Thread: Iraqi/Dinar News History 2-3-07 thru 3-5-07(at 11:30am cst)

Originally Posted by Tigger1

Announcement No.(875)

D.G. of Foreign Exchange Control

The 875 daily currency auction was held in the Central Bank of Iraq day Sunday 2007/ 3/ 4 so the results were as follows :

Details Notes
Number of banks 16 -----
Auction price selling dinar / US $ 1280 -----
Auction price buying dinar / US $ ----- -----
Amount sold at auction price (US $) 67.810.000 -----
Amount purchased at Auction price (US $) -----
Total offers for buying (US $) 67.810.000 -----
Total offers for selling (US $) ----- -----









D.G. of Investments

Daily price Bulletin buying and selling Sunday 2007/3/4

Currency
Currency Code
Selling Price In IQD
Buying Price In IQD

US Dollar
USD
1290.000
1289.355

European Euro
EUR
1687.296
1686.452

British Pound
GBP
2490.624
2489.379

Canadian Dollar
CAD
1089.176
1088.632

Swiss Franc
CHF
1051.507
1050.982

Swedish Krona
SEK
181.800
181.709

Norwegian Kroner
NOK
207.769
207.665

Danish Krone
DKK
226.609
226.496

Japanese Yen
JPY
10.957
10.952


The above price represent reference rate and does not from any commitment on the Central Bank of Iraq.

Note: The prices of the bulletin issued on Sunday will adopted for Monday also due to the weekend in New York .



Not Yet

Folks, do you see rates for buying annd selling today...it seem to be increasing (1290/1289)...are they reverting to what people have speculated; The Euro. Just my observation.

Originally Posted by petunia

By ROBERT H. REID and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA, Associated Press Writers
1 hour, 52 minutes ago



BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's prime minister said Saturday he will reshuffle his Cabinet within two weeks and pursue criminal charges against political figures linked to extremists as a sign of his government's resolve to restore stability during the U.S.-led security crackdown in Baghdad.

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Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki also told The Associated Press during an interview at his Green Zone office that Iraq will work hard to ensure the success of a regional security conference.

The conference in Baghdad, tentatively set for next weekend, is expected to bring together all of Iraq's neighbors, including Iran and Syria, as well as the United States and Britain to find ways to ease this country's security crisis.

Iran has not announced whether it will attend, but Iraqi officials believe that Tehran will send a representative.

Al-Maliki has been under pressure from the U.S. to bring order into his factious government of Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds since it took office last May. Rumors of Cabinet changes have surfaced before, only to disappear because of pressure from coalition members seeking to keep power.

Nevertheless, al-Maliki said there would be a Cabinet reshuffle "either this week or next."

After the changes are announced, al-Maliki said he would undertake a "change in the ministerial structure," presumably consolidating and streamlining the 39-member Cabinet.

The prime minister did not say how many Cabinet members would be replaced. But some officials said about nine would lose their jobs, including all six Cabinet members loyal to radical anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, an al-Maliki ally.

Al-Sadr also controls 30 of the 275 parliament seats, and his support for al-Maliki has been responsible for the government's reluctance to crack down on the cleric's Mahdi Army militia, blamed for much of the Shiite-Sunni slaughter of the past year.

U.S. officials had been urging al-Maliki to cut his ties to al-Sadr and form a new alliance of mainstream Shiites, moderate Sunnis and Kurds. Al-Maliki had been stalling, presumably at the urging of the powerful Shiite clerical hierarchy that wants to maintain Shiite unity.

But pressure for change has mounted since President Bush ordered 21,500 U.S. troops to Iraq last January despite widespread opposition in Congress and among the U.S. public — weary of the nearly four-year-long war.

Last month, U.S. and Iraqi troops arrested Deputy Health Minister Hakim al-Zamili, an al-Sadr ally, for allegedly diverting millions of dollars in government funds to the Mahdi Army and allowing death squads to use ambulances and government hospitals to carry out kidnappings and killings.

During the interview, al-Maliki said other top officials would face prosecution for ties to insurgents, sectarian militias and death squads — including members of parliament.

"There has been coordination between us and the Multinational Forces ... starting at the beginning of this year ... to determine who should arrested and the reasons behind arresting them," he said.

Al-Maliki did not elaborate on the U.S.-Iraqi coordination but said Iraqi judicial authorities were reviewing case files to decide which to refer to an Iraqi investigative judge, who must decide whether there is enough evidence to order a trial.

Al-Maliki said he was encouraged by Iraqi public response to the new Baghdad security operation — which has led to a sharp drop in violence in the capital.

He also defended his government, saying it managed to "achieve a lot of harmony and stability" despite attacks by al-Qaida and Saddam Hussein loyalists.

The prime minister did not say how many politicians and officials might be targeted for formal investigation, an Iraqi legal step that corresponds to a grand jury probe.

But five senior Iraqis — two of them generals and three from Shiite and Sunni parties — have told the AP that up to 100 prominent figures could face legal proceedings.

