Iraq Cables





Coalition of States - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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  • "a coalition - of 28 - states !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "working against - Isis - in western Iraq !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "( also called - Daech - which stood only for itself - without the outside world ! )"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "the coalition supports - the Iraqi government !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"


 

 

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  • "under the authority - of the Prime Minister - Haider al-Abadi !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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UN Conversations - Spiegel online: LINK ¤ SPIEGEL ONLINE

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  • "a document of the NSA - described - UN conversations !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "the intelligence - resulted - key influence !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "on negotiating tactics - at the UN !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "the state department - had been informed - with a high degree !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "of certainty - that the required majority - had been secured !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "former British - secretary of state for - international development !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "Clare Short - admitted - that in the run-up - in Iraq - in 2003 !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "she had seen - transcripts - of conversations !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "by then-UN Secretary-General - Kofi Annan !"

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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US Trade - US cable - 2008: LINK ¤ 08BAGHDAD3628

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  • "the US chamber of commerce - and the World Bank - said !"

 

 

 

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  • "reforms in Iraq - should improve !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "commercial dispute settlement - and protecting investors !"

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

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US Investment - US cable - 2008: LINK ¤ 08BAGHDAD148

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  • "Iraq's government - passed a - national investment - law !"

 

 

 

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  • "opened up - its economy - to foreign investment !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "in foreign trade zones - capital - profits !"

 

 

 

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  • "and investment income - were exempted - from all taxes - and fees !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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President Talabani - US cable - 2007: LINK ¤ 07BAGHDAD3133

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  • "President Talabani - said the US - had made two major - mistakes !"

 

 

 

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  • "not forming an - Iraqi interim government !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "instead of the - CPA - coalition provisional authority !"

 

 

 

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  • "and acted like - occupation security !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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US Security - US cable - 2007: LINK ¤ 07BAGHDAD3136

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  • "Blackwater - the private security company !"

 

 

 

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  • "personnel security detail - in Baghdad !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "had been involved in an - incident - 10 persons !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "the security personnel - involved in this incident !"

 

 

 

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  • "were not subject - to prosecution - in Iraqi courts !"

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

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US Security - US cable - 2010: LINK ¤ 10BAGHDAD30

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  • "Prime Minister - Maliki - and vice president - Abd al-Mahdi !"

 

 

 

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  • "urged the US - to appeal - the district judge's decision !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "to dismiss - charges - against employees - of Blackwater !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "the US embassy commented - "the ministry of interior"  !"

 

 

 

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  • "had approved - DynCorp's - application for a license - to operate !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "in Iraq - DynCorp employed many - former Blackwater employees !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Oil Minister - US cable - 2007: LINK ¤ 07BAGHDAD3397

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  • "Iraq oil minister - Hussain al-Shahristani - told !"

 

 

 

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  • "international - oil company executives - IOC !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "that the government of Iraq - welcomed !"

 

 

 

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  • "IOC investment - in Iraq's petroleum sector !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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natural Gas - US cable - 2007: LINK ¤ 07BAGHDAD3254

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  • "Iraq - had world class reserves - of natural gas !"

 

 

 

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  • "4-10 billion cubic meters - year !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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World Trade Organization - US cable - 2007: LINK ¤ 07BAGHDAD821

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  • "trade minister - Al Sudani - confirmed !"

 

 

 

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  • "USAID-funded - technical assistance - by the US aid agency !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "in the WTO - accession process !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Refineries - US cable - 2007: LINK ¤ 07BAGHDAD2537

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  • "in the oil refineries - law - the first article explained !"

 

 

 

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  • "the legislation's purpose - was encourage !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "the private sector - to participate - in the economic development !"

 

 

 

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  • "the US embassy had lobbied - for a free market economy !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hydrocarbon Law - US cable - 2007: LINK ¤ 07BAGHDAD2331

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  • "the Iraqi press - said to the - hydrocarbon law !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "Iraq's national resources - must not be stolen !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Security Firms operated 'Mafia' - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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  • "the private security - companies - in Iraq - were operating !"

 

 

 

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  • "a - "mafia" - artifically inflated !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "their outrageous prices - it costed - US$ 6,000 !"

 

 

 

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  • "to hire a security firm - for four hours - in Basra !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "a typical trip - included four security agents - drivers !"

 

 

 

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  • "and four vehicles - a visit by a member of - Iraq's government !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "from Baghdad - to Basra - costed - US$ 12,000 !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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where did all the Money go ?! - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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  • "vast sums of money - in Iraq - had been made available !"

 

 

 

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  • "to the US-led - provisional authorities - CPA - then headed by !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "Paul Bremer - by the time Bremer left the post - eight months later !"

 

 

 

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  • "US$ 8.8bn - of that money - had disappeared !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Agency like Wild West - BBC News: LINK ¤ BBC NEWS

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  • "millions of dollars - were wasted - by the US-led coalition !"

 

 

 

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  • "provisional authority - CPA - a Senate hearing !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "into the authority's practices - described the management !"

 


 

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  • "of the CPA's - multi-billion dollar - reconstruction programme !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "as a - "scandal" - Senator - Byron Dorgan !"

 

 

 

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  • "who headed the - senate democratic policy committee - said !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "millions - perhaps billions of dollars - had been wasted !"

 

 


 

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  • "former CPA official - Franklin Willis - said "there had"  !"

 

 

 

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  • "been widespread - waste of money - at the authority !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "he showed pictures - of himself - and other US officials !"

 

 

 

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  • "holding plastic-wrapped bundles - of US$ 100 notes - totalling - US$ 2m - used to pay a - security contractor !"

 


 

 

 

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  • "combination - inexperienced officials - less decision-making !"

 

 

 

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  • "lack of communications - minimal security - no banks - and lots of money !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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IRAQ SURVEY GROUP - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ IRAQ SURVEY GROUP

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  • "the ISG - was a fact-finding mission - in Iraq - in 2003 !"

 

 

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  • "to find the claimed - weapons - that had been the main ostensible reason !"

 

 

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  • "in 2004 - the head of the ISG - David Kay - resigned his position !"

 

 

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  • "stating they would not be found - in Iraq - he did not think - they existed !"

 

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