mzmichele

thanks for the post....

Exactly....

Who cares? seriously... The country is jacked up regardless of who is running it! Gee whizzz

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Sorry for your loss stroyble. May Alyssa be at peace..

:blink: Alrighty then....Have A Blessed Evening

Have a Blessed day ALL!

Exactly......

Diary Said to Reveal Bank's Tactics in Iraq Case By NEIL A. LEWIS, Published: February 26, 1993 WASHINGTON, Feb. 25— The chairman of the House Banking Committee said today that a diary kept by a senior official of an Italian bank under investigation for its role in arming Iraq showed how bank executives had been determined to use political influence to avoid prosecution. Representative Henry B. Gonzalez, the Texas Democrat who heads the committee, said the bank official's diary detailed many of the steps taken to persuade officials in the Bush Administration that they should not indict the bank, Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, which is owned by the Italian Government. Among the steps were the hiring of a former Attorney General and a former Secretary of State to deal with Justice Department officials. In addition, the Italian ambassador held several meetings with Attorney General **** Thornburgh and the State Department's legal adviser, Abraham Sofaer, as well as separate meetings with other senior State and Justice Department officials. The author of the diary, Paulo DiVito, was a senior official with the bank who was assigned to monitor the American investigation. 'With Startling Clarity' "The DiVito diaries portray with startling clarity the proper way to play the Washington influence peddling game," Mr. Gonzalez said. He has been pressing the case that the Bush Administration sold arms to Saddam Hussein to try to make him a malleable ally and that Administration officials sought to cover up their activities when Iraq's invasion of Kuwait demonstrated the failure of their policy. Mr. Gonzalez also charged that Griffin B. Bell, a former Attorney General and William P. Rogers, a former Secretary of State might have violated the law by not registering as foreign agents when they represented the Italian bank. Mr. Bell said in a telephone interview that it was nonsense to suggest he was required to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act. He said the act provided an explicit exemption for legal representation before the Justice Department. "Mr. Gonzalez doesn't know what he is talking about," Mr. Bell said. Advice Is Detailed A partial account of the tactical advice both Mr. Bell and Mr. Rogers gave to the Italian bank at several meetings is included in the DiVito diaries. The bank's Atlanta office was raided by Federal investigators in August 1989, opening an investigation into its role in providing loans, many of them guaranteed by the United States Government and used by Saddam Hussein to buy an array of weapons. Federal prosecutors considered indicting the bank after it was learned its Atlanta branch extended sizable unsecured loans to Iraq. The DiVito diaries detail efforts to avoid any indictment of the bank by persuading prosecutors in Atlanta and the Justice Department that loans were the work of rogue bankers in Atlanta and were given without the knowledge of officials at the bank's Rome headquarters. Federal prosecutors eventually accepted the arguments pushed by Mr. Bell and Mr. Rogers that the bank's headquarters in Rome had been unaware of the loans. As a result, the Bush Administration indicted the manager of the bank's Atlanta branch, Christopher P. Drogoul, and some of his assistants on the theory that they had defrauded their superiors in Rome. Uproar in Court The reading of an excerpt of Mr. DiVito's diaries caused an uproar in an Atlanta court in September when it described how senior bank officials decided they could no longer deal with Federal prosecutors but had to try going "the political route." The excerpt was read in court at the request of Mr. Drogoul's lawyer, Bobby Lee Cook. Mr. Cook said the diary excerpt had been slipped under his hotel room the night before. In the diary, Mr. DiVito discusses a meeting of senior bank officials in April 1990 with Mr. Bell and William Hendricks, who had been chief of the fraud section in the Justice Department's criminal division until a few months before. The two lawyers offered several suggestions to be put to Mr. Hendricks's recent colleagues in the Justice Department to persuade them to delay indicting the bank. The same day, according to the diary, the Italian Ambassador reported on his efforts to go the political route in dissuading Bush Administration officials to forgo indicting the bank. The Ambassador met with Mr. Thornburgh and Mr. Sofaer. Mr. Thornburgh has said he cannot recall the meeting. Mr. Sofaer has said he saw nothing wrong with meeting the Ambassador and told him to go to the Justice Department. Photos: Representative Henry B. Gonzalez, left, charged that former Attorney General Griffin B. Bell, right, might have violated the law for not registering as a foreign agent to represent an Italian bank that was under investigation. Mr. Bell said, "Mr. Gonzalez doesn't know what he is talking about." http://topics.nytime...geo&match=exact ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Economy in Iraq grows ; Currency, oil revenue show vigor [FINAL Edition] USA TODAY Author: James Cox Date: Feb 20, 2004 Start Page: B.04 Section: MONEY Text Word Count: 440 Abstract (Document Summary) * The currency. Iraq's new dinar, introduced in October, has gained value against the U.S. dollar. U.S. officials originally worried Iraq could deplete its foreign currency reserves if Iraqis weren't confident in the dinar. Iraq's planning ministry said Wednesday that joblessness stood at 28%, far lower than the World Bank's estimate of 50%. But the [bush] administration says 60% of Iraq's 27 million people depend on rations for wheat, rice, dried milk, sugar, tea and soap. U.S. agribusiness interests complain that revitalization of Iraq's farm sector has been given short shrift by U.S. reconstruction planners. The ag sector employs 25% to 30% of Iraqis and is half the non-oil economy, says John Costello, president of Citizens Network for Foreign Affairs, a Washington trade and development group. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Investors in new Iraqi dinar spur thriving Web trade [FINAL Edition] USA TODAY Author: John Waggoner Date: Aug 3, 2004 Start Page: B.01 Section: MONEY Text Word Count: 434 Abstract (Document Summary) Internet auctioneer eBay, for example, lists 622 auctions of new Iraqi dinars, in lots from 1,000 to 5 million. Dozens of Web sites, such as www.BuyDinarsHere.com, www.DinarTrade.com and www.InvestInDinar.com, sell dinars to U.S. investors. * Pricing. Dinar exchange rates vary widely, and only large institutions can get 1,460 dinars to the dollar. Dinar Trading Company offered 1 million dinars for $1,345 Monday. Dinar Trade offered 1 million dinars for $1,050. "There are lots of different prices around," says [Mahmoud Shalabi]. "Everyone has his own price." * Liquidity. Most dealers who sell dinars won't buy them, and U.S. banks won't buy them either. You can, however, sell dinars on eBay. Monday, 1 million dinars were being offered for $840 to $940. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction or distribution is prohibited without permission. ? huh? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Investors take a stake in a re-emerging market ; Life in Iraq: A weekly status report [FINAL Edition] USA TODAY Date: May 6, 2005 Start Page: A.10 Section: NEWS Text Word Count: 458 Abstract (Document Summary) The Baghdad Stock Exchange opened in 1992, but under Saddam Hussein's regime it was heavily regulated. Exchange spokeswoman Jaimy Afham says stocks traded within a specific price range. The exchange closed amid the chaos after the collapse of Saddam's regime. The exchange, renamed the Iraq Stock Exchange, reopened last June under the supervision of the Coalition Provisional Authority, [Taha Ahmed Abdul Salam] says. It started with 15 listed companies trading about 1billion Iraqi dinars ($683,000) in shares daily, he says. Today, the exchange lists 89 companies and averages about $2 million in daily trading, he says. A law created last year allows foreign investors to deal in Iraqi stocks and has encouraged trading, Salam says. The market subsequently was boosted by an influx of capital from Iraqi exiles and a recent increase in disposable income driven by higher government salaries, Afham says. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Water service is unreliable, so Iraqis turn to dry cleaners [FINAL Edition] USA TODAY Author: Cesar G Soriano Date: Jun 8, 2007 Start Page: A.8 Section: NEWS Text Word Count: 507 Abstract (Document Summary) "People cannot wash their clothes at home anymore," [Faisal Waleed] says. "Also, people's salaries are better now, so rich people don't want to make themselves tired washing their own clothes." Sometimes the competition has the potential to turn violent. "My old boss came here and threatened to kill me for leaving him and taking away his business," Waleed says. "But he was mainly angry because he loves me very much and raised me like a son." "Yes, it's creating a bit of competition," [Ahmed Abdul Kareem] says, "but God will distribute his gifts among the people." ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/results.html?start=0&id=

