justchecking123 Posted July 14, 2018 Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 Oops...😎 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregp Posted July 14, 2018 Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 27 minutes ago, justchecking123 said: When the Iran Deal was nixed something had to give. The timing of it with the elections might have been wholly calculated in the current administration's mind. Did they let Abadi and the clerics know before then that they had his back fighting corruption? Abadi seems to be pretty comfortable running things with all the mess around him. What surprises me is...Iran and the corrupt ilk wasted no time acting...they must have a LOT to lose. Push is really coming to shove, and it's good thing...the corrupt within Iraq and Iran can't assume they can just do whatever they want anymore. I wonder how many documents Maliki destroyed in the Dawa fire. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckFinley Posted July 14, 2018 Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 1 hour ago, gregp said: I wonder how many documents Maliki destroyed in the Dawa fire. That SOB tried to destroy as much as he could. This guy and Iran is holding this country hostage. 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synopsis Posted July 14, 2018 Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 3 hours ago, yota691 said: Alsumaria News / Baghdad The leader of the Sadrist movement, Moqtada al-Sadr , on Friday, his dissatisfaction with the "infringement" on the demonstrators, while calling them to preserve public property. Sadr is telling the Snowflake and Buttercup Idiot Brigade Volunteer Forces in Iraq to kwitcherbitchin’ AND Settle Down - OR ELSE!!! Good Call, Sadr!!! Well, OK, I am stretching it (a little) for what Sadr said and intended to say. I think we all do want them all to kwitcherbitchin’ AND Settle Down - OR ELSE - so Sectarian Violence AND Civil War DO NOT erupt and cause interference and delays for what we have been waiting so long for. My opinion is the ratification of the election results, corrupt characters being removed (especially Nouri al-Maliki), and the GOI being seated will be a significant mechanism to get the rest in place so the reconstruction, construction, economic development, AND foreign investment begins in earnest so the Iraqis get injected with the “opiate of prosperity” for the Iraqis not to get all up in arms and then do what Iraqis typically do. I don’t think this will go on for long and there will be things put in place to peaceably resolve the Iraqis concerns and provide a way for them to meet their own needs and live peaceably. Just my conjecture, thoughts, opinion, and for whatever THAT is worth!!! CAVEAT EMPTOR, Reader!!! In The Mean Time.................................. Go Moola Nova (YEAH AND YEE HAW, BABY, READY WHEN YOU ARE BROTHER (OR SISTER) - LET ‘ER BUCK!!!)!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synopsis Posted July 14, 2018 Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 3 hours ago, yota691 said: Alsumaria News / Baghdad The leader of the Sadrist movement, Moqtada al-Sadr , on Friday, his dissatisfaction with the "infringement" on the demonstrators, while calling them to preserve public property. Sadr is telling the Snowflake and Buttercup Idiot Brigade Volunteer Forces in Iraq to kwitcherbitchin’ AND Settle Down - OR ELSE!!! Good Call, Sadr!!! Well, OK, I am stretching it (a little) for what Sadr said and intended to say. I think we all do want them all to kwitcherbitchin’ AND Settle Down - OR ELSE - so Sectarian Violence AND Civil War DO NOT erupt and cause interference and delays for what we have been waiting so long for. My opinion is the ratification of the election results, corrupt characters being removed (especially Nouri al-Maliki), and the GOI being seated will be a significant mechanism to get the rest in place so the reconstruction, construction, economic development, AND foreign investment begins in earnest so the Iraqis get injected with the “opiate of prosperity” for the Iraqis not to get all up in arms and then do what Iraqis typically do. I don’t think this will go on for long and there will be things put in place to peaceably resolve the Iraqis concerns and provide a way for them to meet their own needs and live peaceably. Just my conjecture, thoughts, opinion, and for whatever THAT is worth!!! CAVEAT EMPTOR, Reader!!! In The Mean Time.................................. Go Moola Nova (YEAH AND YEE HAW, BABY, READY WHEN YOU ARE BROTHER (OR SISTER) - LET ‘ER BUCK!!!)!