Monthly Archives: December 2011
PM Maliki Calls for Unity in Iraq
| December 31, 2011 | Filled under Iraq Daily News |
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has called for unity among all political parties and people in the country following the withdrawal of American troops. Maliki said that all Iraqis should abide by the country’s constitution, urging various political parties not to lead Iraq to a divided state. The Iraqi premier also noted that his government will revise the industrial…
Iraq Was the First to Choose Democratic Rule
| December 31, 2011 | Filled under Iraq Daily News |
UN special representative to Iraq Martin Kobler said that the US forces withdrawal is a chance for the Iraqi people and its elected leaders to prove to the world their ability to succeed in administering their country for better future. “Iraq was the first country in the Middle East to choose the democratic rule which could be an example to be…
Scores Kuwaiti Businessmen to Invest in Iraq
| December 31, 2011 | Filled under Iraq Daily News |
Kuwaiti ambassador to Baghdad Ali Moemen told AKnews 50 Kuwaiti businessmen have decided to work in the Iraqi market. They are currently involved in the procedures to enter Iraq to verify the information on the Iraqi market and the investment laws in the country. Earlier the ambassador said his country is organizing some instructions to help Kuwaiti trade with Iraq…
US Shocked by Israel’s Iraq Attack
| December 30, 2011 | Filled under Iraq Daily News |
The Americans were stunned by Israel’s decision to launch air strikes against an Iraqi nuclear reactor, according to official papers made public today. Despite their close alliance, the US had no warning of the attack on the Osirak reactor in June 1981 ordered by Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin amid fears that Saddam Hussein was trying to build a nuclear…
Iraq Oil Exports to Turkey at Up to 400,000 Bpd
| December 30, 2011 | Filled under Iraq Daily News |
Iraq‘s oil exports to Turkey through the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline were flowing at around 350,000-400,000 barrels per day on Friday, a North Oil Company source said, after flow was stopped to re-fill storage tanks. “Oil pumping was restarted in the early hours of Friday morning at an average of 350,000 bpd to 400,000 bpd,” a senior official in NOC, who asked…
Seminar Confirms Ross Commitment in Iraq
| December 29, 2011 | Filled under Iraq Daily News |
IRAQ – The growing poultry market has seen increasing demand for Ross products in the country as Aviagen invests in service, product quality and technical, veterinary and nutritional support. Aviagen recently held a seminar for the sector in the autonomous region of Kurdistan, where the poultry industry is stable and growing. The event was jointly undertaken with Vano Group, the…
Iraq Launches a Tender to Purchase Gasoil
| December 29, 2011 | Filled under Iraq Daily News |
ERBIL – Iraq has launched a tender to buy 3,400 tons of gasoil a day for the next year, the Iraqi State Oil Marketing Organization said. The fuel will be used to fire power stations reports the Reuters news agency. Gasoil is a product of crude oil refinery. It is heavier, more dense and viscous, than gasoline or naphtha and…
KBR to Provide Ammonia Technology and Services to Revamp North Fertilizer Plant in Iraq
| December 28, 2011 | Filled under Iraq Daily News |
KBR announced that it has been awarded a contract by First Global Company to revamp the North Fertilizer Plant in Baiji, Iraq. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide a license for its proprietary Ammonia Process and related engineering services to increase the plant capacity to 120% of the original design. The original plant, which started up in…
Iraq: After Weeks in Custody, Iraqi Army Reportedly Releases 3 Security Contractors
| December 28, 2011 | Filled under Iraq Daily News |
NEW YORK — Three security contractors including two Americans were released by Iraqi Army forces after they were held for more than two weeks, the chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security announced as he demanded a full report on the episode. Republican Peter King identified the men as Army veteran Alex Antiohos of West Babylon, N.Y., National Guardsman…
Deputy: The Role of a U.S. Withdrawal Dinar Down
| December 27, 2011 | Filled under Featured Article |
Baghdad (news) .. Most likely a member of the Finance Committee and the representative / National Alliance / Hussain Yasiri stability of the dinar against the dollar in the coming period, attributing the causes of its decline in the last period to the U.S. withdrawal and pumping dollars into the market by the Central Bank. Yasiri said in a statement…
Registration Act Aeetmashy Companies With a Free Economy
| December 26, 2011 | Filled under Iraq Daily News |
Facing business owners procedures imbroglio, and routine in registering their companies in the Companies Registration Department of the Ministry of Commerce, contrary to the objectives of the government during the current stage and to encourage the private sector and large companies that singled out an important role in the reconstruction of the country, and acknowledged the Registrar of Companies the existence…
Jordan Trade Exchange With Iraq Doubled
| December 26, 2011 | Filled under Iraq Daily News |
BAGHDAD, (AKnews) – Economics adviser to Iraqi government, Salam al-Qurayshi, told AKnews that, in 2011, Iraqi-Jordanian trade in all sectors except oil. The value of the exchange reached almost $2 billion USD (2,300 billion IQD). The official did not provide any figures for comparison. But according to Trade Ministry data figures, trade with Turkey was the most valuable ($10 billion…
Maliki Planning a New Majority Govt?
| December 26, 2011 | Filled under Iraq Daily News |
Supporters say the Iraqi PM is simply shoring up support and abiding by the law. Critics say he’s more interested in ditching the difficult three party system and starting a new government of his own. Will al-Maliki become Iraq’s new dictator? Or will he struggle on with the democratic process, asks this article from Niqash. Any opinions expressed are those…
Basra Agrees $150m Iron and Steel Factory
| December 25, 2011 | Filled under Iraq Daily News |
Basra Investment Commission (BIC) has agreed in principle to build an iron and steel factory worth of $150 million (175 billion IQD). AKnews reports that it is a joint proposal by Erbil Steel Company and a Turkish company. Khalaf Badran, head of the BIC, told AKnews that the Commission has expressed its “full support” for the project and will do…
US Companies Invested Will Enter Iraq Early 2012
| December 25, 2011 | Filled under Iraq Daily News |
Voice of Iraq -twilight news The Iraqi Government announced that US companies invested will enter Iraq early next year to be invested in all areas. He said the Prime Minister’s media adviser to Moussaoui for “Twilight”, “a lot of corporate America will enter Iraq early next year to invest in all areas of agriculture, industry, construction and other”. …
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