American Contractor – 24 October 2011

October 27th, 2011

The Iraqi Minister of Oil recently announced that Iraq had
increased their oil output to 2.9 million barrels a day.

However, that figure is exaggerated. Iraq only exported 2.2 million
barrels a day due to the limitations of the infrastructure. Iraq is hoping
to reach 3 million barrels a day in out put oil production by the
end of the month. This remains to be seen as going from 2.9 to 3
million barrels a day in output capacity with the current
limitations will be difficult. In any case, this is a milestone for
Iraq.

http://www.foxbusiness.com/industries/2011/10/22/iraq-oil-output-capacity-jumps-to-250-million-bd-oil-minister/

The Troops here in Iraq are definitely leaving at the end of the
year and with this goes the hundreds of millions of dollars the
troops or the US government brought to Iraq. This will have a
lasting effect on the Iraqi economy. This scenario could be short
lived if the Iraqi government can acquire foreign investments. The
Iraqi government will now have to find the funds to fill the void.

After numerous meetings and consulting with various entities the
consensus is that there will not be any movement with the Iraqi
Dinar currency. The Iraq currency reform report will not commence
this year as the Iraqi parliament will not schedule this for
discussions. This remains in the hands of the Council of
Ministries who have already reviewed the currency reform report
courtesy of Governor Sinan al-Shabibi. In addition, the Currency
Reform report has also been reviewed by a committee that has been
set up by the Iraqi Parliament. There will be no action taken this
year as more debates and discussions are continuing with the
government and private enterprise. This is the reason for the
continued articles in the media referencing the same facts over and
over. The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) continues to move at a snails
pace when it comes to removing the 25k notes from circulation and
at such time will be replacing those denominations with another
newer Iraqi currency. There are six new denominations being
considered and when the decision is finalized they will be printed.
Many claim this is premature as the Iraqi Parliament, Council of
Ministries and the legal department are still reviewing and
debating the Central Bank of Iraq Currency Reform report.

The Iraqi Parliament did accomplish one major goal and that is the
appointment of the new Ministry of Electricity, Abd Al-Karim Aftan.
The appointment of this new Minister casts doubt on Iyad Allawi who
is showing to be less relevant in the political process. Al-Karim
Aftan is from the al-Hal Party which is a small faction of the
Iraqi National Movement. The new Electricity Minister also has a
brother who is the Minister of Industry. You can count on both
brothers to be supportive of PM Maliki which will enforce his grip
of power. PM Maliki is also looking forward to completing his
second term and possibly a third.

Prime Minister Maliki does not want the U.S. Troops to remain past
the agreed deadline of 31 Dec. If he didn’t voice this he would
lose all support from the same political groups that are keeping
him in his position as Prime Minister.

http://www.alsumarianews.com/ar/1/29164/news-details-.html

The Kuwaiti government is continuing with the construction of their
new port of Mubarak despite the Iraqi government politicians
opposition. The only Iraqi government officials who currently have
no problems with the new Kuwaiti port is Prime Minister Maliki and
the Ministry of foreign Affairs Zebari. But rumor has it that
Zebari has been accepting gifts from the Kuwaiti government. The
Kuwaiti government gave Zebari the gifts in exchange for his
influence in continuing with the Kuwait Port of Mubarak. This is
not the good economic partnership for both the Iraqi new Port and
the Kuwaiti Port of Mubarak that you’re led to believe. The fact is
that it blocks the shipping lanes and makes navigation to the Iraqi
port very difficult.

A talk show host recently reported that Iran was a third world
country and that they have no money. I was astonished at this claim
because this host is supposedly an expert on Iraq, or so he claims.
In regards to Iran, the GDP of Iran is almost 900 billion dollars.
Now, compare this to Iraq which is barely 110 billion dollars.
Clearly, Iran is far from being broke. When you hear these
different reports from these various hosts on different topics
please fact check or verify them. If this reporter was so educated
on the topic of Iran then he would’ve known that Iran and Turkey
have already traded 15 billion dollars in the first 8 months of
2011.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Iran

http://tehrantimes.com/index.php/economy-and-business/3835-iran-turkey-trade-to-reach-15-billion-in-2011

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Iraq to Sell Oil in Dinars Says CBI

October 19th, 2011

Iraq to Sell Oil in Dinars Says CBI

There have been several events that have recently occurred in Baghdad. On 17 Sept the al-Iraqiyah TV news station hosted an interview with the Central Bank governor Dr. Sinan al-Shabibi, CBI Advisor Mudher Mohammed Saleh and an unidentified Iraq parliament member. The interview was about the Iraqi dinar currency and the deleting of the three zero’s. The interview lasted about 30 minutes however, we were able to record 20 minutes of the interview. After the recording I had the interview translated from Arabic to English. I have included the translation in this post for all my readers.

