Thread: Iraq/Dinar News up until April 10th 11pm ctz

Zebari called on the United Nations to play a greater role in Iraq

Baghdad - (Voices of Iraq)
The Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari today, Tuesday, the United Nations to play a greater role in Iraq during a meeting with Ashraf Qazi, the head of the United Nations (Ionami) in Iraq.
A statement issued by the Foreign Ministry received news agency (Voices of Iraq) independent copy of today, "Zebari welcomed today Mr. Ashraf Qazi, the head of the United Nations (Ionami) in Iraq. , who visited the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to deliver a lecture to the heads of Messrs. Chambers and the members of the political planning in the ministry, on the role of the United Nations in Iraq. "
The statement added, "Mr. Ashraf Qazi during the lecture on a number of topics relating to the activities of the United Nations, including the United Nations role in Iraq, the International Covenant on Iraq and the relationship between the United Nations and the multinational force in Iraq."
The statement quoted the judge as saying, "Mission Ionami play an important role throughout Iraq, and that this role would be more effective in the coming months, and that the mission is ready to cooperate and provide assistance in any issue raised by the Iraqi state institutions."
He pointed out that Zebari, the ministry's Undersecretary Dr. Mohamed Al-Haj Hammoud and a number of heads of departments in the ministry met after the lecture, Mr. Ashraf Qazi, for conciseness on preparations and the most important developments in the meeting of the International Conference on Iraq, and the expanded Cabinet meeting for the neighboring countries of Iraq to be held in Sharm el-Sheikh in the third and fourth of May next addition to issues of common interest.

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The Central Bank of fixing the exchange rate until Thursday

Tuesday, April 10, 2007
By Mohammed Dargham off
Baghdad - (Voices of Iraq)


Proved to the Central Bank of Iraq in the dollar exchange rate for the day Tuesday and until next Thursday on the exchange rate yesterday, the first Sunday of 1272 dinars.

A source from the Central Bank in a statement to the News Agency (Voices of Iraq) Independent today that the auction will be held on a regular basis, and that the exchange rate will be fixed. " Noting that the dollar purchase price had been fixed at a rate per 1270 in the case of offers for the sale of the banks and their customers.

He said Mr. Sadiq Abdul Razzaq expert as far as the economic and industrial This fixing reference to reassure dealers with the Central Bank to ensure that there is no impact on exchange rates, which will help to stabilize the monetary market, and this action is the right and lead to a healthy and adventurous Ataadam surprise when buying large amounts.

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Originally Posted by DayDream

The Central Bank of fixing the exchange rate until Thursday

Tuesday, April 10, 2007
By Mohammed Dargham off
Baghdad - (Voices of Iraq)


Proved to the Central Bank of Iraq in the dollar exchange rate for the day Tuesday and until next Thursday on the exchange rate yesterday, the first Sunday of 1272 dinars.

A source from the Central Bank in a statement to the News Agency (Voices of Iraq) Independent today that the auction will be held on a regular basis, and that the exchange rate will be fixed. " Noting that the dollar purchase price had been fixed at a rate per 1270 in the case of offers for the sale of the banks and their customers.

He said Mr. Sadiq Abdul Razzaq expert as far as the economic and industrial This fixing reference to reassure dealers with the Central Bank to ensure that there is no impact on exchange rates, which will help to stabilize the monetary market, and this action is the right and lead to a healthy and adventurous Ataadam surprise when buying large amounts.

