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Head of government territory Kurdstan : will of the people of Kurdistan largest

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Head of government territory Kurdstan : will of the people of Kurdistan, much more than that terrorists could undermine the morale of our people

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Irbil _ Fouad Othman :
Mr. Barzani held Najirfan head of government territory Kurdstan yesterday evening May 9 at his residence in the city of Irbil press conference devoted to discuss the three axes : terrorist operation which targeted the headquarters of the Interior Ministry and the content of his visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran, the first anniversary of the founding of the government of the Kurdstan.

At the beginning of the conference, saying the prime minister to the terrorist operation that targeted the city of Irbil, saying calmly : As you know happened this morning explosion in the city of Irbil, killing a number of citizens and injuring another. Express grief and sorrow about the incident condolences to the martyrs of this process and we call on the wounded a speedy recovery, and we in government territory Kurdstan are ready to provide any assistance needed, as we had this position previously.

In this sad day bring myself to the people of Kurdistan and tell them that our struggle is continuing, and we now more anxious than the previous face of terrorists and will of the people of Kurdistan, much more than that terrorists can work would break the morale of our people and discouraging.

He added that Barzani, who blows himself up in the territory of Kurdstan came from outside the province and regrettable that there are people Ercdonhm and become proof of secured ..

Then President territorial government responded to questions by reporters :

Is discuss the infiltration of terrorist groups such as Ansar al-Islam with the Islamic Republic of Iran, and to what extent followed this issue with the Iranian authorities, and on solving the problem of electricity in Iran How you discuss this issue ..?

The visit to Iran was successful and met with a President and the Iranian officials and conducted negotiations with them, and between the axes, which addressed the issue of common security, we agreed to discuss this issue more closely and more detailed and try to form joint committees between the two sides to engage in these issues and find solutions for them.

The issue of electricity, formed one of the focuses of our talks and will soon be visiting Minister of Electricity Tehran to the conclusion of the agreement we have reached with the Iranian authorities.

Iraqi border protection functions of the central government, but show your visit to Iran on the absence of any coordination between the government of Kurdistan and the Baghdad government, or leave the task of protecting the borders of Kurdstan of the territorial government by the central government?

As part of the Kurdistan region of Iraq, prior to visit Iran Iraqi officials Bassferna aware of this, and our visit comes under the authority of the province as part of Iraq and the issues that were discussed during the visit was related Kurdstan Province, Iraq, on such issues We have a common understanding.

Days passed before the full year of the Declaration of cabin Fifth Ministerial of the government of the territory Kurdstan, Waswal í is how your optimism for the course of this year, and to what extent the implementation of the program was made at the announcement? once the year to unify the two Kurdstan territory with no standardization of several ministries and is not up until now bills number of ministries to Parliament when you do it seriously.? What is your comment on the killing of a girl Aizadeh (prayer)?

If we look at this issue realistically believe that one year are not numerous to be able to complete survey of the government formed after this long break, infighting and the right of Kurdistan, and the existence of two governments, that Not many years to be able to unite and make one government, But I can say that what started by mistake good steps, yes, everything is not complete but could not implement more than that, in collaboration with my colleagues in the National Union Puk brother Omar Fattah and other colleagues worked together as a team during this year to organize this government and our work in this direction, Yes, there are ministries have been consolidated so far, but what is important here to have a strong will, I can assure everyone that these ministries will unite to be that there is no political problems before the consolidation of these ministries, as a mere technical problems will exist and strong on both sides and other actors to participate in the government to unite all ministries ..

And about the regrettable incident that took place some time ago, killing the girl Aizideh, I consider part of the social issues, unfortunately some quarters tried to change the direction of the incident and make it a religious issue, not because of this incident any link religious issue, and we hope that this incident the beginning of joint work of civil society organizations, women's organizations and even in Parliament to spare the roots of these issues ..

In your meeting in Iran, did you get any message to convey to the American over the detainees who stopped Alairanin Latin ago in Erbil ..?

