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Lost me at second most violent country in the world. Never read another word. You can't make a judgment call about violence and only include people who are supposed freedom fighters or terrorists. I can assure you that we here in America have killed far more than 8000 people last year alone in violent crimes. And that would only be deaths in major cities. Buddy I understand your frustration but unless you desperately Need the money I certainly wouldn't sell. Don't be fooled by negative people whose only goal is to get company. You know, misery loves company. Think of this, if you did sell your dinar and later saw it RV How's that gonna make you feel?

I only waded through the first couple paragraphs.......and it didn't even take that long to see where this biased opinion piece was headed. It is my opinion that Republicans are not the enemy of the poor......rather, they are the enemy of the lazy. GO RV, and NO BV

No Daily Currency Auction posted for today - 13 January 2014 - as of 7:10 PM The Currency Buy/Sell rates are blank for the second day in a row - both on the English side & the Arabic side. CURRENCY -------- CODE -------- SELL / BUY US dollar .............. USD Euro ...................... EUR British pound ...... GBP Canadian dollar ... CAD Swiss franc .......... CHF Swedish krona .... SEK Norwegian krone .NOK Danish krone ....... DKK Japanese yen ..... JPY Special Drawing Rights ... SDR Indicative rates - 12.01.2014

Yes, for some time. Like since 2008, but being done and being implemented are two entirely different things. That's why some are getting so excited, it's pretty clear now that this budget does implement the HCL. And if prevalent thought is true then we will see an RV shortly after.

I wish people would stop compairing Iraq violence to the USA Violence there is not comparison non at all.. Look at the ratio of people that lives in Iraq and compare it the USA..

The IMF Updated Site Yesterday to December 31, 2014 Figures. Iraq was to pay 37,000,000 SDR by the end of December and they paid 111,412,004. That's about three times what they owed for 2014. I find that a little interesting. http://www.imf.org/external/np/fin/tad/extrans1.aspx?memberKey1=460&endDate=2014-01-13&finposition_flag=YES I thought maybe, they had paid the the 56,420,000 they owed January 2, 2014, but they did not. The bad news is: They/Iraq are still in article XIV. http://www.imf.org/external/np/fin/tad/exfin2.aspx?memberKey1=460&date1key=2014-01-13

