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Zebari : Meeting of the neighboring countries of Iraq on March 19 in Baghdad
(Voice of Iraq) - 26-02-2007
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Newspaper (Akadh) Saudi Arabia : The Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari to the meeting of a Iraqi in the vicinity of its tenth session to be held in Alta Ass tenth of the month of March before the next Arab Summit e in Riyadh saying> that the Foreign Ministry sent Aldi'wa coordinates for the six neighboring countries in addition to Egypt and Bahrain and the League Arab States and the Organization of the Islamic Conference participant e in the conference, which will be held in the Iraqi capital Baghdad d, and Zebari that benefit from the results of this meeting P j move the situation inside Iraq is a positive m they will be particularly appropriate that it comes before the cascade. Arab-à-vis which will be held in Riyadh on 28 of the same month where would be an appropriate opportunity for the transfer of internal developments a externally and of the foreign ministers of the neighboring countries and Stena Ks results at the negotiating table, the Arab leaders gathered in the Riyad.

And whether there were any difficulties or obstacles to p Zebari said the meeting was that efforts were being made to cast M. n Iraq to provide the appropriate atmosphere for this Alajt flashing come to a positive outcome, adding that the length of the Alaj Tma initially will be for one day was added We have the invitation of the foreign ministers of the neighboring countries and we hope to receive m and broad everyone to attend this meeting, which would give the Iraq, a strong push towards security and stability, Nah Z and contribute positively to the stability and growth of a family for international.
And whether the nine previous meetings had achieved positive results for the benefit of Iraq, said Zebari certainly Such meetings have a positive outcome Onah n keen on the contribution of all the neighboring countries in achieving security and reconciliation and stability, as well as fortify its borders to prevent Ts t criminals and terrorists into Iraq.

Leaders negotiate with the Mahdi Army. The target death squads

(Voice of Iraq) - 26-02-2007
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Multi-National Force in Iraq : leaders negotiate with the Mahdi Army. The target death squads

Its spokesman told <Middle East> : that plan <impose law> will not be completed until next May

London : Meena Aribi
The spokesman for the multinational forces in the Ar Requests General William Wheel, The multinational forces holding talks with the manageability coming from the Mahdi Army's current leader Sadri Mqtd j-Sadr b <blessing of the Iraqi government>. He added in an interview with the Wheel <Middle East> yesterday. The talks not only to leaders of the Mahdi Army, but several Iraqi armed groups within the political side M. n Baghdad, the new security plan. He pointed out that the Cold multinational forces measure m armed groups in Iraq to two, <Section can Msalehth Section, could not Msalehth>, pointing out that the second group <Al-Qaida The Shiite extremists who lead death squads, Otherwise can dialogue with several bodies in the hope that the intervention of a the political process>. He added that the Wheel of Muqtada al-Sadr : <not only in Iraq and there was no long, in Iran, which is currently>. Regarding reports about the dialogue between the multinational forces leaders of the Mahdi Army, said WHEEL : <blessing of the Iraqi government, the multinational forces continued talks with the militias, including the Mahdi Army, but the Mahdi army is divided, for example, may we speak with a group in Baghdad, but another group in the eyesight act completely different>. He added : <we need political part in the security plan that Baghdad CuInSe Orr all parties. But there are not reconciled, It Qaeda and the Shiite extremists who lead teams death, Usually, these take personal attitudes rather than representation Maj certain illegible]>. He pointed out that the multinational forces and the forces pw retired launched <intensive process against death squads have been detained Na 700 component continued to date>. The Cold elements that Baghdad implement the security plan Capricorn this, known as Plan <impose law>, is not yet complete, It did not reach all the additional American forces to Ara s till May next (May), saying : <plan is still in the beginning have not been established in all parts m if it will not be completed until May, when all the forces come only extensive to Baghdad>. He added there are still Iraqi forces additional dedicated to conceal Et plan has been deployed in Baghdad after, explaining : during the two weeks will be the deployment of Iraqi forces in a the one that will arrive up to 50 thousand members in Baghdad. However, He Wheel to the relative success of the security plan pain currently has focused on dealing with death squads and assassinations. He explained : during the last two weeks. we have witnessed the decline of killings and assassinations by 46 in Alma % in Baghdad. But increased car bomb explosions, This is a rule to impose its presence in Iraq. He added that the Iraqi forces and the multinational force will prevail told to face the new wave of bombings. especially through <stations Joint Security> forces, by hitting 14 station in Baghdad and expected to be seen protect her to between 30 and 40 stations in the coming weeks. He continued : the existence of these stations means that the American forces do not invite d to the huge camps, they will remain with the Iraqi forces to protect civilians and Mra Dome of everything that is happening in the neighborhoods. And the arrest Ammar Hakim. the son of the leader of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Ar Requests Abdel-Aziz al-Hakim, for several hours last Friday, he said : Cold <incident was regrettable, but it was a result of a guards for the Iraqi border, with the support of the multinational force, work, and to make sure that these were not smugglers or subjecting the Iraqi civilians at risk>. He added : <persons in the convoy vehicles were Adaeiin and dead - Aaounin, which escalated the confrontation between the two parties>.