There has been a lot of discussion in regards to the deleting of the zero’s or what most people in Baghdad consider as changing the Iraqi dinar currency. My close contacts in the banking industry have recently informed me that as of yet no decision has been made in regards to the changing of the currency. There has been a lot of resistance from the Iraqi Parliament as some members do not believe it is the right time. They are not alone in this thought process. Economists have said that changing the currency would harm the Iraqi economy. They feel that the economy is just not strong enough at this time to take on a complex endeavor as changing the Iraq currency. The Iraqi Parliament holds in their hands the detailed report from the CBI on the deleting of the zeros. However, they have not placed it in the agenda to be discussed and voted on. There has not yet been a date assigned for this. I will keep an eye out and will inform you when they start talking about this issue. Hopefully, in the near future.

The Iraqi government continues to meet and debate on other matters such as what to do about implementing the Erbil agreement. In local Baghdad it is sometimes referred to as the 19 Terms Paper. A Kurdish delegation will be coming to Baghdad and meeting with the Central Government to talk about the Erbil agreement. The Kurdish group is coming to talk about a mechanism to implement the terms of the Erbil Agreement and not to renegotiate the terms of the 19 Terms Paper. Some of the terms are the Article 140, the Oil and Gas Law, and the Iraq Census that desperately needs to be completed. You must have the census completed before you can complete the Article 140.

As the Kurdish delegation are coming to Baghdad the Iraq Parliament Speaker Usamah al-Nujayfi will be travelling around the major cities in Iraq meeting various political blocs. This has the backing of the Prime Minister Nuri Maliki. All are trying desperately to mend the rift that have occurred in the past with the different political blocs.

Chapter VII
As I’ve said in the past several months, UN Chapter VII continues in Iraq as President Jalal Talabani makes his way to New York to attend meetings and lobby for the removal of Chapter VII. The next major review for the Chapter VII sanctions will be in December 2011. I believe that the sanctions will continue into 2012.

Kuwait Port of Mubarak
The new Kuwait is not a welcomed project for the Iraqi government and it creates nothing but problems for the commerce, shipping, fish hatcheries, iraq oil platforms etc. There is no cooperation between the two countries on this project as Iraq wants to build the Grand Faw Port which was designed a few years ago. Way before Kuwait even thought of their Port of Mubarak. Tensions will flair in the future over these two projects.

For those of you that continue to believe that Chapter VII has been lifted, read the links I provided below.

http://en.aswataliraq.info/Default1.aspx?page=article_page&id=144905&l=1

http://en.aswataliraq.info/Default1.aspx?page=article_page&id=144926&l=1

Let’s talk about the interview on the state run al-Iraqiyah TV with the CBI representatives and the unidentified Iraq Parliament member.

During the interview Dr. Sinan Shabibi sometimes sounded confused, at times incoherent and often repeated himself. He certainly did not prepare himself for the interview on al-Iraqiyah TV. The CBI Advisor Mudher Mohammad Saleh appeared prepared for the interview.

During the interview the TV producer asked about how the CBI was going to make sure that no counterfeit dinars will be involved in the 30 Trillion dinar notes. This part was odd to me because Dr. Shabibi answers the question with an answer that had nothing to do with the question asked.

One thing significant I found in the interview is that the CBI Advisor Saleh mentioned that Iraq would be selling oil and having the oil be paid for in Iraqi dinar. Meaning that Iraq dinar will be a reserve currency for other countries.

This will be all for now as I will be posting more later. As always, thank you for being a loyal reader and joining the American Contractor mailing list.

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CBI Interview

17 Sept 2011 Interview on Iraqiyah TV with CBI Governor Sinan al-Shabibi, A unidentified Parliament Member and CBI Advisor Mudher Mohammed Saleh.

The Parliament Person:
This old currency when it will be destroyed, there must be awareness, because this old currency could go back to the market again and to the recharging process one again.

The producer of the show:
Destroyed by a specialized committee, through them?

The Parliament Person:
Yes, of course, there is nothing ultimate in this world, because even the committee could be infected by the corruption, so there must be a double procedures to prevent the old currency from been leaking out.

The producer of the show:
Did you consider such fears acceptable, as it is come from other people?

The Parliament Person:
Of course its acceptable, but the CBI personnel must make a strategy with one way only so when the currency get through it, there will be no way back, and thatís mean the destruction process must be in it correct way with the supervise of a specialized persons and go a step by step and also with the committee monitoring which is still in the process of develop and grow up.

The producer of the show:
Dr. Sinan Al Shabibi the printed currency right now is 30 Trillion Dinars? Do you have a statistic way to know the stock of this currency? And how you will make sure that no fake dominations will become a part of this 30 Trillion?

