Use of Iraq Contractors Costs Billions, Report Says
By JAMES RISEN
WASHINGTON — The United States this year will have spent $100 billion on contractors in Iraq since the invasion in 2003, a milestone that reflects the Bush administration’s unprecedented level of dependence on private firms for help in the war, according to a government report to be released Tuesday.
The report, by the...
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Iraq's electricity- starved capital goes solar
At least for its streetlights. The hope is that more illumination at night will improve security.
BAGHDAD -- In a city with constant electricity shortages but no lack of sunshine, the new buzz is solar energy.
Teams of engineers have appeared along major Baghdad roadways, bolting panels and bulbs to rows of towering steel poles to make...
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Security firms lose immunity in Iraq deal
The Iraqi armed services are likely to target widely-hated American security contractors when they lose their immunity to Iraqi law under a new agreement between the US and the Iraq.
The main American concession, during prolonged and rancorous negotiations over a Status of Forces Agreement (Sofa) that would determine the future military...
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Transcript of Ahmad Chalabi interview with Al-Jazeera satellite TV on 15 June
["Midday Guest" programme, featuring an interview with Ahmad Chalabi, leader of the Iraqi National Congress, via satellite from Baghdad, by Layla al-Shayib and Al-Habib al-Ghuraybi in the studio - live]
[Al-Shayib] Our guest today is Ahmad Chalabi, leader of the Iraqi National Congress, in Baghdad. Mr Chalabi, talk these days is focused on the...
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Ali Allawi: This raises huge questions over our independence
In 1930 the Anglo-Iraqi treaty was signed as a prelude to Iraq gaining full independence. Britain had occupied Iraq after defeating the Turks in the First World War, and was granted a mandate over the country. The treaty gave Britain military and economic privileges in exchange for Britain's promise to end its mandate. The treaty was ratified by a...
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