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sczin11: ARE WE WAITING ON OOTW?? OOTW: I BE HERE OOTW: Big Grin sczin11: ‹@OOTW› ‹@OOTW› ‹@OOTW› ‹@OOTW› MichelleL: we are very excited having OOTW give us some information and insights this afternoon OOTW: THANKS MICHELLE OOTW: RIGHT NOW THERE'S SEEMINGLY A GREAT DEAL GOING ON, BUT WITH LITTLE PROVABLE RESULTS sczin11: ‹@MichelleL› SO I SHOULD SHUP MichelleL: [image: laughing.png] sczin OOTW: WE'RE IN A BIT OF A HOLDING PATTERN, YET WE'RE SEEING SOME INTERESTING MOVEMENTS OOTW: SCZIN11 LOL lonegunman: ‹@OOTW› been holding for awhile here !! MichelleL: any confirmation on M's retirement? MichelleL: hi lonegunman lonegunman: GA !! all OOTW: NO CONFIRMATION OOTW: HI LONEGUNMAN lonegunman: ‹@MichelleL› hello sczin11: ‹@lonegunman› ‹@lonegunman› OOTW: MALIKI SURE SEEMS TO BE MAKING A LOT OF EXCLAIMINGS IN THE NEWS lonegunman: ‹@OOTW› howdy OOTW: HE'S REALLY TRYING TO KEEP HIMSELF IN THE PRESS OOTW: HOWDY LG lonegunman: ‹@sczin11› how are you MichelleL: since he owns the press, not too hard OOTW sczin11: ‹@lonegunman› ‹@lonegunman› WELL THANKS OOTW: NOPE - I THINK HE'S BACKING OFF FROM EXERTING PRESSURE ON WHAT THE PRESS DELIVERS AND ALSO HE'S LOST HIS GRIP TO A LARGE EXTENT OOTW: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? sczin11: MALIKI HAS BEEN KEEPING HIMSELF IN FRONT OF MANY- HE IS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY PREACHING TO HIS SUPPORTERS MichelleL: thankful for that lonegunman: I really dont like that twerp MichelleL: [image: laughing.png] lgm OOTW: YES ME TOO, MICHELLE sczin11: AND PROMOTING SECTARIANISM... IS THAT A WORD LOL OOTW: WELL WE KNOW HIS SUPPORTERS ARE WANING MichelleL: it was this morning sczin sczin11: ‹@MichelleL› LOL sczin11: AND THE PRESIDENTS ARE DEFINITELY NOT HAPPY WITH HIM, AGAIN SO IT APPEARS,,,NOTHING OFFICIAL , ONLY REGULAR INK[image: smile.png] OOTW: EVEN HIS RELATIVE HAITHAM JOBOURI IS GOING AFTER OLD PEER'S IN THE GOVERNMENT VIA ACCUSATIONS AND TAKING CHARGE OF, AT THE LEAST, MAKING ANNOUNCEMENTS IN THE PRESS ABOUT CORRUPTION OOTW: DID ANYONE READ ABOUT HIS SON? MichelleL: yup, with the woman sczin11: SUPPOSEDLY ARRESTED, RIGHT MichelleL: kidnapping the kid or something OOTW: DO YOU THINK HIS SON (REPORTEDLY) BEING PROSECUTED FOR STALKING A WOMAN AND ABDUCTING HER SON...VERY INTERESTING OOTW: YES MichelleL: apparently its out there, even a dweeb like me heard it [image: laughing.png] lonegunman: these people are lunatics OOTW: SOMETHING I FIND WAY MORE INTERESTING IS THAT WITHIN ONE DAY, WE SAW THAT IRAQ WANTS TO JOIN THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT, THE SAME DAY WE SAW THAT MALIKI WANTS TO RETIRE OOTW: IT SEEMS SO sczin11: ‹@OOTW› AND HAVENT WE SEEN REGULAR INK ON POSSIBLE ICC INVESTIGATION OOTW: YES LAST WEEK, SCZIN11 TY MichelleL: are we back to amnesty? OOTW: HOWEVER THE ICC SITE ITSELF HAS NOT MADE AN ANNOUNCEMENT OOTW: WHAT SCZIN11'S REFERRING TO ARE A LIST OF CHARGES - VARYING - SIGNED MY IRAQI LAWYERS OR PEOPLE OF SIGNIFICANCE FROM ALL OF THE GLOBE OOTW: A PETITION TO TRY MALIKI IN THE HAGUE sczin11: SPEAKING OF ICC, DIDNT WE ALSO SEE REGULAR INK ON POSSIBLE ISIS HANDLING BY THE ICC? OOTW: THIS QUEST IS BUILDING MOMENTUM OOTW: YES WE DID - THEY WANT TO BRING FORMAL CHARGES OF ISIS MEMBERS BEFORE THE HAGUE sczin11: ‹@OOTW› I BELIEVE THERE MAY BE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE HAGUE AND THE ICC... OOTW: AND THE UN ISSUED A REPORT ON THE CRIMES BEING COMMITTED AGAINST "EVERY DAY" CITIZENS BY DA'ASH/ISIL OOTW: IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT OUR GOVERNMENT THREAD FOR THIS WEEK, YOU'LL SEE SOME VERY INTERESTING REPORTS lonegunman: maliki will just go back to Iran !1 if he is really out . MichelleL: ‹@lonegunman› thought he has a 10mil house outside of london EdoBini: l wonder what happened to Maliki's son held in Jordan for money loudening. He was caught with $3 billion USD at the airport late last year. OOTW: LAST I READ LONEGUNMAN - THEY WON'T ALLOW HIM TO STAY AND ALSO THE MP'S STILL HAVE BANS ON TRAVELING MichelleL: right near allawi's in fact sczin11: ‹@OOTW› SORRY MY BAD YOU ARE RIGHT, AS ALWAYS[image: smile.png] OOTW: ME TOO EDOBINI sczin11: International Criminal Court From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Not to be confused with the International Court of Justice (ICJ). International Criminal Court Cour pénale internationale Official logo Parties and signatories of the Rome Statute State party State party for which it has not entered into force Signatory that has not ratified Non-state party, non-signatory Parties and signatories of the Rome Statute State party State party for which it has not entered into force Signatory that has not ratified Non-state party, non-signatory Seat Netherlands The Hague, Netherlands Working languages English French Official languages[1] 6 languages[show] Member states 123 Leaders - President Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi - Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda - Registrar Herman von Hebel Establishment - Rome Statute adopted 17 July 1998 - Entered into force 1 July 2002 Website www.icc-cpi.int The current headquarters of the ICC in The Hague The International Criminal Court (ICC or ICCt)[2] is an intergovernmental organization and international tribunal that sits in The Hague in the Netherlands. The ICC has the jurisdiction to prosecute individuals for the international crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. sczin11: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Int... OOTW: