RAISING THE VALUE OF ALL DINARS TO EQUAL ONE DOLLAR

[TFK]

This article is about national pride (something that most dinar investors could care less about). It is a tremendous article for a people who have been trampled time and again through the course of history only to endure with relentless tenacity and rise again. They are telling their people that soon their money will see prominance on the world stage and it will testify, on its face, to the incredible history of what it means to be Iraqi. After this type of good propaganda, what Iraqi in their mind would not want to drop the dollar and pick up dinar?! Just carrying the thing will be a conversation piece, a history lesson and initiate great dialogue amongst the people.

This is an outstanding strategy by Shabibi and the gang. Very well done. It really wont be long folk. With this type of campaign by their central bank, it will not be difficult at all to dedollarize that nation even at 1 to 1. The fool who would even dare pull out a US dollar to pay for a cheese sandwich will be mocked and ostracized.

Dreamer, your historical revisionism will win you kudos from some. Those that understand Arab history know that all or most of the trampling came from their own leaders. The caliphate's of history subjugated their own people and then took their extremely violent show on the road and almost conquered the West. There is no friend of ours leading anywhere in the Arab or Muslim world! Individual Arabs is a whole different story, just in case you might be thinking I'm racist!

[sonny1]

wow, we finally got an article that states that they will rv before they release the new notes, i cant believe people want to argue it.

its good to see a non lop article, its pretty clear what it is saying, but wait a day they could change there minds...

[keepmwlknfny]

"the appearance of Mohammed Saleh confirmed by (citizen) that the volume of money supply to be printed soon consist of 28 30 billion dinars, with calculated that the currency currently in circulation to more than 32 trillion dinars"

Well it looks like someone isnt going to get a one to one exchange old for new dinar......

[Alex38]

wow, we finally got an article that states that they will rv before they release the new notes, i cant believe people want to argue it.

its good to see a non lop article, its pretty clear what it is saying, but wait a day they could change there minds...

Crazy days.... Ha!

[DinarDana]

wow, we finally got an article that states that they will rv before they release the new notes, i cant believe people want to argue it.

its good to see a non lop article, its pretty clear what it is saying, but wait a day they could change there minds...

Agree sonny1 this has been my take on this for some time. I am just glad they finally released press that states what I have been thinking. I really can't wait another day.

[IValueMe]

I am truly amazed, educated and informed by all of the diverse opinions and knowledge in this forum.

Though I am pro-RV, I feel the Lopsters help keep things balanced and entertaining.

I would say the majority of us are in it to win it and everyone knows that no one knows how or when it will play out...but play out and pay out it will!

GoRV!!!!!

[Carrello]

there really is no argument...you don't have a clue stryker...in addition you don't have a single item to back anything you claim as fact...it is sad really.

And what unselfish act have you done lately, Sparky ???

[zigmeister]

And what unselfish act have you done lately, Sparky ???

Inquiring minds want to know.

[TrinityeXchange]

You know Trinity, I had a long typed out breakdown on this and I decided not to post it for this reason; I wanted to see what you would say on this one and I'm glad I did. You put a more interesting flair on some of these articles then I do. I was right to think that too, you would do this one more justice than I would have.

I was going to point out the 1:1 which has been done several times by me and others....

I was going to point out that all most all of the 32 trillion are outside their country and don't count in what Shabibi is about to do...

What I was not going to do is point out that this was a history lesson or put your great way of sense to this so I moved on until I saw what you were going to say. Heck I type to much anyway... :P ..

Thank you for what you bring to our world....+ my friend......

i stay humbled by the kind words of this group.

and stryker my friend i am on the same page with you about the hard currency existing outside of the country. i do not believe it will count toward what shabibi is doing just like you are saying. if the cbi have their way, the iqd will be exactly as they intend it to be, a world reserve currency, a hard currency and not soft, and not affected by neighboring countries (their words not mine). this means not all of the iqd we exchange will go back to iraq but will be retained (some if not most of it) as a reserve currency by other countries. +1 to you sir.

