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Oh the irony......will Sadr actually be the one to bring the blocs together in order to get this done?!?! Ahrar Bloc: Iraq government formed upon Sadr initiative Tuesday, May 31, 2011 12:16 GMT Iraq’s Ahrar bloc affirmed that the present government has been formed upon the initiative of Sadr bloc leader Moqtada Al Sadr. Al Sadr is able to resolve rows between Al Iraqiya and State of Law Coalition, the bloc said. Ahrar MP Riad Al Zaydi told Alsumarianews that the political committee of Sadr’s Front will likely mediate between the State of Law and Al Iraqiya to resolve the crisis affirming that the issue of strategic national policy council is not complicated. It can be resolved if all political parties convene together. Al Ahrar bloc MP Liqaa’ Al Yassin announced that the party will gather votes against any request by the government to extend the presence of US Forces in Iraq by the end of 2011. http://www.alsumaria.tv/en/Iraq-News/1-64769-Ahrar-Bloc%3A-Iraq-government-formed-upon-Sadr-initiative.html

A war of ego's. They will take turns stalling until the 11th hour. IMO. Peace

Love this line....... He added that “the Iraqi Central Bank seeks to coordinate financial and monetary transactions with neighboring countries that would foster the economic reality in the country.” Transactions sure would be easier if their currency was in line with one another. We can only hope. Peace

Kuwait: We are ready to sign a treaty to reassure Iraq's port on the Mubarak Al-Kabeer ... Baghdad, State of Kuwait expressed their readiness to sign the treaty include assurances to the Iraqi side about the lack of impact of the draft port of Mubarak Al-Kabeer to build the port of Faw and Iraq's territorial waters, stressing that this project will bring economic benefit common to both countries. The Media Director of the Ministry of State for Foreign Affairs of Iraq Laos Tamimi said in an interview for "Alsumaria News", "State Minister Ali Alsjeri, received in his office today, the Kuwaiti ambassador to Iraq, to the insured and discussed the main issues between the two sides, including the construction of the Mubarak Al-Kabeer, and its consequences." Tamimi, that "the Kuwaiti Ambassador, he stressed that his country wanted to reassure the Iraqi people and Government that the draft port of Mubarak Al-Kabeer will not hinder the project Faw and Iraq's territorial waters," adding that "the Kuwaiti ambassador declared its readiness to sign the treaty in this regard." He added that "Kuwaiti ambassador brought a set of maps and satellite photos confirmed during Mubarak's project away from the draft FAO distance 20 km, as well as to achieve economic benefit for both countries." Tamimi and that "the two sides agreed to activate the other functional commissions to resolve all the files between the two countries, including the file remains and the Kuwaiti archives." The Iraqi Transport Minister Hadi al-Amiri said during a press conference held yesterday in Basra province, and attended "Alsumaria News", Kuwait's decision to build a port Mubarak Al-Kabir near the Iraqi coast is a violation of the UN resolution adopted by the Security Council No. 833. He pointed out that the waterway will be within the Iraqi port of Kuwait, noting that construction of the port up to the border of water drawn by resolution 833 and in it a great injustice on Iraq. " Under the UN Security Council Resolution No. 833 which was issued on 27 March 1993, the adoption of the findings of the team demarcation of Kuwaiti-Iraqi border, the promise of its own demarcation of the border once and asked to respect that decision and commitment, non-violation of the bilateral border between Kuwait and Iraq, including border shipping . And proceeded to Kuwait, the establishment of the port of Mubarak the Great, the sixth of April, after exactly one year of the Declaration on the development and the Iraqi transport ministry the foundation stone for the construction of the port of Faw Iraq, and drew the Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs and Development Minister of Kuwait Ahmed Al-Fahd that the project, which is contracted to create Hyundai Korean, involves the big goals, and achieve the hopes and aspirations of the Kuwaiti people, and would turn Kuwait into a financial and commercial center at the regional and global levels, officials believe the Iraqi experts that the port of Kuwait will diminish the importance of Iraqi ports, and restrict navigation in the Canal Creek Abdullah, leading to the ports of Umm Qasr and Khor Al-Zubair, and make the draft port of Faw worthless. The Ministry of Transport and placed in April of last year 2010, the foundation stone for the port project Faw, which contains, according to his designs the core container terminal length of 39,000 meters, and a berth last a length of 2000 meters, as well as an arena for containers with an area of more than one million m 2 and the field of several other Uses an area of 600 thousand m 2, with an absorptive capacity of the port 99 million tonnes annually, while total cost for the establishment of four billion and 400 million euros, it is hoped that the connection port line of the railway linking the Persian Gulf through the Iraqi ports in northern Europe through Turkey, a project known as as the "dry canal". The file border disputes and oil between Iraq and Kuwait, began after Britain decided in 1961 Granting of Independence to Kuwait, the rejection of the late Prime Minister Abdul Karim Qassem, recognition, and called then to annex Kuwait to spend Basra, despite the recognition of the Iraqi government, dominated by the Party Baath Party in 1963 after dropping system Abd al-Karim Qasim, the independence of Kuwait said a deal of some historians that it was against the Iraqi government to give money because of the deficit was experienced, but that President Saddam Hussein, who belongs to the same party, decided on the second of August 1990 invasion of Kuwait on the back of problems on the border and Tsmha and conflict on some oil wells. The UN Security Council issued resolution No. 833 of 1993 provides for the demarcation of the border between Iraq and Kuwait, which has a length of 216 km through the establishment of an international commission to demarcate the border between the two parties, which was rejected by the regime of President Saddam Hussein first, but he agreed at the end of 1994 after pressure international, and Iraqi officials affirm that the demarcation of the border between the two countries was by force, and led to the deduction of Iraqi territory in terms of Safwan and Umm Qasr area, as well as reducing the area of Iraqi territorial waters, while urging the Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon, Iraq in November 16 of last year , to fulfill its obligations to Kuwait, and in particular with regard to Security Council resolution No. (833) on the demarcation of the border between the two out of the penalty provisions of Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations. http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=ar&tl=en&u=http://www.babnews.com/inp/view.asp%3FID%3D39685

