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Here are the links in order with the article....and they work http://***********.wordpress.com/americas-money-history/ http://www.analysis-news.com/allfolder/Understanding-IV.htm http://www.analysis-news.com/allfolder/Understanding-V.htm http://www.ikhnews.com/news_view_3360.html ....you need google translate for this one http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&ie=UTF- 8&sl=ar&tl=en&u=http://www.inciraq.com/pages/view_paper.php%3Fid%3D201034890&rurl=translate.google.com http://www.iraqoilreport.com/oil/production-exports/iraq-prioritizes-southern-export-expansion-5033/ http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&sl=ar&tl=en&u=http://www.alsabaah.com/paper.php%3Fsource%3Dakbar%26mlf%3Dinterpage%26sid%3D102776&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com http://www.livemint.com/2009/08/02215137/Global-excess-liquidity-create.html http://www.cbi.iq/index.php?pid=Banknotes ....CBI website currently down link not working http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_dinar http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pC8I3J-1GSM http://www.forecasts.org/m1.htm http://www.dailypaul.com/node/65803 http://www.usdebtclock.org/ http://www.publiccentralbank.com/ http://www.scoreboard-canada.com/articles-reuters.htm http://everythingwarrenbuffett.blogspot.com/2009/11/reuters-rothschild-star-and-buffett.html http://www.theflucase.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=539%3Arothschild-controlled-news-wire-qreutersq-tries-to-hype-swine-flu-danger-in-china&catid=1%3Alatest-news&Itemid=64〈=en http://tobefree.wordpress.com/2010/05/10/the-rothschilds-world-kingpins-worth-500-trillion-they-own-reuters-ap-and-fix-the-price-of-gold%E2%80%A6/ http://***********.wordpress.com/2010/08/22/what-does-biblical-prophecy-say-about-iraq/

I know that towards the end of this statement it gets a little conspiracy for which I hold my own opinion on but the majority of this is factual in the reality scheme of this investment. I hope I don't get too many haters that want to scold me for this post.

