senior U.N. envoy looking into recent bombings of government buildings in the Iraqi capital promised on Monday to listen to Iraq's concerns over the blasts that killed more than 200 people.Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Oscar Fernandez-Taranco met with Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and senior government officials as part of "preliminary consultations on the incidents surrounding"...
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After more than six years of conflict Iraq seems an unlikely place for a holiday. But could its status as the birthplace of civilisation see tourists flocking?For most travellers it will, undoubtedly, be years before Iraq becomes a destination of choice. But as the country stabilises its advocates believe its potential is beginning to emerge.At one time Iraq was a regular stop for British travellers....
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visitBAGHDAD -- A consortium made up of BP PLC and China National Petroleum Corp. finalized an agreement on Tuesday to develop southern Iraq's giant Rumaila oil field, after snapping up the contract in Iraq's historic oil-field auction over the summer.The deal is a coup for the British super major, which holds the biggest stake in the venture. But it also makes the Chinese oil company the dominant...
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Robert Dreyfuss: While The Obama administration Has Utterly Forgotten about Iraq, The Country Is Still SimmeringMore and more, it seems that the Obama administration has utterly forgotten about Iraq. With its laser-like focus on Afghanistan and its diplomacy with Iran, it's rare that Iraq gets any attention. A whole team of State Department and NSC staff is mobilized on the Iran issue, Afghanistan...
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Leaving Iraq would bring 53 billion dollars reconstruction back to square one, fears AmericaBaghdad, Nov. 21 : The United States has spent 53 billion dollars in relief and reconstruction work in Iraq since the 2003 invasion, but American officials fear that Iraq will not be able to maintain the facilities once the Americans have left, a report in The New York Times said on Saturday.The American concerns...
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Saudi leaders were relieved when Iraq was defeated, but they recognised that relations with Baghdad had been damaged forever. If America had not sent its forces, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia would have seized to exist.THE RATIONALE for invading Iraq in response to 9/11 has been widely questioned, suggesting that there was no cooperation between Iraq and Al Qaeda prior to 9/11. Iraq had always considered...
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would be wrong to ignore the incident of attack by a psychiatrist gunning down at least 13 army men inside the heavily guarded US base in Texas. Report says that the accused one Palestinian Muslim and US-born psychiatrist Major Nidal Malik Hassan used to treat the psychologically broken down armies, returned from Iraq after fierce battle. In the process of treating the army men after their homecoming...
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Leaving Iraq would bring 53bn dlrs reconstruction back to square one, fears AmericaBaghdad, Nov. 21 (ANI): The United States has spent 53 billion dollars in relief and reconstruction work in Iraq since the 2003 invasion, but American officials fear that Iraq will not be able to maintain the facilities once the Americans have left, a report in The New York Times said on SaturdayThe American concerns...
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After more than six years of conflict Iraq seems an unlikely place for a holiday. But could its status as the birthplace of civilisation see tourists flocking? For most travellers it will, undoubtedly, be years before Iraq becomes a destination of choice. But as the country stabilises its advocates believe its potential is beginning to emerge.At one time Iraq was a regular stop for British travellers....
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Leaving Iraq would bring 53bn dlrs reconstruction back to square one, fears AmericaThe United States has spent 53 billion dollars in relief and reconstruction work in Iraq since the 2003 invasion, but American officials fear that Iraq will not be able to maintain the facilities once the Americans have left, a report in The New York Times said on SaturdayThe American concerns have been raised at a time...
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