U.S. Envoy Upbeat on Iraq Constitution

[SuperMan]

WASHINGTON - With the deadline for
Iraq's constitution rapidly approaching, the U.S. ambassador to the country dismissed the suggestion Sunday that Iraqis may need a few more weeks to iron out differences.

"The Iraqis tell me that they can finish it and they will finish it tomorrow," Zalmay Khalilzad said on ABC's "This Week." "There are options, obviously, should they need it, but at this point, my information is — and I've just come from a meeting with the Iraqi leaders _that they intend to finish it tomorrow."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050814/ap_on_re_mi_ea/us_iraq

[Stevo]

I believe he is the main deal-maker now. Its all about money and how much the US is willing to Underwrite.

[Tinydancer]

Seems things have been set up within the last week for Iraqi to rub elbows as journalists and news reporters for themselves, about themselves... :p

US has transfered press center to Iraq control on Friday..

http://www.portaliraq.com/news/U.S.+transfers+Baghdad+press+center+to+Iraqi+contr ol__1111430.html

Telecommunications : U.S. transfers Baghdad press center to Iraqi control
Friday, August 12th 2005

The United States transferred control of Baghdad’s international press center to the Iraqi government August 9 in what U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad characterized as a step for Iraq toward building the institutions of democracy. “The role of information — objective facts, impartial analysis, fair presentation of competing views — is at the heart of the deliberations of democratic politics,” Khalilzad said at the handover ceremony.

The international press center has been a hub of activity for Iraqi and foreign journalists working in Baghdad since it opened in February 2004. Upon transferring control of the center to Iraq, the United States supplied it with additional computers and office equipment, tripling its initial capacity.


Telecommunications : Independent news agency set to launch in Iraq
Wednesday, August 10th 2005

An internet news service developed by the Reuters Foundation and supported by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECI) will become Iraq's first independent and commercially viable news agency, run and staffed by Iraqi journalists.


Iraq has alot of their own news that is monumental and historial going on..This seems the appropriate time to hand them the honors of reporting it themselves..... :p

[BIG WAVE]

The word on the street in Baghdad is that the US is putting pressure on Iraqis not to include a provision for direct regional allocations of oil revenue (a key demand of Kurds and Basrans). The reason for this is that they want all the revenue on the books of the central government to guarantee existing debt and enable the IMF to make the maximum new loans.

Seperately Noah Feldman said, in an interview about economic aspects of the constitution a few weeks ago, that "The IMF or the World Bank are in a position to impose certain conditions as a prerequisite for aid...[but] we’ve seen this throughout the world, that various decisions that the government needs to take tend to have more buy-in from the public if they’re perceived as having been made domestically rather imposed by the international organizations that control inflows of capital."

http://www.jubileeiraq.org/blog/

[SuperMan]

Hello Tiny! Great find!

1) Free Press!
2) The constitution looks like is a go so far!
3) A CBI official kidnapped! (Horriible news I know. Lets all pray for him please)
4) Warka saying to make sure to wire funds before the 16th (Some thread by smoothride)
5) Everyone talking and debating (Sunnies/Shiiets/Kurds/Christians/Satantists)
6) IMF meeting on the 15 (Im pretty sure)
8) Little old ladies beating down bank doors for dinars.
7) Dogs and cats living together...

Whats going on!? Is the 16th a go? Is it all BS? Actions speak louder than words.

[Tinydancer]

Sunni General Conference Urges on Participating in Elections


Baghdad – The general conference of Sunnis in Iraq, which includes "the Sunni Mortmain", "the Association of Muslim Scholars", "the Iraqi Islamic Party", and a group of Sunni parties and organizations, was held in Baghdad and has urged all Arab Sunnis to participate in the coming elections.

In his speech before hundreds of attendees, Ahmed Abdel Ghafur Al Samera'i said, "Participating in the plebiscite on the constitution is a prescribed duty for all Sunnis."

http://www.almendhar.com/english_5306/news.aspx

[H2OLover]

Hello Tiny! Great find!

1) Free Press!
2) The constitution looks like is a go so far!
3) A CBI official kidnapped! (Horriible news I know. Lets all pray for him please)
4) Warka saying to make sure to wire funds before the 16th (Some thread by smoothride)
5) Everyone talking and debating (Sunnies/Shiiets/Kurds/Christians/Satantists)
6) IMF meeting on the 15 (Im pretty sure)
8) Little old ladies beating down bank doors for dinars.
7) Dogs and cats living together...