Man that was one tough article to read. The translation was butchered badly. I just don't understand how in a supposed democratic government ONE person can hold up the process and refuse to allow things to happen. In my book that is not a democracy at all but rather a dictatorship. It seems to me at this point that things between Allawi and Maliki are so personal that the Iraqi List could nominate Maliki for the vacant position and he would refuse it just so he could once again say "NO" to Allawi. Peace

I've often wondered if the US could set their own exchange rate regardless of what Iraq does. Since the US will most likely be using the high denoms to buy oil from Irq, could they up the rate in order to entice us to cash in? Peace

Any posts I have made on your profile page were made as a mockery of what you and your cohorts do to the rest of us. You have tried to get my Irish up and unfortunately it has worked from time to time. As such I have responded to you upon occasion with more emotion than intelligence. Guilty as charged. It's one of my human flaws and I'm aware of it and working on it. As far as deleting the messages you and your buddies have left me....I probably should not have because they would have gotten you all banned. Why would I keep a message on MY profile of you telling me I'm a "loser", a "woman" and a "Jerk". I'm tired of the games. I'm done with them. You and your cronies are vicious and horrible and then when you feel the heat gettting too high you become sweet and innocent for a few days and then the cycle starts again. I'll finish this the way I began it.......enough is enough.

Folks, All I can say is enough is enough. This morning I read a thread from Bang that he is leaving DV because of the way certain "members" (I use the term very loosely) have been treating him and others on the site. When I read what someone had said to him it made me sick. Bang is a man that fought for this country and put his life on the line to protect our freedoms. He is one of the most well respected members of this site and he deserves NOTHING but respect and praise. How dare these little imps come along and spew there pointless rhetoric and cause pain to someone who is, in my eyes, a HERO!!!! My point is that this has to stop and we, as a family of this site need to take a stand and respectfully urge Adam and the mods to take action against this group of rogue barbarians who are here to do nothing else but instigate people and deliberately take opposing views just to cause trouble. Then they snicker and brag about it on each others profile page and talk about what fun they are having. They are useless, immature insects and there is no room for them in OUR HOUSE. Please use this thread as a sounding board so we can get our message to Adam and the mods. It's time for some house cleaning before we lose any more valuable members of our family. Peace