JUST READ THIS....IT'S ALOT OF INFO BUT JUST READ IT ALL AND WHETHER THE LINKS WORK OR NOT IT CAN BE RESEARCHED. tbush Iraq Dinar Currency and the global interests This was posted in the ***** Chat Room [8:08:38 AM] *mike**nesaranowwon**: December 10, 2010 There Will Be A Revalue of The Iraqi Dinar Here’s Why by Marcus Curtis on November 24, 2010 {Disclaimer} First I want to say there are no guarantees. I want to try to tie together all the research I have been doing for the last few months. I want to explain why I believe Iraq’s currency will revalue, and what is really at stake here. The more I dug the more I found. I used Google Bing and yahoo search engines. I also used Google and Bing translators. Anyone can find out what I discovered. I am no guru. I don’t know what the rate will be. I don’t know when this will happen (although I believe it will be soon) I don’t have any people on the inside, or boots on the ground. I don’t sell dinar or represent those who do. All I believe is this. The dinar will gain great value and we will all make money on this. Links will be provided. Please take the time to click on the links. They will blow your mind!!! Now I will present my case. The first thing we need to know about the revalue is simple. We need an understanding of how a central bank works. What is a central bank? The US had 3 central banks. Each central bank was privately owned and operated. Each one had the power to print the government’s money, and charge the government interest for using that money. http://iraqcurrencyw…-money-history/ Our current central bank is the Federal Reserve. It has the power to create money, adjust interest rates, and it has the power to control a lot of the American economy. Yet the Federal Reserve is not part of the Federal Government, and it is an independently owned and operated. It is a private organization. Part 1 http://www.youtube.c…h?v=_dmPchuXIXQ Part 2 http://www.youtube.c…feature=related We also need to understand that the Iraqi central bank is also a privately owned bank. It operates and works the same way the Federal Reserve operates and works. It was the Rothschilds that owned and operated the first two central banks of the United States. They also own the Central Bank of Iraq. (CBI) They played a major role and even have part ownership in the Federal Reserve. A man by the name of Paul Wolfowitz who for a time served as head of the World Bank, (2 years) was also involved in the planning of the Iraqi invasion. He has ties with the Rothschilds. http://www.analysis-…standing-IV.htm Now let’s go back to The American Revolution. At this time there was a currency circulating called a Continental. (Colonial Script) The Rothschilds were openly condemning this currency and calling it worthless. At the same time they did this they were buying all the Continentals they could find. A man named Alexander Levine came to America. He was a Rothschild agent. He changed his name to Alexander Hamilton. He served under George Washington. He became his personal secretary. When Washington became president he made Hamilton the US Secretary of Treasury. Hamilton was able to revalue all the Continentals the Rothschilds owned. He was also successful in getting the first US Central Bank on a temporary basis. It had a 20 year charter and Washington signed it into law. http://www.analysis-…standing-VI.htm http://www.analysis-…rstanding-V.htm In recent years The US stock market has gone through some major adjustments. J.P. Morgan bought Bear Stearns and Bank of America bought Merrill Lynch. Both these companies had a major supply of Iraqi dinar and Iraqi bonds. Both J.P. Morgan and Bank of America already had a significant amount of Iraqi dinars and bonds before the purchase of these companies were made. Now they have greatly increased the supply of these assets. Companies like Lehman Brothers were allowed to go bankrupt because they had few if any Iraqi assets in their portfolio. It was J.P. Morgan himself that also assisted in the effort to establish the Federal Reserve. Goldman Sachs is another Rothschild/US company. It is flush with Iraqi bonds, and it is in the process of becoming a bank. This bank supposedly has 1.1 trillion in assets. The Oil Connection It has been stated in many threads over the forums that Iraq would not simply give it’s oil reserves away for a revalued currency. I have added to the confusion by stating that The Iraqi dinar is backed by oil. This was really a poor choice of words on my part. The Iraqi dinar is not a coupon that countries will use to get their oil. What I am trying to imply is this. The value of Iraq’s resources such as oil, Natural Gas, sulfur crops ect, will play a role in the value of the Iraqi dinar itself. The dinar itself is not backed by oil the same way the USD was once backed by gold. However oil will play a role in the revalue of Iraq’s currency. When you appraise the value of a home you don’t only look at the square footage alone to figure out the value. You take everything into account. Is their any finished carpentry work? Does it have a sprinkler system? Does it have Granit counter tops or Formica? How big is the garage? Is it one car, two cars, or three cars? How many finishing details does it have? Is the house in good shape or does it need repairs? That is kind of like the same role the resources play on the value of the dinar. This is because these resources will contribute to Iraq’s GDP. This is why oil will always play a part in the value of Iraq’s currency and their economy. http://www.ikhnews.c…_view_3360.html Baghdad (newsletter).Central appearance for confirmed mscharalbnk that economic growth will improve the Iraqi dinar, that prices will double the total output of Iraq. He said in a telephone (for news agency of news)–all indications are that there are optimistically that Iraqi economy powerful shift will move over the next two years in General and will improve Iraqi dinar particularly noting that such a shift will develop oil and up productivity to (4) million barrels of oil. Predicted for oil market prices remain high between 80 to 85 dollars a barrel as this will double the total output of Iraq with 100 percent of what will have on government revenues and income of the ECB. And between valid: that which helps Iraqi Ttoiraldinar versus aldolarho economic growth rates while the value of income and greater currency, adding: when national income value improves the Iraqi dinar and the level of income, wages and per capita gross domestic product is improving. And he said that the Central Bank’s monetary policy is now stable and stability affects three elements highlighted by rate level of stability during recent years, and even stable Central Bank reserves in the limits between 43 to 45 billion dollars a barrel./ http://translate.goo…late.google.com The economist said Ghazi Kanani that the reason for the stability of the dollar over the past five years due to the monetary policy the right of the Central Bank, expected to see the Iraqi dinar rise against the dollar next year. He said yesterday: Since 2004, the U.S. dollar Astaqrarolm effect the exchange rate, as this stability in the interest of consumers and traders, explained that the citizens and merchants were suffering greatly from volatility in the exchange rate, which was reflected in the prices of goods and services. He noted that the constant change at the exchange rate prior to 2004, the latest upheaval in the (economic and commercial) in the country, as well as central bank reserves , and that exchange rate stability They gave impetus to the Iraqi dinar. predicted Kanani said that improving the Iraqi dinar price during the coming year due to increased financial reserves, especially after Iraq signed the Convention on the (oil licensing round) that is, they Sneks revenues, with the budget of the oil. Kanani said his emphasis on the stability that this will affect the Iraqi Central Bank reserves and thus leads from the high value of the Iraqi dinar and stability. http://www.iraqoilre…expansion-5033/ Now hopefully everyone can see the roll oil and other resources will play and how it will cause the Iraqi dinar to gain value! Making the numbers fit People here have been struggling with large numbers and many are trying to come to any logical conclusion as to how this currency will gain value. It seems all the zeros don’t add up. Don’t worry congress gets just as confused when it sees lots of zeros too. It just boggles the mind. It has been said through numerous articles that Iraq has 25 trillion dinar in circulation. Some say even 27 trillion. This number is then compared to the world GDP and to the US money supply. It has been said that the US money supply is only 1.7 trillion some say 8.5 trillion. So it would be impossible to revalue a currency when that much dinar is in circulation. I would agree with this assumption if those numbers were correct. But these numbers are not correct. As we will see Just because Iraq has introduced 25 to 27 trillion dinars into circulation does not mean that all that money stayed in circulation. Iraq has pulled money out of circulation. Here is an article that surfaced in the spring of 2010. http://translate.goo…late.google.com Iraq : Iraq announces withdrawal of 70 percent of the excess liquidity Stressed the continuing support of residential, industrial and service Baghdad, Taha Hussein Iraq could pull a high proportion of excess liquidity for local market needs as well as continuing to support projects of industrial, service and housing. Director General of BADEA Abdul Hussein al-Yasiri at a news conference attended by “morning” that the bank has achieved an important work focuses on two aspects, namely the withdrawal of excess liquidity from circulation and put it into the market again as it allows taking 24 trillion and 800 billion dinars, representing 70 percent of the liquidity, adding to The second aspect of the directions of the Bank is to support a draft comprehensive banking and industrial sectors, service and construction projects, construction and allocation of part of loans to farmers and the financing of housing projects, especially that the country needs to build more than three million housing units, noting that the bank was allocated 6 trillion dinars for the purposes of housing, commerce and industry to by granting loans to the public sector such as the Ministry of Electricity, which granted a loan for the development of electricity and the purchase of bonds and remittances in the form of two waves exceeded Akiemha four trillion and 800 billion dinars, as well as giving companies and the Ministry of Industry more than a trillion and 115 billion dinars, a contribution to the implementation of rehabilitation projects and the development of these companies , in addition to the different loans granted by Bank staff and employees in government departments, different. Speaking of housing loans granted by Iraq for the citizens and that the bank used Balakari as his experience in granting housing loans to citizens Vakarz final amount exceeded 300 billion dinars, in addition to the prepared study in how to grant housing loans by him directly, because the bank wanted to avoid the mistakes that many international banks through the equation between the deposits and the type and between loans and advances, indicating the presence of short-term deposits and long-term and there are loans and lines of short, medium and long-term bank, which has the right vision for the future must be prepared to lend this budget and on this basis, as he put it. Director-General warned that the bank is still going to give the citizens of housing loans of $ 30 million, indicating that the bank is required possession of the citizen who wants to get this loan for a piece of land as fit for building residential unit more than others, as well as its continuation in the granting of commercial loans and industrial. Said that Iraq had set a ceiling for advances not to exceed one trillion dinars and is currently studying the possibility of developing a new roof or the lifting of the ceiling reached by the bank in the previous round. Here we see Iraq withdrawing money, but at the same time it is stressing that it will still have enough money to support projects for industrial, service, and housing. So what is excess liquidity? http://www.livemint….ity-create.html Becker provides a precise definition of “excess liquidity”, which is simply that if money supply expands faster than nominal gross domestic product (GDP), excess liquidity will be created. In other words, excess liquidity is the percentage year-on-year (y-o-y) money supply growth minus the percentage y-o-y growth in nominal GDP. It is evident that the Central bank of Iraq has been pulling money from the supply look at the CBI http://www.cbi.iq/in…p?pid=Banknotes The coins are already pulled from the money supply. http://en.wikipedia….iki/Iraqi_dinar “The notes were similar in design to notes issued by the Central Bank of Iraq in the 1970s and 1980s. A 500 dinars note was issued a year later, in October 2004. In the Kurdish regions of Iraq, the 50 dinar note is not in circulation. In 2004, new 25, 50, and 100 dinars coins were introduced. However, these coins proved to be unpopular & were withdrawn from circulation.” I don’t know exactly how much Iraqi dinar is in circulation and how much has been pulled at this point. I am still trying to determine this, but what about the US money supply? The US has 1.7 trillion dollars in printed currency this is called the M1 money supply. The US also has digital currency. The digital currency and the physical currency added together is called the M2 money supply. The M2 money supply is 8.5 trillion. The money supply is greatly expanded by the use of something called Fractional Reserve Banking. This is outlined in a book produced by the Federal Reserve called Modern Money Mechanics. This short video will explain how it works. http://www.youtube.c…h?v=pC8I3J-1GSM http://www.forecasts.org/m1.htm Now you know exactly how the money supply is expanded through the fractional reserve banking system. So take the base money supply and times it by 10 (the reserve limit) now you have 85 trillion as an expansion possibility. However the reserve requirement has been removed. http://www.dailypaul.com/node/65803 So ask yourself, If the federal reserve and the bankers can expand the money supply this much, How come the reserve requirements were removed? The money supply has been expanded even further through Quantitative Easing 1 and 2. The total US money supply is M3. Good luck finding an accurate number. So money = debt and debt = money. Every dollar in circulation represents someone else in debt. Now check out the US debt Clock http://www.usdebtclock.org/ Maybe we can kind of guess what the real M3 money supply is from calculating all this debt. Iraq is a world currency. It is spread throughout the world. So to determine if there is enough currency to revalue you need to look at the global picture, not just the United States currency. Keep in mind that there are about 150 central banks and don’t forget to take into account Fractional Reserve Banking for each bank! What about Redenomination? In the last redenomination article I read two things stood out. First the new government would need to approve the dinar. Second they will conduct a study to see if this is a good option. So if this is correct no decision has been made at this point. They would also need to determine the cost and build it into the budget. There has been an on again off again approach when discussing this topic. There are many articles that say they will not redenominate. I am going to quote from the Wikipedia link provided earlier. “According to a Reuters report on 11 Feb 2010, Iraq expects to redenominate its dinar currency by knocking three zeros off the nominal value of bank notes to facilitate currency transactions.” The Rothschild family owns Reuters. This is the same Rothschild family that owns the CBI. History is about to repeat itself once again. Remember earlier that the Rothschild’s ancestors purchased all the colonial currency they could find and at the same time they had their network of people declaring how worthless the currency was. Soon afterwards Alexander Hamilton restored value to the Colonial currency. The same thing is happening today. The Rothschilds are setting up their network of agents and friends with as much Iraqi dinar and bonds as possible via the stock market and acquisitions, and at the same time they say the currency will redenominate and is worthless through their media complex. Places like Reuters and AP provide the Rothschilds with their own personal forums. Then when the time is right Shabibi will revalue the dinar. http://www.publiccentralbank.com/ http://www.scoreboar…les-reuters.htm http://everythingwar…nd-buffett.html http://www.theflucas...id=64〈=en http://tobefree.word…-gold%E2%80%A6/ So if you clicked on the links and watched the video in the last link above you know that the Rothschilds also own the oil company Royal Dutch Shell. Look at the oil contracts in Iraq that have been given to shell. Look at the 17 billion gas contract signed by shell. In Conclusion When we consider an Iraqi dinar RV we need to look at the really big picture. There is more at stake here than a war-torn country that suffered under a brutal dictatorship and is merely trying to emerge from economic ruin. We are dealing with global interests that want to establish a foothold in this region. The global elite wants to dominate this region and establish their control over it’s recourses. The dinar is a tool to do just that. There is one more piece to this puzzle. All of this is setting the world stage for a one world government. A ruler (antichrist) will arise from this world government and all this can be found in biblical prophecy. http://iraqcurrencyw…say-about-iraq You may have to copy and paste the links in the above article as they are not live in the story! Some may be o.k. but some are not! Posted by John MacHaffie

