IRAQ - Focusing On The Non-Oil Sector - Part 10 - Iraq/Oil
Law.
With Iraq torn by violence, its politicians are split along ethnic
and sectarian lines in negotiations to resolve the final sticking point
in a draft of the national oil law. The issue involves the . . .
IRAQ - Over 600,000 Killed.(Survey)
Conflict in Iraq has killed more than 600,000 people since the
US-led invasion in March 2003, according to a controversial study
published on Oct. 11 by the Lancet. This is a leading medical . . .
IRAQ - Federalism Approved.
Iraqi MPs at the House of Representatives on Oct. 11 approved a law
which lays out a mechanism for forming federal regions. The decision was
taken in a session boycotted by the main critics of . . .
IRAQ - Iran-US Nuke Confrontation.
Quoting "official sources", Agence France-Presse on Oct.
13 said the EU states were set to announce on Oct. 17 that talks with
Iran over its nuclear ambitions had failed and to leave it up to the . . .
IRAQ - Towards Disarming Militias.
With the US repeatedly calling for all armed groups to be dissolved
- but with the Kurds' Pesh Merga in the north called an exceptional
case by the Americans - Interior Minister Jawad al-Bolani has . . .
IRAQ - Sunni & Shi'ite Clerics Meet In Makkah.
Iraq's Sunni and Shi'ite religious leaders are set to
meet in the holy city of Makkah on Oct. 19-20 to endorse a call for an
end to all sectarian bloodshed. The meeting, to be convened by . . .
IRAQ - Focusing On The Non-Oil Sector - Part 9 - Iraq/OPEC
Relations.
From being in Iraq the US is learning a lot. The most valuable
lesson, worth more than all the petroleum resources which Iraq and its
neighbours have, is the need for the US to cease being so . . .
IRAQ - The Arab System & Its Failing.
The following are extracts from an article by Khalil al-Anani, a
political analyst for al-Siyasa al-Dawliya magazine published by
al-Ahram and carried on Sept. 19 by Arab News: "When Iraq . . .
IRAQ - Neighbours Back Iraq's Security.
Meeting in Jeddah, interior ministers of Iraq's neighbours on
Sept. 18 pledged help to restore the war-torn country's stability
and exchange information to combat terrorism. A communique said:
"The . . .
IRAQ - Maliki In Tehran.
PM Maliki's recent two-day state visit to Iran was an occasion
for sealing oil deals. It also marked the Iraqi PM's return to the
country where he spent part of his exile during the reign of . . .
IRAQ - Towards US-Iran Dialogue.
Former secretary of state James Baker, a legendary fixer for the
Bush family, on Sept. 19 said the White House had cleared him to meet
with a "high representative" of the Iranian government. . . .
IRAQ - Tribes To Battle Neo-Salafis.
Tribes from the Sunni-dominated Anbar province have agreed to join
forces and fight al-Qaeda insurgents and other foreign-backed
"terrorists". These groups follow the very fanatic Neo-Salafi
order . . .
IRAQ - Maliki's Effectiveness Questioned.
Senior Iraqi and US officials have begun to question whether Maliki
has the political muscle and decisiveness to hold Iraq together as it
hovers on the edge of a full civil war. Four months into . . .
IRAQ - More Provinces Under Iraqi Control.
On Sept. 18, the Iraqi Army's 4th division came under Iraqi
control in central Salahuddin province north of Baghdad. It was the
second of Iraq's 10 divisions to come under direct Iraqi . . .
IRAQ - Bracing For Ramadan Violence.(Brief article)
Neo-Salafi suicide bombers and other Sunnis on Sept. 18 killed more
than 30 people and wounded dozens across Iraq as the government prepared
to tighten security ahead of the holy month of Ramadan, . . .
IRAQ - Federalism.
The political scene in Iraq now is dominated by discussions on the
concept of federalism. Those insisting on immediate application of
federalism are the Kurdish parties in the north who recently . . .
IRAQ - The National Energy Committee.(Brief article)
Formed in late May 2006, the National Energy Committee (NEC) is a
cross-party agency in charge of the petroleum sector as well as other
matters pertaining to energy. The NEC is headed by Deputy PM . . .
IRAQ - Kurdistan Is Racing With PSA offers.(Kurdistan Regional
Government)
However, the KRG in early August published a draft petroleum law
and model PSA and has since urged IOCs to begin negotiating E&P
deals with its own Ministry Natural Resources. KRG's . . .
IRAQ - Towards A Petro-Democracy.
Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh, in charge of the
country's economy, on Sept. 10 called for partnerships with IOCs to
expand Iraq's oil industry, saying Iraq's emergence as a
"secure . . .
IRAQ - Focusing On The Non-Oil Sector - Part 7 - Iraqi Petroleum
Legislation.
Iraq's draft petroleum law is being debated in the House of
Representatives (parliament). But formation of a national oil company
(NOC) has been agreed upon. On the sidelines of an OPEC seminar . . .
|
|