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maybe he wants to know how they did this..... Bank of China, UnionPay Issue Dual-currency Debit Cards in Thailand 2011-07-15 18:56:33 Xinhua Web Editor: liuranran Bank of China (BOC), one of the big four state-owned commercial banks in China, has jointly launched its first UnionPay debit cards with the China UnionPay (CUP) in Thailand. http://english.cri.cn/6826/2011/07/15/2821s648766.htm Bank of China (BOC), one of the big four state-owned commercial banks in China, has jointly launched its first UnionPay debit cards with the China UnionPay (CUP) in Thailand. The debit cards, integrating both the yuan and Thai baht accounts, can be used in more than 100 countries and regions that accept CUP standards, according to a statement on the CUP website. The dual-currency debit cards can also save costs stemming from currency conversions between the yuan and the Thai baht as transactions in the two countries are settled in the local currency, said the statement. At the launch ceremony Thursday, CUP vice president Cai Jianbo said the debit cards were issued at a time when cross-border payment demands between the two countries were increasing while the CUP standard was now more widely accepted in Thailand. So far the BOC has issued UnionPay bank cards in a total of eight countries and regions outside China, according to BOC vice president Zhu Shumin. In late 2009, the CUP jointly introduced a credit card in Thailand with Bangkok Bank.

My link I found this today I know the 5000 notes have been out for awhile, but wondered if this was the ''new" 5 with kurd language? I tried to put the picture in, the link has it, it's the 3rd one down sorry if I am wrong just curious Middle East Banknote News text from website: Iraq new date (2010) 5,000-dinar note confirmed Jul 15, 2011 11:16 AM 5,000 dinars (US$4.25), ٢٠١٠ - ١٤٣١ (2010/AH1431). Like P94b, but new date. Courtesy of Haider Saffar. http://www.banknotenews.com/index.php

Iraq, China to Improve Relations: Iraqi PM Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al- Maliki here on Thursday said Iraq and China have the common wish to further improve the mutual relations. The Iraqi premier, who is slated to pay a visit to China from Sunday to July 21, said in an joint interview by Xinhua and China' s CCTV that Iraq and China both have long history of civilizations and the two cultures have had impact on each other. "We'd like to renew the Silk Road," said Maliki, referring to the ancient trade route from China to Europe which had a stop in Iraq. In the modern history, said the Iraqi leader, the two countries have seen close relations in politics and economy. "China has become a major power in the world arena and Iraq wishes to strengthen the ties with China," said the premier. He said China's economy is on good track and Iraq is eager to enhance the economic cooperation with China. Chinese companies have been working in Iraq in sectors including oil, electricity and construction. Maliki said Iraq is faced with difficulties in its reconstruction effort, as infrastructure, public service and government institutions are all in need of more fund. "So the first step is to improve the production of crude oil, in a bid to increase revenue," said the prime minister. In his tour to China, Maliki wishes he could bring more Chinese companies to Iraq to help with the country's reconstruction. "These companies will find in Iraq a good investment environment. Iraq is capable of rewarding the investors with benefits," said the prime minister. In regard to the country's government reform plan, Maliki said he has sent a letter to the national parliament, asking for the approval to decrease the number of cabinet positions. Maliki's government has over 40 ministers, which is criticized by the public and rival groups. "The aim of the reform is to urge the ministries to help people more efficiently and successfully," said the prime minister. As to the security situation, Maliki said, "things have improved compared with years ago." He said the Iraqi security forces have strengthened in training and equipment, adding "They can take responsibility without the help of foreign troops." However, he added the Iraqi security forces still need U.S. help in training. http://english.cri.cn/6909/2011/07/16/2321s648852.htm

I posted earlier today (I am not a big time poster) I was so curious as to what all my "dinar knowledge - dude and dudettes" thought about it, and although I think a few people read it, nothing was said.... no, not my ego, I don't care if you plus or minus me or tell me how good I am.... I just want to know is this progress or nothing??? thanks.....all the best LA

hey did you see this? sent to me from a rumor sender Date: Thursday, July 14, 2011, 12:10 PM Consider this as an opinions, get your own tax advice. [sunny301] TAX POST: Spent almost 3 hours with IRS today and here in a nutshell what they told me, coming from their Law Dept on Currency. Currency is not considered an investment. It is NOT a Capital Gain because it is not the sale of anything. Currency Exchange is treated as an exchange and not the sale of an asset. You would have to pay taxes on currency if purchased through an exchange such as the Forex, but currency is not treated like a bond, stock etc. the only way you could be taxed on currency is if congress passes a NEW LAW to collect taxes on this event. This was told to me by an IRS Law Dept Lawyer. I would like someone out there to show me proof or where in the IRS Tax Code where Currency is considered a capital gain. The IRS sure as hell could not show me or tell me that it was. Where is everyone getting this information that currency is a capital gain? I think this is made up just like a lot of the other information on these blogs.

