Letter to Obama week before inauguration congratulates, says Kurdistan Regional Government backs U.S. in Iraq, and “I seek your support, Mr. President, for our policies.”
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Three IOCs in bilateral negotiations as Iraq attempts to improve licensing round terms.
Iraqis need better Iraq, U.S. effort
New GAO report: Oil revenue surplus will cover budget deficit, but Iraqis in need of basics like water, while oil and electricity sector need billions of dollars.
- Iraq oil exports see increase but not enough to offset price slump
- Iraq Drilling Co. and Mesopotamia Petroleum announce joint venture
- Iraq oil exports from two northern fields not guaranteed
- KRG’s Hawrami pans Iraq oil law movement
- Iraq, Shell: gas deal not a monopoly, as documents and top lawmaker contend
Ethnic politics in Ninawa
Arab domination rejected by Kurds in Makhmour.
Baghdadis resigned to sporadic violence
They say it will continue to plague the city for some time, but won’t stop them getting on with their lives.
Iraq power generation at 2003 levels
Iraq is now producing as much power as it did on the eve of the US-led invasion of 2003 but is still meeting barely 50 percent of peak demand, a senior electricity ministry official said. "2008 is the first year when production has reached the level prior to that of Saddam Hussein's fall," the ministry's [...]
The Kuwaiti tab
Post-Saddam, Iraq’s war with Kuwait is far from over.
- U.N. planning oil and federalism meeting in northern Iraq
- Former SCOP official laments 'golden era' for Iraq oil, optimistic for future
- Iraq oil exports in December highest in five months
- Iraq responds to Russian oil courting
- U.S. watchdog cites KBR, U.S. and Iraq governments for poor south oil reconstruction
Interview: Iraqi Kurdistan’s coordinator for U.N. missions … Iraqi oil capital Basra faces tough new year … Kurds make deal with Sunni Arabs … Pentagon to make example of journalist: treat like terrorist …
There is one Iraq, but there are also two: the northern, potentially oil-rich region controlled by Iraq's Kurds, and the rest of Iraq. That, says the Kurdish liaison to U.N. efforts in Iraqi Kurdistan, is how the international community should view it. "We say Iraq could not be treated as one simple state," said Dindar [...]
