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December 8th, 2007 | #1 |
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BREAKING: U.S. dollars not accepted for Iranian oil
Looks like Iran has finally broken the dollar link to oil. What will happen to forex markets on MOnday?
U.S. dollars not accepted for Iranian oil Published: Dec. 8, 2007 at 4:24 PM TEHRAN, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- The Iranian government reportedly is refusing U.S. dollars as payment for its oil, calling it an "unreliable currency." Iranian Oil Minister Gholamhossein Nozari was quoted as saying Saturday that because "the dollar is no longer a reliable currency," his country would no longer accept it in oil sales, RIA Novosti reported. "In line with a policy of selling crude oil in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, the sale of our country's oil in U.S. dollars has been completely eliminated," Nozari reportedly said. The monetary move comes after Iranian officials proposed excluding U.S. dollars from oil sales at an Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries summit in November. China's official Xinhua news agency said Iran's opposition of the U.S. dollar appears to be a response to growing pressure from the United States regarding the Middle Eastern country's controversial nuclear program. http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Busines...nian_oil/8683/
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Bombing will commence in 5 minutes........
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It's just business, don't take it personal.
The Jews have just about completely sucked the life out of what was once the U.S.A. What is next? |
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But they will take an American Express money order.
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Fantastic. Bush is such a fuckin failure. I used to think that some 'Oswald' would relieve the world of him but I could see him just putting the ol' S&W to his dome after a few stiff shots of brown party liquors and a snort or two. That of course would leave Cheney in power but a localized EMP burst would do him in pretty fast I suppose.
One day closer to taking it all back though. Of course there will be a massive cleanup when that day comes, but it will be worth the work. |
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Iran switched to the Euro over two to three years ago according to several articles I read back then. That's when all of Bush's saber rattling began. This is what happened before Iraq was invaded and as soon as the U.S. got there they returned the Iraqi oil commodities back to the U.S. dollar.
I'll try and find that article I read way back when. They may now just be reporting it officially in the msm. Ok, here are two of the articles I read several years ago. From 2004. Quote:
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Not sure how this is going to affect the economy. Isn't it true that Iran exports mostly to China, Japan and other countries, and that there is in fact a ban on importing oil from Iran in the United States? How is not accepting dollars going to really change anything? Most of the world is moving toward a Euro standard, anyway, right?
Now, I can understand that if Iran were to stop exporting oil completely how this would affect the global market but I don't see them doing this. |
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This is big
Gulf plans revaluation talks in days: Bahrain Gulf Arab oil producers are considering revaluing their dollar-pegged currencies together and will hold talks on a change in the exchange rates "in the next few days", Bahrain's foreign minister said on Saturday. Saudi Arabia and five neighbors preparing for monetary union as early as 2010 ruled out dropping pegs to the tumbling dollar after a summit last week and said any talks on revaluation would be kept secret. Since the summit the United Arab Emirates, which has been pushing for currency reform, said it would not change exchange rate policy for "the foreseeable future." Bahraini Foreign Minister Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmed al-Khalifa said the six states were working together to shift exchange rates, although they would keep their dollar pegs. "That's being discussed between the central banks and there will be a meeting between the ministers of finance and the central bank governors in the next few days," he told Reuters, when asked about revaluations. Sheikh Khaled declined to say where the meeting would take place. "That will not really change a lot. It will not mean a big change." he said on the sidelines of a conference in Bahrain. "COMMON POLICY" All countries with dollar pegs have no plans to drop them, Sheikh Khaled said. Kuwait broke ranks with its neighbors in May and started tracking a currency basket, saying the dollar's slide was fuelling inflation by making imports more expensive. Continued... http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv...BrandChannel=0 |
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living off the euro sucks- as the exchange rate is a rip off-
instead of 90 dollars a barrel- the price may go down to 70 or 80 euros a barrel but as you do the math - look to see what the exchange rate is for 80 euros- if it stays the same number 90 but instead of dollars then go check what 90 euros a barrel will cost in dollars- this isn't good news as any sort of world fart sets the oil higher |
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Nobody ever mentions the fact that those fucking Saudi's stole those oil wells in 1950, everyone just acts like they developed them on their own when nothing could be farther from the truth.
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What we are really seeing here is the United States being sanctioned by the world because of Bush being such a massive failure. Once again the citizenry of the United States is punished for the failures of its govt.. But just try telling or explaining that to the lemming on the street and you will get the standard "Oh well I've got shopping to do...." lifeless response from them.
This is signalling the end of the U.S. economy. The United States no longer produces hard tangible items. What it produces is funny money created by the Federal Reserve for the world to trade in. The income is from the interest on that funny money and is what represents the U.S.'s GDP these days. Without the need to trade in devalued money the world is moving on and away from an imperialist capitalist controlled fiat money system and is moving towards currencies that can be traded back in to tangible items. What are left in dollar holdings around the world are being traded in for publicly held systems and property in the United States - water resources, large swaths of timber, businesses, port agreements. Make no mistake, there is a silent auction going in the United States and the elite are selling off as much public land and commodities as they can get away with in order to attempt to make their last stand at world imperialism. Instead it's turning out like Custer's Last Stand. It's a route and the United States is surrounded and the battlefield is littered with the carnage of the American citizen. |
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Napoleon knew that Louisiana was not a workable extension of France, and also, that if he didn't see it, we would take it.
The Russians sold Alaska for the same reason - it was a gigantic financial drain on the Russian Empire and their interests (their genuine national interests) were elsewhere. |
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The jews are going to die! The end of the world is coming to get them. Ha Ha! No more jewish control, no more niggers in our neighborhoods, no more illegal mexicans. No more jews making money off of anyone and causing chaos and destruction. I love it!
Bye, bye jews! You lowlifes are screwed. Down you go!
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