The Islamic Republic of Iran is an important country for us. The previous policy of the government of the territory Kurdstan tried hard to be their relationship with all neighboring countries, including the Islamic Republic of Iran which we shared with them accountable.We try and consolidate our relations with Iran Tmin on the basis of understanding and mutual respect. Our goal is not to visit Iran sending a message to Iran Latin Opalaaks We discussed our views with the Iranian government on this issue, especially with the President and Chairman of the Expediency.

The carrying of this visit it a successful visit. In the area of economic see positive change significantly in directing the Iranian government. I think that the Iranians are seeking to send capital and companies to Kurdstan to invest their money in the Territory. We in government territory Kurdstan welcome this step and initiative Iran has been a strong supporter of the territory Kurdstan in distress.

Press media channels on the infiltration of terrorist elements in the border region with Iran Is there a program to control the borders, such as increasing the border guards or the like?

What happened in the Penjwin terrorist incident led to the martyrdom of two border guards, we have worked this regard trends : increasing our forces in the border areas and work for the non-recurrence of these events.

What direction the Islamic Republic of Iran on the issue of federalism. Many countries consider the neighboring federal rupture ..? What Iran's position in this area? As I indicated that there are other areas - Iranian border infiltration of terrorists during the Kurdistan what plans and programs of the government of the Kurdstan to control the borders of the Kurdistan?

The Islamic Republic of Iran Atmanna that it respects any decision of the Iraqi people and they supported this trend, whether this federal system or any other system and the projected when we visited Iran and Iran has been dealing with us as the Kurdstan and talked with senior Iranian politicians that name, this is proof that Iran respect the will of the Iraqi people and Htrm Constitution, which voted him 80% of the Iraqi people and I believe that Iran's deliberate any system determined by the people of Iraq.

Visit us at the trade minister in the government of the territory where Kurdstan concluded a number of agreements for example on the issue of transit in Iran and the question of transfer of materials between the two sides and agree with them about the possibility of the advent of companies and capital Kurdstan to participate in the investment process and agreed on the opening of bank branches in Iranian territory.

Regarding question No. latter, we are seriously considering the issue of security and we are working hard to prevent similar incidents.

On file Kurdistan Workers Party said that the dossier replaced secret with Turkey Is there coordination between the PKK Puk Kurdstan territory with the government? Is intends to hold comparable visit to Turkey?

Workers Party Puk caused us more problems than any other force in Kurdstan What we are saying our result, we have absolutely convinced that the case in Turkey Alkordih political issue that can not be resolved militarily, we do not interfere in the affairs of one, and we are not responsible for what is happening in any country in the region. we will have no relations with any power or political party to confront these countries, if any relationship will be within the framework of solving the problem in the service.

Regarding the visit Turkey was scheduled to visit Turkey, said this in an interview with the network CNNturk and Gul met away from the media to discuss these files and try to find solutions and Turkey as a neighbor graciously helped us in the past and we are ready to negotiate with Turkey to solve all the existing problems on the basis of mutual respect, We are not threatening anyone, what we want to achieve in Iraq under our constitutional approved by the Iraqi people, and we us comfortable life for our people and on this basis does not interfere in the affairs of neighboring countries and want to be our brothers and extend the hand of brotherhood to them and ask them to treat the same format, the the basis of mutual respect between us, and that the threat does not solve any problems.

Does following the implementation of projects with a budget Khastiri in Kirkuk ..?

Territorial government policy based on the support of Kirkuk and other areas for reconstruction, according to the possibilities available to it and the projects implemented in Kirkuk invite journalists to visit Kirkuk to Troyes closely what has been accomplished and you have to Tuguetwa this aspect neutrality, you can help us in this, This is the core of the media and not distort the facts like that was published in the newspaper Hawlati under the title (of the draft financial Nigervan Barzani) This is not the credibility of the newspaper wants to transfer the facts, criticized the government and the Prime Minister and ministers but for reform and for construction not for personal matters.

Is there a time ceiling to solve the problem of electricity?

In fact, the issue of electricity a complex issue for Iraq and Kurdstan no doubt that the priority of our government in solving the problem of electricity, thank patience and forbearance Kurdstan people, but this is not something you can solve in a few days this is not possible, we have to look at this problem a sense of realism and we have signed an agreement with Dana Gas Company for gas extraction to be used in the field of electricity, and our visit to Iran was to solve the problem of electricity, we had serious attempts before, but according to the Constitution and the laws require the approval of the Iraqi government, we tried so far been able to take approvals, Kurdstan reassure people that the government of the territory Kurdstan working seriously to solve.

