OCrush - Chapter 7 Release Sometime This Week !

[DinarThug]

CNN. Broadcasting While Filling In The Blank With A Blank Story !

 

 

 

Post By Hopesway From Peoples-Dinar -  From OCrush

April 2nd   ( TO RECAP )

 Hello Kids:)

 Everything is moving along nicely.  The CoM took care of the amnesty law and they put the final touches to jud. and acc. law.  It will be put before parliament tomorrow (april 3) for a vote.

 Once that is done the parl. will vote on the ant. law and all the other (significant)  laws on the agenda.  So these are the steps.

A: CoM (of 5)  ratifies amnesty and acc. laws today.

B: Parliament recieves (april 3) amn and acc laws to vote and pass.

C: Parliament votes on ant. law and other agenda laws.(april 3).
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D: President of parliament (nujaifi) approves and forwards it to the ministry of justice.

E: Ministry of Justice publishes the laws in the gazette to make it official.  At the same time they officially release the 2013 budget:)

F: The money in the budget is released for use by the respected ministries (they already figured in the allocations).

G: Chapter VII release sometime this week.

H: Fill in the BLANK:)

There was also a significant move on the Japanese loan.  Have the members search for it.  It was passed yesterday and the money is flawiing:)  Great sign.  This loan was put together last year but its all about the timing!  So CLOSE!     Cheers All! Hope this helps:)

 One more thing.  If the amnesty and acc law is postponed till next week to vote in parliament no worries.  The CoM has ratified it and this consisted from the 5 members which represent most bloc leaders.  As long as the CoM agreed on the changes and they have approved them it will pass in parliament no matter when it takes place.  So parliament will feel comfortable to vote on the significant laws so we can move forward:)   Cheers All!

 Mr. Krupp just told me there was a meeting at the UN with the coordinator (representative who over saw the border demarcation with unami) on April 1.  The chapter vii release is done.  This is why the pm of kuwait wants to visit iraq and says all is completed with our brotherhood in iraq.   Cheers

 The finance committee has formed an independent committee to over look the banking sector.  This committee falls under the mesopotamian bank that was put into law in april 2012 and established in December by Talabani.  The mesopotamian bank is an independent islamic bank that will control the currency heading in and out of iraq.  This bank could also open branches outside of iraq.  They will also oversee investments coming into and out of iraq.  Big Move!  My cousin is very excited!   Cheers:))

  April 4th UPDATE

 Hello!!!! What a fiasco...LOL:)  Are laws past or not.  Last weeks laws that were past are still a no show.  The Justice Ministry announced the release but NO gazette has been seen.  Not even in the designated areas.  I asked my cousin to check the recent holiday law that falls under the ministry of culture for the flag or anthem law.  It was passed recently but there was no publication in the gazette.

 The Justice announced it but where is it the ministry of oil is asking.  Let me give you an example:  Apple announces the release of the new iphone...so you head to your nearest authorized dealer and find out they don't have it yet:)  All this cloak and dagger, I wonder what's up;)) 

The constitutional law is very specific and someone will pay the piper or they need to act fast:)   Cheers to All!! )

 The media is on top of this in Iraq.  Already public...something is up for the mimistry of justice having to explain this.  They even put out a statement they were attacked inside the ministry a few days ago but my cousin heard nothing of that sort. 

He said if that happened every news outlet would have annouced it not just them.  We also have movement with the fedrral council but my cousin does not understand what there role is.  I told him a little but would take to much of his time away from work.  His work is more important and I thanked him:)   Cheers to All!!! )

Hopesway:  "Ocrush just sent this to me."     ANOTHER TIDBIT ADDED AT BOTTOM

  April 3, 2013    By SARA HAMDAN      LINK

Despite Challenges, Banks Look to Set Up Branches in Iraq 

DUBAI — Iraq is still struggling to overcome an economic legacy of war, insurgency, political rifts and fragile security. For its nascent banking sector, the challenges do not stop there.

