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JULY, 2004

July 30
Audit Finds Fraud, Other Abuses in Iraq Contract Awards
Washington Post (free registration required)

UK links to Iraq corruption probe
BBC

US lifts Iraq sanctions
AFP

Saudi to give $1b aid to Iraq soon
Xinhua

Charges of fraud in Iraq contracts
LA Times (free registration required)

Managing Iraq's oil
Daily Star

Iraq's labor force stifling growth: they need not work but must be paid
Chicago Tribune

Powell: U.S. Will Help Iraq Create Jobs
AP

Donations to help Army rebuild Iraq
Army News Service

Textron Systems to Provide Armored Security Vehicles to Newly Formed Iraqi Civil Intervention Force
Textron Systems press release

July 29
Consultant slams Halliburton contract
San Francisco Chronicle

Iraq boosts Al-Lehaif oil field production
MENAFN

U.S. Reviews Iraq Rebuilding, May Shift Funds
Reuters

Iraqi-Americans Work to Improve Business Landscape in Iraq
VOA

Iraq's economy remains troubled
Knight Ridder (free registration required)

Petrel's Iraqi oilfield plan
Guardian

US unions take up Iraqi labor cause
Foreign Policy in Focus

U.S. says Iraqi postal service improving
AP

July 28
U.N. and Congress in Dispute Over Iraq Oil-for-Food Inquiries
New York Times (free registration required)

18 million in U.S. gear is missing
Bloomberg

Russia Will Train Iraqi Oil Workers With Eye on Future Deals
CNSNews.com

Iraq Airforce to Get First New Aircraft
Reuters

Petrel pressing on with Iraq tenders
BizWorld

Powell urges allies not to leave Iraq
Washington Post

Iraq reconstruction flawed, say experts
UPI

Hostages' Kin Want Control of Contracts
Nation

Iraq's farm reforms in need of global support
MENAFN

Iraqi clerics laud Japan's role in reconstruction
Japan Times

Weir group needs tighter controls
Accountancy Age

Russian, French diplomats discuss Iraq's reconstruction in Moscow
ITAR-TASS

Saudi, Iraq to Reopen Embassies Closed Since Gulf War
Reuters

July 27
U.N. controller says it may take 18 months to establish a system to track oil production in Iraq
AP

Iraq eyes oil exports through Lebanon
MENAFN

Halliburton unit gets Navy contract
Reuters

War of attrition takes its toll on Iraq's rejuvenation
FT

Militant group threatens to block Iraqi-Jordanian highway
AP

Report: CACI interrogators lacked training, but met contract
Washington Technology

U.S. seeks to speed rebuilding of Iraq
New York Times

Security a major obstacle for Iraq's economy
Daily Star

July 26
Western Ways Force Iraq to Trim Water Projects
New York Times (free registration required)

Explosion leaves Iraq oil pipeline ablaze
Reuters

Iraq, Syria sign oil cooperation accord
AFP

Insecurity hinders Iraq bid to attract investors
Gulf Daily News

Cash becomes part of U.S. arsenal in dealing with Iraqis
Washington Post

Iraqi industries limp toward future
Chicago Tribune (free registration required)

Desperate Filipinos line up for Iraq jobs
Chicago Tribune (free registration required)

July 23
Halliburton, ex-employees at odds on claims of money wasted in Iraq
Philadelphia Inquirer (free registration required)

EU Lifts Iraq Weapons Embargo
Deutsche Welle

Egyptians invited to invest in Iraq
AFP

Weir in the dock as it is forced to admit to Iraq irregularities
Scotsman

Senators urge State to speed up Iraq reconstruction
AP

Halliburton reports $663 million loss
AP

Kuwaiti Co will quit Iraq to save hostages
Press Trust of India/AP

Philippine president bans "cross-border assignments" of OFWs
Xinhua

July 22
Firm's Iraq contracts discrepancy
BBC

Iraq puts food contracts out to tender
Scotsman

Halliburton May Settle SEC Accounting Investigation, People Say
Bloomberg

Dyncorp seeks to overturn Iraq contract
FT

GAO: Army bungled Iraq contract management
AP

US looks at 'allies only' Iraq contracts
FT

State Dept. Criticizes Focus of Iraq Effort
LA Times (free registration required)

