Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Word on the Street Tuesday 10/10/17

Word on the Street Tuesday 10/10/17

Word on the Street Tuesday 10/10/17:
TNT CONFERENCE CALL MONDAY 10/9/17 DC NY CALL RECAP:
Good afternoon TNT Superfantastic Family. Today is Marvelous Monday. We are just going to do a little Q and A. Really no great input and intel to share, but since we did not have a session on Friday, didn't want us to go through withdrawal symptoms not having one on Monday as well. Let me apologize to some of you, because I put in chat I was going to be tied up in conference meetings and unless there was a green light, I would not be doing a call on Monday. There is no green light. Just finished up early between sessions and had time to get a call in. That gave us an opportunity to at least communicate with the membership and address a few things and then go from there. Information wise you know it is mainly Iraq Politics what is in the news. You might remember last week we referenced that Abadi had put out something to the citizens indicating Novermber. Now this turn of events that happened would probably change that. The last 2 provinces that needed to be liberated are reporting record numbers of surrenders of DAASH and ISIS surrendering which means those 2 provinces could be pretty much liberated within a matter of hours or days and definately not weeks. That means we could forget about that November stuff. Also Alak was on TV talking about the trip coming up to here in the US with the IMF, but more particularly the need to develop the currency to its true face value, and to have the international acceptance and recognition that they deserve. That lets you know that the wheels are still turning and that everyone is pretty much in that direction of getting this thing on. They made some reference of finding some new oil fields over in Iraq but that doesn't really affect us as I can see., but it is news that I can share with you. In the the midst of Sadr and the protests and all of those things going on, parliament is in a closed session today assumed to address a lot of the things they are concerned with corruption etc... which will help accelerate the National Reconciliation. and that is what they were looking forward to for liberation, National Reconciliation and things of that nature, so we wait. Q and A: Q: For assuming sake when we go to one of the 59 banks to exchange, how will we know which ones are participating in the contract rate program if at all? What if only a hand full of those banks have contract rates but the rest don't? Ray: My thought on that, I don't have any official information other than the knowledge of those 59 banks, so when we release it that would become our job to contact the ones at least at our close proximity and inquire and ask about that just as you are going to inquire about the buy and sell rates. Most of them will quote the real sell rate since that would represent the true value of the currency. It is the buy rate you are looking to negotiate on, and that could be different at all the banks. It could be the same. That is the only questions so we will talk to a few members. Callers: Caller: Catnip: Appreciate you are doing this call. I am curious to get your reaction, feedback and insight and it seems to me lately that cryptocurrency has been flooding the air ways as it were. This is something people need to be considering doing and that sort of thing. I know there are a thousand plus coins out there. The bitcoin, ethereum, whatever. What are your people saying, and what is your feeling in respect to this? Ray: Nothing. I am talking to people about foreign currency and what is going on with the dinar, zim and things of that nature. We are no conversation whatever about cryptocurrencies. Catnip: I was talking about the standpoint of post RV. So you have not gotten into that at all? Ray: No. Caller: 423 I know from the call last week the banks were saying it was going to happen on a Tuesday or a Wednesday. Ray: I didn't say the banks were saying that. It is from the banking community and they are leaning toward Tuesday or Wednesday, but that is no type of official communication so we don't want to say the banks are saying Tuesday Wednesday. That is their thought process and none of it is from any official communication. I did not expect it today and the earliest Tuesday or Wednesday of this week. Our good sources are saying it could happen at any time now. Caller: Are the banks still on call or the redemption centers. Ray: No that ended over the weekend. There is no alert status for anything to pop out today. Caller: NY 631 There is so much nonsense flying around Abadi saying Novermber and France talking on the border of Syria. None of this is telling us we are going to get the money.. We need the money first. Ray: That is old news that we are going to get the money. Now they are talking about what to do when we receive it. We have all moved on passed that and we believe without a shadow of a doubt this is going to happen. Their intention is to change the value of their currency. Caller: 712 You can only get on a base with a Military ID card. Ray: I dont think this is a setting for us to go to some base since we don't have those access cards to get in. Caller: 410 During an exchange we will filling out a form and we should not check off box never 12. Ray: Probably the fincen form and that form is electronic and done during underwriting. We probably won't even see that and don't think we have to worry about that. Caller: I read the parliament had changed their meeting till next week? Ray: I shared information on the call that Parliament was in closed session today. They had something if this information is correct. We will know in due time. So far I don't have any indication that it is not looking good. Ray's Wrap Up: Hope you enjoy the rest of this week especially this Marvelous Monday, and if anything should happen that you need immediate notification, then I will rush to update you as quickly as I can to put out a text message, put it in the forum where all of you can access it in TNT Blasts and Tweets Forum. Until the next time Keep Believing! I sure do! Rayren98
 
 
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DC NY Iraq Articles:

The National Security Council decides to transfer communications networks to Baghdad and limit its authority to the government

The National Security Council, chaired by Prime Minister Haider Abadi, decided on Monday to limit the mobile phone networks under federal authority to Baghdad,
A statement issued by the Prime Minister's Information Office, received by The Journal News, said that "the Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Haider Al-Abbadi presided over a meeting of the Ministerial Council for National Security and the Council blessed the great victories achieved by our heroic forces of various types in Hawija and its approach to the liberation of all Iraqi territory And the crushing of terrorist gangs. "
"The priority remains for the battle, the defeat of terrorism, the liberation of territories and the securing of borders," the council said.
"The Ministerial Council for National Security issued a decree that the mobile telephone networks should be under federal authority and transferred to Baghdad," the statement said.
The Council called on the government to formally deal with the federal government exclusively with regard to the border ports and closing all ports with these two countries until the receipt of the administration by the federal government, and stop all commercial transactions, especially concerning the export of oil and sale with the Kurdistan region, In this file with the Iraqi federal government exclusively, "noting that" issued decisions and other measures in this regard. "

