While the Turkish threat looms in northern Iraq, Simon Webb reports for Reuters oil will not be in harm’s way.
Iraq’s controversial oil law has enough support in Parliament, but won’t be put forward until there is greater backing, Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih told Reuters.
But the Iraq war as a whole has helped keep prices up, Chip Cummins and Russell Gold report for The Wall Street Journal.
Heritage Oil caught in Turkey-Kurd dispute, Shawn McCarthy reports for the Globe and Mail.
U.S. claims advances in Iraq reconstruction, electricity, medical clinics nationwide, the AP reports.
The Marsh Arabs play an interesting and pivotal role in southern Iraq. They were terrorized by Saddam Hussein, like nearly everyone else. Now they make up a major faction in the ongoing violence in Basra. Will Di Novi of PBS’ NewsHour reports on the Challenging New Chapter for Iraq’s Marsh Arabs.
Matthew Warshaw of D3 Systems talks with World Public Opinioin’s Mary Speck about polling in Iraq and Afghanistan.
———
