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Al-Ghad is publishing, below, this important document, both in Arabic and English, by the prominent Iraqi oil expert, Mr. Fouad Qasim Al Amir. The document was a paper prepared by Mr. Al Amir, to be read at the Iraqi Oil Seminar, scheduled to be held in Paris on 25 - 27, February 2008.
However, Mr […]

The Iraqi Communist Party-Central Leadership, Calls for National Unity to Defeat Partition & Ocupation

The Iraqi Communist Party (ICP-CL), in a statement on 30 September 2007, condemned US Senate’s motion to partition Iraq on sectarian and ethnic lines. The party called for national unity, and proposes to form a united front by pateriotic parties to oppose partition and put an end the occupation of the country. The statement said that Senator Biden’s motion has already backfired. It was condemned by the great majority of the Iraqi people and the political personalities, including high-ranking officials of the US installed government. Among those who opposed the US Senate motion are the two vice-presidents of the Iraq, and the representatives of 8 parties and organisations, represented in Iraq Parliament.

The Federation of Iraqi oil workers unions issued a statement replying to “vicious attacks” by hired writers who came to Iraq with occupiers, and who knew nothing of the difficult situation in the country and the dangerous conditions under which the Oil Workers Union carried the struggle to safeguard the oil installations against destruction and […]

Bush-linked Texas oil company signs major deal with Kurdish Region in disputed areas
The deal between the Bush-linked “Hunt Oil Company” and the Kurdish Regional Government has uncovered a major crisis between the Maliki Government and the US, according to well-informed sources. The sources disclosed to Al-Ghad that the terms of the deal are still secret, […]

Although reported elsewhere, Al-Ghad is publishing the full text of a letter from the Iraqi Oil Ministry forbidding all dealings with Iraqi unions. This serves as a historical testament of the slide towards to the days of worker repression as practised by the previous regime in Iraq.

No. 25/262/ 12774Date: 18/7/2007
The Ministry of Oil Administration and […]

The Iraqi government has submitted yet another Draft Oil Law (linked below) after the much trumpeted draft of the July 3rd, 2007 that was approved by the cabinet and supposedly passed to the parliament for endorsement as is. The new draft has introduced several amendments in its second chapter that droped the name of the […]

Al-Ghad is publishing, below, the English translation of the statement signed by 108 Iraqi Oil Experts and other professionals to the Iraqi parliament.
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To the President and members of the Iraqi Council of Representatives
During the last six months, public opinion, and the signatories of this document (oil experts, lawyers and economists) have been occupied with the […]

Al-Ghad is pleased to publish the following important document. It is a letter addressed to the Iraqi Parliament, signed by 108 Iraqi Oil Experts, former Oil Ministers, legal experts, including Al-Ghad’s chief contributor, Fouad Qasim Alamir and many other prominent authorities and experts of the Iraqi nation oil industry. The letter denounced the indecent […]

Al Ghad is publishing a curious piece of publicity to force the Draft Oil Law through Iraq Parliament which is still unable to have a quorum, of a minimum of 138 MPs.
This publicity is made by a letter dated 10 July, 07, written by Dr Fadhil Chalabi, Executive Director of Centre For Global Energy Studies, […]

…as sent to the Iraqi Parliament.

Al-Ghad has just received the latest Draft of the Oil Law. It is dated 3 July, as it was adopted by the Iraq Council of Ministers (or, at least, those that cared to attend) on that date. It is this Draft which was referred to Parliament to discuss and vote […]