The issue is not whether you are for or against the Trans Pacific Partnership...... Actually if you even had an opinion about being for or against it, you're a frickin mind reading genius as this document has been created over the part 4 years in complete secrecy. The issue is whether or not Congress should hand its power over to the President, excluding any and all representation of the American public's voice in these proceedings. Facts: The bill is titled the “Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities Act” or TPA 2014 for short. The US Trade Rep has been making great efforts to restrict Congress’s input on TPP. Congress members are only permitted to view the text in a specific room without the ability to take notes or be accompanied by legislative aides. All the while, they give privileged access to Trade Advisory Committees—mostly made up of advisors for big corporations—to view and comment on drafted text. Lawmakers in Congress are just introduced a biparitisan bill to hand over their own constitutional authority to debate and modify trade law. It’s called Fast Track, or Trade Promotion Authority. It creates special rules that empower the White House to negotiate and sign trade agreements without Congressional oversight. Lawmakers won’t be able to analyze and change their provisions, and have only 90 days for an up or down, Yes or No vote to ratify the entire treaty By blocking this bill (the Fast Track Authority given to the president), Congress will keep its authority to conduct full hearings on all of these agreements' provisions. Our elected representatives will then have a voice in representing the people's will and voice on the matter. Stopping this bill (Fast Track) will retain direct accountability to the American people regarding the destructive foreign manipulation of our country for its corporate gain.... Urging your representatives to defeat this Fast Track bill, gives us further opportunity to demand our, Senators and Representatives question the entire secretive process that has been used to negotiate TPP and TTIP. It's clear that the White House and the US Trade Rep are willing to skimp on transparency in trade negotiations, but that is exactly why we need to prevent them from taking even more control over U.S. trade policy and the rights of the American people. In case you missed it, here is info from another thread about contacting your representative, a brief email message you can copy and the people on the committee overseeing this with hyperlinks for you to contact them directly: Here is a link to the group referenced as the primary major opponent of the TPP http://www.flushthet...-on-fast-track/ On that website they give the link to find the Congress person for each state which is: http://house.gov/ They also give a great example of a short email to use as well as the list of all Ways and Means committee members with hyperlinks to contact them: 3. Make the call or send the email. Keep it short and focused. Here is a sample script: “Hello, my name is _________________ and I live in __________________. I am calling (writing) to ask you to oppose giving the President Fast Track Trade Promotion Authority for the Trans-Pacific Partnership.” You can stop there or you can give a reason why you oppose the TPP. Perhaps you are concerned about food safety, the price of medications, the environment, internet freedom, worker rights or the loss of sovereignty. If your member is on the Ways and Means Committee, please ask them to prevent Fast Track legislation from leaving the committee. ( I think its too late for this, I think the bill was introduced meaning it out of this committee... and not sure if it would return there for revision, which is doubtful. I'm going to include it so you'll have contact info anyway) Here is a list of the committee members: Dave Camp, MI, Chairman Sam Johnson, TX Kevin Brady, TX Paul Ryan, WI Devin Nunes, CA Pat Tiberi, OH Dave G. Reichert, WA Charles W. Boustany Jr., LA Peter J. Roskam, IL Jim Gerlach, PA Tom Price, GA Vern Buchanan, FL Adrian Smith, NE Aaron Schock, IL Lynn Jenkins, KS Erik Paulsen, MN Kenny Marchant, TX Diane Black, TN Tom Reed, NY Todd Young, IN Mike Kelly, PA Tim Griffin, AR Jim Renacci, OH Sander Levin, MI, Ranking Member Charles B. Rangel, NY Jim McDermott, WA John Lewis, GA Richard E. Neal, MA Xavier Becerra, CA Lloyd Doggett, TX Mike Thompson, CA John B. Larson, CT Earl Blumenauer, OR Ron Kind, WI Bill Pascrell Jr., NJ Joseph Crowley, NY Allyson Schwartz, PA Danny Davis, IL Linda Sánchez, CA

