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Sorry for this, but some of you hit a "nerve"! The world may not revolve around the USA but it would sure be a hell hole without the charity the US sends around the world. Our country has always been the one to step in where others waited. Compare the amount of money sent from the US for any humanitarian effort to the money received from other countries. We are always there when any of the others need help. So, when you put down the USA, think about what Europe and the rest of the world would be like if we had not "interferred" in WWII. When other countries need help, who do they call on to bail them out ---- the good ole USA I have a grandson in Iraq and a nephen in Afghanistan - they are not risking their lives for nothing. Islamic terrorism is rampant in every country in the world. At this time, not many other countries seem to have much interest in stopping it even when suicide bombers are killing people everywhere. One other point, if the USA is so "unimportant" - why the hell does everyone want to live here instead of in their home country?

My sister lives in Gulf Shores and she purchased 1m a couple of weeks ago through Whitney Bank. She ordered through the local branch but had to go to Mobile to pick them up. She said it was easier than Dinar Trade. The notes were circulated and was a mix of 5k, 10k, 25k.

I have a grandson in Iraq with the Army and a nephew in Afghanistan with the Marines. Both have families and eventhough our family would take care of them, this would be the ultimate insult to our fighting heroes. IMO these are pure scare tactics from the Democratic party in an attempt to force their stupid spending plans. If this happens, there is no way that I will blame the Republicans for it - it should land at Obama's feet!

My calculator says 108,223,000,000 divided by 7,214,000 = 15001.xxxxxx this is the equivalent of giving each one $12 USD. How many loaves of bread can you buy with $12? An RV however would give these people real money to live on until they can get decent jobs. Come on Iraq - get with the program!

Good example of the differences in reporting: Makes you wonder which news service is reporting correct information. The following is an excerpt from Fox News on the same case. "Danny Fitzsimons, the court has found established evidence that you killed the two slain men and attempted to kill the third," said the judge. "So the court issues its sentence according to ... the Iraqi criminal code and sentences you to 20 years in prison," the judge added. Fitzsimons was accompanied by his Iraqi lawyer, Tariq Harb; his family and British lawyer, who attended a court session last week, were not in attendance. Fox News Wonder if his sentence is 20 years or Life.

Day-Of-Rage Protesters Storm Green Zone as 11 Killed in Iraqi ‘Day of Rage’ Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:56pm by Jonathon M. Seidl Print » Email » BAGHDAD (AP) — Thousands marched on government buildings and clashed with security forces Friday in cities across Iraq in an outpouring of anger that left 11 people dead – the largest and most violent anti-government protests in the country since political unrest began spreading in the Arab world weeks ago. In northern Iraqi cities, security forces trying to push back crowds opened fire, killing nine demonstrators, In the western Anbar province two people were shot and killed in a protest. In the capital of Baghdad, demonstrators knocked down blast walls, threw rocks and scuffled with club-wielding troops who chased them down the street. The protests, billed as a “Day of Rage, were fueled by anger over corruption, chronic unemployment and shoddy public services from the Shiite-dominated government. Shiite religious leaders discouraged people from taking part, greatly diminishing the Shiite participation and the overall size of the crowd in a country where such religious edicts hold great sway. In the Sunni enclave of Azamiyah, one of the residents said that people there did not want to attend because they feared being labeled Saddamists. “The government has already convicted anyone who takes part in the demonstrations by accusing them of terrorism,” said 41-year-old Ammar al-Azami. A Shiite resident from the New Baghdad neighborhood of the capital, Khalil Ibrahim, 44, one of about 3,000 protesters in downtown Baghdad, railed against a government that locks itself in the highly fortified Green Zone, home to the parliament and the U.S. Embassy, and is viewed by most of its citizens as more interested in personal gain than public service. “We want a good life like human beings, not like animals,” Ibrahim said. A report released last month by the U.S. reconstruction watchdog agency noted that Iraqi officials are trying to improve the nation’s electricity grid with hopes of meeting power demands by 2014. “The lack of perceived improvements in Iraq’s water, sewage, and electricity systems could lead to popular unrest more so than political or sectarian disagreements,” the special inspector general for Iraqi reconstruction concluded. The center of Baghdad was virtually locked down Friday, with soldiers searching protesters entering Liberation Square and closing off the plaza and side streets with razor wire. The heavy security presence reflected the official concerns that demonstrations here could gain traction as they did in Egypt and Tunisia, then spiral out of control. Iraqi army helicopters buzzed overhead, while Humvees and trucks took up posts throughout the square, where flag-waving demonstrators shouted “No to unemployment,“ and ”No to the liar al-Maliki,” referring to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. Demonstrators trying to get across a bridge going from the square to the Green Zone clashed with security forces. The demonstrators knocked down some of the concrete blast walls that were put up Thursday night and threw rocks at troops who beat them back with batons. Six riot police and 12 demonstrators were wounded in the melee, according to police and hospital officials. The protests stretched from the northern city of Mosul to the southern city of Basra, reflecting the widespread anger many Iraqis feel at the government’s seeming inability to improve their lives. The most deadly clashes came in the Mosul, 225 miles (360 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad. Hundreds of protesters gathered in front of the provincial council building, demanding jobs and better services, when guards opened fire, according to a police official. A police and hospital official said five protesters were killed and 15 people wounded. Black smoke could later be seen billowing from the building. A crowd of angry marchers in the northern city of Hawija, 150 miles (240 kilometers) north of Baghdad, tried to break into the city’s municipal building, said the head of the local city council, Ali Hussein Salih. Security forces trying to block the crowd opened fire, killing three demonstrators and wounding 15, local officials said. Protesters set fire to three police stations and the municipal council building, said Brig. Gen. Sarhad Qadir. The Iraqi Army was eventually called in to restore order. Around 1,000 demonstrators clashed with police in the western city of Fallujah 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad, witnesses said. At least two people were killed and 14 others injured in riots in Anbar province, said Sheik Efan Saadoun, a provincial councilor in Anbar province; he did not know whether the deaths came in Fallujah or Ramadi where protesters also clashed with authorities. Police used stun grenades to ward off about 1,000 demonstrators in Saddam Hussein’s former hometown of Tikrit and in the northern city of Kirkuk hundreds of people rallied against corruption in front of the provincial headquarters. In the south, about 4,000 people demonstrated in front of the office of Gov. Sheltagh Aboud al-Mayahi in the port of Basra, Iraq’s second-largest city, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad. They knocked over one of the concrete barriers and demanded his resignation, saying he’d done nothing to improve services. They appeared to get their wish when the commander of Basra military operations, Maj. Gen. Mohammad Jawad Hawaidi, told the crowd that the governor had resigned. And in the southern city of Karbala, about 1,000 protesters rallied for better services. In recent weeks, there had been scattered anti-government protests in Iraq. While most have been peaceful, a few have turned violent and seven people have been killed. The biggest rallies have been in the northern Kurdish city of Sulaimaniyah, 160 miles (260 kilometers) northeast of Baghdad, against the government of the self-ruled region. Police opened fire Friday in the town of Kalar, south of Sulaimaniyah, when a crowd of demonstrators closed in on the headquarters of one of the main ruling parties, police and hospital officials said. One demonstrator was killed and 25 others wounded. All the officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media. On the eve of the marches, al-Maliki urged people to skip the rally, which he alleged was organized by Saddamists and al-Qaida – two of his favorite targets of blame for an array of Iraq’s ills. He offered no evidence to support his claim.

