Thread: Iraq/Dinar News until 5/23/07 Midnight CST

Current IQD rate as reported on xe website:

Live rates at 2007.05.11 22:48:44 UTC

1.00 USD = 1,258.45 IQD

Originally Posted by HyiperOne

Current IQD rate as reported on xe website:

Live rates at 2007.05.11 22:48:44 UTC

1.00 USD = 1,258.45 IQD

Keep on falling!

MENAFN lists this rate, must closer to the street rate
Wednesday, May 09, 2007 1206.1 IQD
Thursday, May 10, 2007 1209 IQD
Friday, May 11, 2007 1199.3 IQD
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Keep Falling REALLY FAST, PLEASE.

Originally Posted by Mike5200

1000 Peshmerga troops to Iran borders

Friday, May 11, 2007 07:22 GMT

Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region has sent 1,000 Peshmerga troops to its border with Iran to enhance its presence there and to prevent attacks by the group of Ansar al-Islam.

"The forces sent shall be in two brigades, some will reinforce army units and border checkpoints and some will mount patrols in the region to ambush the enemy", Peshmerga Spokesman Major General Jabbar Yawir said.
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woOt@kurds keepin iran contained!!

Originally Posted by oldskiier

Don't ya think this deserves some Whoooots or something ....:


http://www.wto.org/meets_public/meets_e.pdf
WTO - CONFERENCE OFFICE
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022 / 739 57 83 11 May 2007 12:55
This programme of meetings is subject to further changes.
Meetings indicated in this list are therefore confirmed only when convened by an airgram or notice from the WTO Secretariat.
OFFICIAL PROGRAMME OF MEETINGS FOR 2007
Email: [email protected]
DATE TIME MEETING
MAY
14 - 16 10:00 Committee on Regional Trade Agreements WTO/AIR/2993
17 ASCENSION DAY (WTO non-working day)
21 10:00 Council for Trade in Goods WTO/AIR/3015
22 10:00 Dispute Settlement Body WTO/AIR/3014
23 09:30 Trade Policy Review Body - India WTO/AIR/3001
25 09:30 Trade Policy Review Body - India WTO/AIR/3001
25 10:00 Committee on Trade and Development WTO/AIR/3012
25 10:00 Working Party on the Accession of Iraq WTO/AIR/3013
28 WHIT MONDAY (WTO non-working day)

yes, thanks adster for postin this info over at the darkside so that the skiier could kipe it!

Originally Posted by wciappetta

With such a cloud of confusion with all the mis-info these days yet there are tons items like this that are neatly fitting into place so with that said;


Woot!

we got ward woOtin!!!!

Originally Posted by zipper

unless they're on vacation

no vacation per earlier article.

The Iraqi Accord Front : Sharm El-Sheikh conference foes audit

(صوت العراق) - 12-05-2007

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The Iraqi Accord Front : Sharm El-Sheikh conference foes to review the withdrawal decision

MP Khalaf Al-Alyan : Maliki, a meeting was positive last Hashemite

Baghdad : Al-Salem Al-Rahma
Deputies said the Iraqi Accord Front, the largest Sunni bloc in the Iraqi Parliament, the Front reconsider its decision to withdraw from the Iraqi government, the impact of the promises received from the Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, giving a bigger role to the Sunni bloc, following the Sharm El-Sheikh early this month. The Iraqi Accord Front had hinted to withdraw from the government unless they can to meet the demands, which include granting a greater role in government, and to disarm the militias, Shiite and amendment of the constitution.
The MP said Khalaf Alyan that after signing the agreement at the recent Sharm el-Sheikh, «Front sensed some change. Alyan said that the recent meeting held between Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and Vice President Tariq Hashimi, one of the leaders Accord Front, the «positive». He added : «The Prime Minister promised to work again in order to activate the political process involving all political forces and give them greater role».

The Hashemite had explained during the meeting the day before yesterday Friday with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, the Accord Front may withdraw from the government after one week if there is the process of disarming the militias and initiate constitutional amendments, and this was the second meeting between the two sides last week, after a break long weeks.

Alyan told «Middle East», «we were thinking about withdrawing because we did not come to the government with concrete results, and therefore we believe it is useless to participate in the political process unless there is good faith by officials in the government changes are in the interest of people in the end. Regarding the government's response to the demands of the Front said Alyan, «If the government is serious we are with them in order to save people, but if we found the contrary government has not fulfilled its promises, we will be forced to withdraw from the government which will be played by several blocks».