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i like the past tense

Iraq-Currency

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Higher demand for dollar as exchange rate fixed till Thursday in auction

By Dergham Mohamed Ali
Baghdad, Apr 10, (VOI) – Demand for the dollar was down in the Iraqi Central Bank’s daily auction on Tuesday, reaching $ 59.505 million compared with $49.825 million on Sunday, as the Central Bank fixed the exchange rate at 1,272 dinars per dollar until Thursday.In its daily statement, the bank said it had covered all bids, which included $9.485 million in cash and $50.020 million in foreign transfers, at an exchange rate of 1,272 dinars per dollar, unchanged from last week.
A source at the Iraqi Central bank told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI) "the exchange rate is fixed at 1,272 dinars per dollar until Thursday."
None of the 14 banks that participated in Tuesday's auction offered to sell dollars.
The auction did not convene on Monday as the Iraqi government imposed a curfew on Baghdad on the fourth anniversary of Baghdad's fall.
Abdul-Razzaq al-Abaiji, an economist, who praised the bank's decision to fix the exchange rate at 1272 dinars per dollar told VOI, "the fixed exchange rate has encouraged traders to make more bids in today's session."
The Iraqi Central Bank runs a daily auction from Sunday to Thursday

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Iraq-Currency :: Aswat al Iraq :: Aswat al Iraq

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Dreamers of change in Amara wake up to occupation nightmare

By Nazar Radhi

Missan, Apr 10, (VOI) - Political changes have always had the greatest influence on peoples. Following years of true suffering for Iraqis under the rule of the former regime, the occupation on April 9, 2003 promised a wind of change that the majority of Iraqis considered a glimmer of hope to dispel a nightmare that had weighed heavily on them for many years. This hope was soon shattered in the light of the repercussions of four years of occupation.
Stories of the residents of Amara, 380 km southeast of Baghdad, are no different from those of other Iraqis, with the exception of certain local matters that Kamal Zayir Hassan, an inhabitant of Amara, says are their distinctive feature.
Hassan says that it was the local residents, not the occupations tanks, who toppled Amara's former local government.
"Signs of rejection and opposition to the former government were already there in the former opposition's strongholds in the wide marshes of the province," Hassan told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).
"Civil armed groups came from the marshes and controlled the whole city after the government fled from fear of reprisal attacks from its oppressed people, who had been ruled by iron and fire," Hassan explained.
Amara, capital city of Missan province, is a Shiite city on the borders with Iran. It has a large area of marshes.
"These memories are still vivid in my mind, although they are burdened with the sorrows of looting and plundering governmental institutions and departments. A ray of hope emerged but was shattered a few days after the tanks of the British occupation peacefully entered the city. A civil government took over, which was no blessing, and the city suffers from problems just as intense as before," Hassan added.
No sooner had old sufferings ended than new pains came upon the residents of the relatively poor city of Amara.
Hassan Aziz, 43, says "These four years have only brought more destruction and bloodshed at a time when we were dreaming of putting an end to the pains from which we had suffered. Now these pains have doubled."
"Is it possible that foreign troops will pull out from Iraq? The occupation has greater motives than just changing the regime in Iraq," Hassan questioned.
Aziz added "concerning our standard of living, the high income levels, high prices and constant fuel crisis have used up all our savings which we had kept for a rainy day."
The occupation has also affected social life in the city known for its large family dominant culture.
Saadiyah Muhammad Ali, a retired teacher, said that the occupation has increased social divisions within Iraqi families.
"Political diversity, represented by different national and religious parties and movements, have made family members adopt different approaches. Differences in opinions have resulted in problems, which sometimes makes brothers fight against one another," she explained.
Most problems within or even outside the family are blamed for the high percentage of unemployment and the living difficulties in a city with not many job opportunities.

"Today's youth are only thinking about the future. The ghost of unemployment is haunting everyone and job opportunities are not easy to find," Saadiyah added.

"Many youth are trying to prove themselves through work, although job opportunities are very few. We were dreaming that change would save us much of the effort to secure our future, which seems even gloomier than before. These four years have passed like an entire decade," Sarmad Mustafa, a 22-year old unemployed local resident, told VOI.
Local residents seem to have lost their belief in a better future, as the once dominant collective spirit has now disappeared.
Mustafa, who sees no chance for development, construction expansion or an investment boom in the city, as most local officials look to their relatives and tribesmen to hire despite education, qualifications and proficiency, says "I am frustrated at seeing the criteria to appoint anyone based only on kinship now.
"The dream of change has turned to a real nightmare," Mustafa added.

