Daily Links — Thursday, August 13, 2026
Thursday's desk is stacked with Iraq's endgame: Baghdad and Erbil reached a final agreement on splitting customs revenue, the trade ministry updated its services-offer file for WTO accession, and Al-Zaidi says that by October 1 Iraq will be clear of any foreign military presence and fully sovereign — even as economic advisor Mazhar Mohammed Saleh warns there's still no 2026 budget on the books. On the bigger board: chatter that Treasury's Scott Bessent is steering toward a 'Bretton Woods 2.0' monetary reset, a NESARA document making the rounds, Jefferies warning the Hormuz shock is showing up 'in cracks, not crude,' and Iran retooling its military for a longer fight. Back home, a former SPLC executive is arrested over donor money allegedly funneled to informants, and Treasury floats tax-free employer contributions to 'Trump Accounts.' Here's everything on the desk.
Iraq & the Dinar
- Final agreement on sharing customs revenues between Baghdad and Erbil — Alsumaria TV
- Trade ministry updates the services-offer file within the requirements of Iraq's WTO accession — Nina News
- Al-Zaidi: on October 1, Iraq will be free of any foreign military presence and will have completed its national sovereignty — Nina News
- Mazhar Mohammed Saleh: there is no budget for 2026 — Baghdad Today
Money & Markets
- Stern Drew: 'Scott Bessent is forcing Bretton Woods 2.0 right now' — Treasury openly calling for a new monetary framework — X
- NESARA — reference document making the rounds — DocDroid
Around the World
- Hormuz shock 'manifesting itself in cracks, not crude,' Jefferies says — ZeroHedge
- Iran says it reorganized its military to be more aggressive in a protracted conflict after the U.S. 'long miscalculated' — ZeroHedge
Home Front
- Former SPLC exec arrested, accused of funneling donor money to KKK and neo-Nazi informants — ZeroHedge
- Treasury proposes tax-free employer contributions to 'Trump Accounts' — The Epoch Times
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