5-19-2014 Intel Guru Okie_Oil_Man ...DARN JOURNEY HAS BEEN FRAUGHT WITH TWIST, TURNS, MIS-INFORMATION AND CHANGES IN THE PROPER PROTOCOLS AND PROCEDURES ORIGINALLY PLANNED FOR. I AM STILL CONFIDENT IN MY TIMING PROJECTION POSTED LAST WEEK,----I HAVEN'T BEEN INFORMED OTHERWISE. IF AND WHEN ANYTHING CHANGES I SHOULD KNOW ABOUT IT AND WILL GLADLY KEEP YOU INFORMED OF ANY CHANGES. [reference Okie's post 5-16-2014]
5-19-2014 Intel Guru WILDDUCK [I have to leave in 9 minutes...Do you have any words of wisdom you can impart before then?] TAKE YOUR TRACK SHOES WITH YOU...READ BETWEEN THE LINES.
5-19-2014 Newshound Guru Aggiedad77 Article: "Specialists expect Iraq to renew the request from Washington to protect Iraqi funds abroad" There has been much available to read about "alleged" actions of the Iraqi's in preparation of the May 22 date when their funds will no longer be protected by the US. Most of what has been read wants us to believe that the Iraqi's will take care of their own funds after the 22nd. Well now we hear from a member of the Finance Committee that is making noise that today Iraq will seek to have the US extend that protection. Talk about waiting to the last minute...but then again this is Iraq. The final decision will lie in the hands of the Finance Ministry and the COM.
5-19-2014 Newshound/Intel Guru BGG The "LARGEST BLOC" (formed post election) has the right to form the next government AND name the next PM...there is no guarantee this will be Maliki. There will be a lot of up and down in the news today - relax and let it play out. Maliki got a lot more seats than was being reported - there will be inquiries. However, if the opposition against him is as reported he will still have a very tough time...90 seats or no 90 seats.
5-19-2014 Intel Guru TNT Tony LOT'S OF CONFUSION NOW. Being pulled in both directions. Digging for the truth.
5-19-2014 Newshound Guru Tlar We are less than 30 days from a new, democratic government to be seated and less than 45 days to July 1st. There will be a non-sectarian government for the first time since the fall of Saddam if it comes as advertised. Kurdistan has been virtually shut down selling its oil until this month and it is expected they will quickly get to 400 thousand bpd if the political problems are resolved. If they can resolve the HCL and this new government shows a willingness to do so, Iraq will be shipping oil through their new northern pipeline to Turkey and south to Basra through the Iraqi pipelines. When the new government is seated there will most likely be a euphoric first month when Iraqi's are celebrating and IMO that would be a great time to initiate the project, around July 1st. [post 3 of 3]
5-19-2014 Newshound Guru Tlar IMO the CBI's last word still stands, "sometime on or around mid-year" they plan to delete the zeros or sooner if the government is settled before then. This is the first time Turki has ever publicly made a statement that included a possible date. He has made bold statements since January saying the CBI is independent and that they alone will decide the timing of this project. I have been a large proponent through the years saying delete the zeros means an 86 cent dinar. It is now my belief we may be looking at a price somewhat higher. I believe we could see a value from $1.00 to somewhere in the $1.50 range. If they want to they can certainly support a higher rate. [post 2 of 3....stay tuned]
5-19-2014 Newshound Guru Tlar Maliki is finished. There are certain articles that continue to appear that he has a chance but even those are beginning to wain. Numerically the odds are totally against him. The voting results will be either announced Monday or Tuesday. They will be official. It is rumored that the 2 million ballots he stole were passed out to the military giving 2 million soldiers 2 ballots each with which to vote for Maliki. It is also reported that Maliki sent emmissaries illegally to trade plots of Iraqi land for votes, and money in country and overseas to buy votes in Iraq and from Iraqi's all over the world. He could not overcome the coalition even breaking the law. [post 1 of 3....stay tuned]
5-19-2014 Newshound Guru Kaperoni Article: "New Issue of 2013 with Extra Security Features and extra circle on the Left side for disabled and blind people to know the denomination of the currency they carry" ... according to the IMF guidelines, any member country planning to demonetize notes or transition to another currency they must honor it for a period of 12 months.