[zul]

Citizen) reveal the intentions of raising the value of all Iraqi dinars to equal

« on: Today at 11:04:32 AM »QuoteCitizen) reveal the intentions of raising the value of all Iraqi dinars to equal one dollar

I have not read the whole article, but i just love the headline. ~ raising the value of ALL dinars. to equal one dollar.

[Sector]

"the appearance of Mohammed Saleh confirmed by (citizen) that the volume of money supply to be printed soon consist of 28 30 billion dinars, with calculated that the currency currently in circulation to more than 32 trillion dinars"

Well it looks like someone isnt going to get a one to one exchange old for new dinar......

This guy is a RV hater. He is Anti RV on every post, he has no creditablity so it's no need to pay any attention to his lop/rd talk.

[TrinityeXchange]

Dreamer, your historical revisionism will win you kudos from some. Those that understand Arab history know that all or most of the trampling came from their own leaders. The caliphate's of history subjugated their own people and then took their extremely violent show on the road and almost conquered the West. There is no friend of ours leading anywhere in the Arab or Muslim world! Individual Arabs is a whole different story, just in case you might be thinking I'm racist!

Lets begin from what historians will agree as the “history” of iraq....ancient Sumeria, arguably one of history's most productive people of whom the social, economic and religious bases for subsequent Iraqi civilization was laid. Through their extensive farming technologies we began to see communities established. These towns were owned by “gods” and “interpreters”to explain what the enthroned gods wanted. These “interpreters” became a profession from which these unique individuals gathered much wealth by way of their talent. Interpreters were harbingers of an autocratic style of government the likes of what we see today. These interpreters eventually warred with each other and became renowned as“lugal” and “nam lugal” (Sumerian) meaning “great man”. From this we understand the influence that the nam lugal exert on the communities of modern day Iraq. Wars waged intensely between the cities of the great men. And some cities became so great (like thegreat Uruk) that an hierarchical society came forth which in turned produced the first system of law, one system is well known as “TheCode of Hammurabi”.

From the west arrived a semitic-speaking people, the Akkadians of whom Sargon I rose to power. As historians explain it, he went town to town destroying the great cities of the “nam lugal”. (It is believed Saddam Hussein fashioned his methodology after Sargon I). His sons succeeded him even through to the historical and famous Sargon II. And eventually the Assyrians, living on the edge of the fertile crescent became mighty and launched a campaign of complete and merciless devastation. They believed war was mans natural state and relished it. They practiced “the elimination of local characteristics” whereby millions of people were migrated from their homes to remote locations (similar to what we've seen Sadaam do by moving Arabs into Kurdistan and Kurds into the Shia provinces of Iraq).

As resources were exhausted Assyria was dealta final blow by the remnants of the old Sumerian city-states. Babylon was rebuilt under Nebuchadnezzar II. Eventually Babylon was conquered by the Mede/Persian empire and it is they who actually coined the phrase “Iraq” (the low lands). Persian empire laid the foundation of the land ownership system that we see even until today. The Persian's locked in battle against the Greeks; Alexander the Great to be exact. One of Alexander's early Persian conquest was near modern Irbil. He eventually marched across and took Babylon with the intent to make Babylon the capital of the world.

From the East came a force unknown, the Parthian Empire who took Babylon from the Greeks in 144 BC. This empire set up its capital near what we now know as Baghdad. Its audience halls still stand today as a relic and is the world's highest brick arch. It was the Parthians who dealt Rome their greatest defeat in northern Iraq, the battle of Harran. Next the Sasanian's (a Persian sect) rose to power who stayed lock in continual battle with the Eastern Roman (the Byzantines). During these embattled times, in the unattended despaired south would come an Arab savior, Muhammad. Muhammad amassed an unparalleled clan following as he inducted new members into his religious clan through a sweeping campaign. Upon his death, his followers initiated what they believed was his ultimate goal, destroying the Byzantines and Perdes in the north.

