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    " The Dinar Daily ", Sunday, 8 March 2015





    The Exchange Rate of Foreign Currency in Economic Feasibility Studies

    Below are the central controls related to the exchange rate of the foreign currency to convert the project inputs and outputs from foreign currency to its equivalent in the local currency, and that is by calculating the net discounted present value standard and the internal return on investments in economic analysis that governs investment projects that costs excess one million dinars.

    Estimate the shadow price of foreign currency:

    1. It is necessary to put central controls to amend the official exchange rate * to reflect the shadow price of the foreign currency, and that is considered one of the necessary requirements to implement the net discounted present value standard and the internal return rate on investment in the economic calculation stated in the instructions, paragraph nine.

    The central controls for adjusting market prices distinguished a group of outputs and inputs traded internationally, where the projects production or usage of them is reflected on the abundance of foreign currency in the economy and thus project outputs or inputs used of such are considered purely foreign currency outputs or inputs.

    * What is meant by exchange rate: the number of units of foreign currency, expressed in dollar per one dinar.In particular the following outputs and inputs of foreign currency were distinguished:


    • Export-outputs.
    • Outputs marketed locally that substitute imports.
    • Imported inputs.
    • Inputs produced locally that usually go to exports.
    • Foreign labor.


    According to the pricing rules the value of the output and input (traded) is calculated using export prices (FOB) and import prices (CIF), according to what is listed in the pricing rules.

    In other words the pricing rules calculate what the project produces from foreign currency (quantity of exports multiplied by the export price (FOB) in foreign currency or the quantity of substitute imports multiplied by the import price (CIF) in foreign currency, as well as what the project uses from foreign currency and imported inputs multiplied by the import price (CIF) in foreign currency …. etc.).

    In a later step, project outputs and inputs must be converted from the foreign currency to its equivalent in local currency (dinars) by using a specific exchange rate for the foreign currency.

    2. Justifications for exchange-rate adjustment: there are a number of important and powerful arguments which support the view that the official exchange rate reduces the real value of foreign currency for purposes of calculating the economic national profitability for investment projects and hence for the purposes of investment planning. It is demonstrated in this context to call for assessing the dinar for less than (3.208) dollar (official exchange rate) when assessing project outputs and inputs of traded goods of exports, substitute imports and imports… etc.

    The justifications to call for the use of an exchange rate that is lower than the official exchange rate are:


    • The use of an exchange rate that is lower than the official rate is the appropriate action at the investment planning level to translate the country’s economic strategy aiming at stimulating central investments in the sectors that encourage the development of non-oil exports, as well as sectors that encourage the expansion of domestic production base in order to reduce imports and compensate it with local commodities. This helps to reduce reliance on foreign exchange earnings from crude oil exports and increases the share of non-oil sectors in the local production.
    • The application of the amended exchange rate on project imported inputs will assist in directing investments away from aggregated sectors dependent on imported inputs and the preference of those sectors that rely on locally produced inputs.
    • The use of the amended exchange rate helps to correct the balance in favor of the traded goods sectors compared to non-traded goods.
    • The real exchange rate has declined rapidly since the early seventies, through rapid rise of the level of prices and local costs which led by the steadiness of the official exchange rate to change in prices and actual local rate costs that gave an advantage for imported goods at the expense of locally produced goods, meaning that it led to deterioration of the competitiveness of alternative replacement goods and export commodities.
    • This action shows that the official exchange rate overestimates the value of the dinar, compared to the foreign currency and from the promoting goods substituting imports and export commodities point of view of.


    And in support to this view is the state’s utilization and in a broad approach to the customs and quantitative protection policies especially for consumer goods, as well as export subsidies that exports have through an amended export exchange rate.

    3. Estimate the amended exchange rate of the Iraqi dinar to be used in technical and economical feasibility studies and for (1.134) dollar per dinar. This price should be approved for 3 years until re-appreciation by the competent authorities.



    The Republic of Iraq – Ministry of Planning

    and

    A "flashback recap" of a Live Q and A Call from about a year ago - on THE DAILY DINAR NEWS BLOG...

    In general terms – there were three main focal points of interest I wanted to cover and then allow listeners to ask whatever questions they liked.

