Other factors for RV

[nir]

Hi,

I want to mention two factors that no one seems to discuss or care to discuss the first is Iran. Iran is a major player in Iraq; the reason being because 80% of Iraq is shite and Iran has a major influence on the Iraqi goverment. We all might think the the USA and other allies have control over Iraq's economy and so forth but that is false. Iran has as much if not greater control on the Iraqi goverment and economy. Another fact that people seem to oversee is the cultural issues that are happening in Iraq at this very moment between the Kurds, Shits and Sunnis. We must understand that it is a complex world in that part of the world and they don't really work on Western sentiment they don't really care how people in the western world care about them.

Iraq is a rich country with many resources and also has a rich History. On the same token Iran has the same attributes but their currency is in the toilet. Many people on here compare or wish to compare the IQD to the Kuwaity currency when that currency RV'd however Kuwait was more aliened with western goverments and was in a situation that is ten times better then the situation Iraq is in today. Another fact is that Iraq has much more influence from Iran than the western world; people just don't know that.

I am personally invested in the dinar because I am taking a gamble that the people of Iraq are smart enough to realize that the USA is there to help them but everything on the ground is showing a growing Iranian presence which is worrisom, and could delay any progress in Iraq as far as the RV goes. I just wanted to bring another prespective and another issue that the so called gurus happen to ignor.

Be well and stay real!

[Maynard57]

Interesting perspective. I just read an article recently:

Iraqi attitudes harden on Iranian meddling

Friday, 23 July 2004

Iran Focus - Baghdad, June 1 As the new Iraqi transitional government emerges, interviews with Iraqis from a variety of backgrounds and a review of the local press indicate a hardening of attitude among ordinary Iraqis on the role of Irans Islamic government in the countrys developments.

They must stop treating our country as a part of their caliphate, said Mona Al-Kaisi, 21, who studies English literature in Baghdad University. She blames the rise in harassment of unveiled women and other acts of intimidation by Muslim fundamentalists in Iraq on the Iranian regimes massive radio and television broadcasts into Iraq.

Its plain incitement, Al-Kaisi said at a café on Al-Jaderiya Avenue near the university, as her two female friends nodded in approval. Iraqi men, even devout Muslims, didnt treat women like this before.

Safa Al-Yasseri, a journalist, believes that the Iranian regime is directly involved in the recent flare-up of violence in southern Iraq.

When you go to Al-Amara or Al-Kut, you hear these guys speaking Arabic with a Persian accent, Al-Yasseri said at his home in Baghdad. You can tell they are the ones who are running the show. Iran has set up bases just on the other side of the border to train extremists and send them in. They try to conceal their activities, but talk privately to taxi drivers or restaurant owners in those cities and theyll tell you about regular visitors from the other side of the border. Its an open secret down there.

The issue has become so important to Iraqis that newspapers in Baghdad are talking about it. The daily Al-Manar Al-Yawms editorialist wrote on May 31: From the first day after Saddam's fall, thousands of Iranian intelligence agents poured into Iraq and set up businesses, charities, and religious schools to camouflage their activities. Iran has helped Zarqawi and his group to enter Iraq to commit atrocities and carnage.

Another Baghdad daily, Al-Hadath, wrote that the Iranian governments meddling in Iraq reflected the mullahs deep-seated fear of a genuine democracy flourishing on their western flank. Tehran fears the ultimate transition of Iraq from oppression and destitute to a country tapping its huge national wealth and Iraqis from all walks of life living in peace and harmony. Such an Iraq may propel its neighbors, particularly Iran, towards democracy by offering a model, the paper wrote on May 29. Iran has set up a special agency to train and equip Iraqi insurgents. This is just another page in the long episode of Irans meddling in the current conflict in Iraq.

http://www.iranfocus.com/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21:iraqi-attitudes-harden-on-iranian-meddling&catid=3:special-wire

CHeers,

Maynard

[nir]

Since that article I bet Iranian influence has grown eventhough the Iraqis don't like that but also keep in mind the Newspapers in Iraq are most likely controlled by the Sunnis.