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Are you sure Chuck.... this could be the side effects creeping up on you that you think you can manage.... So are you sure you remember this?

You and me both, could have been the beers, wine + Jim Beam I had last night!

Hate to be a down'er but after checking the site http://countrymeters.info/en/Iraq/economy I wasn't aware that the stats are a moving clock that resets daily.... The later in the day you check it the more the numbers get inflated! Excited over nothing.... Hey Clown you got anymore Blue Pills..... need some excitement this morning!!!

Great article Thug.... But this is a "Vision" a plan they want to implement now thru 2030.... It doesn't explain how the GDP can double over night.

Hummm!!

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the broadest quantitative measure of a nation's total economic activity. More specifically, GDP represents the monetary value of all goods and services produced within a nation's geographic borders over a specified period of time. Key words... Says it all.... monetary value Something is happening! The GDP Doubled! Please more insight members!

Thug can you find out if there will be a sequel to the book that covers 2015-2017 ?? I think most of the members here at DV want 2018 and beyond info!

I was trying to come up with a reason to drink today.... All I had to do was go with the "Clown's post about Tuesday" Thanks Thug!!! Slam'en to catch up!!

Taken the dogs out for the morning "Goo-ru Pooh!

Look at it this way and you'll be better off... I tell other co-workers this when they get upset with management decisions... "We don't get paid to think they do" It'll all work out in due time, just hang in there! Oh and don't believe "Goo-ru Pooh!

Good morning Chuck! Thanks!

The way I see it, Yes they can go "International" or "World Wide" without an RI or RV But its a step in the right direction. Just my take on this.... anybody else? Opinions wanted.... Please. Thanks ahead of time!

Abadi's putting the hammer down, Love it!

Was thinking the same thing! And I like the way you think Mxmann!! Oh and thanks for all the hard work everyone here at DV!

Thanks for the reply "Butifldrm" You seem to be as confused as I am! By the way a question to you on your user-name "Butifldrm" <---- Is that short for Beautiful Dream??

After reading the articles above I am confused Did Baghdad give the Damn 17% to Kurdistan or Not???? The way I see it is if they give the 17% the Kurds are more likely to agree to the rest.... Article 140 and the HCL. Like a "You wash my balls... I'll scratch your ass!! Kinda like what the USA Gov't does all the time!!! So back to my question, Did they get the 17% or Not??????

