Linda Bower

We have been in this investment for almost 9 years. Back when the chat page was really active there was a fellow Dinar vet who claimed he and his father had invested in the the Kuwait dinar. (I believe his name was Ronan 77 or something similar) He said back then there were no sites like this to help them keep an eye on their investment, but they knew someone over there and when the Kuwait dinar started to become active their contact kept them up on things. They didn't immediately cash in, but waited their time. He said it was very volatile and when it went over $2.00 per dinar they cashed in. At one point it shot up over $7 per dinar and then settled back down to around $2.50. I realize the Iraqi dinar is a totally different event, but some of these articles have me wondering if we will see similar volatile activity with the Iraqi dinar when it is finally allowed to float.

Very low denominations are not worth a fraction of the cost of the paper they are printed on without a significant adjustment to the rate of exchange. I hope this happens soon!

Perhaps Abadi is needing the Kurds support to become Prime Minister again...so... What do the Kurds have #1 on their wish list??? HCL, baby!!!

It seems to me that Kaps explanation for the way it will happen is very close to what Dr. Shabibi explained back in 2011.

Iraq needs to tap in to some of Israel's innovations. They were slowly draining the Sea of Galilee before they built desalination plants. Now even though they are 60% desert, they have no water shortage at all. Israel has been sharing their desalination technology with third world countries so they can have clean, fresh water also. If Iraq could get past the fact that they desperately hate the Jews, they could benefit from their superior innovations.

Hi caz, How are things in Cazland?

I was in Israel in March and visited the Golan Heights. They have UN forces there with huge binoculars watching everything that was happening near there in Syria. Our guide said the rebels would head in that direction if they were being attacked and their attackers would retreat because they were afraid of the Israeli forces. If wounded the Syrians cross over into Israel and have their wounds treated My guess is the Golan Heights are not open to tourism right now with all the tensions.

I remember 14-15 years ago when the US was wanting to inspect Iraq's factories to be sure they were not producing chemical weapons (like what they used on the Kurds) My theory is that they shipped them to Syria under the radar so they wouldn't be caught by the inspectors. Now- Tadaa!- Syria just happens to have some to use on these rebels. I can understand why Trump is so heated up about this- and with good reason! The tricky part is to not start a war with Russia.

I have been in this since December 2009. In June of 2010 I had a dream about the dinar. I had a friend with me in a convertible. He was showing me where the cash in site was. We traveled on this rough rocky road it seemed forever. Finally we pulled into the bank parking lot. When we inquired in the bank where to cash in our dinar, they told us it was across the street and sure enough, there were 2 women behind what looked like a fruit stand, under a big tree, cashing in dinar. When I asked them if this was the right place they said it was and that, boy had it shot up last night. I went to the convertible and pulled out a fruit box with my dinar in it and waited as these ladies counted each dinar. It took quite a long time. As I have contemplated this dream over the years, I felt the long rocky road represented the time and difficulty it would take for this to happen. The car represented the journey "to convert it" The fruit stand and fruit box represents the fruit this investment is earmarked for. Sweet dreams everyone!

I was just in Israel. They have UN troops in the Golan Heights constantly watching Syria. The Syrians cross over into Israel when they are wounded. and they receive the help they need and are sent back home again. The discussion among the Israelites is why do they do this??? They have spent over 1/2 billion dollars on this and the know the Syrians will probably turn around and attack Israel next time they get a chance. They came to the conclusion that they know how it feels to be in that situation and they will not turn their back on the wounded.

My theory is the uppity ups in In Iraq know how closely we all watch everything they do, so they have a little fun and yank our chains with stuff like this every once in a while.

Release from UN sanction Chapter VII was always on the list of things that needed to happen before their money could revalue. Funny how we were convinced, years ago, that this had already occurred. Perhaps now we will see the HCL passed also. The crack down on corruption and the formal end to the war on ISIS are also biggies for our investment. Bring on the lower denoms!!!and maybe that will put all our ducks in a row!

It will be interesting to see what difference it will make for Iraq if the UN totally releases them from Chapter 7 sanctions. Is this the item that has kept their currency from going international? I thought the article that addressed Kuwait's (still) missing dead interesting this week- showing that Iraq is trying to get all their ducks in a row before the UN meeting.

Congratulations Eagle Eye! The Shroud is fascinating! Thank you for bringing your first hand experience to the world dear friend!

Vato96- Sonny1 did mention GE and a device they had that would separate the natural gas from the crude oil.