APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy articles from February 2007

APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy archives from February 2007

IRAQ - Focusing On The Non-Oil Sector - Part 12 - Iraq To Join WTO?
February 19, 2007... Baghdad has made several steps towards joining the World Trade Organisation (WTO) which would help improve Iraq's once-isolated and now devastated economy. This was disclosed on Feb. 6 by Iraqi and US officials in Baghdad. Iraq's economic...

IRAQ - Many US Diplomats Refuse To Work In Iraq.
February 19, 2007... While the diplomats and Foreign Service employees of the US State Department have always been expected to staff "hardship" postings, those jobs have not usually required that they wear flak jackets with their pinstriped suits. But in the last...

IRAQ - Pentagon Office 'Misled' On Iraq War.
February 19, 2007... The Pentagon inspector-general on Feb. 9 said a special Pentagon office created in the run-up to the Iraq war engaged in "inappropriate" activities by providing misleading intelligence to policymakers. The official said the Office of Special...

IRAQ - Iranian Meddling.(explosively formed projectiles being transfered)
February 19, 2007... On Feb. 9 Gates said the US had "pretty good" evidence that Iran was providing groups in Iraq with sophisticated explosive devices called "explosively formed projectiles" (EFPs). He said the evidence included serial numbers and markings on...

IRAQ - Tehran Defiance.
February 19, 2007... Tehran defiantly rejects US accusations that it has supplied armour-piercing explosives used to kill American troops in Iraq. President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad on Feb. 12 told ABC television Washington was trying to find "excuses" to prolong the...

IRAQ - 2M Refugees+1.8M Displaced.
February 19, 2007... The UN says Iraq is experiencing the largest movement of civilians in the Middle East since the exodus of Palestinians after the creation of Israel, but the rest of the world is failing to step up to the plate. Two million Iraqis have become...

IRAQ - Sweeping Security Drive.(illegal immigrants being removed)
February 19, 2007... The Iraqi government on Feb. 13 announced an aggressive effort to reverse the tide of sectarian cleansing which has left Baghdad bloodied and balkanised, threatening to forcibly remove tens of thousands of people from homes they are occupying...

IRAQ - Shi'ite Shrine Remains In Ruins.
February 19, 2007... By Feb. 12, it had been a year by the Islamic calendar since the Feb. 22, 2006, attack on al-Askariya Shrine in Samarra', one of the Shi'ites' most sacred sites, shattered this ancient mosque, ripping a hole in its once glorious dome. Now, it...

IRAQ - Waste & fraud In Reconstruction.
February 19, 2007... A US federal oversight agency has reported that despite about $108 bn budgeted for the reconstruction of Iraq since the 2003 invasion, the country's electrical output and oil production were still below pre-war levels and stocks of gasoline and...

IRAQ - Bush Defends N. Korean Deal.(George W. Bush)
February 19, 2007... President Bush on Feb. 14 rejected criticisms of the Feb. 13 six-party agreement on North Korea's nuclear programme while singing the praises of multilateral diplomacy. His backing of the deal has attracted fierce attacks. John Bolton, the...

IRAQ - The Fate Of Larijani & Iran's Nuke Plan.(Ali Larijani)
February 19, 2007... When the UNSC's 60-day deadline for Iran to suspend its nuclear activities expires on Feb. 21, one man could still hold the key to a negotiated deal: Ali Larijani, Iran's top security official and the country's chief nuclear negotiator. But...