The Persians took Jerusalem from the Byzantines who fought back and both sides exhausted themselves. The Arab campaign was sure to win with their guerrilla warfare tactics leaving both Perdes and Byzantines exhausted and destroyed. In 636 the Arabs landed a crushing blow defeating the Byzantines once and for all in Jordan. Turning attention to Iraq, the Persian empire was crushed.

It is after this time that we see the caliphs as you mention wage much war toward Arabization. We also learn of the strong history of the Shii and Sunni through these inter-battles. Eventually we see Baghdad rise as a great city. However foreign war campaigns are not over. January 1258, the terrible Mongol war machine sackedBaghdad and devastated much of the middle east. Historians have compared the killings in Baghdad to the deaths in Hiroshima after the atomic blast. Estimates are at 800,000 killed in Baghdad. After the Mongols left, disease and starvation took massive tolls. And if not horrific enough, Hulagu's successor arrived again in Baghdad and slaughtered what was left. The Black Death of Europe paled in comparison to the Mongol death mission perpetrated upon the Arabs.

It would take an entire century for life to spring out of Iran, the Safavids, who pilgrimaged to the graves of the saints in Iraq. Eventually came rise the Ottoman empire and most of us know the history from that point forward all the way to British rule and the dividing of Iraq and Kuwait.

So for you to take what I say and call me a dreamer, I would have to wholeheartedly disagree. From my studies, Iraqi's have seen much oppression, annihilation, anddevastation. Yet they have survived. They continue to rise. And they have contributed much to world history. I hope you research my statements and test your theory that only the battles of Caliphates shaped Iraqi history. I welcome your rebuttal. In the meantime I stand by my statement that their new money will be a tremendous source of pride given all that they have endured over thousands of years of survival.

be blessed.

[Darin]

there really is no argument...you don't have a clue stryker...in addition you don't have a single item to back anything you claim as fact...it is sad really.

Don't see you supporting many facts, but you sure seem to put a lot of time into arguing everyone else who provides positive speculation.

We have seen articles post different numbers of what is in circulation, if anything the numbers have been going up.

But, the CBI data supports that their foreign reserves have been going up too.

Which is odd, because the USD demand from neighboring nations that have sanctions has put the CBI to extra use resulting in higher auctions.

That is hard to make sense of: Their USD is on the rise for cash reserves, yet their IQD in circulation is also on the rise, while articles also support that USD is leaving the country through a black market to neighboring countries such as Iran or Syria because they see their own currency falling.

So USD is existing the country, but their reserves are on the rise - which leads to their own currency on the rise

when it would be easy to believe the black market was using IQD to receive USD because no person would desire to give away their USD which is already in high demand within their own country for a failing rubee or whatever.

[yota691]

(Citizen) reveal the intentions of raising the value of all Iraqi dinars to equal one dollar

On: Wednesday 03/21/2012 19:48

Baghdad: Naseer Ahmed

A source in the Iraqi Central Bank about four companies currently competing to win the draft printing the new Iraqi dinar, which will generate graceful after deleting three zeros from it, as Samay central bank to raise the value of the dinar against the dollar gradually down to the day to start replacement where the value will be in the absence of a fluctuation Iraqi dinars, equivalent to one U.S. $ one.

The source continued that the Bank and after the Notice blockbuster to buy hard currency of the auction, which is supervised by the central, deliberately to sell the dollar worth less than the former by 3.4 points, with the imposition of conditions of purchase to prevent the exploitation of the market meet the demands of neighboring countries that suffer from sanctions economic and the devaluation of their national currencies, all of this to re-balance the domestic market, which saw and by what mentioned fluctuation fast in the price of the dinar, adding that everyone knows that the central bank managed to actually raise the value of the dinar is thoughtful and intelligent since 2003 until now that the price of the dollar equivalent to 240 dinars, but now the price tag rose to 1120 per dollar, and this is one of the most important tasks of the Central Bank, which is responsible for monetary policy in the country, and one of the most important endeavors is to raise the value of national currency to achieve a higher purchasing power for the Iraqi people.

