Iraq Reconstruction News 30 December 2006

Iraq Reconstruction News
30 December 2006


1. Brookings Iraq Index 21 December 2006. http://www.brookings.edu/fp/saban/iraq/index.pdf

2. Iraq's Wildcats. With violence raging, some American investors are drilling for oil in the Kurdish-controlled north. Are they nuts? http://www.forbes.com/global/2007/0108/026.html

3. Dlrs 122m of goods exported to Iraq via Mehran. Non-oil exports to Iraq via Mehran international border point exceeded dlrs 122 million, announced manager of the Customs Office in Ilam province, Mohsen Jameh-Bozorgi on Wednesday. http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-234/0612278214194532.htm

4. Khuzestan to exhibit industrial capabilities in Iraq next year. AHVAZ, Khuzestan Prov. - An exhibition of industrial capabilities of this southern Iranian province will be held in the eastern Iraqi city of Al Amarah next year, IRNA reported. http://www.zawya.com/Story.cfm/sidZAWYA20061227054507/SecCountries/pagIraq/chnIraq%20News/obj2240355D-8F1A-11D4-867000D0B74A0D7C/

5. Analysis: Iraq oil in '07, bleak as '06. http://www.upi.com/Energy/view.php?StoryID=20061222-033854-6157r

6. India in Iraq oil foray. India's largest state-run and private-sector oil companies are in talks on the joint development of a field in Iraq to help satisfy their country's surging energy demand. http://www.zawya.com/Story.cfm/sidFFT106361BAC504A7/SecCountries/pagIraq/lok000000061227

7. Companies Likely to Make Forays Into Northern Iraq. South Korea will consider allowing South Korean companies to operate in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil on a case-by-case basis, government sources said Thursday. http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200612/kt2006122817581110510.htm

8. 2-year extension eyed for law on SDF role in Iraq reconstruction. The Yomiuri Shimbun. The government has decided to submit a bill to extend the special law on Japan's support for Iraq reconstruction, probably by two years from August, to the ordinary Diet session to be convened on Jan. 25, according to government sources. http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20061230TDY02010.htm

9. New water project in Diwaniya. http://www.portaliraq.com/news/New+water+project+in+Diwaniya__1112405.html

10. Draft law authorizes government to distribute oil revenues in Iraq. http://www.portaliraq.com/news/Draft+law+authorizes+government+to+distribute+oil+revenues+in+Iraq__1112391.html

11. Is the Iraqi economy crashing through here? Are we watching a John Ford western taking place in Iraq, where the private economy is in the role of the cavalry, riding to the rescue? In a column today in the New York Post called "The Boom Outside Baghdad" Amir Taheri contributes several possible tiles to this mosaic. http://www.iraqdirectory.com/DisplayNews.aspx?id=2840

12. Women Lawyers Gaining Ground. Growing conservatism in Iraqi society generates demand for female lawyers. http://www.iwpr.net/?p=icr&s=f&o=327558&apc_state=henpicr

13. Love of basketball brings players, fans back to court. http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2006-12-28-iraq-week_x.htm

14. Michael O'Hanlon on the Iraqi Economy. http://switchboard.real.com/player/email.html?PV=6.0.12&&title=Michael%20O%92Hanlon%20on%20the%20Iraqi%20Economy&link=rtsp%3A%2F%2Fvideo.c%2Dspan.org%2Fproject%2Firaq%2Firaq122206%5Finterviews.rm

15. U.S fund to carry out pioneering projects in Iraq. http://www.portaliraq.com/news/U.S+fund+to+carry+out+pioneering+projects+in+Iraq__1112393.html