This was supposed to discuss the budget in Parliament on 22 last month, may discuss the budget?

This date McCann-specific, that the problem occurred because of the budget delay budget of Baghdad, is not able to provide any budget to the parliament before the budget comes from Baghdad, I can say that the unified budget of the territorial government of up to the parliament soon.

Replying to a question on the oil Prime Minister Kurdstan region : As you know we agreed to this law but a series of accessories, including the distribution of oil imports and no accessories other criterion for the conclusion of contracts how these contracts, The demand that the government of the Kurdstan must reach these texts together to Parliament for approval.

Although our talks with the Iraqi government on oil will begin next week and will attend the talks, we believe that this issue of life for our people and Iraqis, Senzor Baghdad next week, God willing.

The government of the Kurdistan prominent role in the drafting of this law and the efforts of the benevolent able to find a solution, I am optimistic, if the will to resolve these issues will get to the solutions.

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Prime Minister of Iraq faces potential problems on amendments

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Prime Minister of Iraq faces potential problems on the cabinet reshuffles

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - faced Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki Iraqi Shiite potential problems in Parliament on candidates DSB to replace six ministers resigned in protest against the refusal to set a timetable for the withdrawal of American forces.

And some officials said the Shiites outside of the government on Thursday that Parliament may reject nominations as independent candidates are promised by al-Maliki.

The six ministers loyal to the Shiite clergyman anti-American Muqtada al-Sadr resigned last month. Maliki must also find the seventh after the resignation of the Minister and the Minister of Justice, a prominent independent from the government for reasons of "professional".

He said lawmakers from the ruling Shiite coalition "will not be an easy vote," referring to problems with Sadr political bloc, which kept their seats in the parliament session despite its withdrawal from the government.

He promised Maliki replacement Sadr bloc ministers who did not take suitcases security or economic vitality Bemsottaghlin and experts. But Shiite officials said that the names provided to the members of parliament on Wednesday raised surprising.

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A high-ranking official Coalition does not belong to the Shiite bloc chest and asked not to be identified "all Shiites. Most of them are not independent. This Sadrien angry. "

"The official told Reuters that "we have a candidate loyal to the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq and another assistant to the owners and others loyal to the other groups."

Nominated Sami military assistant to the owners and ministers of transport. The official said that Saber Eissawi Mayor of Baghdad and near the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq which is part of the Shiite coalition nominated by the minister of agriculture.

It was not possible to immediately access to officials in the Office of Maliki for comment.

Controlled Sadr bloc which receives support from the poor, mainly Shiite quarter of the parliamentary seats of the Shiite coalition, which brings under its umbrella Shiite parties.

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A senior official even though Sadr Reuters, "We remain committed to the decision of Mr. Muqtada accept the replacement of our independent and competent ministers."

"He added : "But the names that we have seen today is not definitely. Needs (Maliki) to be changed. "

Making involvement Mahdi Army militia of the young cleric in sectarian violence of a bloc in the government political burden.

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Conflicting statements bloc deputies chest on the split within the

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Al-Araji, confirmed the existence of lists of infiltrations on the Mahdi Army, denied this spring and Sa'idi emphasized that heats between Mahdien
Conflicting statements bloc deputies chest on the split within the Mahdi Army

Baghdad-file Press

Denied. Nassar Al-Rubaie Ketlahsadrih spokesman of the Iraqi Parliament and no lists to purge the Mahdi Army militia, and he served as the Sadri trend has not heard so only in the media.

Speaking to media reports, the Shiite leader Moqtada Sadr issued lists of elements dissidents from the Mahdi Army militia described as seeking to incite sectarian sedition. Radio and the British Broadcasting Corporation "BBC" Bahaa Al-Araji, a member of the Iraqi Parliament from the mainstream Sadri said, "those elements are in favor of political views and hidden Foreign Affairs to tarnish the Mahdi Army by conducting communal violence."

