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Good Aritcle! Mark Mobius is a legend, just stay clear of his Templeton Funds, their front end load funds are ridiculous.

I received email confirmation today for all 4 of my stock orders. Warka's ISX dept states they will fill all orders on the 15th. I emailed them on Sunday and then again on Tuesday, One4dinars method worked like champ. Thanks again for all of the input.

Thank You for posting

One4dinar, Thanks, I have heard nothing since I sent that last email, but then the holiday came around. I was contemplating sending the order again and again until they filled it, but I was worried they might think I was placing multiple orders for the same stock (I have little faith with them). Going to try it your way. Thanks again for posting.

unirod, Awesome news, Im glad to hear that. I emailed them just now 06/08/2013 with a follow up to my previous orders and submitted two new buy orders. Will let you know how it goes. Be well.

Love it!

Hi MarthaB, The best suggestion I can give is to keep trying. Keep sending the same email with a CC to Mr Issa and customer services until you get a reply. Many members here have offered awesome suggestions on communicating with Warka that work well such as emailing them approx 0100-0200hrs EST, and placing your account number on the subject line along with your title. Be patient and be persistent. Good luck

Great read.

Unirod, That is very interesting, you are right they are trading. Maybe try again with a cc to Mr. Issa and an attachment from the ISX showing that BBOB is trading. When they told me that they couldn't fill my order I checked and saw that millions of shares had changed hands in the days that I placed my order, I mean its possible that nobody was trading 200k those days, but like in your situation I really don't buy it. I plan on sending another email tonight to follow up on my trade orders, will keep you posted.

Thanks for the posts everyone. I have read all the links. It just doesn't make sense to me if they were in so much trouble then why bother with all the niceties (the returned emails) they could have just continued to ignore us. I guess we will all just have to wait and see. Unirod, thanks! Let me know if BBOB comes through (I didn't know they were trading again). I have two orders out with them for BIME and BMNS, I will post here when they come through. upnorth, my orders are from the same time frame this is what they told me when I asked them wtf this is from 7/23 Dear Sir, With regards to your buy order please note that it was submitted but not executed as no offers were made to sell the requested quantity at market price. We will resubmit your order at the coming trading session. Best regards, ISX Department Warka Bank for Investment and Finance

Hi all, LIke some of you I have been trying to trade stocks with Warka with no avail. Also communication with them has sucked to put it mildly, They sold a stock for me about four weeks ago (give or take) and since then I have heard nothing. Then on July 23 I began receiving emails from them responding to my inquiries on an almost daily basis. They seem to be more forthcoming, which is definately a plus. The following is an email response I received from them yesterday (7-28) in response to my asking when they would be placing orders on the ISX again. See what you guys make of this, and if any of the more experienced traders could comment I would appreciate all comments. Thanks. Go RV. Go ISX Dear Sir, Please note that Warka Bank will resume trading after holding and finalizing its general assembly procedures and capital increase. Although no specific date has been set however once Warka stock resumes trading a notice will be posted on our website www.warka-bank.com noting that the minimum buy order is 200000 shares per company per session. Should you have any furthers questions regarding stocks please contact the ISX department isx@warka-bank-iq.com to be of best assistance. Best regards, ISX Department Warka Bank for Investment and Finance

Same situation with the login.

Agree they have been slow to respond, although I did get a stock sold about a week ago. They havent responded to requests to to purchase new shares. Im kinda stuck in the middle, I cant' afford minimums on the other broker and Warka is well Warka. Can anybody else relate?

My bank is asking for the IBAN number for Commerzbank. Does anybody know where I can get that information? Thanks

I just called one local to me they are buying IDQ at 1430 and selling VND for 14 (I think he said) I wasn't to focused on the VND part. And yes its a currency exchange place

Thank You Yota691

Thanks for re-posting TrinityeXchange, I think the future of the ISX is bright. Now if I could just get some trades placed during Ramadan...

Good article. Thanks for sharing Meanwhile the national government remains locked in a political impasse, with basic services still lacking and infrastructure in disarray. Moderate leaders are being sidelined. Mr Motta has said there is still time to avert Iraq's disintegration, but only if its leaders summon the political will to act. I feel bad for the people targeted, the govt needs to get its act together quickly.

Hi all, just to follow through I did get through, it seems like my attachments were too big. I did get a message back from them re stock purchases though, sounds jnteresting It is very important to note that as the ISX has gone electronic the period for registering shares for sale requires a minimum period of 30 - 40 days and this is an internal ISX procedure outside our control where we can exert no influence. Our brokerage office and many others have submitted a complaint to the ISX regarding this matter in the hope of changing their internal procedures and policy

Thanks for the update unirod, Im glad you got through. I'll try again. Attempt #2 is a no go

I emailed Warka tonight about 1020pm (EST) and I got this message back. Have been using these emails for years, always successful until now. Has anybody been able to get through? This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification. Delivery to the following recipients failed. isx@warka-bank-iq.com c.accounts@warka-bank-iq.com ifrd@warka-bank-iq.com

I got mine too

Hi all. Very informative ( and lengthy) PDF on the some of the largest publicly traded banks in Iraq. Great analysis and breakdown. http://www.iraq-businessnews.com/reports/a-closer-look-at-the-iraqi-banking-sector/

Just logged in saw account. Nothing to do but wait and see

Gracias amigo