YES MALIKI IS BEING CHARGED WITH GENOCIDE OOTW: AMONG OTHER CRIMES lonegunman: ‹@OOTW› really gee i am out of the loop !! well great maybe they can really put the hammer to him OOTW: SO IN THIS WEEK'S GOVERNMENT THREAD WE HAVE SEVERAL INTERESTING REPORTS OOTW: YES LG , I HOPE SO lonegunman: I used to read and stay up to date but my brain is fried from all this OOTW: FROM TODAY, AS I THINK DONNIE POSTED EARLIER, WE HAVE AN INTERESTING, BUT ALSO WHAT COULD BE, A CONFUSING ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE OOTW: THERE'S A GREAT DEAL OF FORWARD MOVEMENT BY THE GOVT REPORTED IN THAT THREAD ESP ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TARIFFS AS REPORTED FROM THE CUSTOMS AUTHORITY'S WEBSITE OOTW: THEY'RE STILL ON TARGET FOR AUGUST 1 2015 lonegunman: ‹@OOTW› is it ever , NOT confusing . OOTW: BUT THE MOF ANNOUNCEMENT IS INTRIGUING OOTW: HERE IT IS OOTW: TRUE LONG..LOL OOTW: LONE OOTW: SORRY OOTW: SO HERE'S THE PRESS RELEASE FROM THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE OOTW: MINISTRY OF FINANCE SITE Rasheed Bank announces the provision of new cash for all of its branches Wednesday July 15, 2015 [/url] Rasheed Bank announces the processing branches to do all the good criticism and numbered and sorted from the new large and small groups to Diwaniyah province and in large quantities was directed branches of the bank not to cash the damaged Customers Exchange. lonegunman: gee thanks ! MichelleL: uh not to cash damaged customer exchange? lonegunman: ah not to cash damaged ! OOTW: ANYONE, OFF THE TOP OF THEIR HEADS. HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THIS MAY MEAN? OOTW: YES THAT'S THE ASPECT OF THIS ARTICLE THAT HAS ME MOST INTERESTED MichelleL: i better learn arabic, put my d's back in sequential order - so much for throwing them in the air and dancing on them OOTW: SO ARE THEY ISSUING BLOCS OF NEW BILLS TO BE DELIVERED TO THE GOOD PEOPLE OF DIWANIYAH PROVINCE SO THEY CAN REPLACE THEIR OLD BILLS? AND THIS IS SIMPLY CONFUSION BASED ON MIS TRANSLATION? MichelleL: seriously - don't the citizenry have old bills? OOTW: MICHELLE LOL sczin11: SOUNDS LIKE THEY WONT EXPECT ANY BILLS NOTES THAT ARE DAMAGED OR SUSPECTED OF BEING COUNTERFEITTED OR LAUNDERED OOTW: YES THAT'S WHY THIS IS STRANGE OOTW: YES I AGREE SCZIN - I THINK THIS IS A WARNING OOTW: DON'T BRING US YOUR COUNTERFEITED BILLS..FOR THE BANKS TO BE WATCHFUL FOR THIS lonegunman: provision new cash ?? but not to cash damaged !! yes very elusive in the meaning sczin11: REMEMBER THE TRAINING SESSIONS WITH CBI EARLIER IN THE YEAR WHEN THEY WERE TEACHING NOTE MARKING? OOTW: YES AND HERE'S THIS BING TRANSLATION OF THE SAME ARTICLE..JUST SO WE ALL CAN BE MORE CONFUSED LOL MichelleL: [image: laughing.png] OOTW: YES SCZIN11 - GREAT REMINDER OOTW: Rasheed Bank announces new criticism provided all its branches Wednesday, July 15, 2015 Announce the good Bank to do the processing branches all good criticism and limited and sorted by groups large and small to large quantities of Qadisiyah governorate and branches not corrupted Exchange customers. lonegunman: ‹@MichelleL› damaged !! could be old also !! whatever , not good if they cannot exchange . OOTW: AND SO THIS PROVES EXACTLY WHAT SCZIN11 WAS SAYING MichelleL: all about detecting counterfeits? MichelleL: isn't eid in 2 days or so? OOTW: THEY'RE ADMONISHING THE EXCHANGERS/BANKS TO PERFORM DUE DILLIGENCE IN ACCEPTING NOTES AND THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE DISTRIBUTING VARYING CATEGORIES OF LOW TO LARGE DENOMS TO THE PEOPLE OOTW: EID IS OVER ON THE 19TH I BELIEVE MICHELLE SO THE FEAST WOULD BE THE 18TH sczin11: HERES MY FAVORITE PART.. "new large and small groups" lonegunman: ‹@OOTW› sounds good !! OOTW: YES - SCZIN11 BUT WHAT I AM NOT SURE OF IS, IF THIS IS SIMPLY A REDISTRIBUTION OF THE SAME NOTES THEY HOLD NOW, BUT NEW..OR IF THIS WILL BE NEW BILLS IN DIFF DENOMS MichelleL: OOTW are we assuming they are using this province as a "test market" for the new denoms, currency? ajay214: I'm pretty simple. What does any of this mean for us? sczin11: WHAT ARE THEY SAYING.. ARE THEY BRING OUT THE LD'S THAT WERE AUTHORIZED BY CBI APRIL AND JUNE LAST YEAR? OOTW: NOW HERE'S THIS sczin11: BRINGING OOTW: YES SCZIN11 BUT DIDN'T THEY SAY THEY WERE GOING TO RELEASE THE 50K NOTES END OF THIS MONTH? OOTW: CURIOUSER AND CURIOUSER sczin11: AND END OF YEAR AND IN 2 YEARS AND 2017 sczin11: LOL OOTW: LOL OOTW: TRUE MichelleL: geez OOTW: BRB MichelleL: once again, clear as mud lonegunman: ‹@MichelleL› **** lonegunman: oopps sorry MichelleL: [image: laughing.png] lgm we get copied in the land of holier than thou, watch it [image: laughing.png] OOTW: Diwaniyah ready to take over powers 7/15/2015 [image: 2677380_orig.jpg] 7/15/2015 Nasiriyah - Hazem Mohammed Habib said the governor of Diwaniyah Ammar civil completion of all procedures for the transfer of powers from the ministries to the government Antrzah.aota this at a time when Dhi Qar province, opened an office to provide legal and administrative consulting and training technical staffs in preparation for the transfer of powers to the civil Mahafezh.oukal in transferred "Center Brief for the Iraqi Media Network..": "The statement maintaining completed all preparations and procedures for the transfer of powers through the formation of specialized committees and meetings of directors of departments to discuss the transport mechanism and find solutions to the problems and obstacles facing it, in addition to the development of a program for the development of the service" He pointed out that