News, Rumors and Opinions Saturday 4-18-2026
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Clare: The Iraqi parliament publishes the agendas for its four sessions next week.
4/17/2026
The Iraqi parliament published on Friday the agendas for its sessions next week, Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, including the first reading of the proposed National Water Council Law.
The agenda for session No. (18) on Sunday, April 1, 2026, included, first: the first reading of the proposed National Service Law. (Security and Defense Committee), (Article 66).
Second: The first reading of the proposed fifth amendment to the Cancer Council Law in Iraq No. (63) of 1985. Health, Drug Control and Psychotropic Substances Committee) (Article 2).
As for the agenda of session No. (19) for Monday, April 20, 2026, it includes, firstly: the first reading of the proposed National Water Council Law. Committee on Agriculture, Resources, Water Resources, Marshes and Environment). (11) Articles.
Second: First reading of the proposed arbitration law. (Legal Committee). (47 articles).
The agenda for session No. (20) on Wednesday, April 22, 2026, included, firstly: the first reading of the proposed law of the Ministry of Communications (Transport, Communications and Governance Committee) 16 articles.
Second: First reading of the proposed law on municipal solid waste management. Committee on Agriculture, Water Resources, Marshes and Environment, Committee on Services and Reconstruction). (19 articles).
Finally, the agenda for session number (21) on Thursday, April 23, 2026, included: First: The first reading of the proposed Juvenile Welfare Law (Committee on Labor, Civil Society Organizations, Federal Public Service, Youth, Sports, Culture, and Tourism). (110 articles)
Second: The first reading of the proposed first amendment to the Law on the Protection of Teachers, Instructors, Supervisors and Educational Counselors No. (18) of 2018 (Education Committee). (Article). LINK
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Clare: The US State Department demands that Iraq dismantle the militias and threatens "serious consequences" for their supporters.
4/17/2026
The US State Department on Friday evening called on the Iraqi government to dismantle armed factions allied with Iran, threatening their supporters with "serious consequences," following the imposition of sanctions on seven of their leaders.
The US State Department said in a statement: "We affirm our support for a stable, prosperous and sovereign Iraq, but at the same time we call on it to prevent its territory from being used to launch activities that destabilize the region."
The US State Department called on Iraqi authorities to "dismantle the groups allied with Iran," noting that these groups "threaten the lives of Americans as they have planned and attacked American individuals and interests in Iraq, and they undermine the country's sovereignty."
She noted, "We are taking decisive action to hold Iraqi groups allied with Iran accountable," and warned that "those who support militia violence in Iraq will face dire consequences."
Earlier today, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced it had added seven Iraqi faction leaders to its sanctions list, holding them responsible for planning, directing, and carrying out attacks against U.S. personnel, facilities, and interests in Iraq.
The sanctions, according to the statement, included: leaders in Kataib Hezbollah Radwan Youssef Hamid Al-Mohammad, Hassan Dhiab and Ammar Jassim Kazem Al-Ramahi, leaders in Kataib Sayyid Al-Shuhada Khalid Jamil and Saeed Kazem, leader in Asaib Ahl Al-Haq Safaa Adnan Jabbar Suwaid, and leader in Harakat Al-Nujaba Hisham Hashem. LINK
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Courtesy of Dinar Guru: https://www.dinarguru.com/
Stephen Do not ask your bank today if they're dealing with the Iraqi dinar. Because most banks are going to give you a very blanket answer saying, 'no we're not dealing with the Iraqi dinar nor do we have plans to deal with the Iraqi dinar.' A lot of people who are uneducated or uninformed, they take that to mean that the bank is never going to deal with the Iraq dinar. Then they get upset...down...frustrated because they're thinking, 'How am I going to exchange my dinar once it revalues?' I'm telling you once the Iraqi dinar has value and is no longer on a program rate and is no longer considered an exotic currency, the bank is going to deal with you.
Frank26 The lifting of the three zeros of the Iraqi dinar has officially started...This is an amazing day for the monetary reform...What they need to do now is add value to the currency in order to remove the three zero notes...In doing so it will introduce lower notes with purchasing power because they will have that power added by a different exchange rate.
Reset Intelligence The Saturday [the 26th] fuse is not about who sits in the chair. It is about what the chair activates. President to prime minister to cabinet to budget to HCL to rate. That sequence was laid out in The Constitutional Clock. It is now past the halfway mark.
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Silver Price Rips Over $80 As New Shortage Looms...
4-17-2026
The silver price surged back over the $80 level this morning as the Strait of Hormuz reopened, and stunning news out of India has created the possibility of another shortage.
To find out more, and get caught up to speed on the latest regarding the war and how it will affect the precious metals, click to watch this video now!