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

don't bother calling the banks, even higher up people in currency departments at major U.S. banks ( chase ) will tell you they don't offer dinar in any way, I even had one person tell me they stopped dealing with dinars 4 weeks ago, and the next day I go to another chase bank and place another order, just go in and order, and pick up next day..

Kurdistan: Erbil Residency Office toughens restrictions
Posted on Tuesday, October 24 @ 03:41:07 PDT
Topic: Kurdistan
11,988 people who came to Erbil from east, west, and north of Iraq, 8,135 of
them came for trading and some of them for further education.

Colonel Yadgar Anwar Faraj, Head of the Residency Office in Erbil, said, "In the
last 10 months, 11,988 Kurdish people from eastern, western, and northern Iraq,
and 2,441 families from central and southern Iraq, came to Erbil to settle
down."

However he added that "if we doubt any of these people, they will not be given
approval for accommodation."

According to figures provided by the Office, since January 1st, of the 11,988
people who came to Erbil from east, west, and north of Iraq, 8,135 of them came
for trading and some of them for further education."

He also talked about the families who are from the middle and south of Iraq,
saying, "In the last 10 months, nearly 1,068 Kurdish families from Kirkuk and
Mosul, 433 Christian families, and 940 Arab families from the middle and south
of Iraq have come to Erbil due to the instability. They have all been given
consent to live in Kurdistan due to their circumstances."

The Kurdish Globe

Originally Posted by Mike5200

The website this is taken from is like the National Enquirer of the Internet, wouldn"t put much stock in it- just another contrary point of view:



October 25, 2006

US Military Forces Prepare To Overthrow Iraqi Government In Coup Attempt

By: Sorcha Faal, and as reported to her Western Subscribers

Russian Military Analysts are reporting today that 2 Battalions of American Special Forces Troops have been dispatched to Iraq for the purpose of overthrowing the current Iraqi Government in a Coup attempt against the very government that the United States itself installed, and as has been confirmed by Western media sources, and as we can read as reported by the UPI News Service in their article titled "Coup against Maliki reported in the making", and which says:

"Iraqi army officers are reportedly planning to stage a military coup with U.S. help to oust the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

Cairo-based Iraqi and Arab sources said Monday several officers visited Washington recently for talks with U.S. officials on plans for replacing Maliki's administration by a "national salvation" government with the mission to re-establish security and stability in Iraq.

One Iraqi source told United Press International that the Iraqi army officers' visit to the United States was aimed at coordinating the military coup in case the efforts of Maliki's government to restore order reached a dead end.

He said among the prominent officers were the deputy chief of staff, a Muslim Shiite, the intelligence chief, a Sunni, and the commander of the air force, a Kurd. It is believed the three would constitute the nucleus of the next government after the army takes over power.

The proposed plan, according to the source, stipulates that the new Iraqi army, with the assistance of U.S. forces, will take control of power, suspend the constitution, dissolve parliament and form a new government. The military will also take direct control of the various provinces and the administration after imposing a state of emergency."

According to these reports, United States Military Leaders have become alarmed over the Iraqi Governments numerous agreements signed with Iran that would eliminate any chance of the Iraqi Nation being divided up into Sunni, Shiite and Kurdish protectorates, with the emphasis being upon the United States desire to create a separate Nation for the Kurdish peoples they intend on naming Kurdistan.

Both Turkey, Iran and Syria have voiced strong International protests to the creation of a Kurdish state, with Turkey and Iran both vowing to prevent such a state from forming, even by military means and outright invasion of the Kurdish areas of Iraq.

To the United States, however, the full implementation of their ‘Grand Game’ plan for the Middle East cannot go forward without a separate Kurdish nation, and if lost to them would cut this Western Power off from controlling the vast oil and gas resources of the Caspian Sea Region.

In preparation for the expected United States coup against the Iraqi government, Iran’s Supreme Leader issued a warning to his people, and the Arab world, and as we can read as reported by the Middle East Online News Service in their article titled "Khamenei tells Arabs: Stay united in face of US plots", and which says:

"Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei on Tuesday urged Iraq, Lebanon and the Palestinians to remain united in the face of what he said were US plots to destabilise the region.

"Everybody should be alert in the region. All the Arab nations in the region - Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine and other Muslim nations should be alert," he told thousands of worshippers gathered in Tehran for Eid al-Fitr prayers.

"They should be careful not to make any move that allows a new betrayal from the plans of the Zionists and the United States to be realised."

