THAT WAS VERY STAND UP PERSONALLY I WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH JAFAARI AS PM HE IS A GOOD MAN AS IS ALLAWI AND EVEN THE CURRENT SHIITE VP IS A GOOD MAN THE WORSE THING FOR IRAQ IS A RETURN TO THE PAST GOVT ALL NEED TO BE DUMPED AND A CLEAN START EVEN SHABIBI NEEDS TO GO BUT WITH THE NEW AGREEMENT AND COMMITMENT BY THE GOI TO THE IMF IS A BIG HELP FOR US BECAUSE THE SPECIFICALLY SAY THE NEED THE IMF’S EXPERTISE ON THE MONETARY POLICY AND WE ALL KNOW THAT THE IMF WANTS IRAQ TO ENTER INTO ARTICLE VIII WHICH MEANS RV FOR US WE HAVE SO MANY AVENUES TO BRING AN RV TO US THE WTO THE IMF AND ARTICLE VIII THE IMF AND CBI JUST RV’ING THE NEW GOVT RV’ING WE KNOW THE INTENTIONS AND WE KNOW THE RATE OF EXCHANGE THEY ARE PROMOTING WE JUST DONT KNOW THE EXACT DATE ONE THING WHY ****** IS WRONG AND SO ARE HIS SOURCES IS THAT THERE WILL NOT BE AN RV WITH AN INTERIM GOVT IN PLACE IT WON’T HAPPEN THE LAST TIME HE CALLED IT, I SAID THE SAME THING AND GEE WAS I RIGHT Polarbear says (10:11:24): yep bmason1108 says to (10:11:26): yup MED says to (10:11:30): THIS IS WHY I HAVE SO LITTLE RESPECT FOR WHAT GOES ON OTHER SITES THEY SHOW NO RESPONSIBILITY IN THERE POSTS NOW BREITLING CALLED ME AND SAID THAT ***** HAD SAID THE DONG WAS RV’ING WITHIN TWO DAYS IT IS TWO DAYS NOW AND NO RV THIS IS WHAT I MEAN WHERE DOES THIS INFO COME FROM ALL ONE HAS TO DO IS LOOK AT THE CURRENT SITUATION VN WAS IN AND JUST CAME OUT OF YES THEY ARE ON THE THE UPWARD SWING BUT THEY ONLY HAVE 2 BILLION IN ASSETS THEY ARE JUST RECOVERING IT WILL TAKE A HUGE INCREASE IN PRODUCTIVITY AND REVENUES TO SEE ANY MAJOR CHANGE IN THE DONG NOW CHINA IS HELPING VN AND THIS IS VERY GOOD I THINK THAT THE DONG NOW IS A FAIRLY SAFE INVESTMENT BUT IT IS A 5 PLUS YR INVESTMENT CHINA IS PUTTING MANUFACTURING INTO VN AND THIS WILL BE A BIG BOOST TO VN SINCE VN IS A MAJOR TEXTILE MANUFACTURER AND THEY I BELIEVE PRODUCE ABOUT 250,000 BPD OF OIL WHICH ACTUALLY IS ONE OF THE TOP ASIAN PRODUCERS OF OIL BUT IT STILL IS A SOCIALISTIC MARKET ECONOMY AND THEY ARE GOVT CONTROLLED AND IF YOU SEE HOW THE OTHER COMMUNIST COUNTRY HANDLES THEIR RATE OF EXCHANGE IT IS MANIPULATIVE IF VN EVER HITS .05 TO .06 CENTS THAT WILL BE ALL IT EVER WILL BE WHICH FOR A COMMUNIST COUNTRY OF ITS SIZE AND LIMITED REVENUE PRODUCING CAPABILITIES WILL BE FANTASTIC AND FOR WHAT YOU PAY FOR DONG HOW CAN YOU COMPLAIN ON THAT RETURN BUT IT IS NOT GOING TO BE LIKE THE IQD EVER IRAQS REVENUE PRODUCING CAPABILITIES IS LIMITLESS THE ONLY HOLD BACK IN IRAQ AND WE ARE SEEING IT COME OUT MORE AND MORE IS CORRUPTION I WILL SAY THIS IS WHY WE ARE SO FRUSTRATED THE CORRUPTION IS JUST SO WIDESPREAD AND IT HAS BEEN THE REASON FOR THE LACK OF REAL PROGRESS IT WAS EVERYWHERE FROM MALIKI TO EVERY MINISTRY TO THE FORMER PARLIAMENT AND WHEN YOU HAVE IT THAT HUGE HOW CAN IT PROGRESS SOMEONE HAS 17 BILLION DOLLARS FROM THE MINISTRY OF ELECTRICITY AND THEY NEED TO FIND IT THIS IS THE PEOPLES MONEY JUST THINK LAST YEARS RAMADAN THEY DIDN’T GIVE THE PEOPLE ONE DIME IRAQS GOI CLAIMED POVERTY YET BILLIONS WERE STILL IN THE MINISTRIES AT THE END OF 2009 THAT WAS NEVER USED YOU ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENS IN THE U.S. IF A GOVT AGENCY DOES NOT USE IT’S BUDGET MONEY ALLOCATED THEY DON’T GET IT NEXT YEAR AND WHAT IS LEFT OVER IS RETURNED TO THE GOVT OK SORRY FOR GETTING SO LONG WINDED ALL DONE
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  21. An email conversation between one of my personnel and myself: Cpt. to Chief: Chief, Well they say the 22-June-10 or 26-June-10 and the Iraqi people say the 30th of June. The banking sheik of Iraq told the government RV soon or he will do on the 30th of June. They were talking between 3.50 and 3.86 which is higher than the Kuwait currency and that what China request before they RV there currency. So what your take on this an the Dong? Chief to Cpt: What Iraqi people did you hear this from? As far as the Dong it will be within 5 to 7 hrs of the Dinar, that way people can’t double dip trying to buy more of one with the profits from the other, this is normal as many currencies tend to revalue 3 or more at a time. As long as China doesn’t play stupid again we’ll be alright. Cpt. to Chief: Chief , I