CNN. Broadcasting An Article Posted By WalkingStick From Frankie's Casa ! Obama administration official: Iraq’s Nouri al-Maliki ready to reach out to Sunnis THAIER AL-SUDANI/REUTERS - Iraq’s Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki speaks during an interview with Reuters in Baghdad, Jan. 12, 2014. By Karen DeYoung and Ernesto Londoño, Sunday, January 12, 9:06 PM After years of failing to heed U.S. advice to broaden his outreach to Iraq’s Sunni minority and to accept more U.S. counterterrorism assistance, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki now appears ready to listen, according to senior Obama administration officials. As an incipient sectarian war between Maliki’s Shiite-led government and al-Qaeda-linked Sunni extremists has boiled over in recent weeks, the administration has moved to rush additional arms and intelligence to Iraq, much of which Maliki had previously rejected. “We had to get to zero in order to build back up a real security relationship,” said one senior official, who described a new level of cooperation following the wilderness years after U.S. troops left Iraq in 2011. Iraqis “didn’t really believe they would get their sovereignty back. . . . They had to test it, and then figure out [they] actually need” the assistance. But senior Republican lawmakers, along with some Democrats and outside Iraq experts, say the problem was not that Maliki wasn’t listening, but that President Obama wasn’t speaking loudly enough to get his attention. They charge that Obama dropped the ball on Iraq long ago, when he failed to negotiate a long-term security agreement that would have left a residual American force behind, and that he paid too little mind to the developing crisis. The absence of the U.S. military, and the lack of close political attention that would have accompanied those troops, allowed Maliki to discriminate against the Sunni population and created fertile ground for revolt, critics charge. Although Iraqi Sunnis have little love for al-Qaeda, they appear to dislike Maliki even more. “I do blame Prime Minister Maliki,” Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said in a vituperative speech on the Senate floor Thursday. “But we were not there to influence him.” If the troops had stayed, Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) said, “this would have been a very different outcome. The absence of a follow-on force allowed security to fall down and the vacuum was filled . . . by al-Qaeda.” Obama, Graham said, “had absolutely no desire to leave one person on the ground in Iraq. . . . Now, he wants to tell the world that it was the Iraqis” who wanted American troops to depart. “I know different,” Graham said. Administration officials describe such charges as revisionist history. They note that the withdrawal of troops from Iraq was negotiated by the George W. Bush administration and that any residual force in Iraq would have been small in number, with limited tasks. Late last week, White House press secretary Jay Carney congratulated Maliki for “conducting internal outreach to Iraqi local, tribal, and national leaders, including Sunnis and Kurds,” and formally inviting Sunni tribal leaders to join the fight against al-Qaeda. Maliki’s council of ministers, Carney noted approvingly, decided to extend state benefits to tribal forces killed or injured in the fighting and to rush humanitarian aid to other Sunnis in need. Over the weekend, Brett McGurk, the State Department’s deputy assistant secretary for Near Eastern affairs, traveled to Iraq to meet with Maliki. Whether Maliki’s reform effort is enough and “whether he sustains it or not, I don’t know,” said the administration official. “He needs to convince the Sunnis to stand with him against the extremists. That requires some engagement with them on legitimate political grievances, not just counterterrorism with more U.S. support.” Obama has long hailed the end of America’s war in Iraq as one of his major foreign-policy accomplishments. But at the time, the administration was eager to leave some troops behind for training, weapons sales and counterterrorism if a deal could have been struck with Maliki’s government, officials said. The administration was ready to move ahead with the accord “if we could get from the Iraqis the necessary protection for our troops,” the senior official said. Agreement to give U.S. forces immunity from Iraqi prosecution “had to be passed by the Iraqi parliament,” the official said, and the “politics of Iraq were such that, after a decade of what was perceived by them across the board to be an occupation, they could not get there.” Beyond the troop issue, critics charge that it is only in recent weeks that Obama has shown a sense of urgency about Iraq’s protracted unraveling. In an October letter to Obama, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) joined McCain, Graham and other Republicans in urging a more comprehensive Iraq policy, including a tougher line with Maliki over treatment of the Sunnis and increased U.S. military support. The administration first asked Congress last spring to approve the sale of sophisticated Apache attack helicopters to the Iraqis. But Menendez, who has put a congressional hold on the package, said that only in the past few weeks has Obama begun to respond to long-standing questions about how the aircraft would be monitored to ensure they are not used against Sunni civilians and what the Iraqis were doing to stop overflights of Iranian arms shipments to the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad. “The administration is now addressing concerns first raised in July that required responses before this sale could proceed,” said Senate Foreign Relations Committee spokesman Adam Sharon. “Provided these issues are sufficiently addressed, Chairman Menendez will be ready to move forward.” Many Iraq experts, and some officials, have come to see Iraq’s political stalemate, the failed security agreement and the road to the current crisis as beginning with the disputed 2010 parliamentary elections. Maliki’s Shiite coalition, which had risen to power after the U.S. ouster of Sunni dictator Saddam Hussein, was bested by a Sunni-backed band of political parties. But after failing to broker a lasting power-sharing deal in a nation still reeling from the sectarian war that peaked in 2007, U.S. officials backed the incumbent Maliki’s bid to remain in office. That was perhaps Washington’s most consequential mistake during the final years of the war, said Emma Sky, an expert on Middle East politics at Yale University who worked as an adviser to the U.S. military in Baghdad at the time and says a deal could have been struck. “This outcome was not inevitable,” Sky said. “Iraq was on a good trajectory” after President George W. Bush sent an additional 30,000 troops there in 2007 and U.S. commanders persuaded Sunni tribal leaders in western Anbar province to join the fight against al-Qaeda. According to the senior Obama administration official, who was closely involved in U.S. negotiating efforts at the time, “there was no way at that stage of Iraq’s history that Ayad Allawi,” the Sunni bloc’s leader, “was going to be allowed to form a majority government.” Maliki made some deft political moves that allowed him to form a larger coalition in parliament and retain his job as prime minister, “and we were totally fine with it,” the official said. “We pushed [the Shiites] to carve out a space for the Sunnis,” the official said, and for a time succeeded. The official added: “There were periodic crises, stalemates and paralysis. But the system didn’t fall apart.” In one of those crisis, as the last American troops were leaving in December 2011, Maliki’s government slapped terrorism charges on the country’s top Sunni politician, Tariq al-Hashimi. He fled and was sentenced to death in absentia. In December 2012, Maliki went after another powerful Sunni he perceived as a rival, then-Finance Minister Rafi al-Issawi, by arresting several of his bodyguards. The case became a catalyst for popular demonstrations that were partly inspired by revolutions in North Africa. Sunnis in Anbar province began holding protests on Fridays calling for the release of prisoners and a greater share of political power. U.S. officials in Baghdad grew alarmed by the inflamed sectarian tensions and privately warned Maliki to back off. They said little in public, though, as sectarian tensions and violence rose. “I wish we had done more,” said Judith S. Yaphe, an Iraq expert who worked as a senior analyst at the CIA and the National Defense University. “I don’t think we did it very loudly. We certainly didn’t do that in public.” Maliki’s government moved on the demonstrators with force and blocked access to Sunni areas in Baghdad to prevent similar protests from taking root in the capital. The crackdown coincided with the resurgence of Sunni extremist movements, as Iraqis who had once taken arms against the U.S. military again banded into militant cells to fight a government they saw as despotic and authoritarian. Administration officials sharply dispute charges of inattention and say that their engagement with Iraq has been near constant over the years, including regular calls and visits by Vice President Biden and senior aides. When Maliki visited Washington in October, Obama “could not have been more clear” in urging Maliki to reach out to Sunnis, the senior official said. http://www.washingtonpost.com/