The government is taking tough decisions with the province for violating the constitution to hold a referendum secession {expanded}

 
Date of release: 2017/10/9 11:29220 times read
 
[Baghdad: Al Furat News} The federal government, announced new tough decisions, with the Kurdistan region for violating the Constitution to hold a referendum on secession from Iraq on 25 September last.
"The Prime Minister, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Haider Al-Abbadi, presided over a meeting of the Ministerial Council for National Security. The Council has blessed the great victories achieved by our heroic forces of all kinds in Hawija and its approach to the liberation of the entire Iraqi territory," a statement from the Prime Minister's Office said. And the crushing of terrorist gangs. "
"The priority remains for the battle, the defeat of terrorism, the liberation of territories and the securing of borders," the cabinet said.
With regard to the illegal referendum in the Kurdistan region, the Council continued "the implementation of previous decisions of the Council of Ministers and the measures taken and continue, in addition to taking new measures to restore the federal authority in the region and disputed areas, stressing that these measures are not punitive Obalad of the Kurdish citizen, but it For his benefit. "
The ministerial council "filed a lawsuit by the prosecution to prosecute state employees within the region who carried out the referendum procedures in violation of the decisions of the Federal Court and that there is a list of names accused and prepared legal proceedings against them."
The Council also followed the measures taken by the Iraqi money recovery team to follow up the accounts of the Kurdistan region and the accounts of officials in the region who deposit the money of oil export in their accounts and presented the report of the committee charged with this file, which included many decisions that will contribute to the recovery of Iraqi funds and the prosecution of corrupt.
The Ministerial Council on National Security issued a decision to make the mobile phone networks under federal authority and transfer them to Baghdad.
The Council also continued, "The government's request officially from Iran and Turkey to deal with the federal government exclusively with regard to the border ports and the closure of all ports with these two countries until the receipt of the administration by the federal government, and stop all commercial transactions and in particular concerning the export of oil and its sale with the Kurdistan region, In this file with the Iraqi federal government exclusively, and the Council issued resolutions and other measures in this regard. "

Allaibi direct pumping Kirkuk oil to Turkey outside the pipelines of the region (expanded)

Date of release: 2017/10/10 12:04343 times read
 
Baghdad: Oil Minister Jabbar Ali al-Allaibi on the need to accelerate the resumption of oil exports through the network of oil pipelines, which extends from the fields of Kirkuk to the Turkish port of Ceyhan, passing through the provinces of Salah al-Din and Nineveh, that is outside the pipeline export of Kurdistan to Turkey.
Al-Allaibi, according to a statement of the ministry received the agency {Euphrates News} a copy of it "to the North Oil Company and the oil projects company and the pipeline company to develop an urgent plan to carry out the project of a comprehensive and urgent repair and rehabilitation of the pipeline network of crude oil from Kirkuk fields to the Turkish port of Ceyhan, .
"The financial and economic difficulties and challenges will not prevent the Ministry of Oil to rehabilitate the pipeline network of oil exports and the possibilities available and effort and national expertise and support and follow-up and support by the Prime Minister."
For his part, the spokesman of the ministry Asim Jihad, "The Minister of Oil instructed the companies mentioned speed up the implementation of the project of rehabilitation of the pipeline oil pipeline crude oil after the victories achieved by our security forces and the liberation of cities in the provinces of Kirkuk and Salahuddin and Nineveh, which were exposed during the period of guerrilla control Terrorist attacks on some cities in the north of the country to sabotage operations organization was aimed at the depletion of the national economy through the theft of crude oil by gangs and the terrorist and damage to oil facilities and oil fields. "
Jihad added that "Iraq hopes to restore the export capacity of the previous - currently stalled - from the fields of Kirkuk, which was between 250 to 400 thousand barrels per day, with the possibility of adding new energies to enhance exports through the northern port."
Oil Minister Jabbar Ali al-Allaibi met on Monday with the Turkish ambassador in Baghdad and discussed ways to strengthen bilateral relations in the field of oil and energy and the issue of oil exports through the Turkish port of Ceyhan.
Al-Luaibi said that "bilateral relations will witness a great development during the coming period, especially in the field of oil and energy, calling on" Turkish companies to participate and invest in the implementation of projects in the oil sector. "
"The Turkish minister assured him that the Turkish government decided to limit its oil dealings with the Iraqi government and the Ministry of Oil and that the company {Tabao} Turkish will resume its activities soon in the Mansuriya gas field in Diyala province."
Iraq last week submitted a formal request to Iran and Turkey in dealing with the federal government exclusively with regard to border ports and the closure of all ports with these two countries until the receipt of management by the federal government as well as the suspension of all commercial dealings, especially on the export of oil and sale with the Kurdistan region, Dealing with this file with the Iraqi federal government exclusively.
The Ministerial Council for National Security announced yesterday the follow-up measures taken by the Iraqi money recovery team to follow up the accounts of Kurdistan region and the accounts of officials in the region who deposit the oil export money in their accounts and presented the report of the committee charged with this file, which included several resolutions that will contribute to the recovery of Iraqi funds and prosecution The corrupt

A truck loaded with laboratory equipment smuggled in the port of Umm Qasr

 
Release date: 2017/10/9 8:50117 times read
 
(Baghdad: Al Furat News) seized the detachments of the National Security Service truck carrying laboratory equipment and contraband materials coming from the port of Umm Qasr, northern Basra.
A security source stated that "the customs declaration stated that the truck was carrying clothes and after inspection and inspection it was found that they carry laboratory tests and backup materials that are not mentioned, indicating that they were smuggled under the heading of clothing."
He added that "the truck was handed over to the competent authorities to complete the legal proceedings."
 