have an Army Col. friend of mine that work in Army financé in theater. This person states the Iraqi people are much into the RV as we are. They know it will change the course of there country. Believe or not the Iraqi people are far educated then most Muslim world. this person keeps me update on the finance of the country. So this is my insight connection with the people of Iraq . Keep me inform as I will with you. Thanks. Chief to DV Peeps Well that's what I got for inside on the ground intel folks, sounds good to me, and my resignation letter is ready to go, just waiting on the right date to put on it! I took out the names and ranks so as to not alert anyone unnecessarily or cause trouble over here. This is one of my best Officers in country as well, so I for one have no reason to doubt him. Solid. V
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  22. Six Boys And Thirteen Hands... Each year I am hired to go to Washington, DC, with the eighth grade class from Clinton, WI where I grew up, to videotape their trip. I greatly enjoy visiting our nation's capitol, and each year I take some special memories back with me. This fall's trip was especially memorable. On the last night of our trip, we stopped at the Iwo Jima memorial. This memorial is the largest bronze statue in the world and depicts one of the most famous photographs in history -- that of the six brave soldiers raising the American Flag at the top of a rocky hill on the island of Iwo Jima, Japan, during WW II. Over one hundred students and chaperones piled off the buses and headed towards the memorial. I noticed a solitary figure at the base of the statue, and as I got closer he asked, 'Where are you guys from?' I told him that we were from Wisconsin . 'Hey, I'm a cheese head, too! Come gather around, Cheese heads, and I will tell you a story.' (James Bradley just happened to be in Washington, DC, to speak at the memorial the following day. He was there that night to say good night to his dad, who had passed away. He was just about to leave when he saw the buses pull up. I videotaped him as he spoke to us, and received his permission to share what he said from my videotape. It is one thing to tour the incredible monuments filled with history in Washington, DC, but it is quite another to get the kind of insight we received that night.) When all had gathered around, he reverently began to speak. (Here are his words that night.) 'My name is James Bradley and I'm from Antigo, Wisconsin . My dad is on that statue, and I just wrote a book called 'Flags of Our Fathers' which is #5 on the New York Times Best Seller list right now. It is the story of the six boys you see behind me. 'Six boys raised the flag. The first guy putting the pole in the ground is Harlon Block. Harlon was an all-state football player. He enlisted in the Marine Corps with all the senior members of his football team. They were off to play another type of game. A game called 'War.' But it didn't turn out to be a game. Harlon, at the age of 21, died with his intestines in his hands. I don't say that to gross you out, I say that because there are people who stand in front of this statue and talk about the glory of war. You guys need to know that most of the boys in Iwo Jima were 17, 18, and 19 years old - and it was so hard that the ones who did make it home never even would talk to their families about it. (He pointed to the statue) 'You see this next guy? That's Rene Gagnon from New Hampshire. If you took Rene's helmet off at the moment this photo was taken and looked in the webbing of that helmet, you would find a photograph... a photograph of his girlfriend. Rene put that in there for protection because he was scared. He was 18 years old. It was just boys who won the battle of Iwo Jima. Boys. Not old men. 'The next guy here, the third guy in this tableau, was Sergeant Mike Strank. Mike is my hero. He was the hero of all these guys. They called him the 'old man' because he was so old. He was already 24. When Mike would motivate his boys in training camp, he didn't say, 'Let's go kill some Japanese' or 'Let's die for our country.' He knew he was talking to little boys.. Instead he would say, 'You do what I say, and I'll get you home to your mothers.' 