Al-Araji He added "there was a cell comprised of some of the personalities have been engaged in the Mahdi Army, a politicized partisan views of internal and regional bodies seeking to provide harms the reputation of this army, has remedied this Sayyid Muqtada al-Sadr and some prominent leaders."

The Al-Araji, "that was issued lists of these elements to ensure that the responsibility Line Sadri, and that there is a final list issued by not bear the responsibility for what they are doing from communal violence."

While Nassar Al-Rubaie said in a telephone conversation with the agency (file Press), "Mr. commander or the Office of the Martyr al-Sadr has not issued any such lists talking about the media," but he added that this does not preclude the existence of what he called (individual cases) outside the law and detrimental to the Sadri trend.

Al-Rubaie, who denied that the young Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr is present in Iran, the semi (abusive elements) within the trend Sadri trained elements of the police and army, said that the violations exist everywhere.

However, the MP Nasser Sa'idi leadership in the Sadri movement acknowledged the existence of elements within the current working for the Iraqi political forces have special political agenda, and told (file Press) that the withdrawal of the current government and the differences that cropped up with the united Iraqi coalition on the replacement of ministers mass resignations from the government, competent ministers technocrats and independents reason Movement (renamed refused Balanchakkakeh) got inside the trend which heats between elements of the Mahdi Army.

He denied Sa'idi also be Magdi Sadr located in Iran, as he refused to confirm whether in Iraq or not, with information indicates that the young leader Matwar hiding for quite some time after receiving information indicating American forces seeking to arrest or kill him, particularly since American forces interdependence in the vicinity of the house in the neighborhood Alhananh Sadr in the city of Najaf.

Sa'idi also rejected the link between the confrontations that erupted recently in Sadr City between the Mahdi Army and elements of the Badr Corps of the Supreme Council, and between what is traded on clearing the Mahdi Army. But saying, "The Sadri trend pose any attempts by others to carry out retaliatory denigrated trend."

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President Bush on Thursday re-asserted his intent to veto the bill currently under discussion in the House, which would immediately release half of the defense spending budget, but retain the second half for release after the Iraqi government has shown progress.
“There’s a lot of uncertainty in funding when it comes to two-month cycles, so we reject that idea,” Mr. Bush told reporters during a Pentagon press conference. “I’ll veto the bill if it’s this haphazard, piecemeal funding — and I’ve made that clear.”
However, Bush also indicated that he would support the inclusion of benchmarks in the bill--something members of both parties have pushed.
"One message I have heard from people from both parties is that the idea of benchmarks makes sense. And I agree," Bush told reporters after meeting with the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon. "It makes sense to have benchmarks as a part of our discussion on how to go forward."
The president said his chief of staff, Joshua B. Bolten, would try to “find common ground on benchmarks” for the Iraqi government in his negotiations with lawmakers.
Bush specifically mentioned the passage of Iraqi legislation to share oil revenues, the future division of power in Iraq, and the opening of some government jobs to former members of the Baath Party of Saddam Hussein as items requiring attention.
Despite the President's rhetorical support of benchmarks, he insists the performance of the Iraq government not be tied to any punitive consequence for failure to achieve the stated goals.
The Bush Administration, most notably through Dick Cheney's surprise trip to Iraq, is pressuring Maliki's government to move swiftly on a number of long-pending measures, including legislation to share Iraq's oil wealth, to hold provincial elections and to update the constitution.
Under the current bill under discussion in the House, which Pelosi has scheduled for a vote late Thursday, Congress would vote again in July to release an additional $52.8 billion after Bush provides assessments of the war. Congress then could decide to use the second batch of money for more combat or to begin withdrawing troops.
In the view of the Democrats, withholding some funds now could pressure the Iraqis to work harder to stabilize their country.




