3-18-2026 Newshound Guru Samson Article: “THE COUNCIL ADMINISTER’S APPROVES THE BLAST, EID AL- FITR HOLIDAY FROM WEDNESDAY UNTIL NEXT MONDAY”
3-18-2026 Intel/Newshound Guru MarkZ [via PDK] Question: With Sudanis temporary approval of power, how long do you believe it will take for the HCL, budget and new rate to be implemented by the board of directors and tell the CBI to flip the switch? MarkZ: I don’t know timing. But I think we will get HCL moving very quickly…then a budget and a rate change. Just my opinion.
3-18-2026 Newshound/Intel Guru Fnu Lnu Nouri al-Maliki is still formally the Shia Coordination Framework’s nominee and insists he will not withdraw, but his path to actually becoming prime minister has weakened and is now highly uncertain due to US pressure and internal divisions. Add to this complication, and all it’s baggage, Iraq now has it’s finances in peril due to 91% of it’s income being compromised. Not looking too good for the RV home team. I’m looking for that magic Trump Sauce to pull this off but the future is not exactly bright at this time.
3-18-2026 Newshound Guru Clare Article: “The process of exporting Iraqi oil to the Turkish port of Ceyhan has begun” Quote: “The North Oil Company announced today, Wednesday, the start of the process of exporting Iraqi oil from Kirkuk Governorate to the Turkish port of Ceyhan, confirming that the initial production will be 250,000 barrels per day…This return does not merely represent a resumption of export operations, but rather embodies a technical and administrative success…”
3-18-2026 Newshound Guru Sandy Ingram Al-Sudani has been busy…trying to…prevent Iraq from becoming the next battlefield…This challenge is balancing three powerful forces…Pressure from Iran linked militants inside of Iraq, pressure from Western governments who want these militants controlled and pressure from Iraq’s own people who simply want stability and economic security. This is on top of Iraq’s oil exports coming to a halt due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
3-18-2026 Newshound Guru Jeff How far away is the rate change? Obviously the war has to happen first. Yesterday’s news…they flat out finally admitted it to you. The government formation is paused and on hold until the war is done…I’ve been telling you guys since we’ve been into this year that everything in Iraq, including real trade against their currency, taxation, all of that is paused and on hold until they form the government and revalue the currency going international.
3-18-2026 Intel Guru Frank26 We’re close no doubt. But the problem is that you can see what is in the way. You know what is preventing this. We need to pray that the war ends and we are victorious and the government of Iraq is established...Like I always say, lets wait till the smoke clears..In my heart I believe it’s gong to clear before the end of this month.
3-18-2026 Intel/Newshound Guru MarkZ [via PDK] Article: “The Coordination Framework postpones the decision of the Prime Minister until the end of the war, granting the Sudanese limited powers” They did this overnight and should get us off “stuck”.
3-18-2026 Newshound/Intel Guru Mnt Goat Article: “FOUR MONTHS AFTER THE IRAQI ELECTIONS: THE WAR MAY LEAD TO AN EXTENSION OF AL-SUDANI’S TERM” Quote: “Well-informed political sources revealed on Tuesday (March 17, 2026) that there is what they described as a “near agreement” among major political forces to postpone the completion of procedures for forming the new Iraqi government until the course and repercussions of the ongoing military conflict between Iran, the United States, and Israel become clear, amid growing fears of the repercussions of regional escalation on the Iraqi interior.” So now there is talk that the elections may just be postponed altogether until the Iranian conflict is over. The new Parliament leader already told us he does not intend to hold any sessions until the conflict is over.
