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2007-10-05 Iraq

Kurdistan is Losing one Million Dollars a Day

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Posted by anonymous5089 2007-10-05 12:41|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Where do you stand on the American action, knowing that Kurdish sources have confirmed to Niqash that the prisoner is a member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard?

We cannot confirm the accuracy of that statement, but we know that this Iranian citizen is a trader and was representing a trade delegation from Kermanshah Province in Iran.

What is the extent of the losses suffered by the region due to the border closure with Iran?

The annual trade exchange between the region and Iran is estimated to be about 800 million dollars. This includes food, medical supplies and construction supplies that used to come in from Iran. Since the Iranians closed the border, we estimate losses of a million dollars a day, suffered both by the Kurdish regional government and local merchants, since Iran - due to its proximity to the region - was the biggest point of trade for the Sulaymaniyah region in particular, and the rest of the region in general.

If the Kurds are idiotic enough to host Iranian operatives, then they deserve what they get. The border closure may be a punitive measure by Iran but the loss of trade certainly seems to be more on the Iranian side of the equation.

I suspect the true importance of having the border open was so that Kurds could support their PJAK elements within Iran. Moreover, if Kurdistan is losing one million dollars each day, the loses on Iran's side must be far more substantial. Please remind me to feel bad about this at sometime in the distant future.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-10-05 12:54|| 2007-10-05 12:54|| Front Page Top

#2 Kurdistan as a country doesn't have the greatest prospects. Borders only Iran, Turkey, Syria and Iraq. Yuck.

Posted by Iblis">Iblis 2007-10-05 13:54|| 2007-10-05 13:54|| Front Page Top

#3 Well, Iblis, Switzerland bordered Germany, France and Italy in 1939, but it worked for them.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-10-05 14:09|| 2007-10-05 14:09|| Front Page Top

#4 Well, Iblis, Switzerland bordered Germany, France and Italy in 1939, but it worked for them.

Only because they openly collaborated with the Nazis.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-10-05 15:28|| 2007-10-05 15:28|| Front Page Top

#5 touche

Posted by sinse 2007-10-05 16:29|| 2007-10-05 16:29|| Front Page Top

#6 Seems to be working fine even post Nazi.

Posted by Mike N. 2007-10-05 20:06|| 2007-10-05 20:06|| Front Page Top

#7 Seems to be working fine even post Nazi.

I'm sure that providing financial management services for this world's drug barons, terrorists and dictators has something to do with it. Stealing untold hundreds of billions in assets from WWII Holocaust victims probably didn't hurt them either.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-10-05 20:12|| 2007-10-05 20:12|| Front Page Top

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