🚨🇮🇶 Iraq's Greatest Challenge: Security, Militias & Iranian Influence
Today's analysis highlights one key point: Iraq's biggest obstacle is no longer its economy—it's security and stability.
💰 Despite having the potential to become one of the wealthiest nations in the world because of its vast oil resources, Iraq's economy still depends heavily on oil after more than two decades and has yet to fully diversify.
🇮🇷 The author believes one of Iraq's biggest mistakes was allowing Iran-backed militias to remain in the country after the fight against ISIS. Over time, these armed groups became part of the state-funded structure, creating ongoing security and economic challenges.
⚠️ As long as militias, corruption, and Iranian influence remain, Iraq will continue to face difficulties attracting major foreign investment and fully implementing its economic and monetary reforms.
👤 Prime Minister Al-Zaidi is now seen as a key figure in addressing these issues. His recent anti-corruption efforts are viewed as a positive sign, but the real challenge will be dismantling the power of armed factions and restoring full government authority.
🏦 A CBI contact also emphasized that the Iran-related issue is the most difficult challenge facing Iraq's reform process. Once this security issue is resolved, the monetary reform can continue moving forward.
🇺🇸 The analysis also points to the Trump administration's strategy of weakening Iran-backed militias through financial pressure, economic development, and stronger institutions. The appointment of Tom Barrack is presented as part of that broader effort to dismantle the financial networks supporting those groups.
📈 Bottom line: The path to Iraq's economic growth, stronger banking system, increased foreign investment, and long-term monetary reform begins with one essential ingredient—security and stability.
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Today I am going to take a VERY DEEP dive into what is going on in Iraq with disarming these militias, as well as a few other issues needing updates. This is a very detailed explanation from a couple articles that recently were published on this subject matter of disarming the militias. If you have been paying attention to my commentaries in the blog you can connect very nicely to what these articles are saying to what I have been telling you all along. I’d say I am pretty much ‘spot on’!
So, you want to know what is holding up the RV? I also want to add that the glass is half-full as my CBI contact has already told me once the SECURITY situation is taken care of, her committee has plans to roll out the lower denominations and move ahead again. Will this take until 2027?
Your guess is as good as mine. But the good news is they are still planning it and always moving ahead while the GOI is playing catch up. There is a said deadline to disarm ALL the militias and arrest or deport the factions. This deadline is September 2026. Will it take this long? What we do know for a FACT is al-Zaidi is expected to present his plan to President Trump during his visit to Washington in mid-July.
I don’t want this Newsletter today to discourage you from this investment in the IQD. It is going to happen and it is in the plan for Iraq and part of the bigger RESET picture. These larger notes we hold are going to stay legal tender and used for inter-banking transactions of large amounts, when cash is needed. The CBI told us this many times. Many of you were not around then or did not tie into my blog. Glad you can now join us and learn the TRUTH.
Yes, upon our exchange, the US Treasury will document each notes and the will burn much of it that is not needed by the CBI, when collected. But to say what we hold will be in the same category as in Iraq is not true. Iraq will be dealt with much differently when they collect their large three zero notes and exchange them for the lower denominations. So, please let’s not get confused over the process. I have explained it many times, over and over again. The only part added to the process since 2011 is the addition of the concept of a digital dinar. I am told the digital dinar will replace the dollar for foreign exchange transactions. That is its initial main purpose. By the time the digital dinar is rolled out all over Iraq we will be long-gone out of this RV saga. Iraq will need a much more robust and secure electronic payment system to do so. So, this cannot happen until the repeg is completed, thus the reinstatement. The basic plan to get to the reinstatement comes directly from a 2011 conference held during Dr Shabibi’s time as the director of the CBI with the US treasury, the World Bank and the IMF.
We already have witnessed many pieces to the plan executed, so hang in a bit longer you won’t regret it. Yes, the plan has changed a bit, but Iraq must adapt as this is taking so long and technology changes over time. Only that we may see what we want later rather than sooner as most of these so-called idiotic intel gurus on the internet are telling you false timelines. If you are discouraged from my news today this is your fault for listening to them and their everyday / any day stories/lie of an RV and their other bullshit.
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So there always seems to be an ongoing saga of some sort in Iraq. I swear that these Arabic people must be out of their f__ken minds in the middle east. Let me explain. They have let the satanic darkness into their politics, and they are now paying the price. With the dark side it may always seem so nice while you are being tricked, then all hell really breaks out later. Iraq is now experiencing it.
That is the only conclusion I can come to after reading today’s news. Here they have the potential for Iraq to not only be one of the richest countries in the world, but the most compassionate too to provide for it’s citizens because of their wealth. God put that oil in the ground purposefully for this reason, not to use for terrorist destruction. But so far what have they done with all this wealth after 20+ years. They have barely made a dent in their economy as it is still a rentier economy at 90% revenues. Yes, after 20 years!!!!! After WWII, they rebuilt all of Europe in less than 10 years. Nobody is going to tell me that Satan in not at work in the middle east……
Iraq simply blew it because they are not strong enough to face up to Iranian influence in their country that is slowly destroying their country. As I mentioned before the largest mistake was letting Iran enter their country to fight ISIS and then worst letting them remain. Then if this was not bad enough, they put the militias on the payroll, while their own citizens suffer. Well folks, if the US decides to go the proverbial ‘nuclear’ option with Iraq perhaps this will wake them up…. finally. If they refuse to wake up to reality, we will be waiting a much longer time for the RV investment. Are they really that stupid to let this happen. We must continue to pray for Iraq as the darkness overshadows it and the light must come forth.
