Editorial Highlights 09-05-08
Exemption of the general manager of South Oil
Company in Basra from his duties and appointing him an adviser without powers
Iraq's transport minister opens new quay in
Basra's port
Iraq calls on Japanese firms to reconstruct
oil facilities
$100 million set to encourage marriages
between Sunnis and Shiites
Iraq seeks to buy fighter jets from US: report
U.S. Spied on Iraqi Leaders, Book Says
Maliki drops the mask
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Exemption
of the general manager of South Oil Company in Basra from his duties and appointing
an adviser without powers , Radio Sawa /Arabic

The Oil Ministry has issued an order exempting
the general manager of South Oil Company in Basra, Jabbar Allaibi, from his post
appointing him instead as an adviser without powers.
This announcement was made by Allaibi, Thursday,
during an expanded meeting held with the technical cadres in the presence
of representatives from a number of media outlets, adding that differences
occurred between him and the ministry because the new appointment gave him
limited or no powers.
"Radio Sawa" is informed that the South Oil Company is
currently managed by the head of the engineering and Deputy Director General Eng.
Kifah Kamel, while the Oil Ministry has not appointed yet a new
Director-General officially.
Iraq's
transport minister opens new quay in Basra's port ,Aswat AlIraq
BASRA, Sept.4 (VOI)
- Iraq's minister of transport on Thursday inaugurated a new quay in the
southern province of Basra.
"Minister of Transport Amer Abdel Jabbar inaugurated the 22th quay in Umm
al-Qasr port, which would increase the port's operational capability, "Abdel
Kareem al-Basri, the public relations and media director at the State Company
for Iraqi Ports, said.
The minister also assessed the problems of Tanuma Bridge constructed over Shatt
al-Arab River.
Tanuma Bridge, constructed of steel, disrupts navigation in Shatt al-Arab except
through a systematic program to open and close it.
The province of Basra, 590 km south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, has five
commercial ports and two oil ports: al-Maaqal, established in 1916 by the
British forces and handed over to Iraqi authorities in 1937; and Faw, a small
port on the al-Faw Peninsula near the Shatt al-Arab and the Persian Gulf.
In the early 1970s, Umm al-Qasr port was built, and in 1974, Khour al-Zubeir and
Abu Falous ports were established on the Shatt al-Arab.
Iraq
calls on Japanese firms to reconstruct oil facilities ,Aswat AlIraq
BAGHDAD, Sept. 4 (VOI) - Iraq's minister of oil on Thursday called
on Japanese companies to take part in reconstructing its petroleum facilities.
"Iraq called on major Japanese oil firms to take part in reconstructing
Iraqi infrastructures." a government statement received by Aswat al-Iraq -
Voices of Iraq - (VOI) cited Hussein al-Shahristani, minister of oil, as saying
during a meeting with the Japanese Charge d'affaires.
On Wednesday the International Monetary Fund said Iraq's economic
prospects are improving with increased security helping to boost oil output and
exports, while inflation has declined.
Iraqi
Oil: Temptation versus Risk , Trend Capital
“ Iraq could provide security but no one can
make guarantees – that’s what insurance is for,” Tetreault said. Kirkuk is
connected with Turkey’s Ceyhan port by a pipe capable of pumping 1bln barrels
per day. In pre-war period about 700,000 barrels per day were produced in Kirkuk.
During latest United States’ operation in Iraq and during post-war period the
pipe was operating with long frequent breaks due to often terrorism attacks.
Tetreault said the problem is that Iraq is not finished with the struggle over
who won the country or how it should be shaped and administered.
$100
million set to encourage marriages between Sunnis and Shiites. , Zawia
He has set aside a budget about $100 million for
this purpose, a senior official in Baghdad told Gulf News.
He said Al Maliki believes this step will enhance
the current security situation. The prime minister supports marriages between
tribal notables and the sons of leaders of major political parties, along with
those of leaders of the security and military services, to eradicate
sectarianism in Iraq.
"Clerics strongly support this approach and
we will spread the message through mosques to urge youth to marry Sunnis and
Shiites. This is one of the most important means of national defence to prevent
the return of sectarian violence," Saleh Al Haideri, the chief of the
Shiite Waquf, told Gulf News.
Iraq
seeks to buy fighter jets from US: report, Zawia
WASHINGTON, Sept 5, 2008 (AFP) - Iraq's
government wants to buy 36 advanced F-16 fighters from the United States, the
Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing US military officials. Such a
purchase would help reduce Baghdad's reliance on US air power and possibly clear
the way for the withdrawal of more US troops, the paper said. US officials have
previously maintained that the United States would have to keep fighter aircraft
and helicopters in Iraq even after American combat troops leave.
U.S.
Spied on Iraqi Leaders, Book Says, W.P.
The Bush administration has conducted an
extensive spying operation on Prime Minister Nouri
al-Maliki, his staff and others in the Iraqi government, according to a new
book by Washington
Post associate editor Bob
Woodward.
Maliki
drops the mask, The Guardian
With his tough stance on US withdrawal, Sunni
militias and the Kurds Iraq's leader risks doom
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