Dr. Sinan Al Shebibi:
By God its, I mean this is part of the faking process that possibly become a part of process like Ahhhhhh, trying to Ahhh!!, entering through the Banks and these stuff, and for this truth we watch very good, and we of course have statistics I mean the currency, currency we discover fake, I mean I didn’t come to and in all the dominations I mean let us say 0003 something very little very little a very simple number let us say has an effect but I mean it will be watched in a very good way but this this not it be in truth it is the limitation of the process or the continue like we heard in the conference and such a stuff, because this is very limited, but Mafia and such a stuff is very limited its an open case not open like this but that doesnít mean that they will come carrying a bags of money on their shoulders Ahhhhh Ahhhhh, the subject is crystallized and there is a control above such a thing Ahhh Ahhhh checking and checking the currency and and and and, are they fake or something like this, this is in delivering in main.

The producer of the show:
So can we know the fake currency? Even if it was professionally faked?

Dr. Sinan Al Shebibi:
Yes, Yes, like what we are doing right now, like the truth right now will not be different

The producer of the show:
Thatís mean that you printed the new currency with the value of 30 Trillion after deleting the three zeros? So is there is any increasing in this number according to the government neediness or the needs? Or we reached a final number which is 30 Trillion?

Dr. Sinan Al Shebibi:
30 they are the stock right now, thatís mean that the 30 that exist will be reduced to 30 Trillions to 30??? Ahhhhhh!!!! “Billion”

Mudher Mohammed:
As a number it will be reduced and as an amount it will be reduced also because it a restructuring of the whole currency.

The producer of the show:
So from the economical side it is very useful to strength the Iraqi Dinar? And will the CBI continue selling the U.S. Dollars and working with the new currency as well?

Mudher Mohammed Saleh:
The people will submit to the new currency and they have to have it or they will face punishment like tax, and there will be a big dominations and small dominations which is consisted of the coins, if we made two or three big value domination this will reduce the stock of currency (four Trillions) and it will become 2.9 billion and this will make the system thinner and make it more settle.

The producer of the show:
Dr. Hayder (The parliament person) you are a parliament authority, we find a lot of people rejecting this process because Iraq from the political side is not done yet or not developed yet to get through such a process and these people saying these when Iraq complete some of it more important sides and develop enough and then we will be ready to go through such a step?

The Parliament Person:
I will answer your question but first I will commit on the work evaluating.
Of course the suggestion will consist of a varied dominations but the 25 Dinar and above like 50 or 100 Dinar will be more than 65% or even 75% and the rest dominations will be the 25% so faking process will be a very easy to control because the big value currency will be easy to identify wither it official or fake and faking them almost impossible.

Dr. Sinan Al Shebibi:
And we also in truthÖ. Didnít print the currency, itís a strategic thing.

The Parliament Person:
We all the time start such a process with the stock we have the one used between the banks and this will protected from being faked, but the one that the people exchange will may be fake,

The producer of the show:
Is this thing will be a stuck point within the Parliament?

The Parliament Person:
The CBI provide us with a completed studied documents of the whole project but some parts still in the process of developing and we will have a good time to finish these sides and the project will be established at the 2013 and this will leave a good time period to study every thing once again and fill all the holes in the project to make it perfect, and the parliament will have the time to negotiate about this project in front of every one.

The producer of the show:
Dr. Sinan, one of the major duties for the CBI is to raise the value of the currency and make it a welcomed currency where ever we go with it, and also will the government set a time to sell amount of Iraqi Oil for Iraqi Dinars and remove it all from the outside and make the preparations for the process of changing the currency?

Mudher Mohammed Saleh:
As I think that the Iraqi currency amounts is very little out side and its there only in the neighboring countries like Syria, Iran, Turkey, Saudi.. etc, and it went there for a tourism and small trading process only, your question is that when the Iraqi Dinar will be a reserve currency for other countries, and my answer is that Iraq have a lot of goods and his abilities is very strong and if the steps goes right in the future the Iraqi currency will be a reserve currency for other countries.

The producer of the show:
What is the stock of reserves right now?

Mudher Mohammed Saleh:
It’s about 58 Billion U.S.D and this is the highest number that Iraq reached through it economical history.

The producer of the show:
Ok, Dr. Sinan, a currency with three languages, Arabic, Kurdish, and English, is such a thing possible and is there any country have such a currency or may be with more languages? And dose the Iraqi constitution allow this?

Dr. Sinan Al Shebibi:
(The conclusion of what he said is that it’s possible but with shortened the writings and makes the languages refer to the amount of the domination and not a long sentence)

The producer of the show:
What if you found that the stock is more than 30 Trillion?

Mudher Mohammed Saleh:
Thatís mean there will be a problem in the whole of the study and the whole project, and even though we have a lot of way to prevent such a thing from happening and even if it happen we have ways to correct it

End of Translation

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Iraqi Dinar – History and Signs of Growth

October 14th, 2011

After the fall of Saddam Hussein’s reign in 2003, numerous changes were undertaken by the Iraqi government regarding political and economic conditions of the nation. The Iraqis confided in the government to rebuild Iraq’s infrastructure and stabilize the nation in all political, economic, and social aspects. The government encouraged foreign investments into their monetary system with the goal of developing Iraq’s economy as a major player in the Middle East.