Iraq Updated: Iraq budget: Kurdish demands blanked, but boycotting MPs sense ‘opportunity’ By Rudaw 19 hours ago Iraqi parliament in session. Photo: PM media office / file BAGHDAD, Iraq — With Kurds continuing to boycott, the Iraqi parliament passed its 2018 budget bill on Saturday afternoon after more than three months of disputes. Some Kurdish MPs see this as an “opportunity” that shouldn’t be missed. Kurds claim their share is neither sufficient nor fair. Sunni MPs participating in the session allowed for a quorum, which their Kurdish counterparts see as a political coup. “They have committed a coup against the agreements they made with us in 2003,” Adil Nuri from the Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU) told Rudaw. Nuri was not completely disappointed, however. He called on Kurds to meet and make a decision to withdraw from the Iraqi government. “Then they [Iraqi officials] will be obliged to knock our door. Let’s not this miss this opportunity.” The law consists of 58 articles. One of them obliges the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to return all the money it gained through its export of Kirkuk oil. Muthana Amin, the head of the KIU bloc, said the Kurdish parties are concerned that Iraq’s current budget bill only nets about 6-7 percent for the KRG. Kurdish demands The bulk of Kurdish demands were not met despite mounting pressure on the parliament and Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to increase the KRG share from 12.67 percent to its original 17 percent. Abadi has consistently said the 17 percent share was based on an outdated political agreement that his government will not remain committed to. Iraq’s budget for 2018 is about 104 trillion dinars [$88 billion]. The Iraqi budget operates with a deficit of 12.5 trillion dinars, or about $10.58 billion. The budget is based on a projected oil price of $46 per barrel and a daily export capacity of 3.8 million barrels. The KRG’s share stands at 6.6 trillion dinars, a monthly sum of 558 billion dinars. The KRG, however, has on numerous occasions said it needs 850 billion dinars to pay its civil servants on a monthly basis. The economic crisis has forced the KRG to reduce this to 600 billion dinars. There are 1.249 million people on the KRG’s payroll, according to its figures. Erbil says its revenues have been slashed by almost half since the loss of the Kirkuk oil fields to the Iraqi government in mid-October, leaving the government with a net of $337.4 million (about 400 billion dinars) for salaries after deducting essential expenses and payments to international energy companies. Other demands of the KRG are the allocation of petrodollars to the provinces of the Kurdistan Region, the inclusion of the Peshmerga budget in Iraq’s defense system, financial provisions for the recently created Halabja province, and payments for oil companies working in the Kurdistan Region. Baghdad, however, has not agreed to these demands. Baghdad said earlier this month it will not cover the gross payments due to oil companies that have signed agreements with the Kurdistan Region. According to Masoud Haider, an MP for the Change Movement (Gorran), nothing has been allotted in the budget for the payment of oil companies operating in the Kurdistan Region, while 22 billion dinars has been made available for companies working in other parts of Iraq. The Kurds also demanded a reduction in Iraq’s sovereign funds by 40 percent. Iraq’s sovereign funds cover expenses such as the defense budget, the Iraqi Council of Ministers, the Iraqi parliament, the Iraqi president, and border guards. Overall, 39 percent of the budget amounting to 41 trillion dinars goes to the sovereign funds. Of this fund the KRG receives nothing. There were two main changes made to the bill. First, the Kurdistan Region is now referred to as the “Kurdistan Region” not “provinces of Kurdistan.” Second, a budget has been allocated for Peshmerga salaries, but not for their operational needs. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said the 12.6 percent share will not cover the KRG’s expenses. “[W]e’ve communicated to the federal government that the 6.6 trillion [Iraqi dinars] (about $5.56 billion) that are currently in the 2018 draft budget do not suffice in our view to cover the needs of the Kurdistan Regional Government. To that, in our opinion, these transfers should be increased to about 10 trillion Iraqi dinars ($8.43 billion),” IMF Deputy Division Chief Christian Josz had told Rudaw. Change Movement (Gorran) MP Haider issued a statement in the wake of the budget claiming there is a deliberate desire to leave many of the problems as they are. He called on “Kurdish political leaders to discuss all options … to reject this.” Haider said they did their best to produce another outcome. “We as Kurds on the financial committee have conducted many meetings with the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), the International Monetary Fund, Iraqi high officials, parliamentary presidency, and Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi.” He urged the reestablishment of Erbil-Baghdad relations. “The International community and Kurdish and Iraqi friends should work to re-establish Erbil-Baghdad relations on the basis of the constitution.” Abadi has insisted that the KRG’s share should be less, in proportion to the Kurdish population, estimated by Baghdad to be 12.67 percent. Kurdish MPs have not been willing to accept anything less than a 17-percent share. There has not been a census in Iraq since 1987. ‘Dream won’t come true’ After passing the budget bill, Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament Salim al-Jabouri said demands of the Kurdistan Region were included in the budget. He also said the parliament would monitor the economic situation in the Kurdistan Region. “What has been fixed in the public federal budget clearly stipulates the resolution of the demands of the Kurdistan Region within the framework of the budget, including what is associated with the salaries of the Kurdistan Region civil servants,” said Jabouri. He noted that the Iraqi government and parliament should take into account the economic crisis that has engulfed the KRG, particularly the matter of salaries and farmers’ income. Kurdish farmers have not been fully compensated for the wheat crops sold to Baghdad over the past three years, adding to a ballooning debt owed to the Kurdish crop growers by the Iraqi government. “Given measures taken to deal with the Kurdistan Region, the Iraqi government and parliament will be committed to resolving all the economic issues that the KRG has been going through, as part of efforts to resolve the tough situation the state of Iraq is facing,” Jabouri added. A State of Law bloc MP told a press conference in Baghdad that the Kurdistan Region’s “dream” of restoring its 17 percent budget share “will not come true.” Adnan al-Assadi said “the Kurdistan Region’s share has been earmarked per population ratio and they will not be given any more.” “The Kurdistan Region’s dream is to receive its previous share of the national budget, but we are telling them very frankly – this dream will not come true from today.” He pointed out “there is unanimity inside the parliament that no portion outnumbering their population ratio should be entitled to the Kurdistan Region. On the contrary, any more going to them within the framework of the 2018 budget law will not be voted on.” Last updated at 10:15 p.m