The Central Bank of Iraq announced, yesterday, about his buying and selling price of 1166 dinars to the dollar during the auction, which is evaluated every day with the participation of 23 banks, after it was sold and the purchase price of 1170 dinars to the dollar.

The deputy governor of the Central Bank of the appearance of Mohammed Saleh in statements to the media », that« the Bank worked to raise the prices of the Iraqi dinar against the dollar during its sessions for the sale and purchase of foreign exchange rate of four dinars and by 3.4% to up to 1166 dinars to the dollar », indicating that« the price of the dinar nominal is not commensurate with the purchasing power to him or the real price of the exchange rate of the dinar against the dollar ». Saleh added that «the current account of payments of Iraq where a large surplus relative to GDP at a rate of 5-8%», stressing that «the surplus is the signal strength and not vice versa as well as the existence of large reserves of the Bank». Saleh pointed out that «the dollar exchange rates in the Iraqi market which recently experienced a slight increase will be affected by the decision of the Iraqi Central Bank », adding that« the Iraqi dinar will be attractive markets in Iraq ».

The Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of the appearance of Mohammed earlier this year for efforts to obtain the approval of the executive and legislative branches to put up a big three categories after deleting three zeros from the Iraqi dinar, pointing out that the process of replacing the currency will take two years. As announced in favor of (January 6, 2012) for high reserves, Central Bank of Iraq from foreign currency to $ 60 billion for the first time in the history of Iraq, while confirmed its ability to curb inflation if it came to two places decimal places, it was considered that the current levels do not raise concern.

It is noteworthy that the CBI is being daily sessions for the sale and purchase of foreign currency except for public holidays during which depends on those auctions.

The appearance of Mohammed Saleh confirmed by (citizen) that the volume of money supply to be printed soon consist of 28 30 billion dinars, with the calculation that the currency currently in circulation to more than 32 trillion dinars, and you measure the size of Altrchiq which dominated the national currency, and the size of benefits that will befall this project in terms of withdrawal of monetary inflation and reduce the amount of cash and others.

The source revealed in an interview (citizen) that the form of the new currency would be like a mirror reflecting the history of Iraq and specifications will be even better to print the dollar, and are impossible to falsified, and will be charged the properties of technical and aesthetic features of an Iraqi national tell a story of civilization and its achievements since the dawn of history, as well as they will be charged Arabic and Kurdish as the text of the Constitution provides that in addition to the English language as a global system is applied in all countries of the world.

He said the groups would be equal between the metal and paper will be issued as a class (25, 50, 75 and 100) dinars categories of metal and there are 5, 10, 25 and 50 and 100 dinars, and paper.

In order to shed light on the history of the Iraqi currency has been used to study integrated worked on writing the engineer in charge Mahmoud Shaker al-Rubaie, who was able to document the history of the dinar in this country since its inception and even now, in which he said: - The talk of the Iraqi currency and a broad and large it is associated with political circumstances unstable experienced by Iraq, which led to the entry of foreign currency of the policy of the occupied country, when Iraq was under Ottoman control, the (Majidi) is the currency traded in the deal has been designated as the currency relative to the Sultan Abdul Majid, the father of Sultan Abdul Hamid, and parts Majidi is (Alaqچh and righteous ) and continued to deal Palmgide Ottoman until the entry of the British in 1917 and to extract the country from Ottoman control was introduced with the British (Indian Rupee) currency alternative in dealing and trading, and their parts (soften) and has been the practice that the new currency expel the old currency .. So ended the trading currency, the Ottoman Empire after he entered the Lord's Indian into the Iraqi market and the reason for making the trading Barabah Indian instead of pound English is due to most of the troops, the English occupied are of Indian Sikhs and Alkirkh. After that crystallized when the English idea of ​​a (Kingdom of) in Iraq and became a talk about One of the children of Sharif Hussein to stand up to this task has happened in 23 / August / 1921 Faisal was crowned as the son of Sharif Hussein king of Iraq must be of this political shift that is reflected at all levels and find it a change in the currency. It began to pump Iraqi currency called a new (penny) and the word is out of Byzantine and consists of a small circle of copper in the middle category number and below the word penny around the circle Kingdom of Iraq and on her right Hijri and to the left of the Christian calendar the other side of the image of King Faisal I, written by King of Iraq on the right and Faisal I on the left.

