APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy articles from December 2006

APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy archives from December 2006

IRAQ - Focusing On The Non-Oil Sector - Part 10 - Iraq/Oil Law.
December 18, 2006... With Iraq torn by violence, its politicians are split along ethnic and sectarian lines in negotiations to resolve the final sticking point in a draft of the national oil law. The issue involves the division of powers between the central...

IRAQ - The ISG Input.
December 18, 2006... Page 1, Chapter 1 of the ISG report lays out Iraq's importance to its region, the US and the world with this reminder: "It has the world's second-largest known oil reserves". The ISG then proceeds to give specific and radical recommendations as...

IRAQ - Rumsfeld Pays Farewell Visit.(Donald Rumsfeld )(Brief article)
December 18, 2006... Outgoing US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Dec. 9 made a surprise trip to Iraq just days after a report said that US policy there was not working. "For the past six years, I have had the opportunity and, I would say the privilege, to...

IRAQ - Pessimism Deepens.
December 18, 2006... As Bush on Dec. 12 continued his high-profile exploration of expert views on Iraq, several new opinion surveys showed a dramatic deepening of American pessimism about the war and the president's handling of it. The White House said Bush would...

IRAQ - A Very Costly War.
December 18, 2006... Rumsfeld spent his last day at the Pentagon on Dec. 15 as US military commanders debated changes in strategy to fight the Iraq war, which the controversial defence secretary has overseen for almost four years. Bush fired Rumsfeld after the...

IRAQ - Most Iraq Oil-For-Aid Scandal Perpetrators Go Unpunished.
December 18, 2006... Slightly more than a year after a UN inquiry discovered a staggering level of graft by officials and corporations worldwide in buying cheap oil and selling goods to Iraq, experts warn the great majority of alleged perpetrators are escaping...

IRAQ - The Australian Scandal.
December 18, 2006... A government commission investigating allegations of corruption under the UN oil-for-food programme for Iraq on Nov. 27 released its long-awaited report, stating that it was "now not in doubt" that Australia's wheat export company paid more...

IRAQ - South African Scandal.
December 18, 2006... South Africa has completed an inquiry into alleged involvement of its companies in the Iraq oil-for-food scandal and any breaches of the law will be dealt with by authorities, President Thabo Mbeki said on Nov. 15. Mbeki told parliament the...