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Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009
iraq
Man oh man! What is this world coming to? Has it gotten so bad that you now have to consider going to Iraq to find a job? That my friend, is a question that you are going to have to answer for yourself but the fact is that Iraq is the next big gold rush for fantastic paying jobs of all types.

Safer Then South Side Chicago

Hey! Don’t let the news hype fool you either, because the fact is that urban areas in the state that you now live in are in fact more dangerous to visit that the cities of Iraq. Also, most of the violence in Iraq has subsided so it is much safe place to live and work in now.

Good News and Bad News

The bad news for Iraq is the whole country is in real bad shape. Everything is completely worn out due to neglect, sabotage or warfare. The good news for job seekers is that Iraq has the money to rebuild, to the tune of billions of dollars in oil revenue money stashed away.

Get Your Stuff in Order

Your first step would be to get a passport and start looking into what it takes to get a visa. Also, you will definitely want to research into any laws or rules that apply to non resident workers. Then you will need to get your resume in order.

Go there and Look…Thats Crazy!!!

You can begin your search online and you should have no trouble finding material to read and explore. However; if you have the time and the money you may want to consider heading on over there. What!? You say!! Go and personally look for a job in the country that you want to find work in? What a crazy concept!

Go Low Key and “Local”

There are some basic rules that apply when you visit any foreign country. Rule one, is that they don’t care that you are American and  either do the people at the American embassy, so leave your American flag at home. In fact, it doesn’t hurt to try to go a bit “local” with regards to your appearance.



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If currency rates improve greatly for Iraqi Dinar, can I exchange them for U.S. dollars at the world bank?

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009
iraqi dinar
codeazrael asked:


When the Iraqi Dinar rates improve, I would like to know any U.S. bank I could go to to exchange Dinars for U.S. dollars.

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Iraqi Dinar dealer, usdinar.com, Honest?

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009
iraqi dinar
Bman asked:


Can anyone tell me if ” USDINAR.COM” is a honest seller of Dinar.
Thanks
Stephen

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where to exchange Iraqi Dinar?

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009
iraqi dinar
david n asked:


I’m looking for any place that will exchange Iraqi Dinar. I have seen that select Chase banks will but we don’t have any in Las Vegas. I know that the money is on the OFAC list as well, but I can’t see people buying it to only have no way of selling it back anywhere! All inteligent answers will be taken into account.
Well I found a place in Las Vegas that deals with this. I had 1,450,000 which is about $1200 U.S. and got $700 which sucks, but at least I got some money back.

Nevada Coin & Currency
9770 S. Maryland Pkwy.
Suite 4
Las Vegas, NV 89183
702-256-COIN (2646)
www.nvcoin.com

you can also find them on craigslist las vegas!
Mike C

I agree 100% about selling them on ebay. I just needed the money now to finish my wrx before I start my new job. The loss sucks, but I was in a position where I had to eat it. This is a huge step towards a D.O.D. job making $5800 a month, and at 23 I couldn’t ask for more. Thanks for the help and your service to our country as well!

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Senator Byrd’s Speech Opposing Iraq War 3/19/03 Part 1

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009
DemRapidResponse asked:


Remarkably prescient speech opposing the Iraq war by Senator Byrd in March of 2003. AMERICA’S IMAGE IN THE WORLD Script Part 1: Mr. BYRD. Madam President, I believe in this great and beautiful country. I have studied its roots and gloried in the wisdom of its magnificent Constitution and its inimitable history. I have marveled at the wisdom of its Founders and Framers. Generation after generation of Americans has understood the lofty ideals that underlie our great Republic. I have been …

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Iraqi dinar?

Monday, September 21st, 2009
iraqi dinar
bboyballer112 asked:


Does anyone know the current state of the New Iraqi Dinar?

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Iraq war veterans accuse US military of coverups – 16 Mar 08

Sunday, September 20th, 2009
AlJazeeraEnglish asked:


As we approach the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, hundreds of US veterans of the war say the American military has been covering up widespread civilian killings in that country. And Al Jazeera’s Tom Ackerman reports their sentiments aren’t necessarily getting a warm reception.

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Sunday, September 20th, 2009
iraq
In World War II approximately thirty percent of wounded soldiers died.  The Vietnam War’s fatality rate was also high with twenty-four percent of wounded soldiers dying in battle.  The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan seem to have a relatively low casualty rate with one in every ten wounded soldiers dying.  But this low mortality rate brings with it its own problems.  More soldiers may be surviving, but their lives are still devastatingly affected by injuries that in other times would have meant death.

Amputations, for example, are higher in the Iraq War than they have been in any other war this century except for Vietnam (for which we lack reliable statistics).  In January of 2007 the 500th amputee arrived back in the United States to receive treatment at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center.  This brought the percentage of wounded soldiers that are also amputees up to 2.2% of the total number of wounded soldiers, and up to 5% of wounded soldiers whose injuries are severe enough to prevent them from returning to duty.  Advances in armor technology, such as bulletproof vests, may protect a soldier’s life but they do not protect his limbs.

After effects of amputation include: psychological trauma; phantom limbs; physical discomfort including itching, burning, tension or shooting pain in the phantom limb or remaining part of the limb; heterotopic ossification which occurs when the brain triggers the bone to grow instead of scar tissue; skin blisters or bruising from prosthesis; and back or muscle pain as the body attempts to compensate for the missing limb.

