Militia Man – Iraqi Dinar News-Investment-Energy-Global Institutions-Companies (Uncut) 05-02-2025

Militia Man  – Iraqi Dinar News-Investment-Energy-Global Institutions-Companies: Siemens-BP-UST-US Fed-IMF-WB

Hey everyone, before I get started, I just want to remind you that if you like my content, hit that like button, subscribe to my channel, and then join the Militiaman and Crew Patreon community by clicking the link in the caption. Hey good evening everybody, Militiaman and Crew here. It’s Friday and it is the 2nd of May.

Beautiful day in the Northwest. It’s almost 80 degrees for us. It’s wonderful.

Hey, there’s been some really good news. There’s a lot of chatter about certain topics. I think some people are worried and rightfully so.

There’s things going on in the Middle East. There’s things that are going on in the world. The globe is interconnected, especially when it comes to finance, banking, and politics.

Be careful on what you read. You got to remember for Iraq, for instance, there’s a lot of agendas being played out. Obviously, the neighbor is quite enthralled and intertwined into Iraq’s politics and also into their banking and into their financial system.

One of the systems that they’re definitely in deep in is the parallel market, smuggling currency. Got to remember things that go on behind the scenes and maybe you’re not paying attention to, but a lot of the politicians have security. Some of that security is associated with certain factions.

Some of those factions aren’t necessarily so kind to the relationship between the United States and Iraq. Just keep that in mind, but that’s not changed. It’s been that way for 15 years that I’ve been involved, but I know it’s been part of their process for at least 20.

Anyway, this article today is, Iraq is poised to become a destination for major international investment companies. Even with the negativity that you see out there and you see some of these political negative agendas going against the circumstances, even when it comes to the 2025 budget schedules, they paint a really bad picture. It is what it is.

There’s negative weep from the chaff, but what we try to do here at Patreon, withmilitiamanandcrew.com, if you want to come in and join us, if you haven’t already. I know that there’s many members out there that are just come in and get a few articles occasionally for free, but the value that we bring is really truly from the data that comes in and Super Samson, our newshound, brings in daily and the Discord chat room, which comes with a membership for free. It’s a good bargain.

So come in and check it out, but I still do my videos and so you can still get information, but you can really know what you own by having that data in front of you and being able to get that analytical skills that I have and then many people in our Patreon room have and also in our Discord chat room. So anyway, Iraq is poised to become a destination for major international investment companies. International investment companies are not going to come in if there’s no security, stability, and sustainability of that security and stability.

So anyway, we talked about this on my last video that they had $62 billion. I think today that they’re talking about there’s more like $88 billion. So that’s a large chunk of change and that isn’t doing projects on Iraq’s dime, that’s on investors’ dime.

There’s a big difference, you guys. So when you think about it and say, well, question, how are they doing all these projects of 1310? They’re not. Investors are coming in because they know that there’s going to be a change that’s coming.

That’s my opinion and I would suggest that anybody that thinks that someone putting up or anyone collectively putting up $88 billion for investment in Iraq wants that money to be secure and they want it to be stable. They want it to be sustainable so that they can get an ROI, return on investment. So this guy, Garawi, he states that it’s imperative to make Iraq an investment destination for major international companies, especially since it’s well-prepared for sustainable development and possesses the necessary components.

He goes on and says that the massive scale of work in Iraq requires a massive local and international effort to enable it to fulfill the responsibilities entrusted to it. And it says the possibility of achieving integration between local national efforts and international companies, I like that word, integration, that are specializing in various projects will enhance our national expertise. So they’re going to learn from it and it’ll raise it to international standards in implementation.

So it’s going to raise it to the international standards when it’s implemented. So I think this man’s not wrong. I think there’s going to be massive amounts of construction and reconstruction that’s going to be going on and taking place.

And effectively, Iraq has what is necessary. They have that security and stability and sustainability, and they’ve been hammering that home of late. They have the assurances on a global level.

And then here’s another article. It’s called The National Industry and the Private Sector Represent the Key to Revitalization of the Iraqi Economy. This gentleman’s by the name of Batal Al-Nushin.

He affirms on Thursday, so that was yesterday, that the national industry and private sector represent the key to revitalizing the economy. He notes that the private sector employs large numbers of young people. And I’ve been bringing this up.

I think the youth of the world should have actually know that what’s taking place. I think that we as adults should be passing this information on, especially when it’s quality information and it’s real. Because they’re the ones, I read the news.

What we get out of the news is effectively what is taking place. Now, all the articles aren’t always right. I don’t always get them right.

I don’t know if anybody ever does. Because they mix good, bad, and the ugly in it. But we do try to decipher that here at Patreon.

So basically, he goes on and says, this is proof that we have a conscientious and qualified youth. So they’re talking about the people in the kids, the younger generation in Iraq. So we have a qualified youth who can contribute to the advancement of the industrial sector in Iraq.

