IRAQ - Oil Output Restored.
Visiting Tehran, Iraq's Oil Minister Shahristani told the
Iranian daily Sharq on Aug. 14 that the country's crude oil
production was back at 2.5m b/d after the pipeline taking crude to
Turkey was . . .
IRAQ - Background Of Iranian Involvement.
With Iran's interventionist policy in Iraq having had a long
history, Tehran's objective to influence Iraqi developments has
been motivated by a number of strategic factors, as well as cultural . . .
Iran Arming Militias.
Political jockeying unfolded as US military spokesman Maj. Gen.
William Caldwell told reporters some Shi'ite militias were
receiving weapons from Iran and undergoing training there. It was
unclear . . .
Sunni Speaker May Quit.
Revealing the first big crack in a fragile unity government, the
Speaker of the House of Representatives (parliament), Mahmoud
al-Mashhadani, on Aug. 14 said he was considering stepping down . . .
US Forces Tread A Fine Sectarian Line.
A joint patrol of the US 101st Airborne Division and the Iraqi army
is prowling the streets of A'dhamiya after midnight, enforcing
Baghdad's curfew, when a tip is relayed to them that a number . . .
Rush To Take Reconstruction Money.
US officials are racing to allocate $1.17 bn in reconstruction
funds by Sept. 30 to prevent them from expiring and being diverted back
to the US Treasury. The "use it or lose it" scenario, . . .
IRAQ - Graft At The Power Ministry.
The former electricity minister, Muhsin Shlash, and several other
current and former senior government officials have been charged with
corruption or ordered to appear before judges. This was the . . .
IRAQ - Focusing On The Non-Oil Sector - Part 7 - Iraq Facing
Corruption.
Corruption is one of the worst problems in Iraq and, among other
things, this has caused the country to face the worst energy crisis
since the US-led invasion toppled the Ba'thist dictatorship . . .
IRAQ - How Iran Diverts Attention From Its Nuke Project In
Lebanon & Palestine.
The struggle for the Middle East has entered a new phase in which
Iran hijacks the Palestine cause to establish its own influence in the
region. In May 2000, Israel unilaterally left south Lebanon. . . .
IRAQ - Bakeries Hit.
The front line in Baghdad's sectarian war runs through Edrice
al-A'raji's backyard. He is a Shi'ite and a baker. So are
his two brothers. For the past year, Sunni militants have swept . . .
IRAQ - Focusing On The Non-Oil Sector - Part 6-Z - Sunnis Seek US
Protection.
As sectarian violence soars in Iraq, many Sunni Arab political and
religious leaders once staunchly opposed to the US presence in Iraq are
now saying they need American troops to protect them from . . .
Iranian Exiles Condemn US Overtures.
Rival Iranian opposition groups in exile have condemned the Bush
administration's conditional offer to begin negotiations with the
theocracy if it halts its nuclear programme. The FT on June 9 . . .
IRAQ - A US Geo-Political Issue.
Gareth Porter, a US historian and expert in matters of national
security, said in a lengthy article published on May 13 by Inter Press
Service (IPS): In pushing for a "showdown" over Iran's
atomic . . .
IRAQ - Tehran's Tough Negotiating Phase.
Thus the negotiating phase for Tehran and Washington will include
further threats from both. On June 4, the Supreme Leader of Iran's
Shi'ite theocracy warned that energy supplies from the Persian . . .
IRAQ - Focusing On The Non-Oil Sector - Part 6-Y - The Syria-Iran
Factor.
Iraq will not be a major oil exporter and will not be able to focus
on the non-oil economy as long as its security remains affected by the
Syria-Iran factor. This is despite the fact that Iraq is . . .
IRAQ - Iran Seeks GCC Support.(Gulf Co-operation Council
)
Visiting Abu Dhabi, the head of Iran's Supreme National
Security Council (SNSC), Ali Larijani, who is also Iran's chief
nuclear negotiator, on May 2 said he was confident that the six Arab
Gulf . . .
IRAQ - The Oil Ministry.
When Iraq's national unity government is announced, the post
of oil minister will be a key indicator of whether new PM Maliki has the
will and the ability to fight the country's paralysing . . .
IRAQ - Sunnis Demand Control Of Iraqi Constitutional
Panel.
Iraq's main Sunni Arab political bloc on May 2 demanded that
it head a parliamentary panel to amend the constitution. Iraq's
Parliament on May 3 began a normal session to discuss forming . . .
IRAQ - Again Bush Optimism.(George W. Bush)
Three years after a landmark speech beneath a banner hailing
"Mission Accomplished" in Iraq, President Bush on May 1
declared that the war-torn country had finally turned a corner . . .
IRAQ - Kurdistan To Have One Govt.(Brief article)
The Kurdish parliament in Irbil on May 7 approved plans for the
eastern and western part of Kurdistan to have a single government and
for the PUK and KPP to be merged. An official announcement to . . .
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