Al-Dulaimi : the discovery of oil and gas in the Sunni areas will not change
(Voice of Iraq) - 26-02-2007
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Al-Dulaimi : the discovery of oil and gas in the Sunni areas will not change a shelf Dena federalism

Barzani announced a <final agreement> on servant e new oil law
London :> Middle East>
While the President Massoud Barzani of the Kurdistan on the reach <final agreement> on the draft law of oil again, Adnan Al-Dulaimi said. President of the Iraqi Accord Front (the largest bloc of Sunni P j parliament) said that the discovery of significant reserves of oil Wa gas in Sunni areas, it will not change their stance refusing federalism.
Declaration Barzani to reach agreement on the draft S44 n oil, came during a joint press conference he held in Sulaymaniyah in the late yesterday with the first Iraqi President Jalal students Nee and American Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad. News agency <Associated Press> to Barzani, saying <us to a final agreement. Draft will accept>. This law regulates the process of foreign investments and Non-resource management, It also provides for the distribution of the proceeds of natural resources in Bel Ed between regions and provinces in accordance with population density Yeh. There were differences between the Kurds and Baghdad, especially on a Khadda prospecting operations for the control of the central government in Baghdad. But Barzani did not reveal the details of its findings to the Aljanba n on this controversial point.

So, Adnan Al-Dulaimi said. The discovery of oil and gas reserves in areas Els faith <will not change the position of the year at the principle of division of Iraq , and is not linked to natural resources that have been announcement of the discovery in recent>. He added in a telephone conversation with <Middle East> that <rejection based on skepticism that the federal division of Iraq>. Al-Dulaimi said that in the case of application of the principle of federalism <we will work with all our revenues to be distributed useless i parts of Iraq just away from any sectarian grounds e or ethnic>. He added <we are partners in this government and we have Ministers I must learn all the financial resources of the States e>.

The announcement of the discovery of vast reservoirs of oil and natural gas recently in the areas of western Iraq, which Manna areas, with a Sunni majority, have raised questions about the possibility that the parties age Yeh reconsider its position of rejecting federalism. According to reports, the tens of millions of dollars were paid to a company sidearms in the past two years to review the AEON T. geological across Iraq and retraining Eng Iraqis yen for investment in natural resources country. Rose and new studies of the quantity of oil in Almstod ferocious in the Ninawa (north), Anbar ( west). The sources estimated that the amount of natural gas located in stores in western Iraq not less than 1000 billion had m cubic.

And on these discoveries, A spokesman for the Iraqi Ministry of Oil Assem Jihad The discovery of natural gas in the western regions of the Iraq is not new, However, it has not been exploited so far. He ruled in a telephone conversation with <Middle East> able e implementation of any projects for the time being to extract such a the resources in the western regions, He attributed this to the deteriorating security situation and control of a the armed groups it. He said that the Western Sahara contains huge quantities of a the gas did not specify.

And blaming what he termed b <policies of the Alice Keep Your> dissipate the wealth of Iraq and not to be used as a for optimal. He added that if the exploitation of these resources fully, Iraq will shift to the ranks of gas-exporting countries.

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Doubt on whether Kurds endorse Iraqi oil law


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Kurdish officials to back Iraq oil law

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Kurdish deal raises hopes for Iraq oil laws
26 February 2007 (Financial Times)
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Kurdish regional officials said yesterday they had reached agreement on a draft of a law governing the oil industry, potentially ending a dispute that has for months held up the adoption of legislation deemed vital to Iraq's reconstruction.

Agreement had been reached on both the draft law and an accompanying memorandum, .[/size][/b]said Fuad Hussein, chief of staff for Massoud Barzani, president of the Kurdistan Regional Government, which is responsible for administering northern Iraq.

Assem Jihad, a spokesman for Baghdad's oil ministry, however, said that the draft would need to be reviewed by the Iraqi cabinet and then by parliament, leaving the door open for changes as well as disputes.

The progress of the oil law has seen a number of false dawns. Last month, Baghdad said a draft was ready to be presented to parliament, but the KRG responded that this was "premature".

Kurdish officials have said some issues are still unresolved, which may be a reference to annexes to the law that are not yet drafted.

However, even a preliminary agreement between the KRG and the Ministry of Oil would be a significant step towards clearing a logjam that had blocked passage of the law since last summer.

Both sides are under pressure from the US to reach an agreement.

The Kurdish announcement followed a meeting between Zalmay Khalilzad, US ambassador, Mr Barzani, and Jalal Talabani, Iraq's president and a Kurd.

Details of the final agreement were not available, although both Kurdish and federal government officials said they would shortly release comments on it.