New license agreement extends MAXIMO role in Iraq
MRO Software press release

Iraq eyes to export oil through Jordan
Xinhua

U.S. clears way for arms sales to Iraq
AP

July 20
Iraq probe on Halliburton arm
Herald Sun

Rebuilding of Iraq, tiny ways at a time
International Herald Tribune

Iraq's interim prime minister discusses oil pipeline with Jordan's king
AP

CACI Corrects Public Information About its Services Contract for U.S. Army Interrogation Support in Iraq
CACI press release

Halliburton Iran deals under fire
BBC

How has the US been spending other people's billions?
Guardian

July 19
White House Won't Give UN Details on Halliburton in Iraq
Moscow Times

Reconstruction of Iraq Costs Min. $9 Billion
Zaman

New Iraq stock market off to a booming start
San Francisco Chronicle

Prominent Iraqi-Owned Kubba Commercial Selects Unison for Public Relations Efforts
Unison press release

Managing Iraq's oil
Straits Times

Iraq raises $103m in post-Saddam bond sale
Business Report

Baghdad Real Estate Sizzles Amid Chaos
LA Times (free registration required)

July 16
House committee seeks records on oil
Washington Post

UK blocks US plans to spend oil fund on museum
Guardian

Iraq Delays Big Oil Deals
Reuters

U.S. Army Translation Competition Delayed by Protest
Bloomberg

Iraq oil audit faults financial controls
AP

Iraq oil lines sabotaged
Australian

U.S. finds jobs in Iraq for nuclear scientists
Boston Globe

Despite setbacks, Iraq rebuilding shows signs of hope
Philadelphia Inquirer (free registration required)

July 14
Iraq reconstruction projects pick up
Knight Ridder

Advocates of War Now Profit From Iraq's Reconstruction
LA Times (free registration required)

Second Iraq Education Contract Goes to U.S. Firm
Reuters

UN scandal tests investigators
Christian Science Monitor

Iraq requests UAE to write off all its debt
Xinhua

Board concerned about absence of equipment to monitor Iraq's oil production
AP

General Dynamics gets contract extension
American City Business Journals

Rebuilding Iraq on the cheap?
Christian Science Monitor

Promised international aid to Iraq is slow in appearing
LA Times

July 2
Marines hand over special projects funding to new Iraqi government
US Marine Corps press release

Pierce Gets $27M Contract for 79 Trucks
AP (free registration required)

United Defense gets $191 million contract to refurbish Bradley Fighting Vehicles
Daily Courier

New Regime Has Little Cash but Lots of Debts
Global Information Network

Iraqi firm denies busting U.N. sanctions, diverting funds to Saddam Hussein
AP

Phillipines Gov’t allows deployment of OFWs to Iraq
Manilla Bulletin

July 1
Seabee OICC Awards Fve Key Contracts in Iraq
Navy NewsStand

Iraqi finance ministry official dies in bomb attack
Xinhua

IMF says recognition of Iraq 'imminent'
AP

Transfer of authority eliminates Seabee role in contracts
Sun Herald

Hussein Defies Iraq Court's Authority, Says He's Still Leader
Bloomberg

New Iraq Not Tempting to Corporations
LA Times (free registration required)

 

   
 

CSIS: Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq
December 2007 report from the Center for Strategic & International Studies assessing the U.S. Defense Departments latest report on Iraq. The CSIS report cites "strong indicators that the glass has gone from one that was mostly empty to one that is at least half full," but adds that the military assessment "scarcely describes a stable or secure Iraq and it indicates that the Iraq War still presents a high risk of failure."

IMF Review (August, 2007) PDF file
Report on Iraq’s economic situation, the effects of deteriorations in security, and progress on strengthening macroeconomic and structural reforms, based on IMF meetings with Iraqi officials and analysis by the IMF staff and Executive Board.

 

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Development Fund for Iraq: Summary of 2007 Audit PDF file
Ernst & Young's summary of findings for the period ending December 31, 2006, from the International Advisory and Monitoring Board for Iraq (IAMB).

Smuggling of Crude Petroleum and Products (In Arabic) PDF file
2006
The second transparency report produced by the inspector general of Iraq's ministry of oil, describing corruption in the oil sector, and in particular the multi-billion dollar smuggling of crude petroleum and refined products.

 

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