I believe the year extention was on 13303 not the DFI

You will get no more answers from me. You know in your heart what you are and when the time comes you'll have to answer for it to the only one that matters. For everyone else reading this thread, I would like to share with you a message sent from Aya to Debratz. It speaks for itself.......... Ayahuasca 23 May 2011 - 19:23 Thanks for your personal comments. Poking fun at people is definitely a great time Bottome line is that these kids are here for no other reason than to cause problems and to get people riled up. I truly hope the mods or Adam see this and take the needed action. These kids have no reason to be here and they need to go away.

Just a quick question....If the mods pre pick the questions can they pick extra so when Adam touches on a question they have pre picked they can throw that one out and pick one that he has not touched on? I only ask because that happened twice tonight and when Adam only has time to field 8 questions, It would be great if they were all completely different subjects so we could maximize the info we are receiving. Thank you Adam and mods for all you do. Peace

May 25, 2011 Iraq's Draft Oil Law 'needs Overhaul' Iraq must overhaul the draft of its long-delayed oil law but will press ahead with developing its petroleum industry while debate on the divisive legislation drags on, Deputy Prime Minister Hussain al-Shahristani said. Investors have been waiting for approval of a hydrocarbon law to guarantee a more solid legal framework for exploration. The law has also been seen as pivotal to reconciling Iraq's political factions as the country rebuilds after years of war. But Iraq is nevertheless already developing oilfields, signing billions of dollars in service contracts with international companies, under old legislation. The draft oil law was approved by the cabinet in 2007 but has faced opposition, mainly from semi-autonomous Kurdistan. "Frankly, the hydrocarbons draft approved by cabinet in 2007 is not fitting to become law. It requires major changes," Shahristani, who has special responsibility for energy, told Reuters in an interview today. "We signed contracts with global oil majors and no one asked if there is a hydrocarbon law or not," Shahristani said. Work began on the law in 2005 under a new constitution. It has remained stymied by differences between majority Arabs and minority Kurds over revenue-sharing and control over some fields in their region. Besides deciding who controls the country's oil reserves and setting up a new state oil company to oversee the industry nationwide, the law aims to provide a more solid legal framework for attracting foreign investment. Shahristani said Korea Gas (Kogas) has also agreed to sign a development contract for the Akkas gas field and the deal could be finalised next month. Akkas, the country's largest gas field, has estimated reserves of 5.6 trillion cubic feet. "Kogas informed us about them agreeing to come to Baghdad and sign the Akkas contract. We told them they could choose a partner to jointly develop the gas field," Sharistani said. Iraq earlier this month had asked Kogas whether it could develop the Akkas field on its own after KazMunaiGas Exploration Production withdrew from the deal. Shahristani said Shell and Mitsubishi had now also agreed on all technical and contractual aspects of another gas deal and expected the oil ministry to present a final draft of the accord to cabinet this month. Iraq has been negotiating a $12 billion deal with Shell that would give the country access to more than 700 million cubic feet of gas associated with oil production at three oilfields that could be used for power generation. Shahristani said Iraq has set its future production targets of 12 million barrels per day based on his expectation that world oil demand would increase by 20 million bpd over the next 20 years and Iraq would be key to meeting new demand. http://www.iraqenergy.org/news/?detailof=2589&content=Iraq's-Draft-Oil-Law-'needs-Overhaul'-