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synopsis Posted July 14, 2018 Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 3 hours ago, yota691 said: Alsumaria News / Baghdad The leader of the Sadrist movement, Moqtada al-Sadr , on Friday, his dissatisfaction with the "infringement" on the demonstrators, while calling them to preserve public property. Sadr is telling the Snowflake and Buttercup Idiot Brigade Volunteer Forces in Iraq to kwitcherbitchin’ AND Settle Down - OR ELSE!!! Good Call, Sadr!!! Well, OK, I am stretching it (a little) for what Sadr said and intended to say. I think we all do want them all to kwitcherbitchin’ AND Settle Down - OR ELSE - so Sectarian Violence AND Civil War DO NOT erupt and cause interference and delays for what we have been waiting so long for. My opinion is the ratification of the election results, corrupt characters being removed (especially Nouri al-Maliki), and the GOI being seated will be a significant mechanism to get the rest in place so the reconstruction, construction, economic development, AND foreign investment begins in earnest so the Iraqis get injected with the “opiate of prosperity” for the Iraqis not to get all up in arms and then do what Iraqis typically do. I don’t think this will go on for long and there will be things put in place to peaceably resolve the Iraqis concerns and provide a way for them to meet their own needs and live peaceably. Just my conjecture, thoughts, opinion, and for whatever THAT is worth!!! CAVEAT EMPTOR, Reader!!! In The Mean Time.................................. Go Moola Nova (YEAH AND YEE HAW, BABY, READY WHEN YOU ARE BROTHER (OR SISTER) - LET ‘ER BUCK!!!)!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synopsis Posted July 14, 2018 Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 Whoopsies, something happened on my iPad here and I accidentally multiple posted!!! Sorry!!! In The Mean Time.................................. Go Moola Nova (YEAH AND YEE HAW, BABY, READY WHEN YOU ARE BROTHER (OR SISTER) - LET ‘ER BUCK!!!)!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
js214 Posted July 14, 2018 Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 I think you and someone else are using the same Ipad.. lol 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbieDA Posted July 14, 2018 Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 Abadi vows action against ‘infiltrators’ who hijack peaceful protests By Rudaw 4 hours ago 632Views A member of the Iraqi anti-riot police stands guard as dozens shout slogans and wave national flags during a demonstration outside the local government headquarters in the southern city of Basra on Friday. Photo: Haidar Mohammed Ali/AFP ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi pledged to take action against “infiltrators” who “exploited” protests on Friday. Authorities will pursue “small and organized groups who try to exploit the peaceful demonstrations of citizens to sabotage and attack state institutions and private property,” read a statement from Abadi’s office on Saturday morning. The statement was issued after a National Security meeting chaired by Abadi who is also commander-in-chief of the armed forces. “Our forces will take necessary measures against infiltrators and pursue them in accordance with the law,” it added. Iraq has seen a growing wave of protests since the beginning of July when temperatures topped 50 degrees Celsius in some Iraqi provinces, especially southern-most Basra. On Friday, protests that originated earlier this week in Basra spread north, with demonstrators demanding more jobs and better electricity and water services. At least one person was killed in Maysan province and dozens were injured. The official unemployment rate in Iraq is 10.8 percent, but figures double among the country’s large youth population. Nearly 59 percent of Iraq’s population is under the age of 25. Abadi flew into Basra to meet with local civil and security officials. His visit did little to appease protesters who mobbed the hotel he had stayed at. He had already departed before the crowds arrived. In Najaf, protesters took over the international airport, destroying equipment and temporarily disrupting flights. Jawad al-Karawi, head of the airport’s administrative council, blamed officials and politicians of trying to economically harm the airport in a statement issued late on Friday. “The conspiracy engineers of some of the government officials and political parties that have economic goals and have sought to economically control Najaf Airport for two consecutive years, sent saboteurs to enter the airport and sabotage equipment, causing chaos and closure of the airport,” read the statement published on the airport’s official Facebook page on Saturday. Karawi held the governor and security forces responsible, claiming they “did not remove the occupants.” Flights have resumed, though Kuwait Airways announced on Friday that they were suspending flights to Najaf “until further notice because of the current security conditions at Najaf airport.” Flights between Najaf and Iran’s Mashad have also been temporarily suspended until further notice, IRNA news reported. The holy city of Najaf is a popular destination for Shiite pilgrims. Security is tight in Basra on Saturday morning with a large number of forces out on the streets, Rudaw’s Mustafa Goran in Basra reported. Protesters temporarily forced the closure of Iraq’s Safwan border crossing with Kuwait. The crossing was reopened after over an hour. The situation in Basra city is calm at the moment. Protests usually swell after dusk when temperatures drop slightly. Tribal leaders in Basra reportedly rejected a request from Abadi to help stem the public unrest. The community leaders had reportedly been warned by protesters not to side with the government. Influential cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who has expressed support for the protesters, is expected to