Anyone else find it interesting that there are so many news articles about Iraq coming from Reuters lately? It just makes you think something is up.

Let's hope that M has truly decided to bury the hatchet with the Sunnis.....if only temporarily, until he is voted out of office in March. The ole clock is ticking and we're looking @ only 6 weeks until elections. Hopefully, M really wants to appease the population with their fair share of the HCL profits and add value to their currency. Thanks Thug for sharing this article.

I haven't posted in a long time, mostly I have been reading various threads, and getting used to working hours away from my home over the past eight months. I just wanted to comment on LDG; I am increasingly impressed with your posts. I enjoy critical thinkers. I want to add a twist to your hypothesis, and offer the following. I have posted a link below from a Iraqi News article, and my take on the article was to explain why the currency rates are mia. I'm also trying to get used to a new tablet since the notebook died. I'm not quit used to where all my functionality is located at, so forgive me in advance. I am using the news article to document a date more than anything else, but found the article interesting just the same. Additionally,On January 10th, 2014 we implemented changes to Wall Street Reform & Consumer Protection Act, better known as DoddFrank. I say "we" but I will offer no explanation as to which we. There were some pretty significant changes within the mortgage banking sector. Mortgages are tied to interest rates, mortgages are also tied to bonds, and all three are also tied to Basel Compliance, whether directly or indirectly. Is the date in the linked Article a coincidence? Who knows, just found it interesting. Www.sec.gov\spotlight\dodd-frank.shtml (those are suppose to be backslashes) check out asset backed securities. http://www.albaghdadianews.com/economy/item/45226-AkIEAj-nIbeL-AZHDAE-YOlDAb-DnNl-BAkILk%D8%A9-AkLGkn%D8%A9.html

Kurdistan: We have reached understandings with al-Maliki on the budget and oil Mon Jan 13 2014 9:48 p.m. | (Voice of Iraq) - Twilight News said the Kurdistan Alliance bloc, on Monday, it had reached understandings on the terms of the federal budget with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, indicating that a delegation from the province has not determined the date of his arrival in Baghdad will end the problem. The vice president of the block Mohsen al-Sadoun for "Twilight News", "The delegation of the Kurdistan Alliance in the House of Representatives to reach understandings important to the parties the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government in the meeting with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, especially paragraph allocations provincial financial and export of oil." added Sadoun that " and a delegation from the Kurdistan Region no date was set arriving in Baghdad will end all differences on the budget, "adding that" the arrival of the delegation will be soon. " The Ministry of Finance said yesterday that the province of Kurdistan to stop an obstacle to the adoption of the budget in 2014 by asking to wait weeks until the response to the proposal of the Ministry of relation to export oil. Under proposed that Baghdad agree on oil export n Kurdistan Region, provided that handles national marketing company (SOMO) important export. 's H / L c Read more: http://www.sotaliraq.com/mobile2014.php?id=132138#ixzz2qJDA8pME