With the passage of (Iraqi penny) continued (Indian Rupee) trading as of October 1932 was canceled by the deal.

After the issuance of (penny) issued a coin is (two mites) and with the same specifications penny, but more than a bit, then appeared (pubic hair), a four money which is equivalent to the currency in English (brown), one of the parts of the pound has continued to issue categories in ascending appeared ten fils, one of the copper and then the twentieth penny called (the Koran) and the dirham and is equal to 50 fils then appeared percent fils then two hundred fils and called the (Real) and the equivalent of (Shilling) currency in English which is made of pure silver and a picture of King Faisal I on the one hand and the other three palms engraved on the thick branch of a tree, a large size relatively. After ten years on the coronation of King Faisal I, was established the Iraq Currency Board in London in 1931 and the issuance of Law 44 of the same year, by which printing paper currency in the sixteenth of March 1932 saw the light of the first Iraqi dinars bearing an image of King Faisal I on the right and the name of the Kingdom of Iraq at the top and category number in the middle is written in Arabic and the second in English, where the company (Dollarroa) British print dinar was also printed in small denominations of paper (quarter and half) in India and started the Iraqi dinar expelled Lord's Indian, according to the rule referred to until the end the deal in October 1932.

The Iraqi dinar is equal to 1000 fils was also printed Order of the five dinars, ten dinars were then put the Royal Order of dinars per cent.

With the development of political events, specifically on 26 / November / 1934 appeared the new dinar, carrying a picture of King Ghazi This happened after the death of King Faisal I quickly changed this image to be replaced by a picture of King Faisal II in late 1939, when the departure of King Ghazi. Have Council continued currency of Iraq to print Iraqi currency until the issuance of Law No. 43 of 47 and by virtue of which has been established (National Bank of Iraq), and specifically on the twentieth of July 1947 to adopt the theme printed Iraqi currency and the existence of this bank was to dispense with the currency board and its Abolition in 1949, after several years and specifically in the first of July 1956 a law was passed 72 by virtue of which changed the name of National Bank of Iraq to (CBI). did not change the form of the Iraqi currency and continued to print until the establishment of the Republic of Iraq in 1958 and the emergence of leader Abd al-Karim Qasim in his time there a lot of amendments on the currency notes and coins The posters of the three kings of all the currencies replaced by (logo Republican) new and that on the eighth of July 1958 and get a lot of variables on the coin as the canceled class (Filsin) added fils to the (pubic) to become (five fils) and Hausa popular salutes the Leader for his work, namely, (lived leader Old Zaid pubic .. fils ..) as well as canceled (the Koran), a twenty-penny and was replaced by (twenty-five fils) while retaining the MAD and percent fils and the abolition of (Real) which is equal to 200 fils, and the terms of paper currency, the class percent dinars have been canceled and keep the rest of the categories of paper with the addition of symbols of Iraq have (such as Palm and filling Darbandikhan filling Dukan and Fort Ukhaydir and Daura and waterfall entirely on you and your beacon humpback and silo Basra, Helicobacter and the bull winged and the Lion of Babylon and ascend Kut and guitar and Obelisk Hammurabi did not change the form of currency, but a slight change until the revolution of the seventeenth of July 1968 and began raising the slogan of the republic to be replaced by Iraqi codes mentioned above.