Happy New Year!!!

That was beautiful.... Merry Christmas

[JEM] Being in the industry. Bandwidth....., when a site is taken down, big things are about to happen. Won't go into the details, but it is happening soon. [solidgold] JEM My son is techie - haven't talked to him yet this morning, but things he has explained to me in the past back up what you say. [Goin2Flathead] Let me weigh in on this. I have been in computers since the 70's and have a good amount of education and experience in the industry. If a site gets overwhelmed, it just purchases more bandwidth. It's an easy fix. By my calculations, they have been down at least 8 hours. My educated guess is that they have narrowed the bandwidth to display the error message because they are doing something in the background. I could be wrong...but I don't think so. IMO [JEM] I am tech supervisor for the largest cable company in the country, believe me it is going down. I see this all the time when we implement something new. [athena] follow the news and you can figure out what is happening [solidgold] Goin2Flathead JEM athena - This is just TOO Awesome TOO Exciting - I believe it is happening folks - Hang On rollercoaster [Mrs_Blaino ] We have all rushed to the Cbi in the past to check things when we were on high alert. We never crashed the site then. Seems like maybe this outage is their doing. [Goin2Flathead] ajob This is the Iraq's national bank website. They are not going to be overwhelmed. [athena] ajob doubt it [athena] solidgold it is for sure [JEM] bandwidth is just a matter of opening up the pipes, of course with a cost. [JEM] I'm sure CBI has their own dedicated servers. [JEM] They are probably testing it now. Working the bugs out. It really depends on them. [athena] so we have the hcl done, the cbi and cbk, no auctions, cbi says we need to raise value of currency, Maliki says we need to raise value, Delta says tv reporting now, 3rd reading of budget on saturdaay or sunday, forex bank screen now showing a code, Parliment working on a Day off, Dead line tomorrow, great news articles out! Sunday is our day! [athena] For anyone who is intrested the Central bank of Kuwait did not have a auction yesterday also [athena] Cbi is down for a reason and we all know what it is

