http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/scat/24 The latest news about Latest News in Iraq en support@iraqupdates.com support@iraqupdates.com PHP RSS Feed Generator Energy prices retreated June 30, giving back much of the gain from the previous session with crude again dropping below $70/bbl “on a stronger dollar and in response to a lower than expected consumer confidence number indicating that demand for gasoline... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/54257/refid/RSS-latest-03-07-2009 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:09:00 +0100 Matthew Wakeman, EFG-Hermes managing director for cash and equity-linked trading. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/54256/refid/RSS-latest-03-07-2009 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:07:00 +0100 The successful joint bid by BP and China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) to develop an oilfield in Iraq has offered unique opportunities for the Chinese company to tap crude reserves in the oil-rich nation, analysts said yesterday. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/54255/refid/RSS-latest-03-07-2009 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:05:00 +0100 Tuesday was the deadline by which US troops had to withdraw from major Iraqi cities. This clear line in the sand must provide some relief to many Americans, whose sacrifice has been extraordinary. But as the United States shifts its attention from... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/54254/refid/RSS-latest-03-07-2009 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:03:00 +0100 Police say a roadside bomb killed an Iraqi soldier and wounded seven other people in central Baghdad. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/54253/refid/RSS-latest-03-07-2009 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:59:00 +0100 Iraq awarded a BP-led consortium the right to develop the giant Rumaila oil field but failed to strike deals for seven oil and gas fields as companies balked at the country's contract terms. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/54252/refid/RSS-latest-03-07-2009 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:54:00 +0100 U.S troops withdrew from Iraqi cities on June 30, in a move welcomed by the Iraqi government as a ‘Day of National Sovereignty’. Niqash met a number of Iraqi politicians to hear their views on the pullback. While some expressed fears of deteriorating... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/54251/refid/RSS-latest-03-07-2009 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:52:00 +0100 A car bomb in the northern Iraqi oil hub of Kirkuk killed at least 30 people and wounded 120 others on Tuesday just as Nouri al-Maliki, prime minister, sought to reassure the country that Iraqi forces were capable of providing security. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/54250/refid/RSS-latest-03-07-2009 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:51:00 +0100 We are at the beginning of the end. On Tuesday, US troops left Iraq’s cities, and in two years they will leave the country. Or so the official story goes. In reality, most of the “withdrawing” forces are merely relocating to forward operating... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/54249/refid/RSS-latest-03-07-2009 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:49:00 +0100 In 1901 a group of French archaeologists uncovered a 2,700-year-old Babylonian tablet in what is now Iran. Not only is the Hammurabi codex the first example of a written legal code; it is also the oldest known looted artefact, plundered from ancient... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/54248/refid/RSS-latest-03-07-2009 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:48:00 +0100 Iraq on Wednesday said it has rejected further offers from foreign companies to work in the country's oil and gas sector and pledged that some sites will instead be solely exploited by state-owned firms. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/54247/refid/RSS-latest-03-07-2009 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:47:00 +0100 Iraqi forces were in control of towns and cities nationwide on Wednesday after the pullout of US troops six years after the invasion, but a bloody car bombing underscored the tough challenge ahead. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/54246/refid/RSS-latest-03-07-2009 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:46:00 +0100 The United Nations Children's Fund, Unicef, on Wednesday praised Syrian government efforts in support of Iraqi refugees. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/54245/refid/RSS-latest-03-07-2009 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:45:00 +0100 Iraqis have been seen rejoicing in the streets of their capital and elsewhere this week following the withdrawal on Tuesday of US combat forces from major Iraqi cities and towns, the first step towards a total military pullout in 2011 from the war-torn... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/54244/refid/RSS-latest-03-07-2009 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:41:00 +0100 Somalia remains the world's most dangerous country for minority groups, followed by Iraq, Sudan, Afghanistan and Myanmar, a leading human rights group said Thursday. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/54243/refid/RSS-latest-03-07-2009 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:38:00 +0100 An Iraqi army officer named Saddam Hussein was shot dead by gunmen in the Iraqi oil hub of Kirkuk as he was driving to work on Thursday, a security official said. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/54242/refid/RSS-latest-03-07-2009 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:37:00 +0100 French Prime Minister Francois Fillon arrived in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Thursday with a delegation of officials and business leaders, an AFP journalist reported. