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#Iraq This time could be social unrest if more govt workers aren't paid or face cuts Last thing govt wants is wave of protests Could couple with youth's high unemployment & dissatisfaction with status qou that led to yrs of protests musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2026/02/iraq...
Iraq Unable To Pay Its Obligations As Financial Crisis Grows
For months there have been warnings of an impending financial crisis for the Iraqi government. That finally started to hi...
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February 18, 2026 at 3:11 AM
#Iraq This time could be social unrest if more govt workers aren't paid or face cuts Last thing govt wants is wave of protests Could couple with youth's high unemployment & dissatisfaction with status qou that led to yrs of protests musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2026/02/iraq...
#Iraq unlikely to do anything about budget until turns into full blown crisis Politicians know nothing about economics Whenever run into large deficit unwilling to act because think oil prices will go back up & solve problem musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2026/02/iraq...
Iraq Unable To Pay Its Obligations As Financial Crisis Grows
For months there have been warnings of an impending financial crisis for the Iraqi government. That finally started to hi...
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February 18, 2026 at 3:10 AM
#Iraq unlikely to do anything about budget until turns into full blown crisis Politicians know nothing about economics Whenever run into large deficit unwilling to act because think oil prices will go back up & solve problem musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2026/02/iraq...
#Iraq also notorious for bad book keeping Finance Min said 6 tril dinars/mo spent on govt salaries Docs showed it was actually 7.5 tril dinars/mo musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2026/02/iraq...
Iraq Unable To Pay Its Obligations As Financial Crisis Grows
For months there have been warnings of an impending financial crisis for the Iraqi government. That finally started to hi...
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February 18, 2026 at 3:08 AM
#Iraq also notorious for bad book keeping Finance Min said 6 tril dinars/mo spent on govt salaries Docs showed it was actually 7.5 tril dinars/mo musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2026/02/iraq...
Problem with budget leading to growing public debt Central Bank of #Iraq said debt at 87.7 tril dinars Nov 2025 Was 5% increase from 2024 musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2026/02/iraq...
Iraq Unable To Pay Its Obligations As Financial Crisis Grows
For months there have been warnings of an impending financial crisis for the Iraqi government. That finally started to hi...
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February 18, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Problem with budget leading to growing public debt Central Bank of #Iraq said debt at 87.7 tril dinars Nov 2025 Was 5% increase from 2024 musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2026/02/iraq...
#Iraq Start of 2026 Central Bank reported spending far outpacing earnings Jan-Oct 2025 Iraq made 104.43 tril dinars/$79.65bil Spent 115.53 tril dinars/$88.11 bil PM Sudani ordered review of govt spending but nothing done as usual musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2026/02/iraq...
Iraq Unable To Pay Its Obligations As Financial Crisis Grows
For months there have been warnings of an impending financial crisis for the Iraqi government. That finally started to hi...
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February 18, 2026 at 3:06 AM
#Iraq Start of 2026 Central Bank reported spending far outpacing earnings Jan-Oct 2025 Iraq made 104.43 tril dinars/$79.65bil Spent 115.53 tril dinars/$88.11 bil PM Sudani ordered review of govt spending but nothing done as usual musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2026/02/iraq...
#Iraq immediately ran into problems as budget mostly funded by oil revenues that began dropping after passed 2023 Iraq made $8.124bil/mo from oil Then $8bil/mo in 2024 and $6.917bil/mo in 2025 musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2026/02/iraq...
Iraq Unable To Pay Its Obligations As Financial Crisis Grows
For months there have been warnings of an impending financial crisis for the Iraqi government. That finally started to hi...
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February 18, 2026 at 3:05 AM
#Iraq immediately ran into problems as budget mostly funded by oil revenues that began dropping after passed 2023 Iraq made $8.124bil/mo from oil Then $8bil/mo in 2024 and $6.917bil/mo in 2025 musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2026/02/iraq...
#Iraq Root problem bloated budget 2023 3 yr budget passed for 198.7 tril dinars/$152.8 bil with 61.4 tril dinar/$49.3 bil deficit Largest budget in history Govt traditionally increases spending each yr largely driven by expanding govt workers musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2026/02/iraq...
Iraq Unable To Pay Its Obligations As Financial Crisis Grows
For months there have been warnings of an impending financial crisis for the Iraqi government. That finally started to hi...