found this at the bottom of the same link on the iraqi business site....couldn't find it posted, but I can't keep up with everything... Erbil Property Still a Buy http://www.iraq-businessnews.com/?s=IRAQI+DINAR&.x=0&.y=0 Posted on 13 July 2011. Tags: Erbil, Kurdistan, Property Market Erbil property has been one of the best investments in Iraq over the past year. While the ISX is up about 50% over the last twelve months, prices for residential and office space in the Kurdish capital have more than doubled. 600 sq m single detached houses in the city’s Italian Village development, for example, are now listed at US$ 1.5 mn, up from only $600,000 a year ago. Meanwhile, along Erbil’s 100 m ring road numerous projects are under construction. When completed these will add hundreds of new units of both high and low rise supply. (Several of the international hotels mentioned in this post are coming to this area as well.) I have also been told that land is selling for prices similar to those in Baghdad. This despite the fact that Erbil still has many large and well situated empty sites available for development. Are these signs of a bubble? In any ordinary city you would have to say yes. But Erbil has some special features that make the usual signs of overheating unreliable indicators. As John Drake points out in his latest post, Kurdistan is an oasis of peace in comparison with the rest of the country. The region thus has an obvious role to play as a “gateway” to Iraq. For foreign investors and vendors and their local partners and clients, locating in Erbil will be a no brainer. And Iraq’s coming oil bonanza virtually guarantees that the foreigners will keep coming. (John’s observation that many of them don’t yet even realize that Kurdistan is safer than the rest of the country is another bullish sign.) They will come not only to work on oil and gas projects but also to participate in the whole spectrum of activities necessary to Iraq’s reconstruction. They will also come because the Kurdish region, with 70 bn barrels of oil and 200 tr cm of natural gas, is on the verge of a fossil fuels boom of its own. Finally, property bubbles do not usually occur without leverage. And the Iraqi banks have yet to really start lending. Most of the ten thousand dollar “blocks” of US hundred dollar bills being used to pay for properties are evidently not borrowed money. Until this changes, it is still much too early to call a top in Erbil property.

Kurdistan calls for Baghdad to invest economic relations to stop the "excesses" on the sovereignty of the country 14/07/2011 19:56 http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=ar&tl=en&twu=1&u=http://www.aknews.com/ar/aknews/2/250776/ Dohuk, July 14 (Rn) - The deputy from the coalition of the Kurdish bloc in the Iraqi Council of Representatives the Iraqi government to invest economic relations to stop the "excesses" of neighboring countries on the sovereignty of the country, noting that internal differences beyond the internal borders and spread to neighboring countries who invest in their relationships with Iraq. And Amina Said Hassan, told the Kurdish news agency (Rn) that "should the government of Baghdad, and Iraqi politicians to unite their positions on how to deal with regional issues with neighboring countries." She said, "it became clear that the differences and internal problems adversely affect Iraq's relations with its neighbors, because the differences are beyond the internal situation and spread to neighboring countries who invest in their relationships and dealings with Iraq." She noted that "Dblomsah and commercial delegations from neighboring countries are flocking to Baghdad between now and then to sign economic agreements and contracts, and was supposed to use these visits to stop the excesses of the neighboring countries continued to rule the country." ". She said, "between now and then is bombarded Iranian and abuses of Turkey on the borders of the Kurdistan region, with the reservation quota of Iraq's water from the Tigris and Euphrates, and there are real problems with Kuwait on the port of Mubarak and other thorny issues, as well as problems with Syria and Saudi Arabia." . And exposed the limits of the Kurdistan Region to Iranian artillery attack, says the Iranian authorities about it, it is pursuing militants Party of Free Life of Kurdistan (PJAK), linked to the PKK on Turkey's border with Kurdistan region. The Turkish artillery shells border areas in the province of Dohuk and the other from time under the pretext of the existence of activity of the PKK (pkk) in the mountainous areas bordering Turkey. Hassan believes that "the Iraqi side should be to address these issues during the talks or sign economic agreements." "There is supposed to be the priorities in relationships, and should be the party of Iraq that puts the interests of compromise and the country's economic and security into account before signing any economic agreements with neighboring countries," according to Hassan. It considered that "the main problem because there is no agreement between the Iraqi internal Iraqi political blocs, in order to be treated as equals with the neighboring countries." She said that "the agreement between the leaders and the Iraqi politicians will help in obtaining illegal gains from the neighboring countries in return for signing economic agreements and a huge investment with them."