According to the Web site of the Central Bank of Iraq, the country is served by 7 state-owned banks, 32 private banks and 15 foreign banks. But analysts say that a handful of state-owned banks — and two in particular, Rafidain Bank and Rasheed Bank — dominate 90 percent of the business.

“Because the public banks were given the chance to utilize the massive funds of the public sector, private Iraqi banks were naturally sidelined,” said Bassem Khalil al-Salem, executive chairman of Capital Bank of Jordan, which owns 72 percent of National Bank of Iraq, a private bank.

“There’s a resulting lack of trust by consumers who fear that private banks could collapse, which presents a huge challenge to the growth of private banks,” Mr. Salem said.

In addition, “there’s no level playing field in Iraq because most government agencies and state-owned companies — and employees — are restricted from dealing with private banks, so they only deal with public banks,” said Mouayed Makhlouf, regional director in Dubai for the Middle East and North African operations of the International Finance Corp., the World Bank unit that focuses on the private sector.

As a result, he said, “the private sector, consisting of nearly 40 banks, is very small with very little lending activity.”

With access to public funds drawn from the oil industry, public banks are well capitalized. Private banks, on the other hand, must fight for deals in the hotly competitive infrastructure, construction and manufacturing sectors.

Making a tough environment tougher, the central bank introduced a law two years ago setting a minimum capital requirement for all Iraqi banks of $215 million, to be met by June this year.

“There’s a big issue regarding adequacy of capital in small, private banks and with the central bank asking to gradually increase capital, there’s likely to be much consolidation among these banks,” said Tawfiq Tabbaa, a managing partner at the international law firm Eversheds, based in Iraq and Jordan. “Some banks will likely close down. Others will merge together or be acquired by other banks.”

Add in high compliance costs for risk management and measures to combat money laundering, and the task of operating a private bank in Iraq could seem daunting. Yet several more foreign banks have expressed interest in entering the market recently, chasing opportunities in project finance in a country that analysts say has untapped potential.

Among them is Standard Chartered Bank, which generates 90 percent of its profit and revenue from consumer and wholesale banking services across Asia, Africa and the Middle East. In its latest move, the bank is planning to set up not one, but three new offices in Iraq.

Standard Chartered already has a representative office in Erbil, the chief city of the oil-rich Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq.

To service the expanding Iraqi activities of its clients, it is applying to the Iraqi central bank for licenses to upgrade its Erbil office to full branch status this year and to open a branch in Baghdad, to be followed by a branch in the southern city of Basra in 2014. It also plans to appoint a chief executive in Baghdad to focus on running its Iraqi business.

“A lot more of our clients, whether it’s Western multinationals, Korean construction firms or Saudi oil companies, are in advanced stages of going into Iraq, and our move is about following them, not going in for new clients,” Viswanathan Shankar, the bank’s chief executive for Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas, said during an interview in his offices at the Dubai International Financial Center.

“Iraq is a virgin market in the region that can’t be ignored because of its rich economy and oil reserves,” said Mr. Makhlouf of the I.F.C.

“Government policies, financial regulations and political stability are definitely hurdles, but the strength of the economy and oil revenue to support growth give Iraq the potential to be one of the best places to invest in the region, and private banks see that,” he said.

The I.F.C.’s investments in Iraq focus on developing the banking, logistics, telecommunications and hospitality sectors through commitments that reached $500 million from 2011 to 2012. This includes a $70 million loan to help renovate a cement factory operated by an Iraqi subsidiary of the French company Lafarge, to aid the country’s reconstruction.

The I.F.C. plans to invest $100 million to $130 million a year in Iraq, depending on the security situation, according to its Web site.

“There’s a big increase of Asian companies coming to the market, particularly Korean companies interested in project finance and, as a result, welcoming the involvement of foreign banks,” said Mr. Tabbaa of Eversheds, who is currently processing the legal paperwork for a couple of banks based in Turkey and Abu Dhabi looking to register branches in Iraq and two multinational companies seeking project finance to put together Iraqi programs.