IraqSlogger: Bush Would Accept Benchmarks

IRAQ: Poverty drives children to work for armed groups
10 May 2007 14:58:33 GMT

BAGHDAD, 10 May 2007 (IRIN) - Eleven-year-old Seif Abdul-Rafiz and his two brothers were left with no choice but to leave school and work so as to help their unemployed parents make ends meet. Unable to find a job, Seif resorted to making bombs for Sunni insurgents who are fighting US troops in Iraq. "We work about eight hours a day and are supervised by two men. They give us food and at the end of the day we get paid for our work. Sometimes we get US $7 and sometimes we get $10, depending on how many bombs we make,""If I had choice, I would have preferred to be in a classroom but we need to eat. In the beginning, they were very kind with us but later they started to threaten us, saying that if we leave our work they would kill our family," Abdul-Rafiz said. "The bombs are used to fight American soldiers. I was really afraid in the beginning but then my parents told me that it was for two good causes: the first is to help our family eat; and the second is to fight occupation forces," he added. Thousands of poor children in Iraq are forced to work to help their families. Many of them work in one way or another for a variety of armed groups that operate in the war-torncountry. Abdul-Rafiz said. According to NGO the Iraq Aid Association (IAA), reports from Anbar province and two mainly Sunni neighbourhoods of the capital show that children from poor families are helping insurgents make bombs. "They are in direct contact with dangerous chemicals which when wrongly handled can result in their death. We have secure information that at least three children have died making bombs," Fatah Ahmed, IAA spokesman, said. But Abdul-Rafiz said that hunger was worse than anything. "My mother cries every day we go out to make bombs but my dad prays for us and tells us to go because he cannot find a job. And the insurgents don't let him work with them because he was injured in an attack a year ago and they consider him useless," he said. No choice Insurgents say children work faster, are cheaper to hire than adults and attract less attention from security forces. "They need to work and we have jobs. We don't force them to come but if they come, they should work hard. If they do their job well, they won't suffer any harm," said Abu Katib, who says he teaches more than 40 children in Baghdad how to make bombs. "We're near them all the time. They work in safe conditions and rarely get burned by the chemicals they work with. If that does happen, we have nurses and a doctor for them," he added. Abu Katib said that by giving poor children jobs, they would at least be helping their families to eat. "The families are aware of what their children are doing so we cannot be blamed for something that even the children's parents agree to," the bomb-making instructor said. Keeping Children Alive (KCA) president Ali Mussaw has called on the government and international organisations to intervene to save the lives of hundreds of children countrywide who work as bomb-makers and risk serious injury or death when handling dangerous chemicals. "Someone should be able to help them. It's disastrous. Their rights aren't being recognised but the solution should be aimed at the roots of the problem," Mussawi said. Militia threat Shi'a militants are also reportedly using children to make bombs. "They [Shi'ite militants] came to our house asking for our two boys to work with them. We refused in the beginning but later we had to accept because they threatened to take away our two daughters if we disagreed," said Bari'ah Hassan, 42, a mother of five from the Sadr City neighbourhood. "They know we don't have money and my husband was killed months ago. I was forced to accept and each morning my children leave home to help them," she added. Bari'ah told IRIN that her children get US $3 per day of work. The job varies. Sometimes they clean guns; sometimes they carry explosives from one place to another while avoiding the police; and sometimes they cook for the militants, she said. "I was scared in the beginning but now with my two boys working with them I have at least US $5 a day to buy food and can feed my daughters. I know that it is dangerous but unfortunately it is what the US troops have brought to us," Bari'ah added.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/news...e1af054ce7.htm

Originally Posted by DayDream

I guess this may answer my above post's question!!

Thursday, May 10, 2007 - 04:53 PM
Iraq-Currency
Lower demand for dollar in daily auction
By Dergham Mohammed Ali
Baghdad, May 10, (VOI)- Demand for the Dollar was down in the Iraqi Central Bank’s daily auction on Thursday, reaching $60.475 million compared with $87.865 million on Tuesday as the auction did not convene on Wednesday.
In its daily statement the bank said it had covered all bids, which included $17.055 million in cash and $43.420 million in foreign transfers, at an exchange rate of 1,263 dinars per dollar, one tick lower than Tuesday.
Sixteen banks participated in Thursday's auction and offered to sell two million dollars. The Iraqi Central Bank bought the entire amount at 1,261 per Iraqi dinar.

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


Cheers!
DayDream

Well that's interesting since the auction history shows an auction for wednesday. It causes me to believe that this reporter must be taking their info directly from the CBI website and reported this before the site reflected the auction.

