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Astounding currency devaluation. After years of trade
sanctions, and rampant counterfeiting, the Iraqi Dinar has plummeted
from its pre-Gulf War value of over USD$3, to mere fractions
of one US cent. What was once the equivalent of more than
$82,500, can now be purchased for less than $50. Can Iraq's
economy achieve, in a free market, what it once achieved under
a brutal dictatorship? We don't know yet. But we
know she is not alone in her effort to do so.
Might a free Iraq thrive?
Above and beyond
the vast oil reserve, agriculture, and highly educated population,
there is now liberty in Iraq. We believe that where liberty
is sown, prosperity blooms.
We understand that liberty is always challenged. It's
challenged regularly in our own country. Why should a
fledgling democracy, on the heels of a 30 year dictatorial rule,
be immune?
We simply trust that the seed of freedom, implanted more
than two years ago with the fall of Saddam's regime, has germinated
in the hearts of the majority of the Iraqi people. We
see this as a wondrous thing, with tremendous possibilities.
The free world is behind Iraq.
Thirty-eight nations have reduced the debts owed to them in an effort to
bolster Iraq's economy. Billions of dollars are being
invested by international firms to create Iraqi markets. 18
billion dollars has been given to Iraq by the US State Department
to rebuild the nation's infrastructure. They are
receiving aid monetarily, militarily or both, from most of the
countries in the free world.
What if?
Let's say you decide
to err on the side of Iraqi prosperity. You take advantage of
the 100 year low value and buy 2 million Iraqi dinars. You look
them over, admire them, and show them to some friends as a curiosity.
The security features alone will have them enthralled. Then
you stick them in a closet and go about your life.
A few years from now, you see a program on A&E portraying
the lives of average Iraqis. You see people drinking locally
bottled, genuine Pepsi Cola; not the ersatz they'd been consuming
for years. They are buying their cars from Baghdad Mitsubishi.
Their highly educated engineers, no longer waiting tables or
driving cabs, are engineering. The world's 2nd largest oil reserve
is producing more efficiently. Higher quality crops are being
harvested, in larger numbers.
You discover that things are going well enough in Iraq to have
raised the value of the the dinar to one US cent.
Your $2100 purchase would now be valued at $20,000.
If the dinar were to climb to a dime, you've got two hundred
thousand dollars in your closet. What if it were to reach a
dollar? Or rebound to it's peak of over $3.00? Do you dare continue
to keep your dinars in the closet?
This is no pipe dream.
This is a genuine
possibility, with remarkable ramifications. Organizations
like Operation
Iraqi Children working with the US military, are helping
to shape a new generation of freedom loving Iraqis. It won't
be long before these kids take their place in society. They
will recall their childhood as the time when powerful Americans
released them from the grip of a bloodthirsty madman, and gave
them the tools and support to build a peaceful, prosperous society
to call their own. The incredible successes of the last two
Iraqi elections seem to clearly suggest they
want it, and will run with it.
Furthermore, the two pre-eminent causes for the collapse of the Saddam dinar have been removed from the equation.
Trade sanctions have been lifted. The currency's high tech security features have been thwarting counterfeiters.
So, who are we?
We are freedom loving
Americans that believe a liberated, resource rich Iraq can become
a force in the world economy. We believe the efforts of the
coalition are noble, and will be effective.
We are not professional financial consultants or Wall Street
gurus. We can't predict the future or offer any investment advice.
But we will bet on Iraq.
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Is time running out?
After another successful Iraqi election, the chance to buy the dinar before it hits the open market may not be around much longer.



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Beyond the Headlines
Is anything good happening in Iraq?
Much!
Follow these links to see beyond the headlines, and discover the true Iraqi spirit of progress.
Treasure-trove of Intelligence Found in Al-Zarqawi Raid
A "huge treasure" of documents and computer records was seized
BRAVE PREZ BESTS
MEDIA
KNOW-IT-ALLS
Why President Bush's visit to Iraq was so stunningly huge.
Post-al-Zarqawi Raids Kill 104 Insurgents
American and Iraqi forces have carried out 452 raids
in the week since Al-Zarqawi's death.
Iraq's Economic Recovery
With a predicted GDP growth of 34% for 2005, there are encouraging signs for Iraq's emerging economy. 
Banks Encourage Domestic Industry
Interest
rates slashed more than 50% to spark Iraqi entrepreneurialism.
Iraq's Friendly Skies
Iraqi Airline Company announces regular flights between Baghdad, London and Cairo. 
Kurdistan: A New Tourist Mecca?
The Kurdish government has approved 50 new hotels and
is printing guidebooks in Arabic, English and Kurdish.
Iraqi Women Find Forum
Women's
rights are affirmed regularly with talk radio taking its freedom of
speech to the airwaves. 
Demand For Books Exploding
Free of government censorship, Iraq's publishing industry is booming.
Privatization of the State Institutions
Program encourages private
investors and craftsmen to execute projects all over Iraq. 
Chaldean Bishop Cites Changes For the Better
Also firm in his assertions that fundamentalist attackers come from abroad.
Good News from Iraq
Extensive
bi-weekly series of reports in the Wall Street Journal on the
positive winds of change that are
occurring throughout Iraq.
Just For Fun
The Pope is visiting Washington, D.C., and President Bush takes him out for an afternoon on the Potomac, sailing on the Presidential yacht, the Sequoia.
They're admiring the sights when, all of a sudden, the Pope's hat
(zucchetto) blows off his head and out into the water. Secret Service guys start to launch a boat, but president Bush waves them off, saying, "Wait, wait. I'll take care of this. Don't worry."
Bush then steps off the yacht onto the surface of the water and walks out to the Holy Father's little hat, bends over picks it up, then walks back to the yacht and climbs aboard. He hands the hat to the Pope amid stunned silence.
The next morning, the headlines in the New York Times, Boston Globe, Atlanta Constitution, Washington Post, Boston Herald, Buffalo News, Houston Chronicle, Milwaukee Sentinel-Journal, Minneapolis Tribune, Denver Post, Albuquerque Journal, Los Angeles Times and San Francisco Chronicle all proclaim:
"Bush Can't Swim!"
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