Thread: Iraq/Dinar News. 09/05 to 01/14/07

MNF-affirm support for the Iraqi government

(Voice of Iraq) - 30-09-2006 | This issue was sent to a friend
Multi-National Force-Iraq
The media center, and a joint press
Baghdad, Iraq
Http://www.mnf-iraq.com
Date : December 29, September 2006
No. press statement : A060929a
MNF-I officials reiterate support for Iraqi government
Officials of the multinational forces-Iraq affirm support for the Iraqi government
Baghdad : news articles recently stated the names of their anonymous military officials criticizing Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and his government. These comments attributed to the three others, do not reveal the relationship between the Iraqi government and multinational forces-Iraq.

We fully support the courage and efforts of the Prime Minister and the Iraqi government.

The government of Prime Minister is the first democratically elected Iraqi government by the majority of the electorate has Pettormeer in a very short time. As General George Phen, the general commander of the Multinational Forces-Iraq in an interview a week ago, "what I have seen here in four months when he became Prime Minister [that] this is a very qualified and well in the Bomanl Drov difficult." He added that "Commander brave fluently and determination played many of the difficult things [Baghdad security, reconciliation, militia and federal] faced many difficult challenges, and I really hope that they are qualified for the task. "

Chorahm controlled the Iraqis and their future and soon would become a model of democracy and freedom in the Middle East. God bless all Iraqis.

Sotaliraq.com

Originally Posted by opps50

Post from IIF

if you check out this article, looks like the curfew has nothing to do with the reval

http://today.reuters.com/news/articl...News-newsOne-6

it says that baghdad was closed down because of a foiled suicide threat to the green zone.

fyi link doesnt work

Tell me that this is not our American Contractor here on this Forum.

Originally Posted by Archangel

By: American Contractor (email)
Published: 09/30/2006

so what time if this happens should we be looking for ?with so many dates and times im all screwed up. is it like last weekend around 5pm eastern time for the forex?

It is now 22:30 in bagdah i assume

No reval has been announced so the predictions of october 1st went wrong

Let´s see if the predictions of tomorrow will come true

Go dinar go

Originally Posted by neno

Tell me that this is not our American Contractor here on this Forum.

I think it is.

Santa Barbara News-Press

U.S. military says captured al-Qaida suspect was in 'final stages' of planning attack on Green Zone
PATRICK QUINN, Associated Press Writer
September 30, 2006 12:07 PM
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The U.S. military said a captured al-Qaida suspect and members of his cell were ''in the final stages'' of planning an attack on the Green Zone. An unprecedented curfew prompted by the arrest left millions of Baghdadis stranded at home on Saturday without supplies during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
The U.S. military said the suspected al-Qaida in Iraq member was arrested late Friday at the home of senior Sunni Arab political leader Adnan al-Dulaimi, where he was working as a personal bodyguard.
Al-Dulaimi is a member of the Iraqi Accordance Front - the largest Sunni coalition in the 275-member parliament, where it holds 44 seats - and the military was quick to distance the politician from the raid, stressing that he was ''not the target.''
''This operation in no way implies Dr. al-Dulaimi was associated with any illegal activity,'' the military said, adding that the suspect was captured in a security trailer at al-Dulaimi's home.
After the arrest, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki was advised by the U.S. military to shut down the capital and order its 7 million residents to stay at home.
''They have information terrorists entered Baghdad,'' Interior Ministry spokesman Brig. Abdul-Kaim Khalaf told The Associated Press. ''The prime minister agreed to give our security forces the freedom of movement to raid certain places.''
The curfew was rare both in its scope and severity, catching many residents of Baghdad by surprise. Many people are fasting during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, eating and drinking only after sunset, and they were caught without supplies and fresh bread - a Baghdad staple. Most residents did not have a chance to shop on Friday because of a regular, weekly vehicle curfew to prevent attacks against mosques during prayers.

The U.S. military said the suspected terrorist, identified as Khudhir Farhan, and seven members of his al-Qaida cell ''were in the final stages of launching a series'' of car bomb attacks ''possibly involving suicide vests.''

''The detained individual is suspected of involvement in the planning of a multi-vehicle suicide operation inside Baghdad's International Zone,'' the military said, referring to the heavily fortified Green Zone.

Khalaf said the ''intelligence information we received was that there are car bombs and that terrorist Takfiris wearing belts with explosives have entered Baghdad to target civilians.'' Takfiri is a reference to Sunni Arab extremists.

The Green Zone, also known as the International Zone, is located in downtown Baghdad and is surrounded by layers of concrete blast walls and guarded by Coalition forces and the Iraqi army. The Iraqi government lives and works there, the parliament is housed there and it is also home to the U.S. embassy.

As a bodyguard for al-Dulaimi, Farhan could have had access to the parliament, often attended by the prime minister and his staff, and possibly to offices used by Cabinet members. It is doubtful he could ever have reached the heavily guarded U.S. embassy compound inside the Green Zone.

Immediately after his arrest Friday afternoon, al-Dulaimi denied the bodyguard had any terrorist links, but when contacted by the AP on Saturday he acknowledged he could have been mistaken.

''That individual joined my residence as a guard no more than a month ago, therefore I haven't got complete data about his background,'' al-Dulaimi said. ''Anyhow, they are only suspicions about his involvement, which have not been proved.''

The U.S. command said al-Dulaimi ''did meet the force and offered his home to be searched, which was declined as the operation had no association with him. They only searched the security trailer and the suspect's vehicle.''

There have been fears that insurgents would try to stage a spectacular attack during Ramadan following a series of calls from al-Qaida in Iraq's new leader.

Abu Hamza al-Muhajer, also known as Abu Ayyub al-Masri, has ordered intensified attacks against Americans and the country's Shiite majority, which dominates the government and parliament.

Al-Muhajer - who is believed to have succeeded slain al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi - began issuing the calls - including orders to kidnap Westerners - on Sept. 7.

Following his calls, attacks intensified against both Shiites and the Coalition, and a senior U.S. military official said the first week of Ramadan was the worst for suicide bombings since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.

Although Baghdad was quiet Saturday, police said violence persisted in other areas of the country.

AP-WS-09-30-06 1506EDT

Originally Posted by opps50

YW

here it is again

http://today.reuters.com/news/articl...News-newsOne-6

But it states in here once again that " there was no official explanation of the curfew"

people remember if they were lugging in money they wouldn't tell anyone, imagine what would happen if they did.

Yea, you are right

Hope it was because of the reval