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Yeah, Right. ANOTHER DESPERATE move by the Insanians WHO are CRYING OUT LOUD. The Insanians are backed FURTHER into the corner WITH NO WAY OUT!!! NOW the Inanians are pulling the STOPS with EVERYTHING in the arsenal to TRY to get INTERNATIONAL sympathy. But WHERE, pray tell, is the INTERNATIONAL sympathy???!!! SINCE The United States Of America withdrawal from the JCPOA by The True The United States Of America Patriot President Donald J Trump, the "Allies" HAVE BEEN AND ARE slowly BUT surely being brought to see HOW BAD the Insanians are AND necessary to neutralize/remove the Insanian Terrorist Machine Threat. Good News HERE!!! NOTHING tractable in THIS article. Rouhani WILL end up Gonie!!! In The Mean Time.................................................................... Go Moola Nova (YEAH AND YEE HAW, BABY, READY WHEN YOU ARE BROTHER (OR SISTER) - LET 'ER BUCK!!!)!!!

"the priorities of the government without priorities." "But it is surprising that setting priorities in the government program goes against urgent economic" There you go .... This is why I believe our wait for the RV will take longer. As long as the ruling class is making a lot of money, Is all good. They don't care about the common citizen.

I'm really amazed! You seem to pick up on so much that most of us don't realize or notice, Synopsis. I can hardly wait the 5 more days until March 23rd, to see what (if anything) SUDDENLY happens. Thank you for all you post. You've got some helluva brain, kid. May I inquire as to what line of work you're in? Just curious. Don't have to answer if you don't want to. I have to be careful how I ask these kinds of questions. One time, 6ly posted something about a small hour time difference between where she lived and Iraq (I think it was 4 hours, if I remember right). I asked where she was located. I got a "haha". She must have thought I was asking for her address, but I only wanted to know what country she was in. 😂 😂😂

Presidential Vice President Ham Dr. Bashir Haddad discussed with the Kurdish forces the importance of continuing efforts to resolve the issues and outstanding issues between the federal government and the region, and strengthen the relationship between the parliamentary blocs. March 18, 2019 Dr. Bashir Haddad, Vice-President of the Iraqi Council of Representatives, accompanied by a number of deputies, the headquarters of political parties and forces of Kurdistan in the province of Sulaymaniyah (Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Kurdistan Democratic Party, Kurdistan Islamic Party, Kurdistan Change Movement, the Islamic Movement, the Kurdistan Socialist Party). Several issues related to developments in the security and political situation on the Iraqi arena, including the completion of the government Adel Abdul Mahdi and the work of Parliament in the next phase, and strengthen the relationship between Baghdad and Erbil. Stressing the importance of continued cooperation and coordination and efforts to resolve the files and outstanding issues and the differences accumulated between the federal government and the region through dialogue and understandings, pointing to the need to discuss ways to unify the views of the Kurdish blocs in the Iraqi Council of Representatives and to strengthen relations with other parliamentary blocs and national forces in the capital Baghdad , And joint work to provide services to all our people. Media Office of the Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi Council of Representatives 18 - March - 2019 http://ar.parliament.iq/2019/03/18/د-بشير-حداد-يبحث-مع-القوى-الكردستانية-أ/

3-17-2019 Intel Guru MarkZ [your opinion on dela rue machine, or let them send it away, to be verified.] After talking to a treasury contact ...and a number of banking contacts…they told me to NOT LET OUR CURRENCY OUT OF OUR SIGHT…so that’s what I am going to do. 3-17-2019 Newshound/Intel Guru Mnt Goat Article: "COOPERATION OF AMERICAN COMPANIES TO ENTER IRAQ, ESPECIALLY IN FOUR PROVINCES" Quote: "This year will see a great opening and a clear renaissance in the country." This is all fine but how will the companies transfer funds in and out of Iraq? Will they want to convert dinars to US dollars in the currency auctions? I don’t think so…They will want to do through the banking process and they use FOREX. Oh – but the rate is not yet on FOREX.

