APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy articles from August 2006

APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy archives from August 2006

IRAQ - Focusing On The Non-Oil Sector - Part 7 - Iraq Facing Corruption.
August 21, 2006... Corruption is one of the worst problems in Iraq and, among other things, this has caused the country to face the worst energy crisis since the US-led invasion toppled the Ba'thist dictatorship of Saddam Hussein in April 2003. The International...

IRAQ - Graft At The Power Ministry.
August 21, 2006... The former electricity minister, Muhsin Shlash, and several other current and former senior government officials have been charged with corruption or ordered to appear before judges. This was the newest development in an investigation which...

Rush To Take Reconstruction Money.
August 21, 2006... US officials are racing to allocate $1.17 bn in reconstruction funds by Sept. 30 to prevent them from expiring and being diverted back to the US Treasury. The "use it or lose it" scenario, which compels US authorities to disperse what remains...

US Forces Tread A Fine Sectarian Line.
August 21, 2006... A joint patrol of the US 101st Airborne Division and the Iraqi army is prowling the streets of A'dhamiya after midnight, enforcing Baghdad's curfew, when a tip is relayed to them that a number of the radical Shi'ite militia, Jaysh al-Mahdi,...

Sunni Speaker May Quit.
August 21, 2006... Revealing the first big crack in a fragile unity government, the Speaker of the House of Representatives (parliament), Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, on Aug. 14 said he was considering stepping down because of bitter enmity among the Kurdish and...

Iran Arming Militias.
August 21, 2006... Political jockeying unfolded as US military spokesman Maj. Gen. William Caldwell told reporters some Shi'ite militias were receiving weapons from Iran and undergoing training there. It was unclear if the Iranian government was directly...

IRAQ - Background Of Iranian Involvement.
August 21, 2006... With Iran's interventionist policy in Iraq having had a long history, Tehran's objective to influence Iraqi developments has been motivated by a number of strategic factors, as well as cultural and religious interests. "The most important",...

IRAQ - Oil Output Restored.
August 21, 2006... Visiting Tehran, Iraq's Oil Minister Shahristani told the Iranian daily Sharq on Aug. 14 that the country's crude oil production was back at 2.5m b/d after the pipeline taking crude to Turkey was repaired. He said believed OPEC will maintain...