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  1. alot things still going on this week....lets keep our minds, ears and eyes open
  2. anything is possible but i doubt it, i'd be very surprised! and happy but i really doubt that they will announce the RV....it will just happen
  3. things looking good.....gold crashed 45 dollars.....euro market down.....DOW down 200 pts........here we go.....whats gonna happen!!!!! USD to the Dollar up nearly 1% good gosh!!!!
  4. CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE EVENT LIVE STARTING AT 11:35PM EASTERN http://www.c-span.org/Events/President-Meets-With-Iraqi-Prime-Minister/10737426195/
  5. things are looking great! after that article that came out yesterday about extending the mandate...this put a smile back on my face....time for a glass of wine!
  6. Mr Maliki was later expected at a dinner reception with Hillarious Clinton. He officially kicks off his two-day visit by holding wide-ranging talks with President Barack Obama at the White House on Monday, less than a month before the complete withdrawal of US troops from Iraq and more than eight years after the launch of the US-led invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein. Mr Maliki is also due to meet with Vice President Joe Biden and lawmakers to discuss security, energy, education and justice. The US and Iraqi leaders "will hold talks on the removal of US military forces from Iraq, and our efforts to start a new chapter in the comprehensive strategic partnership between the United States and Iraq," the White House said. The meeting comes as Iraq's top security adviser said that NATO will mirror the nearly-complete pullout of US forces by withdrawing its Iraq training mission at year's end after Baghdad refused to grant it legal immunity. But an official at NATO headquarters in Brussels denied that any decision had been taken. "When they ask us to extend the mission, we need to see that the same legal framework will extend as well," the official said on condition of anonymity. Iraq said the end of the mission was a surprise, with NATO previously having agreed in principle to staying through to the end of 2013. "We are sorry that NATO has advised that it will withdraw its mission from Iraq... because immunity is something that is out of the government's reach," National Security Adviser Falah al-Fayadh said in an interview aboard a flight transporting Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to Washington. He said Baghdad was informed of the decision on Thursday. The failure to agree on immunity from prosecution closely mirrors Iraq's refusal to grant US soldiers similar protections earlier this year, sinking a potential deal between the two countries that means all American soldiers left in Iraq will leave by December 31. Around 6,000 US troops remain stationed in the country on three bases, down from peaks of nearly 170,000 soldiers and 505 bases. All the troops must leave by the end of the month. For his third visit to the United States since coming to power in May 2006, Mr Maliki is being accompanied by Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, Culture Minister and acting Defense Minister Saadun al-Dulaimi, Transport Minister Khayrullah Hassan Babakir, Trade Minister Hadi al-Ameri and National Security Adviser Falah al-Fayadh. Also on the trip are National Investment Commission chief Sami al-Araji and Mr Maliki's chief adviser and former oil minister Thamer al-Ghadban. With American troops on their way out, some Republican lawmakers have expressed concern that neighbouring Iran could step into the security vacuum. The US military leaves behind an Iraqi security force with more than 900,000 troops, which US and Iraqi officials assess is capable of maintaining internal security but cannot defend the country's borders, airspace or maritime territory. Some 157 uniformed US soldiers and up to 763 civilian contractors will remain to help train Iraqi forces under the authority of the sprawling US embassy in Baghdad. President Obama will mark the final withdrawal of all US troops from Iraq by addressing returning soldiers on Wednesday at a base in North Carolina. It was not immediately clear whether Mr Maliki would attend the speech. Facing a re-election battle in November, Barack Obama is expected to stress he has kept his 2008 campaign promise to bring American troops home from Iraq. But although violence has declined markedly from the sectarian bloodbath that marked a peak in 2006-2007 when tens of thousands were left dead, it remains a common feature of modern Iraq. In November alone, 187 people were killed in attacks, and several major bombings took place this month. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/usa/8950039/Iraqi-prime-minister-arrives-in-US-for-diplomacy-talks.html