Najaf airport challenges the decision to refer it to investment

Najaf airport chairman Fayed al-Shammari said on Monday that the airport could not be referred to a new investment company until after deducting the existing dispute between Al-Aqeeq and the local government in the province.
Al-Shammari said in a statement to «Journal News» that «Najaf airport is witnessing a conflict and a legal difference between the company and the province of Najaf represented by the governor and the presidency of the ministries».
He added that "the lawsuit in Kuwait up to this moment and can not be offered to the airport for investment unless the relationship ends with the company," adding that "the airport can not give amounts of imports because it is disputed between the company and the province."
Al-Shammari said that "the airport of Najaf around to the local import fund in the province in 2016 nine million dollars and from 2013 to 2016 amounted to the airport provided funds to the province more than 28 million dollars."
Stressing that "the committee formed by the provincial council to investigate the suspicions of corruption raised at the airport reportedly did not visit the airport at all and did not give a single evidence on these charges," adding that "the report of the Committee, which was presented in yesterday's session was based on books issued by the provincial council And there is no report issued by Najaf airport. "
The Najaf Governorate Council held an extraordinary and emergency session, described as loud and lengthy, to discuss the report of the special committee set up by the Council two weeks ago to investigate the airport issue and suspicions raised to recommend the committee to dissolve the board of directors of the airport and appoint an executive director.
The council of Najaf province referred the airport to investment more than two years ago, but the Council's decision remained without implementation until this moment.
 
 
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The United Nations denies adopting an initiative to resolve the referendum crisis

UN special envoy to Iraq Jan Kubic on Monday denied Vice President Nuri al-Maliki a UN initiative backed by the five permanent members of the UN Security Council to resolve the Kurdish referendum.
Maliki's office said in a statement received by the "Journal News" that "Vice President Nuri al-Maliki received in his official office today, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in Iraq, Jan Kubic."
He added that "during the meeting deliberated on various issues and political and security developments in Iraq and the region, and discussed the repercussions of the referendum in the Kurdistan region."
"The positions of all the actors in Iraq are united in rejecting the referendum, as well as the positions of the countries of the world supporting the unity of Iraq and rejecting the referendum on secession," he said.
For his part, Kubic stressed the United Nations stand in support of the unity of Iraq and its federal democratic system and its opposition to weaken this unity and divide Iraq, denying the initiative to resolve the crisis by the United Nations and supported by the five permanent members of the Security Council.

Mr. Ammar al-Hakim: Iraq's unity is a red line that can not be compromised

Editorial date: 2017/10/10 9:11188 times read
 
(Baghdad: al-Furat News) The head of the National Alliance, Mr. Ammar al-Hakim, stressed the unity of Iraq.
A statement to the presidency of the coalition received the agency {Euphrates News} a copy of it, Mr. Ammar al-Hakim, stressed during a meeting with his office members of the Youth Parliament in its third session in Baghdad on Monday "on the unity of Iraq as a red line can not be exceeded or compromise in addition to the Constitution as a reference to resolve the problems, To "hold elections on time as one of the most important pillars of democratic practice and the political process."
He called on Ammar al-Hakim to "build a state of citizenship and to enshrine the concept of patriotism, noting the importance of taking the challenges of 2017 in consideration."
He praised "the high spirit possessed by the youth of Iraq and the scientific qualifications and high certificates, young people returned to real capital and real wealth of Iraq because man is the basis," noting that "human potentials and youth and wealth of enormous made him the focus of everyone's appetite but today is dear and terrifying because he defeated the most powerful gang known to mankind And crime. "
Mr. Ammar al-Hakim urged "young people to practice political work either by entering the address of the political headlines to take the roles and reform from within if the youth remarks on their performance," adding that "the law of parties allows the formation of political titles under any principle agreed by young people, The same time that the political action is the one that gives roles in any democratic political system and the roles of tax on the response and bear drip and stampede. "
He also called on "Iraqi youth to evoke the national concern, if we address the problems of the country melted sub and secondary problems and special problems," warning of "attempts by some to create crises each time to obtain political gains and special gains."

Basra .. deteriorating services and a budget "zero"

The first deputy governor of Basra, Mohammad Taher al-Tamimi, warned on Monday of deterioration in funds, services, reconstruction, health and education would be dangerous and would harm Basra.
Al-Tamimi said in a statement received by the Journal News, "Basra is now without funds, and now balance has reached (zero) after the House of Representatives to delete allocations of sums (petro-dollar) of the oil-producing provinces."
He was surprised by "the recommendations that he described with concern to the delegation," the government sent by the Prime Minister to the province of Basra, headed by the Secretary-General of the Council of Ministers, Mahdi Alalak.
He said that the delegation mentioned in his report that "projects in Basra lagging behind the reality," noting that "the projects in the province were not slow, but were stalled because of the decision by the parliament to delete the allocations (petro - dollar), which led to the cessation of all projects to maintain" .
He explained that "it is true that there were basically no projects lagging, but the projects lagging by the percentage of (2% - 3%) of the total project
Baghdad / Al-Ghad Press:
The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs announced on Monday the recovery of the amount of (59) billion dinars of beneficiaries of loans for small income-generating projects, pointing out that the coming days will see the launch of the second meal.

The spokesman said the ministry's spokesman Ammar Menem said in a statement received "Al-Gharab Press" a copy of it, "The refunds came as a result of vigorous efforts by the staff of the Department of Employment and loans to adopt an effective follow-up mechanism, adding that the Department was able to recover 59 billion dinars until mid-2017 and will be recycled Amounts to grant new loans to other beneficiaries. "
"The Ministry will launch in the coming days the twenty-second meal of loans to support small projects to eligible registered in the database of the Department with a total of (7788) beneficiaries in Baghdad and the provinces."
The Ministry of Labor grants loans within the program to support small projects and the national strategy for poverty alleviation as well as loans for industrial services, and all these loans are submitted through the website of the ministry.

