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Lets hope that its because of them reducing liquidity! If we start seeing a bunch of branches that previously were selling all of a sudden stop and say they are out then I think we are heading in the right direction!! No currency being sold = no more money in CBI's pocket......more pressure to RV I would think....lets give shabbibibbooboii (lol) a reason to pull the trigger!!! I think we all have enough Dinar so lets just not buy anymore ya dig?!??!

This isent evidence of a 26th prediction....just shows that GE is doing a lot of work and does have energy contracts with Iraq....doesnt say they have stopped working or that they are waiting to get paid...doesnt even say that it all has or hasent been paid....I would love it to happen just as much as anyone else...but when you are saying you have evidence, specific to a 26th of July RV date, you actually need to come with evidence of what your claiming.....this does not prove anything close to an RV on the 26th.....just that GE is doing work with Iraq to help with the power situation.....nothing more....dont get so excited....yes this is good....but does not prove or guarentee anything....use your words more carefully when making posts...and please tell me how you can prove a PREDICTION if it hasent happened yet? just give this thing time everyone....it will happen....but lets not be so stuck on one date....we have to give them time to get their govt together first....thats whats most important to them and for the country right now...nothing else

This is nothing bad....this is just the normal process of THEM, getting their govt together......they are still new to this, it will take them time!! This isent smoke and mirrors....why is everything attributed to smoke and mirrors when it means a delay in things or if its something we dont wanna hear? Its simple due process to forming their govt....nothing else......I bet it takes those guys 3 hours just to figure out what they are going to wear for the day hahaha give them time...whats important to us, isent important to them......

Duh! Been trying to bring some reality to the picture.....everyone was sitting here thinking that the first meeting was going to happen and they would have the leaders of the blocs announced, pick the candidates for PM, vote, and then announce the PM and RV all in one meeting.....this stuff takes time people....we might not even see them pick a PM for another 30 days at least....you know they arent going to RV their currency without a full govt in place, they couldnt even handle a simple election, what makes you think all of a sudden they would pick up the pace and then juggle trying to decide on a PM and going ahead and revaluing the dinar all at the same time?? The ONLY thing they are worried about is getting a PM in place to try and settle some of the violence going on....plain and simple....we have to be patient....this isent going to happen over night...i like the opinions of sonny1 saying he thinks it will happen by end of July....if they get their s*&t together then maybe....but dont be surprised if getting everyone seated drags on till end of summer.....took 3 months just to figure out who won the election, what makes you think this is any different? I think we will be lucky at best to see this RV by end of year....so just sit back and be patient....you let yourself get all hyped up over one particular date because thats all that a couple of gurus are talking about....the 14th was the first meeting of parliment....nothing else....not even our own govt works that fast.....give it time people.....it will happen when it happens...no reason to be all sad and gloomy like sonny1 said just because everything didnt happen in one day....thats not how it works.....we made a smart investment but we got to let the govt of iraq figure themselves out first before anything....revaluing the currency is NOT the first thing on their mind right now and you just have to understand that....they only thing on their mind is figuring out who will be running the country the next 4 years....so lets sit back, crack open a beer and watch the little children over there play house....patience is a virtue and good things will come to those who can wait this out.......

Basically a meet and greet! they still cant even agree on candidates for the PM....we still have at least probly a month before anything goes down....we all just need to kick back and chill....took them 3 months just to figure out who won the elections....what makes you think they will have the PM selected and figured out in one meeting??

I would say probly a 6 or 7.....mark these words.....we are still AT LEAST another month away before they even get a PM selected....they take forever to do anything so what makes you believe that just cause they are having their first parliment meeting that everything will be figured out and that they will get together with IMF, CBI and RV? I still think we have a little ways to go....I honestly at this point feel that we will be lucky as hell to see the infamous RV of their currency by the end of the year....they just drag their feet with EVERYTHING possible.....getting a govt together is the most important part of all so that they can maybe show they have some kind of stability and look how long it has taken so far.....and that was just to figure out who actually won the elections by count of votes hahaha.....i pray im wrong....i really do...but i would be willing to bet for sure that we will see June and July go by without any RV....and then the next person will come out giving us a next date to look for just because they are having some kind of meeting....it will happen but we have to give them time to get their ducks in a row.....and someone needs to show them how to build some confidence in themselves hahaha....we know they can do it and the whole world knows they can do it....only people with doubt is themselves.....someone needs to go over there and hold them hostage so that they will speed this process up hahaha sheesh.....ive got alot of patience but come on.....there is no reason for this parlay!!! i was thinkin maybe if we get them all hooked on crack or get them addicted to speed......well you get the idea hahaha

i think your reaching a little far with this one....hahaha.....

