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Anything over a dime and I'm leaving the combat zone immediately never to return. To say the $Dinar hitting would be more than a blessing for me is an understatement.
2013 - year of the Iraq Dinar - imo
Iraq Alive and Well
by Peter Nealen · May 5, 2013 · Posted In: Black Ops & Intel
On April 15, the same day as the Boston bombings, six IEDs were detonated in Baghdad, killing 21 people and wounding 65 others. Further attacks in Salahuddin, Ninawa; Diyala, Kirkuk; Al Anbar, Dhi Kar; and Babil provinces killed 9 more and wounded over 140. Iraqi officials maintained that the bombs utilized poisoned shrapnel, and expected the death toll to rise.
Read more: http://sofrep.com/19955/aq-iraq-alive-and-well/#ixzz2SQ7TySVz
http://www.stripes.com/news/middle-east/iraqis-vote-in-first-election-since-us-withdrawal-1.217421
Iraqis vote in first election since US withdrawal
BAGHDAD - Iraqis cast ballots in regional elections Saturday amid tight security, marking the country's first vote since the U.S. military withdrawal and a key test of its stability.
The results will not directly affect the shape of Iraq's national government. But the vote will be an important barometer of support for Iraq's various political blocs heading into 2014 parliamentary elections, and the outcome could exacerbate sectarian tensions.
Saturday's vote will also test the Iraqi army and police, who face a reviving al-Qaida insurgency and are for the first time since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion securing an election on their own.
As in past elections, officials have ratcheted up security precautions to thwart attempts by insurgents to disrupt the vote.
Security cordons are set up around polling places, and only authorized vehicles are being allowed on the streets in major cities. Voters dipped an index finger in ink after casting ballots to ensure each person voted only once.
There were no immediate reports of violence in the hours after voting got underway at 7 a.m. local time.
But militants have stepped up attacks in recent days. A wave of car bombings and other attacks Monday killed at least 55 and wounded more than 200. Attacks have continued throughout the week, including a suicide bombing at a packed cafe late Thursday that left 32 dead.
Iraqi state television showed government officials, including Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, casting their ballots at the Rasheed Hotel in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone.
"Today's message ... is to tell the enemies of the political process that we will not retreat," al-Maliki said after voting. "We will continue building the state of Iraq on the basis of democracy and free elections."
Voting is taking place at more than 5,300 polling centers for members of provincial councils who will serve in 12 of Iraq's 18 governorates. Thousands of candidates from 50 electoral blocs are running for 378 positions.
Iraqis last elected members of provincial councils in January 2009.
The last time Iraqis voted, in national elections in 2010, al-Maliki's Shiite-dominated State of Law coalition faced a strong challenge from the Iraqiya bloc, which sought support from Sunnis as well as secular-minded Shiites.
Majority Shiites have headed the succession of Iraqi administrations that followed the ouster of Saddam Hussein and his Sunni-led regime in 2003.
Iraqiya is running in this election too, but it is now fragmented. Prominent figures such as Parliament Speaker Osama al-Nujaifi and Deputy Prime Minister Saleh al-Mutlaq - who previously banded with Iraqiya - are fielding their own slates of candidates rather than running under the Iraqiya banner.
In Baghdad and the Shiite-dominated south, State of Law also will face a challenge from Shiite rivals the Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council and anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's Sadrist Trend. A strong showing by them could undermine support for al-Maliki's bloc heading into next year's national elections.
Karim Hani, who voted in Baghdad's Sadr City district, said he didn't plan to vote at first because he was disappointed by the performance of provincial officials. Sectarian concerns changed that.
"I changed my mind because our religious leaders asked us to vote, and mostly because of the threats Shiites receive - mainly from the demonstrators," he said, referring to anti-government protests in Sunni-dominated provinces that have raged since December.
Governorate councils choose provincial governors and have the right under Iraq's constitution to call for a referendum to organize themselves into a federal region - a move that could give them considerable autonomy from the central government in Baghdad. They also have some say over regional security matters and the ability to negotiate local business deals and allocate government funds.
But provincial councils frequently complain that they are hamstrung by restrictions issued by the central government over the extent of their authority.
At least 14 candidates have been killed in recent weeks, and schools meant to be used as polling places have been bombed.
Analysts Ahmed Ali and Stephen Wicken at the Institute for the Study of War, a Washington think tank, recently wrote that while local or political rivalries may be to blame for some of the assassinations, many bear the hallmarks of al-Qaida's Iraq arm.
