Iraq intent on boosting oil production by 17 percent; security and investment still uncertain …

Plus:
*Negotiated deals with Big Oil done by first quarter 2008
*Contracts on oil fields from bids signed by end '08, more next year
*Exports to Turkey resumes, fears remain it can't deliver on crude contracts
*Political party that runs Basra may rejoin national government
*Iraq's editorial pages

Iraq has its sights set on 300,000 to 400,000 extra barrels per day of production this year, a hope Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani pins on recent months of successful increases in oil flow and rel...