He says, in Iraq, there are more than 4 million employees, in addition to a huge number of graduates who have not found employment in the government sector. Therefore, the solution to providing decent job opportunities for Iraqi citizens is to move towards the private sector. I think we’ve already known all that.

But what can it do? It can contribute to supporting the country’s overall economy. He emphasized that industry is one of the real enablers for improving the economy and reducing independence or dependence on oil. It says, during the past period, we have witnessed the award of investment contracts.

We’ve seen nothing but evidence of that. And he says, and guess what? At the cost of the state is nothing. The investor brought the capital, like I let in with.

It’s basically stating that the state received its share in accordance with the law and logic. And it says, in general, there’s no alternative to supporting the private sector whether we like it or not. So Iraq is basically admitting that at this stage of the game, they have no choice in the matter.

And they have no alternative to supporting the private sector, whether they like it or not. This gentleman goes on and says, I renew my support for the youth. Again, they’re hammering home that they want the youth engaged.

And I think that that’s why I’m saying this. Even the United States, the younger generation here, they don’t have a clue that investment opportunity is out there, whether it’s in technology, whether it’s in the cryptocurrency realm, or whether it’s in currency. But you can see why a lot of us, adults, elderly, have taken this investment seriously, how we’ve studied it for the last 10, 20 years, or even a few years.

Not everybody’s been involved for that long. But ultimately, we’re seeing it grow. And we’re seeing evidence of that.

And we’re seeing people realize that the new technologies, new digital currencies, are a wave of the future. And the new technologies behind those cross-border payments is really important to share with the youth, because that’s going to drive the future. And I really hope everybody believes like I do.

So anyway, this is a good article. It goes on and talks about basically a promising future for the youth, seeing that they have the ability to see the writing on the wall, what’s taking place. The Development Road Project is going to be a massive endeavor.

It’s a little piece that we’ve got. Al-Sudani sponsors a signing ceremony of energy cooperation agreement and two maintenance contracts with a German company, Siemens Energy. Look, energy is going to still be part of our future.

You’re just not going to have just solar or just wind energy or etc. You’re going to have the new technologies. And obviously, one of those new technologies we talked about, Iraq’s got 16 trillion dollars worth of raw materials, natural resources, but they include the likes of thorium and uranium.

And there’s been a lot of talk about those two items. And one, thorium, for instance, is probably a key player in that cleaner energy. It’s cheaper, safer, etc.

But Siemens Energy, electricity, for the new technologies, you need a lot of power. Iraq is a very hot country, needs a lot of power for cooling primarily. But they also need it to run their businesses and the new companies that are going to be doing mining extraction, for instance.

They’re going to be doing industrial cities to build all this. They’re going to need power and they need to have efficiency. And they’re securing that from many countries around the world and primarily the region.

But they have entities from the United States, Europe, and in this particular case, Germany, Siemens Energy. It says a signing of ceremony of the agreement of principles and cooperation in the energy field and the maintenance contracts at these gas and thermal power plants. Like I said, power plants take a lot of energy and they need to have it.

But it says that they have a cooperation agreement with the field of energy and they’re in the third phase and it aims to add about 14,000 megawatts to the national grid. It says Siemens CEO, Christian Bruch, and he says that Al-Sudani emphasized that the importance of continuing cooperation between Iraq and Germany in the same spirit and seriousness with its new government, which is his government, that Siemens is a key partner for Iraq in the growth of the energy sector, which is the backbone of all development sectors. You’re not going to have any of this without having energy, power, and what they need is 24-7 electricity.

Okay. It says the need to strengthen its cooperation with the Ministry of Electricity in the areas of maintenance, production, distribution, and transmission. All of these things are going to create jobs.

It’s unbelievable. So keep that in mind. They’ve got the youth.

They’ve got the education in place. They’ve been talking about making sure that all the citizens are capable of understanding what’s happening. And they also have partners, public and private sector partners.

That’s what they’re doing. And the private sector has already put in about $88 billion. So I’m not too nervous about the fact that this is moving forward.

And everybody should understand that the geopolitical side of things can get a little sketchy. Brinkmanship is a big word, but it’s not terribly unknown that there’s a lot of jostling going on. And media with politics can bring in news, fake news, good quality news, all of that.

So deciphering it is tough. So I wish you guys, whoever is worried out there, to stick with what you own and what you know. In an interview with the American media, al-Sudani says, Iraq is currently going through its best since the establishment of the Iraqi state.

So that was some time back in the late 40s. The prime minister, Mohammad Shih al-Sudani, is currently going through its best since the establishment of the Iraqi state. He stressed that the stereotype that describes it as a war zone does not reflect the actual reality in the country.

