Daily Links — Friday, August 28, 2026
Friday's desk ties straight back to the week's redenomination story: with trillions of dinars hoarded in homes, Iraq's banks are described as 'starving' for liquidity — exactly the cash-out-of-the-system problem the currency overhaul is meant to flush out. Al-Zaidi calls corruption the single most serious threat facing Iraq today, while Atrushi pushes for a 'legal revolution' in parliament to repeal old-regime decisions and finally pass the oil-and-gas law. On the wider board, Moscow's unprecedented warning that it could target British military facilities, a UK council floating jail time for flying national flags, fresh unrest in Ceuta, and US states scrambling to cut food-stamp error rates before penalties hit. Here's everything on the desk.
Iraq & the Dinar
- Trillions hoarded in homes: Iraq's banks are 'starving' amid a liquidity shortage — Al-Maaloumah (Arabic)
- Al-Zaidi: corruption is the most serious thing facing Iraq today — Shafaq News (Arabic)
- Atrushi calls for a 'legal revolution' in the federal parliament to repeal former-regime decisions and legislate the oil-and-gas law — Kurdistan 24 (Arabic)
Around the World
- Moscow warns it could target British military facilities in an unprecedented statement — ZeroHedge
- Britain's biggest council pushes a two-year jail term for flying national flags — Modernity
- Uprising in Ceuta: locals say they've had enough of the migrant crisis — Modernity
Home Front
- States race to cut food-stamp errors before penalties kick in — The Epoch Times
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