APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy articles from September 2004

APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy archives from September 2004

IRAQ - Focusing On The Non-Oil Sector - Part 6C - Before Reconstruction:.(Brief Article)
September 20, 2004... Reconstruction efforts in Iraq are largely regressing, in part due to a deteriorating security situation. The priority for the US-led multinational force (MNF) now is to neutralise a wide variety of insurgents in the Sunni Triangle in the...

IRAQ - The Immediate US Objective.
September 20, 2004... Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Sept. 10 vowed that the US would not allow extremist insurgents to maintain sway over Falluja or other rebel strongholds in Iraq, where Taliban-like regimes have emerged under the guidance of extremely...

IRAQ - Peace Bloodier Than War.
September 20, 2004... More US troops have died since the June 28 turnover of power to an interim Iraqi government than were killed during the US-led invasion of the country in the spring of 2003. A total of 148 US military personnel have been killed since June 28,...

IRAQ - Bush's Chances Improving.
September 20, 2004... Just a few months ago, noted the Christian Science Monitor (CSM) on Sept. 9, "Iraq looked like President Bush's albatross". Facing a violent insurgency, bodies of contractors being dragged through the streets of Falluja, and the Abu Ghraib...

IRAQ - State Dept. To Realign Reconstruction Funds.
September 20, 2004... When Congress approved $18.4 bn for Iraqi reconstruction last November, the idea was to provide long-neglected infrastructure - roads, water and sewer services, health facilities, etc. - to get the country working again and secure it on the...

IRAQ - Oil Ministry To Protect Pipelines.
September 20, 2004... Battered by constant sabotage, the Iraqi Oil Ministry has deployed a new 14,000-member security force, has begun paying tribal leaders to guard pipelines and plans to double its fleet of reconnaissance aircraft. Oil Ministry spokesman Assim...