Officials have delayed voting in two largely Sunni provinces, Anbar and Ninevah, where large anti-government protests have been held, citing security concerns. Iraq's largely autonomous northern Kurdish region will hold local elections in September. Voters are also not balloting in the ethnically disputed and oil-rich province of Kirkuk, which has not had a chance to elect local officials since 2005 because residents cannot agree on a power-sharing formula there.
Members of Iraq's police and military cast their ballots last week so that they could focus on securing the country. Electoral officials reported a turnout of 72 percent in that early voting.
There are 13.8 million voters eligible to participate in the provinces where elections are being held Saturday.
Results are not expected for several days.
HAPPY B-DAY TOUCAN!
$DINAR 2013 ;)
Friends of mine from fb said they felt it in Qatar, UAE, and Kuwait as well. Had to be big for everyone to feel it.
Toucan,
I felt that here in Afghan except it was mild, but lasted about 45 seconds...
Somebody please tell this moron to just leave his blue passport with homeland security on the way out and book a 1-way ticket to Pyongyang...
"I’m going back August 1," he told the website. "We have no plans really, as far as what we’re going to do over there, but we’ll just hang and have some fun!"
Weeks after the controversial visit, Rodman, 51, described Kim as a friend.
"I don't condone what he does, but he's my friend," Rodman said in a March interview with North Dakota's KXJB. Rodman continued to say he will be "vacationing" with Kim in August.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/04/15/dennis-rodman-reiterates-plans-to-have-fun-with-with-kim-jong-un-during-august/#ixzz2Qc5RkAcZ
“The prosecutor in that case [Kalafut] has a picture of President Obama behind him in his office, and he sits there and tells me, ‘I will make sure that gun does not fall into anyone else’s hands. I will have that gun destroyed,’” Glass said.
This prosecutor is an oxygen thief and to top it off this is happening in Texas of all places. All I can say is America get prepared...
Board Marked - Thanks Longhorn 2006 ;)
Former Marine, but still supporting the corps boots on the ground as a civillian contractor. As for the Philippines - my wife is originally from there so I had a way in ;)
gltu
Appreciate that.
gltu
Like I told my last job interview via skype - I'll return (temporary visit) to the US for 3 reasons. 1 - check on my 92 year old elderly father, 2 - to attend a short school for a contracting job, or 3 - to collect money.
As for my children they are more than welcome to return to the US when they are 18 years of age for college or to join the US Military...
It's pretty simple to understand what's happening the system is tailoring that generation so by the time they are our age anything the Gov does to them is acceptable. Another term would be brainwashing. Hate to say it, but seeing shit like this makes me glad I pulled my kids out of America and put them in a private school in the Philippines.
http://news.yahoo.com/dad-furious-finding-crayon-written-paper-florida-4th-124614291.html
Dad Furious After Finding This Crayon-Written Paper in Florida 4th-Grader’s Backpack: ‘I Am Willing to Give Up Some of My Constitutional Rights…to Be Safer’
The words are written in crayon, in the haphazard bumpiness of a child's scrawl.
"I am willing to give up some of my constitutional rights in order to be safer or more secure."
They're the words that Florida father Aaron Harvey was stunned to find his fourth-grade son had written, after a lesson in school about the Constitution.
Florida 4th Grader Brings Home Paper That Says, I Am Willing to Give Up Some of My Constitutional Rights in Order to Be Safer...paper
Aaron Harvey's son wrote as part of a school lesson, "I am willing to give up some of my constitutional rights in order to be safer or more secure." TheBlaze has redacted the child's name.
Harvey's son attends Cedar Hills Elementary in Jacksonville, Fla. Back in January, a local attorney came in to teach the students about the Bill of Rights. But after the attorney left, fourth-grade teacher Cheryl Sabb dictated the sentence to part of the class and had them copy it down, he said.
The paper sat unnoticed in Harvey's son's backpack for several months until last week, when his son's mother almost threw it away. The words caught her eye in the trash, and she showed it to Harvey, who said he was at a loss for words. He asked his son, who said Sabb had spoken the sentence out loud and told them to write it down. Harvey said he asked some of his son's classmates and got a similar answer.