He said that Alyan Front government demanded b «arrest raid operations, and create a balance within the state institutions, the development of the army by moving away from quotas and sectarianism and the adoption of competence and experience, and the return of refugees from both communities to their areas and ensuring their protection, and the abolition of uprooting the Baath, and the officers who wanted them to the service and transfer the remaining retirement Bhamlehm salaries pensions».

Meanwhile, MP Hussein Alflogi, it is necessary «redevelopment of the conditions the government of National Unity, especially one year after the formation. He told «Middle East», «that the worsening security situation and the political and economic dropped on us a responsibility to re-arrange the conditions to take the correct decision». He added that Alflogi thinking Front to withdraw from the government, in order to impose more pressure on the government to achieve its demands. He added «become necessary to uncover the truth Accord Front before public opinion, through increased pressure on the government and the search for the best means to overcome what in the country».

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The draft «Front moderates» again raises questions about

(صوت العراق) - 12-05-2007

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The draft «Front moderates» again raises questions about the usefulness

Deputy of the coalition : the solution lies in expanding the base of participation and not curtailed

BAGHDAD : Numan Alheims
Dr Mahmoud Othman, MP in the House of the Iraqi Kurdistan Alliance bloc, the proposal has been put forward last year by President Jalal Talabani, includes a front moderate political parties to participate in the political process. including the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and the Al-Dawa and the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq, and the National Accord Movement and the Islamic Party, which allows the formation of the parliamentary bloc of moderate in the House of Representatives achieved damaged Iraqi Kurdish or Arab Sunnis and Shi'ites parties are more moderate than others.
Othman told «Middle East» such said that the front could be reflected on the work of the Iraqi Parliament through greater cooperation between moderates, pointing out that the agreement was approved, but in the final moments of signature request Islamic Party enough time to study the project, and therefore did not succeed. He added that the idea was discussed again results have been achieved also, in the recent period the project returned to the circle of debate for the third time, especially since the American side pressed towards reforms to settle the problems in the country.

Uthman added that the visit of Dick Cheney, the American Vice-President of Iraq a few days ago were of a clear objective and frank include speed in resolving outstanding problems. He said that the American side looking for quick results, and that this concern was behind the enlarged meeting held by Cheney with President Jalal Talabani and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, and Tariq Al-Hashmi, Vice President of the Republic, Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, head of the United Iraqi Alliance.

For his part, the writer MP in the House of Representatives Iraqi bloc United Iraqi Alliance told «Middle East», the ideas related to the formation of the parliamentary bloc to draft a new vague.He wondered «How can we distinguish between moderate and extremist, and who is moderate, and who is the extremist?, It vague ideas ». He believed that the formation of the Iraqi Parliament «basically includes diversity, and the solution lies in expanding the base of participation, as it whenever expanded base of participation have become more moderate, and not reduce the rule, and when searching for a block of between blocs all, this leads to the reduction of Parliament or deport him».

The Safiya Suhail, deputy of the Iraqi Parliament on the Iraqi List, said that the draft offered «aims to build a genuine democratic culture, the acceptance of others, the building of a citizenship».

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She added that «national project based upon rights of the Iraqi people and not the interest, status and money».

She spoke Suhail told «Middle East» of «high voices within the Iraqi Parliament from various political blocs and independents without exception, demanding itinerary moderate parliamentary and political solutions emphasizes moderation and temperance», indicating that President Talabani made him legitimate and Tariq Al-Hashmi, Vice President of the Republic, deals with the moderation, It also revealed a second draft of the formation of a patriotic front has been agreed upon in Cairo three weeks ago with the Islamic Party and the Iraqi List and the Front national dialogue and reconciliation, liberation and the National Reconciliation Movement.

She said Suhail «We need to block Iraqi median combine liberal Communist and moderate Islamic institutions to build a state, because the political process classified citizen on caste and nationalism, and created an imbalance in Lineups, and we urgently need today than ever before to form a moderate average about genuine national project, not a project built external influences, but genuine Iraqi will to push solutions to the problems we face today, from communal violence, and the exercise of democratic course correction, not demolish the democratic path, that is put before us and not inspired Iraqi power-sharing, also created the political process of this or that party ».

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