High Oil Prices Giving Iraq Up to $79 Billion in Surplus Cash
New York Times
By JAMES GLANZ
Published: August 5, 2008
The soaring price of oil will leave the Iraqi government with a cumulative budget surplus of as much as $79 billion by year’s end an American federal oversight agency has concluded in an analysis released on Tuesday.
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REUTERS/Ceerwan Aziz (IRAQ)
“Look. Guys. I got a friend at VALUE CITY FURNITURE and she can set you up with some class stuff that puts this to shame. There’s a sub-woofer in every chair and the glass-topped coffee tables double as heli-pads.”
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Images: (Anthony Celebrezze) ssa.gov; (al-Maliki) news.xinhuanet.com; xinhua/Reuters Photo
A friend in Chicago thinks the charge will be misdemeanor-terrorism, but I heard al-Sadr’s alibi is solid because he was out of the country doing Mission brand fig promos.
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(AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)
Main aide of Muqtada al-Sadr arrested
By KIM GAMEL, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 58 minutes ago
BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. and Iraqi forces arrested one […]
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Last Updated: Wednesday, 3 January 2007, 14:25 GMT
Iraq’s PM longs to leave office
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has made clear he dislikes being the country’s leader and would prefer to leave the job before his term ends.
In an extensive interview with a US newspaper, Mr Maliki said he would certainly not be seeking a […]
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Lebanese lawyer Bushra Khalil, a member of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein’s defence team, said her client does not fear execution and will either face the death penalty for crimes against humanity or return as president of Iraq.(AFP/Marwan Naamani)
After her statement she informed the assembled media that her company would be the sole distributor of […]
“Iraqi leader disavows timetable report
By SAMEER N. YACOUB, Associated Press Writer1 hour, 53 minutes ago
U.S. and Iraqi forces on Wednesday raided Sadr City, the stronghold of the feared Shiite militia led by radical anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, but Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki disavowed the operation, saying he had not been consulted and insisting “that it […]