The five spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk about the subject to the media. All five had direct knowledge of the case review.

U.S. officials have said privately that a number of prominent Iraqis were believed to have ties to armed groups.

One Shiite parliament member, Jamal Jaafar Mohammed, is believed to have fled to Iran after U.S. authorities learned that he was convicted by a Kuwaiti court in absentia and sentenced to death in the 1983 bombing of the U.S. and French embassies in Kuwait.

Mohammed fled Kuwait for Iran before he could be arrested and returned after the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003. U.S. officials have alleged he was a conduit for Iranian weapons and supplies smuggled to Shiite militias.

U.S. military officials have expressed concern over alleged Iranian weapons shipments and financial support to Shiite parties allied with al-Maliki. The Shiite-led government hopes the upcoming regional conference will ease tensions between the U.S. and Shiite-dominated Iran — and allay Washington's fears of Tehran's influence here.

The U.S. also hopes the conference will encourage Syria and other Arab countries — most of them Sunni-led — to increase their support for Iraqi's leadership, despite regional unease over the Shiite-led government's ties to Iran.

"In fact the importance of the upcoming conference lies in the fact that the Iraqi government has the ability to serve as a proper venue for solving conflicts," al-Maliki said.

"So we will exert the utmost effort to find solutions to all pending questions, either among regional countries themselves or between them and Iraq, or between them and powers such as the U.S. and Britain and the international community."

Thats it guys, roll em up. Lets sweep these dirt bags away....

Originally Posted by adm

Folks, do you see rates for buying annd selling today...it seem to be increasing (1290/1289)...are they reverting to what people have speculated; The Euro. Just my observation.

Someone is messing with you...check the CBI site it's 1280.000 & 1279.360.

Originally Posted by shotgunsusie

WOoT!!!!
grabbin you up and kissin ya right on the face!!!
i hear that cash register startin up to playin our favorite tune!!!!

did anyone notice this at the top of the article?? >>> NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO U.S. NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES/ CALGARY, March 2 /CNW

must be a canadian exclusive??

NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO U.S. NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES/ CALGARY, March 2 /CNW

Any thoughts on why they wouldn't want this in the paper here in the U.S.???

Hmm, anyone know how to get Canadian stocks???....

all i know is i sure hope the rates moves before this take place




صوت العراق) - 04-03-2007(Voice of Iraq) - 04-03-2007

ارسل هذا الموضوع لصديقHYPERLINK "mailto:?subject=News from Sotaliraq.com&body=http://www.sotaliraq.com/Iraq-news.php?id=47317"This issue was sent to a friend

The Iraqi government decided to allow Arabs and foreigners circulation of shares in the financial markets

.Baghdad hailed the Almighty : the Presidency announced the Iraqi official, allow investors to Arab and foreign circulation of shares and bonds in the market for securities of Iraq and also the composition of investment portfolios in stocks and bondsAnd the official source at the Iraqi Ministry of Finance told <Middle East> that the Iraqi presidency, and to encourage Arab and foreign investments, grants many facilities and start applying more effective official. According to the decision of the new investor was entitled, regardless of his nationality, to enjoy all the privileges and facilities, guarantees and bring them capital, which introduced to Iraq and also get dividends according to the law and the instructions of the Central Bank of Iraq

Originally Posted by TerryTate

NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO U.S. NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES/ CALGARY, March 2 /CNW

Any thoughts on why they wouldn't want this in the paper here in the U.S.???

Hmm, anyone know how to get Canadian stocks???....

Here's a starting point... The Stock Market, Canadian Stock Exchange | TSX Group

Table 2a. Current Financial Arrangements (GRA)
as of March 1, 2007
(In millions of SDRs) 1
(For definitions see Attachment)
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Member Date of Date of Amount Undrawn Total Credit
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Approval
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Expiration
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agreed
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Balance
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Outstanding
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Stand-by Arrangements
Bulgaria 8/6/04 3/31/07 100 100 222
Dominican Republic 1/31/05 1/30/08 438 154 338
Iraq 12/23/05 3/22/07 475 475 297
Macedonia, FYR 8/31/05 8/30/08 52 41 28
Paraguay 5/31/06 8/31/08 65 65 --
Peru 1/26/07 2/25/09 172 172 --
Turkey 5/11/05 5/10/08 6,662 2,998 5,709
7 Arrangements 7,964 4,006 6,595
Extended Arrangements
Albania 2/1/06 1/31/09 9 5 4
Total 8 STBY and EFF 7,973 4,011 6,598

1 -- indicates zero value

yes the SBA is done in march ...

Originally Posted by Adster

Wardy. As I stated elsewhere as you read old Teabags Crappy Model has had more facelifts than Joan Rivers. LOL.




Anyways. I digress.

Hey, Joan is looking pretty good for .... how old is she now, 130? 135???

Originally Posted by notazbad2000

Thanks Lunar, I appreciate the update!

You're welcome...happy to help.