re: the real reason...why are we in iraq.
Yak, I was going to buy some myself but, when thinking back to Vietnam and the shut down of all monetary transactions overnight (on more than three occassions whilst I was in country, of course I'm talking about MPC) to destroy all black market currency. The Iraqui people probably wouldn't take kindly to have their currency changed by the US so you are probably safe with your investment.
Well I wasn't game to take the risk that Iraq would still have the same currency in 12 months time.