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/54241/refid/RSS-latest-03-07-2009 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:35:00 +0100 The International Agency of Energy expects Iraqi plans to increase oil production up to 6 million barrel per day by the year 2007 to be very optimistic. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/54240/refid/RSS-latest-03-07-2009 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:05:00 +0100 Iraq on Wednesday said it has rejected further offers from foreign companies to work in the country's oil and gas sector and pledged that some sites will instead be solely exploited by state-owned firms. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/54239/refid/RSS-latest-03-07-2009 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:00:00 +0100 Iraqi forces were in control of towns and cities nationwide on Wednesday after the pullout of U.S. troops six years after the invasion, but a bloody car bombing underscored the tough challenge ahead. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/54237/refid/RSS-latest-03-07-2009 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:55:00 +0100 Iraqi politicians from across the ethnic and sectarian divide on Wednesday welcomed the U.S. troop withdrawal from cities as a step toward sovereignty. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/54236/refid/RSS-latest-03-07-2009 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:53:00 +0100 The US Tuesday redeployed its troops from the centre of Iraqi cities and thus out of much direct contact with the local population. The redeployment comes as part of the US strategy for a full and staged withdrawal of foreign troops in Iraq. It is... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/54235/refid/RSS-latest-03-07-2009 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:36:00 +0100 The US formally withdrew combat troops from Iraq’s cities and towns on Tuesday in spite of a spike in bombings which killed more than 250 Iraqis in the run-up to deadline day, and 33 on the day. Nevertheless, Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki claimed... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/54234/refid/RSS-latest-03-07-2009 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:36:00 +0100 Iraq's government today approved a BP-led consortium's offer to develop a giant oil field in the south, moving forward with the only deal struck during a much-hyped but ultimately disappointing international oil auction. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/54233/refid/RSS-latest-03-07-2009 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:34:00 +0100 Bombings in the lead-up to the pullback of US forces from Iraq’s towns and cities resulted in the bloodiest death toll seen in the conflict-hit nation in 11 months, official figures showed yesterday. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/54232/refid/RSS-latest-03-07-2009 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:32:00 +0100 Turkey vowed on Wednesday to resume work to build a disputed 1.2 billion euro dam on the Tigris river in its impoverished south-east and said suspension ordered by foreign backers would be lifted. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/54231/refid/RSS-latest-03-07-2009 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:28:00 +0100 Iraq is still negotiating with Japan's Nippon Oil Corp (5001.T) and ENI (ENI.MI) of Italy over the huge Nassiriya oilfield, Iraqi oil officials said Wednesday, contradicting a Japanese report a decision had been made. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/54230/refid/RSS-latest-03-07-2009 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:26:00 +0100 Iraq's government approved a deal in which a BP-led (BP.L) group will develop its Rumaila oilfield, but rejected parallel bids from other companies for further fields because the firms wanted fees that were too high, a spokesman said on Wednesday. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/54229/refid/RSS-latest-03-07-2009 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:20:00 +0100 European aerospace group EADS (EAD.PA) said on Wednesday it won a five-year contract to help boost Saudi border security, which an official at a local partner said is worth $2.3 billion. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/54228/refid/RSS-latest-03-07-2009 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:17:00 +0100 OPEC oil supply rose in June as higher output from several members of the group offset cutbacks in Nigeria caused by militant attacks on the oil industry, a Reuters survey showed on Wednesday. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/54227/refid/RSS-latest-03-07-2009 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:12:00 +0100 The number of civilians killed in Iraq jumped to 373 in June, the Health Ministry said, up from a record low of 134 in May because of a spate of deadly bombings in Baghdad and northern Iraq. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/54226/refid/RSS-latest-03-07-2009 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:02:00 +0100 Iraq's plans to reconstruct its war-battered economy are being hampered by a legacy of millions of landmines littering its farms, railways and even its prized oil fields, the United Nations said on Wednesday. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/54225/refid/RSS-latest-03-07-2009 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:00:00 +0100 It was for one of the biggest energy auctions in history that well-heeled executives braved the dust and danger of Baghdad this week to jet in and deliver bids for lucrative long-term oilfield contracts. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/54224/refid/RSS-latest-03-07-2009 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:57:00 +0100 To oil executives, Iraq's first auction of energy contracts since the U.S. invasion was a giant flop. To Iraqis, basking in a renewed sense of sovereignty and nationalism, it may turn out looking like a victory. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/54223/refid/RSS-latest-03-07-2009 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:56:00 +0100 A roadside bomb blew up as an Iraqi army patrol passed by in Baghdad on Thursday, killing one soldier and wounding 10 two days after U.S. troops pulled out of cities and handed security to their local counterparts, police said. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/54222/refid/RSS-latest-03-07-2009 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:53:00 +0100 Syria is ready for security cooperation with Iraq for the full withdrawal of US troops, said the Syrian Daily Al-Watan on Thursday. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/54221/refid/RSS-latest-03-07-2009 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:46:00 +0100 Japan's largest oil refiner Nippon Oil Corp. does not plan to participate in bids for Iraq's oil development projects at the end of this year, Kyodo News Agency reported, citing Chairman Fumiaki Watari. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/54220/refid/RSS-latest-03-07-2009 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:43:00 +0100 Iraqi politicians from across the ethnic and sectarian divide welcomed Wednesday the US troop pullout from cities as a step toward sovereignty, even though they feared it might trigger more violence. US combat troops pulled out of Iraq's towns and... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/54219/refid/RSS-latest-03-07-2009 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:41:00 +0100 Saddam Hussein believed Iran was a significant threat to Iraq and left open the possibility that he had weapons of mass destruction rather than appear vulnerable, according to declassified FBI documents on interrogations of the former Iraqi leader. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/54218/refid/RSS-latest-03-07-2009 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:36:00 +0100 Natural Resources Minister and UK High Representative called for Britain's continued support during this momentous year for the Kurdistan Region. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/54217/refid/RSS-latest-03-07-2009 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:19:00 +0100 Mr Nimrud Baito Youkhana, the Minister for Tourism in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and Secretary-General of the Assyrian Patriotic Party, talked of significant progress in ensuring religious freedom in the Kurdistan Region in Iraq. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/54216/refid/RSS-latest-03-07-2009 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:18:00 +0100 Withdrawal of US troops from Iraqi towns “Kirkuk question” must be resolved! Hillary Clinton must help resolve the conflicts over nationality. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/54215/refid/RSS-latest-03-07-2009 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:17:00 +0100 Iraq is still negotiating with Japan's Nippon Oil and Italy’s Eni over the huge Nassiriya oilfield, Iraqi oil officials said yesterday. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/54214/refid/RSS-latest-03-07-2009 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:15:00 +0100 The Iraqi government has approved the contract of the consortium of the British major BP and the Chinese Cnpc for the exploitation of the big oil field of Rumaila, in the south of the Arab country, with reserves of 17.7 billion barrels. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/54213/refid/RSS-latest-03-07-2009 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:08:00 +0100 Iraq’s Vice President Adel Abdulmahdi on Wednesday condemned the ‘terrorist’ bombing which killed scores of civilians in Kirkuk, noting that the aim of the attack is to flare up sectarian and ethnic tension in the country. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/54212/refid/RSS-latest-03-07-2009 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:37:00 +0100 U.S. President Barack Obama warned of tough times in Iraq after U.S. withdrawal from Iraqi cities, CNN reported Wednesday. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/54211/refid/RSS-latest-03-07-2009 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:37:00 +0100 Iraq said yesterday its state oil companies would manage and exploit two gasfields and possibly one oilfield that failed to attract acceptable bids from foreign companies in the country’s first post-war oil and gas licensing round. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/54210/refid/RSS-latest-03-07-2009 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:27:00 +0100 Marines with Task Force East assembled for a combat briefing Monday at Little Hall in preparation for an upcoming deployment to Iraq. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/54209/refid/RSS-latest-03-07-2009 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:24:00 +0100 A western writer said that Iraq should work hard for the rebuild of its middle class to help boosting stability after the U.S. withdrawal from Iraqi cities. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/54208/refid/RSS-latest-03-07-2009 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:24:00 +0100 Kurdish health minister said on Wednesday that his government decided to present financial aid to the Kirkuk blast victims’ families. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/54206/refid/RSS-latest-03-07-2009 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:22:00 +0100