The Seeds Of Vulnerability.
Iraq's two largest cities, Baghdad and Basra, are calmer than
they have been for years. The third largest, Mosul, is in the midst of a
major security operation. On June 19, Iraqi forces swept . . .
The Scramble For Iraqi Oil.
So great is the world's demand for oil today - and so great
the concern over rising prices, with paper WTI likely to hit $170/b
later this summer - that it would be tempting to embrace plans by . . .
Petraeus' Rise To CentCom Post Lets Cheney Loose On
Iran.(David Petraeus, Dick Cheney )
The recent nomination of Petraeus to be head of the Central Command
(CentCom), in charge of the GME, ensures he will defend
administration's policies on Iran and Iraq at least to the end of
Bush's . . .
Iran's E&P Offensive.
The theocracy in Tehran has launched a campaign to attract IOCs to
its petroleum sector. But Tehran has so far achieved limited progress as
only Asian firms have agreed to venture into an isolated . . .
Sunni Bloc Returns To Cabinet.
The Iraqi Accordance Front (IAF), the largest Sunni Arab block in
parliament known as Tawafuq, on April 24 said it had agreed to return to
Maliki's cabinet after a nine-month boycott, citing a . . .
Oil Export Income Up.
Oil Ministry figures on April 24 showed Iraq boosted its crude oil
exports by 3.3m barrels in March over the previous month. Total crude
oil exports in March stood at 59.4m barrels and grossed . . .
Big Oct. Conference.
In the past few years, Iraq's petroleum sector has been
featured in numerous conferences aimed at linking top government
officials with the global energy industry, all of which have taken . . .
US & Israeli Moves Cause Iran-Syria Split.
On April 24, the Bush administration showed the US Congress
photographs and video clips of Israel's Sept. 6, 2007, air raid
destroying an alleged nuclear reactor in north-eastern Syria being . . .
US Charges & Warnings.
The Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm Michael Mullen on
April 25 said he was "extremely concerned" about "the
increasingly lethal and malign influence" by the Quds Force in
aiding . . .
The Kuwait Conference.(Conference news)
Maliki subtly attacked Iran in his address to the April 22 Kuwait
conference on Iraq attended by the country's neighbours including
Iranian Foreign Minister Manushehr Mottaki and his counterparts . . .
The Global Economy.
The world now is divided into a paper economy, which is financial
and driven by psychological factors with speculators motivated by quick
profit, and a real economy with prices of physical goods . . .
Focusing On The Non-Oil Sector - Part 26 - Iraq-Iran E&P
Competition.
Iraq is competing with Iran in attracting international oil
companies (IOC) to operate petroleum exploration and production
(E&P) projects. This does not mean Iraqi E&P terms are better
than those . . .
A Review From March 2003.(Excerpt)
These are extracts from an article published on March 16 by The New
York Times written by its correspondent John F. Burns (with some name
spelling and underlining by APS): "Five years on, it . . .
Global Prestige At Stake For USA.
Dr. Henry Kissinger, the former Republican secretary of state, in
February told Der Spiegel: "A rapid [US] withdrawal [from Iraq]
would be a demonstration in the region of the impotence of . . .
What The Next President Will Do.
However adamant they are now about their respective plans, the
three candidates to the US presidency will have to conform their
positions to whatever security and political situations they confront . . .
IRAQ - Cheney & McCain Hold Steady.(Dick Cheney, John
McCain)
Cheney, who arrived in Baghdad with his wife and daughter, and
McCain both promised on March 17 that Washington's commitment to
Iraq would not waver despite signs of a recent resurgence in violence . . .
IRAQ - The Petroleum Law Debate.
US State Department's Co-ordinator for Economic Transition in
Iraq Charles Ries was on March 17 quoted as saying the debate on
Iraq's petroleum law was political, not technical. He said . . .
IRAQ - Focusing On The Non-Oil Sector - Part 25 - Iraq, Five
Years After The US Invasion.
Baghdad on March 20 finished the fifth year since the US invaded
Iraq. Three days earlier Iraq was visited by US Vice-President Dick
Cheney. Already Arizona Senator John McCain had arrived in . . .
Draft Law Will Apply For TSAs.(technical support agreements
)
According to Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani, the draft law
held up by disputes in parliament will be used, whether it is passed or
not, to encourage foreign participation in the industry and . . .
IMF Forecasts Iraq Economic Growth.(International Monetary
Fund)
The IMF director for the Middle East, Mohsin Khan, on Jan. 16 said
Iraq's economy in 2008 would expand significantly from the previous
2007's lows as long as the security situation allowed for . . .
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