    1) the SIGR report…


    2) the Gold Article…


    3) the IIER report…


    I started the conversation out last night by highlighting how crazy this campaign being fielded to contact our lawmakers and bank CEO’s and tell them how unfair it is they are getting to exchange (exchange is the right terminology BTW – NOT “CASH-IN”) at 32.00 per Dinar and we are not – is. It is nuts.


    Firstly, “they” are NOT being allowed to exchange “early” – or at 32.00 per Dinar. It makes you sound “stark raving MAD” to be caught saying such things. You would be better off barking at the moon. It is demeaning to the validity of a true currency play.


    Secondly, this is entirely the wrong way to approach them. I pointed out on the call that Poppy and I fielded a very successful such campaign a couple of years ago. However, we sat down and came up with a much different approach. It was designed to get answers and to approach our lawmakers with respect and as their constituents. Not like a bunch of lunatics. We had extraordinary participation (because it made sense) and we received a good response from lawmakers. It started the conversation in a reasonable manner.


    I asked one caller – “when was the last time you asked a banker for money and told him how unfair it was if he didn’t give it to you”??? Obviously – we chuckled…


    Another caller asked me if (as DC had relayed) – the “zero’s were raised” and the lower denominations were in circulation??


    I said plainly “no”…lower denominations being in circulation would (at the very least) imply there had been a value change. If there were no value change the lower denoms would not only be of little value, they would be such a hinderance – people might even throw them away just to get rid of them. So no – no lower denoms. I told the caller to check the
    CBI.iq website for “real” info on rate change.

    The “zero’s being raised” or “deleted” – as explained by any reasonable researcher, economist or authority – is simply the process removing the large (3 zero notes) from circulation.


    Referring to an Enorrste post from today on
    THE DINAR OBSERVER DAILY(you may want to put this on your favorites and check in several times a day – we to it often )

    “…I have never found a single article from the CBI or the IMF that equates “delete the zeros” to the idea of “move the decimal point.” Instead, the statements overwhelmingly come out to mean “remove the large notes from circulation.”


    Also – this recent internal memo put out by Wells Fargo is likely “push back” from this recent campaign. I pointed out that Pinnacle Bank published an article by an “affiliate” in their internal publication and then “highlighted it” in a similar internal memo a couple of years ago. It is just a defense mechanism. I’m sure Wells is tired of having their name dragged through the “internet rumor mill”. This is highly likely the reason for their vigorous denials about handling it in the future. They get so many useless calls – it isn’t worth the headache. Can you blame them??


    Further, for any bank, lawmaker, adviser or official to state the “Dinar is a scam” is nearly as foolish as some of the internet “Gurus”. It is the official currency of a COUNTRY. I pointed out (below) the post from yesterday’s
    DINAR OBSERVER DAILY
    – highlights page 94 of the quarterly SIGR report to THE US CONGRESS in April of 2012…
    __________________________________________________ _____________

    THIS REPORT WAS SENT TO CONGRESS LAST MAY. IT PLAINLY SHOWS IN THIS REPORT THEY EXPECTED THE DINAR TO REVALUE AT AROUND A DOLLAR IN 2013.

    We are seeing and hearing that the inflation rate is still climbing and they are pushing to get us our money?? This report is from page 84 of the massive SIGR report.





    BGG ~
    This is a screen shot from the “Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction” – Apr 2012, quarterly report to Congress. For members of our Government to say they have no idea what is going on here – means they haven’t read some very basic documents presented them.
    __________________________________________________ ______________

    I pointed out (last night) this is a highly speculative investment. We are, in no way, guaranteed anything. However, this SIGR report gives us some valuable insights…

    1) This is information given to the US CONGRESS on a quarterly basis… I find it hard to believe such an information source would intentionally mislead Congress. They tend to frown on such behavior. Which goes directly to the validity of this adventure – against all advice from Wells Fargo or other such naysayers.

    2) It points out there having been a legitimate “plan” – or time frame in motion…having been projected to be done in 2013. We are obviously in “over time” now.

