screwball Posted yesterday at 01:12 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 01:12 AM Wednesday, July 8. Everyone read yesterday as a war story - missiles in the Strait of Hormuz, a funeral in Najaf. It was a currency story wearing a war story's clothes. In a single day, three actors cut Iran off from Iraq. For 20 years, Iran held a quiet claim on Iraq - not troops, but access: a friendly face in a ministry, a courier across the border, a bank that moved the money and asked nothing. On July 7, three hands cut that claim out at once. Baghdad's prime minister al-Zaidi sent a classified order barring every Iraqi official, party leader and militia commander from any contact with Iran without government approval, and banning unapproved travel across the border. The same day, US Central Command struck more than 80 Iranian targets after Iran fired on 3 tankers near the Strait of Hormuz, among them a Qatari gas carrier and a Saudi supertanker. Trump ordered the strikes from the NATO summit in Ankara. And Scott Bessent's Treasury revoked the oil license that let Iran sell crude for clean dollars - 15 days into a deal built to run 60. Iran's own currency sits near 1,375,000 rials to the dollar. Under the funeral coverage, the money world keeps repricing. For the first time since 1996, gold has passed US Treasuries as the world's largest reserve asset. The Iraqi dinar stays frozen at a program rate, far below what a country sitting on $16 trillion of oil and gas is worth. Take the outside hands off it, and it is free to price at value. They watched a funeral. You watched a country stop paying rent. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luigi1 Posted yesterday at 01:25 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 01:25 AM Thanks SB. Missing from this whole equation is Maliki. He's either in hiding or fled to safety of Iran. Maliki may be held responsible for stollen USD in the $Trillions over the past 20 years. The reported missing $2 trillion USD is only the tip of the iceberg. Lest we forget the CBI auctioned USD going to Makiki & Iran. Find Maliki & hang him. He's was Iran installed agent from the very get go. IMHO. 2 4 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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