'The last guy on this side of the statue is Ira Hayes, a Pima Indian from Arizona. Ira Hayes was one who walked off Iwo Jima. He went into the White House with my dad. President Truman told him, 'You're a hero'. He told reporters, 'How can I feel like a hero when 250 of my buddies hit the island with me and only 27 of us walked off alive?' So you take your class at school, 250 of you spending a year together having fun, doing everything together. Then all 250 of you hit the beach, but only 27 of your classmates walk off alive. That was Ira Hayes. He had images of horror in his mind. Ira Hayes carried the pain home with him and eventually died dead drunk, face down at the age of 32 (ten years after this picture was taken). 'The next guy, going around the statue, is Franklin Sousley from Hilltop, Kentucky. A fun-lovin' hillbilly boy. His best friend, who is now 70, told me, 'Yeah, you know, we took two cows up on the porch of the Hilltop General Store. Then we strung wire across the stairs so the cows couldn't get down. Then we fed them Epsom salts. Those cows crapped all night.' Yes, he was a fun-lovin' hillbilly boy. Franklin died on Iwo Jima at the age of 19. When the telegram came to tell his mother that he was dead, it went to the Hilltop General Store. A barefoot boy ran that telegram up to his mother's farm. The neighbors could hear her scream all night and into the morning. Those neighbors lived a quarter of a mile away. 'The next guy, as we continue to go around the statue, is my dad, John Bradley, from Antigo, Wisconsin, where I was raised. My dad lived until 1994, but he would never give interviews. When Walter Cronkite's producers or the New York Times would call, we were trained as little kids to say 'No, I'm sorry, sir, my dad's not here. He is in Canada fishing. No, there is no phone there, sir. No, we don't know when he is coming back.' My dad never fished or even went to Canada . Usually, he was sitting there right at the table eating his Campbell 's soup. But we had to tell the press that he was out fishing. He didn't want to talk to the press. 'You see, like Ira Hayes, my dad didn't see himself as a hero. Everyone thinks these guys are heroes, 'cause they are in a photo and on a monument. My dad knew better. He was a medic. John Bradley from Wisconsin was a caregiver. In Iwo Jima he probably held over 200 boys as they died. And when boys died in Iwo Jima, they writhed and screamed, without any medication or help with the pain. 'When I was a little boy, my third grade teacher told me that my dad was a hero. When I went home and told my dad that, he looked at me and said, 'I want you always to remember that the heroes of Iwo Jima are the guys who did not come back. Did NOT come back.' 'So that's the story about six nice young boys. Three died on Iwo Jima, and three came back as national heroes. Overall, 7,000 boys died on Iwo Jima in the worst battle in the history of the Marine Corps. My voice is giving out, so I will end here. Thank you for your time.' Suddenly, the monument wasn't just a big old piece of metal with a flag sticking out of the top. It came to life before our eyes with the heartfelt words of a son who did indeed have a father who was a hero. Maybe not a hero for the reasons most people would believe, but a hero nonetheless. We need to remember that God created this vast and glorious world for us to live in, freely, but also at great sacrifice Let us never forget from the Revolutionary War to the current War on Terrorism and all the wars in-between that sacrifice was made for our freedom.. Remember to pray praises for this great country of ours and also pray for those still in murderous unrest around the world. STOP and thank God for being alive and being free at someone else's sacrifice. God Bless You and God Bless America . REMINDER: Everyday that you can wake up free, it's going to be a great day. One thing I learned while on tour with my 8th grade students in DC that is not mentioned here is . . that if you look at the statue very closely and count the number of 'hands' raising the flag, there are 13. When the man who made the statue was asked why there were 13, he simply said the 13th hand was the hand of God.