    3) It gives us an idea as to who is in charge…the CoM – or Council of Ministers. Who do they answer to?? Maliki. Period. When is he likely to push this forward?? Historically – he has been a “weak Dinar” policy advocate. However, rumor from his own inner circle admits he can’t win a third term in office without some currency reform.

    I fully expect him to use every tool in his “wheel house” to win – his recent moves in Anbar and the disputed territories prove as much. Currency reform has to be a “biggie”. Though this WAS their thinking a couple of months ago – there is no promise it is still part of their political calculus. We shall see.

    4) Though no guarantee of the actual future plan they wind up engaging – this report points out an increase in value that would have taken the Dinar from “one-tenth of a cent” to a value “of slightly less than $1″..

    __________________________________________________ ______________

    AND

    Coins put on the market !!



    Nora Albjara member of the committee of economy and investment in the House of Representatives revealed that the central bank completed its preparations for the issuance of metal coins of seven small groups, in conjunction with the implementation of the project to delete the three zeroes from the paper currency is currently in circulation.

    She said in her statement Albjara "The project will take between four and five years, and which will be the launch of the categories of small coins gradually."

    He predicted the financial expert Hilal Taan inflation rate declines, with the issuance of metal coins of small denominations in the daily financial transactions, remarkable that 3% of the value of inflation in Iraq due to the presence of large cash block.

    The economic expert on behalf of Jamil Anton, noted that he may not find metal coins accepted by a lot of Iraqis, especially young people, due to the existence of an entire generation of Iraqis had not trading coins due to stop use since the early nineties of the twentieth century

    waradana.com

    And

    CBI is preparing to issue a monetary metal parts

    Metal coins from the category of 25 fils were in circulation until the nineties of the last century

    Nora Albjara member of the committee of economy and investment in the House of Representatives revealed that the central bank completed its preparations for the issuance of metal coins of seven small groups, in conjunction with the implementation of the project to delete the three zeroes from the paper currency is currently in circulation.

    She said in her statement Albjara Radio Free Iraq, "said the project will take between four and five years, and which will be the launch of the categories of small coins gradually."

    He predicted the financial expert Hilal Taan inflation rate declines, with the issuance of metal coins of small denominations in the daily financial transactions, remarkable that 3% of the value of inflation in Iraq due to the presence of large cash block.

    The economic expert on behalf of Jamil Anton, noted that he may not find coins accepted by a lot of Iraqis, especially young people, due to the existence of an entire generation of Iraqis had not trading coins due to stop use since the early nineties of the twentieth century.

    https://www.iraqhurr.org/content/article/26666313.html

    and

    Another "FLASHBACK"...

    Economists Divided Over Deletion Of Zeros

    By Amina al-Dahabi for Al-Monitor.

    The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) has been attempting to delete three zeros from the Iraqi currency since 2003. This project has raised many concerns among the Iraqi public and within the business community, and Iraqi economists are divided…

    …Haider al-Abadi, the head of the Iraqi parliamentary Finance Committee, told Al-Monitor that while deleting zeros from the current currency is possible, this has been postponed until after parliamentary elections. He noted that studies are being carried out to ensure that, following the currency change, counterfeiting is limited and that Iraqis don’t go back to trading in the old currency.

    The step to delete zeros from the currency has been postponed several times, leading the parliamentary Economic Committee to demand that the CBI accelerate this project, as Al-Sharqiya reported. In a news conference held July 6, the Economic Committee confirmed that the deletion of zeros will lead to an increase in the value of the Iraqi dinar and will have positive repercussions, including a reduction in unemployment and poverty rates in the country.

    ARTICLE LINK

    Crush Expected When Kuwaiti Banks Reopen Today

    March 24, 1991|From Reuters



    KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait — Thousands of Kuwaitis are expected to jam the country's banks today when they open for the first time since the end of the Iraqi occupation.

    Customers will be allowed to withdraw funds and to swap pre-invasion money for a new currency issued to make more than $1 billion in pre-invasion dinars stolen by the Iraqis worthless.

    "We expect a rush of people," said Issam Asousi, an executive with the Bank of Kuwait. He said it could be a chaotic first week because customers have a lot of questions about their accounts.

