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I really don't have anything to say about these devils that can be posted in here without getting me kicked out.

lol -----good one there--- FlyHi

welcome to the forums ginoc.

His speech is over but none of the news anchors are going for what he said. The President is living in his own world it seems.

Very interesting video and amazing how the robots work in applying their programed systems to manufacture these vehicles.

Watching it now and he is still covering up his true beliefs with a bunch of

Hello Wiljor-----agree that Adabi is moving a a fast pace compared to his predecessor but one man can only do so much. Waiting patiently for the great news to come out .

Islamic State jihadists plan to use Libya as ‘European gateway’ Document penned by Islamic State recruiter in Libya and translated by British anti-extremist think tank Quilliam Foundation claims that militiamen from Iraq and Syria should use Libya as gateway to reach 'southern Crusader states' using boats Matthew Vella 18 February 2015, 4:18pm Print Version Share on facebookShare on twitterShare on pinterest_shareShare on google_plusone_shareMore Sharing Services3 3 Islamic State militants plan a takeover of Libya as a “gateway” to wage war across southern Europe, letters written by the group’s supporters published have revealed.Quilliam – a British anti-extremist group that describes itself as the “world’s first counter-extremism think tank” – translated recruitment propaganda from a jihadist targeting adherents. According to the dossier, Islamic State jihadists want to flood Libya with militiamen from Syria and Iraq, and then sail across the Mediterranean. The recruiter claims that militiamen should exploit human trafficking passageways as a means of gaining entry into Europe. DOWNLOADABLE FILES Quilliam Foundation 'Libya, the Strategic Gateway for the Islamic State' The document, published in The Telegraph, is written by an Islamic State propagandist who is believed to be an important online recruiter in Libya.MaltaToday understands that the Quilliam Foundation has been funded by the British government in the past, and that it relies on private funding from Muslim and non-Muslim individuals and foundations based in the United Kingdom and all around the world. Quilliam’s analysis focuses on a short essay entitled “Libya: The Strategic Gateway for the Islamic State”, where the author lays down the reasons why IS’s jihad must expand to the country. The Arabic message is intended for a “regional jihadist audience, written to convince other jihadists of the imperatives of assisting the IS mission in Libya” rather than a Western audience. “Though this does not give an official, Islamic State-sanctioned view on the importance of country to the caliphate, it does present a window onto the mindset of the IS jihadist in Libya. Hence, it sheds light on some of the primary considerations, motivations and intentions of IS’s Libyan franchise,” Quilliam states. SYNOPSIS Laments that IS supporters underestimated Libya’s critical significance as new “province” of the caliphate. Claims that, if Libya was properly exploited, “pressure on the land of the Caliphate in ash-Sham and Iraq” could be relieved significantly. As much as anything else, Libya could be the key to IS’s defence against the “Crusader coalition”. 
 Notes that “it has a long coast and looks upon the southern Crusader states, which can be reached with ease by even a rudimentary boat”. Therefore, the opportunities that lie in the exploitation of human trafficking rings make Libya unparalleled as a launching platform for attacking European states and shipping lines. 
 Spends much time discussing the abundance of light, medium and heavy munitions in Libya, both those that ended up in the hands of revolutionaries and those stockpiled by al-Qadhafi during his reign, in which he “squandered all Libya’s oil revenues – which ranged between thirty and forty five billion dollars a year – upon the purchase of weapons”. 
 Urgently calls upon jihadists to make their way to Libya as soon as possible, before inaction means that the weapons are “effectively surrender[ed] to the Crusaders”. Quilliam recommended that bombing ISIS without a concerted approach to tackle its funding, recruitment and extremist radicalisation “will not have lasting results”. Quilliam said that states should increase international cooperation to improve border security, crack down on arms smuggling and coordinate military responses to jihadist organisations, wherever they are located; and tha the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office takes a long-term view to the causes of violent extremism in the Middle East and North Africa region and invest in counter- extremism measures as part and parcel of its counter-terrorism strategy.

