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

Originally Posted by DayDream

Well I know that they DO NOT update on Fridays at all. We should see an update around 11:00 am as this is when they usually update on Saturdays. They ALWAYS update on a Saturday and have only missed doing so 7 times this year 3 of which (I believe?) were on their holidays. So keep ALL eyes peeled in the morning!!

Cheers!
DayDream

Read this post, Susie said it doesn't have to be in the Gazette.
http://www.rolclub.com/iraqi-dinar-d...tml#post143246

Italy pulls last troops out of Iraq
Fri 1 Dec 2006 11:21 AM ET
By Antonella Cinelli

NASSIRIYA, Iraq, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Italy pulled its last remaining troops out of Iraq on Friday, lowering the tricolour flag at its base in the south of a country where 32 of its soldiers have died since the contingent arrived in June 2003.

Defence Minister Arturo Parisi read out the names of each of the Italian fallen, including secret serviceman Nicola Calipari who was shot dead by U.S. soldiers in March 2005 as he escorted a freed hostage to Baghdad airport.

"Your sacrifice has not been in vain," Parisi said of the military dead. "We will always remember you."

Under former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, a close ally of U.S. President George W. Bush, Italy deployed the fourth largest contingent in the "coalition of the willing" in Iraq, around 3,000 soldiers, based in the south of the country.

But the mission was widely unpopular in Italy and opposition leader Romano Prodi said if elected he would pull the troops out by the end of the year. Prodi won a close-run election in April.

Italy, which had only 44 soldiers remaining in Nassiriya on Friday, hands control of the area to Australian troops.

"We have rendered Dhi Qar province more stable and secure," General Carmine De Pascale said. "The authorities are holding and socio-economic conditions have improved visibly."

In November 2003, 17 Italian military and two Italian civilians were killed by a suicide attack using a fuel tanker at their base, an incident that turned public opinion in Italy even more against the country's involvement in the war.

Oh, and sorry if this has been posted before

I have a question to those of you that have traded in foreign stocks. First let's say that Monday comes along and there's no RV yet. (I hope that doesn't happen) Where can we get information on the companies that are selling stocks? I would prefer to get a little history on a company before blindly buying stocks in a company.

Originally Posted by danny51

I love that game, we used to play strip twister when I was in college!!

That's more information than we need to know. LOL

Originally Posted by hightide3016

I have a question to those of you that have traded in foreign stocks. First let's say that Monday comes along and there's no RV yet. (I hope that doesn't happen) Where can we get information on the companies that are selling stocks? I would prefer to get a little history on a company before blindly buying stocks in a company.

Also can we use our dinar to purchase shares or does it have to be bought with USD?

Originally Posted by Mike5200

No, I do not believe we need the HCL for an initial RV, but I gather from Wm Knowles post today, that because the FIL was ratified and published that we must have an RV before the ISX opens on Monday. Is this a correct assumption or no?

Yes, I agree with what you're thinking, Mike. However, didn't someone awhile back, state that the ISX is closed until after the new year? ...and... when is the 'new year', after Dec. 15th, or after Jan. 1st?

Thanks so much, to whoever can confirm/clarify this...

Originally Posted by Inscrutable

Read this post, Susie said it doesn't have to be in the Gazette.
http://www.rolclub.com/iraqi-dinar-d...tml#post143246

That may be true but seeing it in the gazette would pretty much put this puppy to bed (FIL).

Cheers!
DayDream

Originally Posted by danny51

I love that game, we used to play strip twister when I was in college!!

Whispers quietly, don't tell anyone, but so did I.

I know this hasn"t been posted before!

MiG uncovered in Iraq desert being restored
December 01, 2006 13:59 EST


DAYTON, Ohio (AP) -- A Soviet-designed MiG fighter jet that was buried in the desert by Saddam Hussein when allied forces invaded Iraq is being restored by the Air Force.

The MiG-25 Foxbat fighter jet can be seen in the restoration hangar of the Air Force Museum in Dayton.

The Foxbat was one of several Iraqi fighter jets U-S forces found hidden in sand piles after the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Intelligence specialists from the National Air and Space Intelligence Center dug it out and brought it back to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base for analysis.

Center spokesman Robert Young says it was a Foxbat that shot down a Navy F-18 during Operation Desert Storm, and another downed a Predator surveillance plane in 2002.

Originally Posted by danny51

I love that game, we used to play strip twister when I was in college!!

Oh danny, danny, danny! Are you going to be that guy at our R/V party that's dancing around with nothing but a lamp shade on your head?