The government decides to transfer mobile phone networks to Baghdad

In a local October 9, 2017 comments on the government decides to transfer mobile phone networks to Baghdad closed 65 visits
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The National Security Council (NSC) on Monday issued a decision to transfer mobile phone networks to Baghdad to be under federal authority.
"The Prime Minister, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Haider al-Abadi, presided over a meeting of the Ministerial Council for National Security," a statement from Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi's office said.
"The Ministerial Council issued a resolution that the mobile communications networks under federal authority be transferred to Baghdad."
The statement pointed out that "the Council continued the government's request formally from Iran and Turkey to deal with the federal government exclusively with regard to the border ports and the closure of all ports with these two countries until the receipt of management by the federal government, and stop all commercial transactions, especially concerning the export of oil and sell with the province Kurdistan, and that is dealt with in this file with the Iraqi federal government exclusively. "
 
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Might SDRs turn into IMFcoins?
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BANKS / BANKING
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Why investors are making a ‘fatal decision’ by throwing more money at this market
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Week ahead: Earnings start, the Fed speaks and one big question for the bull market
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Pound to euro exchange rate: Sterling climbs as Theresa May ‘plans cabinet reshuffle'
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Turkish lira falls against dollar as spat weighs, while pound stabilizes
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Dollar down from 12-week high vs yen as North Korea fears weigh
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IMF Could Issue International Cryptocurrency to Replace Dollar
 
According to the Wall Street Journal, the world may soon have an international cryptocurrency in response to Bitcoin.
The story comes as a response to recent comments by Christine Lagarde, head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF),
encouraging banks and governments to not short-change Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

Global Digital currency craze
The news should not come as a surprise, after the recent announcement by the Dubaigovernment regarding its intention
to issue a state cryptocurrency. Further, recent news indicates a large number of banks anonymously supporting state-issued
coins as the Blockchain hype continues.

Decentralized centrality?
The difficulty with a global digital currency is the centralization factor. A major part of the appeal of cryptocurrencies like
Bitcoin is the decentralized protocol, creating a truly free market where value is based purely on consensus without price fixing.
A globalized digital currency, while providing decentralized security, would require the IMF to fix and regulate values in order to
manage the flow of money in and out of different countries.. Such a system would run contrary to the underlying principles behind Bitcoin.

New Reserve Currency
The dollar as the reserve currency for much of the world’s transactional volume means that some major global economies may
want a new digital currency to function as the reserve. The IMF coin could potentially replace the dollar in that context,
should it become widely accepted. In such a case, the dollar and other national currencies would be restricted to local markets.
Some supporters of Bitcoin would argue that there is no need for such a currency from the IMF, since Bitcoin already exists,
and without the centralization risks. The greatest hurdle would be Lagarde and other economists embracing and using Bitcoin globally, but the jury is still out.
 

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White House budget director: Trump 'clearly telegraphing' military force against North Korea
Business Insider

President Trump departs Washington for fund raising event in North carolina Thomson Reuters WASHINGTON (AP) - A White House aide says there's no misunderstanding what President Donald Trump means when he says "only one thing will work" to rein in North Korea's nuclear and missile programs. Budget director Mick Mulvaney tells NBC that Trump's "clearly telegraphing, and this should not be news to anybody," that "military options are on the table. ... They absolutely are." Trump says years of Read the full story

A US fiscal stimulus now would stoke inflation, crash the markets and cause a recession
CNBC

It's easy to imagine what large tax cuts would do to an economy already growing well above noninflationary potential, Michael Ivanovitch writes. Read the full story

Inflation data, Fed minutes take center stage this week
USA TODAY

Wall Street gets new data on inflation and fresh clues about the Federal Reserve's take on continued softeness in inflation. Read the full story

Trump's DACA demands met with outrage from 'Chuck and Nancy'
Fox News

President Trump's political dalliance with "Chuck and Nancy" already is running into problems, as the top congressional Democrats balk at the president's new terms for a deal to help the roughly 800,000 young illegal immigrants known as 'Dreamers.' Read the full story

Front-runners to replace Yellen have too much Wall Street in their past
CNBC

Kevin Warsh and Jerome Powell, the front-runners to replace Janet Yellen at the Fed, are both the wrong choice. Too much Wall Street, too little economics. Read the full story


EMERGING MARKET
Argentina preparing to auction offshore hydrocarbons exploration next year
POST Online Media

Argentina plans to auction offshore oil and gas exploration rights next year, in the hope of developing fields off its Atlantic coast like those in neighboring Brazil, the energy minister said. Earlier this year Argentina hired Norway’s Spectrum to do a seismic survey in c... Read the full story

Inflation for low-income Brazilian families lowest since 1998
POST Online Media

With falling food prices, the cost of living for low-income families in the country is now more affordable. Different indicators, one from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) and another from the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV), both show that inflation for this segm... Read the full story

The Spooky Nature of Debt
Strong Towns

Even before Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, the island was suffering from a financial crisis brought about by a debt burden of over $70 billion. For some context, California has the largest debt of any U.S. state at $146 billion. That works out to $3,720 per Californian, about a month's rent in a mid-sized apartment in San Francisco (kidding - that would be an efficiency). Puerto Rico's debt is $20,500 per person. For more context, the median household income in California is over $61,000. Read the full story


MIDDLE EAST
Dubai’s non-oil private sector loses momentum – Emirates NBD
Mubasher

Dubai – Mubasher: Business conditions in Dubai’s non-oil private sector saw a significant improvement in September, although growth was slower compared to a month earlier, a new report showed. The Dubai economy recorded 55.2 points in September, … Read the full story

It Just Got a Lot Harder For Citizens of the U.S. and Turkey to Visit Each Other
FORTUNE

NEW YORK, USA - SEPTEMBER 21: US President Donald Trump is seen during his meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (not seen), at Lotte Hotel in New York, United States on September 21, 2017. If you want to go to Turkey, you may be out of luck. The U.S. and Turkey have stopped processing non-settlement visas for visits in both directions after the arrest of a Turkish citizen who works at the U.S. embassy in Ankara. The move represents a swift deterioration of a long-simmering Read the full story