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  23. Allawi calls for removing his country from Chapter VII of the end of internationalization. June 23, 2010 · Posted in another site's Tidbits - NEWS Allawi to Washington: make amends can be corrected Sotal Iraq - (Voice of Iraq) – 23/06/2010 Candidate for the presidency of the Iraqi government calls for removing his country from Chapter VII of the end of internationalization. Middle East Online Baghdad, Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi Wednesday to Washington and the United Nations is responsible for “repair what can be repaired before the withdrawal,” adding that his country is subject to internationalization since the early nineties. The statement quoted Allawi as saying “rests with the U.S. administration and the international community and the United Nations is responsible for repair what can be repaired before the withdrawal (…) At the forefront are required to protect the democratic process who sacrificed for him the people of Iraq.” He said opposition to “the security agreement between Iraq and the United States because of lack of clarity about the readiness of the armed forces and the implementation of the political reform document approved by the House before, and removing Iraq from Chapter VII.” And demanded “the implementation of this item and a document of political reform and save the political process of splitting and sectarianism.” Allawi criticized the quota system, saying, “One of the most serious mistakes in Iraq Mahasstin adopt the principle of political and sectarian.” He said not to take “measures to remove Iraq from Chapter VII, which promotes the continuing internationalization of the situation (…) Keeping Iraq under Chapter VII of the priorities mean that the responsibility of the United Nations is to protect its borders and its assets.” “Of our competitors have been accused that we are seeking to internationalize the Iraqi issue, that issue already internationalized since the early nineties because of the former regime’s invasion of Kuwait.” The head of the outgoing premier Nuri al-Maliki condemned the intervention of Foreign Affairs Tuesday, saying that “external factor to march toward the national factor, which has become disabled from taking any decision and this dangerous phenomenon, those who were at the top of the political process have given up voluntarily to the outside.” Allawi said “fancy imagines that the Iraqi issue in all its ramifications is complex and can be solved through foreign intervention, no matter the identity of these interventions that we did not increase the thorny Iraqi files, but complicated.” He concluded, “I thanked the brothers the Arab leaders and Islamic states to non-interference in internal affairs and to keep this matter to the Iraqis.” Locked winning lists in the legislative elections that took place on the seventh of March last, so far fruitless negotiations to agree on forming a new government during the struggle for the post of prime minister. And ratified the Federal Court in early June, the highest judicial body in the country, election results, which confirm the Liberal victory Allawi (91 seats), Maliki (89 seats), while the Iraqi National Coalition gained seventy seats. http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&langpair=ar%7Cen&u=http://www.sotaliraq.com/iraq-news.php%3Fid%3D2862&prev=/language_tools&rurl=translate.google.com
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  24. I dont know if this has been posted, if it has i am sorry for reposting The bit that i would like to point out is this The Council is expecting a comprehensive progress report on Iraq and the Kuwaiti missing persons issue before 30 June Full link here http://www.securitycouncilreport.org/site/c.glKWLeMTIsG/b.6068459/k.880B/June_2010brIraq.htm Expected Council Action The Council is expecting a comprehensive progress report on Iraq and the Kuwaiti missing persons issue before 30 June. The activities of the high-level coordinator, who advises the Security Council on these matters, are currently funded through 30 June. The Council seems likely to extend the coordinator’s activities before the end of the month. top • full forecast Key Recent Developments Ad Melkert, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Iraq, briefed the Council on a range of issues relating to Iraq on 25 May. With regard to Iraq/Kuwait issues Melkert expressed concern about Iraq’s level of commitment to make progress with Kuwait and said the demarcation of the Kuwaiti border by Iraq remains a necessary step for progress. Iraq’s Ambassador to the UN Hamid al-Bayati also spoke and stressed Iraq’s commitment to fulfilling its obligations and resolving all issues related to Kuwait. (An example of the kind of problems that are arising as a result of unresolved issues with Kuwait was evident on 26 May when Iraq dissolved its national airline, apparently in response to a UK court decision to freeze the airline’s assets in light of debts owed by it to Kuwait.) An Iraqi court on 17 May overturned a ban on nine newly elected members of parliament who had been barred from holding office for alleged Baathist ties. The court decision followed a statement by Iraqi President Jalal Talibani the week before that action to bar electoral candidates on the basis of ties to the Baath Party had been halted. (The process of excluding such candidates from the electoral process, which began in the run-up to elections held on 7 March and continued in the following weeks, had the potential to alter the election outcome.) Iraq’s Independent High Election Commission said on 16 May that a recount of votes cast in the Baghdad area had been completed. The recount confirmed earlier results that gave the Iraqiya list of candidates led by Ayad Allawi 91 seats in parliament, the State of Law list led