Now that was probably a pretty big deal before he got into office, but it’s waned ever since. So it’s been over two years. The residents of the capital of Baghdad wandered until late at night, which is an indicator of safety, stability, and that the country attracted more than, there it is, $88 billion in investments, including contracts.

And here again, another big name, British Petroleum. Okay. It says, Iraq has become a tourist destination for investors from all over the world, pointing out the influx of tourists to areas such as Hadar, near the Syrian border, and Ur, which is an important site for the Christian pilgrimage.

And he stresses that the reality is completely different from what is being negatively portrayed. I want to introduce the latest, if he can show his face, I’m not sure he will, but that’s Copper. We’re babysitting, and he gets along with Wally, and he gets along with Winnie, and he’s a good boy, but he’s very vocal, and he’s a lot like Wally.

So Copper joined us for a second with you guys, but sorry about that loud bark. But anyway, you know what? Family’s family, and pets are pets. But hey, the good thing about this is, though, is that security and stability is basically in Iraq.

And obviously, the money that we talked about in the tens of billions of dollars is only coming in because of the security and stability. And basically, the investment environment that Iraq is showing to those that are paying attention and digging into their pocketbooks and their bank accounts are firmly on board with this happening. And it’s taking place, even with the sidebar of the negotiations that are going on between Iraq and not Iraq and Iran, but Iran and the United States.

But you guys, I’m going to get to some points that are happening. I think it was on the 28th of April, where Fahd, forgive me, Hussein, Taif Sami, Al-Alaq, they were in Washington. Okay, we don’t always get information that comes out like a minute by minute or anything like that.

Sometimes we don’t get anything out of certain types of conversation, because a lot of times there’s experts that get some information, and they’re allowed to talk about it. And so we’re going to talk about some of that stuff. But you guys remember that there’s a connection between the United States and Iraq.

And it comes down to agreements that have been in place for over 20 years. And one of the things that they have done is they moved from the oil for food back in 2023 to the development fund for Iraq. And that is where the United States allows them to bank in the United States.

I think it’s at the US Fed, New York, where their money is protected. And the United States, by executive order, can sign the agreement again or not sign it. And what happens is if the United States doesn’t sign it, Iraq’s at risk of losing hundreds of billions of dollars and that protection of being sued, because Saddam Hussein was so in debt, more so than any other country in the world is my understanding.

But anyway, aside from that, keep that in mind. 80%, here’s an article, 80% of them are equipped with tracking devices. What are they talking about? They’re talking about tankers, trucks coming across the border.

So what they’re doing is they’re using the newer systems, and they’re using tracking devices. I’m not going to get into the whole thing. But the bottom line is, is that they’re going to decrease the smuggling.

And that’s a big amount of income revenue stream that’s being lost at the borders. And so you see some of this blowback, not wanting Iraq to go international because the cash cow is drying up, just like the dollar auctions drying up, smuggling currencies, smuggling oil, everything. And if you read the news, and I posted some of this in Patreon, you got to know who’s talking and what’s their agenda.

There’s a lot of influence from the neighbor that doesn’t want this to happen. And they want to throw a wrench. They put out fake news.

They put out negative news. They make people nervous. They make people scared.

They make people have doubt. And obviously, if you look at other sides of the coin of what I just talked about, it’s all positive. Again, why? Because, well, we just told you $88 billion has come across the borders.

For what? To take advantage of that security and stability and sustainability that Iraq has, and all that al-Sudani has done. So anyway, I have another article that says that the neighbor, Iran, it says, we are more determined than ever to reach a fair agreement. Well, optimism.

We’ve seen that for the last week. And many different things. Optimism is a big play.

Everybody’s been hopeful. Well, obviously, with that $88 billion, obviously, there’s a lot of hope, right? I would say so. Okay, so this gentleman by the name of Al-Masalah, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Arashi, reiterated his country’s commitment more than ever to reaching a fair and balanced agreement.

And that’s with the United States. It says that the foreign minister explains that there has been no change in Iran’s will to reach a negotiated solution. He says, we are more determined than ever to reach a fair and balanced agreement, an agreement that ensures the end of sanctions, and builds confidence that Iran’s nuclear program will always remain peaceful, while ensuring full respect for Iran’s rights.

Obviously, it’s all to be determined. But as of tomorrow, the third, interestingly enough, they said they postponed this meeting, or suggested that. But here it says, this comes as a round of negotiations scheduled for May 3, between the United States and Iran has been postponed for logistical reasons.

Okay, so it says that. But then I’m going to show you where there’s another article that goes against that. So I’m going to say this, I personally don’t know, based off the news, whether it truly has been postponed, if that was fake news or not.

But here they bring it up. But there’s an article that I’m going to get to, I believe, in here, that’s going to maybe counter that. So anyway, regardless of it, the optimism is there.

