IRAQ - Pentagon Office 'Misled' On Iraq War.
The Pentagon inspector-general on Feb. 9 said a special Pentagon
office created in the run-up to the Iraq war engaged in
"inappropriate" activities by providing misleading
intelligence to . . .
IRAQ - Many US Diplomats Refuse To Work In Iraq.
While the diplomats and Foreign Service employees of the US State
Department have always been expected to staff "hardship"
postings, those jobs have not usually required that they wear flak
jackets . . .
IRAQ - Focusing On The Non-Oil Sector - Part 12 - Iraq To Join
WTO?
Baghdad has made several steps towards joining the World Trade
Organisation (WTO) which would help improve Iraq's once-isolated
and now devastated economy. This was disclosed on Feb. 6 by Iraqi and . . .
Sadr Braces For Crack-Down.
Representatives from radical Shi'ite mullah Muqtada al-Sadr on
Jan. 22 said they were ending a two-month boycott of the government - a
conciliatory gesture by a group facing a crack-down by US and . . .
Dire Situation.(David Petraeus on Iraq's military
surge)
Gen. David Petraeus, the incoming US commander in Iraq, on Jan. 23
warned Congress that the situation in Iraq was "dire" but
urged lawmakers not to oppose a military surge, saying: "None of
this . . .
US Rules Out Direct Talks With Iran.
US Under-Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns on
Jan. 23 ruled out direct negotiations with Iran and said a rapprochement
between Washington and Tehran was "not possible" until . . .
Towards US War With Iran.
A Jan. 16 communique by the Arab Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC)
has stated its "collective desire to prevent Iraq from becoming a
battleground for regional and international powers". . . .
Focusing On The Non-Oil Sector - Part 11 - Iraqi Oil & Iran
War.
After months of tense bargaining, a cabinet-level committee has
produced a draft law governing Iraq's vast oilfields which would
distribute all revenues through the federal government and grant . . .
IRAQ - Iran Offer.(electric power sector expanding and power
transfer co-operation)(Brief article)
Iranian Energy Minister Parviz Fattah on Nov. 20 arrived in Baghdad
to talk about developing Iraq's electric power sector and expanding
power transfer co-operation. He said now there were three . . .
IRAQ - Wrangling Over Petroleum Law.
Senior Iraqi officials on Nov. 23 resumed negotiations to try to
resolve a dispute over a bill intended to encourage foreign investment
in the oil and gas industry. Reuters on Nov. 21 quoted Deputy . . .
IRAQ - Towards An Exit Strategy.(George W. Bush's
saviors?)
In the Washington Post, James Mann, author of Rise of the Vulcans,
recently suggested that it was far "too simplistic" to claim
"the appointment of Robert M Gates to replace Donald Rumsfeld . . .
IRAQ - Why Sunnis Want The US To Stay.
Gunmen on Nov. 24 attacked a Sunni enclave in a mostly Shi'ite
district of Baghdad, burning four Sunni mosques and homes, despite a
curfew imposed on the Iraqi capital for most of the day. In the . . .
IRAQ - Focusing On The Non-Oil Sector - Part 10 - Iraq's
Corruption & Distant Scenarios.
Uncontrolled corruption in Iraq is fuelling its sectarian conflict
and creating a "political economy" of violence. The FT on Nov.
17 quoted Iraq's Deputy PM Barham Saleh, a Kurd close to . . .
IRAQ - South African Scandal.
South Africa has completed an inquiry into alleged involvement of
its companies in the Iraq oil-for-food scandal and any breaches of the
law will be dealt with by authorities, President Thabo Mbeki . . .
IRAQ - The Australian Scandal.
A government commission investigating allegations of corruption
under the UN oil-for-food programme for Iraq on Nov. 27 released its
long-awaited report, stating that it was "now not in doubt"
that . . .
IRAQ - Most Iraq Oil-For-Aid Scandal Perpetrators Go
Unpunished.
Slightly more than a year after a UN inquiry discovered a
staggering level of graft by officials and corporations worldwide in
buying cheap oil and selling goods to Iraq, experts warn the . . .
IRAQ - A Very Costly War.
Rumsfeld spent his last day at the Pentagon on Dec. 15 as US
military commanders debated changes in strategy to fight the Iraq war,
which the controversial defence secretary has overseen for almost . . .
IRAQ - Pessimism Deepens.
As Bush on Dec. 12 continued his high-profile exploration of expert
views on Iraq, several new opinion surveys showed a dramatic deepening
of American pessimism about the war and the president's . . .
IRAQ - Rumsfeld Pays Farewell Visit.(Donald Rumsfeld )(Brief
article)
Outgoing US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Dec. 9 made a
surprise trip to Iraq just days after a report said that US policy there
was not working. "For the past six years, I have had . . .
IRAQ - The ISG Input.
Page 1, Chapter 1 of the ISG report lays out Iraq's importance
to its region, the US and the world with this reminder: "It has the
world's second-largest known oil reserves". The ISG then
proceeds . . .
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