Thanks Brian

maybe their figuring in the new salaries to match the upcoming and new value of the IQD.... just a thought

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-24/iraq-s-oil-minister-says-opec-might-meet-before-june-as-price-nears-100.html Iraq's Oil Minister Says OPEC Might Meet Before June as Price Nears $100 By Ola Galal - Dec 24, 2010 8:16 AM CT The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries may meet before its next regularly scheduled gathering in June, Iraqi Oil Minister Abdul Kareem al-Luaibi said today. He also said he is “happy” with the current price of oil and that Iraq’s output in 2011 will be 1.5 million barrels a day. The minister spoke to reporters in Cairo, where he is attending tomorrow’s meeting of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries. Crude oil for February delivery advanced $1.03 to $91.51 a barrel yesterday on the New York Mercantile Exchange, the highest settlement since Oct. 3, 2008. Prices are up 15 percent this year. OAPEC, seven of whose members are also part of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, was established in 1968 to foster the development of the petroleum industry in member states as part of an economic integration plan among Arab countries. OPEC, which accounts for 40 percent of global oil supply, decided at its last meeting in Quito, Ecuador, on Dec. 11 to maintain its production of 24.845 million-barrel-a-day target, set in 2008.

http://gulftoday.ae/portal/7e87caf6-fc9e-4656-85fa-c59e9ec6604c.aspx Iran hopes Iraq new cabinet gets ‘occupiers’ out December 24, 2010 TEHRAN: Iran expressed hope on Thursday that the new Iraqi government would help stabilise the war-torn country and lead to the exit of the “occupiers,” the ISNA news agency reported. “The Islamic Republic of Iran considers the formation of the new Iraq government an important and positive step forward in Iraq’s development and hopes that this move leads to more stability, security and welfare of the Iraqi people,” foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast was quoted as saying by ISNA. Mehmanparast said that Tehran hopes that the formation of the new government will lead to “complete independence and exit of occupiers.” Iran has regularly called for US troops to leave Iraq, citing their presence as the main cause of violence in its western neighbour. The Iraqi parliament on Tuesday passed a vote of confidence in a national unity government formed by premier Nouri Al Maliki after more than nine months of political wrangling following an inconclusive general election. In mid-November Tehran welcomed Iraq’s new power-sharing pact, which returned Maliki, a Shiite, as premier, left Jalal Talabani, a Kurd, as president and a Sunni Arab, Osama Al Nujaifi, from ex-premier Iyad Allawi’s Iraqiya bloc as parliament speaker. Iraqi women lawmakers are protesting the lack of female representation in the new government formed earlier this week. Women make up a quarter of the 325-seat parliament but were given only two ministries in the 44-member cabinet that was approved after a nine-month delay. Those are relatively minor ministries without portfolios _ meaning they don’t have a budget. The ministry in charge of women’s affairs was one of the two. But the new minister stepped down in protest, citing the lack of fellow women in other posts. One female lawmaker, Safiyah al-Suhail, said on Thursday that a group of about 50 female legislators are appealing to the nation’s top political leaders, the UN and the Arab League in hopes of getting more cabinet posts for women. The deal came after an eight-month-long vacuum of power accompanied by worrisome outbreaks of violence as Iraq’s sectarian factions struggled to form a government in the wake of March 7 elections. Iran and Saddam Hussein’s Iraq fought a bloody eight-year war in the 1980s which left almost a million people dead on both sides.

***** *****: Info Out of Baghdad 12-23-10 All, This came from one of my contacts who has sources in Baghdad and throughout Iraq… - Received lengthy text message stating the new government was officially announced throughout the country this morning. - This caused people to gather and celebrate this morning. - The intercoms and news media announced to the people that the new government was indeed formed, and everything was in place. - They continued in their announcement to state something to this effect to the people of Iraq, “Now the people of Iraq will be able to enjoy the financial future the new government will be able to afford them, and Iraq will now be able to join the community of Nations.” Take it for just what it is. Do NOT assume this means they announced their RV. This is HUGE news for Iraq, and bodes well for our investment. It appears Iraq is drawing ever closer.

