APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy articles from September 2007

APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy archives from September 2007

Focusing On The Non-Oil Sector - Part 18 - Iraq Is Getting Costlier To The US.
September 24, 2007... The Iraq project has become an extremely expensive undertaking for the US, with the war alone now costing almost $3 billion per week, up from $2 bn in 2005 and $1 bn in 2004 - as well as an average of two US casualties and 15 US wounded per...

Gates Refutes Greenspan Claim About The Oil Factor.
September 24, 2007... US Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Sept. 16 rejected former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan's statement that the Iraq war was "largely about oil", saying the conflict was driven by the need to stabilise the Persian Gulf and put down...

Bush Keeps The Iraq Option To Next President.(George W. Bush)
September 24, 2007... George W Bush has put off any declaration of defeat in Iraq to the new US president. Two days after expressing hope that US forces in Iraq might be reduced to 100,000 by end-2008, Gates on Sept. 16 said American troops were likely to remain...

The Iran & Syrian Threats.
September 24, 2007... Gates said the US could deal with Iranian meddling in Iraq without attacking Iran and that the US was intently watching Syria and North Korea after reports of possible nuclear co-operation by Pyongyang with Damascus. Such co-operation, Gates...

A US Base On Iran Border.
September 24, 2007... High ranking Tehran officials have indicated that the US was planning to have a military base built on the border with Iran - reportedly to check on and stem the flow of weapons and insurgents into Iraq. Both President Bush's Sept. 13 policy...

The Costs.
September 24, 2007... The various costs of the Iraq war to the US has been projected to reach $1.8 trillion in the near future, according to calculations in a new documentary on the Bush administration's policies, "No End in Sight", directed by Charles Ferguson....

Baghdad Reviewing Security Contractors.
September 24, 2007... Government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh on Sept. 18 said Baghdad was reviewing the status of all foreign and local security companies working in Iraq. Blackwater, an American contractor providing security to top US officials in Iraq, was banned...

Blackwater Expansion.
September 24, 2007... Blackwater is also contracted to operate in Afghanistan and has had domestic contracts, such as guarding and policing New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Blackwater appears set to begin offering direct counter-insurgency training to foreign...

UK Close To Deal On Troops.
September 24, 2007... British PM Gordon Brown on Sept. 18 said the UK was close to agreeing with the US the next stage of Britain's withdrawal from southern Iraq, looking to reduce the UK's role solely to training the Iraqi military by end-2008. Brown, who when held...