    Kuwaiti banks continued operating during the seven-month Iraqi occupation under managers brought in from Iraq, but they have been closed since the U.S.-led alliance ousted the Iraqi army from Kuwait a month ago.

    When the banks reopen today, customers will be able to withdraw up to 4,000 Kuwaiti dinars, equivalent to about $14,000 at pre-invasion exchange rates from their accounts, and to exchange a like amount for foreign currency.

    Balances of customers' accounts will go back to what they were on Aug. 1, a day before the invasion.

    Clients will not be able to exchange Iraqi currency issued during the occupation, when Baghdad pegged the rates of the strong Kuwaiti dinar to the far less valuable Iraqi dinar.

    The new Kuwaiti money will be exchanged for old at a one-to-one rate.

    https://articles.latimes.com/1991-03-..._kuwaiti-banks


    BGG ~ Thanks to wmawhite for some facts on the subject.

    Hi BGG,

    Just thought I would drop you an email. I listened to the call, and was interested in what was said about Kuwait, if I may - I will add my 2 cents worth.

    You were spot on with what you said, I have a close friend who's father made a killing on the KWD. He bought from people who had fled the country and he paid pennies on the dollar (we are in Australia). He took the chance that Iraq would be kicked back out and he was right.

    When the money was reinstated, he exchanged it for AUD at a rate in the mid 3s. The interesting thing about it is, Iraq invaded in November 1990 (I think), they were kicked back out at the end of Feb 1991, the banks reopened with a brand new KWD in late March, that's not a bad time frame to get a currency designed, printed and made ready to use, also the time that the old KWD was valid was initially only for 2 months, then extended to 6, so it was valid until Sept 1991, interesting I think.

    Also the other thing that seems to be a "fact" in Dinar land is Bill Clinton used the Kuwait RV to pay off the debt. However, Clinton was not President in 91, he did not take office until 93, even I know that and I am an Aussie.

    Anyway thanks for the site and enjoy listening to your calls.

    Kind Regards,
    Kevin



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    Re: " The Dinar Daily ", Sunday, 8 March 2015

    CURRENCY CODE SELL BUY

    US dollar USD 1166.000 1164.000


    CURRENCY CODE SELL BUY
    US dollar USD 1166.000 1164.000
    Euro EUR 1290.645 1290.000
    British pound GBP 1777.450 1776.562
    Canadian dollar CAD ----- -----
    Swiss franc CHF ----- -----
    Swedish krona SEK ----- -----
    Norwegian krone NOK ----- -----
    Danish krone DKK ----- -----
    Japanese yen JPY 9.733 9.728
    Special
    Drawing Rights
    SDR 1629.263 1628.449

    Indicative rates - 08.03.2015

    https://www.cbi.iq/

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    MoD reveals soon punishment to corrupted officials in armament deals

    Sunday, 08 March 2015 12:56

    Baghdad (AIN) –The Minister of Defense, Khalid al-Obaidi, revealed a soon punishment to the corrupted officials involved in the armament deals.


    Obaidi stated to AIN "The investigation in the corruption issues accompanied the armament deals is going on and will soon punish the corrupted officials."

    https://www.alliraqnews.com/en/index....ent-deals.html

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    ISF close to Speicher Camp massacre location in Tikrit

    Sunday, 08 March 2015 11:56

    Salah il-Din (AIN) –The Iraqi Security Forces reached closed to the location of Speicher Camp Massacre in Tikrit.


    Security source stated to AIN "The ISF and the volunteers stormed into Albu Ajeel area of eastern Tikrit to kill 15 ISIL terrorists and reach 100 meters away from the location of Speicher Camp Massacre."