Iraq showed many other signs of growth as well like the foreign licenses being awarded by the Central Bank of Iraq. This stirred a great spur of growth and many were convinced that the new Iraqi Dinar currency will most likely rise in value after the implementation of different changes planned.

The Presidential Order 13303 facilitated the citizens of United States to invest into the new Iraq economy. According to the order along with the Coalition Provisional Government Order 39, the US citizens get the right to invest similar to an Iraqi citizen. They can invest presently in alternatives such as Stocks, Currency, Bonds, Business and Real Estate in Iraq. Further, these investments are guaranteed under the order, through removal of sanctions on Iraqi investments. The Iraqi banking system was also permitted for restructuring under the new order.

The Iraqi government planned for many more issues of Treasury bills into secondary market. The central bank of Iraq auctioned the Treasury bills in July after a long time. Currently, the local banks have purchased 3-month bills worth 900 billion Iraqi Dinars (approximately USD 628 million) with coupons varying between 2.5%-6.8%. In order to enhance the value of Iraqi exchange rate, the Central bank is planning to increase their reserves of foreign currency as well. Likewise, the government measures successfully led to the current position of Iraq in the world.

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Perils Of The Zeros Explained, Finally

October 3rd, 2011

Appreciate The Risk Or Get Out Of The Oven

Abunch of inquiries about Iraq’s increasing in value of their currency and dropping off the zeros in their Dinar has been haunting several dinar investors for over 7 years. More curious about the newly introduced redenomination and its effect to the value of Dinar and the country’s economy.

As what AmericanContractor stated,

“There has been a lot of discussion in regards to the deleting of the zero’s or what most people in Baghdad consider as changing the Iraqi dinar currency.” What will be the outcome with this peril of the zeros?

A rumor even broke out that the Iraq Finance Minister himself has released a statement asserting that the government has prepared a plan to increase the value of the country’s currency against the current value of the USD. It is believed that fiscal policies imposed in the country have significantly contributed to the increase of Iraqi Dinar’s value against the USD.

Some individuals are not totally convinced on the issue springing forth that there will be re-denomination in the country’s currency because of the existing debate on the planned implementation of the Erbil agreement but the low demand for the US dollar in the local Iraqi currency exchange markets has caught the majority’s attention more than the concern of the 19 Terms Paper.

Mudhhir Muhammad Salih, the Central Bank advisory panel, released a statement telling that new banknotes will be introduced while the current banknotes will be removed from the circulation of Iraq’s economy. The denomination would be tender in Iraq until the current banknotes will be completely replaced by the new ones although the date as to when the new banknotes be released is not yet specified.

With all the breaking rumors and news, what do they imply? As a whole, news points to significant alterations in the country’s currency value. Lots of Dinar vets are hoping that the Iraqi government will introduce new lower denominations into the economy of Iraq.

It is already expected that when the purchasing power of the dinar increases rapidly, the larger denominations would become impractical for use during the daily transactions in the country.

So, if there would be an increase of value to ten cents (which would make 0.1 US dollar), the smallest banknote of the country would make up for 5 USD. It would then be impractical to buy daily necessary items in the market and there would be no way to make for change – this would make the country’s currency impractical and unusable. There has to be a denomination in the country’s economy to address the need. Not a devaluation which is a totally different reason for a re-denomination.

Also from the recent released news, it appears that all denominations will be in circulation right at the same time without immediate exchange. It is believed (hopefully) that Iraqi Dinar will be among the currencies engaging on the world exchange market. This will definitely open a door to an easier exchange in the future. There are high expectations on Iraq becoming fast as the country continually rebuilds their wealth, economy and promoting international relations.

Some of the rumors spread are the issue about the future exchangeable value of few of the present Iraqi bank note denominations and the rumor about the time-bounded periods for exchange of current Iraqi banknotes. And to the numerous rumors being spread, it won’t be impossible to get false rumors.

One of the false rumors getting into the ear of the people concern is the issue about the 25,000 dinar banknote to be exchanged at a different exchange rate than the present smaller banknotes. Another false rumor suggests that there will be an expected short period of exchange for the present banknotes after a significant alteration of value and the release of lower denominations.

Well, to clarify all these rumors, we may try to look at currency from a basic perspective. Countries issue their own chosen currency. They issue their currency with an obligation to honor and redeem it. When a certain country issues currency (we’ll make use of US as anexample), they borrow against that currency and issue debt to support it. The US just printed a huge amount of currency for stimulus funding. And order to implement this, the government of US had to borrow the money bearing the responsibility to pay it back.

US Treasury Department, the function of this department is to manage effectively the national debt of the country– the huge amount of money which the federal government owes to its investors and creditors. As believed, China owns much of our debt as do US people living within the premises of the country and othercountries. And as concerned citizens, we should honor our issued currency and our debt because a country that refuses to honor its debt will lose creditors and investors.