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February 18, 2026 at 3:04 AM
#Iraq Root problem bloated budget 2023 3 yr budget passed for 198.7 tril dinars/$152.8 bil with 61.4 tril dinar/$49.3 bil deficit Largest budget in history Govt traditionally increases spending each yr largely driven by expanding govt workers musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2026/02/iraq...
#Iraq Mid-Feb Diwaniya justice dept workers started strike because not paid Govt workers in Diyala & Hilla Textile Factory workers in Babil protested 14-15% cut in their pay musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2026/02/iraq...
Iraq Unable To Pay Its Obligations As Financial Crisis Grows
For months there have been warnings of an impending financial crisis for the Iraqi government. That finally started to hi...
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February 18, 2026 at 3:00 AM
#Iraq Mid-Feb Diwaniya justice dept workers started strike because not paid Govt workers in Diyala & Hilla Textile Factory workers in Babil protested 14-15% cut in their pay musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2026/02/iraq...
Start of Feb #Iraq govt wasn't able to make its social welfare payments Was because no money to pay them musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2026/02/iraq...
Iraq Unable To Pay Its Obligations As Financial Crisis Grows
For months there have been warnings of an impending financial crisis for the Iraqi government. That finally started to hi...
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February 18, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Start of Feb #Iraq govt wasn't able to make its social welfare payments Was because no money to pay them musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2026/02/iraq...
Months have been warnings of impending financial crisis for #Iraq Finally started to hit Feb as Baghdad wasn't able to pay all of its workers their salaries musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2026/02/iraq...
Iraq Unable To Pay Its Obligations As Financial Crisis Grows
For months there have been warnings of an impending financial crisis for the Iraqi government. That finally started to hi...
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February 18, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Months have been warnings of impending financial crisis for #Iraq Finally started to hit Feb as Baghdad wasn't able to pay all of its workers their salaries musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2026/02/iraq...
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Iraq Unable To Pay Its Obligations As Financial Crisis Grows
For months there have been warnings of an impending financial crisis for the Iraqi government. That finally started to hi...
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February 18, 2026 at 2:58 AM
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#Iraq Feb 17 2025 Oil Min announced that KRG oil exports would restart soon KRG’s Natural Resource Min said exports would resume in Mar Nothing happened because no deal with oil companies in KRG musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/iraqs-oil-...
February 18, 2026 at 2:53 AM
#Iraq Feb 17 2025 Oil Min announced that KRG oil exports would restart soon KRG’s Natural Resource Min said exports would resume in Mar Nothing happened because no deal with oil companies in KRG musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/iraqs-oil-...
#Iraq Feb 17 2024 Reports Ninewa Gov Dakhil said political parties and Hashd controlled province’s institutions and exploited them via corruption to make money for themselves musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-sudani-...
February 18, 2026 at 2:52 AM
#Iraq Feb 17 2024 Reports Ninewa Gov Dakhil said political parties and Hashd controlled province’s institutions and exploited them via corruption to make money for themselves musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-sudani-...
#Iraq Feb 17 2019 Report US military said more than 1000 IS fighters fled Syria into western Iraq last 6 months musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/iraqi-insu...
February 18, 2026 at 2:51 AM
#Iraq Feb 17 2019 Report US military said more than 1000 IS fighters fled Syria into western Iraq last 6 months musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/iraqi-insu...
#iraq Feb 17 2019 Report Human Rights Observatory said 1000s of displaced unable to return to Baiji dist Salahaddin 3 yrs after freed People didn’t trust govt to provide jobs or security 12,000 homes destroyed 10,000 damaged musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-mahdi-g...
February 18, 2026 at 2:50 AM
#iraq Feb 17 2019 Report Human Rights Observatory said 1000s of displaced unable to return to Baiji dist Salahaddin 3 yrs after freed People didn’t trust govt to provide jobs or security 12,000 homes destroyed 10,000 damaged musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-mahdi-g...
#Iraq Feb 17 2018 Iraq asked Turkey and Syria to release more water down the Euphrates and Tigris because of drought fears Iraq said those two countries hadn’t followed water agreements musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-abadi-g...
PM Abadi Govt (2014-2018)
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February 18, 2026 at 2:50 AM
#Iraq Feb 17 2018 Iraq asked Turkey and Syria to release more water down the Euphrates and Tigris because of drought fears Iraq said those two countries hadn’t followed water agreements musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-abadi-g...
