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Source: themedialine.org --- 24 days ago
Egypt sent a delegation to Iraq this week to check the diplomatic compounds and examine the technical, managerial and security aspects of reopening an Embassy in Baghdad. Cairo closed down its Embassy in 2005 after its ambassador to Baghdad Ihab A-Sharif was kidnapped and killed in 2005. Egypt is one of several Arab countries considering upgrading diplomatic ties with Baghdad after embassies were closed down or scaled back after the United States-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. Four A... ...
Source: news.yahoo.com --- 58 days ago
AP - Trying to escape Baghdad's sweltering summer with a quick Green Zone dip? Don't forget your poolside weapons etiquette if you work at the U.S. Embassy there. ... Source: topics.cnn.com --- 51 days ago
A State Department official says the United States has taken ownership of the mammoth new, heavily fortified Embassy in Baghdad after months of delay ... Source: www.washingtonpost.com --- 51 days ago
In effort to raise new capital, troubled mortgage-finance giant requests permission from SEC. ... Source: www.moreover.com --- 16 days ago
Within its 0600 gmt newscast, the channel carries the following reports: - 'An official Egyptian delegation began a visit to Iraq to study [the possibility of] reopening the Egyptian Embassy in Baghdad. The Embassy has been closed for two years. In ... Source: seattlepi.nwsource.com --- 33 days ago
BEIJING -- A massive new U.S. Embassy, the second-largest in the world after the heavily fortified compound in Baghdad, formally opens in the Chinese capital this week, a testament to the depth and breadth of the ties binding the trading partners and sometimes rivals. ... Source: latimesblogs.latimes.com --- 28 days ago
Five years after Saddam Hussein's parliament last met there, Iraq's former national assembly building is ready to be used by the country's new leaders — well, almost. One critical element was missing during Sunday's ceremony marking the completion of major renovations of the structure: air conditioning. Iraqi government officials sat in the new, powder-blue seats fanning themselves with paper as Prime Minister Nouri Maliki and Cabinet ministers took the podium to congratulate the Ministry of Construction and Housing for its work. If all goes according to plan, the national parliament will meet there when lawmakers resume work Sept. 9 following their summer break. One remarkable thing about the new meeting place is that it is not inside the Green Zone, the heavily fortified enclave in Baghdad that houses the U.S. Embassy, most Iraqi government buildings and the former Convention Center that for years has served as the meeting site for the post-Hussein parliament. The new site covers a vast compound surrounded by busy avenues, but like much of Baghdad, it is ringed by high concrete blast walls and is virtually invisible from the street except for the entrance. After Sunday's ceremony, armed guards there tentatively let visitors past them to take a peek at the beige structure. The building looked ready for use, but the surrounding area is badly in need of landscaping. That didn't put a damper on the ceremony. Maliki and other speake ... Source: latimesblogs.latimes.com --- 15 days ago
The long-suffering bill that would govern Iraq's oil industry and divvy up oil wealth has been stalled more than a year, bogged down in political squabbling and symbolic of problems rippling below the surface here despite success on the security front. Just last year, U.S. and Iraqi officials repeatedly announced that passage of the oil bill was imminent. The bill was seen as crucial to laying the groundwork for long-term security and political reconciliation in Iraq, since it would guarantee equal distribution of the oil profits on which Iraq's economy depends. Now, the topic rarely comes up, and when it does, it is in a far more sober context. At a recent meeting with journalists in Baghdad, the U.S. Embassy's outgoing economic ambassador, Charles Ries, admitted that political differences blocking passage of the so-called hydrocarbon bill are too entrenched to predict when it might become law. "I was quite optimistic when I got here," said Ries, who arrived in July 2007. "I was quite optimistic it was only a month or two" before the bill passed. "The more I understood what the real issues were … it was clear this was going to be a major political challenge," said Ries. Those challenges are rooted in Kurdish demands for more power over oil fields in the autonomous Kurdistan region and over oil contracts Kurdish authorities have already signed. Other sticky issues include how to manage Iraq's existing oil fields and fields known t ... Source: www.slate.com --- 42 days ago
The New York Times leads with the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad announcing that it has expanded its program to help Iraqis who face threats because of their work for the American government obtain visas to live in the United States. Although the program was instituted at the beginning of the year, it can start to be really implemented only now that the guidelines have been finalized and more staff has been assigned to deal with the applications. USA Today leads with a look at how states stepped up efforts to inspect bridges after last year's collapse in Minneapolis that killed 13 people, but many are having trouble coming up with the billions of dollars that would be needed to make the necessary repairs. Some states have closed bridges, and others are repairing the ones that are in the worst shape, but long-term planning is still falling by the wayside. "We will see more bridge collapses," a bridge engineering expert predicts. [ more ... ] ...