When creditors lose their faith in the defaulting country, the country will expectedly experience financial ruins. And Iraq as part of the world economic community carrying a goal of getting their currency online with the rest of the known world currencies, has successfully issued currency with an obligation to honor it all and not just on certain denominations.

All countries have to take full responsibility (and that certainly includes Iraq) for all of their currency issued and they are not allowed to exchange time lines to try and even eradicate people for exchanging. And money from all over the corners of the globe has already flowed into Iraq through the purchase of its famous Dinar.

Government of Iraq will honor that opportunity in their present economy otherwise; They will never be accepted by the world financial community. Besides, there has never been a country among the world economic community that refused to honor its debt -the world financial community would never accept such.

So, what will be the outcome? Will ‘knocking off the zeros’ contribute for a greater change? Well, we may think of the positive possibilities and positive results. This can mean, not having to carry a heavy bunch of papers while doing transactions or purchasing daily needs for the Iraq citizens. Give the Iraqi’s what they want, and we may possibly get what we want. Iraqis want a currency they can carry that doesn’t have all the zeros that a ‘devalued’ China currency has. Where 1 dinar means something, now, before a revaluation. A dinar actually has some skin in the game.

Besides, if they are not going to make a move to re-denominate the Dinar, how would they increase the value without reducing the number of Iraqi Dinar in circulation first? Although there is no certainty that re-denomination would make the value of Iraqi Dinar closer tothe current value of the US dollar still, such a re-denomination would certainly help simplify Iraqi transactions and the record keeping.

A new look and feel for the physical banknotes of Iraq may open new doors for the development of the growing country; While keeping the old banknotes proportional in value to the new. Kind of like what a US $10,000 banknote is worth. A US $10K banknote has not been in print since some time in the 60’s but such note is still worth $10,000 today legal tender value.

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Quietly Rebuilding Towards An RV

September 28th, 2011

Quietly Rebuilding Towards An RV

Iraq’s currency is becoming one of the most talked-about topics among foreign investors and entrepreneurs even though most people ‘in the know’ will never take action to purchase the dinar. And to this day, the country has taken another step in rebuilding its great empire. The country has discovered its billion worth of oil reserves and decided to reconstruct its oil facilities for another era of oil exploration activities.

The reconstruction works are believed to be first initiated by the United States Army Cop. Right now, people believe that lots of oil infrastructures in various localities of the country are about to be finished. Iraq aims to reconstruct its oil facilities accompanied with oil licenses so that by the year 2017, it will become one of the top oil sources talked about on International news.

To make the goal a reality, the country needs help from countries like the US. Fortunately,the USACE or the United State Cop Engineers responded to the needs of Iraq. It is believed that the USACE made an appointment with media personnel discussing things and ways on how to level up the success of the reconstructions.

USACE has committed to help and to serve the citizens. The team of US engineers has been implementing effective ways to enhance and rebuild the damaged oil facilities of the country.

These engineers are determined to increase the oil production of the country. Normally, the country can produce 2 million barrels for a single day but the engineers want to increase the oil production to three million barrels. That can only be possible when there will be stable and strong oil facilities.

It is greatly expected that the 200 cubic feet of natural gas will go higher up to 800 cubic feet per day. And if these goals and expectations are successfully met, other infrastructures will spring forth. One of the most expected infrastructures right after meeting the goal of increasing the oil production of the country is the power supply. This means that there will be more generated electricity applicable for industrial and domestic purposes.

Iraq will have abundant cooking gas supply in the next years to come. And it is believed that the country needs to produce over $100 million for the cooking oil production project. This could mean that Iraq will set the pace for world leaders to follow with natural gas consumption as cheap natural gas starts showing up all over Iraq from vehicles to cooking on the streets. Don’t be surprised if Iraq takes charge in producing its own natural gas car to boost the natural gas car industry.

With the reconstruction of oil facilities in the country, more national refineries will emerge and abundant oil production will come forth. And if there will be an increase of oil production, there will also be improvement in the economic status of the country. When the country will gain economic stability, Iraqi Dinar revaluation is never hard to expect. Iraq Dinar RV will definitely follow right after the reconstruction works of the country’s oil facilities.

And, as we all know, there is nothing that foreign investors are waiting but the revaluation of the currency. And revaluation is not hard to expect because as we can observe, the country is constantly rising and developing. It has taken hard steps to meet the needs of its people and even to meet the needs of the whole world. Facts tell that the country got billions of oil reserves which can supply the world demand. So, in simple terms, the reconstruction of oil facilities in Iraq is a promising step for Iraqi Dinar revaluation.

