APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy articles from November 2006

APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy archives from November 2006

IRAQ - Focusing On The Non-Oil Sector - Part 10 - Iraq's Corruption & Distant Scenarios.
November 27, 2006... Uncontrolled corruption in Iraq is fuelling its sectarian conflict and creating a "political economy" of violence. The FT on Nov. 17 quoted Iraq's Deputy PM Barham Saleh, a Kurd close to the country's Kurdish President Jalal Talabani, as saying...

IRAQ - Why Sunnis Want The US To Stay.
November 27, 2006... Gunmen on Nov. 24 attacked a Sunni enclave in a mostly Shi'ite district of Baghdad, burning four Sunni mosques and homes, despite a curfew imposed on the Iraqi capital for most of the day. In the northern city of Tal A'far a pair of bombs...

IRAQ - Towards An Exit Strategy.(George W. Bush's saviors?)
November 27, 2006... In the Washington Post, James Mann, author of Rise of the Vulcans, recently suggested that it was far "too simplistic" to claim "the appointment of Robert M Gates to replace Donald Rumsfeld [a defence secretary represents] the triumph of Bush...

IRAQ - Wrangling Over Petroleum Law.
November 27, 2006... Senior Iraqi officials on Nov. 23 resumed negotiations to try to resolve a dispute over a bill intended to encourage foreign investment in the oil and gas industry. Reuters on Nov. 21 quoted Deputy PM Barham Saleh as saying: "The Oil Committee...

IRAQ - Iran Offer.(electric power sector expanding and power transfer co-operation)(Brief article)
November 27, 2006... Iranian Energy Minister Parviz Fattah on Nov. 20 arrived in Baghdad to talk about developing Iraq's electric power sector and expanding power transfer co-operation. He said now there were three points on the Iran-Iraq border for transferring...