.More News, Rumors and Opinions Monday Night 5-14-18

5/14/2018


 
RV/INTELLIGENCE ALERT - May 14, 2018

(Disclaimer: The following is an overview of the current situation based on rumors/leaks from several sources which may or may not be truthful or accurate.)

Trump attended an important meeting at the Pentagon yesterday.

Representatives of several Alliance groups were present.

Final release protocols for the RV were discussed at the meeting.

HSBC has been informed about the progress.

Group exchanges to begin in Hong Kong first, then Reno, Zurich, and so on.

It's rumored that several currency groups have already received funding and/or exchanged.

Multiple sources claim the RV has arrived and is the toll-free 800 numbers are to be released at any moment.

Source: Operation Disclosure
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From Recaps Comment Section:

JerseyBob:  Their government does not work the way ours does at all. The voting and control bloc has been achieved by Sadr, the other fella, and Abadi, in order to keep Maliki and the Sunnis out of power and out of control.

Sadr is a King maker now, and also wants Iraq back in business for the sake of everyone.. THEY all want prosperity now, and want no interference from Iran definitely, and as little interference from the U.S.(overtly) as is possible..

They ALL want back in the international marketplace. And, they all know that the IMF, World Bank, BIS, the U.S. Treasury, and a great number of international partners (companies and Countries) are only going to be there IF they can continue to behave like adults, get along, knock off the culture of corruption, and continue to address their "CHALLENGES" as a respectable international quality government..

You can bet that The White House is involved.... No one wants a crazy business partner...

No one, going forward to rebuild this country, will tolerate another one either.. Should they falter, they also know that Iran will eat them alive, once their own distractions lessen, if there is an opening to do so...

THEY do not want that. Sadr does not! Abadi does not! And, the Iraqi people do NOT! Watch and wait!

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VirginiaTheInvestor:  This may offer some comfort to those feeling "uneasy" with a tepid Abadi showing if the final results remain as reported.

The CBI is a privately owned central back, similar to the Federal Reserve Bank of NY. Private, owned by big banks in Iraq and World Wide.

If they are in control of Monetary Reform as most "believe", it matters not who the PM is, or isn't. Many "argued" that Maliki was the problem before. Was he? or was the CBI not ready and as we've seen The CBI had virtually none of their ducks in a row during Maliki's reign.

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TNT:

DTyler:  Go back to DC's many comments, that we might know 60% no matter what, so that 40% is still kicking us and it will be when it will be. The only thing we know is it must happen sometime. not much help for us really ole folks, oh well

RVAlready:  I actually think this was a brilliant political strategy on Abadi's part. I know we don't think like that do in Iraq, but this looks a bit like heads I win, tails I win…. I think the only way the RV would fail is if Maliki became PM.

Besybuy:  Abadi WON,
https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/55ad6785-d287-3af6-bba5-131f4cdaa923/ss_t​he-latest%3A-iraq-prime.html

Dinan:  bestbuy...yes he did..there are 17 provinces...Sadr has won 10 thus far..I like Tony shared...he is not a legit candidate but his votes/party will hopefully form a coalition with Abadi's party.

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GreatlyBlessed:  Sadr spokesman: We will agree to re-nominate Abadi prime minister in exchange for the fulfillment of this condition

Policy  2018/05/14 15:24  9050  Editor: aab

Baghdad today – follow-up

A spokesman for the leader of the Sadrist movement Salah al-Obeidi said that the current supporter of the Alliance, which won the highest votes does not insist on naming a candidate for prime minister, while referring to the existence of a single condition in exchange for supporting the nomination of Haider al-Abbadi to head the next government.

Al-Obeidi said in a television interview (Baghdad today) that “there is no problem in the nomination of Abadi to head the next government if he made pledges according to specific schedules in exchange for his support for the prime minister, ” adding that ” Do not belong to parties and lead their positions away from the pressure of their masses. ”

He pointed out that “there is no major list is locked in the way to form the next government,” noting that “lists that have a methodology in the fight against corruption are large lists and not small.”

He said that “the voting in the Iraqi elections of 2018, the rejection of previous figures, and the results of the previous elections”   Link

Don961:  Iraq can fill the gap in the world oil market

5/5/2018 12:00 am  Expert for {morning}:  

Baghdad / Farah pumice 

said an economic expert that Iraq able to fill any shortage of oil supplies in world markets after the decision of US President Donald Trump US withdrawal from the nuclear deal with Iran, and re - impose sanctions on it, stressing that the Iraqi economy will not Is heavily influenced by Washington's sanctions on Tehran. Brent crude <LCOc1> was at $ 76.79 a barrel, down 33 cents, or 0.4 percent, from the last settlement. WTI was trading at $ 70.44 a barrel, down 26 cents, or  0.3 percent. 

The highest level  last week Brent scored WTI highs since November 2014 at $ 78 and $ 71.89 respectively , the markets expect decline in Iranian oil exports with a lot with the onset of the impact of US sanctions later in the year.

"It is likely that about one million barrels of global oil markets will disappear if US sanctions are applied to Iran," said Greg McKenna of AxiTrader. 

"But it is not certain that it will have the effect as they intend. Germany said it would protect its companies from US sanctions. Iran said Total did not withdraw from its fields. Oil supplies , said economist Rahim Shammari told the "morning": that "Iraq is able to compensate for any shortage in oil supplies, but we do not wish to impose any sanctions on any country in the region, because it harms the interests of Iraq, especially the stability of the region is an important factor for prosperity "He said.

"Iraq's economy can be affected by US sanctions, but not as many as some expect, because Iraq relies heavily on oil imports, and since oil prices are rising, they can compensate for any economic damage on another side, " he said. 

Analysts had previously attributed the strong price rise to an expected drop in Iranian oil exports. "Iran's oil exports to Asia and Europe are almost certain to decline later this year and in 2019 with Some countries discussed alternatives to avoid trouble with Washington, and with the onset of sanctions   link
 
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Samson:  Iraq's railways transport 108.6 thousand passengers in the first quarter

 14th May, 2018

A total of 108.63 thousand passengers have been relocated in the first quarter of this year, the state-run railway company said Monday.  "Some 108.63 thousand passengers were transported during the first quarter of 2018," Salam Saloum, the company's general manager, said in a statement received by Al-Iktissad News. "The trains start from Baghdad and Basra with two flights a day." 

The Iraqi railway, revenues amounted to 1.68 billion dinars in the first quarter of this year.  Revenues amounted to 4.39 billion dinars by the end of 2017, through the transfer of 435.41 thousand passengers, from the central station in Baghdad to the Basra station and vice versa, through the southern regions (Nasiriyah, Samawah, Diwaniyah, Hilla). 

Iraq put railway projects at $ 30 billion at a donor conference in Kuwait last February. The governor of Baghdad met in January this year, director of the "Alstom French Transport", to discuss the ongoing arrangements in the railway project suspended in the Iraqi capital.  The director of the State Company for Iraqi Railways, earlier, the losses of the sector in the provinces and areas liberated from the "da'ash" terrorist by $ 380 million.   LINK