IRAQ - Focusing On The Non-Oil Sector - Oil Firms Await New
Govt.
As Iraq's political factions move closer to forming a new
government, the world's leading oil companies are preparing their
Baghdad contact books with an eye towards lucrative production . . .
IRAQ - The Coming Domestic Issues.
The following are extracts from an article by prominent Iranian
journalist Amir Taheri published on Jan. 26 by Gulf News: "Are the
insurgents and their terrorist allies in the Sunni Triangle doing . . .
IRAQ - Iraqi Takeover.(Brief Article)
British Premier Blair has signalled that the US and UK will begin
handing over control of large parts of Iraq to the country's
security forces after the Jan. 30 elections, seeking to underscore . . .
IRAQ - Iraq Costing Almost $300 Bn.
The notion that the US came after Iraq's oil, rather than to
liberate it from dictatorship, is dwarfed by the fact that what the
Americans are paying for this enterprise might take decades . . .
IRAQ - The US Midwives Of Iraqi Democracy.
American and US-funded instructors on democracy worked hard in
preparing for the Jan. 30 elections - but behind towering gray blast
walls which encased every Western enterprise in the new Iraq. . . .
IRAQ - Coalition Staying Through 2006.
The US Army expects to keep its troop strength in Iraq at the
current level of about 120,000 for at least two more years, according to
its top operations officer, Lt Gen James Lovelace Jr. While . . .
IRAQ - A US Exit Strategy.
The US is thus entering a new phase during which it should work out
an exit strategy for the coalition forces. Two Republican former
secretaries of state, Henry A. Kissinger and George P. Shultz, . . .
IRAQ - Iraqi Leaders Warn Against US Leaving.
At a new conference on Jan. 31, Interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi
on Jan. 31 called on Iraqis to join together to rebuild a society
shattered by decades of war, tyranny, economic sanctions and . . .
IRAQ - The Baghdad Timeline.(Brief Article)
The 275-seat National Assembly will act as both a legislature and a
panel to draft a new constitution. The following will be its timeline to
end-2005:
To meet and elect its own officials, . . .
IRAQ - The EU Will Help.(European Union)
Spurred by the Jan. 30 elections, which are being viewed positively
in Europe, EU governments are rethinking their involvement in Iraq, with
an eye to increasing stability and security. The Dutch, . . .
IRAQ - Focusing On The Non-Oil Sector - Part 6H - The People Win
1st Round.
The elections in Iraq on Jan. 30 produced encouraging surprises,
which caused rulers in the Arab world to fall silent: With extraordinary
courage, despite suicide bombings by terrorists, millions . . .
IRAQ - US Rethink.
With days to go before the polls, the Pentagon is rethinking its
Iraq strategy, a reassessment which is having an impact on everything
from the defence budget to the way soldiers are deployed to . . .
IRAQ - Cash To Reporters.
After a meeting held by Allawi's campaign team in west
Baghdad, reporters (mostly from the Arabic-language press) on Jan. 10
were invited upstairs where each was offered a "gift" of a
$100 bill in . . .
IRAQ - A More Optimistic Perspective For Iraq.
The following are extracts from an article by Brett H. McGurk - a
legal adviser to the Coalition Provisional Authority and the US Embassy
in Baghdad, who helped establish the legal framework for . . .
IRAQ - Hot Pursuits In Syria; New Group Targets Wahhabis &
Saddamists.
Newsweek on Jan. 9 said the US and the Iraqi government were
considering using against insurgents in Iraq and Syria the
"Salvador Option". This was applied in Salvador during the
Reagan era - of . . .
IRAQ - Focusing On The Non-Oil Sector - Part 6G - The
Elections.
Operation Iraqi Freedom, now focusing on elections for a 275-member
parliament to draft a permanent constitution that should be put to a
referendum in October, has proved to be the most difficult . . .
IRAQ - Saddam's Nuclear Ambition.
"Saddam, the bomb and me" was the headline of an article
by Iraqi scientist, Mahdi Obeidi, published on Sept. 28 by the New York
Times (NYT). Obeidi is the author of "The Bomb in My Garden: . . .
IRAQ - Shift To Short-Term Security Needs.
The US is focusing on short-term projects at the expense of
longer-term efforts. Anthony Cordesman, a senior military analyst at the
Washington Centre for Strategic and International Studies, in a . . .
IRAQ - Publicity Campaign.(Brief Article)
Advertisements explaining that elections will be held and calling
on voters to exercise their rights have been rolled out. They will be
followed by instructions on how the vote will take place.
. . .
IRAQ - Oil-Rich Southern Areas Push For Autonomy.
Members of the municipal council of Basra, Iraq's second
largest city, have been holding talks with officials from councils in
the neighbouring provinces of Missan and Dhiqar on establishing . . .
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