JULY, 2005

July 28
Former Bush aide turns critic as Iraq inspector
Wall Street Journal

Iraq to use Iranian ports: Iraqi Minister
IranMania

For Sale: Iraq's Cell-Phone Franchises
TechWeb.com

Postwar Iraq a U.S. failure, report says
AP

Suspected bomb hits oil train near Baghdad
Reuters

Iraq constitution delay decision left to last minute
Reuters

Iraqis fire shots into Kuwait to protest border barrier: report
Xinhua

Construction on new port underway
Ynetnews

Kuwait's PWC Says Pentagon Okays $1.5 Billion Contract
Reuters

July 27
U.S. Probes if Syria Spent Iraq Oil Profit
AP

Iraq Announces Terms of Commercial Debt Settlement Offer
Business Wire

Iraq health update - Summer 2005
Relief Web (report)

Minster: Iran to support Iraq reconstruction with $1 billion
MENAFN

Two UN officials focus of new oil-for-food report
Reuters

US to sharply cut Iraq force by '06
Reuters

Aug 15 'deadline' for Iraq statute
Reuters

Iraq suffers from shortage of food items
MENAFN

Official: Iraq and AWB haven't agreed on wheat price yet
MENAFN

July 26
Iraq's oil ownership to be agreed soon
UPI

Panel says inquiry into UN official is complete
New York Times

Iraqis race to fashion constitution as factions remain deeply divided
KRT

Iraq pleads for greater external role in rebuilding
Monday Morning

Constitution draft worries Iraqi women
Boston Globe

Iraqis relieved over 'stable dinar'
Reuters

'Barrier' on Kuwait-Iraq border
Trade Arabia

July 25
Iran allocates dlrs 1b to Iraq reconstruction: Minister
IRNA

Iraq needs $20 billion for electricity
UPI

Iran to help rebuild Iraq's petrochem industry
IranMania

The constitution and the Kurds
Boston Globe

$29 mln of non-oil exports to Iraq from Ilam
IranMania

Iraq praises Iran support for reconstruction of Baghdad museum
IRNA

Sunnis to join Iraq's constitution commission
AP

Iraq urged to boost border security
Trade Arabia

Iraq allocates $266 million to support the provision card
MENAFN

LIFE, IHH to upgrade healthcare center in Iraq
MENAFN

Karbala Water Treatment Plant expected to be completed in September 2005
USAID

Officials discuss Iraq's private sector, foreign investment in Iraq
USAID

Women receive business opportunities in Iraqi flower nursery
USAID

July 22
German-Iraqi business conference highlights opportunities
Germany Info

Iraq report measures political, economic, security improvements
Portal Iraq

Iraq near 1.3 million tons in U.S., Australia hard wheat deals
Yahoo

$180 million Ex-Im Bank insurance policy approved for Trade Bank of Iraq transactions
Portal Iraq

Arbil-Dubai flight launched
Trade Arabia

Iraq may auction off up to 5 new wireless licences
Reuters

July 21
World Bank plans first loan to Iraq since 1973
Portal Iraq

WHO calls for more investment in Iraqi health
Portal Iraq

MTC Group to participate in the Iraqi Mobile Conference
Portal Iraq

Property Leasing Program continues in Fallujah
Portal Iraq

MTC to participate in the Iraqi Mobile Conference
MENAFN

Women's rights call to Iraq
Reuters

July 20
Iraq Wins Donor Support For Leading Reconstruction
AP

Iraq Reconstruction Projects Face Hurdles
AP

Arab states should help Iraq debt relief -Germany
Reuters

Iraq, neighbours vow security deal
Trade Arabia

Iraq Reconstruction Conference Ends Today
AP

Iraq's mobile telecoms put up for tender
Times Online

Iraq to tender $1bn new refinery
AME Info

Iraq's stability will reflect positively on the region - Kuwaiti envoy
KUNA

Development strategy seen transforming Iraq into 'prosperous, market-oriented powerhouse'
Jordan Times

July 19
World pledges more aid for Iraq's reconstruction
Xinhuanet

Billions to rebuild Iraq still unspent
AP

Iraq's first WB loan in 30 years
TSS

Nearly 25,000 civilians killed in Iraq since US invasion: report
Xinhuanet

Iran, Iraq Agree On Oil Pipelines
The Media Line

IDB lends, grants Iraq USD 500 million
KUNA

Iraq sees 10pc growth
Reuters

Baghdad doctors protest
Reuters

Iraq 'not safe for Saddam trial'
Trade Arabia

Iraqi Minister shuns shortfall in donor aid
MENAFN

Iraq has massive oil reserves in western governorates -- official
KUNA

Iraq Seeks Greater International Role in Rebuilding
Arab News

July 18
Iraq donors gather for conference
BBC

Iraq tells donors graft undermining rebuilding
Reuters

Strike causes Iraq to stop oil exports for a day
AFP

Official: Iraq Wants to End Its Monopolies
AP

Iran, Iraq to build 3 pipelines to exchange Iraqi crude for Iranian oil products
AFX

