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NanaCarol:  I just heard on Fox News that George Bush is about to lay a wreath at the 911 Memorial.  Maybe it will finally be his way of saying, MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.  

Radience:  What mission  ?

NanaCarol:  In essence, this particular Marshall Plan….imo

HoosierGirl:   I wonder how many of "We the People" really know the truth.  I wonder if it's more widely known than they could believe.  Maybe someday we will get the full truth. I hope.

Samson:  Trump asks Fed to cut rates to "zero or less"

11th September, 2019

US President Donald Trump believes that the Fed should cut interest rates at or below zero

Trump said in a tweet on social networking site "Twitter", on Wednesday, that after the Fed cut interest rates, the United States should start the process of refinancing debt

Trump stressed the need to reduce borrowing costs, "while the repayment period is prolonged

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Samson:  Details behind the movement of change Abdel Mahdi .. Victory: Abadi front - runner

10th September, 2019
The victory coalition led by former Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, the scenes of the actual movement to change Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi.

"There are influential political forces that started to move in order to find an alternative to the current prime minister," coalition leader Ali al-Sunaid said in a press statement. He stressed that "this alternative needs an Iraqi political consensus, as well as a regional and international consensus, especially by Washington and Tehran."

He pointed out, "What delays the withdrawal of confidence from Abdul Mahdi, is to find the appropriate alternative."

Al-Sunaid added that "Abadi is among the candidates for the post of prime minister of Iraq, after the withdrawal of confidence from Abdul-Mahdi, who is the front-runner."     LINK

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Samson:  Tuesday is a public holiday for Ashura

8th September, 2019
The General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers announced on Sunday that the tenth day of Muharram Al-Haram, the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein will be next Tuesday.

The Secretariat said in a statement that the Ashura holiday would be on Tuesday, not as social networking sites circulated that the holiday was on Monday.   LINK

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Samson:  Tomorrow .. Baghdad and the provinces without markets and deserted streets

9/9/2019 11:53

Commercial traffic throughout the province of Baghdad and the central and southern provinces completely stop on the occasion of the tenth of Muharram.

And will close all shops until the time of the afternoon to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) the tribe of the Prophet (pbuh) and respect for the sanctity of this day. Entertainment venues, clubs and malls will also be closed. The Baghdad Operations Command decided to close clubs, nightclubs, coffee shops and liquor stores.

The Secretariat of the Council of Ministers announced today the suspension of official working hours on Tuesday on the occasion of Ashura. Believers celebrate Ashura tonight as the funeral processions spread throughout the central and southern provinces of Iraq.   LINK

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Samson:  Today, Iraq chairs the 152nd session of the Arab League Council

8th September, 2019
Iraq will preside on Sunday the 152nd regular session of the Arab League Council at the level of permanent delegates in preparation for the meeting of Arab foreign ministers scheduled for Tuesday also chaired by Iraq. 

The meeting will discuss a number of important items concerning Iraq, namely taking a unified Arab position on the violation of Iraqi sovereignty by Turkish forces and an item on supporting internally displaced persons in Arab countries and Iraqi refugees in particular. Arab Anti - Terrorism System.

In addition to other items, especially the Palestinian issue and the Arab-Israeli conflict, this item includes following up the political developments of the Palestinian cause and the Arab-Israeli conflict, activating the Arab peace initiative, Israeli developments and violations in the occupied city of Jerusalem, as well as following the developments (settlement, wall, intifada, prisoners, refugees, UNRWA, Development) and supporting the budget of the State of Palestine and the steadfastness of the Palestinian people. LINK

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Samson:  ? Is this the denial we have been waiting for***

Revealing a study to delete zeros from the Iraqi currency .. The reason?
7th September, 2019

The parliamentary Finance Committee, a study to delete zeros from the national currency, but they ruled out the application at the moment for several reasons

"The proposal to delete the zeros has been submitted from the House of Representatives to the parliamentary Finance Committee in order to study the change of the national currency and all categories and the printing of new currencies, but the preliminary study showed that the costs needed by the project is great," the committee's rapporteur Ahmed al-Saffar said

He added that "the budget deficit for this year and Iraq's debt is one of the most important reasons that will lead to delay the deletion of zeros (three zeros)," noting that "the Finance Committee has assigned specialized bodies of monetary policy to study the project carefully to submit to the Finance Committee to be the main lines of this project, which Its beginnings go back years

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Don961:  The Arab Monetary Fund lists Iraq in the Arab Capital Markets Database

September 3, 2019 7:41 PM Author: alzawraapaper

BAGHDAD / Zawra:

The Arab Monetary Fund revealed the inclusion of the Iraqi market for securities officially in the system of Arab financial markets database at the Fund, as of the beginning of September 2019.