Care of the remaining limb is also important, especially when dealing with amputations in the lower extremities.  The remaining foot and leg will have to deal with an above average amount of stress as they bear the weight of the body.  Wearing an athletic shoe or a shoe with extra support such as an orthotic insert will help to care for the remaining limb.  Proper footwear may prevent further complications such as stress on the hips, knees, joints and lower back or sore spots on the foot such as calluses, corns, bunions and blisters.   

Due to the increasing number of amputees among the United States population as a result of the Iraq War, United States medical facilities are gearing up for increased amputee research and treatment options.  A collaboration between Brown University and MIT is investigating the possibility of creating better prosthetic limbs and even creating brain sensors that can be implanted in amputees and be used to control the prosthetic limb.  

The Brown-MIT research, which will not be ready for many years, will look at building better titanium prosthetic limbs and use computer technology to develop prosthetic devices that can be controlled by brain sensors implanted in patients.



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Pentagon Reports Army Mascot ‘Liberty’ Killed in Iraq

Sunday, September 20th, 2009
TheOnion asked:


Appointed by Bush in 2003 to distract from the horrors of war, Liberty’s antics turned fatal yesterday when he cart-wheeled into a roadside bomb.

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Sunday, September 20th, 2009
iraq
So far the war in Iraq cost America more than 2 trln. dollars and that sum keeps growing every day. Separate discussion is needed in order to comprehend just how big that amount is. In this article however we’ll try to break down those costs by their nature and origin:

Human costs.

The reason to start from these costs is pretty straight forward. Human losses are unrecoverable and they can never be monetized. To the date the article was written, Iraq war cost the lives of 4,323 U.S. troops. Number of those wounded in action or injured in combat-zone accidents reached 31,368. Given the frequency of battles that US troops are currently exposed this figure is obviously not the final. Furthermore the toll data have been taken from official statistics provided by Pentagon which is widely criticized by public for understatement real casualties. According to the Department of Veterans Affairs – a government department autonomous from the Pentagon -  the number of wounded has exceeded 50,000.

Combat operations costs.

To the date, $686 billion dollars have been allocated to the war in Iraq since its start in March 2003 to cover daily cash costs of running the combat operations, feeding, housing, transporting and equipping U.S. troops, paying for reconstruction costs, repairs and replacement parts and training Iraqi forces. The amount keeps growing by 200,000,000$! every day, so by the time you will finish reading this article it will increase by about half million of dollars! Such trend won’t be affected by major changes at least till the end of 2009 as the whole spending have been approved in 2009 budget. Considering that Obama has already announced the drawdown and eventual pullout of troops from Iraq, we can estimate around 130 bln. more to be spend provided that all troops will be withdrawn in a 1.5-2 years. That gives us in total 816 bln. dollars of direct costs spent on Iraq war. This also includes the payment of $500,000 in “death gratuity payment” and life insurance to the families of the fatalities in Iraq.

Health care costs.

These include all costs for the treatment of health problems of troops, such as blast injuries to arms and legs from improvised explosive devices, the historically high instances of traumatic brain injuries, post-traumatic stress disorder. A group of noted physicians predicted that healthcare for Iraq veterans could top $650 billion. We may also rely on available figures for veterans’ disability payments. For example, a veteran without a spouse or dependents who is 100 percent disabled receives about $2,400 per month from the government. Over 50 years, that could total more than $1.4 million. Multiplying that by the number of totally disabled veterans would add up 10-15 billion dollars more. Furthermore an increasing number of soldiers are not seeking the care that they need, which affects their ability to get and maintain jobs what eventually leads to greater unseen costs.

Military replenishment costs.

War in Iraq has stretched the US military dangerously thin. The high level of casualties over half of decade has undermined the “human capital” of armed forces. Dealing with current difficulties in recruitment America will have to invest heavily in troops to restore their prewar levels of strength, fitness and readiness. Furthermore it may take more than decade to fully replenish and refurbish the military whose equipment and materiel have been greatly depleted by the war. Estimations show that over the period of fifteen years the military will require 250$-375$ bln to rebuild entire armed services.

Economic costs.

There are plenty of economic costs surrounding by the war in Iraq. First it’s a cost of deployment in Iraq of 40% of National Guard and Reserve forces. Quantifiable economic costs of it comprises of the difference between the civilian wages that these individuals would earn in their regular occupations and the lower wages they are usually paid in the Reserves. Another economic cost is the cost of military fatalities. It equals to the individual’s earnings and contributions to the economy foregone due to their death. Here also comes the economic costs of those seriously injured, that comprises of additional healthcare expenditures that parties spend themselves apart from what government pays and the loss of economic services. Taking Stiglitz’s calculations made by him in 2006 and extrapolating his figures to present day we’ll get around 200 bln dollars of economic costs that US incurred due to the war in Iraq.

Uncounted costs.

Now let’s try to list those costs that are obvious but not quantifiable. Consider the issue of security. War in Iraq and incidentally the overall instability in Middle East had aggravated the hatred of the United States throughout the world. That in its turn exacerbated the domestic threat of terror and made Americans obviously less safe and confident. There  are of course many negative consequences of the war all of which cannot be comprehended. Below is just a shortlist of the costs omitted from above estimations:

* All costs borne by other countries, including Iraq.

* Costs of planning war.

* Costs of oil price volatility.

* Consequences of loss of credibility

* Reduced demands as a result of anti-American sentiment (e.g. loss of tourists)



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