Every Single Person in Norway Became a Millionaire Last Week. Here's How. The news: On Wednesday, everyone in Norway became a theoretical millionaire as the country’s sovereign wealth fund — the largest in the world — soared to 5.11 trillion crowns ($828.66 billion) due to high global oil and gas prices. Now not only is Norway the second-happiest place on Earth (according to the UN’s World Happiness Report 2013), but they’re also amongst the world's most financially secure citizens. The background: In 1969, Norway struck oil in the North Sea. Today, it is the world's seventh biggest oil exporter, Europe's largest oil producer and the world's second largest natural gas exporter. The fund was set up in 1990 and now is the largest of its kind in the world, followed by the United Arab Emirates’ at $800 billion, Kuwait at $400 billion, and Russia and Kazakhstan at about $180 billion each. Norway’s fund is invested in the developing economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China, as well as real estate throughout the world. Norway’s fund, which collects taxes from oil profits and re-invests the money, mostly in stocks, is worth about $177,000 per Norwegian. The fund owns 1% of the globe’s stocks and a vast empire of real estate, but the government is only allowed to use 4% of it a year. With Norway's liberal government, oil profits — including from state-run Statoil — are taxed at 78%, compared to the United State's effectively taxing companies like ExxonMobil at 42% and Chevron at 43.4% in 2012. The money doesn’t go directly to the nearly 5 million Norwegian citizens, but is instead funneled into a savings for a rainy day. Now that's smart investing. With the stipulation that the government is only allowed to touch 4% of it, the fund has been maturing steadily since it was created in 1990 to be used on a rainy day. When that rainy day does roll around, there will likely be a huge payout to citizens, whether it's in the form of investment in a critical need or a bailout. Norway’s fund has some detractors, who argue that its investment strategy is risky and oil-dependency is dangerous with the growing proliferation of alternative energy solutions. But its success only proves that it's smart use of money in this volatile economic global environment. (And one can only imagine that our spend-happy U.S. politicians would have dunked into that account years ago.) With the burgeoning natural gas market in U.S., we should be thinking about how, like Norway, we can — by taxing and regulating — create future wealth for this country, not just debt. http://www.policymic.com/articles/78751/every-single-person-in-norway-became-a-millionaire-last-week-here-s-how

DEAR SIR YOU MAY NOT BE HERE ON EARTH NOW BUT I DO HAVE ONE THING TO SAY ABOUT THE RIFLE YOU INVENTED. IT IS PROBABLY THE BEST MILITARY RIFLE EVER MADE AND FOR THAT, I APPLAUD YOUR GENIOUS FOR THAT. AS FOR AS YOU FEELING GUILTY ABOUT WHAT IT CAUSED FROM PEOPLE USING IT, I HAVE TO SAY THIS ---- IT WASN'T YOUR RIFLE THAT CAUSED DEATHS BUT THE PEOPLE USING THEM, JUST LIKE OUR ASSAULT RIFLES HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. WEAPONS DO NOT KILL PEOPLE THEMSELVES BUT THE PEOPLE USING THEM DO.

Thank you Shabs for recognizing the truth! Gave you a +1. Actually I didn't read past the first couple of paragraphs either! dinar_stud surely doesn't believe this biased hogwash - if he does, he should have linked to this brilliant author so we could see who wrote it.

Well you got 1 out of five right professor. (blue right) (red wrong) Those are not conservatives. Those are the elite banker thug politicians posing as conservatives. If we didnt have to spend so much time trying to defend ourselves from crazy a$$ liberal ideas. Us TRUE conservatives could perhaps get these looneys out of office and this country back on track.

Iraq has agreements with everybody and their mother. This thing is going to POP and I am excited about it!!!

