12-19-2012 Mailman17 I DO THINK, ALTHOUGH UNFORTUNATE FOR TALABANI, THIS IS GOOD FOR US AND IRAQ. JAN 1 IS STILL A DEADLINE FOR ME. TIME IS CLOSING IN FAST. SOMETHING HAS TO BREAK AND QUICKLY. THE MERE FACT THAT THEY ARE SO ADAMANT ON GETTING THE BUGET RATIFIED AND IN PLACE BY JAN 1 IS PROMISING. THERES MORE GOING ON THAN THEY ARE LETTING GO INTO THE MEDIA. CHAP 7, THEY WILL WAIT FOR IT AND MAYBE AWHILE BUT LIKE ALL WE ALL KNOW...NOT NEEDED.THE OTHER THING THAT WAS STATED BY MOON WAS ALSO VERY INTERESTING, DEBT RELIEF DONE BY 2015. DONE, NOT STARTED, NOT IN THE MIDDLE, DONE. LETS FACE IT IRAQ CANNOT RELIEVE ITS DEBT WHOLE...BY JAN 1, NO WAY. KUWAIT..YES. PARIS CLUB...NOPE. BUT IF MOON WAS THERE TO GAIN NUMBERS REGARDING IRAQS FULL DEBT RELIEF...HE THEN CAN GIVE THE UNSC A TIMELINE. WHEN YOU GIVE MOON AN AGREEMENT...IRAQ BETTER COMPLY AND I THINK THEY WILL.THEN THERES SHABS, WILL HE SEE THIS THROUGH? I DONT THINK SO, BUT HIS FOUNDATION IS SET IN STONE AND HIS PLANNING WILL GO ON SCHEDULE, IMO, WHETHER HE COMES BACK OR NOT. TURKI IS A TEMP. DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS WITH MALIKI...I TRULY DONT SEE TURKI BEING THERE FOR MUCH LONGER.

12-19-2012 BGG So now we have Talibani miraculously raised from the dead?? Wikipedia had him dead and buried earlier. whether he did or not - at some point it will become the perception that Maliki had something to do with Talabani's condition. It looks very fishy - and at some point - perception becomes the reality.

12-19-2012 Poppy3 RIGHT NOW THERE ARE SEVERAL PECULIAR THINGS HAPPENING LIKE TALIBANI HAVING THIS STROKE IMMEDIATELY AFTER A MEETING WITH MALIKI??? SOUNDS VERY SUSPECT TO ME. THEN THE ONLY DOCTORS EXAMINING HIM ARE AT THE BAGDAD HOSPITAL THAT IS CONTROLLED AND FUNDED THROUGH MALIKI'S GOVERNMENT??? YES, VERY SUSPECT INDEED. I SEE THIS AS A VERY POSSIBLE GOOD THING. TALIBANI HAS BEEN THE ONE AT LEAST 3 TIMES THIS YEAR...ALLOWED MALIKI TO GET OUT OF THE CORNER THEY HAVE HAD HIM IN AND NOT VOTED HIM OUT. THAT WOULD HAVE REMOVED MALIKI MONTHS AGO AND RV WOULD HAVE HAPPENED. SO IF HASHEMI, THAT HATES MALIKI ...WOULD RETURN IN TALIBANI'S POSITION...THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR US

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