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  1. News wires Monday, 01 February, 2010, 10:17 GMT Exports up to 30 January had averaged 1.98 million bpd. The SOMO official, who asked not to be identified, did not give a reason why the final figure fell but bad weather has interrupted exports from the southern oil hub of Basra in recent days, Reuters reported. Average exports from Basra stood at 1.451 million bpd for the month while exports from the Kirkuk fields in the north through the pipeline to the Turkish port of Ceyhan averaged 475,000 bpd, the official said. The average per barrel price paid for Iraqi crude was $73 for the month, he added.
  2. Iraqi Oil Minister Hussein al- Shahristani said on Tuesday that his country has no plan for a third round of auction to develop its oil fields due to the export capacity and global market considerations. "The limited ability of oil export at this stage prevents us from holding a third oil auction," al-Shahristani said in a statement posted on the website of the state-run National Media Center. He said that Iraq is also taking into consideration the stability of the world oil market as well as its own endeavor to get fair prices for its oil. Up to 10 contracts for developing oil fields were awarded at the two auctions in June and December 2009, and Iraq is expected to boost its oil output to around 12 million barrels per day (bpd) in six to seven years from the current capacity of around 2.5 million bpd. Estimated at 115 billion barrels, Iraq holds the world's third largest proven oil reserves, after Saudi Arabia and Iran.
  3. Iraqi officials say several factors have resulted in the country needing to import some 60 percent of its refined oil despite having huge reserves, RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraq reports. Ali Hassan Ballu, chairman of the parliament's Oil and Gas Committee, told RFE/RL on February 2 that a huge increase in demand from Iraqi consumers along with outdated refineries, a lack of investment, and insurgent attacks on oil resources have forced Iraq to import a majority of its oil by-products. More specifically, Ballu said Iraq has some refineries operating at just 50 percent capacity that can only turn crude into low-grade petroleum oil. He added that the government has also not invested in much-needed new catalytic-cracking facilities
  4. Wed Feb. 3, 2010 4:00 AM PST This story first appeared on the TomDispatch website. How the mighty have fallen. Just a few years ago, an overconfident Bush administration expected to oust Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, pacify the country, install a compliant client government, privatize the economy, and establish Iraq as the political and military headquarters for a dominating US presence in the Middle East. These successes were, in turn, expected to pave the way for ambitious goals, enshrined in the 2001 report of Vice President **** Cheney's secretive task force on energy. That report focused on exploiting Iraq's monstrous, largely untapped energy reserves
  5. Last month, 511 candidates were barred from participating in the 7 March Iraqi elections, ostensibly due to their links with Saddam Hussein's Ba'athist regime. While this applied to a mix of Sunni, Shia and secular candidates, the lack of transparency and accountability ensured that the step was widely regarded as a measure to marginalise the Sunni community. Despite a history of co-operative and peaceful existence, sectarian identities were politicised in Iraq by Saddam's extensive use of patronage networks. The security vacuum and insecurities that have plagued post-occupation Iraq have exacerbated these tensions. So has the use of proxies by Saudi Arabia and Iran. The boycott by Sunni parties undermined the legitimacy of the 2005 election and a similar scenario was feared again this year. The decision by the Accountability and Justice Commission to allow candidates to run, although not to hold office until they are cleared of Ba'athist links, should restore some credibility to the process. The decision appears to have been pushed through in part by US Vice-President Joe Biden, who visited Baghdad late last month. As such, it has been dismissed by some as an attempt to ensure "smooth sailing" until the US withdrawal.
  6. AP) The American military is rushing delivery of dozens of bomb-detection dogs to Iraq after accusations that widely used mechanical devices are ineffective to pinpoint explosives at checkpoints and other search sites, U.S. and Iraqi officials said. The first shipment of dogs - 25 expected Friday - comes amid pressure on Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki for security lapses after suspected Sunni militants scored a series of successes in carrying out major bombings in Baghdad, killing hundreds since August. The attacks have hurt his government's standing before next month's elections to pick Iraq's next parliament and leaders. Another 120 bomb-sniffing dogs are scheduled to arrive in Iraq over the next 12 months in Iraq, Army Maj. Sylvester Wegwu, a senior military adviser at the Baghdad Police College, told The Associated Press. "We have more requests than we have dogs and handlers," added police Brig. Gen. Mohammad Mesheb Hajea, who is in charge of the training program.
  7. A suicide attacker driving a minibus yesterday ploughed into a crowd of Shiite pilgrims in central Iraq, killing 23, in the second deadly assault on devotees this week. The bomber struck pilgrims walking on foot on the outskirts of the shrine city of Karbala, 110 kilometres south of Baghdad, where Shiites are massing to observe Arbaeen rituals. The attack also left 117 people wounded. Arbaeen marks 40 days after the Ashura anniversary commemorating the slaying of one of Shiite Islam's most revered figures, Imam Hussein, by the armies of the Sunni caliph Yazid in 680 AD. A senior health official in Karbala who gave the toll said at least one woman and three children were among the dead. The wounded are being treated at two hospitals in the city. An interior ministry official, who confirmed the casualty toll, said the bomber detonated an explosives-laden bus. The victims had been travelling from Hilla in Babil province and were among tens of thousands of Shiites, including many from neighbouring, heading to pay homage at Imam Hussein's shrine in Karbala, one of the holiest places in Shiite Islam. Worshippers continued to flock into the city yesterday despite the attack, said an AFP correspondent in the city, where tens of thousands of police and soldiers have been deployed to safeguard the ceremonies. Television pictures showed crowds on roads stretching into the far distance, walking as a sign of piety, and carrying flags adorned with Imam Hussein's image
  8. Maliki calls parliament to discuss candidate ban decisions Politics 2/4/2010 9:30:00 AM BAGHDAD, Feb 4 (KUNA) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki called the parliament for an extraordinary session to discuss the decisions on candidate bans, said an Iraqi member of parliament. MP Hasan Al-Sunaid, of the Rule of Law coalition headed by Al-Maliki, told KUNA here on Thursday that the coalition met on Wednesday and discussed the decision of an appeals authority which canceled a ban on some candidates. Meanwhile, elections commission member Hamdiya Al-Husaini told KUNA that the authority's decision also postponed consideration of complaints until after the elections. Iraqi legislative elections will be held on March 7. According to the election commission, 165 political groups of 12 coalitions will be competing.(end) mhg.ris KUNA 040930 Feb 10NNNN
  9. Asset Protection - Why Necessary? Why Offshore? By Wayne Wood If you are reading this you are apparently a person concerned with not only protecting that which you have worked hard to obtain, that which you hope to build and acquire in the future, but also with making sure the products of your labor are protected and transferred to those you care about. Sadly, in a society with excessive government bureaucracy, high taxation, as well as persons with a predatory nature and little in the way of moral principles, building and protecting wealth and assets can be a difficult challenge. It is sad that anyone should have to set up a structure so sophisticated just to protect what he/she has lawfully acquired. If we could count on everyone to be as moral as we consider ourselves to be, if we could expect our rights to be properly protected by the courts, having an asset protection plan would not be necessary. Unfortunately this is far from the case. First let us consider the three biggest obstacles to protecting and transferring assets.
  10. however it has been done in the past would be irrelevant, the Moderators and administrators would have to have some kind of authority or else they would be just a name and figurehead and no one would pay them any attention if they dont have some kind of authority and control
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