APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy articles from May 2002

APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy archives from May 2002

IRAQ - The OPEC Countries - Part 5.
May 27, 2002... The Iraqi regime is currently in the target sights of the Bush administration. Most APS sources in the region concur that it is not a matter of whether the regime will face military action, but of when. The Baathist leadership, under President...

IRAQ - The Decision Making System.
May 27, 2002... There has been no change in the decision-making mechanism in Iraq since the UN imposed a total embargo on this country in August 1990, when Iraqi forces invaded Kuwait. The ruler and Baath Party boss, President Saddam Hussein, continues to...

IRAQ - Amer Mohammed Al Rashid.
May 27, 2002... The Oil Minister since 1995, Al Rashid is a military engineer with the rank of general. Before becoming oil minister, he used to head the powerful Military Industrialisation Organisation (MIO). In his 60s, Al Rashid to outsiders seems to be...

IRAQ - Taha Hmood Al Mousa.
May 27, 2002... The First Undersecretary (deputy oil minister), Hmood is an engineer. He is in charge of the southern region's upstream and downstream sectors, a position he took in August 1995 when the ministry was reorganised under Minister Al Rashid....

IRAQ - Dr. Sami Sharif.(Brief Article)
May 27, 2002... Another undersecretary (deputy oil minister), Dr. Sharif is a prominent geologist. He has personally discovered many of the oilfields after the June 1972 nationalisation of IPC. Now he is in charge of exploration and domestic distribution of...