World-News

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/07/04/2284/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=contractors

The number of US-paid private contractors in Iraq now exceeds that of American combat troops, newly released figures show, raising fresh questions about the privatization of the war effort and the government's capacity to carry out military and rebuilding campaigns, the Los Angeles Times T. Christian Miller reports in an expose on the lucrative business of war.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/070407D.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=contractors

http://www.meta-info.de/?lid=29741



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Big+Oil

Dr. Wilmer J. Leon III, writing for Truthout looks at Senator Richard Lugar's call for an end to the war in Iraq.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/070307F.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Richard+Lugar
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Dr.+Wilmer+J.+Leon+III

http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/6399/


Informant: jensenmk

From ufpj-news



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Iraq+oil
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Big+Oil

http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/0703-04.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Iraq+civilian+deaths

Washington has pressed its ally al-Maliki to quickly pass the oil law and other pieces of legislation, considered vital to President Bush's attempts to end Iraq's turmoil - alongside a security crackdown by an increased U.S. military force.

http://tinyurl.com/38ns57


From Information Clearing House

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Iraq Cabinet OKs Legislation on How to Divide Nation's Oil Wealth

Iraq's Cabinet today approved legislation to oversee the distribution of the country's oil wealth and sent it to parliament for ratification, but it was unclear whether the measure could overcome the political hurdles that have stalled it for months, The Los Angeles Times reported.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/070307U.shtml



No Quick Debate in Iraq On Oil Law

Iraq's parliament might take a week to start debating a key draft oil law, officials said on Wednesday, as complaints from Shi'ite and Sunni Arab politicians and Kurdish authorities signaled its passage could be rocky, Reuters reported Wednesday.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/070407F.shtml

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New disputes delay oil bill in Iraq
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6757944,00.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Iraq+oil
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Big+Oil

Iraq civilians fear US indiscriminate attacks that usually leave women, children among dead.

http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=21299


From Information Clearing House

A hospital source said the dead included six children under the age of 12. He put the number of wounded at 30.

http://tinyurl.com/28pwrc


From Information Clearing House