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Thanks Heavy, Something to think about... Blessed Day To You ....

I agree, which is why I said contain ME, there is a spiritual battle of containment happening and I for one refuse to be contained. NOT fighting against anyone or fighting against flesh and blood but fighting against the dark spirits of this world. Have a Blessed day

I thought this was ADAM MONTANA'S SITE? Unless ADAM himself tells us "religious" folk not to post, then well , not going away. WE ALL have a right to voice our opinions and views, but I will NOT let anyone CONTAIN me, not even Lucifer, Satan, or whoever. 1+ Hammy, Heavy, BanG, Markinsa, Slaydadea, Little, E A Poe (forgot the others only get 10 lol) Have a Blessed day

@ BanG Skipping on out the room now....

The devastation that Japan has suffered I could never fathom. Thanks for sharing Smee2.

Great News, they are definitely busy thanks for posting, GO RV

You always got jokes...

Spot on RV4Dinar & Kramer Dinar..... Until I get an email or text about it has happened, purely entertainment here and a few agree to disagree to stir the pot. It is best to stay grounded and know the reasons YOU invested. Good Afternoon, Sun is shining and the breeze is awesome

Thanks for sharing linny have a great day!

Good Afternoon, WOW, tell us how you really feel. Don't let anyone or anything steal your joy! Have a Blessed day

Thanks for the post Jlldrs

While I did laugh, you are correct ...Thanks for bringing me back to reality.

Thank you K98nights, appreciate your help, will do..

Isa4031 and BanG, 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17 Our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who loved us and gave us everlasting consolation and well founded hope through HIS grace, comforts and encourages your heart and strengthens you in every good work and word. You are Blessed To all above I pray for you all this morning and thereafter, may God Bless you all. Hebrews 6:18 By two unchangeable things HIS promise and HIS oath in which it is impossible for God ever to prove false or deceive you, WE who have fled to HIM for refuge have mighty indwelling strength and strong encouragement to grasp and hold fast the hope appointed for us and set before us.