Omar – Dinar Guru The United States has blocked $500 million in cash delivery to Iraq in order to pressure Baghdad in dismantling the Iranian-backed militia. We found out today that a cargo plane carrying nearly $500 million in physical banknotes was blocked by the Treasury Department today. This is the second time that such a shipment was delayed since the Iraq war began in February. The money is Iraq’s own money. It is from our oil revenue that the United States has been holding in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York since 2003…Iraq cannot pay salaries, food and medicine without the United States approval of these transfers…
BGG response: This has been on many major news outlets recently. Widely published. Good news.