    It is worth mentioning that more than 1700 Iraqi soldiers were killed near Speicher Camp of eastern Tikrit in last July.

    https://www.alliraqnews.com/en/index....in-tikrit.html

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    Sadr instructs Saraya al-Salam to join military operation for liberating Mosul

    Sunday, 08 March 2015 13:19
    ..السيد مقتدى الصدر يقرر التنسيق مع الحكومة لانهاء تجميد سرايا السلام والتحشيد لتحرير الموصل

    Baghdad (AIN) –The head of the Sadr Trend, Muqtada al-Sadr, instructed the Saraya al-Salam to joint the Iraqi Army by coordinating with the government to liberate Mosul city.

    https://www.alliraqnews.com/en/index....ing-mousl.html

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    Oil Minister: We face real challenges due to decline of oil prices

    Saturday, 07 March 2015 11:35

    Baghdad (AIN) –The Minister of Oil, Adil Abdul Mahdi, pointed out "We are facing real challenges due to the decline of oil prices for its consequences on the Federal Budget.

    https://www.alliraqnews.com/en/index....il-prices.html

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    Tribes, ISF confident over dismissing ISIL terrorists from Tikrit, says MP

    Sunday, 08 March 2015 15:24

    Baghdad (AIN) –MP, Thiya'a al-Dori, stated to AIN that the security forces and the volunteers along with the tribesmen have joint confidence over dismissing the ISIL terrorists from Tikrit.


    Douri stated to All Iraq News Agency (AIN) "The tribes of Salah il-Din have a clear image over supporting the ISF and the volunteers in fighting the ISIL terrorists where they have joint confidence over this issue."

    https://www.alliraqnews.com/en/index....t-says-mp.html

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    A member of the parliamentary finance: dealers are causing rising dollar exchange rate against the dinar
    Date: 03/08/2015 12:33

    Download the Finance Committee member Abdul Qader Mohammed, Sunday, traders responsibility dollar exchange rate against the local currency in the country.
    He said Mohammed told / information / "The traders caused the dollar to raise rates against the local currency of the Iraqi dinar in the past few weeks," noting that they "Etcheron currency on the black market and not from the central bank."
    He added that "the central bank made a fatal error when inventory sell the currency on the government and private banks and banking offices, leaving traders to buy the currency on the black market, including a rise caused the dollar."
    The foreign exchange market has seen a rise Mlhaudha exchange rates against the Iraqi dinar, where the price jumped zero dollar against the dinar to 1227 dinars per dollar one. Ended 25 R.


    AND

    Parliamentary financial traders carrying reasons for the high price of the dollar against the dinar


    Agency eighth day March 8, 2015, 13:16 No comments 102 Reading


    BAGHDAD - ((eighth day))


    Download the Finance Committee member Abdul Qader Mohammed, Sunday, traders responsibility dollar exchange rate against the local currency in the country.


    Mohammed said, "caused traders to raise prices of the dollar against the local currency of the Iraqi dinar in the past few weeks," noting that they "Etcheron currency on the black market and not from the central bank."


    He added that "the central bank made a fatal error when inventory sell the currency on the government and private banks and banking offices, leaving traders to buy the currency on the black market, including a rise caused the dollar."


    The foreign exchange market has seen a rise Mlhaudha exchange rates against the Iraqi dinar, where the price jumped zero dollar against the dinar to 1227 dinars per dollar one. | ST |