I found all of this today while looking for confirmation of some of the rumors about the HCL, Chpt 7, etc etc..... I found this very interesting SCOP Announces New Supply Equipment Tenders Posted on 14 July 2011. Tags: SCOP, tenders http://www.iraq-businessnews.com/?s=IRAQI+DINAR&.x=0&.y=0 SCOP , Oil Projects Company invites to bid for the below tenders: - Supply of FM 200 System Design & supply of automatic FM-200 system for control building and automatic CO2 system for electronial building for Hamam Al-Alil Depot. The materials should be Europeans, Americans, Canadians and Japanese . Tender’s documents may be collected by (an authorized representative of the tenderer) at SCOP’s headquarter in Baghdad against the payment of a non-refundable One Hundred Thousands Iraqi Dinars. Please click on this link for further information. -Supply X-Ray equipment The tender cover supply of X-Ray 200 kv, Isotope Ir-192 radioactive source 60 Ci , personal pocket geiger , developer G-128 or equivalent , fixer G-328 or equivalent , complete welding inspection kit, vacuum box 180 vacuum pump . The materials should be from UK, France , Japan, USA, Germany. Tender documents may be collected (by an authorized representative of the tender) at SCOP’s headquarter in Baghdad against the payment of a non-refundable One Hundred Thousands Iraqi Dinars. (*please click here) *see link: http://cdn.iraq-businessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/SCOP-8-I-10-8-ME.pdf?d9c344 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- after finding this I decided to go to these sites to check the bids (aka Tenders/Advertisments) the old ones are all in american dollars or tenders: www.oil.gov.iq/TENDER-RESULTS.php but check out the news ones: http://www.oil.gov.iq/tender.php -- you can click on all of these pending -- here is the first one: http://www.oil.gov.iq/tender/dura-1399-16-8-m.pdf ________________________________________________________ okay bash me, tell me I am stupid, I will still love you all - Later, LA

I hope so!!!! here is Fox Business Links for Iraq..... http://www.foxbusiness.com/topics/politics/iraq/iraqi-government.htm

http://www.aknews.com/en/aknews/2/251809/ Parliamentary commission submits amended oil and gas bill to ministerial board 14/07/2011 14:06 Baghdad, July 14 (AKnews) – An ammended draft oil and gas bill has been sent to the council of ministers for voting, the government's Energy Commission, said on Thursday. Faisal Abdullah, the Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affair’s media director, told AKnews that the bill will go to parliament for ratification once the cabinet has passed its own amendments. "The Ministers Council will in turn make the appropriate modifications on the draft bill that aims to support the raising of the level of oil production,” he said. The new law is said to provide an appropriate environment for energy investment in Iraq, including oil, gas and will also encourage the local workers to compete for work according to world contexts in the extraction of oil from fields under the management of the national oil company. The Iraqi National Oil Company (INOC) was formed according to Act No. 11 of 1964 and Act no. 97 issued on the same year to regulate the investment of the Iraqi National Oil Company of the areas allocated to them. The center of the Iraqi National Oil Company was integrated with the center of the Oil Ministry according to the decision of the disbanded Revolutionary Command Council number 267 on April 26 - 1987, and this decision was considered as a cancelation for the company. A number of experts concerned in oil studies believe that Iraq lacks clear political policy which was a reason in delaying the development of its oil wealth. The Ministry of Oil announced in September last year that the Iraq’s proven reserves of oil reached 33.463 billion barrels in the northern and southern oil fields, particularly in the fields of Qurna and Zubair. Iraq signed oil contracts with international energy companies at the beginning of this year after two rounds of licenses to develop ten oil fields were tendered. Iraq has the fourth-largest oil reserves in the world and crude oil exports constitute about 95% of Iraq's federal budget. Reported by Jaafar al-Wannan RN/KA/AKnews

sorry don't know what happened

and look at this again I had to repost it after reading this thread it needs to be noted I posted it earlier, got one reply http://www.youtube.c...h?v=DhXTMBllBDE unbelievable

