Sunday, March 3, 2024
Al-Dulaimi: If America had not intervened, the liberated cities would have remained occupied until now, 3 MARCH
Mawazine News – Baghdad
The representative of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Ikhlas Al-Dulaimi, today, Saturday, praised the efforts of the international coalition led by the United States of America during its support of the security forces during their operations against the terrorist organization ISIS.
Al-Dulaimi stated in a statement received by Mawazine News that “the terrorist organization ISIS was defeated by the efforts of the international coalition and the participation of the Iraqi security forces.”
She added, “If it were not for the international coalition’s air strikes, the equipment and arming, and the drawing up of plans, the criminal ISIS organization would still be in control of a number of governorates.”
"RV UPDATE" BY BRUCE, 3 MARCH
Bruce
[via WiserNow]
There was a meeting with six people, three of whom, we know, one was admiral... one was with a treasury representative of the United States and one other was, Judy Shelton...What was transmitted was that the there would be a contract rate. I think the contract rate really only applies to the dinar and it's quite healthy, really very strong.
And then the other currencies, they use the term of special rates, which means I think they're going to be a little bit flexible on some of the other currencies, not all but some - But also, it's going to be great for us.So that’s exciting...The other major thing...was that we should receive our notifications between tomorrow [Friday] and Monday and exchanges between...sometime between tomorrow [Friday] and Monday... I think we're lined up and ready to start.
Iraq is developing a joint cooperation strategy.. Washington intends to remain in Baghdad despite the negotiations, 3 MARCH
Mawazine News – Baghdad
Despite the Iraqi government announcing the end of the first round of bilateral discussions to end the mission of foreign forces, the American envoy to the international coalition announced that there is no plan for an imminent withdrawal from the country.
The military spokesman for the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Major General Yahya Rasool, announced an agreement to formulate a timetable “for a studied and gradual reduction, leading to the end of the international coalition’s mission to fight ISIS in Iraq.”
Ian McCarry said, in an interview with Al-Hurra TV, that “there are no imminent plans for withdrawal,” noting that “Iraq is a founding country of the international coalition and plays a leadership role in it.”
The American official confirmed that “there are bilateral discussions with Iraq in order to establish a permanent framework for security cooperation between the two countries,” without referring to withdrawal.
Makari revealed that “there are ongoing discussions to convince Iraq of the necessity of continuing the coalition,” adding that “in general, there is a common vision between the two parties regarding the necessity of continuing the campaign against ISIS.”
Makari stressed that “the coalition forces provide technical cooperation with the Iraqis and the role of the coalition in Iraq is a supportive one,” noting that “the Iraqi forces have very advanced capabilities in fighting the organization’s elements.”
Regarding the presence of ISIS in the Middle East and the Iranian role, he said that the coalition forces would defend themselves if they were attacked by Tehran’s agents, and accused them of playing “a very negative role in the region.”
With the decline of the ISIS threat, mutual attacks between the armed factions allied with Iran and the American forces stationed increased, before the existing truce, even with the Nujaba Movement announcing that it was in a state of “repositioning.”
Last week, the Supreme Iraqi Military Committee resumed its meetings with the international coalition forces in Baghdad with the aim of “assessing the military situation, the level of danger, the operational environment, and the capabilities of the Iraqi armed forces.”
Although the Iraqi Prime Minister was informing the Western officials he met during the past two months that his country was seeking to end the presence of the international coalition, Washington spoke at the same time of a “permanent bilateral security partnership.”
There are about 2,500 American soldiers in Iraq, while about 900 American soldiers are deployed in Syria, within the framework of the international coalition launched by Washington in 2014.
"RV UPDATE" BY GOLDILOCKS, 3 MARCH
GOLDILOCKS
"Hong Kong is currently pursuing an expansion of the digital yuan’s application. It is also approaching the second phase of its own CBDC pilot program and completing consultations for stablecoin issuance."
Do you remember a couple of months ago when we spoke of several global stablecoins that were being tested inside a sandbox with Hong Kong?
They are telling us that Hong Kong is in process of moving past the consultation process and ready to move into the implementation phase. This is the phase of regulatory development inside Global use case scenarios.
The e-HKD digital version of the Hong Kong dollar completed its first pilot testing phase in October 2023. Now, Hong Kong is telling us that they are moving into the retail sector. This will include programmable payments, offline payments, and tokenized deposits. Coin Speaker
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