I know that were just waiting on Shabibi at this point but thought if others were interested in all of the nominies.....here they are. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-20/maliki-may-announce-partial-iraqi-cabinet-excluding-security-portfolios.html The following list of nominees was read out by al-Maliki during the parliament vote: 1. Nuri al-Maliki: prime minister, interim minister of defense, interior, national security 2. Roz Nuri Shawis: deputy prime minister, interim trade minister 3. Hussain al-Shahristani: deputy prime minister, interim electricity minister 4. Saleh Mutlaq: deputy prime minister 5. Abul Kareem al-Luaibi: oil minister 6. Hoshyar Zebari: foreign affairs minister, interim women’s affairs minister 7. Rafih al-Issawi: finance minister 8. Ali al-Adib: higher education, scientific research minister, interim state minister for national interests 9. Hadi al-Ameri: transportation minister 10. Mohamad Ali Tamim: education minister 11. Majid Mohamad Amin: health minister 12. Ahmad Nasser Delli: industry and minerals minister 13. Ezzedin Abdallah Hussein: agriculture minister 14. Muhannad Salman as-Saadi: water resources minister 15. Mohamad Sahib al-Darraji: reconstruction and housing minister, interim municipality and public works minister 16. Jassem Mohamad Jaafar: sports, youth minister 17. Hassan al-Shummari: justice minister 18. Mohamad Tawfiq Allawi: telecommunication minister 19. Nassar al-Rubae: labor, social affairs minister, interim planning minister 20. Abdul Kareem Ali Yassin: science, technology minister 21. Sarkoun Lazar Salaywa: environment minister 22. Saadun al-Dulaimi: culture minister 23. Liwaa Smaissem: tourism, antiquities minister 24. Mohamad al-Soudani: human rights minister 25. Din Dar Najman Shafiq: emigration and immigrants minister, interim state minister for civil society affairs 26. Ali al-Sajri: state minister for foreign affairs 27. Safaaeddin al-Safi: state minister for parliament affairs 28. Ali al-Dabbagh: state minister, government spokesman 29. Torhan Muzhar Hassan: state minister for provincial affairs 30. Hassan as-Sari: state minister without portfolio 31. Bushra Hussein Saleh: state minister without portfolio 32. Diaa Nejm al-Assadi: state minister without portfolio 33. Abdel Mahdi Hassan al-Matayri: state minister without portfolio 34. Yassin Hassan Mohamad Ahmad: state minister without portfolio 35. Salah Muzahem Darwish: state minister without portfolio

1.80 to 2.30

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-20/maliki-may-announce-partial-iraqi-cabinet-excluding-security-portfolios.html Al-Maliki Presents Partial Lineup to Create Iraqi National Unity Cabinet By Nayla Razzouk and Kadhim Ajrash - Dec 20, 2010 10:59 AM CT inShareMore Business Exchange Buzz up! Digg Print Email Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki submitted a partial lineup of nominees for a national-unity cabinet to the parliament speaker, eight months after elections. Lawmakers will vote on the choices in a session starting tomorrow at 2 p.m. Baghdad time, Speaker Usama al-Nujaifi said in a joint news conference in the capital with the prime minister after al-Maliki presented the list to him today. Al-Maliki said the names will be disclosed by parliament tomorrow. He will keep the security portfolios of defense, interior and national security for himself until a deal is reached with other political groups, the government spokesman, Ali al-Dabbagh, said earlier today in a phone interview. Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani and Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari will remain in the posts, al-Dabbagh said. Political paralysis and disputes followed the March 7 parliamentary vote, which produced no clear winner. A new government would begin to take office as the U.S. prepares to pull out its remaining troops by the end of 2011. The Iraqi leadership will have to deal with violence, a struggling economy and long-standing disputes over internal boundaries and rights to the country’s oil and gas reserves. Disagreements about the distribution of posts have been holding up completion of the nominations, said Hussein al- Assadi, a lawmaker in al-Maliki’s group. The positions that have been decided on comprise more than half the cabinet, said Sherwan al-Waili, national security minister and a member of al-Maliki’s parliamentary bloc. Al-Shahristani, Zebari Discussions are continuing on whether al-Shahristani should be given the job of deputy prime minister for energy affairs instead of keeping the Oil Ministry role, said Abdul Hadi al- Hassani, a member of al-Maliki’s bloc. Zebari was chosen to retain the Foreign Ministry because he “has proven to be very successful and he is the sole candidate to the position as presented by the Kurdish coalition,” he said. Under the constitution, al-Maliki had 30 days in which to name a cabinet after being asked to form a government for his second term in office by President Jalal Talabani on Nov. 25. Al-Maliki had pledged to form his government by Dec. 15. The Shiite Muslim prime minister’s delay in announcing the cabinet reflects difficulties in creating a government that includes all of Iraq’s ethnic and religious groups. ‘Ideological Loggerheads’ “The diverse nature of the new government almost guarantees that it will fail,” the London-based Control Risks Group said in a report before the positions were announced. “The various component parties remain at ideological loggerheads with one another and are unlikely to be able to unite sufficiently to work together.” The inclusion in the government of the Iraqiyah bloc led by former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, which was backed mostly by Sunni Muslim and secular voters, bodes well for short-term stability, according to Control Risks. Allawi had threatened several times not to participate in a al-Maliki-led government, claiming the premier had stolen the elections. As part of the coalition deal, Allawi was named to head the new National Council for Strategic Policies. Maliki’s State of Law alliance won 89 seats in the March elections, while Iraqiyah secured 91 seats and Kurdish parties took 43. State of Law merged with former Shiite rivals afterward to form the Iraqi National Alliance, gaining a combined total of 159 seats, and was later able to draw in lawmakers from other groups to get the 163 seats needed for a governing coalition in the 325-seat parliament.

The GOI is working out the small print... no big deal. After the USNC lifting most of the important sections of Chapter 7 do you not think that the members of the GOI are not doing a tap dance because their country is now being sucked into the great tunnel of white light? Everybody relax..... The Iraqi's are more excited than we are at this point to accomplish the finali due to trade embargo's ect. being lifted and that the IQD will attain a true value. Right on schedule IMO. Like I said the big issues are over and now the editors of this book are just making a few corrections so that this will be a #1 seller. Merry Christmas