Baghdad Announces New Measures against Kurdistan
Asharq Al-Awsat - English

The Iraqi government announced in a statement on Monday new measures against the government in the Iraqi Kurdistan region in wake of last month’s independence referendum. In a sign that the crisis is escalating between the two sides, Iraq’s government committee for national security, which includes Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi, said that the measures are aimed at imposing restrictions on the autonomous region. Monday’s measures would seek to impose control over Kurdistan-based mobile phone Read the full story
Kuwait’s Future Kid mulls Egypt, GCC investments
Mubasher
Mubasher: Future Kid Entertainment and Real Estate Company is currently considering entering the Egyptian market along with some neighbouring GCC ones, in addition to expanding its footprint in its home country Kuwait, CEO Rasha Ghoneim told Al … Read the full story

Israeli minister chides Trump's "delay" in keeping promise
CBS News

Senior cabinet member close to PM Netanyahu says he's "disappointed" in U.S. leader over vowed embassy move Read the full story

AFRICA
Zimbabwe: Govt Needs U.S.$1 Billion to Deal With Cash Crisis - ReportAllAfrica
Top government advisor Professor Ashok Chakravarti said Zimbabwe currently needs $1 billion to deal with the current liquidity crisis. Professor Chakravarti was addressing the Women's Coalition of Zimbabwe organised indaba which ran under the theme: Women Unmasking the Zimbabwe Economy in Harare. "Dollarisation cannot be a successful strategy for the long term solutions facing the country. We are suffering from our decision not to move from the US dollar after the situation had partially Read the full story

Zimbabwe: New Forex Rules Leave Traders in a LurchAllAfrica
(Photo: Jerry Chifamba/AllAfrica) Traders who rely on foreign currency are now in a lurch following government's criminalisation of the selling of cash on the parallel market. The government recently outlawed selling of foreign currency in the streets, prescribing a 10-year jail term for offenders in a bid to stem the black market, which had gotten out of hand. The black market has been a source of foreign currency for shops, retailers and cross border traders. This also comes at a time the Read the full story

The green gold rush: Could Africa be on the verge of a weed race?CNN
African countries have been slow to embrace the trend of legal marijuana. Until now. Read the full story

Africa: Trump's Africa Policy Is Still Incoherent, but Key Signals Are Emerging
AllAfrica Africa's leaders, along with everyone else interested in US-Africa relations, have waited eight months for US President Donald Trump's administration to explain its Africa policy. We aren't there yet. But in recent weeks Trump has indicated the level and extent of his interest. And, senior African affairs officials at the State and Defence Departments are at last attempting publicly to outline US goals and objectives toward Africa. This, apparently without much guidance from their president. Read the full story


ASIA
Bitcoin rallies to hit a one-month high but experts warn of a volatile event ahead
CNBC

Despite a crackdown on bitcoin in China, other markets like Japan have had a positive impact on the price of the digital currency. Read the full story

China Services Sector Growth Slows to 21-Month Low
Barron's

Asia Stocks to Watch Growth in activity in China’s service sector slowed sharply in September,according to the Caixin Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) in contrast with official data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showing a faster pace of growth. The Caixin China services purchasing managers index slipped to 50.6 in September from 52.7 in August, the slowest in 21 months, Caixin Media Co. and research firm Markit said. A reading above 50 indicates an expansion in activity from the Read the full story

China’s forex reserves hit 11-month high of US$3.1 trillion
South China Morning Post

It follows strong gains in other leading indicators ahead of party congress next week Read the full story


EUROPE
Britain ‘preparing for war with North Korea’The Independent
British defence officials have reportedly been instructed to draw up plans in preparation for potential conflict with North Korea. Read the full story

Britain, you're fools, EU is better off without you taunts German Finance MinisterExpress
GERMAN Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble has branded British people “fools” for listening to Brexiteers who argued the UK was forking out too much for its European Union membership. The economy chief also accused some Brexit campaigners of “demagoguery” and said the UK’s exit from the bloc had only served to strengthen European integration. Mr Schäuble's swipe comes as he warned mounting levels of public and private debt could cause a major financial crash which would cripple the eurozone. Read the full story

Boris Johnson in the crosshairs, as U.K. leader Theresa May gears up for key Brexit talksMarketWatch
U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May is closing in on getting rid of a major thorn in her side, hinting she could reshuffle her cabinet and dump Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, as she defends her leadership and her vision for Brexit. Read the full story

EU Tells May Brexit Ball Is in U.K.’s Court, Not Other Way RoundBloomberg
The European Union reopened the war of words with U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May, saying it’s for her to make the next move on Brexit, not the EU, if she wants negotiations on future trade relations to start. “The ball is entirely in the U.K. court for the rest to happen,” European Commission spokesman Margaritis Schinas told reporters Monday in Brussels. It was a pointed response to May’s statement to Parliament in London later in the day, in which she will say “the ball is in their court,” Read the full story
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CBI Update:
The CBI for Tuesday 10/10/17  did update on the indicative rates Sell Rate 1184
The currency auction is 159,825,026
There isone news and announcements for Tuesday 10/10/17
Receivables contractors schedules (Ministry of Health and Environment and the Ministry of Youth and Sports)
ISX Update:
Value Traded
443,302,415
Shares Traded
394,415,622
 
ISX ended in Green
 
 
Kauaihn Chatter
 
 
 
10-10-2017   Newshound Guru chattels  The next phase of operations against Da'ash is western Anbar and securing the Syrian border with Iraq. I have opined that the completion of such may be a red letter date for many things in Iraq.

10-10-2017   Intel/Newshound Guru payray
   Article:  "Kubic denies Maliki the issuance of the United Nations initiative to resolve the crisis in Kurdistan"    ...While all of this deliberation is going on, do not be surprised if we see the increase... Diversion... This subject of referendum's, and independence will continue on... In the mean time, it will not serve as a deterrent to the continual process of ensuring Iraq's economy is given a huge boost via the increase of their currencies value... 
 