It's true....conservatives wish to be left alone to do as they wish. They will not tolerate being told how to live, or think.......yet they make every effort to disrupt the lives of liberals. Hypocrisy at its finest. GO RV, then BV

Let us all PRAY that M goes forward with an agreement!!!! PRAY HARD....

a week????

The crack in the Liberty Bell is Bush' fault. The crack in Obama's ass is another story.

CNN. Broadcasting Stuff From That Other 'CNN' - Ya, Those Clowns ! January 11th, 2014 08:00 AM ET Why Iraq is in turmoil Watch "Fareed Zakaria GPS," Sundays at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. ET on CNN By Fareed Zakaria Here's a startling statistic: more than 8,000 Iraqis were killed in violent attacks in 2013. That makes it the second most violent country in the world, after its neighbor Syria. As violence has spread and militants have gained ground in several Middle Eastern countries, people have been wondering how much this has to do with the Obama administration and its lack of an active intervention in the region. TheWall Street Journal and a Commentary magazine opinion piece have both argued this past week that the Obama administration's decision to withdraw troops from Iraq is directly responsible for the renewed violence in that country. They and others have also argued that because it has stayed out of Syria, things there have spiraled downward. Let me suggest that the single greatest burden for the violence and tensions across the Arab world lies with a president – though not President Obama – and it lies with an American foreign policy that was not too passive but rather too active and interventionist in the Middle East. The invasion and occupation of Iraq triggered what has become a regional religious war in the Middle East. Let me explain how, specifically. From March through June of 2003, in the first months of the occupation of Iraq, the Bush administration made a series of catastrophic decisions. It authorized the disbanding of the Iraqi army and signed onto a policy of deBaathification, which meant that anyone in Iraq who had been a member of the top four levels of the Baath Party – the ruling party under Saddam Hussein – would be barred from holding any government job. This meant that tens of thousands of bureaucrats and hundreds of thousands of soldiers – almost all Sunnis – were thrown out of work, angry, disposed, and armed. This in turn meant the collapse of the Iraqi state and of political order. But it also sparked the rise of a sectarian struggle that persists to this day. More from CNN: Can Iraq ever escape cycle of violence? The Bush administration went to war in Iraq to spread democracy. But in fact it spread sectarianism – displacing the Sunni elite who had long ruled the country and replacing it with hardline Shia religious parties that used their new found power to repress the Sunnis – just as they had been repressed. Meanwhile, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has been utterly unwilling to share power with the Sunnis – who comprise about 20 percent of Iraq – and that has driven them into opposition, extremism, and terrorism. During the surge the prime minister made several promises to change his ways and over the last few years has reneged on every one of them. This sectarian power-struggle is the origins of the civil war that has been ongoing in Iraq for 11 years. It is the cancer that has spread beyond Iraq into other countries, from Syria to Lebanon. The Bush administration seemed to have made the massive strategic error almost unthinkingly. There is for example a report that a few months before the invasion, President Bush met with three Iraqi exiles and appeared unaware that Iraq contained within it Sunnis and Shias. An Arab leader confirmed to me that in his meetings with the president, it was clear that Bush did not understand that there was a difference between the two sects. Others in the administration, better informed, were convinced that the Shia would be pluralists and democrats. Those of us who warned of these dangers at the time were dismissed as pessimists. So if we're trying to understand why we see a Sunni-Shia battle unfolding across the Middle East, keep in mind that the primary cause is not that the Obama administration didn't intervene in Syria. It's because the Bush administration did in Iraq. Post by:CNN's Jason Miks Topics: Fareed's Take • Iraq • Middle East • Religion