Iraqi List reveals setback in the meetings of the political blocsPosted: May 25, 2011 by THE CURRENCY NEWSHOUND - Just Hopin in Iraqi Dinar/Politics Tags: Arbil, Ayad Allawi, Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan, Iraq, iraqi list, Maliki, Massoud Barzani, Nouri al-Maliki 0Revealed the Iraqi List led by Iyad Allawi, on Wednesday, for a clear setback in the meetings of political blocs, the last on the implementation of the terms of Irbil, describing the meetings as “disappointing”, while drawn to the existence of an apparent deviation from the principles of democracy and a dangerous tendency to the uniqueness of power and political decision. The leader of the Iraqi List, Dhafir al-Ani during a press conference held today at the menu in Baghdad and attended “Alsumaria News”, “The Iraqi aware that the political process going through a phase of the current difficult circumstances is to give partners the principle of partnership,” adding “there is a clear setback in the meetings of the recent political blocs on the application of the partnership agreement, which was held in Erbil. “ Alani said “meetings confirmed the existence of a clear disclaimer and evasion of responsibility and a waste of time and try to delay and circumvent the Convention and drained,” and describing the recent meeting of the delegations of bargaining as “disappointing.” He said al-Ani, that “Iraq is genuinely worried that the Convention Irbil were left in front of only a slim chance and we hope that Nchehr the death certificate of her,” stressing that “Iraq is looking a continuous and serious slogans and the just demands brought by the public and working to take the attitudes and decisions on them.” The leader of the Iraqi List, that “the political situation is going through a critical juncture is not the subject of the Partnership and the Convention on Irbil, but the overall political process and the principles of democracy,” noting that “there is an apparent deviation from those principles and the direction of a dangerous and uncomfortable for the uniqueness of power and political decision.” He stressed that al-Ani, Iraqi “may be a partner in the government but by no means feel they are a partner in the management of the state and in strategic decisions and important,” noting that “the list will have important decisions on the concept of partnership.” The al-Ani, that “the political blocs close to an impasse over the terms of agreements of Arbil and when we feel that hope has been completely finished it will be for an Iraqi position in spite of the existence of a slim chance of re-life of the agreements,” blaming the partners in the political process and the international community should monitor developments in the political process and the United Nations, which found itself the guardian of the democratic process in Iraq responsible for the failure Conventions Erbil. “ The head of the Iraqi bloc in the Iraqi parliament Salman Jumaili, announced yesterday, Tuesday, that the political blocs agreed to form a committee of 15 members representative of those blocks to follow up the implementation of agreements on Irbil, has warned that all political parties is at stake in the implementation of the agreements or not, considering that hinder the implementation of these agreements, it would hinder state-building and contributes to Btahedimha and dismantled. Revealed the Iraqi List, in the words of spokesman Haidar al-Mulla said in an interview for “Alsumaria News”, on Tuesday, agreed with a coalition of state law, led by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on the time limit expires early next July for the Adoption of the rules of procedure of the Council of Ministers, and the formation of a new body of accountability and justice , expressing at the same time, concerns about the possibility of implementing the agreement. The Kurdistan Alliance is revealed in the 17 of May, on the initiative of Kurdish seconds to resolve the differences between Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and the leader of the Iraqi List, Iyad Allawi, about candidates for the ministries of security at the American desire, noting that the initiative include the activation of the remaining items of the first on the powers of the President of Council policies, and come to the dialogue table to resolve points of contention between al-Maliki, Allawi, rather than an exchange of letters. And the Iraqi List, announced on 19 May of the current, agreed with the state law to activate the agreements Arbil, including the National Council for the strategic policy, also confirmed that the Council will be presented soon to the Parliament to vote on the President. The head of Iraq’s Kurdistan region Massoud Barzani, in September 2010, an initiative on resolving the political crisis in Iraq include the formation of a committee of between eight and twelve representatives of the political blocs to begin talks to form a new government and work to resolve outstanding differences, and convening meetings of the expanded for the leaders to resolve the issue of the three presidencies . And spin differences between the Iraqi List and the National Alliance on some of the terms of the Irbil, including the draft Law on the Council strategic policies supreme, and most important of these differences the mechanism to select the President of the Council, as the demands of the Iraqi List to be the mechanism of choice in the House of Representatives, which rejected the National Alliance and demands to be among the which is within the National Council for the strategic policy and status enjoyed by the person who chairs the council and the powers it be described as general secretary or president, and on the nomination of candidates for security posts vacant in government, where is the Iraqi that the uniqueness of Maliki’s nomination of candidates is a repudiation of the Agreement on Irbil, which gave the Iraqi list the full right according to the political consensus that oozes from it deems appropriate for the post of defense minister, saying it would refuse to vote on the candidates Maliki categorically. http://wp.me/pZC7o-8dV