Amara-Dream (Feature) :: Aswat al Iraq :: Aswat al Iraq

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The Central Bank of fixing the exchange rate until Thursday

Tuesday, April 10, 2007
By Mohammed Dargham off
Baghdad - (Voices of Iraq)


Proved to the Central Bank of Iraq in the dollar exchange rate for the day Tuesday and until next Thursday on the exchange rate yesterday, the first Sunday of 1272 dinars.

A source from the Central Bank in a statement to the News Agency (Voices of Iraq) Independent today that the auction will be held on a regular basis, and that the exchange rate will be fixed. " Noting that the dollar purchase price had been fixed at a rate per 1270 in the case of offers for the sale of the banks and their customers.

He said Mr. Sadiq Abdul Razzaq expert as far as the economic and industrial This fixing reference to reassure dealers with the Central Bank to ensure that there is no impact on exchange rates, which will help to stabilize the monetary market, and this action is the right and lead to a healthy and adventurous Ataadam surprise when buying large amounts.

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I think we would all enjoy a "surprise" at this point.

Former Iraqi official calls for the formation of an international board, headed American to consider the future of Iraq
11 / 04 / 2007

Washington - Allawi said that to achieve this requires the creation of an international entity sponsored by the United States control of the transition process in Iraq but not abandon the Iraqi constitution or the political fruit of the recent Iraqi elections.

He said that "the current occupation of Iraq is not a traditional occupation, which is the denial of state sovereignty with the presence of an external force to exercise direct authority but by a different kind of limited sovereignty, which is unable Iraqi central government from exercising power and control of the country."

He criticized Allawi, who is here to promote his latest book, which is titled "the occupation of Iraq ..
Winning the war and the loss of peace "American policy in Iraq following the 2003 occupation, saying that the policy lacked a structured and detailed plan.

He added that the United States has not granted Iraqi ministers authorities during the period of interim authority, saying that "the presence of weak governments in Iraq and the lack of knowledge of the real reservoir of force in the country and the absence of the will to accept the idea that the overthrow of the regime forces launched a new all caused great repercussions not only on the inside Iraq, but in the region in general. "

He said that the fall of Saddam Hussein has achieved a positive result and one is the replacement of a totalitarian regime in institutional and constitutional across local elections but that it has resulted in a passive things are a vast increase in their demographic with a sudden represented at the Shiites and limit the influence of others represented by the Sunni Arabs.

He stressed the need to end the civil conflict in Iraq and to reach some sort of solution to the status quo, which would lead to the existence of a central unable to exercise its authority in the area between 60 and 70% of the country.

Allawi said that "the Kurds in Iraq became more isolated at the present time, but that will not lead to the disintegration of Iraq, not because of the components of the Kurds do not wish to do so but because the international system will not allow it."

He said that the withdrawal of American forces from Iraq should be based on "access to a situation where the existence of the Iraqi state, and significantly more than the mere existence of a viable government and defend itself because the presence of such a government would not be achieved if the region rejected the government."

He added that the majority of the Iraqi parliamentary currently belong to groups condemn its influence to the Shi'ite Islamic parties had the support of the Shiite religious leadership in Najaf.

He said it was difficult in the current Iraqi political spectrum separation between good parties in the "resistance" and the poor and between the parties Qaeda and terrorists.

He continued that the first category seeks to power it wants without the use of terrorism and, therefore, it is necessary to deal with each of these category to talk about the interests of each of them and reduce the ceiling of their demands for access to a stable government in Iraq.

In response to a question by Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) on the refusal of the government-Maliki put the American administration any timetables for forcing it to the enactment of the oil and amendment of the law abolishing the Baath Allawi said that the situation in Iraq makes the implementation of things is somewhat different, since the law of oil, for example, beyond it should pass a law but it is a case of full determine how to distribute the proceeds of Iraq and its possession of such proceeds, which is directly related to the issue of local authorities in the face of the central authority.