  7. Hopefully this has nothing to do with the RV, however it does have to do with Chap 7 getting removed. Iraq already has approval of the world to have nuclear technology so why would bodies belonging to Kuwait be more important/relevant to the RV? What do you guys think? Kuwait Pressure on Ban Ki-moon to Extend the Financing of the Special Coordinator of Iraqi Funds Recognized by the Secretary General of the United Nations, said he is under pressure from Kuwait to the extension for a period of financial funding for the Special Coordinator of the United Nations Gennady Tarasov on the search for missing Kuwaitis in Iraq six months will be deducted from future Iraqi oil money. The proposals of the Secretary-General of the United Nations despite the fact that Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said in a letter to the United Nations last July that he "saw no need to extend the mandate of the Special Coordinator after December of this order (the Troika) and (Technical Sub-Committee) work effectively on the humanitarian issue in favor of Iraq and Kuwait. " According to a report that which was read last night in front of the UN Security Council "in the light of the progress possible in the future, I propose to extend the UN Security Council mandate for the Coordinator until the thirtieth day of June of 2012 to build on the momentum towards the implementation of Security Council resolution relevant." Be paid finance functions Tarasov of the oil resources of Iraq by the United Nations Fund. He noted that that the Kuwaiti officials, both in bilateral meetings or through the different messages Nashidoh support an extension of the mandate of the Special Coordinator in order to achieve substantive results contribute to put an end to this humanitarian issue. He said, for example, received a message in the middle of last November by the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah in which he stated, "It has not been any progress" since 2004 with regard to exploring the fate of 369 people missing and stressed that Kuwait's support for the extension of the mandate of the Tarasov. Ban said, "It seems that the search for missing Kuwaitis and other nationalities in Iraq is still going on." He added, "I welcome the cooperation shown by the Government of Iraq in this regard and encourage them to take practical steps additional to fulfill their obligations ... and I wish to acknowledge the support provided by the Kuwaiti government." And called on the Secretary-General of the United Nations Iraq to "continue to work with Kuwait in an atmosphere of trust in order to achieve significant progress in resolving this humanitarian issue. " He believed that this cooperation as well as other important steps taken by Iraq on the path to fulfill its obligations in accordance with the decisions of the relevant Security Council will promote opportunities to exit from Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations. He stressed that: "Although he has not explored the remains of any of these missions represent a promising framework for further work on the ground and can become an effective mechanism of the missions to investigate fully the fate of the missing." http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=ar&tl=en&twu=1&u=http://non14.net/31349.htm&usg=ALkJrhg9T0PHwv-RFi0QLocEiY7fMQykDw
  8. i went to the bank today and just mentioned foreign currency and the private bankers face lit up....didn't tell him about my holdings...just wanted to test her
  9. Sooooo what was the significance of today that somthing was supposed to happen by todaY??? oooooh the gurus.....ROFLMAO GTF outta here!!!!
  10. pls do the same thing and make it look nearly the same...you can't.....it might be an old photo though...but its geniuine i a photoshop user and i tested the photo...its real
  11. if you look very close at the picture you will see that the mexican peso is at .0799 i looked on the charts and the last time it was at that price was back in september....now the price is at .0739....the selling price is only one pip higher So, that means this picture was either taken back in september. or the mexicans already have everything locked in ready to go, RV'ing at .079 what are your thoughts people???
  12. that was in the pdf yesterday when i looked at the pdf...no i ddin't hear the enitre webcast because the stream of it(pre-recorded version) will not paly fully.....all i know is that the document has not been changed since it was posted on dec 2 sry for attacking you red
  13. you're right, i just really hate it when i see disinformation and a whole bunch of needless convo....maybe im just stickler for research...but yah.....
  14. this document is not "always changing" ............this document has not changed today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!....the last time this document was modified was WHEN IT WAS CREATED.....look at the document and you will see in the TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER when "this document" is current "as of" like i said, people do TOO MUCH TALKING are you that guy in your avatar picture? I wouldn't be suprised....
  15. you guys do alot of talking and not alot of research....there is another meeting ALREADY scheduled (as in...before todays meeting was even started) http://www.un.org/Docs/sc/powe.pdf its scheduled for the 15th
  16. 13th " The military said "what remains to this day is U.S. up to 9,000 troops, occupying five bases, withdraw before the end of this month, "expected" to be before the final withdrawal on 13 December of the current. "
  17. hasnt passed house...hasn't been signed by president...isn't law!!! STOP THE FEAR MONGERING! there are many "scarry bills" that make it into congress and never get signed by the pres...or passes the house but not the senate...or passes the senate and not the house....or doesn't pass either the senate or house this is smoke keep your focus soldier!!!!!!