Local governments in the center and south have agreed to have recourse to the law and to take appropriate action against ministries that do not adhere to the transfer Asalahiat.wagtma governors of Wasit, Babil and Muthanna and Diwaniya and Basra, Dhi Qar, Najaf and Karbala in the city of Karbala recently, to discuss the general situation in those provinces and deliberation on how best to ensure the smooth flow of the transfer of duties and functions and powers, in accordance with the requirements of the law, declaring their adherence to the principle of decentralization, which is a fundamental pillar of democratic transformation in Albulad.ocd Conservatives their commitment to implement the law on schedule early next August, calling for ministries and state bodies concerned to abide by the constitution and the law and activate the transfer of functions and powers and work hard to the benefit of the citizen and to secure transmission streamlined chain, including not affect the interests of Moatunain.vi meantime process, lonegunman: ‹@MichelleL› oh ya forgot !!!!! pfffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffftttttttttttttttttttttttt OOTW: said deputy governor of Dhi Qar Administrative Affairs Ali Fahad Alhurcab in a statement the "morning" that the province has completed all the preparations in coordination with the ministries covered by the circuit's decision to transfer the powers and achieved Complete 100 percent rates of business transfer of powers from some Wazzarat.wachar that it also completed the training of technical and administrative staff and configured to receive the file when it will be in the fifth month of August next, announcing the arrival of a number of sub-committees by the ministries to the province to put the final touches to accomplish thisAlmelv.kma noted that the province opened an office in coordination with the working group to provide legal and administrative consulting and training staffs in preparation for the transfer of Asalahiat.ahar that the drafting of Amendment Act 21 of 2008 came to give broad powers to local governments and clarify the cooperation between the central government and the provinces, as the officials of the local governments They identify the problems and obstacles that hinder the work of the services.. OOTW: REFERENCE LINK FOR NEXT SECTION lonegunman: LOL LOL sczin11: THE REAL QUESTION IS WHY...WHY DID THIS RELEASE COME OUT TODAY ABOUT THE ONE PROVINCE Diwaniyah ONLY... LOCATED SOUTH OF BAGHDAD, .. NO WHERE ELSE IN COUNTRY GETS THESE NEW BILLS, OR EXCHANGE AUTORIZATION? MichelleL: test market sczin MichelleL: try it out, fix the problems, like playing a broadway show in boston first OOTW: MY ONLY SURMISING IS THAT THIS PROVINCE IS RELATIVELY SAFE AND ISIS FREE OOTW: BUT.. OOTW: THEY'RE ALSO SAYING "WE DON'T CARE OF THE CABINET SAYS WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO ENACT PROVINCIAL LAW 21, IT'S IN THE GAZETTE, AND WE WANT TO TALK CONTROL OF OUR OWN DESTINY" MichelleL: well that sounds pretty good OOTW sczin11: HOW MANY PROVINCES DOES THAT MAKE NOW sczin11: WHO WANT TO TAKE DCHAGRE ON THEIR OWN sczin11: CHARGE MichelleL: all of them? OOTW: WELL REMEMBER WE ALSO SAW AN ARTICLE TWO OR THREE WEEKS BACK STATING THAT BABIL WAS GOING TO TAKE CONTROLS OVER THEIR OWN CURRENCY DEALINGS? MichelleL: they're all waiting for bagdad to get off its duff and push the button OOTW: AND NOW THIS PAST WEEK WE'VE ALSO SEEN THAT BASRA IS ALSO GOING AHEAD WITH REBUILDING AND TAKING CONTROLS OF THEIR OWN PROGRESS - ALSO BASRA IS GETTING A RESTRUCTURING AND STRONGER ENACTMENT OF THEIR JUDICIAL SYSTEM OOTW: YES MICHELLE, IN A WAY, THEY'RE FORCING BAGHDAD TO ACT OOTW: SO THIS IS AN OLDER ARTICLE OOTW: FROM JULY 1 OOTW: House of Representatives on the line enters the crisis powers of the provinces and the looming legal action against the government Wednesday 01-07-2015 | 4:04:18 [image: abadi.jpg]H / p r s Twilight News / House of Representatives panel on Wednesday to take legal action against the Council of Ministers on the back of the last application of the decision passed by the previously suspended under which the transfer of eight ministries powers to the provinces to implement the law governorates not organized province No. 21 for the year 2008 average. The Committee of the Regions parliamentary member Salim Saleh to Twilight News, said that "Law 62, passed by the Council of Ministers, he can not stop the application of previously initiated law", adding that "from a legal point can not be said of the decision to stop the proceedings law." Saleh added that "the Committee of the Regions will have a position towards the government's decision applied in the event of 62 on the grounds that the transfer of powers to the provinces included in the law and can not stop the legislation applied only other law and not issue a decision." Under article 45 of Law 21 of 2008 amended the Federal Government to take over the body through the upper Altenseeqh transfer to the provinces and ministries of eight federal powers to local governments cut the time specified. The Cabinet decided to stop the transfer of powers from the ministries to the provinces after issuing a decision 62, who spent the formation of a committee to conduct new amendments to the governorates not organized province administration law. Saturday and threatened to eight provinces of Najaf, Karbala, Babil, Diwaniyah and Wasit, Muthanna, Dhi Qar and Basra to resort to the Federal Court to sue the ministries that had stalled the transfer of powers to the provinces. EdoBini: Our smart President has today released Iran money . Iraq has no option left now but potential change in value its currency immediately IMO.. OOTW: EDO - PLEASE EXPAND ON THAT? sczin11: THE PROBLEM IS THE MONEY COMES FROM THE CBI..THEY CANT TELL THE CBI TO GIVE IT TO THEM WITHOUT EVERYONE GETTING THEIR SHARE..I DONT BELIEVE..SO THERE IS SOMETHING THAT IS MISSING IN THIS PUZZLE AND TRANSLATION, IMHO OOTW: THANK YOU OOTW: YES WELL - BECAUSE EACH PROVINCE IS ACTING INDEPENDENTLY - WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE OTHERS NOT AS VISIBLE IN THE NEWS, WHO ARE VENTURING OUT ON THEIR OWN, TO COME FORWARD AND THEY WILL MichelleL: today i wondered if iran would be placing its weapons of mass destruction in caves in iraq.... just flashing back to drugs I never took OOTW: SO IN THE LIST ABOVE..WE HAVE BABIL, DIWANIYAH, BASRA, AND DHI QAR - THESE ARE THE PRIMARY GOVERNORATES OF WHICH I'VE SEEN MENTION OF LAUNCHING THEIR OWN ECONOMIES, IN THE NEWS OOTW: MICHELLE LMAO MichelleL: not to mention all of Erbil OOTW: YES sczin11: ‹@OOTW› YES I BELIEVE WE WILL SEE MAJOR HAPPENINGS WHEN HOR RETURNS NEXT WEEK, AND WE APPROACH TARIFF DEADLINES, LAW OF PROVINCE DEADLINES AND WE ARE FAST APPROACHING FACTA DEADLINE AS WELL.. OOTW: WELL HERE'S THE PROBLEM WITH ERBIL AND THE KURDS ANGST OVER PROVINCIAL LAW 21 OOTW: KURDISTAN IS AN ORGANIZED REGION OOTW: REGIONS NOT ORGANIZED IN A PROVINCE OR IS IT PROVINCES NOT ORGANIZED IN A REGION? LOL OOTW: EITHER WAY...KURDISTAN IS AN ORGANIZED REGION OOTW: SO THE KURDS ARE COMPLAINING THAT THIS LAW SHOULD APPLY TO THEM AS WELL, AND AFFORD THEM THE SAME LIBERTIES UNDER LAW 21 OF 2008 OOTW: WHY DO THEY NEED TO COMPLAIN - OOTW: WELL - BECAUSE THE LAW HAS AMBIGUITIES IN IT MichelleL: [image: laughing.png] [image: laughing.png] ya kidding OOTW: AND RIGHT NOW, THEY KURDS (RIGHTFULLY SO) ARE FLEXING THEIR MUSCLE AGAIN TRYING TO GET THE OIL AND GAS DEAL PASSED SO THEY CAN OFFICIALLY DISTRIBUTE WEALTH EdoBini: Iraq has to catch up with Iran or there will be mixed up or a big gap in their currency relationship that has been intertwined over the years. IMO. OOTW: THEY'RE GOING TO DO THEIR BEST TO FALL TO EVERY LAW THEY CAN TO SUPPORT THEM OOTW: ALSO THEY'RE QUITE UPSET WITH THE FACT THAT THE FEDERAL COURT ACT HASN'T PASSED AND THEY ARE NOT HAPPY THAT MASSUM (PRESIDENT OF IRAQ) HAS TURNED OVER AUTHORITY TO JOBOUR (PRESIDENT OF PARLIAMENT) OOTW: TO PASS LAWS OOTW: THE KURDS WANT THE CONSTITUTION TO APPLY REGARDING WHAT CONSTITUTES A MAJORITY OOTW: THIS IS THEIR RIGHT TO DEMAND THIS, BUT ALSO IT'S A WAY FOR THEM TO LEVERAGE THEIR POSITION OOTW: AT THIS POINT, I'M HOLDING WITH WHAT MASSUM HAS SAID OOTW: HE'S GOING TO GIVE JOBOURI THE POWER TO GET THE LAWS PASSED AS HE SEES FIT OOTW: ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR? sczin11: ‹@OOTW› DID U SEE TODAY, THERE WAS A RELASE THEY WANT 3/4 NOT 2/3 VOTING REQUIRMENTS OOTW: THANKS FOR REMINDING ME SCZIN11 - YES I DID SEE IT EdoBini: l really appreciates highly the news you work so hard to bring here. This is the place to be right now. OOTW: AWWW THANKS EDOBINI OOTW: EDOBINI DO YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ON IRAN FOR US? OOTW: I'D LOVE TO HEAR IT OOTW: NO PRESSURE sczin11: ‹@EdoBini› ‹@EdoBini› ‹@EdoBini› ‹@EdoBini› Stash: yes it is......truthful news MichelleL: who is asking for 3/4 instead of 2/3? sczin11: ‹@MichelleL› KURDS MichelleL: thanks Sczin OOTW: HERE'S AN ARTICLE FROM JANUARY OOTW: VERY INTERESTING AND PLEASE FORGIVE ME SWITCHING GEARS TO IRAN OOTW: U.S. to Award Iran $11.9 Billion Through End of Nuke Talks Another $490 million released on Tuesday under deal SHARE TWEET EMAIL Hassan RouhaniHassan Rouhani / AP BY: Adam Kredo January 21, 2015 5:00 am The Obama administration on Wednesday paid $490 million in cash assets to Iran and will have released a total of $11.9 billion to the Islamic Republic by the time nuclear talks are scheduled to end in June, according to figures provided by the State Department. Today’s $490 million release, the third such payment of this amount since Dec. 10, was agreed to by the Obama administration under the parameters of another extension in negotiations over Tehran’s contested nuclear program that was inked in November. Iran will receive a total of $4.9 billion in unfrozen cash assets via 10 separate payments by the United States through June 22, when talks with Iran are scheduled to end with a final agreement aimed at curbing the country’s nuclear work, according to a State Department official. Iran received $4.2 billion in similar payments under the 2013 interim agreement with the United States and was then given another $2.8 billion by the Obama administration last year in a bid to keep Iran committed to the talks through November, when negotiators parted ways without reaching an agreement. Iran will have received a total of $11.9 billion in cash assets by the end of June if current releases continue on pace as scheduled. The release of this money has drawn outrage from some Republican lawmakers who filed legislation last year to prevent the release of cash due to a lack of restrictions on how Iran can spend the money. These cash payments by the United States have been made with no strings attached, prompting concerns that Iran could use the funds to finance its worldwide terror operations, which include the financial backing of Hamas, Hezbollah, and other rogue entities. Senators—including Mark Kirk (R., Ill.), Kelly Ayotte (R., N.H.), and John Cornyn (R., Texas)—sought last year to put a hold on the cash EdoBini: Yes sir, truthful