Iraq Reconstruction News 2 March 2007

Iraq Reconstruction News
2 March 2007


1. Iraq Weekly Status Report 28 February 2007 http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/81339.pdf

2. GRD Iraq Reconstruction Weekly Update 02/27/07 https://www.rebuilding-iraq.net/pls/portal/url/ITEM/07251F2EFBCA801DE040A8C00B0741F5

3. Brookings Iraq Index 26 February 2007 http://www.brookings.edu/fp/saban/iraq/index.pdf

4. IWPR Iraqi Press Monitor http://www.iwpr.net/?apc_state=henmicrmonth-2,year-2007&o=c-1-1172620800-2-1172707200-3-icr&o1=month-2,year-2007&month=2&year=2007

5. That long-awaited share-out - A new oil law, apparently agreed upon at last by Iraq's politicians, should prompt a gush of much-needed foreign investment to reach the country with the world's second-biggest petroleum reserves. The law's passage was delayed for over half a year by a row between Iraq's federal government in Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government, which runs much of the north-east, including some of Iraq's richest oilfields. Yet the law is still not quite complete. http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=8786337

6. Final Official Copy of the Iraqi Oil and Gas Law (in Arabic and English). Includes the 4 appendices and the Council of Ministers' resolution. http://raedinthemiddle.blogspot.com/2007/03/final-official-copy-of-iraqi-oil-and.html

7. Troubles for the Iraq Oil Deal - Barely two days have passed since Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki hailed the country's new petroleum law as a "solid base for unity of all Iraqis" — a rare boast these days. President Bush has also trumpeted it as proof that Iraq has a viable future. But parliamentarians and Iraq's oil unions have already begun mobilizing against the draft legislation, arguing that it is a desperate attempt by al-Maliki's government to satisfy Western demands, which could damage Iraq's economic future and speed the country's ultimate disintegration. http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1594388,00.html?xid=rss-topstories

8. Kurdish Officials Praise Iraqi Oil Draft Law, but Hurdles Remain - Irbil - Iraq's Cabinet approved a draft law this week that is considered a key step toward developing the country's vast oil and natural gas reserves. But VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Irbil that Kurdish officials say the agreement does not resolve how the country will divide up its oil revenue. http://voanews.com/english/2007-03-01-voa39.cfm

9. Calling on Malaysian companies for rebuilding Iraq - Dr. Humam Abdul-Majeed Chairman of Re-studying the Constitution Committee called on Malaysian companies to invest and participate in reconstructing Iraq and particularly in the sectors of building, energy, fuel, reconstructing roads and health facilities. http://www.iraqdirectory.com/DisplayNews.aspx?id=3244

10. Industry Ministry not establish more factories - minister. Duhuk (VOI) – The Iraqi Industry and Minerals Minister Fawzi al-Hariri said on Thursday that the ministry would not establish any factory in the country anymore and would encourage private sector to start industrial projects. http://www.aswataliraq.info/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=37920&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

11. Three trillion for oil and one for electricity - Yunadim Kanna, member of the Investment and Construction Committee in the Parliament, said that the 2007 budget, which was approved by the Parliament last week, allocated three trillion dinars to the Ministry of Oil, while more than one trillion dinars were allocated to the Ministry of Electricity. http://www.iraqdirectory.com/DisplayNews.aspx?id=3209

12. $1.5 m to rehabilitate Mosul Airport - The Nineveh Province council has allocated $2 millions and half to rehabilitate al-Mosul Civilian Airport while the Ministry of Health has signed ID20 billions contract to supply the health establishments at the province with its needs of the medical requirements.
http://www.iraqdirectory.com/DisplayNews.aspx?id=3235

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