  18. this sounds like something some other person was spewing and then the dates changed.....fear not get out of paper and buy metal!!! yah do that....yah....loose 20% in one day once this dinar RV's....yah godo idea....oil is already down at the pump...next with be other commodities.....sounds like a coordinated basher team attack to me but what do i know, im just the water boy! muuuuaaaahahahahahahaahahah
  19. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HogCxeJ-XHo
  20. THE VICE PRESIDENT: Mr. Prime Minister, my distinguished colleagues, as I stated at the outset, both our countries are now launching on a new phase of this relationship. What we discussed here today was not totally new, but what we discussed here today was a way forward. We will continue to keep our promises as we have thus far. We will in fact, as I said at the outset, draw down our military forces by the end of December in agreement with the so-called SOFA that was signed some years ago. And we’re embarking on a new -- and I think we learned today, or we discussed today a new and a comprehensive civilian relationship between the United States and Iraq as sovereign partners in a way that will benefit, as I said at the outset, not only Iraq but the region and in turn the world. Our civilian mission in Iraq -- I think it’s worth saying this -- is sized. It is big, as the Foreign Minister said. But it’s sized to meet the request and the obligations and the promises we’ve made. The reason it’s as big as it is, and I say this for American audiences as well as Iraqi audiences is because in order to fully meet the obligations that the strategic framework agreement calls for, in order for Iraq to meet its incredible promise, incredible opportunities that it has before it, that we will have in country, on hand for direct relationships -- and the last thing we just discussed is how can we make these coordinating meetings more available, more regularized and more engaging because there’s so much opportunity and so much work to be done. So we will have in country, which we don't in every country, on hand experts, U.S. experts in every one of the fields that we discussed here today. It is not a matter of us having the luxury of being able to send -- or Iraq -- diplomats and experts back and forth across the world. If we’re going to get this job done together, we need to have people on the spot, on the job, in place, immediately accessible for meetings and emergencies relating to their areas they're concerned with in a matter of hours, not a matter of weeks’ planning. So that's the reason why we’re going to have in country not only diplomatic experts but experts on trade, agriculture, education, health care, transportation, rule of law, energy, security and the list goes on because I don't know about you, Mr. Prime Minister, but occasionally I at home have to explain why we have such a large embassy here. Why. We are here for one reason and only one reason: to assist in the development of the capacity of this great nation. Because as you develop, as you reach your potential which has been stinted by -- stunted by Saddam and terror following it, it is good for the whole world, it will bring stability to this region. That is our sole interest in Iraq. Period. End of story. (<~~~~almost an Okie line there -Nuff Said-) And so in the coming months, the various joint coordinating committees in order to implement what we’ve set out here, as the Foreign Minister said earlier, is going to require some traditional, normal written agreements that accommodate all of the people we have here. And we appreciate that cooperation. We appreciate that is not -- that's what normally occurs where we have these bilateral relationships. But it just is bigger here because the need is greater and the request is more consequential. As we have seen today our relationship continues to evolve in a positive way, notwithstanding the naysayers in your country and the naysayers in our country. Every year, every visit I have made here, the cooperation evolves -- is more positive. It has. It’s difficult. But it is constantly moving in a direction that is forward. We’ve in both our countries had to overcome certain misperceptions in both our countries, and we’ll continue to have to do that. In my country some question, is this worth it? Why are we continuing to expend so much energy and money? In your country I’m sure it’s the same thing you hear. Why do you need these guys? Why do you want them around? The truth of the matter is -- the truth of the matter is I think you have demonstrated and we have demonstrated jointly that it’s worth it. It is worth it as costly and as difficult and sometimes as controversial as it is. An example, the first meeting of this joint committee, this high committee was one that took place in January of 2009 at the time the SOFA was put forward. If I’m not mistaken, you and your colleagues suggested, Mr. Prime Minister, that it couldn’t just be about security. It had to be more. And so we set this committee up -- not this committee, we agreed on having a long-term, strategic agreement that went well beyond security. So the first meeting took place in January of 2009. The number of committees that existed under this umbrella committee were relatively small. It met then again in July of 2009 in a new administration. If I’m not mistaken, Mr. Prime Minister, it was your suggestion and a very good one that we increase -- we increase the interchange that this committee had, increase the areas of -- that this committee was going to cover. It was suggested that we talk about student visas. It was suggested that we expand and have a committee relating to trade and commerce, et cetera. It continued to grow. It continued to expand as the needs became apparent and the help was available. Today, in this meeting, the Foreign Minister and our ambassador agreed that, well, we should have another committee -- another committee within this committee based on security. The point I’m trying to make is both our people should understand that this is of the mutual benefit to each of us and to the region, and as it continues to grow, the opportunities -- we stand ready to the extent that you want assistance. We stand ready to be of assistance with expertise that we have. Had you not been under the thumb of Saddam Hussein for so long and the victim of terror for so long, you would not need this help. You all have the