“There will be movement into the market, and if Standard Chartered Bank is confident, that’s quite significant,” Mr. Tabbaa said.

Korean companies like Hanwha have been active in Iraq. The construction company signed a $7.75 billion deal last May to build 100,000 housing units near Baghdad.

With deals like these expected to grow in number and size, banks see plenty of incentive to take on the hurdles, and the risks, of the Iraqi market: The profit of National Bank of Iraq rose sixfold in 2012 alone, noted Mr. Salem, of Capital Bank of Jordan.

“We were waiting for clarity on the security issue and we think it’s improving, though not perfect,” said Mr. Shankar, of Standard Chartered Bank. “We have been doing some business in Iraq, enough to build a body of knowledge about what’s going on, that we feel comfortable entering — with eyes wide open.”

ANOTHER TIDBIT FROM OCRUSH :

More from Ocrush

 This was agreed back in Jan. 14, 2013 and published Jan. 17th.  This is when the EU officially started to help Iraq.  The provisions were set in place May, 2012 and trade agreements Aug 1, 2012.  It became official Jan 14th.  When you read this article you will know what I mean.

Also, a few days ago there was talk on initiating the FULL SFA.  Great progress.  We can see the end to this.  If there was no change coming these two extremely important bodies would not have moved forward:))

Parliament backs historic EU partnership agreement with Iraq

Plenary Session External relations − 17-01-2013 - 12:23

  MEPs backed the EU's first-ever partnership deal with Iraq on Thursday, aimed at helping it complete the transition to democracy, rebuild and normalise relations with the international community. In a separate resolution, MEPs raise concerns about continuing violence and human rights abuses in Iraq and call for a stronger EU presence there.

ARTICLE:

The Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) will boost ties in a range of areas, from trade and investment to development. The non-preferential trade agreement, in force provisionally since 1 August 2012, includes basic trade cooperation rules to help Iraq prepare for eventual WTO accession.

"The PCA is a symbol of the EU's determination to play an important role in Iraq's transition. We must however match our political ambitions and the strategic stakes involved with the human and financial resources needed," said the rapporteur, Mario Mauro (EPP, IT).  READ MORE  LINK

 

[sxsess]

Thanks Thug and thank GOD Ocrush is continuing his guruship!!

[rammstien]

hmmm...Look promising, but this is Ocrush were talking about here.But, there has been quite a bit of good news concerning chapt 7 lately and john kerry is in the area....so who knows???

[aliciadogz]

Thank thug,No news has s*ck lately!!

[Shabibilicious]

Chapter 7 sure is a long one.........I feel like we should be somewhere between chapters 75 and 80 by now.    

 

GO RV, then BV

[sandstorm]

Ocrush...what law prevents a rv? Is it the its ok to rv now law?

From common sense.....the cbi is independent and can issue new currency or change the rate when they want. Its always something that has nothing to do with currency...thats somehow holding up a rv. cmon

The law of antiques is holding up a rv. Sure

And it doesnt matter if kuwaits happy or not. its the united security council requirements that matter. its not over til they meet and vote

[MyLadiesDaddy]

Chapter 7 sure is a long one.........I feel like we should be somewhere between chapters 75 and 80 by now.    

 

GO RV, then BV

 

  Now that was funny. If I ever write a book I think I'll just skip ch7 and go 

 

strait to ch8

[10 YEARS LATER]

I hear Swift Boats comin' up the Tigris. Suppose that's not fair. I'll give'm a chance to help sort out what needs sortin' out. Just git' r done sharpish like Comrade.

 

 Perhaps I won't be so cynical once we all dismount this never ending  Rodeo Bull S**T Ride

[MiuraDude]

Ocrush...what law prevents a rv? Is it the its ok to rv now law?

From common sense.....the cbi is independent and can issue new currency or change the rate when they want. Its always something that has nothing to do with currency...thats somehow holding up a rv. cmon

The law of antiques is holding up a rv. Sure

And it doesnt matter if kuwaits happy or not. its the united security council requirements that matter. its not over til they meet and vote

I think it does matter that the Kuwaitis are happy. And it appears that they are. But I agree with you in that it's the UNSC that must ultimately be happy before Chapter VII is lifted. Kobler is still over there (according to various Iraqi news websites) and I don't think he's exactly happy with what he's seeing.