Originally Posted by mewannapeg

IRAQ: Poverty drives children to work for armed groups
10 May 2007 14:58:33 GMT

BAGHDAD, 10 May 2007 (IRIN) - Eleven-year-old Seif Abdul-Rafiz and his two brothers were left with no choice but to leave school and work so as to help their unemployed parents make ends meet. Unable to find a job, Seif resorted to making bombs for Sunni insurgents who are fighting US troops in Iraq. "We work about eight hours a day and are supervised by two men. They give us food and at the end of the day we get paid for our work. Sometimes we get US $7 and sometimes we get $10, depending on how many bombs we make,""If I had choice, I would have preferred to be in a classroom but we need to eat. In the beginning, they were very kind with us but later they started to threaten us, saying that if we leave our work they would kill our family," Abdul-Rafiz said. "The bombs are used to fight American soldiers. I was really afraid in the beginning but then my parents told me that it was for two good causes: the first is to help our family eat; and the second is to fight occupation forces," he added. Thousands of poor children in Iraq are forced to work to help their families. Many of them work in one way or another for a variety of armed groups that operate in the war-torncountry. Abdul-Rafiz said. According to NGO the Iraq Aid Association (IAA), reports from Anbar province and two mainly Sunni neighbourhoods of the capital show that children from poor families are helping insurgents make bombs. "They are in direct contact with dangerous chemicals which when wrongly handled can result in their death. We have secure information that at least three children have died making bombs," Fatah Ahmed, IAA spokesman, said. But Abdul-Rafiz said that hunger was worse than anything. "My mother cries every day we go out to make bombs but my dad prays for us and tells us to go because he cannot find a job. And the insurgents don't let him work with them because he was injured in an attack a year ago and they consider him useless," he said. No choice Insurgents say children work faster, are cheaper to hire than adults and attract less attention from security forces. "They need to work and we have jobs. We don't force them to come but if they come, they should work hard. If they do their job well, they won't suffer any harm," said Abu Katib, who says he teaches more than 40 children in Baghdad how to make bombs. "We're near them all the time. They work in safe conditions and rarely get burned by the chemicals they work with. If that does happen, we have nurses and a doctor for them," he added. Abu Katib said that by giving poor children jobs, they would at least be helping their families to eat. "The families are aware of what their children are doing so we cannot be blamed for something that even the children's parents agree to," the bomb-making instructor said. Keeping Children Alive (KCA) president Ali Mussaw has called on the government and international organisations to intervene to save the lives of hundreds of children countrywide who work as bomb-makers and risk serious injury or death when handling dangerous chemicals. "Someone should be able to help them. It's disastrous. Their rights aren't being recognised but the solution should be aimed at the roots of the problem," Mussawi said. Militia threat Shi'a militants are also reportedly using children to make bombs. "They [Shi'ite militants] came to our house asking for our two boys to work with them. We refused in the beginning but later we had to accept because they threatened to take away our two daughters if we disagreed," said Bari'ah Hassan, 42, a mother of five from the Sadr City neighbourhood. "They know we don't have money and my husband was killed months ago. I was forced to accept and each morning my children leave home to help them," she added. Bari'ah told IRIN that her children get US $3 per day of work. The job varies. Sometimes they clean guns; sometimes they carry explosives from one place to another while avoiding the police; and sometimes they cook for the militants, she said. "I was scared in the beginning but now with my two boys working with them I have at least US $5 a day to buy food and can feed my daughters. I know that it is dangerous but unfortunately it is what the US troops have brought to us," Bari'ah added.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/news...e1af054ce7.htm

Remarkable.....Just open the country to investment and sign the oil law and these kids can be in school instead of making bombs. It's just hard for me to picture this. Prosperity will solve this so long as they time it with military resolve.

OK so NO RV today. I will keep waiting ---Just hope it happens before my 67th birthday. LOL

Hi, Can someone confirm that the F.I.L. has now been implemented and when the Iraqi Stock exchange will be open to foreign investers, I got the impression from an earlier posting that this could be next week or at the latest the beginning of June.

Will start soon and this one will lock and remain viewable for reference. Only News and Articles and anything related to those or the Investment in dinar/Iraq will be allowed. We have a Crazy Thread or you can always create yourself one if needed for anything else. Thanks.