unbelievable

boy, everyone is so touchy:) I agree, if it's all alright, then the POTUS can prove it, why hide all the facts? As far as the BC, well, I am no expert, but like you said why would this even be allowed to continue if it didn't have merit, and again, wash it all out, I don't mind being given the facts to prove the fact. I recently went to renew my license in FL and I registered to vote while I was there because I wanted to change my party....I asked the clerk: "what are the parties now?" (expecting to hear a few more than the standard R, D, I, NP, etc.) The clerk replied she could not comment and handed me a list of 32 different parties I could choose from. I couldn't believe it! anyway, my 2 cents, love to you all, regardless of your party, LA

http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/06/26/154917.html Gulf currency trade: To peg or not to peg? Financial Analysis by Eman El-Shenawi Sunday, 26 June 2011 By EMAN EL-SHENAWI AL ARABIYA Imagine a man, walking. A ball and chain is gripped around his ankle, tying him down. He tries to walk and indeed he can, but the chain will only take him to a certain pace. At times he may be able to run, but can’t. But the real poser lays here: the man is actually reliant on this enigmatic ball and chain to function, despite its bounding burden. And so the story begins. “Pegging” is a term that applies to currencies that are tied to one another. And one of the world’s most prominent pegged relationships is between Gulf currencies and the United States dollar. And when it comes to foreign currency trading -- the buying of one currency and the selling of another -- markets can price Gulf currencies against the dollar through its fixed, or pegged, rate. The foreign exchange market has a volume of $4 trillion in average daily trading. Fixed currency trading is edged on by the governments (central banks) that set and maintain the official exchange rate for their currency, creating a more stable currency that other countries can peg to.

Well, I gotta run and act like it's a holiday with my family! thanks for being my family here on the DV Forum I thought I would post something to this to get up it higher on the list..... I am so interested in what everyone thinks about this..... especially after seeing the chapter 7 info and DFI info and all the other stuff "happening" out there in dinarland....I would think they would want to take care of all this with their employees before the RV?? again, just some thoughts.... Happy 4th Everybody!!! Blessings to you all! LA another link I just received....sounds pretty good.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAG5O2zPXW0 sorry if a duplicate

loved your food for thought Proteus! check this out, I found it and had to translate it, so not sure how the link will work, but notice what they say here: What cha' think? (maybe I am reading too much into it:) Today 04/07/11.. Adoption of the law of their service and their retirement in parliament BAGHDAD - Alaa al-Tai MP Hassan Sinead, Chairman of the Commission on Security and Defense Council of Representatives that the parliament will vote today on the law of service and retirement for the internal security forces. Senaid said in a statement the "morning": that the law will increase the salaries of employees of the Internal Security Forces, retroactive to the beginning of the year the current 2011, explaining that he had been coordinating with the ministries of interior and finance to facilitate the mechanism of exchange during the month of July. He Sinead was consensus among the members of the House of Representatives to vote for the resolution of the important role played by devices and forms of internal security forces to extend security and stability in the country. The source of parliament early, had announced the "morning" that the agenda for Monday's session will include a vote on the "nominate judges for the discriminatory competent to hear appeals on decisions of the accountability and justice, and to accept the resignation of MP Adnan al-Asadi, and the proposed law on the abolition of Revolution Command Council (defunct) No. (96) for the year 1994, in addition to the vote on the proposed law setting aside of the Revolutionary Command Council (defunct) No. (800) for the year 1989, a bill of service and retirement for the internal security forces, as well as vote on the proposed law on the abolition of Revolution Command Council (dissolved ) No. (427) for the year 1991 and the number (293) for the year 1992, and the proposal of the Law Office of Financial Supervision, and the proposal of the Law Commission on Public Integrity. " http://www.alsabaah.com/ArticleShow.aspx?ID=10102 http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ar&u=http://www.nmc.gov.iq/&ei=NvsRTqCxKoySgQeZ8LGlCw&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CGUQ7gEwCTgU&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dgoi%2Biraq%26start%3D20%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN%26rlz%3D1T4ADRA_enUS423US434%26biw%3D1600%26bih%3D749%26tbs%3Dqdr:d%26prmd%3Divns

