*Proposed joint venture could expand beyond Basra *Includes all gas, associated and non-associated, documents show Plus: *Oil Ministry presses Parliament on oil law action *Alive in Baghdad: Who would Iraqis vote for – McCain or Obama? *Violence in Context *Iraq Press Roundup *USIP: Iraq’s Cultural Heritage: Preserving the Past for the Sake of the Future [...]
Interview: Iraq Ambassador to U.N. Hamid al-Bayati
The day after Barack Obama was elected to be the next U.S. president, Iraq's Ambassador to the United Nations Hamid al-Bayati called it inspiring. But on the ground in Iraq, Obama really wouldn't be too different from President Bush, he said. In an interview with United Press International’s Ben Lando on the sidelines of an [...]
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