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Al-Baghdadeya Satellite Channel : Iraq’s eye on the world and the world’s eye on Iraq. Al-Baghdadeya channel was founded on the basis of freedom of expression and on defending the rights of the nation and the citizens. Broadcasting started on September 12, 2005 after the Iraqi businessman Dr. Eng. Awn Hussein El-Khashlouk has decided to establish this channel and he personally supervised the execution process which has taken much time in research, consulting, preparation to found a great Iraqi media establishment in accordance with the criterion of professionalism in performance, modernity in form and technologies and freedom and modernity in political, cultural and artistic discourse in order to highlight the genuine Iraqi status. The current variable events cause confusion in understanding this status and distort its unique nature. Al-Baghdadeya is an independent professional channel that adheres to the Iraqi national identity considered as a collective common factor in all diverse Iraqi components. On this basis, Al-Baghdadeya discourse has always called for Iraq’s independence, for the regain of Iraqi national sovereignty and for building a unified liberal democratic regime that approves of intellectual, political, national and religious pluralism. At the same time, it believes in the democratic approach, in freedoms, and in the necessity of respect of human rights. During its genuine artistic derive and its striving for displaying it via sound and image, Al-Baghdadeya has relied upon an intellectual discourse based upon centrism and moderation that counters sectarianism, quotas, prior biases and all forms of religious and ideological extremism. In addition, it has strived to encourage dialogue , opinion and counter opinion. · Through its various programs, Al-Baghdadeya has shed light on people’s concerns and problems, giving special attention to tackling issues such as terrorism, violence, lack of security and safety. That was its basic fear, and for that particular reason, it has given special attention to the issue of terrorism combating in all its forms and its places, and has studied its roots and its causes , and the importance of drying up its territories and its sources. It has also confronted the phenomena of financial and administrative corruption as well as the waste of public funds. · Al-Baghdadeya has equally distanced itself from all political parties in the political process or outside it, and thus placing its non-promotional and non-commercial informational message at the top of its priorities, and encouraging freedom of expression and the rest of the political, civil, economic, social, cultural rights. It has also advocated the appointment of public and supreme offices without discrimination, deriving force from the objectivity and truth it pursues, and having no limited political objectives. · Al-Baghdadeya has considered enlightening its main task, and has regarded the citizen regardless of his religion, nationalism, language, social affiliation or political beliefs. It has also taken stances supportive for women rights, national and religious minorities. It has opened the filed for the representatives of such groups to express their opinions and claim for their rights. Al-Baghdadeya has struggled to be a platform for the freedom it glorifies and regards as a foundation of all other rights especially those of freedom of expression, freedom of faith, party organization and trade union organization and the right of political participation and above all the right for life and peaceful living. · Through the endeavors of its founder and its administration, Al-Baghdadeya has stood side by side with Iraqi citizens through humane activities where it has allocated convenient salaries for the needy families, the handicapped, widows. It has also provided treatment for many of the incurable cases of Iraqi people who have lived harsh conditions, but it has managed to preserve the pride and dignity of the Iraqis, where the poor Iraqis are given the choice either to appear on the diverse T.V. programs or not. Al-Baghdadeya supports any act or activity aiming at serving the Iraqi people regardless of the entity carrying it out. On the other hand, it criticizes any activity or action that harms the citizen or his rights. It firmly stands in the face of those rights violators either from the ruling authorities or objecting parties. · Al-Baghdadeya calls for the respect for all religions and sanctities, and the freedom of practicing rituals and religious rites, in a manner that would enhance civil peace and communal co-existence, and would develop Iraq’s future role and its relation with the international community on the basis of civil interaction and cultural exchange , and in accordance with common human values. For this issue, Al-Baghdadeya regards with respect and reverence all religions, nations, countries and their civilizations regardless of policies and the difference in approaches and philosophies. · Al-Baghdadeya has had daring conversations with the officials and decision makers from political forces involved in the political field and away from it as well as the administrative body in the Iraqi territories to reveal the nature of their performance and to uncover corruption and bribery. It has placed criticism in such a supreme position, approving only of constructive and objective criticism based upon facts and actual incidents, with a view to rectifying situations and holding the delinquents accountable, adhering to the principal of the supremacy of the law on both the international and the domestic levels. It has not missed to focus on everything it states and screen on the matter of national unity and human rights protection and basic human freedoms on the collective as well as the individual levels. · On the intellectual side, there are no taboos or censorship except when it comes to human dignity, Iraq’s independence and co-existence between nations and countries. This approach was a solid ground for the channel’s political programs that involved open dialogue and free disclosure, and also for a modern avant-garde image for women, family and life all through diverse programs, accompanied with the choice of various guests and diversified specialization in such trends. Al-Baghdadeya’s unbiased discourse with its pluralistic nature was met with positive response on the part of the segments of society and the different governorates. This unified discourse has become so distinguished where the channel’s motto is present in Anbar - Karbala - Kirkuk - Mosul - Najaf - Basra - Saladin - Erbil - Nasiriyah – Hilla all the same. In other words, our correspondents have become on the mission of protecting our viewers, and our viewers are all the Iraqis. · On the technical level, after accomplishing its mission and conveying its message for two years, Al-Baghdadeya felt that it was its responsibility to upgrade its technical tools, and for that purpose, it has established six luxurious studios inside Iraq , four of them assigned for entertainment shows and drama, while the other two for the news, and it has given them names of journalism martyrs, hallmarks of art and creativity in Iraq. In addition, it has established new studios in Cairo equipped with latest technologies of broadcast. Furthermore, Al-Baghdadeya owns offices in Amman and Damascus, and an authorization in Beirut, Sweden, Norway, Holland, and Australia. It also aims at inaugurating two offices in Arbil, Sulaymaneya and London. · Al-Baghdadeya seeks to spread modernity and civilization in a way to be orchestrated with the customs and traditions of the Iraqis through the right information and the right image. The image is an effective piece of news that is worth tens or rather thousands of articles and comments. the objective is conveying the truth to the viewer exactly as it is with a view to constructing a modern civilized society based on awareness, trust and respect of people’s free choices. Al-Baghdadeya contributes in building bridges of knowledge and culture on the basis of the common shared values of all nations and countries and in the framework of the liberty it believes in, investing in this process the experience of its founders in other countries that preceded our country to liberty, democracy and human rights respect. Al-Baghdadeya is a permanent civilized cultural media project that supports Iraq and substantiate all efforts to uphold it, achieving its freedom, and constructing it on pillars of progress and civilization through a balanced civilized policy. This media project helps the voice of the Iraqis to reach the whole world and opens a window for the whole world to know this country, its people, and its human contributions as they are truly are.

Currency Auctions Announcement No. (1971) The latest daily currency auction was held in the Central Bank of Iraq on the 5-SEP-2011. The results were as follows: DETAILS NOTES Number of banks 16 Auction price selling dinar / US$ 1170 Auction price buying dinar / US$ ----- Amount sold at auction price (US$) 133,800,000 Amount purchased at Auction price (US$) ----- Total offers for buying (US$) 133,800,000 Total offers for selling (US$) -----

About two weeks ago I dreamed, I was standing outside and people started turning to look at me. No one said anything to me but, I knew they were letting me know I had a message from God....after the tenth person looked at me, I turned around and saw a white wall and on the wall were the numbers 7:77 about two feet tall in red. I then woke up. That was all of the dream and I don't understand the meaning.