10-9-2017   Intel Guru RayRen98   In the midst of Sadr, protests, and all of those things going on over there, Parliament is in a closed session today, which I'm...assuming to address a lot of the things they are concerned with corruption, etc. which will help accelerate the National Reconciliation.  That's what everyone is looking forward to.  Full liberation, National Reconciliation, things of that nature. So...we wait.  [post 2 of 2]

10-9-2017   Intel Guru RayRen98    ...last week I referenced Abadi had put out something to the citizens indicating November.  Now this turn of events...would probably change that. ...The last two provinces, that needed to be liberated are reporting record number of surrenders...Of DASH and ISIS surrendering.  Which means those two provinces could pretty much be liberated within a matter of hours or days.  Definitely not weeks, so you can forget about that November stuff.  ...Alak was on TV about the trip coming up over here in the US and IMF.  More particularly about needing to develop the currency to it's true face value and to have it's International acceptance they deserve.  So that lets you know that the wheels are still turning and everyone's pretty much in that direction of getting this thing born.  [post 1 of 2....stay tuned]

10-9-2017   Newshound Guru MilitiaMan   Article:  “The Association of Private Banks holds a risk management training course  [Yes...fits perfectly with the CBI stating that it can't start in the middle of a year, has to be at beginning...IMO I doubt this is the beginning as we have already had first classes publicly months ago. There is data that suggests classes were complete imo back in late September...   So, imo if that data is representing the classes we have learned about here, the likely hood that the classes are over already just not full publicly announced yet, is highly probable imo.  Thus, it would not support the beginning of the year just because that was a time frame mentioned in past. The notion that may be out there they will broadcast specific Monetary reform projects that are currency speculation sensitive are not going to be taken lightly, thus, the data would not be deseminsted in real time publicly.  We have all witnessed imo a lag time in news and if that news is even further behind than thought in some forms... Imo, this is as good a time as any to just go boom...imo

10-9-2017  Newshound Guru Breitling …What if the value of the markets, the price per barrel goes down?  What would Iraq have to do to counter that?  They’d have to add value to their currency.  You guys getting the trend here?  That’s what’s going on.  That’s what’s happening.  That’s what’s part of the process here…There is nothing outside of that with the Kurds.  So it’s not a threat.  Does Iraq want that to happen?  No.  Is it optimal for the middle east?  Could it put the middle east in a civil war?  Sure.  The middle east will be busy for a while. [Post 3 of 3]

10-9-2017   Newshound/Intel Guru Mnt Goat   Article:  "KUWAIT: TALKS WITH IRAQ TO IMPORT GAS INSTEAD OF THE REMAINING COMPENSATION"   So they are saying in this article and I quote – “WE WILL SOON SIGN THE AGREEMENT”.  As investors we have been waiting for some kind of agreement for months now to eliminate this debt as far as relieving Chapter VII sanctions go.  Any agreement must also meet the criteria of the IMF and be acceptable by all parties. Let’s see how this plays out. This may be the end to Chapter VII sanctions very soon. WOW ! We all know what this means…
 
10-9-2017   Newshound Guru G-Lin   Source: Parliament lifted its meeting to Tuesday of next week...they will meet next week hopefully. The Parl. seems to be in disarray. No doubt. You can trust what is posted on the Parl. website but on another reliable website they said they did not hold their meeting today due to lack of quorum. News seems to be more confusing than ever. 

10-9-2017  Newshound Guru Breitling …What would allow Iraq to do that?  They can’t do it at a tenth of a penny.  They can’t give up all their dollars…then they take away the backing of the dinar in the first place.  This is what’s so phenomenal about this investment.  It’s such a great opportunity.  Huge opportunity.  That’s the worst case scenario I can see with going on with the Kurds and if they pull out.  How would Iraq be able to counter that?  Add value to their currency…  [Post 2 of 3  Stay tuned for the rest of the story...]

10-9-2017   Intel/Newshound Guru payray   Article quote:  "The Iraqi Stock Exchange declined during last week by 78.89 % because it did not hold one session after the announcement of a public holiday from the government."   [Could it...be they have made room for us to buy e-dinar and that's why everyone stopped trading in preparation for an RV?]   Very good possibility... With all of this "on the edge" news, I truly believe our ship is about to dock... And it is about time...
  
 
10-9-2017  Newshound Guru Breitling You have the kurds, what they are going through…but it’s not going to render what Iraq does with its currency…Let’s say they do separate and they do take some of that oil profits away from the rest of Iraq.  What would Iraq do?  You guys know the answer.  They would add value to their currency.  They’d have to make up for that.  How would that make up for the oil loss…? Because they can take that money and invest it in the interior of other countries…The overall key is their economy is being attacked…what to they [countries] do?  They invest in foreign entities, foreign bonds, foreign currencies…and what do they [countries] need to do to do that?  They need to raise the value of their currencies a little bit…So what can Iraq do?  [Post 1 of 3  Stay tuned for the rest of the story...]

10-9-2017   Newshound Guru chattels   [reference Guru chattels post 10-8-2017]   The value is 1258 per the news. I was simply giving a perspective as to the " lowest " in recent months.  [SO DOES THAT MEAN THE VALUE OF THE DINAR HAS CHANGED, I WAS ALWAYS TOLD,(IF) THE VALUE CHANGED, YOU WOULD SEE IT ON THE (CBI) SITE. SO FAR IT HAS NOT CHANGED ON THE (CBI) SITE.]  The market rate changes, not the official or program rate. There is a spread or variance between the official / supported rate. Street value if you like. It is what the dollar exchanges for real value / dinar in the marketplace of Iraq.  [ I GUESS FOR TRADING PURPOSES.]  Yes, generally speaking. The CBI quit posting the market rate some months ago. The market rate is now reported by the Stock exchange(s). Even that varies in areas of Iraq.  It is the rate that Kap [Guru Kaperoni] says must be within 2% of the official rate. Or approximately 1203 ...
 
