Sep 18 2012
By Basem Hussein Azzaman, September 18, 2012 Burglars broke into the Nebuchadnezzar Museum in the southern city of Hilla, removing 33 pieces, an Antiquities Department official said. The official, refusing to be named, said the burglars chose the finest artifacts in the museum, which houses artifacts recovered from ancient Babylon, situated a few kilometers north [...]
Sep 17 2012
By Khaula al-Aukaili Azzaman, September 17, 2012 Iraq has the world’s largest sulfur reserves estimated at 600 million tons, a statement by the Mishraq State Sulfur Mine said. Iraqi sulfur riches were extensively developed in the decades before the U.N. imposed sanctions on the country in the aftermath of the 1990 invasion of Kuwait. Exports [...]
Sep 15 2012
By Fatih Abdulsalam Azzaman, September 15, 2012 The visit by Pope Benedict XVI to Lebanon is historic and bridges what can be described as a deadly vacuum. But it has come too late in its timing after the suffering and grievances of Christian denominations in Iraq, the heart of the bleeding East. Here we are [...]
Sep 14 2012
By Adel Kadhem Azzaman, September 15, 2012 An Iraqi cement plant has stockpiles of nearly $50 million worth of cement but can find no buyers in Iraq. The Southern Cement Factory says its warehouses are full and it may halt production due to lack of interest in its output. The factory is self-reliant and is [...]
Sep 12 2012
By Zeena Sami Azzaman, September 12, 2012 Iraq is considering the expulsion of U.S. oil firms refusing to suspend their activities in its Kurdish region, Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs Hussein al-Shahristani has been reported as saying. Local newspapers said Shahristani, who leads the current rise of the country as a major oil exporter [...]
Sep 11 2012
By Fatih Abdulsalam Azzaman, September 11, 2011 For 11 years the September 11 anniversary has had great symbolic impact influence on the United States. The rest of the world has cared much less. But the question is for how long will the U.S. be occupied with this anniversary? Is it in Americans’ interest to keep [...]
Sep 10 2012
By Khaula al- Ukaili Azzaman, September 10, 2012 No date has been set for a possible visit by Pope Benedict XVI to Iraq, a government official said. Bahaa al-Araji of the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said the pope, who is visiting Lebanon on Friday, had 40 other stations to tour before deciding whether he [...]
Sep 9 2012
By Marwan al-Ani Azzaman, September 9, 2012 Arabs in the disputed Province of Kirkuk say they are being discriminated against as they get fewer jobs than other ethnic components of the population. There are three major ethnic minorities battling for control of the Province of which the oil-rich city of Kirkuk is the capital. But [...]
Sep 8 2012
Azzaman, September 8, 2012 A fair meant to draw attention to the oil riches of the Iraqi Kurdish region has failed to attract international attention, according to organizers and Iraqi oil officials. The fair, held in Arbil early this month only drew 50 firms while a similar exhibition to be held in Basra in the [...]
Sep 6 2012
By Zeean Sami Azzaman, September 6, 2012 Each Iraqi family is expected to get around $500 by the end of the year as part of a government plan to dole out surplus oil revenues, according to Iraqi parliament’s financial commission. Najeeba Najeeb, a commission’s member, said the sum which each Iraqi family will be entitled [...]