Typical " pass the buck " routine by Iran. Deflect the blame on the US to hide there own Inadequacies. Sorry Iran, many have tried that and failed. Put on your " Big Boy Panties " and man up and make the proper changes to leave the stone age and join the real world. They have the ability to prosper, but find it easier to blame the US. Sorry Bud, many have tried that and failed. Time to make the required changes. pp

Iraqis to hold conference in US to rid country of Iranian influence Iraqis in the United States announced holding a conference named "united to save Iraq" on March 29 in Washington, DC, to save Iraq from the danger Iran poses, including Tehran-backed agents and armed militias in Iraq. In an interview with The Baghdad Post, Hassan al-Jameeli, one of the organizers of the conference, said that the goal is to unite the Iraqi people, end the Iranian incursion inside the Iraqi state and, and restore Iraq's place as part of the Arab countries. Omar al-Hadithi, another organizer, said that the Iraqi people will understand the message and will work to unite all the Iraqi national forces and patriots. Moreover, Hussein al-Janabi, an Iraqi official, who is also a member of Amnesty International, told the Baghdad Post that the conference aims to liberate Iraq from Iranian agents, and to rid the people of Iraq of the Iran-backed militias. He said that the conference also aims to support the return of Iraqi competent citizens who have left Iraq for different areas around the world, in order for them to help building the country and serve their people. He also affirmed the need to rely on technocrats in a real sense. The Baghdad Post received a copy of the statement of the conference's preparatory committee, including the objectives of the conference: From Washington, D.C., in the United States of America, and from your brothers and children in the preparatory committee for the conference of the Iraqi national forces, under the title: "United to Save Iraq." We announce to you a summary of the objectives of the Conference: First: Gathering and unifying the Iraqi national forces and all the Iraqi patriots, who believe in belonging to their country, regardless their sects, orientations and parties. Second: To work on liberating Iraq and saving it from the Iranian incursion in all political, economic and military fields of Iraq which aims to destroy the country and enslave its people. The conference also tackles the expulsion of the traitors and agents loyal to the Iranian regime. Third: Working to amend the Constitution to suit the situation of the country, maintain the unity of Iraqi people and preserve their rights. Fourth: To build relations with world states, in a way that serves Iraq and its common interests with the countries that support the Iraqi national forces, to achieve its just and worthy goals. These states should also cooperate with Iraq to rebuild its state institutions on right basis. Fifth: Supporting factors that would lead to the return of the Iraqi competent citizens abroad to serve their country and people. https://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/Story/37392/Iraqis-to-hold-conference-in-US-to-rid-country-of-Iranian-influence

( Updated: 3/18/2019 ) Official Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) Dinar Rate: 1190 IQD to 1 USD Dinar Market Rate: (CBI last reported 3-18-2019) 1195.679 IQD to 1 USD - Rates Are Within IMF 2% Rule: YES - Are Rates IMF 2% Rule Compliant for 90 Days: YES (maintained since ~Mar. 15, 2018 & Iraq Market since ~Nov. 14, 2018)

GD07, Thanks for your input my friend. Corruption is the answer.... They want to continue stealing money from the national treasury... If their corruption is exposed by the integrity commission, they are threatening the GOI to create chaos in the country. Go integrity commission Go Justice Go punishment

An ongoing saga in the Bicraqi Iraqi Soap Box Soap Opera, "As The Quagmire Continuously Thickens."!!! With the recent publication of Israel getting Turdish, er, Kurdish crude oil on the cheap via European AND Turkish Bank mechanisms AND the Bicraqi Iraqi Constitution specifying TREASON for selling ANY Bicraqi Iraqi Crude Oil to the Zionist Regime, ALL Iraqi would go to Civil War IF The United States Of America was voted out of Iraq AND SPECIFICALLY Turdistan, er, Kurdistan. NO WONDER the Turdish, er, Kurdish Referendum to seperate from Iraq AND ALL the foreign support for seperation. The Turdish, er, Kurdish crude oil ending up in Isreal is STILL a sticky wicket AND NO Wonder ALL The United States Of America Iraqi Based Forces in Turdistan, er, Kurdistan!!! I suspect THIS will blow over AND ALL Iraq will remain a cohesive entity WITHOUT Civil War OR Bloodshed. MORE episodes of, "As The Quagmire Continuously Thickens" On The Way!!! In The Mean Time.................................................................. Go Moola Nova (YEAH AND YEE HAW, BABY, READY WHEN YOU ARE BROTHER (OR SISTER) - LET 'ER BUCK!!!)!!!