With the beginning of the eighties of the last century began the emergence of a coin to replace categories of paper small appeared 250 fils compared to Quarter dinars and 500 fils, compared to half dinars and 1000 fils against the dinar as well as the Central Bank issued the Iraqi alloy of gold of the categories (gold dinar and five dinars, ten dinars gold), which sold rate prevailing gold for a short period, and in the mid-eighties of the last century began (feminine) the volume of paper currency from the quarter dinar and the end of Balashr dinars and more characteristic of this stage is the emergence of the Order of the ten dinars and has a great scientist Hassan Ibn al-Haytham, which Ohmt people that this currency is not Iraq ..!! With the deterioration in the political and falling exchange rate of the dinar against the dollar, the government took to printing a new class with No. 25 dinars, and on his face the first image of Arabian horses and the other side is for the coin were then put a picture of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein instead of Arabian horses have been printed in this category in Russia. In the second of August 1990 had evolved in Iraqi politics was overshadowed by the dark on the country in general and the currency in particular, and by imposing (the policy of economic blockade) by America and its allies, which led to the disappearance of currency for all original categories and the emergence of currency printed locally Bmtaba newspapers and journals is meager and devoid of controls in place in the world. . As the years of the blockade increased the print size and say the dinar exchange rate against the dollar until he arrived in 1995 to 3000 dinars to the dollar, which has produced tons of currency printed locally. That monetary policy began to lose its balance because of the (currency prosthetic) For the purpose of control of the high inflation began printing categories is not defined earlier, such as the fifty and one hundred dinars which is bearing the image of the Unknown Soldier in the New Baghdad clock on the one hand and the image of former President Saddam Hussein from the second and then a class Almaútan and fifty dinars which is bearing the image of the President. did not hold these notes to the U.S. dollar exchange rate and with the continuation of printed locally up to seemed poor have no value and that its prestige has deprived large size .. And continued in 2002, was issued a new class is a paper on (10000) dinars to absorb inflation slack throttle and hit the big coin, but to no avail.

After more than thirteen years the blockade policy and the advent of CPA and the occupation of the country by the United States of America and the appointment of the civil governor Paul Bremer, who began to amend Iraqi law according to what he sees is if adopted by the Central Bank Law No. 73 of 2004 amended, which provides for printing Iraqi currency a new currency and rely on the dinar republican in form and change the category to be consistent with the equivalent of currency printed locally if adopted the form of quarter dinars to be 250 dinars and a half into 500 dinars and the dinar becomes 1000 dinars, as well as the five and ten dinars to five thousand and ten thousand dinars, with the introduction of class new (25000) dinars to absorb the huge expansion of cash which are of red dye was also an instrument of the coin of the class 100 dinars and 50 dinars and 25 dinars, but has not been activated largely because of the conditions of inflation and price increases have started to replace the currency from 01/10/2004 until 02.28.2005 and the continued currency trading referred to above to the present day and talk about the intention of the government remove three zeros from the Iraqi dinar to up to levels comparable with the exchange rates of foreign currencies order back to the glory of the Iraqi dinar and weighs a healthy beautiful green turquoise.

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[Abarvets]

the continued currency trading referred to above to the present day and talk about the intention of the government remove three zeros from the Iraqi dinar to up to levels comparable with the exchange rates of foreign currencies order back to the glory of the Iraqi dinar and weighs a healthy beautiful green turquoise.

I love that last sentence!!!!!!!!!!!! Another great piece this morning!

[DetroittoAZ]

That was a long one

[robo5288]

Thanks for the post.

[yota691]

That was a long one

That what I said!!

[yota691]

double post my bag

Edited March 22, 2012 by yota691

[caz1104]

there really is no argument...you don't have a clue stryker...in addition you don't have a single item to back anything you claim as fact...it is sad really.

The only thing you offer this site is a negative outlook.Your responses are a continous eyesore for they never change. You don't have to agree with others opinions cause as you are well aware the majority here don't agree with you.In the end you and your gang may be correct,but its you're arrogant approach that is so hard to deal with. For someone that claims/knows to have all the answers, I have to question your intelligence as you so often do the RV'ers. How is it that someone that has read & researched so much on this investment like yourself(& others) ever got involved? It could'nt be for the small if any possible gain it might produce over many years? It could'nt be that you believed in the "pipedream", "fantasy" like so many others could it? It could'nt be that you listened to all the wrong people could it? The same people you chastise now imo were the ones you followed early on. Your disgust is misguided,look in the mirror for he is the one that should take the wrath of your hate.If helping others is truly yor mission why not start up your own site and educate those that seek your invaluable wisdom. So please crawl back under your LOP/RD rock (lop section) & enjoy your sunshineless miserable life. Best to those that wish/believe in the possibility of success.

