Chat Room – News Excerpts & Highlights
reynoldse2 says():so bizarre my fellow Dinarians, I really thought we may have hit it by now
reynoldse2 says():Iraqi Day, on twitter.. just posted an “updated” map, and it hasn’t changed all week
Doug_W says to reynoldse2():don’t pin your hopes on anything like that they will DO IT when they want to and not before
Doug_W says():just relax and enhoy teh felowship along the way
Doug_W says():enjoy ↑
reynoldse2 says():I appreciate your optimism, but I’m not so much concerned about when they’re ready. I’M ready! As they say, it’s my money and I need it now! lo
reynoldse2 says():Poor JG Wentworth
reynoldse2 says():I’ve drunk dialed them so many times in the middle of the night. “877 cash nowwww.”
Doug_W says():I called them and they said to tale a LONG walk off a short pier
reynoldse2 says():lol
reynoldse2 says():they actually called back once and told me to hold my breath until they call again
Doug_W says():and that was in Winter too
reynoldse2 says():oh my
reynoldse2 says():I wouldn’t drown in that case
reynoldse2 says():I would just get hit with hypothermia… done
tman23 says():Iraqi military engineers installed a new floating bridge across the Tigris river, reconnecting the two halves of Mosul to facilitate troop deployments ahead of a final assault to dislodge ISIL from the Northern city.
All five bridges connecting the two sides of the city bisected by the Tigris were struck by the US-led coalition in order to hinder the militants’ movements in the early stages of the campaign to retake Mosul last year, Iraqi News reported.
Seven months on, Iraqi forces have removed ISIL from all but a pocket of territory in the Western half of Mosul, including the Old City, where the militants are expected to make their last stand.
It is set to be the most complex battleground yet.
“This floating bridge is very important for deploying reinforcements to the west side rapidly to build up adequate forces to sweep the Old City soon,” Colonel Haitham al-Taie told Reuters.
Taie said the bridge in the Hawi al-Kaneesa area would also spare fleeing civilians from making a long journey to the nearest crossing point, about 30 km (20 miles) South of Mosul.
The militants are effectively holding hundreds of thousands of civilians hostage as human shields to slow their advance.
Doug_W says():good old Bailey bridges
tman23 says():The “new moon” starts today……..That makes for the night being a virtual black out……. this gives the military the best advantage from now up to Saturday to unleash a full assault on the last part of Mosul
tycho says():good afternoon everyone
1bobby says: Question for Society…..Why would we see anything this week or next on a release from Ch 7? When you talk of the missing persons/property file, that will take years to complete if ever.
Those files have been, or will be, moved to a “working file”. As long as Iraq and Kuwait agree on the progress, all is good. Now for the money issue (4 billion and some change) we have seen what can be done with that thru investments on both sides. So where’s that leave us with Ch 7?
If anyone recalls, the Oil for Food/Medicine Program has been under scrutiny for years and once again came to the forefront in Dec 2016. At that time the U.N said that Iraq had made great progress on the issue, but that more needed to be done.
In March of 2017 we saw another piece on it in that files had been received by the U.N that prompted publication of a hearing date of June 30, 2017 to settle this file. Both the U.N and Iraq want this settled. Businesses in Iraq are still on a sanctions list pertaining to this file.
Now while some are still on the list, others are being removed as we speak. So in a nutshell we won’t see anything on Ch 7 until June 30th Appreciate your input and a big thank you to the Copiers
tycho says():Been reading the facebook posts, good articles posted
Baxter1243 says():I guess we made it to Ramadan….. 🙂
clay says to Baxter1243():again ? s39
clay says to Baxter1243():been too many Ramadans lol
Baxter1243 says():My 12th…. s61
clay says to Baxter1243():and weekends
clay says to Baxter1243():and Birthdays
clay says to Baxter1243():and New Years
clay says to Baxter1243():and Christmas’s
tycho says():don’t forget the holidays they just make up Clay
clay says to Baxter1243()::rotfl
Baxter1243 says():would be over 600 weekends for me…. :tuz
clay says to tycho():then too forgot too many to remember s39
clay says to Baxter1243()::sbong
clay says to Baxter1243():362 for me
clay says to Baxter1243():7 long years
clay says to Baxter1243():7 long long years
clay says to Baxter1243():much less then you though
Baxter1243 says():s39
clay says to Baxter1243():s39
Baxter1243 says():lets give it 30 days past Mosul..and see … (y)
Baxter1243 says():Hopefully something will happen
Baxter1243 says():see ya later..
Beeson says():Ramadan s62
clay says to Beeson():yep another
Beeson says):I have lost count how many years….s63
Beeson says():I think 6…maybe 7
clay says to Beeson():7 for me come the 1st next Thursday
clay says to Beeson():lol
Beeson says():I think 7 for me in Dec
tycho says():at least they party while we wait :ahahas37
BGG says():Hey gang – there won’t be a News Time tonite. I was going to be filling in for Pat – and I had an accident. Dropped a piece of equip. on my foot. I’ll be on pain meds and laid up for bit.
BGG says():Maybe I’ll do a FB live tomorrow – that might be easy on me. 🙂
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