APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy articles from December 2005

APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy archives from December 2005

IRAQ - Focusing On The Non-Oil Sector - Part 6-R - The Human Reconstruction.
December 26, 2005... The reconstruction of Iraq has begun in earnest, with the Dec. 15 election to a four-year, 275-seat National Assembly (parliament). Building a civic society, a basic step in Iraq's emerging democracy, is a first priority. The second priority is...

IRAQ - Cheney Visits.
December 26, 2005... US Vice President Dick Cheney on Dec. 18 made a surprise visit to Iraq, touching down in Baghdad for a nine-hour stopover and visits with top Iraqi officials and US troops. The trip, which echoed President George W. Bush's Thanksgiving visit to...

IRAQ - The Military Transition To Iraqis Begins.
December 26, 2005... About 30,000 US troops will be leaving Iraq in 2006, first the estimated 10,000 who were sent in recently to help boost security throughout Iraq for the Dec. 15 election and who will leave by mid-January. The US armed forces that will remain in...

IRAQ - The Short- To Long-Term Gauls.
December 26, 2005... The Bush administration has defined "victory" in Iraq as a staged concept. According to a US intelligence briefing published earlier this month, the short-term goal is this: "An Iraq is making steady progress in fighting terrorists and...

IRAQ - Rift Between The Arabs & Kurds.
December 26, 2005... For better or worse, the Dec. 15 elections will preserve the current status quo. The likelihood is they will show that Iraqis continued to vote along sectarian lines, with no real vision towards a united country. Temporarily, they will draw...