send a delegation to Basra on Saturday to monitor the situation. Internet was cut or slowed in some Iraqi provinces overnight. It had returned to normal by Saturday morning. The communication ministry said the disruption in service was due to technical issues and unrelated to the protests. Oil-rich Basra is a major export centre. Protesters have targeted crucial sites in the province – blocking routes to oil fields and access to a shipping port. The protests were a factor in an approximate one percent rise in oil prices on Friday. “Persistently declining oil supplies from Venezuela and simmering strike actions in Norway and Iraq are prompting bullish sentiment,” according to Abhishek Kumar, senior energy analyst at Interfax Energy in London, Reuters reported. Updated at 2:38 pm http://www.rudaw.net/mobile/english/middleeast/iraq/140720181 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbieDA Posted July 14, 2018 Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 Iraq Protesters Storm Airport, Oil Offices Amidst Energy Crisis; Foreign Companies Begin Evacuations Sat, 07/14/2018 - 13:31 Widespread protests have gripped multiple Iraqi cities for a week in response to government corruption, rising unemployment, and an electricity shortage which has left residents suffocating in soaring summer temperatures. What began as anger over a continued failing infrastructure, however, has increasingly turned into political protests and clashes with police after May 12th parliamentary elections tainted by broad allegations of fraud failed to produce a new government. And now Iraq's top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, has weighed in publicly on the side of the protesters, stating they are facing an "extreme lack of public services". .... Interestingly, Iraqi parliament member and firebrand popular Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, fresh off a surprise victory in the May elections wherein he focused on an anti-corruption message, has recently proposed privatizing electrical services for the country. He's suggested outsourcing to “foreign, non-occupying” businesses, in statements that implied companies based in the West should be banned from operating in Iraq. https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-07-14/iraq-protesters-storm-airport-oil-offices-amidst-energy-crisis-foreign-companies Sadr calls for privatization of electricity sector after protests By Rudaw yesterday at 10:12 ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Muqtada al-Sadr wants the government to privatize the electricity sector amid deadly protests over electricity shortages. The government should use “foreign, non-occupying” companies to improve electricity services, even if it goes against electoral gains, the influential cleric said in a statement on Thursday. Sadr, who emerged as the winner in Iraq’s May parliamentary election, running on an anti-corruption platform, urged the government to “move forward with privatizing electricity, with the condition of handing it over to private Iraqi or foreign companies and the removal of bill collection from the corridors of the corrupt government.” He called on the people to conserve electricity and pay their bills promptly. He also asked for poor villages and rural communities to be provided with generators. Protests in the sweltering southern province of Basra have raged for more than a week. On Thursday, protesters threatened to seize control of the border crossing with Iran, demanding better access to water, electricity, and jobs. One protester in Basra was killed on Sunday when security forces opened fire. Sadr urged the demonstrators to remain peaceful. He announced he will send a delegation to visit the protesters and added he is open to leading a “demonstration of a million,” similar to the weekly anti-government protests he led in Baghdad. Iraq and the Kurdistan Region suffer from chronic electricity shortages. http://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iraq/120720183 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbieDA Posted July 14, 2018 Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 ever wonder why no one wants to invest in Iraq? well chronic electricity shortages is a big one 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navira Posted July 14, 2018 Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 I love it.... In February of 1991 Iraq was expelled from Kuwait, and a month later, the banks revalued their currency to $3.47, the highest valued currency in the world. When this occurred, the New York Times reported the event on March 25, 1991. http://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/25/world/after-the-war-no-electricity-but-kuwait-reopens-its-banks.html It still has no water and little electricity or food, but Kuwait revived its banking system today, introducing a new currency. Maybe like Kuwait, little electricity and food.. and no water? 