3-3-11 Skype chat: Update from Ray (PD)

Highlights/Thoughts
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1. Ray talked with Ali
2. He asked about the ration cards that Joe P wanted to know about
3. Ali said Parliament fixed the problem last night
4. Iraqis will get a one time triple portion
5. Every person will get a card worth 250 dinar
6. They will take the card to the store and receive 3 times the normal portion of food items
7. A few months ago, there was a shortage of food items so the people were not able to get their monthly rations
8. This is a one time thing
9. He said Parliament is looking at candidates again and will make an announcement next week on who was selected
10. Parliament will also voting on various laws next week, including the HCL
11. He said Allawi made an announcement that he is supporting the current government 100$, and Ray thought this was huge news


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Steve,
Just got off the phone with Ali. Here is the latest he told me. I asked him about the ration cards that JoeP wanted to know about. Ali told me that Parliament fixed the problem last night. All the people will get a one time triple portion. He explained to me how it works. Every person gets a card with $250 dinar on it. This includes the children too. They take their card to the store and they receive so much rice, flour, oil and sugar. A few months ago there was a shortage of these food stuffs so people were not able to get their monthly rations. This month when they go to the store they will get three months of food instead of one month of food. As he said, this is a one time thing.

He also said that Parliament is looking at the candidates again and will make an announcement next week on who they selected. They are also going to be voting on various laws next week, including the oil and gas law. The money changer is hoping that they will announce the RV late next week.

In passing, he also said that Allawi made an announcement that he is supporting the current government 100%. I think this is huge news and he just said it in passing.

That is all for now. Will keep you and everyone posted when I hear more.

God Bless,

Ray