by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki 89 seats and the Iraqi National Alliance list, which includes followers of Moktada al-Sadr, 71 seats. Iraq’s Supreme Court must still certify final results. The Secretary-General’s latest report on the activities of the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) was released on 14 May. On Iraq/Kuwait issues, the report noted that Iraq had now appointed its first ambassador to Kuwait since 1990. In addition, progress had continued towards implementing a project to increase Iraqi capacity to identify and exhume human remains. The project would be funded by a Kuwaiti grant and administered by UNAMI in support of the high-level coordinator. The Secretary-General encouraged Iraq to fulfil its obligations related to Kuwait, which could in turn lead to action in the Council on the removal of other outstanding Chapter 7 measures. The report also noted that the formation of the next Iraqi government was expected to require a considerable amount of time, and that the coming months would be a critical time for Iraq. Iraq and UNAMI launched a UN Development Assistance Framework for 2011-2014 on 11 May that is meant to support the country's five-year National Development Plan. Over a hundred people were killed across Iraq in a series of bombings and shootings on 10 May. Iraqi officials said the attacks were carried out by the group Al Qaida in Iraq in response to the killing of two of the group's leaders in a recent joint Iraq-US military operation. The Secretary-General strongly condemned the attacks in a statement the following day. Iraq's presidential council urged on 4 May that a new government be formed quickly and warned that delays could result in a resurgence of violence. The same day Maliki’s State of Law coalition and the Iraqi National Alliance coalition agreed to ally themselves in the Iraqi parliament. Both are predominately Shiite. Such an alliance would bring the two groupings close to the number of seats in parliament needed to form a government. However, some contentious issues, such as the selection of a prime minister, remain to be resolved. The UN Compensation Commission, which settles damage claims resulting from Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait, on 29 April dispensed $590 million to nine successful claimants, bringing the total amount disbursed by the commission to over $29 billion. top • full forecast Human Rights-Related Developments An Iraqi lawmaker called for a UN investigation into reported torture of detainees at Muthanna, an old airport in West Baghdad, prompted by a report published on 27 April by Human Rights Watch (HRW). In the report—based on interviews with 42 men detained by the Iraqi army between September and December 2009 after sweeps of a stronghold of Sunni Arab militants in and around Mosul—the organisation called on the Iraqi authorities to establish an independent and impartial inquiry to investigate the abuses. The detainees were interviewed in the Al Rusafa Detention Centre on 26 April following their transfer from Muthanna. HRW urged the authorities to determine who was responsible for the abuses and to prosecute them, including anyone in authority who had failed to prevent the torture. top • full forecast Key Issues The key issue before the Council is how much further progress is needed on resolving the question of missing Kuwaiti persons and property, and whether an extension of the mandate of the high-level coordinator’s activities is desirable. A related issue is Iraq's request that the Council remove measures imposed in resolutions adopted during the regime of Saddam Hussein. This question remains as the backdrop when considering issues such as Kuwaiti missing persons and property. Progress made on the missing persons issue could aid in resolving other Iraq/Kuwait issues such as compensation and the maintenance of the boundary between Iraq and Kuwait. Similarly, the resolution of Iraq/Kuwait issues could potentially facilitate the lifting of other measures imposed on Iraq, such as those related to disarmament. top • full forecast Underlying Problems Underlying problems are the relative fragility of Iraq as a new democracy and the danger that the delays in forming a government will hinder progress on the Kuwaiti missing persons issue and perhaps also prompt a resurgence of sectarian violence. top • full forecast Options Options include: •extending the activities of the high-level coordinator for an additional six months or longer; •seeking to hasten progress on Iraq/Kuwait issues by adopting a statement substantively addressing the issues and reaffirming the Council's commitment to resolving outstanding issues between Iraq and Kuwait; and •allowing the high-level coordinator’s mandate to expire (an unlikely option). top • full forecast Council and Wider Dynamics Council members seem to hold differing views on how much progress has been made in resolving the question of missing persons and property. A number of members seem to be worried that work on the issue has advanced very little since the last briefing in October 2009. Others including Russia and the UK hold a more positive view and perceive Iraq to be determined to resolve the issue to Kuwait’s satisfaction. It is unclear how much new information the coordinator’s comprehensive report will contain. Most members seem to accept that the activities of the high-level coordinator should continue. Some note that Kuwait encourages the continuation of the coordinator’s mandate. For others the political situation in Iraq is a consideration, bearing in mind the possibility that it may take several months to form a new government. Meaningful progress on Iraq/Kuwait issues is therefore seen as unlikely in the short term and therefore the continuation of the high-level coordinator’s role is viewed as prudent. Some members feel