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floridian Posted July 14, 2018 Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 17 minutes ago, navira said: I love it.... In February of 1991 Iraq was expelled from Kuwait, and a month later, the banks revalued their currency to $3.47, the highest valued currency in the world. When this occurred, the New York Times reported the event on March 25, 1991. http://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/25/world/after-the-war-no-electricity-but-kuwait-reopens-its-banks.html It still has no water and little electricity or food, but Kuwait revived its banking system today, introducing a new currency. Maybe like Kuwait, little electricity and food.. and no water? The Kuwaiti Dinar did not revalue. They lowered the value to 10 cents after Saddam stole their money out of the banks and started distributing it in Iraq. Then, after the war, they issued new currency and brought the value back up. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SocalDinar Posted July 14, 2018 Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 The situation in Iraq Muna Al-Fuzai It is a difficult time for Iraq, which is still recovering from crises and problems since 2003, after the fall of the regime of former president Saddam Hussein. During the following years, Iraq witnessed some internal protests, but last week the protests expanded in the province of Basra in southern Iraq to include the provinces of Najaf, Karbala and Babel. The protesters are demanding job opportunities and improvement in living conditions. The demonstrations swept the streets of the province of Basra, which contains the largest oilfields and ports exporting Iraqi oil. The situation worsened after the death of a demonstrator last Sunday, who was protesting against unemployment and deterioration of the situation in the communal sector. Iraq since 2003 has succeeded in avoiding a civil conflict for the simple reason that all the Iraqi powers, despite differing agendas and objectives, reject the idea of dividing Iraq and believe in unity. Also, there are many other reasons, including intelligence by these political parties that a civil war could make the situation worse and no one can win it. Another reason that contributed to the agreement of most parties on Iraqi unity is the external threat of ISIS and the war against terror. I think all these reasons prevented a civil war in Iraq despite the conflicts and militias. Let’s remember that Iraq was affected by the war against terror and suffered damage to its infrastructure. But Iraq is a rich county and the second largest oil producer in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) after Saudi Arabia, with a production capacity of 4.8 million barrels per day. The protesters in Basra prevented access to the port of Umm Qasr, while others stormed Najaf airport. The city is a religious center. Fights later resumed after the withdrawal of demonstrators from the airport. Dr Saadi Al-Ibrahim is an Iraqi writer who had published a long report in 2016 in the newspaper Al-Quds Al-Arabi entitled “Will Iraq remain unified until 2020?”. The report analyzes the future of Iraq under unstable conditions. The report is long and one of the most prominent observations is of regional conditions, in which he says no one wants to divide Iraq, and the role of the international community towards Iraq since 2003. I think we should not be surprised that there is a difference of views on the situation in Iraq and its future between powerful forces or demands to improve the situation. The problem here is that political instability is a negative indicator and has important implications on the security and social levels. The most important question remains: Will the fate of the current Basra protests be like the fate of its predecessors? No one wants that, and it depends on how the Iraqi government deals with the situation in general. I believe that in the Gulf region, we need a strong and stable Iraq because it is a very close neighbor. But when your neighbor’s house burns, you have to be careful not to be exposed to the fire or the sparks coming from that direction in the event of instability. Kuwait’s interior ministry has raised the alert level on the northern border due to events in southern Iraq. This is a normal procedure and required until the situation calms down. Preserving our internal security is essential. By Muna Al-Fuzai http://news.kuwaittimes.net/website/the-situation-in-iraq/ 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navira Posted July 14, 2018 Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 Floridian, 3.47 is a revaluation from 10 cents, lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floridian Posted July 14, 2018 Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 1 minute ago, navira said: Floridian, 3.47 is a revaluation from 10 cents, lol They went back to their previous price from before the war. The price was purposely lowered when Saddam stole all the money out of their banks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navira Posted July 14, 2018 Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 Yup, that is correct. They issued new currency had the old currency exchanged at 1 to 1...then later revalued it 3.47 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SocalDinar Posted July 14, 2018 Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 Nothing to worry about. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floridian Posted July 14, 2018 Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 6 minutes ago, navira said: Yup, that is correct. They issued new currency had the old currency exchanged at 1 to 1...then later revalued it 3.47 Maybe you need to do a little research. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pitcher Posted July 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 Spokesperson of the Arab tribes in the disputed areas between Erbil and Baghdad, Muzahim al-Hewitt called on Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to resign after he failed to deal with Basra current crisis. Hewitt said that Abadi is responsible for the violent acts witnessed in Basra as he did not respond to the demands of its people, adding that the people of Basra have the right to protests as they suffer from the lack of basic services. He noted that Abadi's government is implementing the same approach of former Egyptian president, Mohamed Morsi who worked according to a religious and sectarian approach through the intervention of religious clerics in the countries' policies. On July 8, protests erupted in Basra against shortage of jobs, electricity,water and basic services. According to security and medical sources, 14 Iraqis had been killed and wounded in the protests. http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/29469/Iraq-s-Arab-tribes-demand-resignation-of-Abadi 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pitcher Posted July 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 The longer Iraq goes without forming a real government the more time the opposition has to organize protests and other forms of civil disobedience to put pressure on the government. Violence and chaos to obtain power. This is all coming from Iran and it’s Iraqi paid off politicians. The protests and the calling for Abadi to step down is NOT a good development imo. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butifldrm Posted July 14, 2018 Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 Popular protests in southern Iraq continue and the Internet is completely cut off Reports of heavy gunfire in Najaf ... arabic 14/07/2018 - 20:41 Iraq The popular protests continued in several cities in southern Iraq on Saturday, after extending overnight from the southern province of Basra to neighboring provinces, while press sources said the sound of heavy gunfire in Najaf. According to informed sources on July 14, "dozens of citizens gathered on Saturday morning, near the fields of West Qurna and oil miners (north of Basra), in addition to a sit-in in front of the port of Umm Qasr (south of Basra), and in front of the building in the center of the city, Of the people of the area of Safwan. The demonstrators arrived at the entrance to the Safwan border crossing, the only land crossing between Iraq and Kuwait, demanding the allocation of part of the revenues of the border port to improve public services, including water and electricity, and the fight against unemployment. Iraqi security sources said that the authorities sent reinforcements from the counterterrorism unit and the ninth division of the army to help protect the oil fields in the province of Basra, where demonstrators gathered for the seventh day in a row. In the city of Najaf, well-informed sources said that the demonstrations resumed on Saturday evening and there was heavy gunfire in the vicinity of the revolution area of the twentieth and complete cutting of the Internet. Demonstrations continue in Basra for the seventh day in a row to protest unemployment and lack of services, and increased tension after the killing of a demonstrator last Sunday. The death toll of the demonstrations to three people on Friday night, after two demonstrators died of their wounds "by random fire in the city of Amara" in the southern province of Maysan, according to a spokesman for the Department of Health Ahmad al-Kanani. Iraqi provinces including Basra, Maysan, Dhi Qar, Babil, Diwaniyah, Wasit, Karbala and Baghdad witnessed large demonstrations and sit-ins in protest against widespread unemployment and lack of services. Demonstrators broke into local government headquarters in several of these provinces and attacked partisan headquarters with stones before burning some of them. http://www.basnews.com/index.php/ar/news/iraq/451786 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbieDA Posted July 14, 2018 Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 8 minutes ago, Floridian said: Maybe you need to do a little research. AFTER THE WAR; No Electricity but Kuwait Reopens Its Banks By DONATELLA LORCH and SPECIAL TO THE NEW YORK TIMES https://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/25/world/after-the-war-no-electricity-but-kuwait-reopens-its-banks.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navira Posted July 14, 2018 Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 Floridian, i think u need to work on ur research n ur math Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbieDA Posted July 14, 2018 Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 9 minutes ago, Butifldrm said: Reports of heavy gunfire in Najaf ... this south of Baghdad and way north of Basra, it is spreading 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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