He added that in regard to the law of abolishing the Baath, that law was a clear indication of outlets power and influence in certain areas the country, but it was ignored because of the refusal of Ayatollah Sistani, it will be pass without his consent, pointing out that the Iraqi government wants to discuss these matters as they deem is It is not believed, according to the United States

Maliki confirms that the Iraqi market is open to Japanese companies


.Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki that the Iraqi market is open to Japanese investment companies a way that serves the Iraqi citizens and raise the level of living, and its riches rich Iraq is determined to move forward towards economic reform and construction and reconstruction.
د.He added Maliki during a reception to the Minister of Economy, Industry and Trade Japanese AMARE at his residence in the Japanese capital of Tokyo this afternoon. There are safe areas in Iraq that could provide the appropriate conditions for investment and receiving foreign companies for the advancement of services and relaunch the reconstruction of Iraq in the country.
من جانبهق.From his part, Minister of Economy, Industry and Trade Japanese hoped consistently achievements security as it gives more opportunities to attend international companies in general and Japan in particular for the reconstruction and rebuilding Iraq.
من.On the other hand, Mr. Prime Minister, received at his residence in Tokyo, and the Defense and Foreign Ministers Japanese both individually and there was an exchange of views and ways of developing relations between the two countries at all levels. ك.It also signed an agreement to exchange documents between the Ambassadors of Iraq in Tokyo, Japan in Baghdad Bakhos launch granted Japanese loan to Iraq.
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Originally Posted by michael16
I've been in this a long time too so go stroke your duck. Maybe you should drink a little more of your H20. I think your brain is already sloshing around

Originally Posted by Onenomad

you know this was not very funny when it was sent to me in a PM and even less funny posted on the forum. Do you boys always treat women like this ?
not very impressive.

you know i just went back and read my posts and i can not even figure out why the drive by insult ? go figure

International Compact with Iraq to be Signed Next Month

The International Compact with Iraq, an initiative launched by the UN and Iraq to help Iraq realize its vision of a stable and prosperous nation underpinned by a self-sustaining economy, will be signed next month in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt on May 3. "I commend the Iraqi authorities for their sustained commitment to the Compact. Iraq, together with the United Nations and the World Bank, has worked diligently since July 2006 to prepare the ambitious economic reform framework outlined in the Compact," said Dpty Sec Kimmitt, Presidential Special Envoy for the Compact. "The signing ceremony concludes several months of hard work and provides a concrete path of reform to financial self sufficiency."

http://www.ustreas.gov/press/release...9433712562.htm
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Statement by Deputy Secretary Kimmitt on
the Announcement of the Signing of the
International Compact with Iraq
Washington--Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert M. Kimmitt issued the following statement today on the Government of Iraq and the United Nations' announcement that the International Compact with Iraq will be signed in Sharm el-Sheikh on May 3.

"I welcome and applaud this important step and look forward to attending the signing ceremony as a member of the U.S. delegation headed by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. I commend the Iraqi authorities for their sustained commitment to the Compact. Iraq, together with the United Nations and the World Bank, has worked diligently since July 2006 to prepare the ambitious economic reform framework outlined in the Compact. The signing ceremony concludes several months of hard work and provides a concrete path of reform to financial self sufficiency. In exchange, the international community will provide continuing political and economic support to help Iraq achieve sustainable, broad-based economic growth. Iraq's leaders have already developed an impressive track record on economic reform under the Compact framework, including Cabinet approval of a hydrocarbons law, fuel import liberalization, and passage of a prudent, transparent and fully financed 2007 budget. The United States fully supports this initiative, as demonstrated by the President's recent request to Congress to approve additional funding for Iraq to help realize the objectives of the Compact."

The Compact is an initiative launched by the UN and Iraq to help Iraq realize its vision of a stable and prosperous nation underpinned by a self-sustaining economy. The Compact embodies commitments by Iraq on a plan to achieve economic self-sufficiency in return for international support. Iraq presented the final Compact documents to the international community at the UN on March 16, 2007. Deputy Secretary Kimmitt serves as the President's Special Envoy for the International Compact with Iraq.

http://www.treasury.gov/press/releases/hp342.htm