Source: clipmarks.com --- 27 days ago
clipped by: sahara Clip Source: news.aol.com Iraq and the U.S. are near an agreement on all American combat troops leaving Iraq by October 2010, with the last soldiers out three years after that, two Iraqi officials told The Associated Press on Thursday. U.S. officials, however, insisted no dates had been agreed. The proposed agreement calls for Americans to hand over parts of Baghdad's Green Zone -- where the U.S. Embassy is located -- to the Iraqis by the end of 2008. It would also remove U.S. forces from Iraqi cities by June 30, 2009, according to the two senior officials, both close to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and familiar with the negotiations. the Shiite cleric will call on his fighters to maintain a cease-fire against American troops -- but may lift the order if the security agreement fails to contain a timetable for a U.S. withdrawal This move is meant to offer an incentive for the foreign forces to withdraw," al-Obeidi said. ... Source: clipmarks.com --- 30 days ago
clipped by: tommy2balmy clipper's remarks: All combat troops out by 2010, support personnel out by 2013? Clip Source: www.cbsnews.com Iraq and the U.S. are near an agreement on all American combat troops leaving Iraq by October 2010, with the last soldiers out three years after that, two Iraqi officials told The Associated Press on Thursday. U.S. officials, however, insisted no dates had been agreed. The proposed agreement calls for Americans to hand over parts of Baghdad's Green Zone — where the U.S. Embassy is located — to the Iraqis by the end of 2008. It would also remove U.S. forces from Iraqi cities by June 30, 2009, according to the two senior officials, both close to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and familiar with the negotiations. The officials said all U.S. combat troops would leave Iraq by October 2010, with the remaining support personnel gone "around 2013." Both Iraqi and American officials agreed that the deal is not final and that a major unresolved issue is the U.S. demand for immunity for U.S. soldiers from prosecution under Iraqi law. The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad declined to comment Tags: iraq , us , us occupation ... Source: www.kentucky.com --- 30 days ago
Iraq and the U.S. are near an agreement on all American combat troops leaving Iraq by October 2010, with the last soldiers out three years after that, two Iraqi officials told The Associated Press on Thursday. U.S. officials, however, insisted no dates had been agreed. The proposed agreement calls for Americans to hand over parts of Baghdad's Green Zone - where the U.S. Embassy is located - to the Iraqis by the end of 2008. It would also remove U.S. forces from Iraqi cities by June 30, 2009, according to the two senior officials, both close to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and familiar with the negotiations. The officials, who spoke separately on condition of anonymity because the talks are ongoing, said all U.S. combat troops would leave Iraq by October 2010, with the remaining support personnel gone "around 2013." The schedule could be amended if both sides agree - a face-saving escape clause that would extend the presence of U.S. forces if security conditions warrant it. U.S. acceptance - even tentatively - of a specific timeline would represent a dramatic reversal of American policy in place since the war began in March 2003. Both Iraqi and American officials agreed that the deal is not final and that a major unresolved issue is the U.S. demand for immunity for U.S. soldiers from prosecution under Iraqi law. ... Source: www.myrtlebeachonline.com --- 30 days ago
