bobby_cahill

This thread alone i wasted 1 pizza and a bottle of JD

Sounding more and more like a wanna be PM

Adam Schreck, AP Business Writer, On Sunday April 18, 2010, 9:41 am EDT DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Etihad Airways said Sunday it plans to launch regular flights to Baghdad next week, one of a growing number of carriers betting that Iraq's fragile security gains will lead to an uptick in travel. The Abu Dhabi-based carrier plans to start service from its base in the United Arab Emirates capital beginning April 26, provided it can secure government and regulatory approval. Initial plans call for five return flights a week to Baghdad using Airbus A320s. Additional flights to the northern city of Irbil are slated to start in June. Airlines are slowly returning to war-ravaged Iraq as security improves and business begins to pick up after years of bloodshed. Pilots no longer have to execute dramatic corkscrew landings to avoid ground fire, and the once dangerous road from Baghdad International Airport is now largely secure. Etihad will be the first Emirati airline to provide regular passenger service between Iraq and the Emirates with its Abu Dhabi flights. Iraqi Airways and a number of charter companies already fly to the nearby city of Dubai, the Middle East's busiest air hub. Etihad Chief Executive James Hogan said the airline expects strong demand, particularly from government and business travelers. The state-owned carrier began operating cargo flights to Baghdad in September. Etihad expects to expand passenger service to the northern Iraqi city of Irbil, where it also delivers cargo, on June 1. That city, which serves as the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region, has enjoyed an investment bonanza thanks to the region's security, oil wealth and relative independence from the rest of Iraq. Etihad is the latest carrier to tap the potentially lucrative Iraqi market, which has grown more tempting with the drop in violence. Others are eyeing it too. "Iraq is an important market and we hope to start services soon," Ghaith al-Ghaith, the chief executive of Dubai's state-run budget carrier FlyDubai, told The Associated Press by email. Bahrain's Gulf Air last year started flying to a handful of Iraqi cities, including Baghdad and the southern Shiite shrine city of Najaf, last year. Royal Jordanian Airlines and Beirut-based Middle East Airways are among the carriers that also fly to the Iraqi capital. German airline Lufthansa said in January it plans to resume flights to Iraq this summer, twenty years after it stopped service at the outbreak of the Gulf War.

Not everything has to do with our cashing in. The last 2 paragraphs say alot about the future of Iraq and anyone looking to invest. Not just outsiders, but Iraqi's as well JMO TY for the post

I for one appreciate all the different aspects people bring to this investment. I've worked all my life getting by and supporting a family and to be honest have never come across something like this investment. Hearing different perspectives in regards to the Dinar and learning about pre and post opportunities has made me far more knowlegable in regards to protecting my money. Will i follow everything Adams advises? Probably not. Will i listen, of course! Where else can i pay $10 a month and gain some great ideas that i can research and act on? So if you choose not to join VIP (key word being "choose") why make such ignorant comments about VIP members?

In regards to the post..... Its time for the Iraqi Government to get it together for their people and DO what we have given them the opportunity to do I got into this for the RV, but have since learned that theres alot more to it than just the RV Our Brothers and Sisters did not and will not give their lives in vain I'm tired of all their BS GET IT DONE Semper Fi

Is this bad to say....... My charities will start at home. I know the Iraqi people have been through alot but they will see their way of life improve sooner than later Can we say the same about our troops who have given them the opportunity for democracy? The same troops that have lost life and limb Now for those of you who wish to help the Iraqi people, i wish you well I say before we take care of others, we need to take care of OUR own SEMPER FI

Thats some of the best info posted on this thread! Keep up the posting THANK YOU

Well if he did in fact have a kidney stone, it would feel like you've been shot! Trust me i speak from experience. OUCH

One would think after 4 days FOX, AP, ABC, Reuters, yadda yadda someone would have picked up on this. I hope it's not true, The Iraqis need some more stability. They have a long way to go

I don't think anyone feels 100%. I'm at about 90-10. You may not make millions, but i do think some profit is to be made. It's hard to talk to anyone who hasn't heard or researched for themselves about the IQD. I know people on this site have educated me beyond my imagination. Read the articles and listen to people you trust. Don't lose sleep over all this, no one can make this happen faster. Just be prepared. Have a great day

Thanks Adam After last nite i almost left but then i thought, your the smart money. I guess some people see your posts as no news, i saw that and thought GREAT news. Take care of your family 1st! We'll be here Looking forward to the future Thanks for all u do and will do

I definately appreciate both points and how they are presented, but Mark would need ACORN to win this one! Thanks to both of you. E gets my vote!

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Now that was FUNNY!

Impressive! Backed with a link. Nuff said TY TY TY

worse for the people. gonna take decades for them to begin feeling somewhat safe

got more today. I gotta stop

wouldn't it be an act of war against the US as well? We still do occupy parts of Iraq. Just a question

but rollercoasters are fun! # 4 for me i think. Yep sick sick puppy

I tried to get to 10, but you definately make sense. Course a part of me says "what the ****, do the VIP" sick sick puppy

good, bad or indifferent....thats what i like about your posts! No BS....to the point. Thanks!