Salah al-Jubouri: Maliki and Nujaifi meet at five in the evening to discuss the announcement of new cabinet Salah al-Jubouri: Maliki and Nujaifi meet at five in the evening to discuss the announcement of new cabinet بواسطة: mano By: mano بتاريخ : الإثنين 20-12-2010 03:29 مساء Date: Monday 12/20/2010 15:29 بغداد(الاخبارية)..اكد النائب عن كتلة الحوار الوطني في القائمة العراقية صلاح الجبوري، ان المالكي سيحضر الى البرلمان الساعة الخامسة مساءاًلعقد اجتماع منفرد مع رئيس مجلس النواب اسامة النجيفي لبحث عرض التشكيلة الوزارية المقبلة. Baghdad (news) .. MP for the National Dialogue bloc in the Iraqi List, Salah al-Jubouri, said al-Maliki to attend the parliament at the Fifth Msaoualakd one meeting with the Chairman of the House of Representatives to discuss Osama Nujaifi view the next cabinet reshuffle. واضاف الجبوري(للوكالة الاخبارية للانباء ان رئيس مجلس النواب كان قد رفع جلسة اليوم الى الساعة الحادية عشر من يوم غد الثلاثاء اكد وزير الدولة لشؤون مجلس النواب صفاء الدين صافي ان مكتب رئيس الوزراء ابلغه ان المكلف بتشكيل الحكومة نوري المالكي سيحضر لمجلس النواب ساعة الرابعة عصرا من هذا اليوم. "Jibouri (of the Agency by news that the President of the House of Representatives had adjourned today to the eleventh hour on Tuesday Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Safa al-Din net that the prime minister's office told him that Prime Minister-designate Nuri al-Maliki would attend the House of Representatives hour fourth era of this day. من ناحية اخرى تضاربت الانباء حول اعلان التشكيلة الحكومية فقد نقلت مصادر صحفية عن رئيس مجلس النواب ان لاجلسة لعرض تشكيلة الحكومة اليوم . Meanwhile, conflicting reports about the announcement of the government formation was quoted by press sources for the President of the House of Representatives that seated him to showcase the government today. فقد اكد وزير الدولة لشؤون مجلس النواب صفاء الدين صافي ان مكتب رئيس الوزراء ابلغه ان المكلف بتشكيل الحكومة نوري المالكي سيحضر لمجلس النواب ساعة الرابعة عصرا من هذا اليوم. The Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Safa al-Din Safi's office informed him that the Prime Minister Prime Minister-designate Nuri al-Maliki would attend the House of Representatives pm the fourth hour of the day. وقال الصافي في تصريح (للوكالة الاخبارية للانباء) اليوم الاثنين: انه اتصل بمكتب المالكي وابلغه عن تضارب الانباء عن اعلان تشكيل الحكومة في مجلس النواب، من خلال تصريحات اعضاء المجلس ووسائل الاعلام، مبينا ان المكتب اكد حضور المالكي في تمام الساعة الرابعة عصرا الى مجلس لعرض الوزراء المتفق عليهم./انتهى/(7). Safi said in a statement (of the Agency news) said on Monday: that he contacted the Office of the al-Maliki and told him the conflict of the news announcement of the formation of the Government in the House of Representatives, through the statements of members of the council and the media, indicating that office confirmed the presence of al-Maliki at the fourth afternoon to the Council to view Ministers agreed on them. / Finished / (7).

Just tell your wife to relax and have some Makers Mark and that she will thank you later when this is all over....

