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 . . .
Rice In Baghdad.(Condoleezza Rice)
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visited Baghdad on Jan. 15
and praised its MPs for passing on Jan. 12 the first of laws meant to
reconcile warring Iraqis, saying progress was remarkable, . . .
'Bin Laden's Plan' For The Saudis &
Iraq.
Below is an article by Michael Scheuer out on Jan. 12 by The
Jamestown Foundation. (Dr Scheuer served in the CIA for 22 years before
resigning in 2004. He served as the chief of the bin Laden Unit . . .
Focusing On The Non-Oil Sector - Part 23 - Iraq & Bin Laden
Plan For Saudi Oil.
With the US busy trying to stabilise Iraq, 'Usama bin Laden is
said to be working on a strategy to destroy the "far enemy" in
North America, but only after destroying the royal regime in . . .
IRAQ - The Utilities.
When turned on, giving enough to run 400,000 Iraqi homes, the
Musayyeb power plant will provide a large boost in the US
military's campaign to restore basic services to Baghdad and quell
the . . .
IRAQ - Reconstruction - Baghdad To Spend $19 Bn - And
Reconciliation.
The state is to spend $19 bn on capital projects across Iraq in
2008, including $900m in Baghdad. In a speech to a gathering of senior
government and local Baghdad officials, Deputy PM Barham Saleh . . .
IRAQ - The Kurdish Moves & Latest E&P Deals.
Kiwan Siwaily, adviser to KRG Natural Resources Minister Ashti
Hawrami was on Nov. 19 quoted as saying: Iraq has more than 12% of the
world's crude oil reserves, of which at least 5% is in our . . .
IRAQ - LUKoil PSA Is Off.
Reportedly guided by US legal advisers, the Baghdad government in
early November cancelled a controversial PSA with LUKoil of Russia for a
vast oilfield in the southern desert, freeing it for . . .
IRAQ - Baghdad Ready To Sign E&P Deals Under Saddam
Law.(exploration and production)
With the central government unable to get the draft law passed by
parliament for more than a year, Dr. Shahristani said he will no longer
wait for it and pledged to sign E&P deals under the . . .
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