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Vacations in Iraq: An In Depth Overview

September 23rd, 2011

**Disclaimer: American cititzens are highly recommended to consult with their US Department State before traveling to Iraq for vacation or work

Do we unconsciously connote the word ‘Iraq’ with war and conflict? Although, we don’t have any intention on giving a negative perception towards the country but because we lack information about the country and because of the negative news and feedback from the media, we may unconsciously perceive Iraq as a country of war and chaos.

This false perception does hurt the citizens living in Iraq because from the moment we perceive their dwelling place as chaotic, it is also the same event that we perceive them (the Iraqis) as chaotic. This is one way of judging them as a nation when we don’t have enough evidences and information about their struggles and development.

And this is the perfect time to tweak our minds. We need to broaden our understanding and perception that Iraq is a wonderful nation with loving and caring human beings, aiming towards development. This could be the right time to open our minds that Iraq can be a splendid spot for tourism. If Iraq will be officially claimed as a tourist spot, its Iraq Dinar will increase in value, economy will improve andinternational relations will be established. And anyone knows the significance of having an established international relations right?

And the country Iraq needs to establish good relationship to other foreign countries to promote business opportunities to its citizens. This will give an opportunity for the country to explore more of the outside world. Iraq can be a great spotfor tourism. Why? Well, there are lots of reasons. For those who may have forgotten their history subject way back their early college years, the first civilization in the world was instituted in Mesopotamia.

If you want to experience the true atmosphere of an ancient city then Baghdad is the definite location for you. Or you may just decide to take a break and talk about your experiences and the things you have learned along the way with the locals while sipping your exotic tea and shisha.

So, will the country become a destination of choice? For almost half a decade of chaos, the country seems an unpleasant location for a vacation. But could its image as the origin of human civilization see tourists swarming? It may take years but it is never impossible.

Each and every country has its own exquisite spot and so does Iraq. Remember that Iraq was once the legendary Babylon. The country got spots which can become great holiday destinations. The country got amazing traditions and monuments which can be privileges for the intrepid.

Iraq has excellent traditions. The people in Iraq are accustomed to treat foreigners with kindness (which is very opposite to our current perception today). And one can never deny the grandeur of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. These bodies of water have been part of history since the human civilization began. These bodies of water are the basis of life of the region and are parts of the river system of Southeast Asia. With these rivers alone, we can definitely say that the country got the oldest cities in history which can be a great asset for tourism.

Even text books tell us that the country has hot destinations which can compete on today’s tourist spots. Tourism in Iraq can be a marvelous source of revenue. Although the establishment of tourism in the country may not be as beneficialas that of the country’s oil reserves, still it can be a great factor for the country to improve in its economic status.

Tourism in the country means that there will be a high demand of Iraqi Dinar since tourists will have to pay for their accommodations and food. This will undeniably increase the demand for Dinar and will strengthen the country’s currency for future investments. And higher demand of the Dinar also means a brighter chance for revaluation.

Tourism will greatly change the way people perceive Iraq. If there will be a successful establishment of tourism in the country, the world will have a better view onthe country and significantly to its citizens. This will extensively give a great international image and will boost the Iraqi women’s confidence and will spontaneously help them change the way they view human life. Besides, the citizens of Iraq also got heart and emotions. If we think of their country as chaotic, it seems that we are giving the world the impression that these people are not worthy to be respected.

The Iraq government is determined and focused to establish tourism in the country. The new government officials are optimistic. As a matter of fact, the country just held its “Spring Fair” at a hotel within the great walls of Baghdad. There were numerous visitors with different nationalities. All were given the chance to look at the prestigious gems and fine arts of the country. Some of the arts and crafts were meticulously created by the women of Iraq. And the religious tourists who keep on visiting the holy cities of the country are constantly growing in numbers.

Based on the latest record, Iraq receives approximately 300,000 foreign visitors every single year. The favorite destinations of these visitors are the shrines of the Imam Hussein in Karbala. This fact alone gives strength and motivations to the current Iraq government – which Iraq will soon establish its tourism for the rest of the world. The country’s target right now is to become like the famous countries Cambodia and Croatia. These famous countries were once chaotic places because of war but right now, are one of the leading countries with vacation spots.

Iraq has never been this determined. The government officials in Iraq are even planning to attend this year’s World Travel Market Exhibition. This interesting exhibition will be held in London. This will give the Iraq a chance to show to the world its great spots and sceneries to showcase their country. The government officials are determined to showcase the great antique sceneries that the tourism minister, Qahtan Al-Jibouri conducted a survey for each province in the country to adhere all the needs of the province for development.

If tourism will be established, an influx of money will be greatly anticipated. The government officials have been taking actions to attract foreign investors and international trading partners. This calls for another promising improvement of the economic status of the country.

And as we all know by fact, tourism will definitely require infrastructures like theme parks, stores, restaurants and other business establishments which can definitely promote the currency of the country. In what way can these business establishments boost the currency of Iraq? Well, it’s as simple as getting more opportunities for the citizens to earn a living. More business infrastructures mean more business opportunities and job vacancies. And construction projects will emerge opening domestic opportunities.