IS militants burn 45 people to death in western Iraq Islamic State militants have burned 45 people to death in western town of al-Baghdadi 17 February 2015, 5:10pm Print Version Share on facebookShare on twitterShare on pinterest_shareShare on google_plusone_shareMore Sharing Services21 21 Local police chief Colonel Qasim al-Obeidi, has said that the identity of these 45 people is as yet unknown, but he believed some were members of the security forces.IS militants had captured much of the town, near Ain al-Asad air base, last week, with Obeidi saying a compound that housed the families of security personnel and local officials was now under attack. Obeidi pleaded for help from the government and the international community, but the fighting and poor communications in the area continue to make it difficult to confirm these reports. Earlier this month, IS published a video showing militants burning alive a Jordanian air force pilot, whose plane crashed in Syria in December. Islamic State fighters had besieged Al-Baghdadi for months before its fall on Thursday, and it had been one of the few towns to still be controlled by the Iraqi government in the Anbar province, where IS and allied Sunni Arab tribesmen launched an invasion in January 2014. Pentagon spokesman Admiral John Kirby told reporters on Friday that al-Baghdadi's capture needed to be put in perspective. He said it was the first time in the last couple of months that the jihadist group had taken new ground. Ain al-Asad air base, where about 320 US Marines are training members of the Iraqi army's 7th Division, is only 8km (5 miles) away. The base was itself attacked by IS militants, using several suicide bombers, on Friday. The militants were eventually repelled by Iraqi troops backed by US-led coalition aircraft.

Iraq's reserves of oil hit 200 billion barrel Published: 2015/2/18 18:00 • 11 Reads Baghdad {Alforat} -The Minister of Oil Adil Abdul-mahdi assured that "the oil reserves in Iraq will exceed 200 billion barrel. Thus, the country ranked the third or fourth globally, noting "Iraq needs a well-considered policy to make the oil and gas a key for pushing the economic development instead of being the only source for economy." Iraq's reserves of natural gas both free and associated gas are estimated at 132 trillion cubic feet, Abdul-mahdi said on Wednesday adding "Iraq takes the 12th place globally."

Thanks Adam. Not much news this week but then again, Rome was not built in a day, as they say.

Good morning Adam, mods and staff. My question for today is this. Since Baghdad did not pay the Kurds the agreed upon amount of 600 million dollars they were suppose to receive and the Kurds called them a bankrupt country, do you think that is the only reason why the HCA didn't become a HCL? Or at least a major factor for their differences now. Seems to me that Baghdad lost some face on that move. What is your opinion of this? Thanks

Hooray for the Britts. It is about time someone with some b-lls is finally doing something to get rid of the bast--ds. Sounds like you men are doing what you were trained to do.

