Thread: Iraq/Dinar News up until March 28th 8PM CT.

First: Construction and Housing announced the establishment (7) new housing complexes

Mr. Astbarg thorns, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Housing and Construction to get approval to the inclusion of (7) new housing complexes within the investment plan for 2007 projects for the Public Authority for Housing, Mr. agent that the locations of these new residential complexes are as follows :

Sknen unanimous within the province of Baghdad and includes the role of housing sites in the Jihad district and 76000-16000 and a housing compound in Wasit governorate district and another district in the province of Maysan in the Next Tabo, and the residential compound in Najaf governorate, in a suburb of peace and residential complex in the province of Kirkuk in the Siadh and residential complex in the province of Babylon in the area of Kas, Ex. This is in addition to residential complexes have continued since 2006, amounting to 17 projects distributed in the provinces of Baghdad, Kirkuk, Karbala, Najaf, Basra, Nineveh, Wasit, Qadisiyah, Muthanna, Dhi Qar, Maysan. It is noteworthy that the allocations earmarked in the annual plan of the Ministry of Construction and Housing for the establishment of residential compounds in 2007 at (130) billion dinars.

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First: an extensive argument between Maliki and political blocs on the cabinet reshuffle

MP from the Iraqi List Mr. Mufeed al-Jazairi that there is a debate between the political blocs and Maliki in the coverage of the security ministries Ministerial amendment, and particularly a claim Accord Front's defense portfolio change REVIVAL. Pointing to a new mechanism of the three stages of the first and second which to replace the service ministries, and three of the ministries of Interior and Defense.


The Algerian press in a statement that the discussions currently underway within the consensus to reshape the culture portfolio positions to replace another service, but that this issue is linked to agreements, but this will be the consensus agreement with the bloc's courier service, as happened in the formation of the government when Maliki ceded Alliance list Alcordstani bag Culture in return for the Ministry of Women. Al-Jazairi said a third was behind the delay cabinet reshuffle is nominated blocks personalities alternative less efficient than the current, as well as the lack of availability of a sufficient number of candidates, as a front-Maliki difficult choices. For his part, Chairman chest bloc in the House of Representatives Nassar spring that the first phase of these amendments will change three of the six bags belonging to the Sadri trend. He said that since our beginning, the bloc to nominate qualified technocrats, and the granting of freedom of choice to head the government to clarify the reasons for not choosing the latter candidate for the nomination avoided in the alternative. He pointed out that the six ministries did not come to the trend of a gift, but the benefit electorally.


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Originally Posted by Jola

Today is a holiday - the Persian new year. Maybe that's why the CBI did not update.

Also there has been a bombing by the Finance Minister in Baghdad, that may be a reason too...

In addition to Muslim festivals, Iraqi Kurds also celebrate Nau Roy ("new day"), a festival also celebrated by Persians, Azeries and Afghans. Nau Roy marks the first day of spring (March 21) and also commemorates the legendary anniversary of the people being freed from the rule of a tyrant. The day is celebrated with parades, singing, dancing, poetry recitals, plays, picnics and the lighting of bonfires. Nau Roy is also the beginning of the Kurdish calendar year.

Fixed Iraqi Holidays
January 1 - New Year's Day
January 6 - Army Day
February 14 - Ramadan Revolution
March 21 - Nau Roy
May 1 - Labour Day
July 14 - Republic Day
July 17 - Ba'ath Revolution Day
August 8 - Peace Day

Iraq Holidays

American Army : Fighters from the Mahdi Army and Al Qaeda left Baghdad

(Voice of Iraq) - 21-03-2007 shall Sotaliraq.com - ÕæÊ ÇáÚÑÇÞ

American Army fighters : <Mahdi Army> and <Rule> left Baghdad or where Taboa
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An American military spokesman admitted that there had been violent confrontations in Baghdad since the start of American and Iraqi forces implementation <process of law> in the Iraqi capital and the province of Anbar. He said Captain Eric Clark, spokesman for the American Central Command (based in Dubai), that the reason for this is due to the fact that <al-Qaeda fighters, the Mahdi Army Taboa in the capital or withdrew from> before the start of the American attack.

But Clarke, who was speaking at a meeting with reporters at the American embassy in London, yesterday, he stressed that <degree of sectarian violence in Baghdad declined since the beginning of the implementation process of law>. He said :> The isolated Qaeda and other groups that promote violence - whether sectarian death squads (Shiite) or rebel groups year. We barriers around the popular markets, can no longer be accessed only through wearing a belt of regret or planting explosive devices in cars>.