That’s the key point, optimism is there. But he’s saying that stressing the next date will be determined and announced after the two parties agreeing on it. Okay, so we’re going to find out, we’re going to see if that holds true.

And again, if I think I do have it in here today, that they have an agreement. Sorry about the confusion, everybody, but I’m pretty sure I have it right. But obviously, when I talk about there’s different opposing opinions and news out, it’s important to know that and you have to take in the good and the bad.

But I’m I’ll get to the latter in a few minutes. It says preventing the closure of 69 banks with America. And they call it the red wax, or the red line, maybe, but they call it the wax.

Baghdad is not the capital of Iran. That’s the opening line on this one. It came out on the 28th.

And it says Baghdad is trying to rescue more than 30 banks from expected US sanctions and convince Washington that Iraq is not Iran. And says Fouad Hussein on Saturday held negotiations in Washington, which could pave the way for a Sudanese meeting with Trump. It says Hussein met with his American counterpart Marco Rubio in the first meeting of senior officials from the two countries since Donald Trump assumed his office in early 2025.

It says, but there are other aspects of the foreign minister’s visit that may have not been clearly announced related to politics and the economy. One of the head topics is protection of funds in banks. I think I let into this a little bit.

This gentleman says he’s who is a researcher and an academic speaking to a paper says about the visit. It says that it coincides with an imminent end of the executive order issued by the US president annually to protect Iraqi funds, which ends after mid-May. Well, it’s not necessarily imminent if he signs it.

But if he doesn’t sign it, then obviously this guy will be right. But anyway, that’s ends after May. So the time and pressure on Iraq and securing their wealth, securing their ability to not have lawsuits is really a key component here.

It says Iraq is very concerned. It says that Trump will not sign this executive order and therefore Iraq loses its dollars in the treasury, the United States treasury, as a result of the case and well, their treasury and the result of cases that may be raised against Iraq lawsuits. That’s what he’s talking about.

So Iraq officially requested the renewal of this protection with the signature of the president. So they are really pushing for having it signed. This is a long article.

I’m not going to get all to it, but the delegation traveled and the foreign minister of affairs was there. The finance minister, Taif Sami, was there. Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq was there.

And it says that Iraqi banks have been punished. So there was about 37 banks and the number, according to the indicators, may rise to 69 banks. So if they have 37 banks that have been sanctioned and they’re going to go to 69, that’s not going to leave much left.

They talk about four to six banks. But basically, one of the problems is what? Prepaid cards. They talked about Master Card and Visa being postponed for a while.

And they said that they would probably have it resolved by a lot before the end of May. I think that’s an accurate statement. Okay.

Basically, what is it from? It says they suggest that financial institutions have been smuggling dollars to Iran and have something to do with the salaries of these militias. They call it the crowd. And what are they using? They’re using prepaid cards to do that.

And the United States Treasury has found that the activity of those who circumvent U.S. sanctions is done through these cards. It goes on and says, it seems that Iraq wants as much as possible to close, want to be close to Washington. So Iraq wants, according to the head of the think tank that’s talking about this, there is no integration between the Iranian file and the Iraqi file.

They want to keep it separate. Baghdad wants to tell America to separate Iraq from Iran because Iraq is a sovereign and independent country because all the indications coming from the Trump administration and his crew confirm that he does not separate Iraq from Iran. And basically, the foreign minister wants to convey the desire of Shia al-Sudani to visit and meet with the United States.

And it says this researcher believes that this visit may have significant results or may not have significant results, especially after U.S. Treasury statements, which called for Iraq to be independent and sovereign, free country, malign of activities. So it’s like an unknown. So if you guys want to check this one out, I think I’ll state this.

You guys can do your research. It’s called Preventing the Closure of 69 Banks with American Red Wax. Baghdad is not the capital of Iran.

So take a look at that article and then I’ll let you guys decide. And lastly, on the same kind of topic, it says a nuclear agreement between Washington and Tehran could freeze the Iranian program for 25 years. And this was today.

It says the agreement will freeze Iran’s nuclear program for 25 years without completely dismantling it, stressing that Iran has expressed its willingness to expand international inspectors access to its nuclear facilities. And basically it says Tehran is open to sending enriched uranium to Russia or even the United States. And basically it says here, this is the key part that I wasn’t sure if I had printed yet, but here it is.

The fourth round of U.S. Iranian negotiations is scheduled to take place tomorrow, Saturday in the capital of Rome with the mediation of the Sultanate of Oman. So they said it wasn’t going to happen. And then today they say it is going to happen.

And so do we know if it’s going to happen yet? No, we’re going to have to wait and see, but it’s right here, black and white. Okay. And it also says that Washington described these meetings as serious and meaningful.

Much, much appreciated. Thank you so much and have a great day.