news. l am the one to thank you for what you guys are doing here. OOTW: EDOBINI [image: smile.png] OOTW: “The Obama administration provided Iran with a financial lifeline through both direct sanctions relief and the de-escalation of sanctions pressure that helped the regime stabilize its economy after a severe sanctions-induced economic crisis in 2012 and 2013,” Dubowitz said. “It is not a surprise that this has increased Iranian negotiating leverage and hardened the supreme leader’s nuclear intransigence.” In addition to decrying the lack of restrictions in place to ensure that Iran does not use the released funds to sponsor terrorism, critics of the sanctions relief protest that Iran is benefitting while the United States receives little in return. Iran has continued to enrich uranium under the interim deal, adding what one critic, Rep. Brad Sherman (D., Calif.) referred to as “about one bomb’s worth” to its reserves. Iran also has continued to make advances on the plutonium track, which provides it with a second path to a nuclear bomb. President Hassan Rouhani of Iran announced last week that the country has begun constructing two new light water nuclear reactors, a move that the U.S. State Department said is permissible under the terms of the interim agreement. - See more at: webcache.googleuserconten... chattels: good afternoon all OOTW: HERE'S OUR THREAD ON IRAN - SEE ARTICLES AT WEALTH WATCH . WORLD OOTW: GA CHATTELS...MY MAN LOL chattels: ‹@OOTW› ‹@OOTW› ‹@OOTW› MichelleL: hi chattels [image: smile.png] chattels: ‹@MichelleL› ‹@MichelleL› ‹@MichelleL› OOTW: [image: grin.png] sczin11: PART OF OUR THREAD ABOVE, TODAY.. Iran's trade with Iraq increased to $ 14 billion during the year And it plans to raise it to $ 20 billion a year Basenyoz | Raoیژ Mohammed views 15/07/2015 13:02 Iraqi border port with Iran Said commercial attache at the Iranian embassy in Baghdad, said that the trade exchange between his country and Iraq amounted in one year more than $ 14 billion. OOTW: IF Y'ALL HAVEN'T READ THE THREAD ON IRAN IT'S VERY INTERESTING MichelleL: saw you sneak in, didn't want to interrupt OOTW OOTW: THANKS SCZIN11 YOU'RE THE BEST - YES, REMEMBER AT BEGINNING OF JULY, ZEBARI SAID THAT CROSS BORDER TRADING WAS GOING TO BEGIN WITH IRAN? sczin11: IRAN IN OUR ECONOMY CATEGORY SEE ARTICLES AT WEALTH WATCH . WORLD MichelleL: sczin which direction - where do the tarrifs come in? OOTW: IT'S OKAY MICHELLE - INTERRUPT IT BE COOL OOTW: LOL sczin11: ‹@MichelleL› ACHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MichelleL: [image: laughing.png] sczin11: ‹@OOTW› YOU WANT TO BRING IN THE TARIFFS NEWS>? OOTW: SURE FROM THE GOVERNMENT THREAD...CUZ IT BE ALL OVER DA' PLACE OOTW: ? sczin11: ‹@OOTW› YES...UNLESS U WANT TO START WITH PORT OF BASRA chattels: ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – The Kurdistan Region on Wednesday welcomed Iran’s nuclear deal with world powers, with President Masoud Barzani saying he hoped for peace to the region and Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani hoping for better economic ties with Tehran. rudaw.net/english/kurdist... OOTW: I'LL TAKE PORT OF BASRA FOR 1000 SCZIN OOTW: LOL MichelleL: [image: laughing.png] OOTW: LOL OOTW: FIRST HERE'S THIS lonegunman: [image: laughing.png] your all nuts OOTW: The first of August will be the date for the application of the customs tariff law Maj. Gen. Jassim Al Hakim Jassam: The first of August will be the date for the application of the customs tariff law Director General of the General Authority for Customs Directorate Comerk visiting the southern region As part of the ongoing field tours Major General Jassem Al Hakim Jassam, Director General of the General Administration of Customs visited Wednesday, 07.01.2015 Directorate Comerk the southern region which stressed the customs tariff law will take its way to the application as from 1.8.2015, and the face of sovereignty, director of the southern region of the need Comerk placing ads in all border posts showing the date of the application of the customs tariff. He also attended a meeting of the provincial council in Basra, which was held in the building of the province for the obstacles to work at border crossing points, He referred to "the need for coordination with the bodies located in the port so as to ensure smooth flow of work and non-interference by the security authorities in the work of customs, because such interventions can be reflected negatively on the movement of trade " The visit also included a field tour to do with a number of members of the provincial council of the port Safwan border through which the face of sovereignty and the need to increase efforts to raise the pace of work, also met sovereignty number of employees and agents output. OOTW: THE ABOVE IS FROM THE MINISTRY OF CUSTOMS sczin11: ‹@OOTW› LOL OOTW: AND THERE'S SEVERAL ARTICLES FROM THE CUSTOMS SITE IN THE GOVERNMENT THREAD FOR THIS WEEK - INCLUDING AN ARTICLE SHOWING THAT THEY'RE TRAINING THEIR STAFF TO GET READY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CUSTOMS OOTW: AGAIN HERE'S THE GOVERNMENT LINK OOTW: I MEAN THE GOVERNMENT THREAD LINK, WHERE YOU CAN FIND ALL THE NEWS...DIRECT...STRAIGHT FROM THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT - LOL ALL ARTICLES AND OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASES ARE AT WEALTH WATCH . WORLD AND IQD411 . COM chattels: ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Kurdistan Region President Masoud Barzani called Germany “an exemplary friend” and called on it to help develop industry