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31.01.12 Iraq Focus
January issue: Table of contents
THE KRG
- Nejervan Barzani set to take over as Kurdish PM: The incoming premier is also a
face that the KRG is happy to present to the outside world
- Nejervan to the fore: Relations between the opposition and the ruling parties
are still soured
- Wooing the opposition: For all Nejervan's charm, the opposition is clearly not
going to settle for half solutions
- The reformist: The Islamist parties also took the opportunity to have a dig
- Policies: The new government is unlikely to bring about any change in relations
between Erbil and Baghdad
- New line-up: While who gets what post is still up in the air, what is certain is
that the same old faces will be recycled once again
POLITICS & SECURITY
- Iraqiya returns to parliament: Promises, promises; Conference controversies
- Al-Maliki tightens grip on the army: There is talk, too, that Al-Maliki is
planning to push the current army chief of staff, a Kurd, Babeker Zibari, out
of his
post
- Regulating foreign security contractors: The contractors complain that, while
their licences have expired, it is proving impossible to renew them
ENERGY INDUSTRY
- Licensing round delayed: Worried about Exxon; With the country embroiled in
political turmoil, there is little hope that the law will be passed any time
soon
- Nineveh investigates mystery oil exploration: The committee has also appealed to
the prime minister
- WesternZagros attacked: In response they have formed a committee to investigate
- New oil terminal to open but Hormuz threat causes alarm: The closure of the
strait would effectively cripple the Iraqi economy.
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