April 16, 2026 Paulette The CBI can make a change to the rate at any time and they told us last Fall that they are moving forward with the project… : Paulette Paulette
March 24, 2026 Paulette 100+ Parliamentarians not in support of a second term [for Sudani] now…..Go Khadimi!!!! That is what I am hoping for. He was against the Iranian militias in Iraq years ago but considered […] Paulette
March 23, 2026 Paulette While the Oil and Gas Law is not the HCL, it certainly paves the way for the full HCL…I have not seen any statements made to move the HCL forward. The […] Paulette
March 22, 2026 Paulette As the Iranian regime completely falls and the transition is put in place (perhaps Pahlavi), the faster the people of Iran returns to economic prosperity the more stable the country […] Paulette
March 21, 2026 Paulette WTO meeting is irrelevant as Iraq will not have all completed in time for the upcoming MC and will have great difficulty completing all by the next MC in 2028…Paulette Paulette
March 20, 2026 Paulette The Iranian militia issue has to be resolved and is being dealt with. I believe Iranian payroll is due soon. When the money stops flowing completely all unravels. France coming out […] Paulette
March 20, 2026 Paulette I love the “corner” [Iraq] is backed into. As soon as they resolve the issues of the Iranian backed militias in Iraq (all 239,000 of them) to Trumps liking, what we […] Paulette
February 3, 2026 Paulette One must wonder why Sudani is traveling with two of the most Iranian backed politicians, Amiri and Mandalawi…Of course we do know that last year Sudani told Trump that he […] Paulette
February 2, 2026 Paulette I do not see any possible way that Iraq is remotely close to full WTO accession….there are at least 11 countries that are well ahead of Iraq in completing all that […] Paulette
January 21, 2026 Paulette I do feel strongly that until the Iranian Armed Factions (all 239,000+) that are in Iraq disarm and disband, we will not see the CBI given the “green light” from […] Paulette
January 15, 2026 Paulette Maliki is the best choice for us “speculators” to realize the gain we all hope for. He was a key player in getting the Constitution written and finalized, he was not regarded […] Paulette
January 14, 2026 Paulette Obama wanted Maliki out back in 2014…Perhaps Maliki didn’t align well with Obama and the Deep State cronies… Can we assume that Trump therefore may like the idea of Maliki? […] Paulette
January 5, 2026 Paulette The Iranian issue of the increased infiltration into Parliament and the refusal of some to disarm and disband truly are affecting the MR. I personally feel that this has to be […] Paulette
January 3, 2026 Paulette Article: “The Central Bank of Syria requires citizens to follow new procedures when exchanging currency” this is not what we want to see Iraq do! Please note Syria is not IMF […] Paulette
January 2, 2026 Paulette Next parliament session is 1/5/25… Parliament will not be passing any of the “Stalled laws” until well into January apparently. Paulette
January 1, 2026 Paulette Community Comment: “let’s hope Iraq doesn’t do what the other countries have done [removing zeros from the currency] for what should be the obvious reason” Note that most…were an attempt to […] Paulette
December 30, 2025 Paulette Not sure this is the day we wanted to see….the speaker, although a Sunni, has very strong ties and support from Iran, the First Deputy speaker not only has strong ties […] Paulette
November 20, 2025 Paulette [Post 2 of 2] We also read today that the Coordinating Framework is balking on having Sudani appointed. They are saying it is between Sudani and Hamid al-Shatri. Shatri was appointed by Sudani as the […] Paulette
November 20, 2025 Paulette [Post 1 of 2] We know Trump has been demanding that the Iranian armed factions are disarmed and dismantled in Iraq. Sudani talked a good game early after Trump’s demand and then never took action… […] Paulette
September 9, 2025 Paulette [Response to Frank26 1-8-2025 post below] Article quote: “Article 12 of the budget law specifically stipulates the allocation of $16 per barrel to cover extraction and transportation costs.” This is why I […] Paulette
August 25, 2025 Paulette Article: “Iraq is now in an advanced position to join the World Trade Organization” Progress, but long way to go. They are going to have to really work to make it in […] Paulette
August 22, 2025 Paulette Politicians who think that the people want Sudani for another term will start making statements that they support Sudani so that they can get elected. Sudani is on the clock to get […] Paulette
August 21, 2025 Paulette [Response to Guru Clare’s 8-20-2025 Trump quote article and Guru Jeff’s 8-20-2025 Trump Interview video post below] I believe based on relatively recent articles, the amount is now 37 billion … this […] Paulette
August 8, 2025 Paulette I agree…Parliament has not passed it…I never said Parliament passed the Law… It can only get to parliament after passed by the COM… All Laws start in the COM and they […] Paulette
August 7, 2025 Paulette It is now in the hands of SOS Rubio and the Trump team is tired of the Iraqis playing games. Sudani recently stated that as a “sovereign nation” they will address […] Paulette
August 7, 2025 Paulette [Post 1 & 2] [Post 2] It is now in the hands of SOS Rubio and the Trump team is tired of the Iraqis playing games. Sudani recently stated that as a “sovereign nation” […] Paulette
July 26, 2025 Paulette Based on news release from Shafaq today, Saturday, the dollar exchange rate in Baghdad’s al-Kifah and al-Harithiya central exchanges registered a rate of 1395 today which is slightly higher than […] Paulette
July 25, 2025 Paulette 1394 in Baghdad stock exchanges today…5.6% over official. 1405 in Baghdad exchange offices….6.4% over official. 1390.5 in Erbil … 5.34% over official. Why would IMF say no MCP’s remain??? Why would […] Paulette
May 28, 2025 Paulette I am hopeful that perhaps the 1390 [Market Rate] target is to enact the Delete the Zeros project (RD/RV) resulting in an annihilation of the Market Rate. This would then […] Paulette
May 27, 2025 Paulette We were once upon a time taught…the market rate and the official rate had to be held within 2% for a minimum of 90 days to substantiate no MCP exists…Saleh […] Paulette