* Frank26 Post: 12/19/10 (Iraq Govt. News for Sunday) December 19, 2010 04:55 pm How about if I show an article that may assure You of a GOI for tomorrow. I promise ……………You have NOT seen it. M took from the people for 9 months BUT………….He stole from A. If A says …………..I’m sorry I would ask him why do You apologize to HIM?!!! IMO……………To start the GOI……………….Tomorrow. Happy Birthday tomorrow ……………Iraq. Please enjoy Family…….My present to You: Good morning! I recieved this straight out of Iraq an hour ago It is big as A Is congratulating all and is Ready! Copy?/Ping3 Sir NE/ Sent from xxxxxxxxGod Bless! Begin forwarded message: From: MediaOffice Date: December 19, 2010 7:57:47 AM CST To: xxxxxxxxxxxxx@sbcglobal.net Subject: Dr. Ayad Allawi Speech On 19 Dec 2010 Reply-To: media@wifaq.com بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم يا أبناء الشعب العراقي الكريم السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته يمر العراق الآن بمرحلة غاية في الأهمية من تأريخه الحديث، فبلدنا الحبيب ما زال يواجه ضعفاً على الأصعدة الأمنية والاقتصادية والاجتماعية والسياسية، والمؤسسات ما زالت تشتكي الوهن الشديد. لقد استغرقت العملية السياسية وقتا طويلا وشابتها أحداثٌ مؤسفة وإنحرافات قبل الانتخابات وأثنائها وبعدها، بالإضافة إلى التدخل الأجنبي السلبي الذي نعرفه جميعا. وعلى الرغم من كل هذا علينا ان نوجه الاهتمام لقضايا شعبنا الاساسية. لقد حصلت العراقية بسبب برنامجها على تأييد الملايين من شعبنا الصابر في مختلف أنحاء البلاد، وبمقاعد أكثر من أية كتلة أخرى شاركت في الانتخابات. وعلى الرغم من هذا وبعد أن تصدت لنا قوى اقليمية وكذلك المحكمة الاتحادية برأيها التعسفي ورغبة الكثير من أعضاء العراقية للمشاركة في خدمة الشعب ومن أجل سلامة شعب العراق ووحدته وتحقيق التقدم الوطني والسلم الاهلي، وهو ما كان وسيظل دائما أهم أولوياتنا، فقد اخترنا نحن في كتلة العراقية التنازل عن حقنا الدستوري والانتخابي في تشكيل الحكومة الجديدة، شرط أن يتم احترام الاتفاقيات السياسية التي تم التوصل إليها في العاشر من تشرين وفق مبادرة الأخ مسعود البارزاني الايجابية وفي مقدمة ذلك اعتماد مباديء الشراكة الوطنية الفعلية في ادارة الحكم وتحقيق المصالحة الوطنية الحقيقية وبناء الدولة، واحتراماً لآمال ملايين العراقيين الذين صوتوا لصالحنا والذين لن ننسى أبدا أصواتهم التي شرفونا بمنحنا إياها وائتمنونا عليها. نحن في كتلة العراقية سنقوم بدورنا الفعال والمنتج والمتعاون وفي إطار النوايا الحسنة وتدعيم أواصر الثقة طالما وجدنا صدى لهذه الروح من شركائنا في العملية السياسية، التزاماً بالاتفاقيات التي تم اعتمادها وسنقوم بهذا في مواقع المسؤلية كافة، والتي سيضطلع بها أعضاؤنا بما يتوافق مع حقوقنا الانتخابية، وسوف نقوم بدورنا في قيادة مجلس النواب الجديد، بيت الشعب ومعقل آمالهم، لتمرير التشريعات والاصلاحات اللازمة والرقابة المسؤولة على السلطة التنفيذية لتحسين حياة جميع العراقيين. وسنقوم بدورنا في قيادة المجلس الوطني للسياسات العليا كما تم إقراره وإقرار هيكليته وصلاحياته ليكون رائداً في دوره، وفقا لاتفاقية الشراكة الوطنية الحقيقية في قيادة السلطة السياسية. علماً ان هذا المجلس لا يهدف إلى إضعاف أو تقويض السلطات التنفيذية والتشريعية والقضائية ولكن الى تقويتها عن طريق القيام بدور ضامن لدفع البرامج والاصلاحات المتفق عليها في مجال السياسات العليا والعمل على تحقيق التوافق السياسي وكمؤسسة مهمة لممارسة الشراكة الوطنية الحقيقية. أخواتي وأخواني الاعزاء، لم ولن يكن هدف كتلة العراقية هو الحصول على مناصبٍ لأعضائها، فجميعهم من القادة الوطنيين الأكفاء، حيث سعت الكتلة دوماً إلى تحقيق المشروع الوطني في العراق وتحقيق آمال العراقيين. ومن هذا المنطلق، نود أن نهنيء الأخ جلال طالباني لانتخابه رئيسا للجمهورية والأخ أسامة النجيفي على انتخابه رئيسا لمجلس النواب والأخ نوري المالكي لاختياره من قبل السيد رئيس الجمهورية لتشكيل الحكومة الجديدة بصفته رئيسا للوزراء آملين لحكومته كل النجاح. ونود أيضا أن نشكر كل السياسيين الذين دعموا بجهد وموضوعية هذا العمل. إن العقبات التي نواجهها اليوم هي كبيرة وخطيرة، ولعل أفضل الطرق للتغلب على هذه العقبات هو العمل معا بصورة بناءة لتحقيق الأهداف المرجوة وأن نذلل الصعاب ونطوي سجل الخلاف والاختلاف بصورة سلمية ومحترمة وفي إطار الديمقراطية الحقة وبناء المستقبل المشرق واللائق. عاش العراق والرحمة لشهدائنا والعزة لشعبنا والسلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته Bissmilah Arrahman Arrahim, Fellow Iraqis, Assalaamu alaikum wa rahmat ullah wa barakaatuh, Iraq is at a very important moment in its history. Our beloved country is weak economically, socially and politically; and its institutions are extremely feeble. The political process has taken a long time, and has suffered from some unfortunate events and irregularities before, during, and since the elections, as well as from negative foreign interferences which are well-known to all of you. Yet despite all this, we have to focus our attention on the main concerns of our people. Because of its program, the Iraqiyya has received the support of millions of our enduring people all across the country; winning more seats than any other list in the elections. Despite this, and after being faced with regional powers and the arbitrary ruling of the Federal Court, as a lot of the Iraqiyya members wish to serve our people, for the safety and unity of the Iraqi people, and to achieve national progress and peace, which is now and always our first priority, we as Iraqiyya have chosen to forego our constitutional and electoral right to form the next government, provided that the political agreements reached on the tenth of November as per the initiative of Mr. Masoud are respected. At the forefront of this agreement comes the adoption of the principles of true national partnership in governance, achieving national reconciliation, and building the state. This comes as a sign of respect for the aspirations of the millions of Iraqis who have voted for Iraqiyya, and who entrusted and honored us with their voices that we will never forget. As Iraqiyya, we will play our role actively, productively and cooperatively, and in a spirit of good faith and trust-building, as long as we find that this spirit is echoed and reciprocated by our partners in the political process. We will be committed to the reached agreements and we will do this through all the positions of authority to be filled by our members in line with our electoral rights. We will play our part in leading the new Council of Representatives, the house of the people and flagship of their hope, to enact the necessary legislations and reforms and exercise responsible monitoring of the Executive Authority to improve the life of all Iraqis. We will play our part in leading the National Council for Higher Policies, as is established and according to its approved structure and competence, to perform its pioneering role in accordance with an agreement for true national partnership in the leadership of the political authority. The aim of this Council is not to weaken or undermine the Executive, Legislative or Judiciary Authorities, but rather to strengthen them by playing the role of a guarantor to push the agreed upon programs and reforms in areas of higher policies; working to achieve political agreement; and as a vital institution to exercise true national partnership. Dear Brethren, The Iraqiyya List is not, and never has been, about obtaining positions for its members, all of whom are patriotic and capable. It has always sought to achieve the national unity project in Iraq and fulfilling the main hopes and aspirations of Iraqis. In this spirit we would like to congratulate Mr. Jalal Al-Talabani on being elected President of the Republic, Mr. Usama Al-Nujaifi on being elected President of the Council of Representatives, and Mr. Nouri Al-Maliki on his nomination by the President of the Republic to form the next government as Prime Minister, wishing his government all success. We would also like to thank all the political figures that objectively supported this task. The big problems we face today are huge and perilous. The best way to overcome these is to work together productively to achieve the goals upon which we can all agree, overcome the difficulties and let go of disagreements and conflicts peacefully, respectfully and in the spirit of true democracy to build a future that is prosperous and decent. Long live the Iraqi people and may Allah have mercy on the souls of our martyrs, and grant grace to our people. Assalaamu alaikum ————————————————————————————— القائمة العراقية www.aliraqiah.com www.baghdad-news.com موقع جريدة بغداد www.wifaq.com www.ayadallawi.com موقع أياد علاوي For the Arabic language website please visit: www.wifaq.com www.ayadallawi.com To visit the site of Baghdad newspaper: www.baghdad-news.com KTF, Frank…………… Aloha…..

