Published
July 9, 2009,
5:02 pm in
Politics
New border crossing between Iraq and Iran doesn't quell the black market where smuggling is the only job to be found.
Post-Saddam, Iraq’s war with Kuwait is far from over.
Published
June 1, 2009,
1:35 pm in
Politics
Syria's persecuted Kurdish minority see Iraq's Kurdistan region as safe haven.
Published
May 19, 2009,
7:29 pm in
Security
American support seen as crucial to helping Iraqi Kurds resolve rebel conflicts with Turkey and Iran.
Published
May 13, 2009,
8:00 am in
Business
Local people struggling to revive their ancient lifestyle.
Published
April 30, 2009,
8:18 pm in
Politics
Fadhila Party, once rulers of Basra, repeat year-old request of Parliament inquiry into status of oil smuggling and allegations.
Published
April 24, 2009,
3:42 pm in
Business
Iraqi workers cross border to Istanbul for meetings coinciding with International Women's Day; focus on healthcare and workers' rights and the gender gap in the work place.
Plus:
* Shahristani says low oil price warrants cut
* Exxon Mobil leaning on Iraq investment
* Women in Iraq
* Iran-Iraq border dispute remains
* Iraq's Agent Orange
New physical barriers keeping would-be saboteurs from attacking Iraq's northern pipeline have led to increased oil exports. It's a major reason Elizabeth Burg, a U.S. Army civilian who volunteered for duty in Iraq, was recently named one of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' top five proteges.
Burg's duties include inspect…
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…
Published
February 19, 2009,
6:19 pm in
Business
Plus much more in this long-weekend edition of Iraq Oil Report, including updates on more going on in the oil and electricity sector, election results revealed, and the status of key security, societal and economic issues. A must read:
One might call them the Batman and Robin of the Bayji oil refinery.
Together Ali al-Obaidi, director-general of the Northern Oil Company, and his sidekick, Colonel Adil al-Jamali, commander of the Bayji oil police, have become a formidable crime-fighting duo a…