6-29-2013 *Kaperoni ~Article: "The Iraq Stock Exchange Upgrades to NASDAQ OMX's X-Stream Technology" This is just another indication that they plan to really gear up for international investment. Converting the state owned businesses to private, having public stock offerings and encouraging worldwide investors are all coming for Iraq. This package starts mid 2014 so expect lots of changes in iraq over the next 12 months including the dinar.