Published
April 30, 2009,
8:18 pm in
Politics
Violence reaches twelve-month high, politics breaking down, president will need to relook at the war he’s attempting to shed.
President Barack Obama said Iraqis will no longer see U.S. troops in their streets "by the end of 2011," which he said was in line with the Status Of Forces Agreement signed between Iraq and the United States.
The troop drawdown has already been started and "by August 31, 2010, our combat mission in Iraq will end," Obama told his mostly Marine audience at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. "We will retain a transitional force to carry out three distinct functions: training, equipping, and advisi…
Plus:
*Reality sets in as KRG-Baghdad make oil export agreement
*PKK bombing of Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline requires new Turkish strategy
*Update and more exclusive documents on the Status Of Forces Agreement
*The Iraq Press Roundup
*Much more
Key members of Iraq’s Parliament, including the chairman of the Oil & Gas Committee, have issued a statement outlining concerns over the efforts of Iraq’s Oil Ministry and Shell to create a joint venture for natural gas, Ahmed Rasheed reports for Re…
Published
November 20, 2008,
5:17 pm in
Politics
Plus:
*Shell and Turkey sign Iraq gas co-op pact
*Update on SOFA
*Oil capital Basra wants autonomy from Baghdad
*Iraq Press Roundup
Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has blasted the Kurdistan Regional Government for what he calls "constitutional violations." In a press conference he listed them – including developing foreign relations and utilizing Peshmerga forces against national Iraqi Security Forces.
But the most telling of all is that Maliki, long in the oil debate shadows and…
Published
November 19, 2008,
6:36 pm in
Politics
Plus:
*SOFA negotiations rocky but developing
*Iraq Oil Report offers first look at text submitted to Parliament
*Kurdistan-Baghdad relations rocky
*KRG signs U.N. electricity help
*Iraq Oil Ministry wants helicopters
*Alive in Baghdad: Sahwa, What Next After Al-Qaeda?
*Iraq Press Roundup
The Status Of Forces Agreement, or SOFA, is nearing a late-November deadline when Iraq’s Parliament is to recess, and the end-December deadline when the current U.N. mandate is to expire.
Iraq O…
Published
November 18, 2008,
3:38 pm in
Oil
Plus:
*Iraq Oil Report update delays
*Get your copy of the Shell-Iraq gas Heads of Agreement
*PetroVietnam renegotiating Saddam-era oil deal
*Iraq Human Rights Commission awaits Presidency Council OK
*Iraq Oil Report Exclusive: Text of Human Rights Commission law
*What is the "Green Zone"?
*The Iraq Press Roundup
Apologies to readers: over the past week regular updates have been delayed as Iraq Oil Report puts the finishing touches on a re-launch and brand new website. It is an excitin…
Published
November 10, 2008,
5:04 pm in
Oil
Plus:
*Another Iraq critic of the Shell gas deal
*Kirkuk oil flows to Turkey again
*Obama’s Iraq
*Alive in Baghdad: Iraqi Professors Demand Rights
*Much more
News of the Iraq oil law being sent to Parliament may be a little too optimistic.
"Two weeks ago (Kurdistan Regional Government President) Massoud Barzani was in Baghdad for talks with (Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri) al-Maliki," KRG Natural Resources Minister Ashti Hawrami told the Middle East Economic Survey (MEES). "They agreed…
Published
November 6, 2008,
7:49 pm in
Oil
Plus:
*Iraq oil law expected next week in Parliament
*Northern Iraq oil exports stopped on Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline blast
*Six state oil firms added to bidding list
*Iraq Press Roundup
*Much more
Officials at Royal Dutch Shell and the Iraqi Oil Ministry refute claims that a proposed gas joint venture would have exclusive access to Basra province's gas industry, though a key member of Parliament criticizes the project, Ben Lando and Alaa Majeed report for United Press International.
"It…
Published
November 4, 2008,
5:24 pm in
Oil
*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
*Much more
A secret document obtained by United Press International reveals a planned joint venture company between Royal Dutc…
Published
October 31, 2008,
5:00 pm in
Business
Plus:
*Oil Minister Shahristani joins PM Maliki’s coalition list
*The Green Zone Sit-in
*VIDEO: Two-part series on the Surge & Sadr
*Operation Hotel California: entering Iraq in 2002
*Iraqi women face increasing threats
*All Iraqis in danger with bad water
It's an exhausting and complicated process, but Iraq is taking steps to open up its oil and revenue interactions to the world's watchdogs, Ben Lando reports for United Press International.
"The commitment from the government is s…
