For the first time the Iraqi federal budget for 2010 legislated Jan.26 includes allocations that will see the wealth redistributed among regions and governorates in a bid to make those who produce the oil benefit from it directly, while at the same time compensate them for the environmental damage suffered as a result of the oil and gas operations. That must be a first in the history of Iraq as…
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Iraq Regions and Oil Fields
“Georgraphical Distribution of Iraqi Oil Fields” – By Kamil Al-Mehaidi
Oil Provinces Offer High Stakes in Iraqi Poll
30 January 2009 Iraqis go to the polls on Saturday to choose their local council representatives for the next four years, in the second such elections held in postwar Iraq. The outcome will reflect the balance of power between the major political parties across 14 of the country’s 18 provinces and give an indication of the shape of things to come as Iraq prepares for its next parliamentary elections, most…