The following article is from CNN and is at least in english. CNN Baghdad (CNN) -- Iraqi activists and a gamut of groups ranging from intellectuals to unemployed workers to widows are preparing for large demonstrations Friday in al-Tahrir square in central Baghdad, along with large protests in most of Iraq's provinces. The organizers have used Facebook, Twitter and websites to circulate invitations for demonstrations on February 25, calling them the "Iraqi revolution." A Facebook page called "The Iraqi Revolution" includes still pictures and videos of previous demonstrations in Iraq and claims nearly 20,000 supporters. On Tuesday evening, government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh and Baghdad military operation spokesman Gen. Qassim Atta held a joint news conference regarding the planned demonstrations. "The Iraqi government welcomes any demonstration by Iraqi people as long as it's a peaceful demonstration," said Al-Dabbagh. However Atta warned Friday's protesters that there could be possible attacks against them. "Based on our intelligence information, al-Qaeda terrorists, former Baathists and other terrorist groups are planning to attack protesters on Friday by car bombs, suicide bombers and pistols equipped with silencers," Atta said in the news conference, which was broadcast on Iraqiya state television. When journalists asked Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki about planned Friday demonstrations during a news conference at his office this week, al-Maliki said, "I am not concerned (about) these demonstrations because the political system in Iraq is a democratic system and I am not concerned on the future of our political system at all." However the prime minister also is urging Iraqi lawmakers to form a service committee as soon as possible to be able to offer betweem 280,000 and 300,000 jobs with government institutions this year. The Iraqi government was formed in December, nine months after an inconclusive national election. This is the second elected government in the nearly eight years after a U.S.-led invasion toppled Saddam Hussein. At the end of 2011, the United States is set to withdraw all of its troops from Iraq as part of a bilateral agreement with the Baghdad government. It is too soon to predict whether that will happen or whether the United States and Iraq will negotiate an agreement to keep some U.S. soldiers there after next year. The Iraqi government took several steps in the past week to offset public unrest. On Tuesday, government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh released a statement said that Iraq's cabinet has decided to approve a draft law on salaries and allocations of three presidential councils, including the president and his deputies, the prime minister and his deputies and his ministers, and the speaker of the parliament and his deputies and lawmakers. The draft law would cut by more than 50 percent the salaries of three presidential councils including Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and his deputies and his ministers, President Jalal Talabani and his deputies, and parliament speaker Osama al-Nujaifi, the statement said. The salaries of lawmakers and other ministers would be cut by more than 40 percent. The statement did not include numbers of how much the cuts would amount to, or the amount of the salaries of officials. Lawmaker Mhamould Othman told CNN on Monday that each member of parliament receives $9,300 per month. The draft law was sent it to parliament for approval, the statement said. However, Iraqi lawmakers adjourned their parliamentary sessions until Saturday, Kurdish lawmaker Mahmoud Othman told CNN. "All lawmakers were requested to go to their provinces ahead of the demonstration on Friday," Othman said. On Sunday, Iraqi lawmakers approved Iraq's 2011 budget of 96.6 trillion dinar ($81.86 billion) after it was submitted by the council of ministers on February 6. National income is predicted to be $68.56 billion, leaving a shortfall of $13.3 billion (about a 16% budget deficit). The budget is based on average oil prices of $76.5 per barrel and projected exports of 2.2 million barrels of oil per day and includes 100,000 barrels per day of exports from the autonomous Kurdish region. On Tuesday, hundreds of demonstrators protested in Baghdad and Sulaimaniya against lack of basic services, unemployment and corruption, police and witnesses told CNN. Since early February, dozens of thousands of protesters have participated in a series of demonstrations across the country, apparently inspired by popular uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia. Their protetst are against corruption, restrictions on freedom of expression, unemployment and poor government services.