When this thing hits banks will be fighting over you to put your money in their hands....at that time you will be able negotiate a pretty decent interest rates on CDs....just go to a bunch of different banks and see who gives you the best option...I would think CD's would be a pretty safe bet compared to anything else, but that's just me! I'll be completely satisfied off makin 50 to 60 grand a year just off interest alone.....that plus my good job = straight cash money!!!

All I can say is told ya so......been saying the counterfeit bills are another reason for them to be pulling in the larger bills with the three zero's.....just because it was ONCE the most secure currency in the world doesnt mean it will always be....thats why the US comes out with new bills every so often....when you have enough people sitting down with the only purpose to counterfeit something for profit, it WILL happen....another reason why i dont touch ebay for buying dinar....hope none of you got screwed!! GO RV!!!

Sorry you got ripped into....some people should be a bit nicer and more mature....your simply asking and want clearification and reasoning so you wont have any doubts....i see what your talking about as in regards to what happened in germany, but Iraq is not changing their money.....they still have the Dinar and have been using the Dinar for decades so thats not what is going on...the only thing that has been changing is the value...and well of course just the "face" and design on the dinar....for what Iraq is trying to accomplish in the world market place, and for what they have done as far as reducing inflation and pulling in excess liquidity it wouldnt make any sense for them to do anything close to a LOP....they are on track to raise the value of their currency and move forward, not take steps back.....you should look up past posts in LOP talk and do a little research on the situation at hand....i think you will find some of that stuff very informative....

Someone had already posted the new budget for Iraq this year a couple of days ago and just as i expected, no mention of a rate or any information that you could put together to come up with a new rate....There new budget is probly already being implemented....its just simply the plan for spending in different sectors for the rest of the year.....not sure why there was such a big deal placed on the budget....but please someone if im wrong and you have some facts to shine the light on please feel free to step forward and inform us all!

I dont think you have too much to worry about my friend.....with the CBI removing 70% or more of their liquidity from the markets and with inflation down to 3% now, there is no purpose for them to bunny ear at all.....it would prove a worthless move for them and would show weakness in their economy....now with a country dying for outside investors for the private sector, that wouldnt seem to be such a smart choice after all.....so just keep your head up and everything will turn out ok....heck if you want to look on the downside you will make a little profit anyway you look at it....i think thats pretty good for a downside dont you??

Nothing new my friend....those have been around for a long time!!! we are looking for anything smaller then a 50 and that is of legal tender!! then we can all jump for joy!!

Its not pumping, its keeping people coming back to act like they are actually following them and listening, and hanging off every word they say like its straight from god himself.....lol

I highly doubt it....All your looking at is what they have planned out for spending.....is this the oh so reclusive budget that some gurus have been talking about that holds the key to the rate for the new budget?? Please do share how you get a rate out this....me and plenty others would LOVE to hear it!!! Sorry if im being negative but it would seem once again that some dont know what they are talking about....unless i missed something in this grand budget that says the rate of their currency for this year lol........

Actually it was stated that the first parliment meeting will be the 14th where they will announce the leaders of the blocs and then it will still be 48 hours until they select the PM....so at the earliest we will hear of who the PM is until the 16th......

Now of course this is all depending on what our currency exchange will fall under as far as taxes go but if it does fall under capital gains (which i dont believe it does, but i could be wrong) it looks like we might be saved from paying taxes if this RV happens before the end of this year......Now lets talk about the other side of this....if our investment here falls under capital gains and our current govt knows this would you not put it past them to screw us over and somehow, someway have an influence on WHEN this RV goes down?? hahaha here is the side for the conspiracy theorists....that possibly could our govt be telling them, hey just wait till after the end of the year so we can get our cut....who knows?!?! but thats a crap load of money that our govt would miss out on if this was the case!! 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well they havent been named yet...not the leaders....only thing announced was two of the parties merging together and they are working on coming up with a leader for the bloc....the prime minister wont be named till 48 hours after the meeting next monday on the 14th........sooooo first meeting on 14th, UN meeting on 15th, and THEN possibly announcement of PM on the 16th......then the rest of the month to chill for a little before they actually do anything...i mean all this hard work those poor guys are probly pooped right now! hahaha what can i say folks? this IS iraq!!!

Iraq doesnt pay for the dinar that we have during an RV or RI or whatever the case maybe........its a simple currency exchange...they dont pay us for exchanging dinar to us dollars....our govt takes the dinar, gives us the equivelant in US funds and then in this case since its the bigger bills we mostly have they will probly be destroyed....but they could be held in the US reserves to back up the dollar...its hard to know what iraq wants done with the bills after the exchange but anyway you slice it Iraq doesnt pay for the dinar we purchased or pay for an RV.....the rate will be somewhat based on production in the country and goods and services offered and what rate they can justify it being at with out drowning themselves with inflation.....

