Article: “WITH THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW YEAR, THE US DOLLAR ENTERS A NEW PHASE IN IRAQ” WOW! This…says it all. Yes, Iraq has now moved to “normal” ways of doing business with the outside world…Iraq had stayed on the currency auctions with the CBI supplying the dollars way too long (20 years)…This was never Dr. Shabibi’s plan but they were forced to do to the newer Obama plan of paying off the war reparations first than moving ahead with the currency reforms, which we have now witnessed aggressive movements in this direction since the beginning of 2023.