The polls are closed and it wasn’t the carnage some were expecting it to be. True, it is quite disturbing to wake up to the sound of mortars on elections day. But that’s not surprising, this is Baghdad after all. Bottom line, Iraq has voted for the second full-term parliament since 2003 despite the threats, the intimidations, the chaos, the interference, and the “de-baathification” saga by the “not so” independent…
Tag: Iyad Allawi
Iraqi Plan for Radical Oil Reform Runs Into Controversy
30 September 2004 Iraq’s interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi has taken the unusual step of suggesting that the Iraqi government disengage from running the oil sector, including management of the planned Iraq National Oil Co. (INOC), and that INOC be partly privatized in the future. Although a formal oil policy is desperately needed in Iraq, the proposals have provoked controversy, given their submission ahead of elections scheduled for January, which…
Iraq Sets Year-End Goal for INOC Rebirth
14 October 2004 Iraq’s interim Council of Ministers is expected to review a proposal to recreate a state oil company by next month at the latest, ahead of announcing its reestablishment before the end of the year, Iraq’s interim Oil Minister Thamer al-Ghadban said Wednesday. The proposal — which calls for the establishment of the Iraq National Oil Co. (INOC) as a holding company, with the existing North Oil Co.,…