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Operation Disclosure https://operationdisclosure.blogspot.com/ RV/INTELLIGENCE ALERT - October 9, 2017 NOTHING HAS OCCURRED AS OF YE...
10/09/2017 01:45:00 PM Deep Source, Intel

SITREP (Situation Report)

10-9-17

1:27 PM EDT
Deep Source (GCR/RV):

"Final release schedule is in the system. Date of schedule unknown."

Deep Source (Resistance):
"The restored Republic is in place. Full implementation will be brought forth at the right time."

Deep Source (The Alliance):
"One last major Cabal asset remains. North Korea will cease to exist thus freeing it's innocent citizens whom are victim to Cabal brainwash. This will be done through use of advanced technology minimizing casualties."

Note from Deep Source(s):
"Please note: Intel that is being provided from us to you is indeed accurate but completely raw and does have a tendency to not follow through. There is no denying that we are all in frustration and loss of patience. It is entirely a fact that intel being provided is real, but there are constant on-going activities that change the situation. This is agonizing but you mustn't lose hope. Nothing lasts forever."
 
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ARTICLE 1-A (from PM Abadi's website; posted on both Arabic and English sides)

Prime Minister Dr. Haider al-Abadi heads a meeting to review the draft general budget law for the year 2018

9 - October - 2017

Prime Minister Dr. Haider al-Abadi has a meeting to review the draft general budget for 2018.

The meeting was attended by a number of officials and advanced owners in the Ministry of Finance.

Dr. Haider Al-Abbadi stressed the importance of reducing operating expenses to ensure the provision of sufficient resources to cover the salaries of employees in the state and the provision of pensions and social protection benefits to maintain living standards of citizens and move the wheel of the economy in the private sector.

He stressed that the necessary supplies to sustain the means of production in the basic sectors.

During the review of the details of the budget, Dr. Haider al-Abadi, tightened the aspects of other expenditures and work to maximize non-oil revenues.

Prime Minister 's Media Office
9 October 2017

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ARTICLE 1-B

Abadi stresses the importance of reducing operating expenses in the budget of 2018

BAGHDAD, Oct 10 (KUNA) - Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi chaired a meeting to review the draft general budget for 2018, attended by a number of officials and advanced owners in the Ministry of Finance.
"The importance of reducing operating expenses to ensure the provision of adequate resources to cover the salaries of employees in the state and the provision of pensions and social protection benefits to maintain the standard of living of citizens and move the economy in the private sector," Abbadi said.
Abadi stressed that "the necessary supplies must be secured to sustain the means of production in the basic sectors."
The Prime Minister "during the review of details of the budget tightly other aspects of spending and work to maximize non-oil revenues." Finished
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ARTICLE 2-A

Kurdish deputy calls on politicians of the region to visit Baghdad to end the crisis of the referendum
2017/10/10 10:02
[Ayna-Baghdad]
The deputy of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Kurdish politicians in the Kurdistan region to visit the capital Baghdad to end the crisis of the referendum and break the political deadlock.
"The visit of Speaker of the House of Representatives Salim al-Jubouri to Erbil, a positive turning point in the relationship between the center and the region within the principle of dialogue aimed at formulating solutions to all the problems."
Sheikh said that "the Speaker of the House of Representatives sought in his visit to the President of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Massoud Barzani to moisten the atmosphere between the center and the region after the escalated statements between the parties after the referendum on the twenty-fifth of last month."
She stressed that this visit broke the deadlock between the center and the region away from the results achieved, because the logic needs to be applied and the vision of the community safe requires political maturity and the real administrative perception of the concept of citizenship and preservation within the framework of life insured for peace and safety of all citizens of the homeland.
"The political leaders in Baghdad, similar visits to the region to restore contact and normal relations, and to prevent any escalation measures can be inflicted on the Iraqi people in general and the Kurds in particular or to sharply criticize politicians who want to launch initiatives or maintain contact with Kurdistan."
It also called on "Kurdish politicians to respond positively and to visit Baghdad in order to end the crisis in order to ensure the safety of the citizen in every spot in Iraq and to achieve peace and social peace and this is what we seek and find that this goal is not the destruction of humanity and Iraqi society."
The Parliament Speaker Salim al-Jubouri visited the first Sunday on Erbil and met with the President of the Kurdistan region Massoud Barzani, which angered the National Alliance, which asked him to clarify the reasons for the visit that took place without coordination and flag of the House of Representatives.
Jubouri also visited the Vice-Presidents of the Republic of Iyad Allawi and Osama Najafi and meeting Barzani.
The press office of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said that the recent visits by some Iraqi officials to Erbil are political positions that do not represent the point of view of the federal government, and that any attempt or direction that does not conform to the foundations and the federal government's affiliations will not succeed. "
"The position of the federal government is to preserve the unity of Iraq and to ensure national sovereignty over all its lands and not to allow any part of it to be separated and to respect the constitution," said Saad al-Hadithi, spokesman for the office. Iraq to achieve this goal. "

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ARTICLE 2-B

Allawi is afraid of fighting the crowd and Peshmerga and warns of a war in Kirkuk

BAGHDAD - October 9 - Iraqi Vice President Iyad Allawi warned of a civil war in the city of Kirkuk if talks on the separatist efforts of the Kurdistan region fail.
Allawi urged in a televised talk, regional leader Massoud Barzani, and the central government in Baghdad to exercise restraint.
And fear of the entry of the popular crowd to Kirkuk and the disputed areas of fighting with the Peshmerga.
Allawi led an initiative to defuse the crisis between Baghdad and Erbil after the latter held a referendum on independence.
Kurdistan insists on holding an unconditional dialogue with Baghdad. Which is rejected by Prime Minister Haider Abadi, which requires cancellation of the results of the referendum. Finished