BINGO!!!, Floridian, AND The Very Best Of Your Monday Morning AND The Week To You!!! HOW, pray tell, are the Bicraqi Iraqi to get paid for crude oil sales AND pay for international imports???!!! The Bicraqi Iraqi CBI would go DRY in NOTHING flat!!! HOW, pray tell, are the Bicraqi Iraqi going to IMMEDIATELY switch to a corrupt weekday Bicraqi Iraqi CBI dailly currency auction in EUROs instead of USD ESPECIALLY since THERE IS NO income from crude oil with USD???!!! In THIS scenario with my limited mental model, the Bicraqi Iraqi have NO choice BUT to comply with the sanctions EPECIALLY with the UST at the Bicraqi Iraqi CBI. WITH the sanctions complied with, I suspect FURTHER hurt is put on the Insanians by the Bicraqi Iraqi Dinar going INTERNATIONAL AND opening the foreign investment IN Iraq. The gap created by the termination of the Bicraqi Iraqi/Insanian trade would be quickly filled by project completions to fill the gap of electricity AND gas AND oil AND oil products previously from the Insanians. In The Mean Time.................................................................... The "Standard" "Disclaimer" Applies...................................... AND (of course)...................................................................... Go Moola Nova (YEAH AND YEE HAW, BABY, READY WHEN YOU ARE BROTHER (OR SISTER) - LET 'ER BUCK!!!)!!!

Monday, 18 March 2019 01:06 PM Rohani threatens to sue US officials for sanctions TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian President Hassan Rowhani said on Monday that US sanctions against his country were crimes against humanity and that Tehran would institute legal proceedings against US officials because of the difficulties imposed on Iran. Rowhani said in a speech broadcast live on state television that US sanctions had affected the value of the Iranian riyal and exacerbated inflation, but said the government would overcome the difficulties. Observers demanded that Rouhani listen to the voice of truth instead of screaming because of the effects of sanctions to demand that his guide Khamenei and the Iranian Revolutionary Guards to stop completely acts of terrorism and aggression in the Arab countries. S.a https://www.thebaghdadpost.com/ar/Story/157941/روحاني-يهدد-برفع-دعوى-قانونية-ضد-مسؤولين-أمريكيين-بسبب-العقوبات

Deputy: the overthrow of four ministers soon Sunday 17 March Alsumaria Enoz / Baghdad revealed deputy from the bloc 's reform and reconstruction, Sunday, for the collection of signatures to oust the four ministers during the second legislative term, referring to the completion of several files for questioning and dismiss ministers traders who. "There is a desire among the members of the House of Representatives to activate the oversight role of the House of Representatives through questioning and dismissal of ministers who prove their lack of work or through the existence of previous files related to accountability, justice and corruption towards some of them." He added that "some things are delayed because of them to proceed with the dismissal step, including in particular waiting for the completion of the cabinet cab of the Prime Minister so as not to affect the acute shortage of ministers on the work of the government, which everyone wants to support them to achieve its government platform and services." "There are actually steps to be taken within the parliament on the questioning and dismissal of the four ministers on several files, some of them related to the delay in work and in the files of suspicions of corruption, accountability and justice." The MP for the Fath Alliance Faleh Khazali announced, Thursday, March 14, 2019, start collecting signatures to question Foreign Minister Mohammed Ali al-Hakim in parliament.

Pretty sure that would mean Iraq could not sell oil period. Ouch.

Appears to be a DESPERATE move here. HOW LONG, pray tell, has the Turdish, er, Kurdish crude oil been sold to Israel via European AND Turkish banks???!!! Like about FOREVER, I Suppose, SINCE the 2003 Coalition Invasion Of Iraq AND Likely BEFORE!!! So, WHY NOW, pray tell, publish THIS???!!! I suspect a LAST DITCH effort to swing public AND regional opinion AGAINST Israel with the CRAP about TO HIT the FAN with the INSANIANS!!! AND implicating European AND Turkish Banks???!!! WILL Europe AND Turkey SUPPORT action against Israel TO INCLUDE STOPPING THESE CRUDE OIL SALES???!!! WHAT EFFECT, pray tell, will THIS open contest have on the European position to provide means to circumvent Insanian sanctions???!!! False Flag HERE!!! My gut tells me THIS is REALLY Good News indicating the DESPERATION near "SUDDENLY"!!! Also, my epiphany HERE on WHY the Turds, er Kurds HAVE NOT been turning over the 250,000 Barrel of Crude Oil per day to Baghdad with ALL the "posturing" "new" "relations" the Turds, er, Kurds have NOW with Baghdad. In The Mean Time.................................................................................................... Go Moola Nova (YEAH AND YEE HAW, BABY, READY WHEN YOU ARE BROTHER (OR SISTER) - LET 'ER BUCK!!!)!!!