and agriculture in the autonomous Kurdish enclave in northern Iraq. In a meeting with Dieter Lamle, the German consul general in Erbil, Barzani thanked the government and people of Germany for “providing effective assistance to Kurdistan’s Peshmerga forces in the fight against the terrorists,” a statement from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) said. Germany, which hosts the largest Kurdish Diaspora community in Europe, is among a growing number of countries to break ranks with the United States in directly arming or cooperating militarily with Iraq’s Kurds. rudaw.net/english/kurdist... MichelleL: [image: laughing.png] thanks OOTW MichelleL: chattels, those kurds are doing quite a bit of politik-ing OOTW: THANKS CHATTELS - I THOUGHT I READ THAT THE WORD WAS GIVEN TO THE PESHMERGA TO STEP ASIDE FROM MILITARY ACTION, IS THAT CORRECT? chattels: ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – The Islamic State (ISIS) has arrested hundreds of shopkeepers in Mosul for failure to pay a religious tax to the fanatical group that has occupied the city in northern Iraq for more than a year, a Kurdish official said Wednesday. Businesses in the vast territories that ISIS controls in Iraq and Syria must pay their “zakat,” or Islamic alms that practicing Muslims usually give to the poor, to the militant group, known as “Daesh” in Arabic. “Daesh arrested 355 shop owners in Mosul after they refused to pay zakat to the group,” said Saad Mamuzin, spokesman of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) in Mosul, who lives in the Kurdistan Region since ISIS seized the city in June last year. rudaw.net/english/middlee... chattels: ‹@OOTW› I have not seen such, but my research is not up to " par " of late. OOTW: THANKS CHATTELS OOTW: PRETTY SURE THIS IS HAPPENING, BUTIFLDRM READ A PORTION OF AN ARTICLE ON THIS TO ME OVER THE PHONE YESTERDAY sczin11: ‹@OOTW› ARE U REFERRING TO GENERAL ZEBARI STATEMENTS? Content originally from http://wealthwatch.world OOTW: AH YES, THAT'S RIGHT OOTW: IN PART OOTW: YES chattels: ‹@OOTW› Peshmerga fought a significant defensive action in the last 24 hours i think OOTW: AH OK, SO PERHAPS WE'RE JUST SEEING "DUALITIES" IN THE NEWS...AS USUAL TY CHATTELS sczin11: ZEBARI HAS BEEN IN THE NEWS FOR SEVERAL WEEKS NOW, SINCE THE SEEMINGLY FORCED RETIREMENT LAST MONTH JUNE 29 chattels: ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – The Islamic State (ISIS) launched a coordinated assault Wednesday against Peshmerga positions in Khurmatu, 88 km south of Kirkuka. After several hours of intense battle the militants were repelled. “The attack was launched at 00:10am in Zargah bridge and stretched across different areas and lasted till 03:00 am,” said Ahmed Besheyi, Peshmerga commander. According to Besheyi, the attack was coordinated and was launched from several directions, “But due to the well-positioned strongholds and the fighting will of the Peshmerga forces, the attacks failed to achieve any territorial gains or inflict damages,” said the Peshmerga commander. sczin11: IT IS ODD TxBrand: Can the people pay for goods after they implement tariffs ? chattels: rudaw.net/english/middlee... sczin11: LOTS OF FINGER POINTING WHETHER ABADI FORCED HIS RETIREMNT, OR HE REQUESTED IT FROM BARZANI AND ABADI OOTW: YES IT'S CONTROVERSIAL SCZIN11, FOR SURE OOTW: I THINK IT WILL BE HARD FROM THEM TXBRAND chattels: Former top Iraqi general says he had to resign By RÛDAW yesterday at 05:55 OOTW: REMEMBER WE SAW THE SJC INVALIDATED ASPECTS OF THE GENERAL BUDGET? sczin11: ‹@TxBrand› DONT KNOW WHERE ALL THE NOTES WILL COME FROM AT THE CORRENT EXCHNAGE RATE chattels: rudaw.net/english/middlee... OOTW: ONE OF THESE WAS THE REMOVAL OF THE BUDGET ITEM INSTATING TAXES FOR CUSTOMS GOODS WHICH ARE "LUXURY ITEMS" LIKE ALCOHOL CIGARETTES AND SO ON? chattels: “I resigned because I could not carry out my duties,” he continued. OOTW: MY HOPE IS THAT THEY'VE DONE THIS BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE TARIFF'S ARE GOING INTO EFFECT, ACROSS THE BOARD, AND THEY DO NOT NEED TO KEEP THIS ITEM IN THE BUDGET MichelleL: did he site health chattels? OOTW: IT WOULD BE "SUPERFLUOUS" chattels: Zebari retired from his post after offering his resignation in late June and returning to the Kurdistan region. OOTW: SO TXBRAND, I DO THINK THEY'LL NEED TO INCREASE BUYING POWER..HOW MUCH, WE JUST DON'T KNOW chattels: ‹@MichelleL› No, but being Sunni and a Kurd in " Iraq " is dangerous to anyone's health. [image: smile.png] TxBrand: [image: laughing.png] OOTW: CHATTELS Wink MichelleL: ‹@chattels› [image: laughing.png] it would be to mine chattels: ‹@MichelleL› indeed [image: smile.png] sczin11: ‹@MichelleL› ACTUALLY I READ A RELEASE TODAY, HE WASNT HAPPY WITH THE WAY BAGHDAD WAS "NOT PASSING" THE WEAPONS TO [ESHMERGA THAT WERE SENT TO IRAQ FOR THEIR USE sczin11: PESHMERGA OOTW: THANKS SCZIN11 MichelleL: I saw something about that sczin, did you post it? chattels: 122 degree temperature and terrorists OOTW: SO I WANTED TO CONTINUE A BIT MORE RE IRAN MichelleL: sounds like arizona OOTW: I WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS... sczin11: ‹@MichelleL› LEMME CHCECK BRB MichelleL: thanks sczin MichelleL: I am absolutely amazed at how you guys keep track of all you post - its quite a feat chattels: “The Kurds form less than 1 percent of the Iraqi army,” Zebari said, attributing the low percentage to the Kurds because they rejected remaining in the Iraqi army. “The events that happened in Mosul, Kirkuk, and Salahadin led to the dissolution of the 3rd, 4th and 12th