The Iraqi election saga of November 2025 seemed to quiet down and so another saga takes over. This time we watch the saga of disarming these Iranian-backed militias and factions. Will the new prime minister al-Zaidi be able to make a difference? So far this weekend’s crackdown on corruption may be a good sign. Or will the US be forced to take the ‘nuclear’ option to Iraqi. If this nuclear option is the path, of course it will delay the RV but I also have to say we would be waiting anyhow. At least this path we do move ahead, and it can result in the elimination of this security threat thus clearing the way for the RV. Once cleared, investors can flock into Iraq as part of Trump’s economic development plan for the region.
As you know way back last September, in a conversation with my contact in the Central Bank, she said that this Iranian issue would be the ‘stickiest’ issue of the five (5) issues to resolve since it has gone on way too long already and Iran is well seeded in Iraq. This issue has only been highlighted and has ONLY now become a major security threat and now is the time to end it. Here are the reasons why to fix this now and not later:
1)The infiltration of the terrorist organization called Hezbollah now inside the militia organizations. As you know Hezbollah does the dirty work for Iran and is it’s strongarm. It is funded by Iran. It has been working in Syria, Lebanon and now inside Iraq;
2)The threat of these terrorists in Iraq against the US military as missile launches in recent years against US bases inside Iraq;
3)There is a new US president who is finally stepping up and challenging the Iranian Islamic Jahad revolution movement in the middle east. It is now even moving into the US through the Biden’s open border policy. It is time to end this onslaught of civilians in the name of Mohamad and cut the head off the snake. In this regard visits like what recently happened in Iraq in the article titled “ARAGHCHI CONGRATULATES ALI AL-ZAIDI AND THE NEW IRAQI CABINET” really gets my goat. Here we have Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arriving in Baghdad on Sunday for high-level meetings with senior Iraqi leadership. I quote – “While visiting he added that one of the primary aims of the visit is coordination with Iraqi authorities regarding the upcoming funeral processions of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei”.
You got to be kidding me….. As we all know Khamenei, the ‘supreme’ leader of Iran was killed intentionally by the US to overthrow the leadership in the regime to bring them to their knees. Finally, a leader in the US willing to challenge them to this level. So, this funeral memorial totally under minds what the US is trying to do in the middle east. Are the Iraqis really that stupid to allow it? Why does Iraq even still recognize any leadership from Iran in their country never mind honor the head of an Islamic Jahad state that took over Iran by a forceful revolution and has been supporting terrorists efforts throughout the middle east and world over ? Can’t they see what is doing to their own country too? They are barking up the wrong tree and will only lose. Does this tell us just how well seeded Iran is already in Iraq. Sad to say but true! ☹
4)The US has elected president Trump who is the only recent president that has the guts to deal with this Islamic threat. Through the Abraham Accords, it outlines a peace plan for the middle east making economics a priority rather than terrorism. It focuses on shifting resources towards peaceful economic benefits for the civilian population and wealth growth through productive trading partners rather than leveraging another country’s wealth through ‘forceful taking’ and proxy occupied countries.
If you recall first there was Mark Savaya, US President Donald Trump’s envoy to Iraq (January 29th 2026 Newsletter), then US General David Petraeus (May 21st 2026 Newsletter) and now Tom Barrack also chosen as US President Donald Trump’s latest envoy to Iraq. What do they all have in common?
Their commonality is a common task to develop a plan to end the current formula for armed formations, most notably the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) militias and Hezbollah terrorists factions in Iraq. We no longer hear much about tSavaya or Petraeus plans which were not really plans at all to be orchestrated but rather forceful words delivered as threats from the US government. These threats were given during the election cycle with only a standby prime minister in place, al-Sudani. Now the election is over and someone has to work with the new elected prime minister to solve this problem. After the attempts by Savaya and Petraeus it appears the problem is going to be much harder than expected to resolve. So, Trump brings in the heavy hitter Tom Barrack. What is Barrack’s plan?
If you can take the time to read the article titled “THE BANKER OF BAGHDAD: HOW TOM BARRACK PLANS TO STARVE IRAN’S MILITIA MACHINE” you can get a real good idea of what has been going on with these militia and factions inside Iraq. If you only read one article from the many in today’s Articles Section, please let it be this one.
In the article we can see why the Trump administration considers the Iranian influence a threat to Iraq and US interests. I am not going to review the entire article as it is long article and you can go read it for yourself. I will address a couple points that you can go research for in the article upon reading the article.
1.What has Iraq been doing with the US Aid money is has been sending to Iraq? Is used to be 2 billion a month in cash of $100 bills. Then reduced to $500 million a month under Trump. I suspect this will probably stop shortly.
2.As Iraq has a hardship paying the salaries and retirements of its own population yet it can money launder and funnel billions over to Iran and even manages to pay salaries to the Iranian militias. Really? Then we read article like this one titled “THE COFFERS ARE EMPTY AND THE 2026 BUDGET IS BURIED… WILL IRAQIS ENTER A PHASE OF “TIGHTENING THEIR BELTS”? Oh… please spare me the tears Iraq…. ☹ Does this all sound crazy to you? Can Iraq even be trusted with all this oil revenue stream? Could they revert to a terrorist state? Can Trump prevent this? No wonder they can’t move their economy and attract investors after 20+ years of trying. Then other articles like “SALEH: IRAQ NEEDS A COMPREHENSIVE REVOLUTION IN ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION”. Folks, again it has been 20+ years already since the liberation of Iraq.