IRAQ - Towards Elections.
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has warned that elections may
not be held at all in 20-25% of Iraq because of continuing violence,
thus contradicting views expressed in the State Department. . . .
IRAQ - Int'l Iraq Conference.
Powell confirmed on Sept. 26 that he planned a conference -
proposed by Allawi - to enlist the help of neighbours like Iran and
Syria. The aim is to block any cross-border attempts, confer . . .
IRAQ - The Coming US Offensive.(Brief Article)
The CentCom chief who heads the US forces in the Middle East and
other countries, Gen. John Abizaid, on Sept. 26 warned on NBC:
"We're going to have to fight our way all the way through
elections . . .
IRAQ - Focusing On The Non-Oil Sector - Part 6D - Security
First.
Nothing good can be expected of Iraq, unless its security problems
have been resolved and the power struggle between the Pentagon and the
State Department under President George W. Bush ends. A new . . .
IRAQ - Oil Ministry To Protect Pipelines.
Battered by constant sabotage, the Iraqi Oil Ministry has deployed
a new 14,000-member security force, has begun paying tribal leaders to
guard pipelines and plans to double its fleet of . . .
IRAQ - State Dept. To Realign Reconstruction Funds.
When Congress approved $18.4 bn for Iraqi reconstruction last
November, the idea was to provide long-neglected infrastructure - roads,
water and sewer services, health facilities, etc. - to get the . . .
IRAQ - Bush's Chances Improving.
Just a few months ago, noted the Christian Science Monitor (CSM) on
Sept. 9, "Iraq looked like President Bush's albatross".
Facing a violent insurgency, bodies of contractors being dragged . . .
IRAQ - Peace Bloodier Than War.
More US troops have died since the June 28 turnover of power to an
interim Iraqi government than were killed during the US-led invasion of
the country in the spring of 2003. A total of 148 US . . .
IRAQ - The Immediate US Objective.
Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Sept. 10 vowed that the US
would not allow extremist insurgents to maintain sway over Falluja or
other rebel strongholds in Iraq, where Taliban-like regimes . . .
IRAQ - Focusing On The Non-Oil Sector - Part 6C - Before
Reconstruction:.(Brief Article)
Reconstruction efforts in Iraq are largely regressing, in part due
to a deteriorating security situation. The priority for the US-led
multinational force (MNF) now is to neutralise a wide variety . . .
IRAQ - The Interim Govt Performance.(Brief Article)
Seven weeks after the transfer of sovereignty, there is little sign
of an end to the disorder. The interim government of Iyad Allawi is
ratcheting up the pressure on insurgents and cracking down on . . .
IRAQ - Iraqi Oil Being Partitioned.
With foreign oil firms having won production sharing agreements
(PSAs) in northern Iraq from the local Kurdish governments, pro-Sadr
Shiite leaders in the southern provinces of Basra, Zi Qar . . .
IRAQ - The Trap Of American Democracy.(Brief Article)
The main factor to the penetration of Iraq by these forces and
trend-setters - long before a US-led invasion toppled Saddam's
regime in April 2003 - was the way US democracy worked after . . .
IRAQ - Lab For Dangerous Trends.
The blunders mentioned above have helped turn Iraq into a
laboratory for all sorts of crime and of dangerous trends. Now Iraq is
rich in highway bandits eager to loot anything and in booby traps . . .
IRAQ - Global Uncertainty.(Brief Article)
Iran's OPEC Governor Dr. Hossein Kazempour Ardebili, who
advises his oil minister and heads a huge investment company, was on
Aug. 9 quoted by the Tehran daily Hamshahri as saying fears . . .
IRAQ - Price Could Fall.
Saudi Arabia is the only state in OPEC able to produce up to 1.8m
b/d above its current output of 9.5m b/d. Russia is the only non-OPEC
state which can produce 9.5m b/d and raise this by about . . .
IRAQ - Focusing On The Non-Oil Sector - Part 6B - The Mixed
Signal.
There is so much confusion within Iraq and in the international oil
market right now that people wonder how the Republican administration of
George W. Bush will navigate through or out of a global . . .
IRAQ - Foreign Firms Warned Against Circumventing
Baghdad.
On July 18 a press statement from the oil ministry warned
international oil companies (IOCs) against holding talks on future oil
development with any party other than the central government in . . .
IRAQ - Focusing On The Non-Oil Sector - Part 6A -
Overview.
In March 1995, with Iraq under the Baathist regime of Saddam
Hussein, its oil ministry held an international petroleum conference in
Baghdad which was attended by hundreds of executives from . . .
IRAN - Iran Getting 51 Tankers For Oil, Chemicals &
LNG.
The National Iranian Tanker Co. (NITC), a unit of NIOC, is
acquiring 51 tankers worth $3.16 bn to meet demand for energy and
chemical transport by 2010. NITC has also set up two offshore . . .
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