Article: IRAQ - Focusing On The Non-Oil Sector - Part 21 - Iraq - Baghdad Asserts E&P Rule.

Article: Maliki Supporters Post Election Gains; Preliminary Results Show ...
The Washington Post;  February 3, 2009 ;     700+ words ...Iraq appears headed ... of a strong central government, with supporters ... emergence of a central government that would maintain Iraq's integrity ... restoring order in Iraq into grass ... advocating a strong central government in Baghdad ...

Transcript: SCHUMER, KERRY & MCCASKILL SEEK TO BLOCK BIG OIL'S NO-BID ...
Capitol Hill Press Releases;  June 24, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Oil's No-Bid Contracts In Iraq Until Central Government Adopts Revenue-Sharing Agreement ... seeking the servicing deal that Iraq is prepared to give to the four companies. Iraq's central government has defended the award process ...

Article: Effective central government is only way to end ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  April 4, 2006 ;     659 words ... ... not a functioning central government -- reigns in Iraq. On Sunday, three ... Jack Straw, warned Iraq on Sunday, organizing ... this daily peril. Iraq's leaders "have ... unified country with a central government in Baghdad. This ...

Transcript: RECONSTRUCTION TEAMS HELP IRAQIS CONNECT WITH CENTRAL ...
Regulatory Intelligence Data;  July 25, 2007 ;     494 words ... ... teams operating across Iraq are showing local authorities ... with the country's central government to obtain needed services ... Today, PRTs are helping Iraq's provincial governments ... as "a bridge between central government and these more local ... least one PRT in each of Iraq's ...

Article: Iraqi PM calls for stronger central government
AP Worldstream;  November 8, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Iraq's prime minister ... more power to the central government, especially in ... region of northern Iraq. It may also have ... include areas under central government control. The Kurds ... in haste, when Iraq was in a transitional ...

Article: Iraqi Elections Deliver A Victory for U.S. Goals; Positive Signs ...
The Washington Post;  February 6, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Maliki's strong performance in Iraq's provincial elections was ... appeared to be supporting a strong central government and rewarding the prime minister ... opposed to the fragmentation of Iraq. And voters rejected religious ... U.S. troop reduction in Iraq this year." The elections ...

Article: Push to unify Georgia could spark civil war; Regional militia ...
The Christian Science Monitor;  May 5, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Ajaria to accept central government control. If Mr ... most susceptible to central government pressure, he says ... coalition forces in Iraq, and has recently ... Some support for central government Hundreds of local ...