The greatest present danger to the Americans in these actions lies in the expected Turkish and Iranian Military invasion of the Iraqi Kurdish areas, and which many of what are called the Neo-Con Faction in the United States are advocating their President to protect at all costs, and as we can read as reported by the Washington Post News Service in their article written by Richard Holbrooke, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, and which says:

"Whatever else you do, Mr. President, you should send American troops to northern Iraq (Kurdistan), which is still safe but increasingly tense, to reduce the very real risk of a Turkish-Kurdish war. Both the Turks and the Kurds would welcome this U.S. presence, but it would have to be accompanied by a cessation of Kurdish terrorist raids into Turkey. This would allow Special Forces troops to move rapidly into other parts of Iraq if a terrorist target appeared, and it would show the world that you were not withdrawing from America's commitment to Iraq."

Kremlin sources, though, dispute the reasoning behind Ambassador Holbrooke’s statement that Turkey ‘would welcome’ an American effort to halt Kurdish rebel attacks upon their Nation by pointing out that both Turkey and Iran’s stated goal is to prevent the establishment of any Kurdish Nation whatsoever.

As both Turkey and Iran continue massing troops on the Iraqi border for an expected invasion of the Kurdish areas, and as the Americans continue their unprecedented buildup of Naval Forces in the Middle East, these reports correctly surmise, in our opinion, that at no time since the darkest days of the 1930’s has our World been closer to Total War.

© October 25, 2006 EU and US all rights reserved.

Are you out of your mind? The USA is the super power no won will tempt the Faith of the world

I am sure you meant the Troll Reporter being out of his mind. Edit-neno

Iraq: Iraq to control half of provinces by year end: deputy PM
Posted on Tuesday, October 24 @ 03:47:41 PDT
Topic: Iraq
PNA-Nearly half of Iraq's 18 provinces will be under Iraqi control by the end of
the year, Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh said, despite growing concerns
about increased violence.

Speaking after talks with British Prime Minister Tony Blair in London, Saleh
acknowledged that the worsening security situation in Iraq was cause for concern
but said his government needed to show it could impose order.

"At the end of the day, this is about the Iraqi leadership, this is about Iraqis
assuming responsibility for their country," Saleh told reporters.

"We need the enduring support of the international community and the coalition
but, ultimately, Iraqis have to be in the lead.

"I believe, come next year, you will be seeing Iraqi forces in the lead in many
of the Iraqi provinces.

"By the end of the year, nearly seven or eight provinces of Iraq out of 18
provinces will be under direct Iraqi security control."

For his part, Blair said Britain intends to "hold its nerve" in Iraq, the BBC
reported, amid increased pressure in London and Washington over their continued
presence there.

The temperature rose further when Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett, asked in a
BBC radio interview if historians would judge Iraq to have been a "foreign
policy disaster" for Britain, said: "Yes, they may. Then again, they may not."

Downing Street sought to play down her remarks and Beckett also said that troops
would only be withdrawn from a democratic Iraq which could "cope" and was "back
on its feet".

Opposition parties have called for lawmakers from Britain's lower House of
Commons to be given a vote on whether to withdraw the country's 7,000-strong
contingent.

But Blair's "continuing commitment to the cause of democracy, freedom and
stability in Iraq" was a sign that Britain would not "cut and run" from the
country, Saleh said.

With 86 deaths in the last three weeks, October remains on course to be the
worst month for the US military since 2004, while the end of a bloody Muslim
holy month of Ramadan saw fresh carnage on Monday.

In London, Saleh said he hoped the use of Iraqi troops, with British soldiers on
stand-by, would become an increasing pattern.

Neither Blair's office nor Saleh commented on British newspaper reports Monday
that the British prime minister would pressure him to show that Iraqi security
forces would be ready to take over in the south by next year.

Blair's official spokesman said it was up to the Iraqi government to judge when
it was ready to take on that responsibility, describing the situation as "a
process, not an event".

"We are not working to an arbitrary deadline. We are working to the point where
the Iraqis are capable of providing for their own security. We are still in the
process of Iraqisation," he added.

Saleh's meeting with Blair comes after US President George W. Bush met top
advisors and generals at the weekend amid reports that he was ramping up
pressure on Baghdad to control sectarian violence.

There were also suggestions that Washington could adjust its strategy if there
was no improvement.

Saleh told British media in a round of interviews he understood the coalition's
frustration at the slow pace of progress and the recent violence, but called for
patience.

A secure Iraq -- free from the "mortal, brutal threat of terrorism" that
affected the whole Middle East -- was in the interest of the wider region, he
told Sky News television later.

"The country is on the brink. I'm not saying it is not. The challenges are
grave... We cannot afford to lose. We must win this battle and we will win it.

"But the rest of the world, the UK and the United States must understand that
the stakes are high in Iraq.

