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Quote: Originally Posted by EBJNYC Your brain is so deep "In the Box" -- this post is NOT even worth responding to. EBJNYC Well respond......................and I will take brain out of the box to read your post EB

Iran’s Influence in Iraq a Threat to Region Zoe Sinclair 28 November 2009 DUBAI – The influence of Iran in Iraq is so extensive that it will reshape the region and could be contained only if free and fair elections are held in Iraq, said an Iraqi politician. Ayad Jamal Aldin, leader of the Ahrar party, told Khaleej Times during a visit to Dubai last week that he believed Iran was substantially involved in the affairs of Iraq’s political...

Campaigning for the January general elections is in full swing in Iraq’s southern city of Basra where most of the country’s oil output and exports originate. News from Baghdad that the elections are on hold as one of the country’s vice-presidents has refused to ratify a new law on how to administer them seems to have had little effect on the city’s election fever. But the campaigning is not for or against a political platform. It is...

yup... I posted that link (or at least the same txt earlier) Not sure what it's about, but it could have to do with the new Investment Law being passed. (foreigners can buy land for housing development now) Could deal with lots of stuff, but I guess we'll have to wait--Thanksgiving Day, 1:30 AM CST

Hooters Girls Visit Troops in Iraq over Thanksgiving Holiday ATLANTA, Nov. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Six Hooters Girls are spending their Thanksgiving holiday overseas visiting thousands of troops stationed in Iraq. Hooters partnered with Pro Sports MVP to coordinate the tour alongside country music band BrokeDown Cadillac, who will be performing during a 9 day morale, welfare and recreation tour. PR Newswire - 6 Hooters Girls visit the Troops...

Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Iraq's diplomatic efforts that the Iraqi-Kuwaiti efforts to resolve the outstanding issues between the two countries, including Iraq's debt owed to Kuwait and the joint oil fields as well as many outstanding issues since the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in (1990). Abawi said in a statement to the "media center of the communication," There are many joint committees,...

"Moftah said the deal was a landmark achievement in strengthening the Iraqi economy by providing vital links to and from Iraq and the global financial markets. “Transparent links to the international markets are of crucial importance as Iraq rebuilds its economy and attracts increasing interest from foreign investors,” he added." Apparently this is a big deal to Trade Bank and they seem to be of the...

Quote: Originally Posted by WCKDinar Twenty years ago while in the securities business, we had real time quotes from Reuters on all financial, securities and commodities markets. I realize my experience is dated, but Rueters has the technology to provide real time tick-by-tick movements to any computer on any market......FYI. Wow, I should start viewing Reuters as the viable news source, the only time I've ever heard of them was from...

Quote: Originally Posted by Torquewrench I think you're right Howler :) Any idea how much? The "Oil-For-Food" $$$ were held in US by the French bank BNP, but that was before the global bank meltdown. So much has happened in the past few years.... Seems like a big game of "Who's got the button?" LOL! Yes, its been this way for years now.

Quote: Originally Posted by TAV Wow, I should start viewing Reuters as the viable news source, the only time I've ever heard of them was from online news. Subscriptions are expensive. At one time, only for broker-dealers. People who deal in securities, bonds, and commodities have information the locals can't get. Maybe that is why they make a lot of money selling to those who only have online news....