In recent months, much of the argument has centred on the right of regional governments such as the KRG to sign contracts independently with oil companies.

Baghdad had proposed such contracts be reviewed by a committee, but the KRG has insisted it will not give the federal government veto power over the development of its local oil industry.

The Kurdistan government also reportedly wants guarantees that deals that it signed with foreign oil companies such as Norway's DNO to drill in KRG-administered territory would be honoured by Baghdad.

Outside Iraq, some watchdog groups have criticised clauses in the law that allow production-sharing agreements, which allow drilling companies to own a proportion of the oil they produce.

The Iraqi government says it should have access to as wide a range of contracts as possible to encourage the discovery of new oil resources in areas that are difficult or costly to explore.

However, once the law is referred to parliament, such contracts may encounter resistance from lawmakers who argue that they give too much away to foreigners.

Iraqi Kurdistan claimed in 2005 to have 45bn barrels in oil reserves. The country as a whole has 115bn barrels in proven reserves as of 2003, although government and independent estimates run to well over 200bn barrels.

*President Talabani, 73, flew to Jordan yesterday for a medical check-up at King Hussein Medical City, a military hospital in Amman. His office said he was suffering from exhaustion and there was "no cause for worry".

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thats what i said big pressure!

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Kurdish deal raises hopes for Iraq oil laws
26 February 2007 (Financial Times)
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Kurdish regional officials said yesterday they had reached agreement on a draft of a law governing the oil industry, potentially ending a dispute that has for months held up the adoption of legislation deemed vital to Iraq's reconstruction.

Agreement had been reached on both the draft law and an accompanying memorandum, .[/size][/b]said Fuad Hussein, chief of staff for Massoud Barzani, president of the Kurdistan Regional Government, which is responsible for administering northern Iraq.

Assem Jihad, a spokesman for Baghdad's oil ministry, however, said that the draft would need to be reviewed by the Iraqi cabinet and then by parliament, leaving the door open for changes as well as disputes.

The progress of the oil law has seen a number of false dawns. Last month, Baghdad said a draft was ready to be presented to parliament, but the KRG responded that this was "premature".

Kurdish officials have said some issues are still unresolved, which may be a reference to annexes to the law that are not yet drafted.

However, even a preliminary agreement between the KRG and the Ministry of Oil would be a significant step towards clearing a logjam that had blocked passage of the law since last summer.

Both sides are under pressure from the US to reach an agreement.

The Kurdish announcement followed a meeting between Zalmay Khalilzad, US ambassador, Mr Barzani, and Jalal Talabani, Iraq's president and a Kurd.

Details of the final agreement were not available, although both Kurdish and federal government officials said they would shortly release comments on it.

In recent months, much of the argument has centred on the right of regional governments such as the KRG to sign contracts independently with oil companies.

Baghdad had proposed such contracts be reviewed by a committee, but the KRG has insisted it will not give the federal government veto power over the development of its local oil industry.

The Kurdistan government also reportedly wants guarantees that deals that it signed with foreign oil companies such as Norway's DNO to drill in KRG-administered territory would be honoured by Baghdad.

Outside Iraq, some watchdog groups have criticised clauses in the law that allow production-sharing agreements, which allow drilling companies to own a proportion of the oil they produce.

The Iraqi government says it should have access to as wide a range of contracts as possible to encourage the discovery of new oil resources in areas that are difficult or costly to explore.

However, once the law is referred to parliament, such contracts may encounter resistance from lawmakers who argue that they give too much away to foreigners.

Iraqi Kurdistan claimed in 2005 to have 45bn barrels in oil reserves. The country as a whole has 115bn barrels in proven reserves as of 2003, although government and independent estimates run to well over 200bn barrels.

*President Talabani, 73, flew to Jordan yesterday for a medical check-up at King Hussein Medical City, a military hospital in Amman. His office said he was suffering from exhaustion and there was "no cause for worry".

Kurdish deal raises hopes for Iraq oil laws | Iraq Updates

This is how its going to work in my opinion..... You hear about talabani having a heart attack or what ever from the stress... The US doesnt care, no one cares. IF they didnt take so many vacations then they wouldnt have so much work. The bottom line is, THEY NEED TO FINISH THESE LAWS and the us will push them even if they do have heart attacks, strokes or any other medical condition.....

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Originally Posted by PaulieThaGreat

This is how its going to work in my opinion..... You hear about talabani having a heart attack or what ever from the stress... The US doesnt care, no one cares. IF they didnt take so many vacations then they wouldnt have so much work. The bottom line is, THEY NEED TO FINISH THESE LAWS and the us will push them even if they do have heart attacks, strokes or any other medical condition.....

I don't think you are totally correct on this matter. Talabani may be the President, but just because he had a stroke won't preclude them from getting this done. The Kurds have an agenda as much as the CBI does, that's why they haven't moved forward with this even though they are ever so close. The person who is standing in for Talabani will read right from the script and heaven help him if he doesen't. IMO