that the financing of the coordinator’s activities should be extended for more than six months so the issue does not come up during the busy December calendar. The issue of government formation is also a consideration for members with regard to the broader issue of historical Council resolutions that date from the Saddam era. A number of members feel that additional action is required on Iraq’s part before Chapter 7 measures can be lifted, which will be more likely after a new government begins operating. For example, ratification by the Iraqi parliament of the Additional Protocol to the Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which is viewed by some members as necessary before any action is taken on disarmament issues, is unlikely at present due to the post-election uncertainty in the country. The US is the lead country on Iraq issues in general, and the UK is the lead on Iraq/Kuwait issues. top • full forecast UN Documents Selected Security Council Resolutions •S/RES/1905 (21 December 2009) extended the arrangements for the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) and the International Advisory and Monitoring Board (IAMB) until 31 December 2010 and requested the Secretary-General to report on strengthening oversight of the DFI, legal issues and options for a post-DFI mechanism, and Iraq's progress in preparing for such a mechanism. •S/RES/1883 (7 August 2009) extended UNAMI’s mandate for another 12 months. •S/RES/1859 (22 December 2008) requested the Secretary-General to report on all Council resolutions concerning Iraq since 1990; a letter from Iraq requesting the lifting of Saddam-era resolutions is included as an annex to the resolution. •S/RES/1483 (22 May 2003) established sanctions against the previous Iraqi government, created the DFI, provided immunity to Iraqi petroleum products and envisaged the termination of the oil-for-food programme. •S/RES/1284 (17 December 1999) appointed a high-level coordinator for Iraq/Kuwait missing persons and property. Selected Press Statement •SC/9772 (22 October 2009) noted the Council agreed to extend the financing of the mandate of the high-level coordinator for eight months. Selected Meeting Record •S/PV.6293 (6 April 2010) was a briefing on the DFI and the IAMB. Selected Letters •S/2010/150 (22 March 2010) included an IAEA assessment of Iraq's cooperation with its safeguards activities. •S/2010/153 (18 March 2010) included Iraq's first quarterly report on the action plan and timeline for the transition to a post-DFI mechanism by 31 December 2010. •S/2010/72 (4 February 2010) informed the Secretary-General that the Council had earmarked funds to finance the mandate of the high-level coordinator until 30 June 2010 and requested a comprehensive progress report by 30 June 2010. •S/2010/37 (19 January 2010) was Iraq's letter to the Council arguing that Iraq had fulfilled its disarmament obligations and asking for the removal of related restrictions under existing resolutions. Selected Secretary-General's Reports •S/2010/240 (14 May 2010) was the most recent report on UNAMI. •S/2010/166 (1 April 2010) was the most recent report on the DFI and the IAMB. •S/2009/539 (16 October 2009) was the latest report on Iraq/Kuwait missing persons and property. •S/2009/385 (27 July 2009) was the report on the review of Iraq resolutions. top • full forecast Other Relevant Facts Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Iraq Ad Melkert (Netherlands) Secretary-General's High-Level Coordinator for Iraq/Kuwait Missing Persons and Property Gennady Tarasov (Russia) top • full forecast Useful Additional Source •Elena Derby and Anthony H. Cordesman, “The Uncertain Politics behind Iraq’s Election: Political Controversies and the Formation of a Viable Government,” Center for Strategic and International Studies, 14 April 2010 top • full forecast
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  25. Iraqiya discusses future of alliances with Sadrists Post: by Admin - zzz Aswat al-Iraq - June 24, 2010 - 04:05:54 BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: A delegation from al-Iraqiya bloc under, Rafie al-Issawi discussed with the political body of Iraqi Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr’s Movement recent developments regarding the government formation and means to accelerate efforts to bring the country out of its current logjam, according to a release by Issawi’s office on Thursday. “Deputy Premier Issawi led a delegation from Iyad Allawi’s al-Iraqiya bloc that visited the headquarters of the Sadrists’ political body,” read the release as received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency. “The two sides held a one-hour meeting to discuss the future of alliances and ways to overhaul the government platform in a bid to bring the nation out of its current crisis,” it added. Issawi stressed al-Iraqiya’s endeavors to speed up formation of a government and work on activating article 72 of the Iraqi Constitution regarding the naming of a president within a period of one month after convening the first parliamentary session. The delegation was received by the body chief, Karrar al-Khafaji, as well as Nassar al-Rubaie and Qusai al-Suhail. AmR (P) http://en.aswataliraq.info/?p=133656
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  26. With regards to terryk. Is this not something connected to the HCL Law? I thought they had to come to some agreement before they could work out who gets what. Correct me if im wrong link http://www.iraq-businessnews.com/?p=4817
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  27. Wrong my Communist friend... I went to PRIVATE school all my life... which my parents paid for and which I worked after school hours doing janitorial work to pay for! Try again, or just save us the trouble and move in with Chavez in Venezuela. We have no use for you or your type.
