Iraq tipped off about Baghdad bomb attacks (The New Zealand Herald)
BAGHDAD – Iraqi security forces were tipped off to this week’s suicide bombings in Baghdad just hours before the blasts killed 127 people, a Shiite lawmaker said after a closed-door parliamentary briefing by the nation’s defence minister.
U.S. firms lag in bids to develop Iraqi oil fields (Washington Post)
BAGHDAD — Chinese, Russian and European companies won the right this weekend to develop major oil fields in Iraq, while U.S. firms made a paltry showing at auctions that represent the first major incursion of foreign oil companies into Iraq in four decades.
Iraq warned blasts that killed 112 were coming (TVNZ)
Iraqi security officials had prior warning of bloody bombings this week that police said killed 112 people, but bureaucracy and blunders tripped up efforts to stop them, the interior minister said
Iraqi security had tip-off before bombs (MalaysiaNews.net)
Iraq’s top security chiefs faced lawmakers behind closed doors Saturday to answer for security lapses that allowed a third attack since summer against government sites in the Iraqi capital. Prime Min…
Report links Blackwater guards to some CIA raids (The World)
WASHINGTON (AP) Private security guards working for Blackwater USA participated in clandestine CIA raids against suspected insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan, The New York Times reported Thursday.
Washington in five minutes (The Washington Times)
BLACKWATER Security firm denies CIA link The private security company once known as Blackwater is disputing a New York Times report that Blackwater USA security guards participated in clandestine CIA raids against suspected insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan. A spokesman for the company, now called Xe Services, said, “Blackwater USA was never under contract to participate in covert raids with …
Iraq awards oil deals, but no boon for U.S. invaders (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The United States spent blood and treasure on an Iraq invasion critics said was for oil, but U.S. oil majors were largely absent from an Iraqi auction of oil deals snapped up instead by Russian, Chinese and other firms.
Blackwater guards linked to CIA raids: report (Sydney Morning Herald)
Private security guards working for Blackwater USA participated in clandestine CIA raids against suspected insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan, The New York Times reports.
Security firm Blackwater ‘used in raids against insurgents’ (Belfast Telegraph)
The CIA was again forced to fend off claims yesterday that for years during the George Bush era it regularly invited operatives from the private security contractor Blackwater to join covert and high-risk anti-insurgency operations in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Related Stories Brown and Sarkozy secure 7bn for African climate fund Briton on most wanted list over hire car US rejects attempts to …
Intelligence on Baghdad blasts mishandled -interior (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters BAGHDAD, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Iraqi security officials had prior warning of bloody bombings this week that police said killed 112 people, but bureaucracy and blunders tripped up efforts to stop them, …
Iraqi officer killed, 3 US soldiers injured in Baghdad (Khaleej Times)
BAGHDAD – An Iraqi intelligence officer was gunned down and a roadside bomb wounded three US soldiers on Saturday in separate attacks in the Iraqi capital, the American military and Iraqi officials said.
No boon for U.S. firms in Iraq oil deal auction (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Critics said the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq said was driven by oil, but United States oil majors were largely absent from an Iraqi auction of oil deals snapped up instead by Russian, Chinese and other firms.
Iraq awards oil deals, but no boon for U.S. invaders (MalaysiaNews.net)
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The United States spent blood and treasure on an Iraq invasion critics said was for oil, but U.S. oil majors were largely absent from an Iraqi auction of oil deals snapped up inste…
Iraq security chiefs to answer for bombings (AP via Yahoo! News)
Iraq’s top security chiefs faced lawmakers behind closed doors Saturday to answer for security lapses that allowed a third attack since summer against government sites in the Iraqi capital.
