Iraqi Stock Market May Be World's Only Market To Post Gain Over Last Year

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CBS News   |   November 15, 2008 08:04 PM


Down a filthy side street in the Karrada area of Baghdad beats the heart of Iraq's economic revival.

It takes patience and a skillful driver to weave past trash-filled puddles and between tall walls of concrete security barriers to eventually find the Iraqi stock exchange. Wall Street it ain't, although the amount of concrete could probably build a few American skyscrapers.

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Down a filthy side street in the Karrada area of Baghdad beats the heart of Iraq's economic revival. It takes patience and a skillful driver to weave past trash-filled puddles and between tall walls ...
Down a filthy side street in the Karrada area of Baghdad beats the heart of Iraq's economic revival. It takes patience and a skillful driver to weave past trash-filled puddles and between tall walls ...
 
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Maybe the stock market is up because it's based on body count...

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:07 PM on 11/16/2008
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I guess our "buyout" plan for Iraq worked, huh? Uncle Sucker has bought and paid for the Iraqis success and gotten little in return.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:40 AM on 11/16/2008

AW what great news! I love watching middle eastern countries get rich off of us! it really makes me feel good that when they get rich they end up leaving and moving here and then when enough are over here they start to impose that cult of a relgion on us, OH GOODY! thanks bush, you will go down in history as one of the greatest @#$%^% $#$%^&^% $#$%$#$#%$^ #^@% #^$ % $%^& *^%&*&^%$^^ %$% &^$&^% ^&%$&^ % $#%$@(^$ @#*&%$%^(*% ^^&%^ ever!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:32 AM on 11/16/2008
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Wow, talk about real Fear and Loathing.

I love how you can find a way to blam Bush for an Iraqi success story.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:30 AM on 11/16/2008

Oh suuuure. Why not take on a new project? Let's b-omb Iran and make that country a success story!

By then America will be a third-world country.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:45 AM on 11/16/2008
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Irai sucess story was when the Iraq Government said the USA should leave now !

We did not leave and it is $10 billion a month to stay !

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:13 PM on 11/16/2008

Stop b-itchen'. Wasn't the whole point to free the Iraqis and get them some democracy and good ol' prosperity, or rather capitalism?

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.

Maybe now they can pay us back for our good deed.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:56 AM on 11/16/2008

Look at this BS! We indeed have been punked!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:35 PM on 11/15/2008
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Oh goody! Can I transfer my 401K to Bagdad? I mean most of my tax dollars are already there...

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:26 PM on 11/15/2008

I'm sure the market did post a gain. It oughta be going thru the ceiling with as much money as we've put into this place.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:09 PM on 11/15/2008

hell yeah, you pump 12 billion U.S. dollars a month through a country with 20 million people the stock market better go up. I bet 40 percent of the investors are conservative republicans.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:16 PM on 11/15/2008

Iraq was a terrible flip, we are never going to get our money out, we might as well call it a loss and nuke em....then collect the insurance money...

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:28 AM on 11/16/2008
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Oh, the irony...but wait until the Shiites, Sunnis, and Kurds have to split that oil surplus amongst each other...I just hope we're outta there by that time.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:51 PM on 11/15/2008

Oh, the irony is right!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:21 PM on 11/15/2008
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