"There is no option of cutting and running."

He told the BBC in the evening that he was open to talking with Iran and Syria,
and Iraq's other neighbours, to bring increased stability, "but on one
fundamental premise, that they don't interfere in the domestic affairs of Iraq."

Source: AFP

Published: 10/25/2006 12:00 AM (UAE)

Iraq minister hopes for project bidding soon
Reuters

Gulfnews: Iraq minister hopes for project bidding soon

Tokyo: Iraq, which now loses more than 10 per cent of its oil output due to sabotage, hopes to announce a first round of bidding for oil projects soon after an oil and gas law is passed by the end of this year, Iraqi Oil Minister Hussain Al Shahristani said yesterday.

Al Shahristani, who is visiting Japan for loan talks with government officials, said a number of international oil companies have already shown interest in oil projects in Iraq.

"A hydrocarbons law is expected to be passed by the Iraqi parliament by the end of the year," Al Shahristani told reporters. "Iraqi parliament will announce which projects will be open [to foreign oil companies[." He did not name the companies.

Al Shahristani arrived in Tokyo at the weekend after a visit to China, where energy demand has been growing at robust pace.

Late in September, China National Petroleum Co. (CNPC) said it was ready to return to Iraq to develop an oilfield, reviving a deal signed in the Saddam Hussain period, if it was officially invited to do so.

Iraq's oil ministry had said before the CNPC's comment that Al Shahristani was to visit China shortly and would discuss with Chinese companies the fulfilling of contracts signed with the former government. The minister did not give any details of his visit to China. CNPC, with state arms manufacturer Norinco was awarded the contract to develop the 90,000 barrels per day Ahdab field in south central Iraq by Saddam.

The project was effectively frozen by international sanctions and then by the toppling of his government by the US-led invasion in 2003.

The field was estimated to cost $700 million to develop.

Iraq targets raising its crude oil output to 3.5 million barrels per day from an estimated three million bpd this year and four million bpd by 2010, then to six million bpd in 2012-2013 by developing new oilfields jointly with international oil companies, Al Shahristani said.

The minister also said he had been talking with the Iraqi Defence Ministry about improving security at the country's oil pipe-lines to protect them from sabotage attacks.

Iraq would be able to restore as much as 400,000 barrels per day of oil production by tightening pipe-line security.

"That's what we are losing now," he said.

Al Shahristani was visiting Tokyo to negotiate a possible yen loan amounting to $3.5 billion to support Iraqi projects which the Japanese government said it was considering.

The Japanese trade ministry agreed on Monday to lend Iraq up to 2.08 billion yen ($17.4 million) which will be used to upgrade work at a refinery in Basra in the south of the country.

Kurdistan: Local organizations initiate statistics project
Posted on Tuesday, October 24 @ 03:44:34 PDT
Topic: Kurdistan
The Directorate of Sulaimaniya Statistics, in coordination with Iraqi Statistics
Foundation and Kurdistan Region Statistics, began an essential and expanded
statistics project based on a "random sample system," local media reported last
week.

The statistics project covers economy, community, and social welfare. Mahmoud
Osman, Director of Sulaimaniya Statistics, told the Kurdish Sulaimaniya-based
Nawa radio, "The aim of this project is to know the number of poor people in
Iraq and to improve the economy and social fields."

"The project starts on November 1st and lasts for one year. The International
Bank will assist with the technical parts of the project," said Osman.

"Each family will receive a form to record daily income, expenses, and other
information for one year," said Osman. Three teams have been formed in
Sulaimaniya Governorate, and will visit each family six times monthly. The
statistics will be announced once every three months.

Source: The Kurdish Globe

.00062690 chase rate,

I believe this is the buy rate from us, not the sell rate to us which is .0007676, unless they want to sell to us for less than the CBI does.. :)

do we have an EXACT date on when the FIL will be ACTIVE and be OPEN for business SO TO SPEAK?

Originally Posted by mike brown

do we have an EXACT date on when the FIL will be ACTIVE and be OPEN for business SO TO SPEAK?

How could we. But is speculated by November the 10th for the fact of it being signed on the 10th of October, and they them selves saying it will be implemented with in 30 days. Please read our "History Thread" and always read back in the "Latest News". This will Generally answer these types of questions. Or go to the other threads and Harmer it out load. I am sure you will get responces. Thanks-neno

Originally Posted by mike brown

do we have an EXACT date on when the FIL will be ACTIVE and be OPEN for business SO TO SPEAK?

there have been no articles indicating that they have enacted it yet no, and they arent going to say when if its in the future. speculation would skyrocket.