About Iraq

Spana . asked:


The world and many Americans oppose the attack and occupation of Iraq. The government will not listen. Iraq is a failure. Would you support a national advertising campaign urging soldiers to refuse to deploy to Iraq?

Lorraine

ningis n asked:


specifically how does it fit into the whole debate of who is supposed to benefit from government policy….and also the whole peaceful vs. military spending thing? How does the iraq war help shape who will not get money in america and who will as per the GOP vision?

Catherine

Manu Dagar asked:


Mumbai: Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) is pleased to announce that it has executed two Production Sharing Contracts with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) covering petroleum exploration activities in the Rovi and Sarta Blocks in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

Under the terms of the contract, Reliance Exploration & Production DMCC, a wholly owned subsidiary of RIL, will serve as the operator.

Mr. Atul Chandra, President of International Operations, RIL, said, “We are pleased to reach agreement with the KRG on these two PSCs. We hope and believe this will be an investment that will provide long-term benefits to all the stakeholders.”

RIL established a local office in Erbil in 2006 and has undertaken extensive geological work over the past year in the Kurdistan region.

RIL has been actively pursuing petroleum exploration activities in the Middle East, particularly in Oman and Yemen, besides India, Asia Pacific Region and South America.

Reliance Industries Limited

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) is India’s largest private sector company on all major financial parameters with turnover of Rs1,18,354 crore (US$ 27.23 billion), cash profit of Rs17,678 crore (US$ 4.07 billion), net profit of Rs11,943 crore (US$ 2.75 billion) and net worth of Rs63, 967 crore (US$ 14.72 billion) as of March 31, 2007.

RIL is the first and only private sector company from India to feature in the Fortune Global 500 list of ‘World’s Largest Corporations’ and ranks amongst the world’s Top 200 companies in terms of profits. RIL is amongst the 25 fastest climbers ranked by Fortune. RIL also features in the Forbes Global list of world’s 400 best big companies and in FT Global 500 list of world’s largest companies.

Kristin

Josh Greenberger asked:


(September 17, 2007) It’s probably safe to say that all Americans, regardless of whether they were for or against the Iraq war, would like to see our troops come home. The problem is, to pull out we need to leave a stable country behind. An immediate withdrawal would leave Iraq with a vulnerable military force, sectarian infighting and a power vacuum that would immediately be filled by terrorist factions.

Calling for an immediate withdrawal, as some are doing, ignores the many lessons learned from middle east politics and turmoil.

After the 2005 Lebanese elections, Hezbollah won 14 seats in the 128-member Lebanese Parliament, and now also has 2 ministers in the government. Hezbollah has since launched thousands of rockets into Israel. On July 12th, 2006, Hezbollah captured 2 Israeli soldiers, sparking a 34-day military conflict with Israel. By August 13, 2006, Hezbollah had fired close to 4,000 rockets into Israel.

In August of 2005, Israel pulled out of Gaza. That territory has been racked with violence ever since. As late as June 2007, British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett lamented, “Once again, extremists carrying guns have prevented progress against the wishes of the majority … ”

With terrorists already in Iraq, why does anyone believe things would be different there? Will terrorists just get up and leave if we do? Hardly likely. In fact, Iraq would be a far bigger prize to terrorist than anything they’ve ever acquired before.

Lebanon has a population of around 4 million, covers around 10 thousand sq km, and has no oil. Iraq, on the other hand, has a population of almost 30 million, covers an area of over 400 thousand sq km., and possesses one of the world’s largest proven oil reserves. With such vast resources at its disposal, a terrorists organization could grow exponentially.

We either finish the job today or fight again tomorrow. The difference is, today, as organized and as powerful as terrorists have become, we’re still fighting rag-tag cells. Tomorrow we could be fighting a major power.

by Josh Greenberger

from shopndrop.com

Mark