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  28. Man you should open a window and get some fresh air...........all that gas from your socialist bean diner is messing with your head.
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  29. As for me I paid for my own education by serving in the US Army and by working full time while I went to college full time. I busted my ass for my education and NO socialist program paid my way, thank you very much. All the doctor's visits I've had over my 49 years have been paid for by my parents when I was a kid, and by myself since I was 18. I buy the health insurance my family enjoys. I pay the co-pays and the overages. I pay for the prescriptions. One day I'll retire and have to carry the full load of health insurance costs which my employer helps with now... and I'll pay every penny of it too. Let's hear about how well our country would do when their financial system collapses because of rampant uncontrolled and state-sanctioned socialism and liberalism. When you run out of other people's money who pays the bills then? You want that government? Go to China or Vietnam. Your type of people will be the absolute DEATH of America if we don't stop you... and we WILL stop you!
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  30. I'm in too. Hey if you want to read something great...click on forums then off topic posts...I posted it yesterday and sent it to some friends...half of them said they cried when reading it. It's called SIX BOYS AND THIRTEEN HANDS...it is just awesome. EVRRYONE needs to read it. I checked it on snopes and it's 100% true according to them.
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  31. It's a foreign currency auction. They don't sell IQD, but USD. The auction has nothing to do with the distribution of dinar but is rather how try managed to suck up the 70% liquidity.
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  32. Sorry for that people. Too many miles with no sleep. This is what I meant to post. Frank, thanks for your post, very informative. I just thought you might like to hear, beings you mentioned the oil industry. A funny thing happened yesterday, on our return trip from R-R. After we arrived at BIAP ( Baghdad International Airport ) . While in line awaiting our visas, which took over 3 hours and they knew we where coming into theater, they processed everyone else ahead of our charter, even the ones who arrived after us ! That's another story. We shared the waiting area with around 30-35 Chinese, all men, only 1 woman that I saw. One of my co-workers asked them who they worked for, they responded " A Chinese oil company". I took this as another positive sign. They are getting people in the country to get the oil pumping !! Pump baby pump !! Go RV. Thanks again for your posts !!
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  33. Tarzan, FYI: your next statement about this might decide if you get to swing to your next tree or fall to the ground here on DV!! CHILL OUT!
    2 points
  34. Anytime between now and July 1st but no later than July 26th. That's what i am holding too.
    2 points
  35. Hey guys...... I started this rumor and I am sorry that it didn't pan out.....and i went too far with the info that caused a great deal of damage especially with my aunt and uncle and their church but at the time with **** Cheney involved with the rumor I was feeled with excitement we had this nailed down......I learned a good lesson by me posting this rumor..... I guess I should not get so excited it probably cost me a boycott of a relationship with my aunt and uncle. Also I wanted to let everyone know that I except being wrong.......I always get mad when I hear a rumor and it is wrong and the person that started it doesn't make a statement.....I was just not in the loop of the rumor enough to add anymore info for it's failure.....Sorry guys........we will wait for another day!!!!!
    2 points
  36. Kingfish: You're absolutely right. Generations of Iraqis have been oppressed, suppressed and mutilated so much that the people who are now in their government are like the child raised by wolves who are thrown into society with nobody to guide him. The country has the same conditions as in the year 1. Our country got rid of one despot only to open it up to a bunch of hyenas from within, who, without any controls or restraints put on them, are fighting over the carcass. Obviously, the position that's now being taken by the meek observers from our State Department, the U.N. and our allies is to respect their "sovereignty" which they haven't even been given back yet (as long as they're under Chapter 7). We are either too afraid to step in to bring order to their government - with military force, if necessary - or else our own American elitists and other members of the global overlord organizations are getting their share of the "loot" while they can before the window closes. Conversely, our country has been so prosperous for so long in our existence, that a lot of our people, mostly the uninformed liberals, socialists, communists and fanatical so called religious groups are fat and happy living lives of "entitlement" - as long as they're consistently getting their government, union, or big secular business paychecks for doing what are essentially menial jobs with ten layers of backup for each job. It's those people who couldn't care less how badly the country is being run, who's stealing the money or what direction we're being tricked into taking. Those people are the products of an education system that has been laid out for more than 75 years now that leaves out the important information and replaces it with misinformation and propaganda saying how the United States is a "baaaad" country and that we should be very apologetic and polite to all those countries who hate our guts. We've become the target for the global overlords to reduce our standard of living and to take control of our government, our economy (foremost) and our destiny. Now, it's our democracy that's being slam dunked by the serfs, puppets and enforcers of the global overlords. The overlords have systematically eroded the quality of our education system, our defense against crime, our ability to control corruption, drug dealing in America and the corporate sector. Our living standards are a lot worse than they were as recently as forty years ago, while the guys at the top are literally raiding the treasury or are receiving phenomenal monetary payoffs from the overlords' pitchmen (lobbyists) for making sure we become stupid, apathetic zombies who they think should be happy if we are given the "crumbs," while those elitists inside and from outside the U.S. drain our net worth and make us into one big McDonalds - as servants working for minimum wages - and with no care for our welfare. Innovations no longer exist in our country. Any new ideas we may have are bought by the overlords and are given to countries to develop cheap, imperfect products from those ideas that we buy from companies owned by the same overlords and our government officials who get paid off for allowing China and other countries - several of whom, until only recently, were our mortal enemies - do all the manufacturing leaving us with the service type jobs at whicht both spouses have to work to wind up each month behind in paying bills.