capacity. You all have the capacity to do everything that need be done here. (commentary:So why do some big mouths say Iraqis don't get anything done implying that iraqis are stupid...maybe ebcause its the big mouths that are stupid!)But as one of you said today, you’re kind of starting from scratch. There has not been the availability of these institutions to have developed and changed and grown over the past half a century as they have in our country. We have no doubt that your capacity is as unlimited as your natural resources. As was pointed out here today, already a great deal has been done. Most people in both -- I’ll speak for my country. Most people in our country think that bulk of what we’ve done relates to security. Well, as was pointed out by our colleagues today, the United States has completed nearly 1,800 projects in Iraq’s health sector valued at over $800 million -- close to $1 billion -- renovating 133 primary health care centers; providing critical emergency maternity care, along with medical and dental equipment. With the government of Iraq, we’ve jointly built, renovated and expanded hospitals in Basra, Baku [sic] and so on throughout this country. We’ve just launched a $74 million project to improve primary health care at 360 clinics in over 18 provinces. That has nothing to do with self-interest. It has to do with the needs of the people of Iraq because for you to reach your potential, you not only need an educated population but a healthy population. So I admit most of this is directed -- what I’m saying today -- toward my citizens. The United States government has invested over $100 million in Iraq’s transportation infrastructure, helping update regulations and standards in Iraq’s civilian aviation authority. Iraq’s civilian air traffic controllers -- $60 million; dispatching systems for the Iraqi railways, et cetera. So the generic point that I want to make is the one you all have made, and we’ve it made in private, but the press should know -- the press should know that this is about developing a people’s capacity, it’s about developing what every people in the world are entitled to, the opportunity to choose their own future and have a chance to realize their great potential. So I want to thank everyone involved in preparing for this meeting. It’s clear that a lot of work remains to be done to make it a success. I’ve been impressed as I’ve just outlined by the progress that has been made to date, and I expect even greater progress to come. Now it’s time for us to get to work in the coming months the various joint coordinating committees are going to meet and meet more regularly in order to implement the plans we’ve discussed here today. The menu is very large, very large. The opportunities are immense. As you’ve heard we have big plans. Just to cite a few. We’re going to continue to expand our trade engagement, working hard to connect U.S. and Iraqi businesses in order to benefit the economies of both our countries, as well as connecting the rest of the world’s businesses with Iraq. We don't look at this as an opportunity for the United States to have business opportunities. Again, everyone will benefit the more engaged, the more countries, the more Arab, as well as non-Arab countries that are engaged in -- and European countries engaged with Iraq. The fact is that we are demonstrating our commitment, 85 American companies are going to -- with a market capitalization of $1 trillion recently participated in a trade fair here in Baghdad. We’re going to expand exchange opportunities to connect agro-entrepreneurs with U.S. counterparts to improve agriculture as was mentioned here earlier today. We’re going to collaborate to improve, as was your idea in 2009, Mr. Prime Minister, that we should have a joint committee on local law enforcement and police training. We’re going to launch a new security, defense and joint coordinating committee to serve as an important forum for determining the future contours of our security relationship, made jointly and made as equal sovereigns. As I stated before, our nations are embarking on a new phase of our relationship. Our military forces are going to draw down. There will still be security concerns, but we are confident your government is fully capable of handling those internal security concerns. And by far from leaving Iraq, the United States is going to deepen our engagement with you as we build a comprehensive relationship with a sovereign power. And under the leadership of our able ambassador, in my view one of the best ambassadors -- I mean this sincerely, I’ve been doing this a long time, Mr. Prime Minister, you have gotten our best, our very best in Ambassador Jeffrey; and you know you got our best in General Austin. And under their leadership, under Jeffrey’s leadership now, his mission as I said is going to be staffed by serious, serious, serious civilian experts at his disposal and at your disposal as you wish them -- only if you wish them. The next milestone in what will be a historic month in our relationship will come in less than two weeks when you and President Obama and I -- when President Obama and I welcome you, Mr. Prime Minister, and your delegation to Washington. Mr. Prime Minister, the President and I -- and I speak for the President -- we very much look forward to your visit. And we thank you and the Iraq government for your leadership. And we look forward -- we look forward to building a mature 21st century relationship with a nation that has much, much to contribute to the world and to the region. Thank you very much, Mr. Prime Minister. Can you all hold on for a few more weeks!!!??? Please do, hold strong, be head strong, don't listen to the CRAP, read it, laugh at it, kick some dirt on its face, and move one......here is the proof http://news.investors.com/Article/593330/201111301944/joe-biden-iraq-speech-text.htm hmmmm, why is this posted on a web site called INVESTORS if this is an investment that will not come to fruition.....looks like we are still golden, always were! +1 if you like <~~~~its what i do ^~~~~~providing truth with proof~~~~~~~is what makes me credible
  21. wow...day of commitment....this is really going to happen wowsers! I CAN'T WAIT Saiga ready for the stupids!
  22. oh really?? well what was the email address they sent it from.....what is their email address stated on that email you "received"?
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