I Agree, GreedyDinar07, AND The Very Best Of Your Up Coming Week To You!!! What I find interesting is there is some news regarding banking corruption, even related to the Insanians, AND then the corrupt weekday Bicraqi Iraqi CBI daily currency auctions drop by about a third (nominally 200 million USD/day to nominally 130 million per day) then work their way eventually back up to 200 million USD/day. So, I suspect corruption IS being crimped. However, being the "most accomplished bunch of thieves ever", the "most accomplished bunch of thieves ever" find other means to intimidate or pay off until THEY get whacked THEN find others to corrupt AND so on as the process repeats itself. My gut feel is the UST at the Bicraqi Iraqi CBI is the "atomic option" to cease AND desist ALL "most accomplished bunch of thieves ever". Hey, I suspect the "atomic option" is as easy as THIS: Will the "atomic option" be used ON OR AROUND Saturday, March 23, 2019???!!! HOPE SO!!! In The Mean Time.......................................................................................................... Go Moola Nova (YEAH AND YEE HAW, BABY, READY WHEN YOU ARE BROTHER (OR SISTER) - LET 'ER BUCK!!!)!!!

If you are willing to assault someone you should expect some repucusdiins, a fight or an arrest, or both.

It's a good Day!

The Battle is the FIERCEST when Victory is the NEAREST!!! Remember....................................................... ALL kinds of BAD NEWS out of Iraq.............. THEN............................................................... "SUDDENLY" THIS may be SOME of the BAD NEWS we are looking for. Maybe BABY. Maybe BABY NOT. Could be somethin'. Could be nothin'. In The Mean Time............................................................ Go Moola Nova (YEAH AND YEE HAW, BABY, READY WHEN YOU ARE BROTHER (OR SISTER) - LET 'ER BUCK!!!)!!!

At this point I think this gonna take an act from the Creator for this to happen. Their government is too inept to push this through and they dont care about their own citizens of their country.

These fools...….can't even DISAGREE to DISAGREE.

I just hope we’re not still around watching and waiting for the RV when it comes time for the next election.. 😫

Fatah: No final agreements on the vacant ministries and the end of this week resolve the outstanding issues Political | 10:59 - 18/03/2019 Baghdad - Mawazin News The alliance confirmed the opening, on Monday, the absence of final agreements on the remaining four ministries remaining in the government of Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, pointing out that the end of this week will be resolved outstanding issues. The MP for the Fatah bloc, Naim Aboudi, said that "there are understandings and convergences between the political blocs, especially between the conquest and others, but things are still taking place within the understandings and not agreements." Aboudi added that "the outstanding issues are expected to be resolved by the end of this week, but we can not talk about agreements so far."

YEP!!!, Floridian, AND The Very Best To You!!! I would like THAT to occur on Saturday, March 23, 2019 IF NOT SOONER!!! Go Moola Nova!

Another Maliki! Damn! I Had a bad feeling when Sadr picked this guy...they should have re elected the last Prime Minister because I remember The US Ambassador said Sadr should have choose the last PM...not good.

DT 🤪

You Canadians are too kind. Soros defies conventional description. %#×£¥,■♤☆¿%&¥+₩ doesn't even come close either.

First it was Indians. Then it was Farmers. Whatever happened to Canada cash-outs, Luigi?? This is a low blow to folks in Moose Jaw. Stay the course.

I know who would be my first target.

Thanks Thug you just reminded me it’s that time of the month

Luigi, Other Than U - Nobody Gives A Rat's A$* !