    2 points
  37. OMG!!! Now that is delicious. ChiefV does it come with gun mounts. I wouldn't want any pirates to steal that boat. Besides if there are pirates why miss an opportunity for some quality target practice. Poor possum. Make sure that rail isn't too thick he can't rap his tail around it cause he's in charge of the BBQ and we wouldn't want to lose the cook.
    2 points
  38. WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Great compliment, thank you lgraham ---- I'm not sure why I haven't been back to the Vet in a while --- but that's a great invitation!!! Thank you again for the kind words, Scooter To all the posters --- Your comments are much appreciated and very motivating!!! Thank you again! Scooter
    2 points
  39. A real man is a woman's best friend. He'll never let her down & comfort her after a bad day. He'll inspire her to live without fear, enable her to express her emotions & give in to her intimate desires. He'll make sure she feels as though she's the most beautiful woman in the room & enable her to be confident, sexy, seductive, and invincible. No wait... sorry... I'm thinking of wine. Never mind.
    1 point
  40. Not holding breath, but if he is 1/2 right........I'll kiss him. Go RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV
    1 point
  41. Chief! First and foremost, Be SAFE over there and COME HOME in ONE Piece to your fam and Friends!!! Second, thanks for the intel...it makes my checkbook feel better to know it hopefully will have some company really soon!! Thanks again and get home SAFELY!! GO RV GO!!
    1 point
  42. Allawi opposes SOFA Agreement Thursday, June 24, 2010 13:30 GMT Head of Al Iraqiya List Iyad Allawi held the United Nations and the US responsible for reform prior to US Forces withdrawal from the country. Washington should protect the democratic process for which Iraqis have sacrificed, Allawi said in a statement. Allawi pointed out that he opposes the SOFA agreement for it is not clear over the readiness of armed forces and the implementation of the political reform pact approved by the former Parliament according to which Iraq would exit UN Charter Chapter VII. He urged to save the political process from sectarianism and apportionment. http://www.alsumaria.tv/en/Iraq-News/1-50922-Allawi-opposes-SOFA-Agreement.html
    1 point
  43. I completely agree with Allawi! Enough time has passed to show the UN and US neutrality... this is effecting the citizens of Iraq and whereby will reflect blame on the US in the end. Crushing the seed of future relations. We are damned if we do or damned if we don't regardless. So we might as well be damned if we do and get paid for it ya know? Bush had his faults but he certainly wasn't afraid of making a decision or hurting feelings at the UN. Time for Ban ki Moon to get off his butt and lead! Barack... that goes for you too big guy! I don't bash presidents... just encouraging a decision to be made!!!
    1 point
  44. YAY! Chief! Party Time! Thanks!
    1 point
  45. first thing to ask yourself , who would leave their people in 120 degree heat without electricity ? than who would try to win an election thru atrition (death etc.) than when all is said and done not realize it is about being happy not right . I think they are spot on with the predictions , the mystery is in the first three questions . If anybody could answer those I think we will know the date and rate . First you would have to think like that , and that is why we build Prison's Anybody's guess . Pray for the children of Iraq for they know not what they do .
    1 point
  46. Thanks Tport, Mr Parrot, love the boat, too narrow though, 60 knots is amazing speed for the 70 footer in that one...lol. only 1500nm distance, the Sunreef can do 20,000 nautical miles....how ya like them apples...lol? It depends on the motor configuration though. but even will 30knot speed you can still get around 10,00nm distance I believe. Plus on yours you would need to put hand rails on it for Possum as I don't think he'd last on that deck too long...LOL
    1 point
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  48. Thanks Chief for all your info...Great...its coming....
    1 point


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