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

i have been away on vacation last 6 days ,have alot of work to do ,can someone tell me what happened in a nut shell over the last few days,im assuming more delays more bs storys.

thanks

Originally Posted by Hardwood

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

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

Yea, I said if they cannot deliver for tomorrow then get a refund and I'll order through the Halifax. Robbing bast*rds, they're the real crooks.

Originally Posted by Adster

Yea, I said if they cannot deliver for tomorrow then get a refund and I'll order through the Halifax. Robbing bast*rds, they're the real crooks.

Hmmm I hope there is more to this I ordered mine through them ages ago no problem like someone posted maybe things going on behind the scenes I hope it works out for her please keep us posted (kinda good though if dinars are drying up but yes agree 100% they should not have completed the order if they didn't have any) Best of luck look forward to updates

Originally Posted by chadm

i have been away on vacation last 6 days ,have alot of work to do ,can someone tell me what happened in a nut shell over the last few days,im assuming more delays more bs storys.

thanks

Exactly, absolutely nothing has happened.

the news on Norhtern Iraq was on abc yesterday showing the northern part of Iraq looks untouched. Today on abc world news they will be showing the middle part of Iraq which will be alot worse. Everyday this week they will be showing parts of Iraq and the war...

Truck bomb blast collapses main Baghdad highway
21 Mar 2007 13:13:09 GMT
Source: Reuters
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BAGHDAD, March 21 (Reuters) - Iraqi police detonated a huge truck bomb near the Finance Ministry in Baghdad on Wednesday in a controlled explosion that collapsed part of the main highway linking the north and south of the capital.

The facade of the multi-storey ministry in Bab al-Muadham area in central Baghdad was also badly damaged in the blast, which police said wounded 12 people, including soldiers and policemen.

The building was empty because it was a national holiday marking the first day of spring.

Police said they discovered the truck bomb parked under the Mohammed al-Qassim highway just metres from the ministry building. The explosives were hidden under a pile of lettuces.

They detonated the bomb in a controlled explosion but were apparently taken by surprise by the force of the blast, which reduced a section of the raised highway to rubble, punched holes in the ministry building and blew out its windows.

My Iraq: Kurdish businessmanMy Iraq: Kurdish businessman

My Iraq: Kurdish businessman
3/21/2007 BBC News

Delsoz Sherwani is the CEO of Zagros Group, which started life as a construction company 15 years ago. He is 51 and is based in the Kurdish capital, Irbil. The group has diversified into air travel, bringing Kurdistan closer to the outside world.

We are in the top three companies in Kurdistan; we employ 400 people.

Zagros Air was the first airline to be registered in Kurdistan after the liberation. We registered in 2004, after Irbil International Airport was opened.

We fly direct from here to Dubai, Istanbul and Vienna several times a week.

Most of the passengers are foreigners coming to do business in Kurdistan - especially those people flying from Austria.

Or they are Kurdish people living abroad who are visiting home.

We started this airline when we saw Iraqi Airways could not provide what we wanted.

Foreign investment

It's not been simple; we have invested a lot of time and money.

Actually, many, many companies are now starting up in Irbil. Some are in partnership with foreigners.

There's a lot of construction - housing and factories. Lebanese, UAE and American companies are investing in housing here.


Since 2003 we have diversified into IT, the medical sector and telecommunications


Many start with their HQ in Irbil and then follow up other activities in other parts of Iraq.

They choose Irbil because of the security and because it is the governmental capital.

They are also investing in Suleimaniya and Dohuk.

It is all growing faster than we imagined, actually.

Back in 1991 we started by helping our regional Kurdish government in construction projects: buildings, water projects.

Since 2003 we have diversified into IT, the medical sector and telecommunications.


Before 2003 all businesses suffered from the banking system - there wasn't one.

We had to take our currency to neighbouring countries.

Now, we have an international system which meets international standards. It's easier for us because we can operate from Irbil.

People can reach Kurdistan easily now.

So, things are improving here. But we are not happy because other parts of Iraq are suffering.

We hope every part of Iraq will be secure.

For me, I feel secure in Kurdistan.

Anyone having trouble getting more Dinars and lives close to the border can go to any Scotia Bank and order them for next day pick up. At the current exchange rate it would be cheaper and easier then getting from a dealer. If you are close to Windsor Ont then stop in for a beer ... my treat!

Originally Posted by michael16

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 received this same text in an email a couple days ago, only it was accompanied with lots of pictures, including a new mall and showing construction cranes putting up new office buildings. Really - looks like the place is booming. Don't know what country the worker bees are from.
I tell ya, its almost enough to make me consider getting some more dinars;
it seems there is not a problem with the supply and aquiring them (which, taking all factors into account, poses some kind of dilemma. How can this be?)

By Mostafa Amara and Kareem Zair

Azzaman, March 21, 2007

Arab leaders see Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s government as an obstacle on the path of reconciliation and return of security, officials say.

The officials, refusing to be named, said the leaders, who are to convene for a summit in Saudi Arabia on March 28-29 may not be able to come up with a unified stand regarding Iraq unless Maliki drastically changes tact and policies.

The prime minister apparently still enjoys the backing of Washington and so far U.S. leaders seem to be rather happy with the progress of their military operations to subdue Baghdad.

But the sources said the Arabs, led by Saudi Arabia and Jordan, were keen to alter the current balance of power in Baghdad which tilts towards Shiite factions.

The Shiite coalition has the largest bloc in parliament but cannot rule on its own as it lacks the necessary two-thirds majority.

The fate of Maliki’s government depends on its alliance with Kurds who enjoy substantial autonomy in northern Iraq.

But the Kurds are reported to be furious with Maliki’s policies and fear the current uncertainty and high levels of violence in most parts of the country might destabilize their relatively quiet enclave.

Saudi Arabia and Jordan, two key players in Iraq, are warming up to Kurds in a move designed to persuade them to give up their current alliance with Maliki.

The Kurds joined Maliki’s government in the hope that the new government would normalize conditions in the oil-rich city of Kirkuk by holding a referendum and forcing the Arabs who were brought there under former leader Saddam Hussein to leave.

But Maliki is reluctant to take such measures, angering his Kurdish allies.

The officials said the recent visit by Massoud Barzani, president of the Kurdish region, to Saudi Arabia and his meeting with King Abdullah was part of a Saudi campaign to further weaken Maliki.

Barzani also visited Amman where he met King Abdullah of Jordan.

Both countries are predominantly Sunnis and so are majority Kurds in Iraq.

The official said Kurds would be ready to change alliances if guaranteed they will add Kirkuk to their semi-independent territory.

But the opposition bloc in Iraqi parliament, mainly comprising Sunni MPs, is a strong opponent of relinquishing Kirkuk and its prolific oil fields to Kurds.

It looks like they will continue the political games. Hi, gert..