Oil-For-Food Probe Finds Mismanagement
AP

Australia : $2.3 million for southern Iraq reconstruction
Portal Iraq

Putin and Turkey’s Erdogan Discuss Electricity Supplies to Iraq
MosNews

World Bank lends Iraq $500 million for rebuilding
Reuters

Iran plans $1bn credit line to boost Iraq trade
Reuters

Engineers work to complete repairs at power plant north of Baghdad
Portal Iraq

Top businessman to invest billions in Iraq
MENAFN

MTC Atheer to expand mobile cover to N.Iraq soon
Reuters

Opinion: U.S. must target wisely foreign aid money
Indianapolis Star

July 15
Officials: Iraq defense agency squandered millions
Knight Ridder

GAO investigator rips Pentagon on Iraq war finances
Boston Globe

Oil revenue theft adds to problems in Iraq
UPI

US Deputy Secretary of State assesses Iraq's economic reconstruction
Portal Iraq

Why Iraq oil money hasn't fueled rebuilding
Christian Science Monitor

Iraq: Kuwaiti Envoy Says War Compensation Should Continue
RFE/RL

Corruption threatens to leave Iraq with a 'ghost army'
Belfast Telegraph

Phase Two of Oil Terminal Security Turnover Begins
NNS

Iraq costs hit ArmorGroup
RFE/RL

Iran's oil diplomacy frustrates U.S. policy
Daily Star

July 14
New U.S. Envoy to Rethink Reconstruction
Los Angeles Times

Iraq's Tayyiba Airline links Baghdad to Dubai
MENAFN

APU writes off Iraq's debt
MENAFN

Iraqis sell their blood to survive: report
Trade Arabia

Pentagon aide admits mistakes in Iraq
Washington Post, New York Times

Iraq, Iran to sign major energy deals
Reuters

Write off Iraq's debt, pleads MP
Waltham Forest Guardian

July 13
Arab Parliamentarians drop Iraq's debt to them
KUNA

Iraqi PM fears worse to come from insurgents
Japan Today

A new chapter to open in Iran-Iraq relations: Iranian diplomat
IRNA

Jordan to host Iraq aid conference
Trade Arabia

Arab Rulers Mull Iraq’s New Deal
Chattanoogan (opinion)

Iraqis Rebuilding Iraq provides jobs for experts
Portal Iraq

Report released on Iraq's cement plants
Portal Iraq

July 12
South African-Iraq oil deal shrouded in controversy
Mail & Guardian

US and Iraqi officials sign economic, aid and development agreements
Jordan Times

Iraqi Official Says Iran Will Not Train Troops
Washington Post

Kuwait to renew oil contract with Iraqi authorities
Xinhuanet

NYC Investigates Ex-Oil-For-Food Chief
AP

L-3 Wins Iraq Intelligence Deal Worth Up To $427 Million
Reuters

Court rules in whistle-blower Iraq case
Reuters

July 11
More than 60 countries to discuss progress of Iraq reconstruction
Portal Iraq

Iraq, U.S. Sign Cooperation Agreement
UPI

Envoy's plea on Iraqi debt
Sofia Echo

Egyptian banks not to open branches in Iraq
MENAFN

Iraq replaces oil chief Sultan, denies oilfield auction
Bloomberg

Iraq seeks telecom proposals
Trade Arabia

Research and Markets offers insight into Iraq's oil industry
MENAFN

Iraqi SME's receive grants, training
MENAFN

Turkish-US partnership to extract oil in Northern Iraq
MENAFN

Japan : Government signs contract to further aid of Iraqi roads reconstruction
Portal Iraq

July 8
Japan : Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomes Iraq's participation in Chemical Weapons Convention training course
Portal Iraq

Iran, Iraq to OK Military Pact, Including Troop Training Help
Reuters

11 Southern Iraqi Oil Fields To Go Up For Tender
AKI

Iraq receives agricultural help with grants
USAID

Eight sewage pumping stations rehabilitated in Iraq
USAID

Small and medium-sized Iraqi businesses receive grants, training
USAID

U.S. Government Fining Activists for Taking Medicine to Iraq
Institute for Public Accuracy (press release)

July 7
Halliburton gets $6.7b Iraq contract
Reuters

Iran, Iraq to sign military accord
Reuters

MNF-Iraq releases fact sheet on Iraq reconstruction, military progress
Portal Iraq

Soda bottlers gain in Iraq
ISX-Aman

Knowledge inForm, Inc. to help modernize library systems of Iraq
MENAFN

Company from Parana exports auto parts to Iraq
ANBA

July 6
Arab League cancels 70% of Iraq's debts
MENAFN

U.N. to release notes for oil-for-food probe
AP

Halliburton's Higher Bill
Washington Post

Textron wins $500mln armored vehicle deal
Reuters

Analysis: Where Has All the Money Gone?
London Review of Books

Army buys $12M in blimps for Iraq
UPI

Samawah signs USD eight million medical contract with Japanese troops - Iraq
Kuwait News Agency

July 5
Attacks on oil fields cost Iraq $11.35 billion
Al Jazeera

Iraq reconstruction riddled with waste, audits find
NNS

Iran, Iraq to construct swap oil pipeline: Zanganeh
MNA

Amman conference on developing Iraq
IDP (press release)

Australia s AWB Bids For Iraq Wheat Tender - Official
Dow Jones

Iraq boosts oil exports
Reuters

Iraq insurgents seek official talks with US
Trade Arabia

Iraq buys flour from Iran
Reuters

Officials see growth through privatization - Iraq
MENAFN

NATO to open training centre in Bagdad
MENAFN

Iraqi universities to receive environmental health resource centers
MENAFN

Iraq seeks to get domain name in cyberspace soon
MENAFN

July 1
Audits find rebuilding of Iraq bungled
NNS

Iraq compensation put at $52.5bn
BBC News

World Bank to agree on Iraqi lending plan soon
Portal Iraq

Baghdad mayor seeks more aid, threatens to quit
AP

Southern Iraq marred by lack of governance, corruption, and unemployment
Khaleej Times

Fire at power station leaves millions in Baghdad without water
AP

Muslim nations vow to help end Iraq insurgency
Reuters

Iraqi officials develop water plan
Portal Iraq

Lessons for Iraq business members on bank lending expected to generate Iraq employment and Iraq business growth
USAID

Baghdad International Airport to achieve 100 percent electrical self-sufficiency
USAID

New expansion of Baghdad power plant produces electricity
USAID