Just to throw out there, the CBI has stated directly about how much they have pulled back in....now original numbers of currency in circulation were like 28 trillion dinar or somewhere in that area.....now even if you take 70% which is what they stated they have gotten back you still have a crap load of dinar out there!! there are still TRILLIONS out there to be used, sold and do whatever you please with, they have def pulled in enough of the dinar back to actually have positive value to the remaining currency in circulation when they feel like pulling the trigger...inflation has almost hit the floor, next to nothing, which will help in the matter of how much they can RV, with only 3% inflation rate they could easily hit close to a 1 to 1 exchange rate to the US dollar without the inflation jumping to uncontrollable rates.....if you do a little research on articles and statements that have come out of the offices of the CBI since 2003 you would agree more with the majority of people of here that its not so much of a longshot now....just a matter of WHEN it happens....not really IF.....not bashing....just shining some light.....GO RV!

Still talk of Allawi saying the IDQ is first on his agenda.....but not one lick of evidence proving that....please someone show me an article where allawi says he is going to RV first off......ill be waiting......and for a VERY long time...no such thing exists....good job of putting words in someones mouth.....thanks!

no....when they drop the zeros (remove larger bills from circulation) they will have to revalue so you will take your mil and exchange for us dollars........not exchange dinar for dinar....read previous posts on here....you might understand it better

yes not on the IDQ itself, but would have vast knowledge about basic currency and how redenominations, devalues, revalues and how they work or how its done....i mean XE is a currency trading site so its their job, its all they do is deal with currency....so do they know exactly what Iraq is going to do? nope....no one does....but with the info that was given to them by Iraq they are simply stating how the "redenomination" would work out in terms that we all could understand it. so not necessarily an opinion...thats how a redenomination works....they were told by iraq that they were going to redenominate by the end of 2010....and IF thats what they do, then what is stated in the article is how it would work

What im tryin to say is that there is no LOP....just removal of the three biggest bills because when it revalues there wont be a need for those huge bills....like we dont have the need anymore for the 1000 dollar bills and the ones that were bigger then that....a LOP would be a devaluation of sorts because they would have to change ALL the bills.....but all they are doing is removing the three zero bills....not the 500, 250, or 50.....those will still be in use....they are just going to be adding 25,10,5, and 1 dinar notes along with coins to the 500,250, and 50 notes.....they need to attract investors and show stability which wont happen if they devalue or what people say LOP.....the term LOP shouldnt really be used cause thats not what they are doing by removing the bigger bills from circulation.....the talk of exchanging the bigger bills for the newer dinar notes is for IN country....we investors will not be doing that....when they revalue and put the newer bills out we will be exchanging our bigger bills for US dollars at the current exchange rate which from what is being stated would be around 84 cents.....of course none of this is set in stone so we dont know 100 percent what the rates or what the RV will be.....but using the term LOP doesnt fit this senerio...thats not what they are doing....is that a better explanation?? im tryin bigfoot....i dont know how else to state it....can anyone else jump in too and maybe help me explain this? Deleting 3 zeros is there way of saying removing the bigger bills from circulation....25k, 10k, 5k and so on.....you have to remember they speak differently and use different terms then what we would to describe actions......removal of three zeros, deleting three zeros both equal removing the larger bills from circulation...thats all that means....doesnt mean LOP or anything else....just means removing the larger bills because the value of their currency is going to raise dramatically so there wont be a need to have those out in the marketplace......it would be like you or me going to the gas station and buying a 99cent drink with a 1000 dollar bill....how many registers that you know of will have that kind of change to give you?

There would not be a removal of the bigger bills without a change in its value.....we all wanna use the term LOP but thats not really what it is....its a redenomination.....a LOP would be removing every single bill period and having an entirely new currency out there but thats not the case....only a removal of the biggest bills, the ones with 3 zeros....and so for them to put out the smaller denomination bills would also require them to raise the value of the currency....there actions are to ease cash transactions in the marketplace by reducing amount of cash needed to be carried around....if they put out smaller bills and didnt change the value of the currency they would be making things worse!! what they are referring to when saying that a 25k dinar will worth 25 new dinar is the PURCHASING power.....that the new 25 dinar note will be equal in its PURCHASING power as to that of a previous 25k note....you cant just all of a sudden declare that all 25k notes are only actually 25 dinar....you have to stand behind the printed value on a bill, you have to honor your currency that you printed for what it is no matter what! Now when they do implement the smaller denoms out in circulation and they are trying to "remove the three zeros" at that point they will of had to RV so we arent going to be sitting there exchanging the bigger bills for the newer dinar, we will be exchanging our bigger bills for US dollars....hell at least I am...dont know bout all of you but im tryin to get off this ride ASAP!!!