12-20-2011-Med WE ARE ON THE LAST LEG OF THIS JOURNEY...I NEVER IN MY WILDEST DREAMS OF THIS IMAGINED THAT THIS IS HOW WE WOULD BE MOVING TO END THIS. I JUST THOUGHT WE WOULD WAKE UP ONE DAY AND IT WOULD BE ON FOREX AND THAT WOULD BE IT. WE GOT WHAT WE HOPED FOR AND I HAVE TO SAY I HAD RESERVATIONS AFTER ALL THE NEGATIVE THAT PARLIAMENT WOULD APPROVE IT BUT AFTER THE LAST 3 DEFEATS IN PARLIAMENT AGAINST MALIKI INITIATIVES AND SINCE IT WAS THE RULE OF LAW THEMSELVES WHO WERE AGAINST IT I THOUGHT WE HAD A SHOT...TURNS OUT IT WASNT REALLY EVER IN JEOPARDY.
12-20-2011-Med MY ONLY CONCERN WITH SHABIBI IS HE OR WILL HE HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THE POLITICAL CRISIS. I AM THINKING - NO. HE HAS ALREADY WAITED TOO LONG FOR THE IMF, ALSO I SEE THEY ARE CALLING FOR IRAQ TO GET INTO THE WTO IMMEDIATELY AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WHAT THEY CAN OFFER.