Here is a link to her recent speech at Birmingham-Southern College re: Iran, Iraq, education & optimism: What Condi Rice said to a hometown audience The former Secretary of State told Birmingham-Southern students that Iran is a "military dictatorship," words Hillarious Clinton would use four days later Condi Rice

Sorry, but it does not take a genius to know that Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Glen Beck would be putting this out there. I don't believe it would ever be reported by CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, or MSNBC but Fox doesn't hide from reporting things for or against the Administration. Right now, the only ones reporting this are internet blogs/news sites and they all appear to be copying each other. You can't tell me that one of the tabloids wouldn't jump on this.

First, lets be honest about this article. It was written by someone of "arab" descent (most likely a muslin) for an Arabic paper in the UK. If what the article says truly happened, it would have been all over the news here in the states and this is the first time I have heard of it. Also, let me state up front that I am NOT a Hillarious Clinton supporter AT ALL. Can't stand the woman and what she pushes politically. However, that being said, propaganda like this article does nothing for the USA image abroad. If anyone has read about this incident or seen it on a news program, I would really like to know the whole story. IMO, Bradley Manning deserves anything he receives in the way of punishment and is nothing but a traitor to our country. He committed treason by releasing those documents.

Forex NetDania IQD is down 8.8 this morning to 1156.80 Why?

This should be in rumors since there is no link to verify the info. BTW, forex is not down at either of the following sites My link My link

This is the current exchange rate - if a bank offers you less, that is their "take" on your cashing in. It is one of the things Adam has tried to make everyone understand. Currency Rates Live rates at 2011.01.26 22:05:00 UTC 1,000,000.00 IQD = 848.5462 USD Iraq Dinars United States Dollars 1 IQD = 0.000848546 USD 1 USD = 1,178.49 IQD If you cash in at a bank after RV and the rate is $1.00 per IQD, the bank may only offer you $.75 per IQD. This allows them to make $.25 per IQD. Its how they make their profit. The bank spread can be anywhere from 2% to 20% or higher. You have to shop for the best deal.

This is old news - the site is bogus - rate is entered by the site admin and does not come from a legitimate currency converter. Also, it has been posted every day for the last several days and the only purpose is to generate traffic to the site

Are you just going to sit there with your Cashier's Check and moan OR are you going to contact FedEx and find out what is going on? Your tracking status says "Customer not available or business closed " Are you waiting for someone else to take care of the matter? Did you call DinarTrade?

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I answered this in another thread but will do so again. I run a hosting/design business so I have some knowledge about "code". A quick check of this site's code shows that the rates are not coming from any reliable currency site. He simply enters the rate he wants people to see himself. This is not a legitimate currency site.

Don't believe it is your browser at fault - entire source code does not show so can't tell the if the code is the issue but most likely that is the problem. Translating into english may loose site structure.

I have read most of Bush's book and listened to his interviews. His statement was that he did NOT regret going into Iraq because they were able to rid the world of a murdering dictator but that he was surprised that the WMD's were not found as everyone in the administration and Great Britain believed the intelligence. I'm sure some of his interviews are still available on Hannity and probably on Greta's show too. Listen to him again and you will hear him yourself.

This is my first post but I make it as a webmaster and designer. Shutting down a site for bandwidth takes less than 30 seconds. The webmaster/hosting company simply reduces the allocated bandwidth for the site. This can be corrected the same way to put the site back online. The owner of the website could have requested this action to take his site down without revealing the true reason for the site to be offline. I can't imagine the CBI having anything less than unlimited bandwidth. JMHO