Plus: *Turkey state oil firm holds Iraq oil deal talks in Japan *Samarra power station gets fast-track *Emir of Anbar's Dulaim tribe talks elections *West Point report: Iran more successful in political infiltration than militias *Babylon security now in Iraq's hands *Inside the mind of the PKK *Christians, minorities fear in Iraq *That's Not Tea! [...]
Oil for Soil: Crisis Group proposes ‘grand bargain’ on Iraq oil land dispute
Plus: *Iraqi Kurd-central government tension escalates *Iraq limits oil companies to one lead role in oil deals *Former SCOP Chief Khawaja’s recommendations *U.S. threatens Iraq aid and other SOFA developments *Basra worker protest *Iraq Press Roundup *Much more Oil for Soil: the International Crisis Group is proposing what its calling a "grand bargain" to head [...]
- Americans named participant in Iraq oil contracts with Big Oil
- U.S. negotiators say Iraq must sign a bi-lateral security deal or lose billions in oil revenue…
- Key U.S. Senate committee wants answers to Iraq investment in own reconstruction …
- Iraq, Turkey and U.S. to hold trilateral energy talks in Istanbul next month…
- International actions urge against Iraq oil law, say no good oil decisions can be made under occupation…
