Iraq Reconstruction News 14 January 2007

Iraq Reconstruction News
14 January 2007


1. Getting Iraq to Work. WSJ. The American mission in Iraq must succeed. Our goal -- promoting a stable, accountable democracy in the heart of the Middle East -- cannot be achieved by purely military means. Iraqis need to establish a civil society. Without the support of mediating civic and social associations -- the informal ties that bind us together -- no government can long remain stable and no cohesive nation can be maintained. To establish a civil society, Iraqis must rebuild their basic infrastructure. Iraqis must take control of their destiny by rebuilding houses, stores, schools, roads, highways, mosques and churches. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB116856742134074619.html?mod=opinion_main_commentaries

2. IWPR Iraqi Press Monitor http://www.iwpr.net/?apc_state=henmicrc-1-1168560000-2-1168646400-3-icr&o=c-1-1168560000-2-1168646400-3-icr&o1=month-1,year-2007&month=1&year=2007

3. USAID Iraq Humanitarian and Reconstruction Assistance Updates. Report #2 http://www.usaid.gov/iraq/updates/jan07/iraq_fs02_010807.pdf Financial Summary #2 http://www.usaid.gov/iraq/updates/jan07/iraq_sum02_010807.pdf

4. Iraq Arms Sales Notifcations to U.S. Congress - 2006. Trucks, Vehicles, Trailers http://www.dsca.osd.mil/PressReleases/36-b/2007/Iraq_07-09.pdf King Air 350ER and potentially other aircraft http://www.dsca.osd.mil/PressReleases/36-b/2006/Iraq_06-73.pdf AN/FPS-117 or TPS-77 Long Range Air Traffic Control Radar http://www.dsca.osd.mil/PressReleases/36-b/2006/Iraq_06-72.pdf Helicopters, vehicles, weapons and support http://www.dsca.osd.mil/PressReleases/36-b/2006/Iraq_06-69.pdf Logistics support for helicopters, vehicles and weapons http://www.dsca.osd.mil/PressReleases/36-b/2006/Iraq_06-68.pdf

5. Oil ministry to set up contract department. http://www.aswataliraq.info/modules.php?p=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=34992&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

6. War News Radio. Stay the Course: Take Two. http://warnewsradio.org/

7. New Networks Monitor Power Distribution in Iraq. AN NASSIRIYAH, Iraq -- Restoring and improving the electrical supply in Iraq has been one of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ biggest and most costly challenges. http://www.grd.usace.army.mil/news/releases/NR07-01-08.html

8. Ministry implements 425 billion-dinar projects. Azzaman. The Ministry of Industry has carried out projects worth 425 billion dinars in 2006, the minister, Fawzi Hariri, said. Hariri said the projects were part of contracts his ministry had signed with other government bodies. http://www.azzaman.com/english/index.asp?fname=news\2007-01-09\kurd1.htm

9. Iraq's economic strides. Did you know that Iraqi real-estate prices have gone up several hundred percent since the fall of Saddam Hussein? http://washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20070107-095331-4955r.htm

10. The Task before Us. Rebuilding Iraq will require uncommon perseverance -- and large amounts of money, manpower, and time. http://www.hoover.org/publications/digest/4552951.html

11. The exodus of academics has lowered educational standards. BAGHDAD - "You are on the list of the teachers who are going to be killed this month for not obeying our demands to leave Iraq," said a hand-written letter which was left at Dr Hamida Bakri's door. http://electroniciraq.net/news/2801.shtml

12. In Baghdad Slum, Sectarian Strife Is Also Child's Play. War Games Are Part of Life For Little Hassoni Hussein, A Shiite in Sadr City, Now 5. BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A year ago, a young gunman walked into Ali Hussein's living room and drew a weapon. The intruder's head was wrapped in a scarf, leaving a narrow slit for his eyes. His clothes were all black, the favorite attire of a powerful Shiite Muslim militia. He introduced himself as a commander, shouted the incantation "God is greater" and warned Sunni Muslims not to fight back. With that, he raised his plastic pistol. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB116846808716873052.html?mod=special_page_iraq_1

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