1-5-2026 Intel Guru Frank26 Question: “Do you know if the older dinar will be exchangeable, [the ones] before 2003?” No. If the currency you have has the face of Saddam, it’s a collector’s item. If it does not have the face of Saddam, the Swiss note…then you are probably going to be okay…
1-5-2026 Newshound/Intel Guru Walkingstick All that is waiting for the new exchange rate has already been agreed upon by the right people. The monetary reform is done. It is a done deal. Ain’t no stopping it now.
1-5-2026 Newshound Guru Sandy Ingram Islamic banking and Western world banking…is really really different…Western banking systems are built on interest, debt, and guaranteed returns. While Iraq’s banking structure is largely based on Islamic finance which prohibits interest and instead relies on risk sharing, asset backed transactions and real economic activity…The IMF, BIS and global correspondent banks assume interest based lending, predictable loan structures and standardized repayment models. Islamic banking does not naturally fit into these assumptions…Because of this mismatch the Central Bank of Iraq cannot simply adopt Western banking rules without risking serious instability…Instead the CBI must carefully redesign its banking framework to operate within international systems while preserving Islamic banking principles…This is why banking reform in Iraq is proceeding more slowly than usual.
1-5-2026 Newshound Guru Samson Article: “SUDANI : DISARMING THE FACTIONS IS AN IRAQI DECISION … ZIDANE : THERE IS NO NEED FOR
WEAPONS TO REMAIN OUTSIDE THE CONTROL OF THE STATE”
1-5-2026 Newshound Guru Militia Man I don’t care if you think Maliki…Al-Abadi or Sudani is going to be the guy, they told you that’s secondary to the economic situation. We’ll see who it is but it’s obvious to everyone that Al-Sudani and what he’s done has been directly related to taking care of the citizens…
1-5-2026 Newshound Guru Clare Article: “Reuters: Venezuelan oil exports are completely paralyzed” Quote: “Venezuelan oil exports are completely paralyzed as oil tankers refuse to sail amid political turmoil.”
1-5-2026 Newshound Guru Jeff Some of you say, ‘We’ve heard this will be 1 to 1.‘ Technically, yeah, it’s going to be 1 to 1. But you got to look at this from two different angles…Hear me carefully on this. It’ll be 1 to 1 only within the country of Iraq, not outside. Here’s why…Whatever you can buy at the grocery store for a 25,000 dinar note…you’ll be able to buy the same exact items with a 25 dinar note after. So yeah, in the country of Iraq it’ll be 1 to 1…What about outside Iraq? There’s the dinar against foreign currency value…Let’s use a $3.00 as example. You would have a 25,000 note that would be worth $75,000. A 25 note is worth $0.75 cents.
1-5-2026 Intel Guru Frank26 [Iraq boots-on-the-ground report] OMAR: Many Iraqis feel reforms are too slow and patience is wearing thin especially among the youth and the unemployed population. FRANK: They know purchasing power is coming and been promised them. They know who says to them it’s coming all the time. And they know the one that pulls the trigger doesn’t open his damn mouth except to say, ‘I got no plans in doing anything.‘ OMAR: Television showing foreign contractors, some of them Americans, being attacked at hotels by protesters. Citizens are very upset. They voted on November 11th for Sudani to be the prime minister and he’s still not named. And the citizens are upset at the reforms and the lies. This is going sideways fast… FRANK: …When the smoke clears…everything will be fine.
1-5-2026 Newshound Guru Samson Article: “A GOVERNMENT ADVISOR PREDICTS A RISE IN GLOBAL OIL PRICES FOLLOWING EVENTS IN VENEZUELA”
1-5-2026 Intel/Newshound Guru Mnt Goat We learned that a few of the militia factions residing in Iraq refused to lay down their arms when mandates came from the U.S. to do so…These Iranian influences must first be squashed and neutralized…So, Iraq appears to be heading toward a difficult test: an economy beholden to the dollar and a legislative body openly defying American demands. Do you think the U.S. is going to allow the dinar to be reinstated under these conditions? …I believe the trip in early January 2026 by Mark Savaya will solidify the end to the militias in Iraq as we know them today.
1-5-2026 Intel/Newshound Guru MarkZ [via PDK] Comment: Some rumors floating around say Dong @ $5.35/5.40? Hope its true. MarkZ: I have a short bank story. Somewhere between $5.35 and $5.40 take home for people who have been allowed to deposit …but cannot yet move it out of that bank. It comes with serious restrictions…but it seems something is going on. I am trying to get to the root of this and confirm... Can you imagine taking home $5.35 and $5.40 on exchanging dong. And this is after fees and the spread. So I will be tracking that story and hope to have verification by Monday [1-5-26]. That one got me excited.