Kurdistan Deputy Speaker: Time for Kurds to withdraw from Iraq’s political process Mewan Dolamari | 2 hours ago Share share Kurdistan Parliament's Deputy Speaker Jaafar Imniki during an interview with Kurdistan 24, March 3, 2018. (Photo: Kurdistan 24) Kurdistan Iraq Baghdad A+AA- ERBIL, Kurdistan Region (Kurdistan 24) – Negotiations and elections will not change Baghdad’s treatment toward the Kurdistan Region and it is time for the Kurds to decide on their future and withdraw from Iraq’s political process, a Kurdish official said on Saturday. The Iraqi Parliament on Saturday approved the country’s controversial 2018 budget bill as Kurdish factions boycotted the session. Over the past few months, Kurds have repeatedly asked Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to make changes to the bill, which has dropped the Kurdistan Region’s budget share from 17 to 12 percent. The draft legislation also made controversial changes in terminology, switching the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to the “provincial governments in northern Iraq.” “The Kurds should have withdrawn from the political process in Iraq immediately a few years ago when Iraqi officials in Baghdad intentionally wanted to officially label Article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution ‘null and void’ as they understood the importance of the article to Kurds,” Kurdistan Parliament's Deputy Speaker Jaafar Imniki told Kurdistan 24. The parliamentarian, along with a Kurdish delegation, recently visited Najaf to ask Shia clerics pressure Baghdad to change its treatments towards Kurdistan. Article 140 is related to the disputed territories, including the oil-rich province of Kirkuk. The article requires the compensation and return of people who were forcibly displaced through systematic Arabization campaigns back to Kirkuk, and the holding of a referendum to determine whether the people want to be part of the Kurdistan Region or federal Iraq. The deadline for the implementation of the article was Dec. 2007, but over a decade has since passed and the article remains unimplemented. The situation in disputed territories has significantly deteriorated after Baghdad’s military takeover last year following the Kurdistan’s referendum on independence held on Sep. 25. Since the independence vote, Baghdad has implemented collective punitive measures against the people of the Kurdistan Region, including an international flights ban on the Region’s airports and the withholding of salaries owed to KRG public employees. “I anticipate Baghdad would not alter the budget bill in accordance with Kurdish demands; They will not re-open the airports [in the Kurdistan Region]; Negotiations between Erbil and Baghdad will not succeed, and Baghdad will not send the Kurdistan Region’s share of the federal budget, and even if they do send it, they will do it in a demeaning manner, against the people of the Kurdistan Region,” Iminiki said. Now, it is time, even if it is late, for the Kurds to completely withdraw from the political process in Baghdad, the Kurdish Parliament's Deputy Speaker argued, stating it is not only his understanding but also that of all the Kurdish factions in the Iraqi Parliament that remaining in Baghdad would lead to nothing. He mentioned the factions had agreed that the upcoming Iraqi parliamentary elections, new budget, and negotiations would not change anything. “It is better for Kurds to withdraw from Baghdad soon.” The Kurdish leadership has repeatedly stated Baghdad treats the people of the Kurdistan Region as second-class citizens. “There is no trust. We don’t trust Baghdad anymore. We’ve heard a lot of things from them, but unfortunately, they’re all empty promises. Nothing they have said has translated into actions,” Sleman Mohammed, a Kurdish resident of Erbil, previously told Kurdistan 24. “We need to boycott the upcoming Iraqi elections,” said Duhok resident Dildar Aziz, during a live broadcast by Kurdistan 24. He then asked, “If the presence of Kurdish parties in Baghdad does not change the behavior of Iraqi officials toward the people of the Kurdistan Region, then why are we there at all?” Editing by Nadia Riva

OORAH!! You Go Abadi Go! Oorah (Marines) - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oorah_(Marines) Oorah is a battle cry common in the United States Marine Corps since the mid-20th century. The term means "charge". It is comparable to Hooah in the United States Army and the United States Air Force, and Hooyah in the United States Navy.

Thanks Butifldrm for the full breakdown! I like the last part...... This law was enacted

Iraqi Parliament Passes 2018 Budget Bill Without Kurdish Factions’ Presence BasNews 03/03/2018 - 15:33 Kurdistan Archive ERBIL - The Iraqi Parliament on Saturday passed the country's 2018 budget bill without the attendance of the Kurdish representatives in the session. Speaking to BasNews, Rezan Sheikh Dler, a Kurdish lawmaker in the Iraqi parliament said that the Iraqi parliament approved the budget bill even though the Kurdish factions boycotted the session. "The Kurdish leadership has to inform the international community of this action of Iraq because passing such a significant bill without the presence of the Kurds is totally unconstitutional," she added. According to the current bill, the Kurdistan Region will receive only 12 percent, while the real percentage is 17 as both sides agreed upon it after the collapse of the regime in 2003. After the Kurdistan Region held a referendum in September, the federal government began to punish the region, including decreasing its budget share.

Hate to burst your bubble, site came up for me.

So they gave'em the 14%...... They pissed and moaned to get the 14% Now the Bastards want 17% All I can say is WTF!

So now it's a "Prediction"

Thinking the same! Something is going on in sand land, we just have to wait and see.... Yes it's been way too long but things are looking extremely positive lately! Hang in there! We've waited this long.