Divisions of the Iraqi army, that included Kurdish soldiers and officers. The command wanted those divisions to join the Kirkuk military base, but they refused to obey the orders.” TxBrand: (today ) O said that when he turns over the keys to the next president .. they would still be fighting ISIS EdoBini: Tariffs and increase in currency rate should go hand-in-hand. or the people will revolt against. it OOTW: THIS IS THE LAST IMF CONSULTATION ( I COULD FIND) WITH IRAN OOTW: Statement at the End of an IMF Mission to the Islamic Republic of Iran Press Release No. 15/40 February 9, 2015 End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country. The views expressed in this statement are those of the IMF staff and do not necessarily represent the views of the IMF’s Executive Board. This mission will not result in a Board discussion. An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team, led by Martin Cerisola, Assistant Director for the Middle East and Central Asia Department, visited Tehran from January 24 to February 5, 2015. The team held discussions with the authorities on recent developments in the Iranian economy, the near-term outlook, and the authorities’ macroeconomic policies and reform agenda. At the conclusion of the mission, Mr. Cerisola made the following statement: “Discussions with the Iranian authorities took place against the background of a marked improvement in macroeconomic conditions over the past year, with a rebound in economic activity and a decline in inflation. However, the sharp drop in global oil prices and an uncertain external environment will bring significant challenges to the outlook. “The authorities recognize these challenges and remain determined to sustain the improvements in macroeconomic conditions. The discussions focused on the policies needed for preserving disinflation gains and for supporting the economy in its adjustment to lower oil prices. For this, the IMF team recommended that fiscal policy should aim at limiting the budget deficit in the next fiscal year to around 2.5 percent of GDP. Monetary policy should continue to aim at keeping inflation expectations anchored, by preemptively targeting liquidity growth at prudent levels. This policy mix would help absorb shocks and provide more room for credit to flow to the economy. Maintaining exchange rate flexibility will also help smooth the transition to an environment with lower oil prices. The discussions also focused on the need for MichelleL: ‹@TxBrand› is he signing up with them? TxBrand: [image: laughing.png] TxBrand: I hope OOTW: The discussions also focused on the need for pressing ahead reforms and the authorities’ plans in the banking sector to address nonperforming loans and strengthen the efficiency of financial intermediation. “The IMF team and the authorities agreed that the 2015 Article IV Consultation mission in the Spring will provide an opportunity to deepen the discussions of the policy and reform priorities of the authorities. “The mission met with senior officials of the Central Bank of Iran and Ministry of Economy and Finance, as well as a wide range of private sector representatives." chattels: headed home from the office - bbl MichelleL: ‹@chattels› cya later [image: smile.png] OOTW: BE WELL CHATTELS TxBrand: i mean i hope not [image: whistling.png] MichelleL: ‹@TxBrand› they'd be sure to lose with him helping sczin11: ‹@MichelleL› Babacar Zebari: I resigned because I was not I can exercise my powers TxBrand: ic [image: laughing.png] OOTW: WE'VE SEEN SOME DISCUSSION ON THE WEB ABOUT THE CONNECTION BETWEEN IRAN AND IRAQ RE THE POTENTIAL FOR A CHANGE IN VALUE OF THE IRAQI CURRENCY - EVEN THE RIAL/IRANIAN CURRENCY MichelleL: thanks sczin OOTW: WHAT ARE ANY OF YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS? MichelleL: After the past several years of scoffing up the iqd, iran has much to gain from the potential change in value of the dinar MichelleL: what ever happened to all those discussions regarding a common gulf currency? TxBrand: I agree they go hand in hand... but we don't know anything about timing sczin11: ‹@MichelleL› HOPEFULLY ALL THE TRAING IN COUNTERFEITTING BY THE CBI WILL PLAY A BIG ROLL IN PROTECTING THE IRAQI ECONOMY sczin11: TRAINING OOTW: JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY WHY WOULD THEY GO HAND IN HAND? MichelleL: sczin I'm not saying the dinars they have are not legal, just that they've had a decade to accumulate them OOTW: YES MICHELLE, WE KNOW IRANIANS HAVE BEEN DIAL IN THEIR RIAL, THE IQD AND THE DOLLAR OOTW: AGREED MICHELLE! sczin11: ‹@MichelleL› LEGITIMATE DINAR IS ACCOUNTED FOR BY THE CBI sczin11: WHETHER IRAN HAS IT OR YOU DOESNT MATTER TxBrand: well ...like I have said before... rate meant a lot to Sadam he had guy hands chopped off when the rate went down ..does mean a lot to them now ? MichelleL: right now you're right sczin, if it rvs it will matter very much to me [image: laughing.png] MichelleL: it should Tx, Arabs are generally very proud people EdoBini: It is now reconfirmed that the tariff will start on the August 1st. MichelleL: thanks EdoBini OOTW: WE HOPE SO TXBRAND...I ASK THESE QUESTIONS BECAUSE POINTS OF THE CONNECTION ARE STILL UNCLEAR - BUT THEY ARE NEIGHBORS, AND TRADE IS OPENING BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES (MORE BROADLY AND REGULATED BY CUSTOMS/TARIFFS ABOUT TO GO INTO EFFECT) AND OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE NEIGHBORS OOTW: I LIKE THAT IRAQ/CBI IS PUTTING OUT A TENDER/BID FOR PEOPLE TO HELP PUT IN PLACE XBRL - VISIBLE / DIGITAL BANKING