I could not agree more. Tomorrow could be a very interesting day. We've been here before though so I shall remain cautiously optimistic! Great post Viz. Peace

Wednesday, May 25, 2011 Iraq opens its doors for business With growth forecast to hit 11.5 per cent this year, investors are finally looking beyond the oil sector. As populations across the Middle East demand democracy and freedom, Iraq – for so long the region's horror story – looks to be ahead of the game. The Arab Spring that has swept Iraq's neighbours has coincided with a new-found sense of order in the country under the coalition government. That relative stability offers the prospect of greater prosperity in the region's sleeping giant. Increased oil production and prices and deals with international oil companies prompted the International Monetary Fund to up its 2011 growth forecast to 11.5 per cent from 7.9 per cent with no let-up next year. That rate of growth puts Iraq ahead of the famous Bric giants – Brazil, Russia, India and China – and ranks it with plenty of smaller emerging markets courted by Western companies. What's more, Iraq has a young population of potential consumers, huge infrastructure needs and 115 billion barrels of oil to pay for them. Roads, ports, airports, water treatment, housing – the list of planned upgrades after years of neglect is huge. Investment spending for the next three years amounts to an estimated $186bn on 2,700 projects. And the country's relative stability and potential growth offer big opportunities to British companies that get in early to build relationships ahead of their competitors. That was the message at yesterday's Iraq Britain Business Council summit in London, where more than 200 business people and professionals gathered at the Mansion House. Hussein al-Urzi, chairman of the Trade Bank of Iraq (TBI), says: "Our democracy is new and is taking root in the sense that if someone is unhappy with the government, they don't say there should be a military coup – and this is very important for us." TBI was set up soon after the 2003 invasion to finance trade and investment. The bank recorded record profits of $361m for 2010 as increased private sector investment boosted loan demand. Mr Urzi says the government now realises it needs a blossoming private sector to finance, build and operate the infrastructure and services to fulfil its potential as a regional commercial hub. The Kurdish region is an example of how the private sector can step in. While the rest of the country struggles on with electricity operating five or six hours a day, the private Kurdish energy company has electricity flowing almost 24 hours a day. The major British success story in Iraq is BP's deal, signed in late 2009, to develop the giant Rumaila oil field with its 16 billion-barrel capacity. Along with China's CNPC, BP will pump $15bn into the field over the next 20 years to boost production. Other big UK companies operating in Iraq include the banks Standard Chartered and HSBC. BP's deal capitalises on Iraq's greatest asset – energy. The country's plans to capitalise on its huge oil and gas reserves will dominate Iraq's growth story and present big opportunities for Britain's energy sector as well as the bankers, lawyers and consultants that work on such projects. But the conference heard that oil can be a danger as well as a benefit by leaving an economy unbalanced. Andrew Nevin, a strategy consultant at PwC, says: "The size of Iraq's economy should be between $500bn and $1 trillion in 10 to 15 years. The aspiration is there and it's attainable. "Countries need to think carefully about their economies. If you are wholly dependent on one commodity – oil – you feel good at the moment because prices are high but it creates challenges in creating a healthy economy and society." Mr Nevin and others at the conference argue that agriculture (wheat production almost doubled last year), mining, and services – from restaurants to the professions – should all be on Iraq's list of industries to encourage. Mr Urzi says tourism could be a major industry because Iraq has thousands of historic sites. However, despite the country's improved prospects, it faces problems. A key factor in the renewed stability is improved security. Compared with three or four years ago, civilian casualties are down 90 per cent. But the threat continues and last year 20 central bank staff and 26 TBI employees were killed in separate attacks. The financial system also remains underdeveloped – only about 15 per cent of Iraqis have bank accounts and staff at big international companies are still paid in cash. Access to capital markets for funding major projects is still negligible and there is no significant mortgage lending to help finance the two million homes Iraq needs to to plug a housing gap. Iraq is also still rife with bribery and bureaucracy. It ranks 153rd out of 183 countries in the world for ease of doing business and is near the bottom in the rankings for corruption. Chris Frost, a consultant at PwC, says: "For foreign companies, there are still enormous challenges but the Iraqis are tackling them. They need regulation, legislation and a rule of law that works. Dealing with the bureaucracy of government requires enormous patience but I'm hearing that if you are patient the system works and you can get things done quicker than you'd think." But if companies smaller than BP and the big banks want to tap into Iraq, they cannot afford to wait until everything is sorted out. There are plenty of German, Scandinavian and French businesses there putting down roots already. An executive from a large UK-based multinational warned the conference: "Many of your international competitors are in Iraq doing business and Britain is in danger of being left behind if it isn't in Iraq." http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/iraq-opens-its-doors-for-business-2288557.html

