Wednesday Late Afternoon News & Opinions @ 5:58 PM MST - 2/04/2026

ronscarpa · February 5

REMEMBER, no one really knows what will happen, or when. They're simply stating their opinions based on what they perceive to be happening in Iraq... So, take everything with a grain of salt ... RON

2-4-2026 Samson Article: "IRAQ ACHIEVES SELF-SUFFICIENCY IN 48 AGRICULTURAL CROPS AND EXPORTS THE SURPLUS"

2-4-2026 Clare Article: "Bloomberg: Washington threatens to withhold Iraqi oil revenues because of Maliki US officials met with the governor of the Central Bank of Iraq in Türkiye last week" Quote: "Sources told Bloomberg that Washington informed Iraqi officials in recent days that it might reduce Iraq's access to oil export revenues if Nouri al-Maliki is appointed prime minister, given the US view of him as being close to Iran...the United States issued a new warning during a meeting held last week in Türkiye between the Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq, Ali Al-Alaq, and senior American officials."

2-4-2026 Sandy Ingram As I was traveling [To Northern Africa] I thought to myself, what if Iraq charges its [Development Road Project] clients in US dollars? And my heart dropped. Can they do that? Will they do that? I don't know. I've got to...find out if that's even feasible. They sell oil in US dollars, why would they not possibly at least research the idea of selling the transportation hub services in US dollars...? It doesn't do anything for their currency the Iraqi dinar but the Iraqi dinar would need to come up. It would need to move over at least two decimal points. We need the IQD to move over several decimal points in order to realize some sort of profit.