APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy articles from January 2007

APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy archives from January 2007

Focusing On The Non-Oil Sector - Part 11 - Iraqi Oil & Iran War.
January 29, 2007... After months of tense bargaining, a cabinet-level committee has produced a draft law governing Iraq's vast oilfields which would distribute all revenues through the federal government and grant Baghdad wide powers in exploration, development...

Towards US War With Iran.
January 29, 2007... A Jan. 16 communique by the Arab Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) has stated its "collective desire to prevent Iraq from becoming a battleground for regional and international powers". This communique was also signed by Jordan and Egypt, whose...

US Rules Out Direct Talks With Iran.
January 29, 2007... US Under-Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns on Jan. 23 ruled out direct negotiations with Iran and said a rapprochement between Washington and Tehran was "not possible" until Iran stopped its uranium-enrichment programme....

Dire Situation.(David Petraeus on Iraq's military surge)
January 29, 2007... Gen. David Petraeus, the incoming US commander in Iraq, on Jan. 23 warned Congress that the situation in Iraq was "dire" but urged lawmakers not to oppose a military surge, saying: "None of this will be rapid. The way ahead will be neither...

Sadr Braces For Crack-Down.
January 29, 2007... Representatives from radical Shi'ite mullah Muqtada al-Sadr on Jan. 22 said they were ending a two-month boycott of the government - a conciliatory gesture by a group facing a crack-down by US and Iraqi troops. "We are ending our boycott of the...