Mnt Goat – Dinar Guru Article: “APPEARANCE OF MOHAMMED SALEH: IRAQ AND THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION” …this is a very long article and so let me try to sum it up for you: Mohammed Saleh, the deputy financial advisor to the GOI, is assessing the opportunity cost of joining the WTO. Does Iraq really care about joining? He concludes that YES Iraq does want to join. …The long path to WTO ascension is the ability to go along with the BIG guys and play their game since the markets are dominated by so few who control the entire international market; the long-term survival of Iraq depends on international trade, secure international investment and a commercial environment; one of the major obstacles is the INABILITY of a “strong payment program”. How they transfer funds (SWIFT system) and use of currency (currency reform).