He called for <granted time to plan for the security of Baghdad (....) Iraqi forces have taken for the positions now, we are still working on the deployment of troops, which we did. Arrived almost three out of five brigades, and all the American force will be in place in early June (June), but I do not believe we will see real results of the impact of the security plan on the ground except in the late summer and early autumn>.

He explained that Americans are divided Baghdad into 10 sectors <but they did not get on top of any of them in a complete form yet. We are still at the beginning of the process. If we use the example of Fallujah, compared with what we do in Baghdad, went there (Fallujah) strongly to our huge and Iraqi forces, and we searching house-to-house, and we have implemented a security court to rid the city of Ho <Rule> and other criminal organizations. نجحنا في ذلك.We have succeeded in that. Nazvnaha but we did not stay in order to ensure not return snake <Rule> and other organizations to back. أمNow in the ten sectors in Baghdad, we are clean and remain in the region instead of cleaning them and leaving>.

He acknowledged that the organization <Rule> transfer activity to the province of Diyala, after the commencement of Baghdad. وقال: He said :> Baghdad before the start of the process (last month) dust activity Mahdi Army fighters. As they <Taboa left> or <> Baghdad altogether. The rule did the same thing. Like any other process, if heard (fighters) rule we will about certain city, as they were trying to escape rats fleeing from a foundering vessel. There is no doubt that they left (Baghdad). And frankly, many of whom went to Diyala, and for this reason strengthen our operations there>.

He renewed his allegations that Iran is supporting hardline Shiite groups, including <Mahdi Army>, in the implementation of operations against the Americans, pointing particularly to the technology <explosives directed> train fighters and funding. He said :> know that Muqtada al-Sadr outside Iraq for a few months. That, in Iran, according to the best information available to us. We have left Iraq a few months ago and went directly to Iran no longer Since that time>. He said that <Qaeda in Iraq have suffered from something similar to the vacuum after the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (last summer).

He warned <price of the failure in Iraq and its impacts on the United States and the region. سيكون تأثير ذلك الفشل رهيباً».The impact of that would be a terrible failure>. He acknowledged that some Iraqi dissidents presented a misleading picture to the Americans and taken away to <is not>.

Sotaliraq.com

Originally Posted by Adster

Summer Steve? Should be a lot sooner.

I guess I err on the cautious side but If I'm wrong I'll buy you a pint mate

Steve

Originally Posted by Stevethebrit

I guess I err on the cautious side but If I'm wrong I'll buy you a pint mate

Steve

You're on matey.

A new power rises in Iraq
Except from blogger and freelance journalist Michael J. Totten's report from Erbil, Kurdistan Region
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Erbil, Iraq, 21 March 2007 (KRG)
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What a difference a year makes. Fourteen months ago I flew to Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, from Beirut, Lebanon, on the dubiously named Flying Carpet Airlines. Flying Carpet’s entire fleet is one small noisy plane with propellers, cramped seats, and thin cabin pressure. Only nineteen passengers joined me on that once-a-week flight. Everyone but me was a Lebanese businessman. They were paranoid of me and of each other. What kind of crazy person books a flight to Iraq, even if it is to the safe and relatively prosperous Kurdistan region? I felt completely bereft of sense going to Iraq without a gun and without any bodyguards, and it took a week for my on-again off-again twitchiness to subside.
Last week I flew to Erbil from Vienna on Austrian Airlines to work for a few weeks as a private sector consultant with my colleague Patrick Lasswell. This time I didn’t feel anything like a fool. Almost half the passengers were women. Children played on their seats and in the aisle with toys handed out by the crew. We watched an in-flight movie and ate the usual airline lunch fare served by an attractive long legged stewardess. The cabin erupted with applause when the wheels touched down on the runway. The pilot announced the weather (sunny and 60) in three languages and cheerfully told us all to have a great day. Have a great day may seem an odd thing to say to people who just arrived in Iraq, but this is Kurdistan. I did, indeed, have a great day.

I found this article interesting, especially the highlighted part.