"Everybody has their opinions," Harvey told TheBlaze. "I am strongly for proper education, for the freedom of thought so you can form your own opinion and have your own free speech in the future... [but] the education is, 'when was the Constitution drafted, when was it ratified, why did this happen, why did we choose to do this...all these things, why did they particular choose those specific rights to be in our Bill of Rights.'"
Kandra Albury, a spokeswoman for Duvall County Public Schools, which includes Cedar Hills, told TheBlaze she didn't know what prompted Sabb to have students write the sentence.
She said the principal had fielded one parent's concern about the lesson in January, but it wasn't Harvey. She said Thursday the district and principal were "checking into" what had happened.
Harvey, rather than asking the school for answers when he found the paper, wrote his concerns in an email, which was then forwarded to TheBlaze. He said he did it that way because he wasn't sure he would have gotten a straightforward answer if he asked the school directly.
He said he just wants to see a "proper, unbiased education" system and doesn't want any kind of religion or politics brought into the classroom.
"I believe in our Constitution. I am a veteran, I served for six-and-a-half years proudly and I served to protect our rights," he said. "Now whenever I have someone coming in and trying to pollute my child's mind with biased opinions...there's no education in that."
Editor's note: TheBlaze has withheld the name of the child ad the father's request.
Very NICE call Carnac ;)
$LIGA
Now that's a LOT of OIL!
Nihad Mossa, director general of the Ministry of Oil’s State Company for Oil Projects (SCOP), told The Jordan Times on Monday that Jordan and Iraq have signed an $18-billion agreement to build a double pipeline that will supply Jordan with crude oil and natural gas.
That video is a pretty accurate description of my internet service provider here in Afghan - many of us are paying $179 a month for their platinum best they got package. Yeah $179 a month and it comes and goes - two words - CAPTIVE AUDIENCE
I'm with ya Rocket Man!
2013 is the year of the Iraq $Dinar ;)
imo
Maliki may just be humoring America. Make any difference getting out of chapter 7 and finally sorting out the years of discontent between Iraq and Kuwait is HUGE! This is the first year since I invested in the dinar that I've actually seen Iraq make an effort to get anything done.
2013 is the year of the Iraq Dinar
imo $DINAR
That's good advice $UPERMAN. Besides I've held my Iraq dinar since 2006 and luckily I have a descent job here in Afghan so no reason to sell now ;)
All or nothing - $DINAR
This is exactly what we get for being a pussy nation. From the get go we should of told Maliki "Look Dick we put you in power and if you want to survive/prosper while in power then you will play by our rules". Pretty freaking simple, but no we merely make suggestions and as a so called super power to me that is pathetic.
http://www.stripes.com/news/us/kerry-warns-maliki-but-iraq-won-t-stop-iran-overflights-1.213205
Kerry warns Maliki but Iraq won’t stop Iran ‘overflights’
BAGHDAD — U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry pressed Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki on Sunday to stop Iran from flying arms across Iraqi territory to the beleaguered Syrian regime, but found him unwilling to give ground.
In a visit to Baghdad that was not announced in advance, Kerry told Maliki that the almost daily flights have become a lifeline for Syrian President Bashar Assad that is undermining the efforts of the United States and allies to negotiate the departure of Assad and an end to the 2-year-old Syrian civil war. And Kerry warned that many in the United States are wondering how, after Americans “have tried so hard to be helpful” in rebuilding post-Saddam Hussein Iraq, the country could stand in its way.
“The overflights from Iran are, in fact, helping to sustain Assad,” Kerry said after the meeting, which he described as “spirited.”
But Maliki repeated Iraq’s view that there is no proof that the cargo is arms, rather than humanitarian aid as the Iranians contend. Kerry was left to say that he will gather more information to prove his point.
The overflights have become an increasingly important issue for the Obama administration, which believes they have reinforced Assad’s desire to stand and fight even as his military fortunes crumble.
Vice President Joe Biden, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and other U.S. officials have unsuccessfully pressed Iraq to halt the flights, or at least begin ground inspections of the Iranian cargo.
“The number of flights shows that they can’t possibly be humanitarian flights,” said a senior administration official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, citing diplomatic sensitivity.
The Shiite-dominated Iraqi government, which worries that it could be targeted next if Sunni rebel fighters sweep Assad from power, has conducted only two inspections since last year in response to U.S. pressure. Both of them revealed only humanitarian aid, it says.
Some in Congress are outraged. At a House hearing last week, lawmakers told the U.S. ambassador to Syria, Robert Ford, that the United States should slap Iraq with unspecified “consequences” for acting as an arms conduit for the Iranians.
