Iraq Oil Profits

Iraq Struggles To Attract Foreign Oil Investors

New York Times | TIMOTHY WILLIAMS | Posted 10.14.2009 | World


BAGHDAD -- In its drive to expand and modernize Iraq's oil sector, the government of Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki is stumbling over the competi...

Why Are U.S. Taxpayers Funding Reconstruction While Iraq Reaps Oil Profits?

Rep. Maxine Waters | Posted 09.07.2008 | Politics


Rep. Maxine Waters

An American military occupation has not created meaningful political progress, and the Government of Iraq has allowed U.S. taxpayers to foot the bill for rebuilding Iraq.

Baghdad Bling

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 09.06.2008 | Politics


Amb. Marc Ginsberg

The sheer audacity of this White House is beyond belief -- why are we permitting Iraq's government to get away with this highway robbery when it could easily shoulder more of the reconstruction burden?

Stolen Oil Profits "Money Pit" Of Iraq Insurgency

New York Times | RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


The Baiji refinery, with its distillation towers rising against the Hamrin Mountains, may be the most important industrial site in the Sunni Arab-domi...