Investigations : foreign participants in the capital of Iraqi banks vexed control of foreign funds to the banking sector


Iraqi banking sector is the backbone of the economy, even though he suffered greatly from neglect and underdevelopment and that the current policy depends on the transition from a totalitarian economy to a market economy it is essential to face competition and challenges ahead, especially that Iraq is about to stage reconstruction of the infrastructure

Regardless of the delays, and scandals that accompanied the draft stage of the banking sector will face future challenges and competitions of the Arab banks and foreign banks in order to contain the Chairperson of the private sector and identified through foreign funds, which imposes on private Iraqi banks to contribute their leading role in the reconstruction and rebuilding of Iraq and the development of the private Iraqi banking. Dr. Nima Amer one banking expert dealers in the stock market says the latest Iraqi decision participation of foreign banks, three Iraqi sector of the Credit Bank of Iraq and the Iraqi National Bank and the Bank for Investment Dar es Salaam upheaval in the circulation of shares of the three companies to the market for securities of Iraq and the confusion resulting from the delay of long involved in the approval of these companies recorded by the Iraqi As a result of the continued withholding of shares of the three companies, banks above and three other banks have not yet completed their procedures for the circulation for a long time to the detriment of the material and moral and resolutions before investors in the shares of banks They felt frustrated and disappointed that backed the prices of the shares of other banks, which continued circulated in the market has been challenged by this new principle delays caused by the new law under Section IV of Article (54) of the Companies Act Mohsen Khafagi one dealers in the market for securities Iraq says : We now show that the foreign participants in Iraqi banks, which delayed capital increase without justification has become a reality, then we must look at what has worked on these partnerships and that it was too early to be expanded so as to at the present time to determine the extent of the effect or improve entity the Bank and expand its activities and the development of his bank as a result of foreign participation, but we will focus on the impact of this situation on the prices of shares of banks, which were the first in the market and the extent to which each of the foreign participants and contributors Iraqis, including investors and dealers in the capital market who did purchase the shares prior to participating with the intent to sell after the continued access to profits from the violations prices expected to occur compared to the amount invested by the partnership and for the purpose of comparison to the amount invested by foreign participants (the amount paid by the group) and the amount invested by the shareholders of Iraqis including investors to rely rate price for the shares in the last session prior to the approval of participation as well as the value of shares after foreign participation ((fear from the control of foreign funds to the banking sector)) Ahmed depends on an economic expert says that the reputation and reliability of the magnitude of the financial position and the world rankings for each of the two banks which world titles bank credit and Dar peace encouraged investors to purchase unless they seek to increase, especially as the availability of the instrument that has been Very little compared to the total number of shares issued for bids on most foreign bodies out of circulation is not primarily intended to participate.

Speculation or traded shares in the capital market, but other purposes Too demand and limited supply led to the rise in prices of shares, bankers and benefit co foreign. However, one of the reasons for the amount invested by foreigners for huge profits lies in the low share price agreed upon by the rate of exchange, after participating in comparison The Iraqi banking sector recovers foreign partnerships, but we still have fears of the possibility of control of foreign capital to this vital sector, leading to monopolies detrimental to this sector.

HMMM wonder what could solve this problem? R/V!! and R/V HIGH![/
Cheers!
DayDream

I read a while ago that some people have ordered dinars through Nat West, Barclays etc and been phoned the following day and been told their orders cannot be filled. Mrs A ordered some yesterday from Nat West, went in this lunchtime to pick them up to be told they couldn't fill the order due to lack of 'dinars' in their stocks. This is deception, they should know full well whether they can meet an order the following day. They have offered her a refund which she is incensed about and had a big barney with the manager in the middle of the bank insisting they have to honour an order they stated was complete. IF they are doing this with hundreds of people across the country paying hundreds per order they are keeping this money overnight and using it to make money for their own self greed. What a con.

Disgusting. I myself have ordered through Halifax 3 times and to date have had no delays/problems.

The banks are the facking thieving robbing pits of the earth, they do it day in day out to us.

Originally Posted by Adster

I read a while ago that some people have ordered dinars through Nat West, Barclays etc and been phoned the following day and been told their orders cannot be filled. Mrs A ordered some yesterday from Nat West, went in this lunchtime to pick them up to be told they couldn't fill the order due to lack of 'dinars' in their stocks. This is deception, they should know full well whether they can meet an order the following day. They have offered her a refund which she is incensed about and had a big barney with the manager in the middle of the bank insisting they have to honour an order they stated was complete. IF they are doing this with hundreds of people across the country paying hundreds per order they are keeping this money overnight and using it to make money for their own self greed. What a con.

Disgusting. I myself have ordered through Halifax 3 times and to date have had no delays/problems.

The banks are the facking thieving robbing pits of the earth, they do it day in day out to us.

Hopefully she can still get some from your Halifax source.....

Maybe somethings stirring behind the scenes.....!?!