APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy articles from July 2005

APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy archives from July 2005

IRAQ - Focusing On The Non-Oil Sector - Part 6- Federalism Is Spreading.
July 11, 2005... The fever of federalism in Iraq has begun to rise as the pace for drafting a new constitution for Iraq picks up speed, with the idea of regional autonomy spreading to all of the country's 18 provinces. Is this to emerge for a unified Iraq on...

IRAQ - Kurdish Support.
July 11, 2005... Yasseen recently sent a letter to the National Assembly in Baghdad demanding that it begin discussing the possibility of autonomy in the south. Dozens of Kurdish assembly members signed the letter, forcing the issue to the table. One of the...

IRAQ - A Shiite Theocracy In Basra.
July 11, 2005... Once-libertine Basra, Iraq's second largest city 560 km south of Baghdad and far from the Sunni insurgency raging in much of Iraq, is steadily being transformed into a mini-theocracy under Shiite rule. The Shiite Arab political parties holding...

IRAQ - New Bush Context For The Iraq War.(George W. Bush)
July 11, 2005... In his June 28 speech, President Bush set out to reshape perceptions of what was happening in Iraq after months in which a persistent Sunni insurgency has undermined US public support for the war. His speech provoked signs of a split in his own...

IRAQ - Consensus On Federal Control Of Oil Funds.
July 11, 2005... National Assembly members in Baghdad, meanwhile, are moving closer to agreement on basic principles to manage the country's oil wealth. Hussain Al-Shahristani, the assembly's deputy speaker, on July 1 said there was general agreement that a...

IRAQ - The Iraqi Economy - Source Of Friction With USA.
July 11, 2005... Iraq's financial problems and American concerns over corruption and uncontrolled spending on reconstruction are adding to tensions between the two governments. While the economy is seen as the third pillar of the joint strategy to stabilise...