    https://translate.googleusercontent.c...FJjeGMVaw01FNQ


    AND

    Dollar exchange rate .. its causes and its impact on the Iraqi market



    08/03/2015 13:49:00


    Print out


    Dollar exchange rate .. its causes and its impact on the Iraqi market


    Under the highs and lows witnessed by dollar prices daily, said in the Finance Committee of the House of Representatives member, that "the subject of the dollar exchange rate in Iraq, the issue of auction of the Central Bank."
    Where Masood Haider said, in a statement to PUKmedia, on Sunday, 08/03/2015, that "the Iraqi market used to put huge amounts of money at auction but now because of the financial situation faced by the country has been reduced these amounts only approximately 90 million dollar a day, not to mention the financial speculation by foreign currency traders. "
    He Haider, believed that "this crisis will end soon," noting at the same time, that "the investment projects have had a significant role in the operation of the funds and is now almost virtually non-existent and all this has a role in influencing the markets and the dollar exchange rate."
    For his part, professor of economics at the University of Sulaymaniyah Mohammed Rauf, that there are many reasons behind the rise in the US dollar against the Iraqi dinar prices.
    He said in a statement to PUKmedia, that "the main reason is that the central bank after the fall of the former regime in March that do an auction for five days a week, where the central bank introduced a certain amounts of US dollars at a price determined by his own policy."
    And that "the Central Bank is leading the process of determining the US dollar exchange rate, therefore, that at the time was Iraq could happen to greater amounts of foreign cash resources such as the US dollar was Amekdor central bank that raises large amounts of US dollars at the rate determined by the price ranged between 100 000 or 120 000, where he was being put up $ 350 million a day to the extent of 400 000 dollars at a time when the financial capacities of Iraq because of the large oil prices when it was 120 per barrel. "
    He said that during the recent period, oil prices dropped to around $ 55 per barrel, Iraq sells its oil at a lower price than the world price and spending Iraq on military requirements for the purchase of arms and perpetuate the fighting fronts imposed on him big spenders thus the Central Bank of the capacity to put up larger amounts of US dollars to keep the price certain prescribed by the Central Bank against the Iraqi dinar has become very limited. He said that the Central Bank at the present time to Aatrah only $ 75 per day thus that the same US dollars in the Iraqi market and demand a lot Ay dollar in the market, which is determined by the auction led to a higher dollar prices in front of the Iraqi dinar.
    The US dollar jumped to its highest level in 11 years and a half against the basket of major currencies, as the strong data on non-farm payrolls in the United States fueled expectations that the Federal Reserve (central bank) will raise interest rates as soon than expected.

    https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&rurl=translate.google.com&sandbox=0&sl=ar&tl=en&u=https://www.faceiraq.com/inews.php%3Fid%3D3594385&usg=ALkJrhj1ksicADFh8R5-yI2QogAOnE2dSQ
    Last edited by sczin11; 03-08-2015 at 12:58 PM.

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    Karbala PC Chairman: Local Governments to contest Article 17 of Budget Law

    Saturday, 07 March 2015 19:11

    Baghdad (AIN) –Karbala Provincial Council Chairman, Nusayif al-Khatabi, said that the Local Governments agreed upon contesting Article 17 within Budget Law of 2015 because it restricts the authorities of the Local Governments in regard to local resources.

    https://www.alliraqnews.com/en/index....udget-law.html


    COMMENT : Article - 17

    Federal Minister of Finance to increase appropriations and certified to cover the work of the National Center for Laboratories Construction and the National Center for Engineering Consultancy of the Ministry of Construction and Housing up to 50% of the revenue derived from the implementation of those actions exception of section one of the Financial Administration Act No. 95 of 2004 and that the cost behavior the amounts for the development centers and support technical and administrative Quadrhma.

    https://www.dinarupdates.com/showthre...ll=1#post98560

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    Coalition raids pound ISIS as Sadr calls for US hand in Mosul offensive
    By RUDAW


    ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Coalition warplanes pounded the Islamic State (ISIS) west of Mosul on Sunday, as firebrand Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr vowed that his militia would back the fight to push the Sunni extremists out of the Iraqi city.



    Coalition forces carried out at least three air raids early Sunday in the town of Aski, west of Mosul, targeting armored vehicles carrying ISIS fighters across the Badosh frontline, Peshmerga commander Moghadam Lughman Chato told Rudaw.



    He said the warplanes had inflicted substantial damage to the militants, and that they were monitoring ISIS movements.



    Meanwhile Sadr, whose gunmen fought US forces in Iraq after the 2003 invasion and who has been known for his anti-American sentiments, vowed that his militia would be part of the operation to retake Mosul, which ISIS captured last June.



    “We will drive ISIS fighters out of the beloved city of Mosul with the help of God,” Sadr said in a statement, in which he also called for the US to participate in the operation.



    Of late, the cleric has frequently called for better coordination among his militiamen, Iraqi troops and coalition forces in the war against ISIS.



    The liberation of Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest, is expected to be a joint operation involving the Iraqi army, the autonomous Kurdistan Region’s Peshmerga forces, local tribes and coalition air power.



    There has been no official date set for the Mosul offensive, but it is widely expected to come in April or May.



    The Islamic State (ISIS) governor of Mosul was killed in an airstrike Friday night, said a Kurdish official.



    Coalition forces have recently intensified their air strikes around Mosul.



    Shakir al-Hamdani, the ISIS governor of Mosul, was killed along with several bodyguards in a coalition air raid on his convoy south of the city.

    https://rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iraq/080320151

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