Iraq and the U.S. are near an agreement on all American combat troops leaving Iraq by October 2010, with the last soldiers out three years after that, two Iraqi officials told The Associated Press on Thursday. U.S. officials, however, insisted no dates had been agreed. The proposed agreement calls for Americans to hand over parts of Baghdad's Green Zone - where the U.S. Embassy is located - to the Iraqis by the end of 2008. It would also remove U.S. forces from Iraqi cities by June 30, 2009, according to the two senior officials, both close to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and familiar with the negotiations. The officials, who spoke separately on condition of anonymity because the talks are ongoing, said all U.S. combat troops would leave Iraq by October 2010, with the remaining support personnel gone "around 2013." The schedule could be amended if both sides agree - a face-saving escape clause that would extend the presence of U.S. forces if security conditions warrant it. ... Source: www.myrtlebeachonline.com --- 29 days ago
The Baghdad Zoo on Friday welcomed a pair of rare Bengal tiger cubs that were donated by a North Carolina animal sanctuary despite protests by animal rights activists. The tigers - a male and a female named Riley and Hope - frolicked with red and blue balls in a wading pool and playfully wrestled with each other in their cage, while U.S. soldiers and journalists snapped pictures and delighted Iraqis strolled by. The animals, which were donated by the North Carolina-based Conservators' Center, arrived Monday after being flown to Baghdad from the United States in a $66,000 trip funded by the U.S. Embassy and transported to the zoo by the U.S. military. ... Source: newsblaze.com --- 29 days ago
The $434 million, eight-story Embassy is the second largest U.S. diplomatic post in the world after the new compound in Baghdad. ... Source: www.earthtimes.org --- 29 days ago
Baghdad - The Iraqi Embassy in Cairo is to start repatriating free of charge Iraqi refugees on Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's private jet, according to the Iraqi pro-government newspaper al-Sabah. Al-Maliki gave the green light to such flight... ... Source: www.redstate.com --- 11 days ago
This will be my last blog entry on RS 2.0 and in honor of this event, I wanted to bring to you great breaking news in Iraq below the fold... United Arab Emirates To Name Ambassador To Baghdad Baghdad — The United Arab Emirates announced Thursday it will name an ambassador to Baghdad in the coming days, the first Arab country to restore full diplomatic ties to Iraq since the collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime. The man who brought the wonderful news to Iraq was Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, is a member of the royal family of Abu Dhabi and the current foreign minister of the United Arab Emirates. He received his position in the cabinet reshuffle in February 2006, and was previously the information and culture minister. When UAE's Embassy open with it's ambassador firmly in control, they will be the first Arab country to restore full diplomatic relations with Iraq since the war: Many of the Mideast's Sunni-led governments have been wary of establishing a full diplomatic presence in Baghdad because of security fears and mistrust of the Shiite-led government's ties to Iran, which has a fully accredited ambassador here. "We will hold talks to name the ambassador in the coming few days," Al Nahyan said. "We also hope that as soon as possible - and I am talking here about a few weeks — we will see an active Emirates Embassy in Baghdad." He said "the time has come" for Arab countries "to forge strong ties with Iraq." U.S. and Iraqi offi ... Find more results for Baghdad Embassy on RSSMicro.com |
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AP - A massive new U.S. Embassy, the second-largest in the world after the heavily fortified compound in Baghdad, formally opens in the Chinese capital this week, a testament to the depth and breadth of the ties binding the trading partners and sometimes rivals. ...
Talk of "permanent bases" is a smokescreen, as Chrichton of the NY Times, has pointed out. There will be long-term bases in Iraq, troops and the world's largest Embassy in Baghdad for many years to come; unless we demand a real end to the occupation. Submitted by Michael C. to US Politics & Gov't | Note-it! | Add a Comment ...