 

I believe it may ultimately be Kobler's call. If he goes back to Moon and gives him the nod, Chapter VII is done.

 

Just my belief/opinion.

[10 YEARS LATER]

Where are my manners. A Big Shout Out and 5 Red Noses to you Thug for hangin' TUFF when others were playing Deer Hunter revolver games trying to make sense of this upside down inside out Camel Race.

 

    

 

 

   A LINK TO THE CAMEL RACES IN QATAR !! . . . git along little monkey

 

Everybody Races !!!!!!!!!

[coorslite21]

Any bets on what comes next..?????......a reaffirming post by......"Wife in the Know".....after all.....it's Thursday in "as the Dinar Turns"....!!!!!

[Zebra0101]

Nope, the guru poopooers will lay low for at least another week and then they will come from underneath the rock with more great news...

Any bets on what comes next..?????......a reaffirming post by......"Wife in the Know".....after all.....it's Thursday in "as the Dinar Turns"....!!!!!

[WTX_Danny]

I remember this Ocrush guy from over at PD. He was just another forum hound, then he became a moderator, then I quit chasing the RV, and now all of a sudden he's the's got some super secret intel sources that provide information that just so happens to backup Stevie's intel. If you ask me all of this Ocrush, Wife in the No, and Stevie stuff sounds awfully similar. I think they're all the same person - that goes for that Nurse too. It just amazes me how so many people in these dinar circles go from Newbie to Guru status in a matter of months.

[Goldiegirl]

 

No thanks...OC...don't you realize your making a fool of yourself? ..

[Kaduku]

As much as I enjoy positive news...I have heard this numerous times for the past 8 years! nothing new, just let it happen IF it happens.

[Linda Bower]

I have a hard time believing chapter 7 will be lifted this week.  From the articles I have read they are still ironing out the border issues and then Kuwait has not given up on recovering the missing bodies, so I'm sure we will see some more mass graves uncovered soon.  The Emir of Kuwait is still to visit Iraq in the near future and I can't believe it would be lifted before that point.  Historically the UN reviews the issue twice a year-December and June and decide if they will lift it or need more time to resolve issues. So for me Ocrush's timeframe doesn't ring true.

[10 YEARS LATER]

" Historically the UN reviews the issue twice a year-December and June and decide if they will lift it or need more time to resolve issues."

Read more: http://dinarvets.com/forums/index.php?/topic/145336-ocrush-chapter-7-release-sometime-this-week/#ixzz2PXBi0oZu

 

Why Don't these people join the real world> The UN drives me nuts-on a lot of levels.

[Diddle]

Thanks, Thug, for bringing this over.  And a big thanks to O'Crush for all the info.

[powerpager]

Maybe things should be a little calmer before the RV, that's what they are waiting on. We should send the Mexican Govt over there to show them how!!!

[capt.cliff]

today is the 4th and his timeline hasn't happened--not anyone else's either--Thug I appreciate you bringing this over but I am really starting to think you are not helping here--much of this is just BS-tounge in cheek maybe but there are many out there that hang on every printed word---maybe it is time for you to begin using your own thoughts as to what is right and what is so wrong with the reprinted posts-- 

I love your dedication to your efforts but are they really productive here dinarvets!

[fishing]

Thangs Thug! Just for what you do for this site everyday!

[fib1618]

Maybe things should be a little calmer before the RV, that's what they are waiting on. We should send the Mexican Govt over there to show them how!!!

The Mexican Government??? Say what????

[Texas1]

The Mexican Government??? Say what????

Mexican Government translated is Cartel.....

[ronscarpa]

Thanks for the Info - OCrush, and thanks for posting Dinar Thug...!     

[WISKY291]

Thanks, Dinar Thug, Keep them coming.