U.S. officials say they have no plans to penalize the Iraqis. Instead, they are offering them the incentive of a “seat at the table” in future international negotiations over the fate of Syria if Iraq cooperates in halting the arms traffic. U.S. officials say this will give Iraq far more influence over the future of its neighbor to the west.
They warn that the war is already spilling across the border in ways that threaten Iraq. The senior official said al-Qaida militants recently attacked a column of Syrian soldiers who had drifted across the border into Iraq. And there are reports of collaboration between al-Qaeda and al-Nusra Front, a militant Islamist opposition group in Syria.
“That kind of thing easily gets out of hand and can threaten ... Maliki and the Shiites in Iraq,” the official said.
The Obama administration has a list of worries about the direction of the Iraqi government but lacks the leverage it had when thousands of troops and billions of dollars in U.S aid flowed into the country.
Though Kerry praised the progress the country has made toward stability and prosperity, he also warned Iraqi leaders that they must overcome the differences that still divide its Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds.
He pushed Maliki to reconsider a decision to delay upcoming April elections in the two Sunni-dominated provinces of Anbar and Nineveh. Maliki said Sunni demonstrations made it unsafe for election workers.
But in U.S. officials’ view, the delay would only further alienate Iraq’s Sunnis, who already feel they have too little control over the government, which they dominated in the days of Hussein. The delay of the election “is a serious blow to enfranchisement,” said the senior administration official.
Kerry said after the meeting with Maliki that the Iraqi Cabinet would reconsider the decision.
Kerry also met with parliamentary Speaker Usama Nujaifi and spoke by telephone with Massoud Barzani, president of the semiautonomous Kurdistan regional government.
“No one thinks America has influence now in Iraq,” Deputy Prime Minister Saleh al-Mutlak, the most senior Sunni in the coalition government, said in an interview. “America could still do a lot if they wanted to. But I think because Obama chose a line that he is taking care of interior matters rather than taking care of outside problems, that made America weak — at least in Iraq.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/a-decade-after-iraq-invasion-americas-voice-in-baghdad-has-gone-from-a-boom-to-a-whimper/2013/03/23/2f334826-9303-11e2-a31e-14700e2724e4_story.html?hpid=z1
This is exactly what we get for being a pussy nation. From the get go we should of told Maliki "Look Dick we put you in power and if you want to survive/prosper while in power then you will play by our rules". Pretty freaking simple, but no we merely make suggestions and as a so called super power to me that is pathetic.
http://www.stripes.com/news/us/kerry-warns-maliki-but-iraq-won-t-stop-iran-overflights-1.213205
Kerry warns Maliki but Iraq won’t stop Iran ‘overflights’
BAGHDAD — U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry pressed Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki on Sunday to stop Iran from flying arms across Iraqi territory to the beleaguered Syrian regime, but found him unwilling to give ground.
In a visit to Baghdad that was not announced in advance, Kerry told Maliki that the almost daily flights have become a lifeline for Syrian President Bashar Assad that is undermining the efforts of the United States and allies to negotiate the departure of Assad and an end to the 2-year-old Syrian civil war. And Kerry warned that many in the United States are wondering how, after Americans “have tried so hard to be helpful” in rebuilding post-Saddam Hussein Iraq, the country could stand in its way.
“The overflights from Iran are, in fact, helping to sustain Assad,” Kerry said after the meeting, which he described as “spirited.”
But Maliki repeated Iraq’s view that there is no proof that the cargo is arms, rather than humanitarian aid as the Iranians contend. Kerry was left to say that he will gather more information to prove his point.
The overflights have become an increasingly important issue for the Obama administration, which believes they have reinforced Assad’s desire to stand and fight even as his military fortunes crumble.
Vice President Joe Biden, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and other U.S. officials have unsuccessfully pressed Iraq to halt the flights, or at least begin ground inspections of the Iranian cargo.
“The number of flights shows that they can’t possibly be humanitarian flights,” said a senior administration official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, citing diplomatic sensitivity.
The Shiite-dominated Iraqi government, which worries that it could be targeted next if Sunni rebel fighters sweep Assad from power, has conducted only two inspections since last year in response to U.S. pressure. Both of them revealed only humanitarian aid, it says.
