The Nation | * Iraq to void Total's Halfaya contract in southern Iraq Reuters Iraq to void Total's Halfaya contract in southern Iraq. * Gazprom also takes stake in Kurdistan. * Baghdad, Kurds locked in dispute over oil deals. By Ahmed Rasheed. BAGHDAD, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Iraq's Kurdistan pledged on Wednesday to restart oil ... Are American oil companies carving up Iraq after all? Total to hunt for oil in Iraq's Kurdish north Kurdistan Region of Iraq – Land of Opportunity |
Telegraph.co.uk | Violence in Iraq reached nearly 2-year peak in July CNN The al Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq claimed responsibility for that day of bloodshed, when 35 coordinated attacks struck seven Iraqi provinces. ISI militants carried out assassinations and shootings as well as car and roadside bombings in ... Al-Qaida entrenched? July is bloodiest month in Iraq in 2 years Iraq: July Deadliest Month In Two Years Iraq says July deadliest month in nearly two years |
Wall Street Journal | A Newly Assertive Turkey Dominates Trade With Iraq Wall Street Journal BASRA, Iraq—The U.S. made its mark on Iraq with a military intervention. Iran has reshaped the country through shared religious beliefs. Now, as American influence wanes here, Turkey, a neighbor to the north, is wielding economic clout to become a ... |
Malaysia Star | UN chief tells Iran exiles in Iraq to leave camp, prepare for refugee resettlement Washington Post UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. chief is urging some 1200 Iranian exiles to follow orders to leave a northern Iraq camp, the site of two deadly raids by Iraqi forces, and resettle in a new refugee camp near Baghdad. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on ... UN Chief Tells Iranian Exiles in Iraq to Move US concerned over Iraqi threats to force Iran dissidents from camp |
First Person: Iraq End Is 'Unwritten Story' Washington Post Aug. 1, 2012 - Iraq war veteran, Rory Carolan says violence in Iraq today is different from how it was when he served in the US Army five years ago. Now with the recent uptick in violence there, he's unsure how an endgame to the Iraq War will play out. |
DAWN.com | NATO's Secret Kurdish War: Turkey Prepares Iraq-Style Attacks Inside Syria OpEdNews The Turkish government has been waging a counterinsurgency war against the PKK for 28 years in Turkey, and over the past decade in northern Iraq, with the active support of the Pentagon and NATO. In fact, the campaign against Kurdish opposition groups ... Turkey Military Drill on Syria Border Eyes Kurds Syria's Kurdish minority to seek regional autonomy in post-Assad Syria |
Blogcritics.org (blog) | Book Review: Fragments from Iraq by Zsolt T. Stockinger Blogcritics.org (blog) Fragments from Iraq: Diary of a Navy Trauma Surgeon by Zsolt T. Stockinger is a non-fiction book which recounts the daily life of a trauma surgeon on the front lines. The book is in diary format written by the doctor, seemingly as if he was talking to ... |
First opera about Iraq War reaches out to veterans suffering from PTSD NBCNews.com (blog) That's what Marine and Iraq War vet Christian Ellis and Iraqi American playwright Heather Raffo are hoping. Along with composer Tobin Stokes, Ellis and Raffo worked to set Ellis' wartime experiences to music, creating "Fallujah," the first-ever opera ... |
IRAQ: Ground Zero For The Apocalypse Strategy Page August 1, 2012: Al Qaeda has made it clear that it is now determined to regain control of parts of the country that it lost in 2007-8. Terrorism deaths have increased since the last American troops left at the end of 2011 and so far the Shia controlled ... Briefing: Why is Iraq still so dangerous? |
Iraq Plans to Auction Nassiriya Oil Field This Year - Official Wall Street Journal The contract will have more favorable terms than the previous service contracts that Iraq signed with international oil companies, Mr. Ameedi said without giving further details. A consortium of three Japanese companies comprising JX Holding Inc. (5020. |