Ok I'm just gonna throw this out there. Forgive me if I'm way off base here but this is something that I've been pondering over for a couple of days. And with this news it really makes me wonder. Some time ago there was a huge debate in dinarland about how was Iraq going to pay for the RV. Then we recently started seeing articles telling us how that so many central banks were making it easier to transfer foreign funds. We took that to suggest the RV was coming. But it got me thinking about quantitative easing. We know that our central , The Federal Reserve, has been printing money like there's no tomorrow. And we further know that those monies were being sent to central banks all over the world. What's most important is that the entire plan in Iraq for the most part was an American one. I'm thinking that we are the ones who will pay for this RV. Add to that theory this news of Iraq paying the IMF so much more than asked and knowing that the dollar is one of the currencies in the basket it does make you think. If, and I do mean if, you're of the belief that this event is a transfer of wealth then you take the wealth of one country and spread it across the globe through central banks. In doing so you have over printed the wealthy countries currency thereby making that currency weaker. As long as that currency stays in the vaults of those central banks it's weakness goes pretty much goes unnoticed. Now the completion of the transfer. You have the transfer recipient greatly appreciate their seemingly worthless currency, knowing full well that anyone or any bank holding that seemingly worthless currency will want to exchange for dollars. And low en behold every central bank has lots of dollars on hand to do just that. So everyone thinks there millionaires for a little while. But SUDDENLY the world realizes that there are simply far to many dollars floating around and that is when inflation sets in. Meanwhile, your transfer recipient's currency is doing awesome. And they have no debt and no inflation. That's when the world begins to want there currency. Essentially wiping out America's wealth and giving it to Iraq. It's just a thought, but one that would explain why we have been printing so much money. And possibly why Iraq sent so much more than asked to the IMF.

Things that make you go HUMMMMM. Tomorrow is Mahmouds birthday. CBI leaves blanks for all currency listed on there site. CBI makes deal with Austria to have protected deposits. Ban Ki Moon to visit Baghdad. All in the same day. Sure seems possible that someone may have something to celebrate.

Merry Christmas to my brothers and sisters far away and to one and all near and dear. God Bless Ya'll know I just love a great flash mob.... Merry Christmas from the USAF A Soldier's Christmas Song:

That would explain my record hours being made at work!!! LOL.....keep'em coming!!!!

In the interest of being technical, LOL (and I too mean no disrespect) but what were all saying is that we have never seen all blanks. Sure we've seen blank spots and of course the everpresent dashes, but the entire currency part is gone from the Arabic side. Again this could easily be nothing, but there's nothing wrong with hoping otherwise. ESPECIALLY when you consider all the other news. For instance the fact that it is clear that HCL is going to be implemented with this budget. But that doesn't guarantee an RV either. Or the news articles telling us how many foreign banks are easing foreign currency transfers, again that doesn't guarantee an RV either. How about the Anbar crises, and how Baghdad seems to have shown the world Iraq can provide security. Of course that doesn't guarantee an RV either. And how many articles telling us how many different infrastructure projects are to be implemented this year. And now it seems some are getting a little anxious about the passage of the budget so as to begin those projects. Of course, again that doesn't guarantee an RV. We've seen so much in the last few weeks that I don't think a little bit of excitement is out of order. To attempt to rain on that isn't, "keeping people grounded", it only suggest speculation on an investment may not be the best thing for some. This is not a lottery ticket were involved with here, it's an investment with a possible rapid growth rate. But even if that's not the case it most certainly is a GROWING investment. One that has nearly tripled in the last 11yrs. You can't get those kind of returns even in today's stock market. Paper tiger that it is. What we have here, between you and I, is merely two types of perception. That's O.K. it's what makes the world go round. Cheers.

Snowden's a patriot. Anyone who can think knows this. Therein lies the problem...

I truly wish people would stop saying, "I've seen this before". No you haven't. At least not in the last 4 years. We've seen dashes through some countries. We've seen days without an update. But we have not seen it simply BLANK. Does that mean an RV? Who knows, but some of us choose to hope. ESPECIALLY in something other than a moron from Chicago.