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The United States played a leading role in the new arrangement, with the value of other currencies fixed in relation to the dollar and the value of the dollar fixed in terms of gold—$35 an ounce. Following the Bretton Woods agreement, the United States authorities took actions to hold down the growth of foreign central bank dollar reserves to reduce the pressure for conversion of official dollar holdings into gold. During the mid- to late-1960s, the United States experienced a period of rising inflation. Because currencies could not fluctuate to reflect the shift in relative macroeconomic conditions between the United States and other nations, the system of fixed exchange rates came under pressure. In 1973, the United States officially ended its adherence to the gold standard. Many other industrialized nations also switched from a system of fixed exchange rates to a system of floating rates. Since 1973, exchange rates for most industrialized countries have floated, or fluctuated, according to the supply of and demand for different currencies in international markets. An increase in the value of a currency is known as appreciation, and a decrease as depreciation. Some countries and some groups of countries, however, continue to use fixed exchange rates to help to achieve economic goals, such as price stability. Under a fixed exchange rate system, only a decision by a country's government or monetary authority can alter the official value of the currency. Governments do, occasionally, take such measures, often in response to unusual market pressures. Devaluation, the deliberate downward adjustment in the official exchange rate, reduces the currency's value; in contrast, a revaluation is an upward change in the currency's value. For example, suppose a government has set 10 units of its currency equal to one dollar. To devalue, it might announce that from now on 20 of its currency units will be equal to one dollar. This would make its currency half as expensive to Americans, and the U.S. dollar twice as expensive in the devaluing country. To revalue, the government might change the rate from 10 units to one dollar to five units to one dollar; this would make the currency twice as expensive to Americans, and the dollar half as costly at home. Under What Circumstances Might a Country Devalue? When a government devalues its currency, it is often because the interaction of market forces and policy decisions has made the currency's fixed exchange rate untenable. In order to sustain a fixed exchange rate, a country must have sufficient foreign exchange reserves, often dollars, and be willing to spend them, to purchase all offers of its currency at the established exchange rate. When a country is unable or unwilling to do so, then it must devalue its currency to a level that it is able and willing to support with its foreign exchange reserves. A key effect of devaluation is that it makes the domestic currency cheaper relative to other currencies. There are two implications of a devaluation. First, devaluation makes the country's exports relatively less expensive for foreigners. Second, the devaluation makes foreign products relatively more expensive for domestic consumers, thus discouraging imports. This may help to increase the country's exports and decrease imports, and may therefore help to reduce the current account deficit. There are other policy issues that might lead a country to change its fixed exchange rate. For example, rather than implementing unpopular fiscal spending policies, a government might try to use devaluation to boost aggregate demand in the economy in an effort to fight unemployment. Revaluation, which makes a currency more expensive, might be undertaken in an effort to reduce a current account surplus, where exports exceed imports, or to attempt to contain inflationary pressures. Effects of Devaluation A significant danger is that by increasing the price of imports and stimulating greater demand for domestic products, devaluation can aggravate inflation. If this happens, the government may have to raise interest rates to control inflation, but at the cost of slower economic growth. Another risk of devaluation is psychological. To the extent that devaluation is viewed as a sign of economic weakness, the creditworthiness of the nation may be jeopardized. Thus, devaluation may dampen investor confidence in the country's economy and hurt the country's ability to secure foreign investment. Another possible consequence is a round of successive devaluations. For instance, trading partners may become concerned that a devaluation might negatively affect their own export industries. Neighboring countries might devalue their own currencies to offset the effects of their trading partner's devaluation. Such "beggar thy neighbor" policies tend to exacerbate economic difficulties by creating instability in broader financial markets. Since the 1930s, various international organizations such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have been established to help nations coordinate their trade and foreign exchange policies and thereby avoid successive rounds of devaluation and retaliation. The 1976 revision of Article IV of the IMF charter encourages policymakers to avoid "manipulating exchange rates...to gain an unfair competitive advantage over other members." With this revision, the IMF also set forth each member nation's right to freely choose an exchange rate system. September 2011 RELATED EXTERNAL CONTENT FED EDUCATION

This is just another way our government conducts business around the world and ends up giving out own troops a royal screwing. God forbid if they had to pay veterans for being exposed to this chemical.

Baghdad just needs to put their money where their mouth is and deliver what they said or be honest up front about their money situation. JMO.

Evidently the main reason now why it is not "working out" is because Baghdad did not give the Kurds what they agreed on. The full $600 million !!!!

Try this one. http://expandedconsciousness.com/2014/05/02/this-is-what-it-sounds-like-when-you-put-tree-rings-on-a-record-player/

Their surprise may mean that their meetings were held on schedule without a postponememt.

There was another 13 million dollars taken as well besides the 100,000,000 Iraqi dinar. This is not good for the people or GOI and shows little protection coming from the Iraqi security in the area.

I will have to differ with you Dontlop on the one party you mentioned above. There are many paties in Iraq but I am thinking you may have misunderstood my reply. I was referring directly to Baghdad and the Kurdistan regions of Iraq and they are not the same and not one party.

I am not so sure that the HCL will happen soon but I do believe that Adabi may do some backbending in order to get the two regions working with eachother rather than butting heads. There is plenty of oil to keep both party's happy.