Darn right.

https://www.alsumaria.tv/mobile/news/263880/شرطة-البصرة-تعتقل-عشرات-المتهمين-بجرائم-جنائية-ومت/ar ........ Basra police arrest dozens of accused of criminal offenses and accused of "terrorism" March 18, 2019 security 0 0 0 - 255 Sumerian News / Basra The Directorate of Police in the province of Basra, on Monday, that its forces arrested dozens of accused of criminal offenses, in addition to a defendant of terrorism. The Directorate said in a statement seen by "Alsumaria News" that "the detachments from the police arrested in the past hours 68 defendants wanted criminal cases and issued judicial warrants against them," indicating that "including a defendant required under Article 4 of the anti-terrorism law, Accused two non-Iraqis on charges of trafficking in narcotic substances. " The Directorate said in its statement that "the detachments of police rescue and joint control seized 116 cars in violation of the rules and regulations of traffic." Basra police announce the arrest of those accused of murder in different areas Basra police announced the injury of an associate and killed a man accused of murder during an attempt to arrest him It is noteworthy that the province of Basra is characterized by its security situation in general stability, and witness the various criminal crimes, including murder and theft, and also get in the province clan differences sometimes develop into armed clashes

Well, so much for brotherly, neighborly love for the Iranians. Thanks so much, Synopsis. This is great thinking! "Limited mental model" - Yeah right! 😂

Quoted from the article reference in BA's post "Pirro had questioned whether Omar's wearing of a hijab was "indicative of her adherence to Sharia law, which is in itself antithetical to the U.S. Constitution?" Freedom of religion if it does not go against the Constitution. I don't see an issue. She can practice all she wants. Just don't go against the Law of the Land.

Laid Back I agree...those bastards dont care about their people or their currency because they are already paid! I have a bad feeling about Mahdi I believe he is in Iran"s pocket..it is happening all over again....how are they getting away this...

I've been to the Flats many times Luigi I have a 10 spot hanging on the wall over the Bar. Starr

I've been to the Flats many times Luigi I have a 10 spot hanging on the wall over the Bar. Starr

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Abdul Mahdi: We have a strong will to open up and cooperate with Qatar in all fields 19:26 - 17/03/2019 0 BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi Abdul Mahdi said on Sunday that Iraq has a strong will to open up and cooperate with Qatar in all fields, stressing that the country will not go back, especially with regard to the policy of axes. "The Prime Minister received at his official office today, Minister of Commerce and Industry in Qatar Ali bin Ahmed Al-Kurai, and the delegation accompanying him," Abdul Mahdi's office said in a statement. "Iraq is a friend of all and a peace element that serves the region, a forum of brothers and friends from all countries and peoples of the world," he said. He added that "our interests with our neighbors and we have a strong will to open and cooperate with the State of Qatar in all fields and the exchange of interests in economic, trade and investment and strengthen ties of common relations to serve our two countries and our peoples." For his part, the Qatari minister said that "Qatar and Iraq have great opportunities to work and exchange interests and his country is determined to increase cooperation with Iraq and expand relations in the economic, trade, construction, investment and exchange of visits between businessmen and investors," expressing the "desire to sign a free trade agreement with Iraq To exchange, encourage and protect investments between the two countries. " Finished https://www.almaalomah.com/2019/03/17/394234/

A new agreement between Baghdad and Erbil belongs to the salaries of a class in Kurdistan Twilight News 2 hours ago Shafaq News / The Minister of Martyrs and Anfal in the Kurdistan Regional Government, on Sunday, a preliminary agreement with the President of the Martyrs Foundation in the Government of Baghdad on the salaries of martyrs. Minister Mahmoud Haji Saleh said in a joint press conference with the President of the Iraqi Martyrs Foundation, the agreement of his ministry with Baghdad on the unification of the salaries of martyrs and anfalists, expressing the hope that a final agreement will soon be reached in this regard. For his part, said the head of the Iraqi Martyrs' Foundation, Najah Abdul Amir, told the same press conference that the issue of unifying the salaries of martyrs of the province with Iraq was the main issue in the meeting with the Minister of Martyrs Affairs in the region. During the meeting, the two sides reached the conclusion that a committee should be set up to further discuss the laws, find solutions to problems and equal salaries. This comes at a time where the two sides since the beginning of this year in the dialogue in order to attach the salaries of the martyrs of the Kurdistan region to the Iraqi government side. Keywords:

Improving the relationship between Iraq and Iran is not cause for concern Sunday 17 March 2019 29 Translation: Anis Saffar Last week Iranian President Hassan Rowhani paid a visit to Iraq. The visit was friendly and took quite a while and resulted in the conclusion of several bilateral agreements in the fields of trade and transport. Such an event would have to affect the Trump administration with a burning scale, as well as others who believe that the only viable way to deal with Iran is to try to isolate and damage it. The factors of history and geography between the two countries are pushing Iraq and Iran today to seek closer ties between them. This is a logical step that the two countries have not had to take, so Americans do not need to feel such a sting. Iraq and Iran also share a border of more than 1400 kilometers. Often, the two countries also share problems along these borders, such as the problem of the restive Kurdish minority and the old border dispute on the Shatt al-Arab corridor. For example, Iran has provided support and support to the insurgency by the Iraqi Kurds as a means of putting pressure on Baghdad, but has reverted to it as part of an agreement under which Iraq has made concessions on the border along the Shatt al-Arab. The experience that deeply affected both countries was the devastating war between Iraq and Iran during the years 1980 to 1988 that Saddam Hussein launched against Iran. That war has caused hundreds of thousands of casualties. The lesson that the Iranian leaders have come out of is that there should be a regime in Baghdad that is friendly to Iran that does not repeat what Saddam did. As well as Iraq, which has suffered the scourge of that costly war, it has come out of that conflict with similar lessons: the need to establish stable relations with its eastern neighbor. Hence the contradiction between Trump's approach, which is based on dragging the whole world to participate in the campaign to renounce and punish Iran, and these fixed geographical and historical facts. Iraqis, for all their political leanings, see the United States' efforts to coerce Iraq into joining the pressure campaign as a poor attempt to export its pathological obsession with Iraq's interests, which is why they resent it. This resentment was demonstrated last month after Trump said in an interview that he wanted to keep a US military base in Iraq because, he said, "he wants to keep Iran under consideration because it is a real problem." Then Iraqi President Barham Salih replied, speaking to his countrymen, saying, "Do not weigh Iraq on your own, because we are the ones who live here." Iraqi Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani said: Iraq to become a springboard for harming any other country. " Except for the security reasons, which make Iraq and Iran are keen together to establish relations between them and avoid causing problems to each other, there are economic reasons because both Iraq and Iran need to trade between them. Iraq, in particular, depends on its imports of natural gas and electricity from Iran to meet its energy needs. Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi described how the Iraqis suffered from the economic embargo imposed by the United States during Saddam Hussein's rule. "Iraq will not be part of the regime, Sanctions against Iran or any other people. " There are still other disagreements between Iraq and Iran, but the Iraqis know and remember that Iran's most important bid for them in recent years has been to help them liberate large parts of their western country under the influence of the so-called "Islamic state" or " Iran was the most important source of external aid in defeating the organization (an aid that did not come conditional on negotiations to maintain military bases on Iraqi soil under the pretext of "monitoring" Iran's opponents and opponents). Perhaps the sense of the value of this aid was among the reasons that made the spiritual impact Which he received in his visit surrounded by honor and Fawh, and part of this success, full of meetings with officials and businessmen, and the elders of Iraqi clans and other series. In contrast, President Trump's quick visit to Iraq last December was quick, far from the limelight, and was no more than landing at night at a US military base without meeting any Iraqi leader. One of the most important and major consequences of the regime-change war waged by a former US administration in Iraq 16 years ago was the intensification of Iranian influence in Iraq to a large extent. Today, there is a new American administration that is different from that, a management that seems determined to change another regime in the region with the same indifference, perhaps misunderstanding, of the region, its nature and the consequences of that change. The war makers of 2003 did not necessarily intend to strengthen Iranian influence in Iraq, so the rise of this power should be seen as another failure of that war. But now that this influence has become a reality, America can no longer be roared by it, or not before answering the question: "What will Iran gain from its growing influence?" The most important goal Iran has sought to achieve in Iraq is the defeat of " ", A goal agreed upon by the United States. It is still in the interest of the United States for a post-Saddam Iraq to remain a stable, prosperous and peaceful country, so it would not be in its interest to pressure him to take part in the economic war that would damage Iraq itself. Nor is it in the interest of the United States to push Iraqis to violate their constitution, a constitution they put in place by encouraging and nurturing the United States after the overthrow of Saddam. Some of the reason for this was to prevent the country from sliding back into regional conflicts and conflicts as it did during the era of the former Iraqi dictator. One of the most important "fundamental principles" in this Constitution is Article 8 which says: "Iraq will remain in compliance with the principles of good neighborliness and adhere to the principles of non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries, seeking to resolve differences by peaceful means and establish relations on the basis of mutual mutual interests respectful of its international obligations." These are all good principles. Paul Beller / on the website "Lob Blog" journalist

