APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy articles from May 2006

APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy archives from May 2006

IRAQ - Focusing On The Non-Oil Sector - Part 6-W - Turkey.
May 15, 2006... As they try to secure their hold on a semi-independent north of Iraq and rebuild its economy, Kurdish leaders have turned in a surprising direction towards Turkey. The Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post on May 3 quoted officials of Iraqi...

IRAQ - Kurdistan To Have One Govt.(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... The Kurdish parliament in Irbil on May 7 approved plans for the eastern and western part of Kurdistan to have a single government and for the PUK and KPP to be merged. An official announcement to that effect was reported on May 7 by the BBC....

IRAQ - Again Bush Optimism.(George W. Bush)
May 15, 2006... Three years after a landmark speech beneath a banner hailing "Mission Accomplished" in Iraq, President Bush on May 1 declared that the war-torn country had finally turned a corner towards establishing security and democracy. But he conceded...

IRAQ - Sunnis Demand Control Of Iraqi Constitutional Panel.
May 15, 2006... Iraq's main Sunni Arab political bloc on May 2 demanded that it head a parliamentary panel to amend the constitution. Iraq's Parliament on May 3 began a normal session to discuss forming a committee to review the constitution, which the Sunni...

IRAQ - The Oil Ministry.
May 15, 2006... When Iraq's national unity government is announced, the post of oil minister will be a key indicator of whether new PM Maliki has the will and the ability to fight the country's paralysing political cronyism. Maliki's cabinet needs not only to...

IRAQ - Iran Seeks GCC Support.(Gulf Co-operation Council )
May 15, 2006... Visiting Abu Dhabi, the head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), Ali Larijani, who is also Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, on May 2 said he was confident that the six Arab Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) states would not side...