Al-Ghad

We have updated our Oil Archive (link on the left ) with a few new pages. There is…
a new draft of the “Final” draft of the Iraq Oil Law
Transcript of a TV interview with the Prime Minsiter of the Kurdish Regional Government.
A study of how the Iraqi government proposes to share revenue between the […]

Al-Ghad is pleased to publish, exclusively, two confidential documents. The first is from the highest legal body in Iraq (the Shuraa Council) regarding the Draft Oil Law. The second is a covering letter addressed to the General Secretary of the Iraq Cabinet. Both are private. The documents reveal confusion and chaos in the higher levels […]

As the July Fourth recess approaches, the Bush administration goes into top gear to push through the Iraqi Oil Law. The NY Times reported, June 12, that:
The top American military commander for the Middle East has warned Iraq’s prime minister in a closed-door conversation that the Iraqi government needs to make tangible political progress by […]

Iraqi Tanks Take Control of the Oil Pipelines In Basra,by Orders of Maliki
The People of Basra Rally to the Support of Oil Workers Strike
Demands are Growing to Put the Oil Law on Hold
Iraqi Government in Panic, Holds Talks With Oil Unions Leaders
The Basra Oil Pipelines Workers Started their strike on Monday defiantly, cutting the oil […]

Iraqi Trade Unionists to tour the US
Demonstration Against the Oil Law
A demonstration will be held on June 5th by US Labour Agianst War against the US contractor paid by the US to help write and promote law in Iraq to put most of Iraq’s oil under control of multinational oil corporations. As part of the […]