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ARTICLE 3

The document .. Sadr's position of the referendum in the Kurdistan region

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - October 9 - Sadr's leader Moqtada al-Sadr on Monday described the referendum on the Kurdistan region as a "booming arm" of Iraq.
Sadr said in a statement that "the Kurds may see that the achievement of their trustees (a Kurdish state) have many benefits to them, and although we respect all their wishes, but the aspirations do not materialize and not based on the interests of others, and that the aspirations of sheer wisdom, May drag the owner to destruction. "
He added that "the referendum is only a first step may require separation or not called as some Kurdish leaders claim, but the mere idea of ​​the referendum and its establishment is an arm of the central government and the whole of Iraq (people and government) (The region) and (center) and the first disadvantage is to inflame the ethnic self that is not less than fueling the sectarian self-seriousness. "
"I do not want to differentiate between one component and another, but the Kurdish component - and especially some of its leaders - have sinned and crossed the border, which may have harmed them, as well as Iraq, its unity and security," Sadr said.
He stressed that "I can not stand idle and without doing what is dictated by my legitimate and national duty, it is the age of a bad year - the division of Iraq - it is visited by the minister of the work to the Day of Resurrection, so it is in the interest of the public and to maintain the unity of Iraq and its people in all its components And its beautiful mosaics, including (the Kurds) call for "a meeting of scientists to be majestic Hozawi to stand on the guidance of all Sunni and Shiite references and obtain fatwas, tips and decisions to shed light on this subject."
He also called for a "Shiite-Sunni meeting, political and public emergency and fast because the circumstance calls for the reunification and forget some things, the most important may postpone the important, even for some time with a meeting of Kurdish opponents and other minorities to stand on their suffering and knowledge of their views and unite their ranks, With the previous point. "
He urged the Arab and Islamic countries to an emergency meeting in Iraq or any other place to support Iraq in its ordeal - not as happened in the other tribulation - to return to the Arab and Islamic embrace again and to come out with decisive decisions, and a meeting with neighboring countries and the region, In general, without interfering in Iraq's internal affairs. "
"The Iraqi government must impose its control over the air and land ports, protect the border and make the security forces on the alert," he said, calling it not to be within the confines of sectarian and ethnic warfare. "He said.
"I call for a permanent meeting of the parliament and the cabinet and not to evade responsibility. I am ready to adopt all meetings to serve the common good," he said. Finished
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ARTICLE 4

Video .. The destruction of wheels and the killing of Awakar near Al Qaim
2017/10/10 8:14
[Ayna-Baghdad]
Air Force has killed a number of gang terrorists on the Okashat-Qaim road west of Anbar province.
"Air Force has carried out airstrikes on the Akashat-Qaim road and close to the Iraqi border with Syria," a statement by the Army's Air Force Command said.
He added that "during the duty was found on two wheels carrying equipment and mortar and unilateral and was directed towards the hostile target and the destruction of the wheels and the killing of all terrorists."

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ARTICLE 5

The federal police take over the land of the eastern belt of Tal Afar

NINEWA, Iraq - October 10: Ninewa Province Operations Command announced the handing over of land in the belt of Tal Afar district, 70 km west of Mosul, to federal police.
The commander of operations, Major General Najem al-Jubouri, was quoted as saying by the command of the Ninewa Command on Monday evening that the operations commander issued orders to receive the tenth brigade of the federal police in the belt of Tal Afar district, east of the judiciary.
Jubouri added that "the order of receipt came in order to protect the strategic road from Tel Abtah to the road to Baghdad Mosul and the protection of the path of Mosul from Tel Zalat to Al-Sahaji, in addition to holding the land in the villages between the two roads."
He pointed out "the receipt of the ninth brigade of the federal police task of keeping the land in the areas between the Qayara and the fourth bridge in the right coast of Mosul in an attempt to provide security in all areas of the province."
"The return of about 80 Christian families displaced to the neighborhoods of the different city of Mosul coming from the province of Kurdistan after the security of the area."
Jubouri said that "the security forces assigned to the command of operations accompanied the Christian families on their return to their place of residence in the left coast of Mosul after the displacement and displacement of more than three years," since the control of Daash on Mosul on 10 June 2014. Ended
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ARTICLE 6

The Japanese ambassador cites the Qur'anic verse of change in conjunction with claims to grant him Iraqi nationality

BAGHDAD - Iraq's ambassador to Iraq, Fumio Iwai, surprised his followers when he said that God Almighty, in his holy book, says, "God does not change what a people is until they change what they themselves are." He added that " The government does not create the private sector, it creates what it sows and harvests fruit through your efforts and initiatives.
This came days after the people of Diwaniyah province to grant Iraqi nationality to the Japanese ambassador to be elected president of Iraq in the next elections may be a savior of the Iraqi people and transfer Japanese technology to Iraq
"I have received many messages on the subject of recruiting university graduates with higher degrees and I thank you for presenting this subject, which gave me the opportunity to reflect on the challenges facing the Iraqi society," he said. "I would like to say frankly that what I can To do so is very limited because Iraq is a sovereign state that has to manage the affairs of the state, including economic and social matters. "In spite of the above, I would like to refer to two or three points:
The problem of unemployment, especially youth unemployment, is one of the most important and serious issues that need to be resolved as a factor that may lead to the loss of stability in Iraqi society. The Government should strongly encourage the development of the private sector because the public sector is too large on the international scale.
Secondly, Iraq is a rich country with both its hard-working and growing workforce as well as its natural resources such as water, oil and gas. If Iraq is able to create the conditions necessary to activate and revitalize its resources and benefit from it, it could have a way to make a big boom in its recovery and when doing so have to reflect on what happened during the last fourteen years after the fall of the former regime: looting and theft, sectarian violence, the emergence of Terrorist organizations such as Al-Dawash, which has further increased investment from Iraq despite its inevitable importance to find jobs.
Finally, there is no obstacle to asking you to be employed by the government as long as there is an understanding of this, but Iraq is no longer as it was before 2003, but Iraq is now a free economy in the private sector, which was supposed to recover a while ago. It is not a shame to have a postgraduate degree in the private sector. AH

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