http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentType=EDITORIAL&channelId=-1073753405&programId=1080132918&contentId=8482096&tabId=1 Iraq’s Allawisays will join Maliki government Story Dated: Sunday, December 19, 2010 20:30 hrs IST Text Size Share By Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Former prime minister Iyad Allawi, whose cross-sectarian coalition won the most seats in Iraq's March election, said on Sunday he will join Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's government. Allawi's decision, after weeks of wavering, cleared another potential hurdle in long and contentious negotiations between Iraq's Shi'ite, Sunni and Kurdish political blocs to form a new government after an inconclusive election. Maliki is to unveil his cabinet in parliament on Monday. The participation of Allawi and Iraqiya could help ease concern about renewed bloodshed as Iraq emerges from years of war and U.S. troops withdraw completely by the end of 2011. Allawi, a secular Shi'ite, had wanted to unseat Shi'ite premier Maliki after his Iraqiya bloc won 91 seats in the new parliament with strong backing from Iraq's minority Sunnis. He had warned that any attempt to marginalise his coalition could reinvigorate a weakened but still lethal insurgency. Washington and Iraq's Sunni Arab neighbours were anxious to ensure that Allawi's bloc was represented in the government. Allawi said he would accept a job as head of a national strategic policy council that was offered in a power-sharing deal involving Maliki and Kurdish president Masoud Barzani on Nov. 10. "We will accept the leadership of this council based on the agreements that have occurred and have been signed between me and Mr Barzani and Mr Maliki," Allawi told a news conference. "So this is concluded. If there is any change to the agreements on power, then there will be a different story all together." Allawi had been indecisive about joining the government after the Nov. 10 accord between the political factions that put Maliki on course for a second term as premier. The accord also returned Kurd Jalal Talabani to the presidency and gave Sunni Osama al-Nujaifi the speaker's post in parliament.

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2132450&Language=en Kuwait to help Iraq within UNSC''s resolutions frame -- FM Politics 12/19/2010 6:18:00 PM KUWAIT, Dec 19 (KUNA) -- Kuwait and Iraq will work together to help Baghdad fulfill its commitements to Kuwait within the framework of the UNSC resolutions, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Dr. Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah said here Sunday. Speaking to the press before departing on an Arab tour that will include Tunisia, Egypt, and Sudan, Sheikh Mohammad stressed that Kuwait would aid Iraq in issues related to both countries, adding that Kuwait welcomed the UNSC's resolutions 1956, 57, 58 in regards to the Iraqi development fund, weapons of mass destructions (WMDs), and the UN oil-for-food program. He also added that Kuwait was pleased by the Iraqi commitement to fulfill UNSC's resolutions concering Kuwait. Sheikh Mohammad also touched on the statements by Iraqi parliament Speaker Ossam Al-Najifi concerning the issue, stressing that there were no pending files between Kuwait and Iraq; however, there were UNSC resolutions which Iraq should fulfill. In regards to the Arab tour, Sheikh Mohammad noted that he would be heading the joint committees meetings in the countries which he will tour as a measure to bolster relations with them. (end) jy.gta KUNA 191818 Dec 10NNNN

Yep, you guessed it... it is my money receiveth right palm.

WOW... all of a sudden my palm is itching.

That is the asking price, no big deal.... you want to see it going DOWN DOWN DOWN.. Thanks for the post though

why are there negatives to your thank you..... I don't get it

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-ml-iraq-electricity,0,7854496.story Iraq says it will help investors make a profit with power plants to meet electricity demands Associated Press 11:03 a.m. EST, December 18, 2010 BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq asked investors Saturday to compete to build four power plants and help the country meet burgeoning electricity demands, promising a healthy profit for the winners. At a meeting of about 30 local and international investors, acting Electricity Minister Hussain al-Shahristani assured the companies that governmental or legal obstacles would be removed for firms that won the right to build and operate the plants. "I can assure you that the government is interested in implementing these projects and will fully cooperate with the winners," al-Shahristani told the investors. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stay on top of the news: Get breaking new alerts sent directly to your phone -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Providing Iraqis with electricity is a top priority for the government after power shortages across the country last summer spurred demonstrations that turned deadly when security forces fired into crowds. Al-Shahristani urged the firms to look past Iraq's dangers and focus on potential payoffs. "It is true that you could hear about some sabotage attacks in Iraq and some laws that could discourage the investors, but you have to look to the potential of this country," al-Shahristani said. At issue are plans for Iraq to give investors 22 gas fired turbines in exchange for building, maintaining and operating power plants. The electricity would then be sold to the Iraqi government to distribute across the country. Billions of dollars have been spent to rebuild Iraq's electricity network, which was damaged by U.S. shelling during the 1991 Gulf War, the 2003 invasion, subsequent looting and insurgent attacks. The national power grid, however, is still unable to provide more than seven hours of daily power in Baghdad alone. Other areas across Iraq get even less electricity. The planned power plants, to be built in four southern provinces, will add 2,750 megawatts to Iraq's current production of about 7,000 megawatts daily — about half of the actual demand. Ten of the turbines will be installed in Basra province, with an additional four each in Diwaniya, Muthanna and Maysan provinces. Each turbine is expected to produce 125 megawatts daily. Iraq projects it will produce 13,000 megawatts daily by 2014, said Adel Hameed Mahdi, an adviser to al-Shahristani. Fuel for the planned facilities will come from nearby oil and gas fields that are being developed by international energy companies, Mahdi said. He said it will take two years to build the plants. The deadline to submit proposals is mid-January, and the contracts will be awarded in May. Encouraged by Iraq's improved security and new laws to make foreign investment easier, several firms said they were interested. "The security situation is much better than it was maybe two or three years ago," said Steve Doughty, energy director at UK-based Harlow International, a development and engineering firm that will bid for the project. "At the moment we don't have any real worries." Iraq also is hoping to sign a multibillion-dollar deal with Royal Dutch Shell PLC and Japan's Mitsubishi Corporation in southern oil fields to help boost power generation.