{Sovereign wealth funds and their developmental role} Sunday 17 March 2019 12 Baghdad / Al-Sabah About the House of Wisdom in Baghdad The book "Sovereign Wealth Funds and its Developmental Role" was published by the authors Prof. Dr. Falah Hassan Thwaini and Dr. Khalid Shami Nashour. As a result of their long experience in macroeconomic management, most oil countries have realized that there is a great need to adopt the idea of creating sovereign wealth funds to alleviate the problem associated with large fluctuations in oil prices, which is the most important source of their revenues. When oil revenues are high, In the form of financial assets with economic return through saving and investment, which enhances its role in achieving the desired economic and social development and guarantee the rights of future generations when oil revenues decline. The recent economic crises have created many challenges and at the same time have produced important lessons on the need for stronger risk management, greater transparency and better oversight of all financial institutions. These crises have confirmed that the effectiveness of sovereign wealth funds is realized when integrated into the overall policies of the governments they sponsor Which sets clear and stated objectives For those funds. The Iraqi economy faces many problems caused by the political, security and legislative variables that have had direct repercussions in shaping the economy at the current stage, as well as the risk of external shocks caused by fluctuations in oil prices in the global market, which made the need for a sovereign wealth fund an urgent need Required by the Iraqi economy now and in the future. The subject of the book is important in Iraq (in particular) because it relies mainly on oil to generate revenues and still suffers from many structural imbalances and is in dire need of establishing a sovereign wealth fund with efficient and independent management that works to achieve the objectives of the Fund and contribute to development, His recurrent crises. The book includes three chapters and a special supplement: Chapter One: The Conceptual Framework for Sovereign Wealth Funds (Sovereign Wealth Funds) as an Introductory Approach to Sovereign Funds, and their Role in Economic Activity, Particularly in Economies Rent. Chapter Two: Successful experiences of three countries in the management of SWFs, the experience of the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund, the experience of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development, the experience of the Abu Dhabi Fund Development. Chapter III: A detailed study on the Iraqi economy and the development track under the Development Fund for Iraq and the nature of the Iraqi economy and performance indicators, and dealt with a detailed study of DFI, which was aimed at the reconstruction of Iraq and meet the humanitarian needs and welfare of the Iraqi people, but did not achieve the desired development Despite the large sums of money spent by the Fund for this purpose and for many reasons, and also includes this chapter looking forward to a vision for the future establishment of a sovereign wealth fund in Iraq. The book concludes with an annex to the sovereign wealth funds and the principles of Santiago: It contains the 24 principles signed by the members of the 26th International Forum of Wealth Funds (IFSWF) representing member countries with the largest sovereign wealth funds In the world.

By 17% .. Education gives Kurdish students scholarships abroad Local | 10:05 - 17/03/2019 https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=38618 Baghdad Mawazine News The Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Qusay al-Suhail, said that the fellowships in Iraq will be 17% for the students of the Kurdistan region and will be provided to them. "The cultural networks abroad, which represent the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research will also include the share of the Kurds in it, as well as the provision of seats for Kurdish students of the martyrs in our Iraqi universities, according to the law of the Martyrs Foundation Aswa With the rest of the Iraqi people. " He added that "these pledges and guarantees came after hosting the Parliamentary Education Committee to the Minister of Education." Ended

Too funny!

Hey Synopsis maybe the sanctions were delayed for 90 days so this could be exposed and you are right they need to stop the auctions and sanction those Iraqi banks that are dealing with Iran

Reckon CF it's kinda difficult to break out of thousands of years of being stuck in a rut. This is business as usual and business has never been better. What's so damn wrong with trying to get along and work thru differences without having the specter of doom & gloom hanging overhead. It's just not there either. You can see the planned hostile political & economic takeover in the USA daily. Various degrees of Anarchy are taking place globally. Sometimes it appears as if the world is coming unraveled like a cheap suit.

Agree.. The goal post keeps getting moved to the point that I sometimes feel that it's been moved off the playing field ...

Is it that the truth. There are days I feel one step forward and 3 steps back, followed by a holiday.