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20110704-704026.html By Hassan Hafidh Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES The Iraq parliament's oil and energy committee has called for lawmakers to ban the Baghdad central government, as well as regional and provincial governments, from signing any new oil and gas contracts until a long-delayed hydrocarbon law is enacted. The committee officially submitted a statement to the Parliament, a copy of which was emailed to Dow Jones Newswires Monday, urging lawmakers to pass a decision prohibiting any new oil and gas deals until the law is passed. The move is seen as away of helping to end the impasse in parliament approving the oil and gas law that has been stalled because some blocs such as the Kurds oppose parts of its provisions and they are calling for them to be amended. The committee wants to restart the debate on the law with the aim of producing a version that will be acceptable by all parties, Kurds, Sunnis and Shiites. According to the document, the committee has asked lawmakers to pass the following decision: "The council of deputies (parliament) hereby has decided to postpone the process of initialing any new contracts regarding production of crude oil and natural gas and hasten the legislation of oil and gas law." The Iraqi constitution of 2005 calls for the enacting of an oil and gas law. Political leaders agreed to a draft law in 2007, but it never got beyond being debated as lawmakers have yet to agree on it. Over the last two years, the Iraq central government has signed some 13 oil and gas deals with international companies without approval from the Iraqi parliament. The government is arguing that these deals are based on old laws enacted during the former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's regime that don't need parliament's approval. The oil ministry has launched a new exploration round and it is planning to award new contracts in January. A ministry official, who asked not to be named, said that the ministry is going ahead with its plan to hold the new bidding round to award 12 exploration blocks. The parliamentary committee hinted that even the service contracts that Baghdad had signed with oil majors over the past two years were illegal because they hadn't been approved by parliament. "The Ministry of Oil signed several oil and gas investment contracts for areas all over Iraq ???without referring to the legislative authority," the committee's statement said. Meantime the office of deputy prime minister for energy affairs Hussein al-Shahristani issued a statement saying that the energy committee at the cabinet held a meeting in which it discussed an amended version of the oil and gas law submitted by the oil ministry. The committee, which is chaired by Shahristani, decided to study the draft law and will comment on it in its next meeting, it said. Iraq's central government approved in 2007 a version of the draft law but faced stiff opposition from the Kurdistan Regional Government in northern Iraq, which felt it was getting a raw deal. The hydrocarbon law is important to settle a dispute between Baghdad and the regional government in Kurdistan. Baghdad doesn't recognize scores of deals signed by the KRG with foreign companies. The central government wants to review these Kurdish deals and bring them in line with oil laws valid in Baghdad. Foreign investment is just starting to trickle in, but even with the rate promise of massive, untapped fields, global firms are wary of murky legal and regulatory framework underlying operations in Iraq. -By Hassan Hafidh; Dow Jones Newswires; +962 799 831 831 ; hassan.hafidh@dowjones.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inkN8Yn2Cak like it or not? still worth listening to I think anyway, Love to the DV family L

sorry

your sister from another mister.. I have lived in AR, FL, SC and GA since I started this journey, plus traveled to Israel twice in between. Now I am in the mountains of GA and hoping that this is my safe place and this thing 'happens' ~ I am just a simple dinar holder - by accident, if you believe in those...... and that's it. All the best, LA

I like this one: If I spent $144,000.00 every single day it would take me over 19,000 YEARS to spend a Trillion Dollars!

they have to get it to them some how..... Prime Minister & Minister of Trade inspect repair of the ration card items 27/6/2011 1:46 PM Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki held, at his office today, a meeting with the Minister of Trade and Secretary General of the Council of Ministers and staff responsible for the ration card. He called to the study of offers made by many companies specialized in the provision of materials, ration card, to ensure that all components of the citizen on the card without delay and the attributes of the best. Maliki called to study of offerings from some of the companies that expressed willingness to supply Iraq with vocabulary ration card within the specified dates and the mechanism to ensure accurate distribution of the individual quota to him through the distribution of funds closed, according to the number of family members. http://www.nmc.gov.iq/ArticleShow.aspx?ID=1260

I wondered this myself.... last night the news (FOX) quoted him in 2005 saying when Bush wanted to get into our reserves after Katrina: I agree with the President’s decision to release oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to help replenish supply shortages resulting from Hurricane Katrina. Nearly all oil and natural gas production in the Gulf of Mexico has been shut down, and releasing this oil will help increase production and stabilize prices. However, I do believe that this tragedy makes it very clear that that the reserve should only be used in the event of an emergency, and that we shouldn’t be tapping the reserve to provide a small, short-term decrease in gas prices. I guess being reelected is the current emergency. But I wondered that maybe he knew he could 'afford' this if he knew something.... All the best, L

yeah, horrible. and it's different when we cut the head off our boy's *&^% -- and when we do this, rather than it being a sign of how "men are so insecure about women having ANY power or freedom" this is suppose to be 'sign' of ??? for our males....does it make them more powerful or less? sorry, just a thought.... morning thoughts.....with coffee.....