According to a Kurdish source in Iraqi Kurdistan, Baghdad has drawn
up a plan to withdraw old Iraqi currency printed outside Iraq that
currently is the coin of the realm in the Kurdistan Regional
Government. London's "Al-Sharq Al-Awsat" of 23 January says
that Iraqi government collaborators have been ordered to open
offices in regions adjacent to the KRG for this purpose.
Baghdad has been in the process of withdrawing foreign
currency, particularly the U.S. dollar, from the region over
the last several years. (David Nissman)
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The Kurdistan Observer
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