[keepmwlknfny]

This guy is a RV hater. He is Anti RV on every post, he has no creditablity so it's no need to pay any attention to his lop/rd talk.

How smart do you look trying to say that another person would hate having a boat load of money??

Now I see why you started that ridiculous post.....common sense goes a long way these days....give it a try!!

[zest4life]

This guy is a RV hater. He is Anti RV on every post, he has no creditablity so it's no need to pay any attention to his lop/rd talk.

Are you nuts??!! Keep has been here for a LONG time. Why are you putting him on BLAST??

[Shelley]

Lets begin from what historians will agree as the “history” of iraq....ancient Sumeria, arguably one of history's most productive people of whom the social, economic and religious bases for subsequent Iraqi civilization was laid. Through their extensive farming technologies we began to see communities established. These towns were owned by “gods” and “interpreters”to explain what the enthroned gods wanted. These “interpreters” became a profession from which these unique individuals gathered much wealth by way of their talent. Interpreters were harbingers of an autocratic style of government the likes of what we see today. These interpreters eventually warred with each other and became renowned as“lugal” and “nam lugal” (Sumerian) meaning “great man”. From this we understand the influence that the nam lugal exert on the communities of modern day Iraq. Wars waged intensely between the cities of the great men. And some cities became so great (like thegreat Uruk) that an hierarchical society came forth which in turned produced the first system of law, one system is well known as “TheCode of Hammurabi”.

From the west arrived a semitic-speaking people, the Akkadians of whom Sargon I rose to power. As historians explain it, he went town to town destroying the great cities of the “nam lugal”. (It is believed Saddam Hussein fashioned his methodology after Sargon I). His sons succeeded him even through to the historical and famous Sargon II. And eventually the Assyrians, living on the edge of the fertile crescent became mighty and launched a campaign of complete and merciless devastation. They believed war was mans natural state and relished it. They practiced “the elimination of local characteristics” whereby millions of people were migrated from their homes to remote locations (similar to what we've seen Sadaam do by moving Arabs into Kurdistan and Kurds into the Shia provinces of Iraq).

As resources were exhausted Assyria was dealta final blow by the remnants of the old Sumerian city-states. Babylon was rebuilt under Nebuchadnezzar II. Eventually Babylon was conquered by the Mede/Persian empire and it is they who actually coined the phrase “Iraq” (the low lands). Persian empire laid the foundation of the land ownership system that we see even until today. The Persian's locked in battle against the Greeks; Alexander the Great to be exact. One of Alexander's early Persian conquest was near modern Irbil. He eventually marched across and took Babylon with the intent to make Babylon the capital of the world.

From the East came a force unknown, the Parthian Empire who took Babylon from the Greeks in 144 BC. This empire set up its capital near what we now know as Baghdad. Its audience halls still stand today as a relic and is the world's highest brick arch. It was the Parthians who dealt Rome their greatest defeat in northern Iraq, the battle of Harran. Next the Sasanian's (a Persian sect) rose to power who stayed lock in continual battle with the Eastern Roman (the Byzantines). During these embattled times, in the unattended despaired south would come an Arab savior, Muhammad. Muhammad amassed an unparalleled clan following as he inducted new members into his religious clan through a sweeping campaign. Upon his death, his followers initiated what they believed was his ultimate goal, destroying the Byzantines and Perdes in the north.

The Persians took Jerusalem from the Byzantines who fought back and both sides exhausted themselves. The Arab campaign was sure to win with their guerrilla warfare tactics leaving both Perdes and Byzantines exhausted and destroyed. In 636 the Arabs landed a crushing blow defeating the Byzantines once and for all in Jordan. Turning attention to Iraq, the Persian empire was crushed.