Some in Congress are outraged. At a House hearing last week, lawmakers told the U.S. ambassador to Syria, Robert Ford, that the United States should slap Iraq with unspecified “consequences” for acting as an arms conduit for the Iranians.
U.S. officials say they have no plans to penalize the Iraqis. Instead, they are offering them the incentive of a “seat at the table” in future international negotiations over the fate of Syria if Iraq cooperates in halting the arms traffic. U.S. officials say this will give Iraq far more influence over the future of its neighbor to the west.
They warn that the war is already spilling across the border in ways that threaten Iraq. The senior official said al-Qaida militants recently attacked a column of Syrian soldiers who had drifted across the border into Iraq. And there are reports of collaboration between al-Qaeda and al-Nusra Front, a militant Islamist opposition group in Syria.
“That kind of thing easily gets out of hand and can threaten ... Maliki and the Shiites in Iraq,” the official said.
The Obama administration has a list of worries about the direction of the Iraqi government but lacks the leverage it had when thousands of troops and billions of dollars in U.S aid flowed into the country.
Though Kerry praised the progress the country has made toward stability and prosperity, he also warned Iraqi leaders that they must overcome the differences that still divide its Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds.
He pushed Maliki to reconsider a decision to delay upcoming April elections in the two Sunni-dominated provinces of Anbar and Nineveh. Maliki said Sunni demonstrations made it unsafe for election workers.
But in U.S. officials’ view, the delay would only further alienate Iraq’s Sunnis, who already feel they have too little control over the government, which they dominated in the days of Hussein. The delay of the election “is a serious blow to enfranchisement,” said the senior administration official.
Kerry said after the meeting with Maliki that the Iraqi Cabinet would reconsider the decision.
Kerry also met with parliamentary Speaker Usama Nujaifi and spoke by telephone with Massoud Barzani, president of the semiautonomous Kurdistan regional government.
Call me crazy, but I think about it every night before I go to bed. 2013 it's this year or never. imo
$DINAR
Sooooo this Hollywood idiot says assault rifle owners "aren't worth protecting"----I'm not worth protecting. Jim Carrey is nothing more than an oxygen thief.
http://twitchy.com/2013/03/24/jim-carreys-cold-dead-hand-hey-heres-a-song-for-heartless-motherfckers-unwilling-to-bend-for-the-safety-of-our-kids/
Great post.
2013 should be our year!
$DINAR
Indeed it is Player One - so much attention for an alleged failed stock ;)
$GTGP
Yes Sir - all is well here in the land of A$$Crackistan :)
Great to see that Jim is hard at work...
$GTGP
"J3 will also handle all marketing for GTGP."
BAM - That just happened! ;)
$GTGP
Yes Sir, between that and the commercial flights being allowed to fly back and forth from Kuwait to Baghdad after 22 years is a big deal for business. Plus Kuwait is dropping all issues and working to get Iraq out of chapter 7. We could very well actually get paid this year as the glass is half full with me.
If it hits I'll cash a hunk in quick as you never know what will happen in that part of the world...
Finally starting to look like this may pay off.
$Dinar
Nice find and this tells me the party is far from over...
$GTGP
Great post!
No surprise here as Chicago was voted one of the worse cities in America and to top it off these are all hot beds for Liberals and social entitlement programs! Anyone else see the correlation?
http://homes.yahoo.com/news/the-10-most-miserable-cities-in-america-013618262.html
http://www.glbtech.com/upload_user/WM13%20Bickford%20-%2013389.pdf
Very Nice.
Hope all is well there Bridge ;)
$GTGP
Holding my shares tight $CYBK
Hoping for a dime here, but $3 dollars would let me control much of the Philippines. haha
gltu and glta,
War
Seems to me right after the new year (every year) optimism runs wild. Only thing I know for sure is Iraq is sitting on a lot and I mean a lot of oil. Get that pumped, transported, sold, improve the infrastructure, and curtail some of the corruption and we gonna get paid. Will it be this year? I'd say 2013 or nothing and I've got a nice chunk of money invested here.
$Dinar
Glad I left this one sometime ago. Talk about painful...
You're correct. We need new investors and imo it's coming!
$DNYS
Thanks man - had those two board marked already. Time has been my biggest issue as the last 3 weeks we have been slammed with work, but now we're all caught up and I'm expecting things to slow down a little before summer hits. Thus giving me more time to focus on the market.
;)
War
Thanks Bridge! May 2013 bring us all lots of $$$