Whats going on!? Is the 16th a go? Is it all BS? Actions speak louder than words.
#4 .....could you point me to that thread superman ??

[Tinydancer]

Hello Tiny! Great find!

1) Free Press!
2) The constitution looks like is a go so far!
3) A CBI official kidnapped! (Horriible news I know. Lets all pray for him please)
4) Warka saying to make sure to wire funds before the 16th (Some thread by smoothride)
5) Everyone talking and debating (Sunnies/Shiiets/Kurds/Christians/Satantists)
6) IMF meeting on the 15 (Im pretty sure)
8) Little old ladies beating down bank doors for dinars.
7) Dogs and cats living together...

Whats going on!? Is the 16th a go? Is it all BS? Actions speak louder than words.

8) Confereneces already held to boost turn out for Elections.
9) Marshall/unnamed Plan Study...

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http://www.defenddemocracy.org/usr_...panandItaly.doc

http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?p=103943#post103943


Good Karma


The Puzzle is Solved
Here's the most interesting article I found comparing Post WWII Japan and Germany with the current situation in Iraq. Reading this article, it made me think that most of this was based on a well researched study that was conducted, and now adopted for Iraq. This article is so dead-on with the latest developments, it's scary! No wonder we started hearing about the "marshall plan." I truly believe it was based on this study. Especially reading an excerpt below:

What Iraq needs, like Germany in particular, is stabilization. The new Iraqi dinar, like the Deutschemark needs to be an initially undervalued, credible and convertible currency. For the new dinar to succeed, however, Iraq needs to formulate sound monetary and fiscal policies, preferably under the supervision of the IMF.

[Joel57]

#4 .....could you point me to that thread superman ??
here ya go.....http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?p=104120#post104120

[Tinydancer]

http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?p=104120#post104120

SmoothRide
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Some here are stating they are going online in October now. However I too am a little confused. I called on Thursday to find out about a wire to them and asked about wiring more. I was asked to please get it there by the 16th because their system would be down for sometime. Seeing as the last time I wired money it took 2 weeks to credit my account, I decided not to go with the luck of the draw. Sorry I did not ask why their system would be down, I presumed to do maintenance on the new site.

[Stash]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/050814/481/bag12108141547

"Under a sign reading 'Constitution voter registration,' local residents queue to register for the Oct. 15 Iraqi constitution referendum, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2005, in Tikrit"

2 months away and they are already in line registering to vote in Oct.
It looks like turnout could be high. :)

[Tinydancer]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/050814/481/bag12108141547

"Under a sign reading 'Constitution voter registration,' local residents queue to register for the Oct. 15 Iraqi constitution referendum, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2005, in Tikrit"

2 months away and they are already in line registering to vote in Oct.
It looks like turnout could be high. :)

What a blessed day that will be...

they are already moving ahead to registration time.....if that does not speak volumes for what the people want...nothing will. What a beatiful day we will witness in history when this day comes.

[spligger1]

...for the first time really. Gonna be a very informative week ahead. Bring it on, big style.

[Tinydancer]

...for the first time really. Gonna be a very informative week ahead. Bring it on, big style.

...o spligger, if anything else what a great amount of events to all be witnessing together...it is exciting ! :D

[SuperMan]

Can you imagine TD if Iraq pulls it off? We are truly witnessing history in the making and this website a log for generations to come.


...o spligger, if anything else what a great amount of events to all be witnessing together...it is exciting ! :D

[spligger1]

Can you imagine TD if Iraq pulls it off? We are truly witnessing history in the making and this website a log for generations to come.
Never thought bout that! my future generations could come on here and see how thick iam, when id probably fooled them into thinking i was clever, therefore making them thick also, by telling them lies to questions asked.

[BBbucks]

Can you imagine TD if Iraq pulls it off? We are truly witnessing history in the making and this website a log for generations to come.

Can we edit out last week???……… :lmao: :lmao:

[buck74]

Never thought bout that! my future generations could come on here and see how thick iam, when id probably fooled them into thinking i was clever, therefore making them thick also, by telling them lies to questions asked.

Thick as a brick - jethro tull

:D

[mechtech]

The United States remains the last best hope for a mankind plagued by tyranny and deprivation. America is no stronger than its people - and that means you and me. Well, I believe in you, and I believe that if we work together then one day we will say, ``We fought the good fight. We finished the race We kept the faith.'' And to our children and our children's children we can say, ``We did all that could be done in the brief time that was given to us here on earth."
-- Ronald Reagan