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Voices of iraq says Thursday auction was cancelled due to the curfew.

President emphasizes the need for expediting the completion of the Law

(Voice of Iraq) - 14-06-2007

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News : President stresses the need to expedite the completion of the oil and gas

June 14, 2007

June 14, 2007

President of the Republic, Jalal Talabani, at his office in Baghdad on Thursday 14-6-2007, Oil Minister Dr. Hussein Shahrastani.
Reviewed and oil minister, during the meeting, the final stages of talks on the ongoing oil and gas, and efforts by the political blocs aim of reaching an agreement in this regard.
President Talabani and stressed the need for expediting the completion of this law, calling for intensified efforts to reach a formula that satisfies everyone.
Also during the meeting, to discuss ways to develop the fields and protect oil facilities from terrorist attacks.

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Question about 1st Kawait dinar RV? When the Kawait dinar rv'd was it overnight or was it a pain in the u no what like this?
How much was the 1st rv?
Someone here should no that history

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Question about 1st Kawait dinar RV? When the Kawait dinar rv'd was it overnight or was it a pain in the u no what like this?
How much was the 1st rv?
Someone here should no that history

Kuwait never had a NEW currency. It doesn't apply

Heck the NID is 4 years old now. Don't you think they can take the N off.
Maybe that'll getrdone
The Kawait dinar still rv'd was it a hassel or did it just go through?
Was the war over when it happened?
Just curious

I thought Kuwait released new banknotes after the Iraqi invasion due to a significant amount being stolen. Thought I read that somewhere sometime ago.

The Ministry of Planning financial allocations movement of actors that have not achieved a quarter of achievement to other projects

Luna / June 14 / Baghdad / The Ministry of Planning and Development Cooperation will be the financial allocations of actors that had not been attributed to the completion of projects by 25% to other projects.
A source in the ministry said that this measure is part of the consolidated budget law of the State, which provided one of its specialties on the transfer of investment projects approved in 2007 Balancing for those who have not achieved in the ratio of achievement during the first half of the current year.
He added that the pan ministries and provinces are obliged to implement the rate of 25% until this month in all projects and otherwise are shifting allocations to the actors, which accounted for completion good for the investment of those specialties in the implementation of other projects stressing that the government investment of the Ministry of Planning and Development Cooperation is working on the follow-up ratios ministries implementation of investment projects to determine the rates of achievement realized until the current month / / completed / p u / u p / local.

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3-day curfew is imposed in Iraq as blasts destroy shrine’s minarets

By Leila Fadel - McCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS
Updated: 06/14/07 6:51 AM


BAGHDAD — Iraq’s government Wednesday imposed a three-day curfew throughout the country and braced for violence after two thunderous explosions collapsed the remaining minarets of a prominent Shiite shrine whose bombing 15 months ago triggered an orgy of sectarian reprisals that continue to this day.
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki angrily summoned the ministers of defense and interior to his office and ordered the detention of the Iraqi soldiers and police who were on guard at the time of the explosions in Samarra.
Officials close to al-Maliki said the prime minister had heard two weeks ago that an attack on the mosque might be imminent, but the two ministers, who oversee the army and the police, had assured him that everything was under control. The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity.
Police attributed the explosions to incoming mortar rounds, but witnesses said the blasts came from inside the mosque compound, and al- Maliki aides said they did not believe the police account. A U.S. military official told CNN he believed that the bombing was an inside job.
The shrine, known as the al Askariya Mosque, has held a special place in Iraq’s sectarian violence since its gold dome was destroyed in a huge explosion Feb. 22, 2006. That explosion fueled what was already a rising trend of reprisal killings between Shiite and Sunni Muslims.
Hundreds of Iraqis were killed in the days after that bombing. More than a hundred Sunni mosques in Baghdad were attacked and burned.
In comparison, the response to Wednesday’s blast was muted. Gunmen sprayed bullets at four Sunni mosques in the southern port city of Basra, and Shiite militiamen and Sunni guards battled at a fifth. In Iskandiriya, south of Baghdad, three Sunni mosques were bombed, witnesses said.
In Baghdad, Sunni mosques were attacked in the Jihad and Zaiyuna neighborhoods, according to witnesses. Mahdi Army militiamen took up positions throughout the city whose streets empited as a 72-hour curfew went into effect at 6 p.m.
Al-Maliki traveled to Samarra with Army Lt. Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, the No. 2 U.S. commander in Iraq, to survey the damage. He said the attack came two days before a contract was to be signed to rebuild the shrine.
“By God’s will, we will rebuild the honorable shrine,” al-Maliki said in front of the rubble of the destroyed holy site.
In Washington, the Pentagon, in its latest report to Congress on security, political and economic developments in Iraq from February through May, said violence in the country, as measured by casualties among troops and civilians, has edged higher de****e the U.S.-led security push in Baghdad. The Pentagon also raised questions about al-Maliki’s ability to fulfill a pledge he made in January to prohibit political interference in security operations and to allow no safe havens for sectarian militias.
Overall, however, the report said it was too soon to judge whether the security crackdown was working.
The security operation was launched Feb. 14 and is still unfolding as the last of an additional 28,000 or so U.S. forces are getting into position in and around the Iraqi capital. The Pentagon is required by Congress to provide its initial assessment of the operation in July, and Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, has said he will report in September.

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Central Bank cancels Thursday's auction

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq

Thursday , 14 /06 /2007 Time 6:05:23

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Originally Posted by Hkp

Central Bank cancels Thursday's auction

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq

Thursday , 14 /06 /2007 Time 6:05:23

Aswat Aliraq

Thanks Hkp, here's the whole article.

Central Bank cancels Thursday's auction Baghdad - Voices of Iraq

Thursday , 14 /06 /2007 Time 6:05:23

Baghdad, Jun 14, (VOI) - The Iraqi Central Bank canceled Thursday's session of the daily auction because of the curfew in place on Baghdad since Wednesday evening, following the attack on the Shiite shrine north of Baghdad.

Ali al-Yasseri, a trader at the auction, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI), "the session was cancelled due to the curfew on Baghdad. Also there were no transactions outside the auction today because of the curfew that has crippled the local market."
On Wednesday, demand for the dollar was up in the Central Bank's daily auction, reaching $80.220 million compared with $57.140 million on Tuesday. The exchange rate went down to 1,258 dinars per dollar in Wednesday's session.