After the RV what are the chances you will keep this site running to allow members to have a "home base" in order to view members charitable organizations? I know there are members' causes I would like to donate to and I think this site would be the logical place to help facilitate that.

Great post aaanth....Thank you!!! Peace

My Lord, do I pity you. You are a 26 year old kid with his entire life ahead of him. Yet no one ever taught you any survival skills. You have no respect for anyone unless they agree with you. You have no belief system and seemingly no faith in any kind of higher power. Your youthful bravado and arrogance isn't letting you see the big picture and for that I am very sorry. The amount of fear you are carrying around in your heart must be agonizing. The anger you show towards anything and everything is a by product of that fear. When you are all alone with only your thoughts, it must be such a lonely place inside your head. I wrote yesterday in a separate thread about fear being the biggest negative aspect of the human condition and how, when you are finally blessed with the gift of being able to let go of that fear, your eyes will be opened to a whole new and wonderful way of living. Right now I would imagine your life is like driving through a huge fog bank. However, when the fear is lifted from your life the fog will be as well. Hang in their kiddo. I know there is a wonderful soul in you crying to get out. I just pray for your sake that it finds it's way to the surface sooner rather than later. Peace

Don't ever question the almighty slade!!! He is all knowing. Particularly about pot dispensaries. (whatever the heck that is)

The Dinar Brat Pack strike again!!!

You guys are two of the kids that comprise what I'll refer to as the "Dinar Brat Pack"(Aya, Slade, Lizlemon and Debratzz), a bunch of kids who want to engage people in a battle of wits for no other reason than to cause trouble. I've gone on each of your profile's and have viewed your messages to one another about how you enjoy stirring the pot. I'm not gonna play your game. I really wish you kids could use your obvious intelligence and time to produce something worthwhile instead of proving once again that the moral fiber of this country continues to get more and more diluted with each passing generation. May God bless each and every one of you!

You are absolutely an anti semite. Here's the proof..... Antisemitism (also spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism) is "hatred toward Jews—individually and as a group—that can be attributed to the Jewish religion and/or ethnicity."[1] In its extreme form, it "attributes to the Jews an exceptional position among all other civilizations, defames them as an inferior group and denies their being part of the nation" in which they reside.[2] A person who holds such views is called an "antisemite". Antisemitism may be manifested in many ways, ranging from individual expressions of hatred and discrimination against individual Jews to organized violent attacks by mobs, or even state police, or military attacks on entire Jewish communities. Extreme instances of persecution include the First Crusade of 1096, the expulsion from England in 1290, the Spanish Inquisition, the expulsion from Spain in 1492, the expulsion from Portugal in 1497, various pogroms, the Dreyfus Affair, and the Holocaust by Nazi Germany. To refresh your memory, in your previous post you said..... "They have been illegally colonizing the land that was allocated to Palestine and we have been turning a blind eye this whole time. It is time they stopped." You should really understand what you are before you try to deny or defend it. To do otherwise makes you look very silly.

Fabulous. Another anti semite in the forum. Why don't you take your anger and your attitude and focus it on something productive. While you're at it why don't you also study history a bit closer. Your facts on Israel are a bit askew.

This original thread is 4 months old.....WUZZUP???

Hiya Aya!!!