#Iraq Feb 17 2018 Advisor to Ayatollah Khamenei said Iran would not allow liberals or communists to take power Was reference to Sadr’s alliance with Communists during protests musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-abadi-g...
PM Abadi Govt (2014-2018)
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February 18, 2026 at 2:49 AM
#Iraq Feb 17 2018 Advisor to Ayatollah Khamenei said Iran would not allow liberals or communists to take power Was reference to Sadr’s alliance with Communists during protests musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-abadi-g...
#Iraq Feb 17 2018 Report Some officials est 20,000 IS families with 100,000 people in Iraq Many held in special camps Faced threats and reprisals Some banned from returning to home areas East Tikrit and south Baghdad banned IS families from returning musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-abadi-g...
PM Abadi Govt (2014-2018)
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February 18, 2026 at 2:49 AM
#Iraq Feb 17 2018 Report Some officials est 20,000 IS families with 100,000 people in Iraq Many held in special camps Faced threats and reprisals Some banned from returning to home areas East Tikrit and south Baghdad banned IS families from returning musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-abadi-g...
#Iraq Feb 17 2017 Report Intl Center for the Study of Radicalization and Political Violence released report on IS finance Said since IS lost territory its finances went from $1.9 bil in 2014 to $870 mil in 2016 musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/iraqi-insu...
February 18, 2026 at 2:48 AM
#Iraq Feb 17 2017 Report Intl Center for the Study of Radicalization and Political Violence released report on IS finance Said since IS lost territory its finances went from $1.9 bil in 2014 to $870 mil in 2016 musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/iraqi-insu...
#Iraq Feb 17 2016 Head of Baghdad Ops Command said fake bomb detectors worked 30-40% of the time Said Iraq would continue to use them musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-abadi-g...
February 18, 2026 at 2:48 AM
#Iraq Feb 17 2016 Head of Baghdad Ops Command said fake bomb detectors worked 30-40% of the time Said Iraq would continue to use them musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-abadi-g...
#Iraq Feb 17 2016 KRG accepted PM Abadi’s proposal to export oil for Baghdad and receive monthly budget payments for govt workers musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/iraqs-oil-...
February 18, 2026 at 2:47 AM
#Iraq Feb 17 2016 KRG accepted PM Abadi’s proposal to export oil for Baghdad and receive monthly budget payments for govt workers musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/iraqs-oil-...
#Iraq Feb 17 2016 Report Suleiman Beq Salahaddin freed more than 14 months ago but empty of people Hashd occupied city Different brigades couldn’t agree on how to let people back musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-abadi-g...
February 18, 2026 at 2:46 AM
#Iraq Feb 17 2016 Report Suleiman Beq Salahaddin freed more than 14 months ago but empty of people Hashd occupied city Different brigades couldn’t agree on how to let people back musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-abadi-g...
#Iraq Feb 17 2015 Report Sadr froze his 2 militias the Promised Day Brigades and Peace Brigades after sheikh kidnapped and killed Sunni bloc in parliament called for boycott Sadr warned against brazen militias musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-abadi-g...
February 18, 2026 at 2:46 AM
#Iraq Feb 17 2015 Report Sadr froze his 2 militias the Promised Day Brigades and Peace Brigades after sheikh kidnapped and killed Sunni bloc in parliament called for boycott Sadr warned against brazen militias musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-abadi-g...
#Iraq Feb 17 2012 Youth groups attempted to protest in Sulaymaniya to mark 1 yr anniversary of 2011 protests Met by security forces who beat them and some reporters Then arrested musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/2nd-pm-mal...
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February 18, 2026 at 2:45 AM
#Iraq Feb 17 2012 Youth groups attempted to protest in Sulaymaniya to mark 1 yr anniversary of 2011 protests Met by security forces who beat them and some reporters Then arrested musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/2nd-pm-mal...
#Iraq Feb 17 2012 Report MP on energy committee said $20 mil/day worth of oil smuggled from KRG into Iran musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/iraqs-oil-...
February 18, 2026 at 2:45 AM
#Iraq Feb 17 2012 Report MP on energy committee said $20 mil/day worth of oil smuggled from KRG into Iran musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/iraqs-oil-...