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U.S. economic chief in Iraq: Oil law stalled by politics, not technical, but Iraq has $2.5B for short term plan and PSAs for long term…

Plus: *Iraq oil fuels insurgency, funds militias, corruption *Baiji refinery power outage; Najaf refinery doubled *Iraq 5 years after invasion *Baghdad ballet school open *Basra development board meets in Kuwait *Winter Soldier Iraq's oil law debate is political, not technical, a top U.S. official said, adding Iraq has tagged billions of dollars to boost oil [...]

By Ben Lando of Iraq Oil Report
Published March 17, 2008

Plus:
*Iraq oil fuels insurgency, funds militias, corruption
*Baiji refinery power outage; Najaf refinery doubled
*Iraq 5 years after invasion
*Baghdad ballet school open
*Basra development board meets in Kuwait
*Winter Soldier

Iraq's oil law debate is political, not technical, a top U.S. official said, adding Iraq has tagged billions of dollars to boost oil production regardless, Ben Lando reports for United Press International.

Charles Ries, U.S. State Department minister for economic affair...

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