It is after this time that we see the caliphs as you mention wage much war toward Arabization. We also learn of the strong history of the Shii and Sunni through these inter-battles. Eventually we see Baghdad rise as a great city. However foreign war campaigns are not over. January 1258, the terrible Mongol war machine sackedBaghdad and devastated much of the middle east. Historians have compared the killings in Baghdad to the deaths in Hiroshima after the atomic blast. Estimates are at 800,000 killed in Baghdad. After the Mongols left, disease and starvation took massive tolls. And if not horrific enough, Hulagu's successor arrived again in Baghdad and slaughtered what was left. The Black Death of Europe paled in comparison to the Mongol death mission perpetrated upon the Arabs.

It would take an entire century for life to spring out of Iran, the Safavids, who pilgrimaged to the graves of the saints in Iraq. Eventually came rise the Ottoman empire and most of us know the history from that point forward all the way to British rule and the dividing of Iraq and Kuwait.

So for you to take what I say and call me a dreamer, I would have to wholeheartedly disagree. From my studies, Iraqi's have seen much oppression, annihilation, anddevastation. Yet they have survived. They continue to rise. And they have contributed much to world history. I hope you research my statements and test your theory that only the battles of Caliphates shaped Iraqi history. I welcome your rebuttal. In the meantime I stand by my statement that their new money will be a tremendous source of pride given all that they have endured over thousands of years of survival.

be blessed.

Thank you for a great post Trinity... very very interesting and yes I believe the Iraqi's will come out on top of this as they deserve.+1 to you Trinity

[Dinaronair]

How smart do you look trying to say that another person would hate having a boat load of money??

Now I see why you started that ridiculous post.....common sense goes a long way these days....give it a try!!

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(Citizen) reveal the intentions of raising the value of all Iraqi dinars to equal one dollar

On: Wednesday 03/21/2012 19:48

Baghdad: Naseer Ahmed

A source in the Iraqi Central Bank about four companies currently competing to win the draft printing the new Iraqi dinar, which will generate graceful after deleting three zeros from it, as Samay central bank to raise the value of the dinar against the dollar gradually down to the day to start replacement where the value will be in the absence of a fluctuation Iraqi dinars, equivalent to one U.S. $ one.

The source continued that the Bank and after the Notice blockbuster to buy hard currency of the auction, which is supervised by the central, deliberately to sell the dollar worth less than the former by 3.4 points, with the imposition of conditions of purchase to prevent the exploitation of the market meet the demands of neighboring countries that suffer from sanctions economic and the devaluation of their national currencies, all of this to re-balance the domestic market, which saw and by what mentioned fluctuation fast in the price of the dinar, adding that everyone knows that the central bank managed to actually raise the value of the dinar is thoughtful and intelligent since 2003 until now that the price of the dollar equivalent to 240 dinars, but now the price tag rose to 1120 per dollar, and this is one of the most important tasks of the Central Bank, which is responsible for monetary policy in the country, and one of the most important endeavors is to raise the value of national currency to achieve a higher purchasing power for the Iraqi people.

The Central Bank of Iraq announced, yesterday, about his buying and selling price of 1166 dinars to the dollar during the auction, which is evaluated every day with the participation of 23 banks, after it was sold and the purchase price of 1170 dinars to the dollar.

The deputy governor of the Central Bank of the appearance of Mohammed Saleh in statements to the media », that« the Bank worked to raise the prices of the Iraqi dinar against the dollar during its sessions for the sale and purchase of foreign exchange rate of four dinars and by 3.4% to up to 1166 dinars to the dollar », indicating that« the price of the dinar nominal is not commensurate with the purchasing power to him or the real price of the exchange rate of the dinar against the dollar ». Saleh added that «the current account of payments of Iraq where a large surplus relative to GDP at a rate of 5-8%», stressing that «the surplus is the signal strength and not vice versa as well as the existence of large reserves of the Bank». Saleh pointed out that «the dollar exchange rates in the Iraqi market which recently experienced a slight increase will be affected by the decision of the Iraqi Central Bank », adding that« the Iraqi dinar will be attractive markets in Iraq ».

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