APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy articles from April 2007

APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy archives from April 2007

IRAQ - Focusing On The Non-Oil Sector - Part 14 - Iraqi Complications.
April 23, 2007... Trapped in Iraq since it invaded the country in March 2003, the US and its allies face a wide range of complications. Not only has it become the most expensive war in history, costing US tax-payers more than $2 bn a week, but it has caused the...

IRAQ - The Refugee & Health Problems.
April 23, 2007... Human rights groups on April 17 warned that escape routes for Iraq's refugees were closing inside the country and at its borders. The warning came at an international conference held on April 17-18 in Geneva to mobilise support for Iraqis...

IRAQ - Other Complications.
April 23, 2007... Iraq's parliament is to consider a draft law for the petroleum sector approved on Feb. 26 by the cabinet. Nationalists are against the draft, fearing Iraq's petroleum wealth will be controlled by IOCs. Even before the US invasion, nationalists...

IRAQ - Saudis To Cancel Debt.(Brief article)
April 23, 2007... Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Feisal on April 18 said Riyadh had agreed to write off 80% of the more than $15 bn debt it is owed by Iraq. This is viewed as one way Iraq's Sunni neighbours will assist Baghdad and show support for the...

IRAQ - The Turkey-Kurdistan Front.
April 23, 2007... A major new threat is emerging in the Kurdish north. If not defused, this crisis could draw foreign military intervention, splintering Iraq further apart and undermining US hopes for long-term military bases in Kurdistan. The core issue is...

IRAQ - Sadr's Background.
April 23, 2007... Though in his early 30 and a low-ranking mullah, Sadr comes from a prominent Shi'ite religious family. His sources of appeal are: fierce nationalism, a shrewd sense of when to confront the occupying power and when to lie low, and adherence to...

IRAQ - Sadr-Fadhila War.
April 23, 2007... Hundreds Sadrists in Basra on April 17 crowded into a huge tent erected in front of the governor's office for the start of a three-day sit-in to demand his resignation. "This governor [Muhammad al-Wa'ili] is a hypocrite. We want him to come...

IRAQ - The Risks For The US.
April 23, 2007... The following are extracts from an article by Barry R. Posen, director of the Security Studies Programme at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), published on April 19 by The Boston Globe (with minor editing and underlining by APS):...

IRAQ - Iranians Are Latest To die in Oil Sector.
April 23, 2007... It is dangerous to work in Iraq's oil sector, even delivering the much-needed fuels, as five Iranians found slain on April 15 in Ba'quba were doing. There were 399 attacks on workers, oil and natural gas pipelines and installations between June...

IRAQ - Bush's Domestic Problems & The US Clock Vs Iraqi Clock.(George W. Bush)(Brief article)
April 23, 2007... Republican President Bush now is in an unenviable spot as the Iraq conflict is heating up between his administration and the two houses of Congress, the House of Representatives and the Senate. The conflict has gone beyond the war of words and...