Boeing 737-800 aircraft received by Iraq last August in a deal involving the purchase of 45 aircraft Author: BS, MK Editor: BK, BS 2014-01-13 12: 08 Hits: 362 Range/Baghdad Iraqi Airways, announced Monday its intention to fly to the United States and many European countries, indicating that it is to apply the electronic booking system and reduced ticket prices for travelling on aircraft. Associate Director, said airlines, Majeed Al-Ameri, told the (term), "the company is seeking to open new routes to the United States and many European cities including Amsterdam, Geneva and Vienna", noting that "the promotion of tourism in General and religious in particular, and increase trade between Iraq and those countries." The-Amiri, "next week will witness the opening of a number of Airlines offices in Asian countries", stating that "airlines will open three offices in China as well as an Office in Azerbaijan". And Deputy Director of Iraqi Airways, "near the e-card reservation system to be available to citizens nearby months ahead as it works in the rest of the world", noting that "the company will cut the price of tickets for those using aircraft permanently throughout the year. The Iraqi Airways was founded in 1937 by the Association of Iraqi aviation, were used at the beginning of its British aircraft, and in the 1970s, has allowed u.s. planes to use John f. Kennedy airport in New York. Iraqi Airways were suspended in 2003 because of the entry of US troops for Iraq but began work again in 2004. And restored life to the Iraqi Airways by contracting to a large number of world aircraft (Airbus) and (Boeing) and (bombardo) of Canada, in addition to Charter flights, increasing the number of Iraqi aircraft, the number of lines. http://www.almadapress.com/ar/news/24322/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D8%B7%D9%88%D8%B7-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%B2%D9%85-%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%8A%D8%B1-

Thank You Djgabrielie. I had not seen this anywhere else either... just a couple of days ago I was trying to get clear about what "De-Baathification" actually meant. Now I have a much clearer understanding of what that was/is... Thank goodness they are talking about reversing that law... it may help. "From March through June of 2003, in the first months of the occupation of Iraq, the Bush administration made a series of catastrophic decisions. It authorized the disbanding of the Iraqi army and signed onto a policy of deBaathification, which meant that anyone in Iraq who had been a member of the top four levels of the Baath Party – the ruling party under Saddam Hussein – would be barred from holding any government job. This meant that tens of thousands of bureaucrats and hundreds of thousands of soldiers – almost all Sunnis – were thrown out of work, angry, disposed, and armed. This in turn meant the collapse of the Iraqi state and of political order. But it also sparked the rise of a sectarian struggle that persists to this day." More from CNN: Can Iraq ever escape cycle of violence? Read more: http://dinarvets.com/forums/index.php?/topic/169749-fareed-zakaria-gps-today/#ixzz2qIgbqQT0 You are so right Mrref... There is no comparison between the two... It always leaves me shaking my head when folks try to do that. Thanks for bringing the truth into the light... please know that I and many others can see what you are saying and wholeheartly agree.

Everyone sure wants their cut. Just pointing that out because it may indicate something is up.

"OIL FUNDS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE BUDGET, AFTER BEING CLEARED BY THE DFI". Can you say it with me. ......... HCL. WAY TO GO IRAQ

Folks this is nothing new, I've been in this for 10 years and this is not the first time they had no auctions and no rate posted. Trust me there is nothing going on with this action...

I am staying optimistic. For the longest time there was NOTHING, no news coming out. Now at least there is positive, encouraging news coming out. They are working on it. GO RV

"The answer is yes. And that pressure should lead to a deal between Arbil and Baghdad that is mutually beneficial for Iraq." Can someone PLEASE tell Maliki that mutually beneficial is a GOOD thing !!! Good find as always Yota !!!

What great publicity. Look everyone, Iraq is doing great. Bang. RV. These guys know how to put on a show.

"Fox is not a news organization. It is a political machine that hires journalists. That tells you my agenda - expose corporations for the power they are. That's my novel's purpose. On the last chapter. My premise is this - the corporate powers have hired their own journalists to fight the truth. That is FOX News." None of the MSM are in the truth business. They are in the profit driven agenda business. If you want the truth then crack open a Bible. No agenda there, just a life boat for a fallen, and drowning humanity. It's credibility lay in its accurate prediction several thousand years ago of the world today.

DT, dynomite article. TC, AH, LGD, Easy you all seem to be correct IMHO. RV soon cuz I hate being stupid broke.

This seems like it was all planned.. Remember everything is politically tied in some form or another. Maliki invaded to look like the hero looks as if Washington gave him too much rope for their liking, now they are telling him to back off before he ends up like saddam with a noose around his neck.

Everybody Relax - He Just Got His Weekly Unemployment Check !

I'm not sure what you are getting at? Some moron trying to push his book based on his opinion to a competitor of Fox news? What do you think he's going to say! Haters be hating!!

Well my season is over....go Broncos!!!!