Thread: Iraq/Dinar News to April 19, 2007 10PM CST

Originally Posted by Bubba Dinar

Actually, the HCL is not good for Iraq!! I'm for Iraq maintaining control over their Oilfields. The "Big Oil" practice of developing wells and then capping them off sucks. Iraq needs Oil Revenue now, not 20 years from now. I want whatever will produce income for Iraq, not the Big Oil Companies. Giving up sovereignty over their Oilfields to "Big Oil" blows!!

I have to disagree. At the rate Iraq is moving it will 50 years for them to rebuild the infrastructure needed to produce the a large amount of oil. The oil companies contracts are only 20 years so they will have to produce while they can before Iraq decides to take over all oil production themselves. One last point, let's not forget how little production Iraq has had over the past years. It will be much easier to produce Iraq than many of the companies' existing wells, seems to me they will cap their expensive wells in favor of the easy oil...

Mahdi Members Kill US Tipsters in Baghdad
Four Women Executed; Militia Penetrates Green Zone
04/10/2007 09:00 AM ET
Photo by Wathiq Khuzaie/Getty.
A US military helicopter flies over the Green Zone following a mortar attack on March 22.



Four Baghdad women have been executed by militia members for sharing information with US forces, according to Slogger’s local sources.
Slogger sources report that the murder of the four women in Washash was conducted by members of the Mahdi Army. Locals say that Mahdi Army associates accused the women of passing information to the American forces over the past few days.
Mahdi Army associates in Washash have declared that anyone giving any information about them to the Americans would be killed, Slogger sources report.
Apart from last week’s fighting in Diwaniya, the Mahdi Army has not confronted US forces directly in an organized way since the start of the Baghdad security plan in February, following orders from Muqtada al-Sadr to lie low. Sadrist spokespeople over the weekend have repeated their commitment to non-confrontation with US forces during the security plan.
However, Slogger sources have reported on several occasions that members of the Mahdi Army remains engaged in militant activities around the country, including sectarian attacks on Sunni neighborhoods, armed defense of Shi'a neighborhoods from sectarian attacks, and, as in Washash recently, enforcement of discipline on individuals suspected of going too far in their relationship with the United States.
The Mahdi Army’s network of enforcement extends even into the heavily fortified Green Zone, Slogger sources report. Mahdi Army members have told Slogger that many of the Iraqi guards and policemen working to in the zone are former Mahdi Army militiamen. Members of the militia even boasted to Slogger that “if they wanted to kill someone they could, even if he was in the Green Zone.” One Slogger source recognized Mahdi Army members working in uniform in the fortified district.
Tensions between the Mahdi Army and the US military are palpably increasing, Slogger sources say, as the US continues its searching operations in areas where the militia enjoys significant popularity. In al-Rashid, for example, the US has widened its house-to-house searching operations over the last few days, according to local residents.
It is not clear on whose orders the Mahdi Army has returned to arms, whether in Diwaniya where members have engaged in firefights with US forces over the weekend, or Baghdad, where members of the militia have been implicated in sectarian killing and disciplinary killings such as the recent murders in Washash. It is important to note that the Mahdi Army is not a unified organization with a centralized command. Many members of the militia are loyal to Muqtada al-Sadr, while many are neighborhood protection organizations or even local thugs who have taken the Mahdi Army name with varying degrees of consent from the Sadrist organization.
Slogger sources reported earlier that members of the Mahdi Army had clashed with Kurdish forces in al-Amin district, and militia members have been involved in armed activity around the city.
As the US continues to deploy its soldiers forward into Baghdad’s neighborhoods, relying heavily on “joint security centers” in urban areas, rather than remote bases, it has become increasingly reliant on tips and information from locals.
Rival forces appear to be just as aware of this US reliance on tips, and equally determined to deny the Americans of such knowledge.

Photo Gallery
Iraqis Unwind in Baghdad Before Friday Curfew
Families Enjoy Sunny Afternoon at Baghdad's al-Zawraa Park
04/06/2007 5:01 PM ET
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Iraqi kids and youth slide at Baghdad's al-Zawraa public park, 06 April 2007.




Each Friday the war torn capital is put under a day-long curfew as thousands of Muslim Shiites and Sunnis head to their respective mosques to perform the weekly Friday prayers. Today Al-Zawraa park was full of families who came before the curfew was imposed to take advantage of the good weather and spend the day outside their houses.

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Iraqis ride on a rollercoaster at Baghdad's al-Zawraa public park





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Iraqis relax and picnic in the shade.





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An Iraqi child passes his father the mouth-piece of a water-pipe.





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An Iraqi boy kicks the ball as he plays football with his father.





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An Iraqi youth rollerblader jumps over his friend.





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Iraqi children play with a football.





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Excellent pictures!

See? They really do lead normal lives.....Unlike the Bombs and killing you are subjected to daily by the MSM.

Nice post!

LOVE-LOVE-LOVEthose pictures!!!

Perhaps they should be forwarded to FOXNews and CNBC...