The Arab Monetary Fund, in a statement, that the number of Arab financial markets joined the base Fund data rose to 17 markets with the Iraqi market joining.

The Iraqi Stock Exchange currently includes 95 companies, including 28 banks and 5 insurance companies, 23 services, finance and investment companies, two companies in the telecommunications sector, in addition to 21 companies in the industrial sector, 10 companies in the hotel and tourism sector, and 6 companies in the agriculture sector.

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DELTA:  ARAB CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES AGAINST THE ARITHMETIC ARAB DINAR FOR 09/03/19

1 ARAB DINAR=4.08 DOLLAR
1 ARAB DINAR=3.73 EURO
1 ARAB DINAR= 1.24 KUWAITI DINAR
1 ARAB DINAR =3.39 BRITISH POND 

 NO IQD YET....

Rommy:  Arab Accounting Dinar Exchange Rates

The Arab Accounting Dinar (AAD) is the official and reporting currency of the Arab Monetary Fund. Its exchange rates are fixed by the Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) equivalent to three units of Special Drawing Rights (SDR) as determined by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

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Samson:  Trump and Fed candidate .. Is the world back to the gold standard?

3rd September, 2019 

There are many efforts to try to create a psychological analysis of US President Donald Trump's nomination of Judy Shelton to serve on the Federal Reserve

To date, there are two vacant seats on the seven-member Fed Board of Directors

Some emphasize Shelton's loyalty as an early adviser to Trump, according to an analytical vision published by Project Syndicate for University of California Professor of Economics Barry Eichengreen

Others point to their shift to someone who favors low interest rates, while a third team still highlights its defense of the gold standard as a way to isolate US monetary policy from the unreliable Fed

But all of the above explanations didn't care what matters most: Shelton is a figure who supports fixed exchange rates

Shelton's belief in fixed exchange rates is attractive to an administration that sees currency manipulation as a threat to winning its trade war

The Trump team wants to reduce the US trade deficit and boost the competitiveness of domestic industries by using tariffs to increase the price of imported goods  But the 10 percent tariffs, which are offset by the devaluation of foreign currencies against the dollar by about 10 percent, leave the relative prices of US imports unchanged

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MilitiaMan:  Thanks Don961!   Edited and reduced post by: ~ MM

Parliament holds its first legislative session after 10 Muharram
Tuesday 03 September 2019

Baghdad / morning / Shaima Rashid

 The legislative holiday of the House of Representatives will end on Tuesday officially, the third legislative term of its second legislative year will begin next week after the 10th of Muharram recess after it was scheduled for Tuesday, September 3, as announced by the Council in a previous statement.

Presidency of the Parliament that "Chapter III will be dedicated to controversial laws that were not agreed upon during previous sessions, such as oil and gas laws and the abolition of the offices of general inspectors and the Federal Court and other laws," while the Parliamentary Legal Committee announced that there are more than 150 legislation in Adra C Parliament is waiting to pass.

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Samson:  Erbil is delivering oil and customs revenues to Baghdad

3rd September, 2019
The Leadership of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Rizan Sheikh, an agreement within the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq, to ​​deliver oil revenues and revenues of the border outlets of the federal government in Baghdad. 

She said: "The relationship now between the governments of Baghdad and Erbil is positive, and it can yield important results, the regional government wants to be close to the federal government, because it believes that the strength of the power of a unified Iraq." 

"The main Kurdish parties, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), and the Movement for Change, agreed to strengthen the relationship with Baghdad, end all tensions, and hand over oil and customs imports."    LINK

AnotherMailman:   IMO, this wouldn't be happening unless the HCL has been resolved or about to be announced as passed!  (wink0

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Popeye7:  Terrific CC this last evening Frank, and Tink... Loved your play on words as it concerned the companies that were waiting to get inside of Iraq...

Something to the effect that these foreign companies have their faces against the window pane, looking from the outside in such pain, as they waited to be invited into Iraq...

The time is now, and as you, and your teams have declared to us months ago, is truly transpiring before our very eyes... Amazing!...

Thanks again to Walkingstick, Delta, FF's, and the teams for such diligent work

Monday Night KTFA CC 9-2-19

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