Promising trade arrangements will soon rise because the country will have a better relationship with its neighboring countries. And when there is peaceful relationship with countries outside the premises, it means wider job opportunities and bigger foreign investments. Oil trade transaction will definitely be a top source of revenue. Besides, the country got billions ofbarrels which are ready for business for international exports.

Everything will be very smooth and the country will be considered as one of the most powerful countries ever established. Private security will emanate and so with visa requirements. Airlines will follow such as the Star Alliance air network. If tourism will officially be launched in the country, it will never be impossible that by the next ten years an Iraqi will be included in the list of the richest human beings in the planet.

A country, although can have the greatest vacation spots in the world, if there isn’t anystable peace and order situation then it can never attract foreign tourists andinternational investors. The foundation of tourism is definitely the peace and order situation of the location.

It may even require time and money. And to help change the way people perceive Iraq, the government officials are trying their best to corroborate vacation packages and promotional tourism. Its campaign has started. Fortunately, the country is being helped by the US. The US found Iraqas a developing country. For that reason, US is helping to sustain the peaceand order situation of the place.

If the country will be able to alter the way modern people believe about Iraq, there will be abundance because tourists will just come and get attracted. This is avery challenging step that the country shall take since this will involve massive effort. But if gained and altered, it will definitely obtain extensive benefits and there will greatly be higher demand on its currency.

Thinking of visiting the beautiful country? We can all think of the positive possibilities rather than scrutinizing the country. It would be better if we alter the way we think and start to have a positive perception towards the country Iraq. The country was once the cradle of mankind and its previous grand image will definitely return.

Iraq has a brighter future once tourism will be officially established. It was once the ancient city of wealth and prosperity. Right from splendid hanging gardens of Babylon to Basra (this place was once regarded as the great Venice of the East), tourists will be able to roam around the premises of Iraq and explore the ancient city with their own naked eyes.

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Dinar Goes From Lame To Fame In 5 Years

September 19th, 2011

More and more people have seen the potential of Iraqi Dinar. They even have the nerves to invest thousands of dollars to gain millions of Dinar. For the past 5 years, from 2006 up until this year, this scenario has been a fact and is expected to continue beyond the revaluation. But why is Dinar such a hot issue? Just how international is this currency that even big businessmen like Donald Trump are persuaded?

A currency as they say is the reflection of a country. If the currency has big value then the country holding that certain currency has power. And power of course is money. In other words, we need to take a look at Iraq so that we can determine the performance of the Iraqi Dinar and see its true potential in the world market. We’ve got to understand and know the progress of the country bearing the currency so that we can have conclusion on its value.

So, how is Iraq right now? Is Iraq becoming international? Well, it is normal for an ordinary foreigner to see Iraq as a country striving for development because of the devastating war it had but it is unusual for an ordinary foreigner to perceive Iraq as acountry with international market. This may seem to be unpleasant but we can’t blame other people to think this way. Although the negative rumors spreading usually have no concrete sources straight from the government of Iraq, we can still be positive that Iraq is becoming international.

For those people who doubted the international nature of business growing in Iraq then they may try to consider some emerging rumors about the list of different nationalities represented on the list of big companies which are qualified for Iraq’s 4th round of oil licenses: China, Croatia, Egypt, France, Kuwait, Japan, Italy, South Korea, United States, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, Netherlands, Russia, Pakistan, Turkey, Thailand, Vietnam, and India.

We may not be totally sure but we can be optimistic about this because of the growing progress of the country. Actually, according to the rumor and some other information, there are still more. As a matter of fact, the number of countries signing up to be qualified is still on queue as they say. Well, if we try to look, these countries are not small countries. These countries are super power countries which got power and influence over other small countries. This reason alone may solidify the international nature of business in the country.

So, is Iraq international? Well,you decide. Is Iraqi Dinar a great investment? You conclude. Is the currency of Iraq good and appropriate for international market? You answer. For the past weeks, a rumor broke out that an Egyptian refinery in Mosul won an oil transportation contract in the country. Not so long ago, another rumor broke out that a certain Korean firm has built over 100,000 homes in the capital cityof Iraq. Few days after, another rumor broke out that a particular American company supplied high-tech surveillance equipment. And after a couple of months, another breaking issue spread indicating that Turkish and French businesses are planning to build big hotels. These are just simple, though uncertain supporting details, that may back up the country. The main thought we can have here is that the country is getting a global audience.

Besides, why can’t we give the country a chance? Would it be that hard for us to believe on the potential of the oil reserves of the country? Or are we judgmental enough to look down on the infinite potentials of the citizens residing in Iraq? So, will Iraqi Dinar become a great international currency? All in on this blog!