The capacity building workshop for business associations and chambers of commerce in Kurdistan
Source : KRG-14 / 04 / 2007

Ended on Thursday, April 12, 2007 in the Turkish capital of Istanbul, and a workshop building for the business associations and chambers of commerce in Iraq's Kurdistan region and the session lasted for a week and came to the number of Mselin Organization Saib (CIPE) of Washington and director of programs including Iraq, Mr. Suhayb Alborznji and a number of executives and professors to give lectures.

Where Mr. Suhayb Alborznji at the beginning of the meeting, an overview of the Center for Special International Projects (CIPE), and he is an American organization working in Iraq on the development of the private sector and make it a partner in the democratic transformations and improve the economy in general and the Iraqi Kurdistan, especially as the organization's headquarters is located in the current Kurdistan to the fact that the security situation stable in the province.

It is worth noting the presence of a number of associations and chambers of commerce of the Union of Kurdistan, the Iraqi businessmen-center of Kurdistan in Irbil and its branches in Dohuk and Sulaymaniyah, Kirkuk, as well as chambers of commerce in the region and the Federation of Industries in Kirkuk and the contractors of Kirkuk and the restaurants and hotels in Kurdistan and the Kurdistan carriers and the Union of Kurdistan and contractors to develop the capacity of leaders of the Kurdish organizations and this was a very good assessment of the educational and technical aspects It is important to develop the capacity of leaders and organizations.

He pointed out that Mr. Alborznji This is not the first nor will it be the last, we remain in communication with organizations including the Iraqi Kurdish organizations for the purpose of real reform of the economy and Iraq also are contributing to the improvement and development of relations between Kurdish and Iraqi organizations in order to build a strong infrastructure and real of the Iraqi economy.

As commented Mr. Hirsch pilot Mohamed Chairman of the Federation of Iraqi businessmen on the status of the Kurdistan region of this session as a real help in improving the economy and the Iraqi Kurdistan and contributes to turn Iraq into a democratic country with a strong economy and to build an infrastructure of strong economic base and keep up with the advanced countries in the world.

Two Kuwaiti and Turkish were planning for the construction of an oil refinery in Iraq
Source : Reuters-14 / 04 / 2007

The company said the Gulf Investment oil (Petrojlv) Kuwait on Saturday that it intended to assist in building an oil refinery investments of $ 130 million in northern Iraq with two others.

According to the statement published on the Kuwaiti Stock Exchange on the Internet company said that it had signed a memorandum of understanding with Turkish Chokorova to build refinery capacity of 20 thousand barrels of oil per day within other projects.

According to the statement, the other partner is a potential shareholder in the holding company Petrojlv.

The statement added that the refinery is expected to be ready for operation within a year and a half.

And will the company Petrojlv working in the field of oil fields such as drilling operations and engineering operations of the upstream and downstream activities of 10% in the refinery project.

Iraq presents projects at $ 750 million

The international companies to invest there,
Source : Dar Al-Hayat-14 / 04 / 2007

Putting Iraq to international companies 12 projects in the cement industry, iron and steel, petrochemicals, fertilizers, glass, paper, auto, in the framework of the Ministry of Industry for the development of these labs and increased capacity

Productivity. The Minister of Industry and Minerals Iraqi Fawzi Hariri, in a press conference, that the priority in terms of the contract related to ensuring the rights of workers in these enterprises, and bringing incentives, before signing the contract with investors.

The estimated cost of developing the company for glass industry in Ramadi, about $ 50 million, and the company petrochemical industry about $ 120 million, and the Iron and Steel Company in Basra, about $ 220 million, and the need <factor Cement existing> western Iraq, and <Sinjar> west of Mosul and <Karbala> and <Muthanna> central Iraq to 360 million dollars.

He also called for investment in the textile industries, and stressed that preference in investment will be presentations that serve the interests of the ministry and the workers and the State, pointing out that the ministry has set the announcement of those bids is 45 days, and the investment, ranging from 10 to 20 years.

Newspaper : Kuwaiti mobile communications in talks on the license in Iraq
Source : Reuters-14 / 04 / 2007

Said the managing director of mobile communications in the Kuwaiti statements published on Saturday that the company is holding talks with the Iraqi government on access to a long-term license of the mobile network.

The company, the third largest mobile communications company of the Arab contacts in terms of the market value of the network was operating in Iraq. Kuwaiti newspapers reported in January in January that the company's license to expire on March 31 March after a three-month extension.

He said Saad Brak, managing director of the company in a statement to the Kuwaiti Al-Watan that the company now wants to obtain a license long-term. He did not specify.

The National Company for Mobile Telecommunication Kuwaiti and Egyptian Orascom Telecom also operates mobile phone networks in Iraq. The majority of its shares in the company Ashia curiosity of the national companies in Iraq apply to the Court for the closure of the company.

Brak also said that a consortium led by the company will seek to obtain loans from the Saudi companies and the global financing of the new network license for mobile phone in the Kingdom has acquired in recent times.

Brak said that the Consortium, which was submitted on March March and the highest capacity of 6.1 billion dollars to win the third license for mobile network in Saudi Arabia is expected to obtain the approval of the Saudi cabinet on his end of the month.

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