PROCEDURES OOTW: AND THAT IRAN ALREADY HAS THIS IN PLACE - SINCE BEFORE THE IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS EdoBini: Thanks OOTW.. Neighbors matters a lot in that Region. OOTW: SO TRUE EDOBINI - I JUST DON'T WANT US FINDING ANOTHER OOTW: ""CHAPTER 7" TO CLING TO OOTW: THE MYSTERIOUS TRIGGER POINT OOTW: LOL OOTW: BUT... OOTW: IT IS GOOD THIS IS HAPPENING OOTW: ESP THE TARIFF'S OOTW: ONE MORE ARTICLE I'D LIKE TO BRING IN FROM THE SJC EdoBini: Agreed. OOTW: FROM THE SJC SITE Sahar Hussein The federal judiciary has announced the launch of Project E queries to Federal Court of Cassation in order to alleviate the burden on citizens by taking advantage of technological services. OOTW: THE SJC IS THE SUPREME JUDICIARY OOTW: ANOTHER EXAMPLE WE HAVE THAT THE E GOVERNANCE DIGITAL PROGRAM IS GOING INTO EFFECT OOTW: THIS ARTICLE IS ALSO IN THIS WEEK'S GOVT THREAD OOTW: REMEMBER THIS PROGRAM IS NOT JUST FOR QUERIES....IT'S SAID TO ALSO SUPPORT PAYMENT RECEIPT AND MONETARY TRANSACTIONS OOTW: WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF WAFFLING ABOUT THIS IN THE NEWS OOTW: "IT WILL BEGIN ON...." AND "IT'S STALLED FOR NOW" OOTW: SO SINCE THIS IS COMING FROM THE SJC..THIS IS A GOOD SIGN MichelleL: what percentage of average iraqi homes are tech savvy at all, OOTW? this learning curve may take a considerable amount of time - I still don't know how to use my phone and I've had it for 2 years and a computer over 20 MichelleL: over 25 actually but i like making believe i'm younger OOTW: YES IT WILL, BUT REMEMBER MICHELLE THAT SEVERAL MONTHS AGO ...AFTER ABADI CAME INTO OFFICE THEY STARTED FREEING UP THE CAFE'S WHERE PEOPLE WERE PERFORMING ON LINE ACTIVITIES WERE BEFORE SUPPRESSED OR BULLIED BY THE MALIKI GOVERNMENT? OOTW: AND THEY PUT BANS ON CERTAIN INTERNET USAGES... MichelleL: OOTW yes, I remember, but I still think its a " OOTW: THE PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO INTERNET CAFE'S AND I'D SAY ANYONE (AT LEAST) YOUNGER THAN BABY BOOMER'S WOULD KNOW HOW TO USE THIS AND CAN HELP OTHERS OOTW: YES THERE ARE A LOT OF POOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO CLUE MichelleL: young man's game" when it comes to tech - the older gen, the monied gen may have many more problems dealing with the online aspect OOTW: THEY WILL EDUCATE THEM OOTW: TRUE OOTW: BUT AT LEAST THEY'LL HAVE THE OPTION OOTW: AND WHAT'S THE WORST THAT CAN HAPPEN? OOTW: THE PEOPLE HAVE TO PHYSICALLY TURN UP AT THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENT'S OFFICE FOR ASSISTANCE? MichelleL: yes, but do we not remember saddam's cave with all those extinct vcrs all over the place? tech comes slowly OOTW: YES AND SO WOULD THE PRESENCE OF COMPUTER'S OOTW: AGREED OOTW: THEY STILL CAN GET ASSISTANCE VIA ACTUAL FORMS MichelleL: I'm sure it will - perhaps they'll start smaller, like electricity [image: laughing.png] OOTW: AND THOSE IN THE GOVERNMENT CAN PROCESS THEIR FORMS ONLINE FOR THEM OOTW: LOL OOTW: AND HERE'S THIS LAST PRESS RELEASE FROM THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE MichelleL: I'm sure - just thinking of what it would have been bringing computers into this country in my grandparents' day OOTW: SO TRUE MICHELLE OOTW: Rasheed Bank announces lending retired smart card holders[image: newticker_logo.png] Wednesday July 15, 2015 [url=http://www.mof.gov.iq/Pages/MOFMinistryNewsDetail.aspx?ArticalID=84&LstName=MinistryNews] Rasheed Bank announces Btzlev retirees do the smart card holders amounts and ceilings as pension for retirees. And that the advance is a period of 3 years and interest rate of 5% per annum and to ensure that government employees on the permanent staffing (covered by the Civil Service Law). www.mof.gov.iq/Pages/MOFM... MichelleL: thanks OOTW MichelleL: guess they're throwing them into it [image: laughing.png] - you're still not going to get me to use a phone to pay for my starbucks OOTW: SO PAYMENTS ARE GOING TO BE RELEASED TO GOVT EMPLOYEES AND THERE WAS ANOTHER ARTICLE OUT ON THIS STATING THAT THEY WOULD BE RETROACTIVE BACK TO THREE YEARS...SO AGAIN, WE WAIT AND SEE..BUT TRULY, THE GOI IS TRYING TO GIVE THE PEOPLE THEIR DUE IN MANY AREAS. OOTW: LOL OOTW: STARBUCKS BAD GMO COFFEE OOTW: NOOOOOOOO OOTW: LOL MichelleL: 3 years back pension, good stuff MichelleL: it was just an example, actually I don't drink the stuff [image: laughing.png] I roast/grind my own OOTW: YES OOTW: LOL OOTW: OKAY SO I'M FINISHED ANY QUESTIONS? MichelleL: thanks so very much, again, I'm awed by the energy you put into educating us, really I am [image: smile.png] time for some tea, will see you later [image: smile.png] Again, OOTW and Sczin, thanks! sczin11: THANK YOU ALL FOR JOING IN OOTW: TY MICHELLE sczin11: ‹@MichelleL› YVW OOTW: YES THANKS EVERYONE...HUGS ALL AROUND Sam: oops i am late Donnie: ‹@OOTW› TY Lady OOTW: TY DONNIE! sczin11: THANK YOU ALL FOR JOING IN OOTW: TY MICHELLE sczin11: ‹@MichelleL› YVW OOTW: YES THANKS EVERYONE...HUGS ALL AROUND Sam: oops i am late Donnie: ‹@OOTW› TY Lady OOTW: TY DONNIE! Stash: Thanks Abraham: ‹@OOTW› thanks so much for sharing OOTW: THANKS ABRAHAM OOTW: THERE'S MUCH FORWARD PROGRESS, YES MUCH MORE STILL TO BE MADE...BUT WE ARE SEEING SO MUCH GREAT MOVEMENT IN IRAQ -AND I ALSO DIDN'T ADDRESS THE HUGE STRIDES BEING MADE BY THE MILITARY OOTW: I'LL TRY TO INCORPORATE THAT INTO MY NEXT TALK, BECAUSE TRULY, WE ARE SEEING GREAT PROGRESS OOTW: NO, NOT YET ABRAHAM - I ADDRESSED THIS AND IT WILL BE IN THE POST OF THIS CHAT OOTW: [image: smile.png] Abraham: ‹@OOTW› thanks OOTW: TY ABRAHAM THANKS WEALTH WATCH . WORLD