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More Dinars Needed For Iraq Agriculture

September 7th, 2011

More Dinars Needed For Iraq Agriculture

The UN noticed fast growth in Iraq, other countries have predicted that the economy of Iraq will rise up to 70% from its current level today in a span of five years. This will give more steam to Iraq’s pending revaluation of the Iraq Currency.

It’s quite fascinating that Iraq has seen its need for agriculture. This calls for a promising development and improvement for the country. Besides, for a country to progress in terms of its food supply, it needs to have a source that it can establish. For this reason, Iraq is investing on grains to become a country that can be considered as self sustaining in grains in a span of three years.

Independent in grain production for Iraq is another challenging step. The country is quite aware that to become self-sufficient in grains, it needs to overcome lots of challenges and difficulties. But the country is up for the challenge. Aside from desiring to be self-sufficient in grains, the country wants to invest more on agriculture because of the jobs it can produce for its citizens.

Iraq realized that agriculture can be a labor and capital intensive industry which will be a huge source of jobs for its people. If there will be an established industry for domestic agriculture, Iraq fully understands that it means lower costs for its people in terms of food. When the country reaches the level of being self-sufficient in grains, it can be confident in providing food for its people without being dependent on other neighboring countries.

When there are enough deposits of grown grains, the local economy will benefit the most. The Iraqi government pursues on investing for an established agricultural industry not only for improving its economy but much more, for increasing its morale level. If there will be jobs created because of the established agricultural industries, the citizens will have the capacity to produce and provide for the needs of their own families.

Agriculture in Iraq is a natural way to curb the protests in the streets for lack of paying jobs. Oil production is not the only solution for a revaluation of the Dinar. It will be a multi prong approach involving independence in various facets of Iraqi industry.

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Will Iraq Government Change The Dinar?

August 28th, 2011

Will Iraq Government Change The Dinar?

One of the hottest issues of the Middle Eastern market today is Iraqi Dinar. There have been a handful of economists who have predicted that the currency of Iraq will sooner or later rebase just like what happened in Turkey and Russia some years ago.

Experts have speculated this rebasing because the economy of the country is slowly rising. A lot of rumors have emerged regarding the rebasing of Iraqi Dinar. Lots of foreign investors have carefully followed the issue from time to time. And a couple of experts have drawn their own perspectives regarding the potential rebasing of Iraq’s currency.

Although there have been exhorted rebasing issues on the Internet, still there has never been a final word from the central bank of Iraq. A lot of people want this to happen but there are some who are quite skeptical.

So, what is to be expected if this will occur? It’s simple. If the rebasing of the Iraq’s currency is decided and implemented, the common 25,000 IQD will become 25 IQD. There would be changes in the banknote. The 10,000 IQD will be treated as a common 10 IQD. In simple terms, if 1 USD will make up for 1,000 IQD, the 1,000 IQD will become 1 IQD. In other words, 1 USD will be equal to 1 IQD. The 25 USD will be equal to 25 IQD.

But the lopping off of the three zeroes does not necessarily mean that the value of the currency of Iraq will immediately be equal to the US dollar. Definitely not! There is a difference between the banknotes and the value. But people may wonder if this change will affect the investors. Well, this anticipated phenomenon will never hurt the current investors of today.

As a matter of fact, this will give a lot more profit to foreign investors and to the citizens of Iraq. In what way? Why do some people want to rebase the Dinar? Actually, there are only two supported reasons at present.

First, in a certain developing country such as Iraq where cash makes up 80% of the money matter, obviously, people would rather choose for smaller banknotes than carrying a heavy bunch of papers. This will make transactions safer and lighter for investors and vendors. Second, the central bank of Iraq has coped in order to cut back Iraq’s high rates of inflation. This means that the ascent in the general level of the current prices of services and goods of the country will be easily monitored and managed.

Rebasing will be a wise solution in managing the growing currency of the country. The current government of Iraq has considered the issue but still has not drawn their final decision. But if this will happen, the new banknotes are predicted to be printed by the Britain’s De La Rue. Britain’s De La Rue is a renowned commercial printer for banknotes and is currently recognized as the world’s biggest printer of banknotes.

So, will Iraq rebase the Dinar? Well, for now we can only assume or anticipate but we can’t strongly assert because we don’t have enough concrete statements from the government of Iraq. What we can do for now is be positive and expect the best for the growing country. This ‘again’ is another indication that Iraq is developing. This is a strong indication that the country will face the big foreign market. If this growth will continue, Iraq will become a powerful nation again with citizens who are more confident and civilized. A lot of foreign investors will definitely get attracted and the ISX will definitely grow.

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Iraq Dinar Investers Get Social On Facebook

August 16th, 2011

How many sources are you currenctly watching to keep a gauge on your dinar news?  Many?  There are a few Dinar owners who only watch DrDinar and I thank you.  Despite who you are listening too, watching, and gauging, I want to recommend DrDinar on Facebook above and beyond the weekly posts we enjoy right here on the DrDinar blog. 

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