An Iraqi worker adjusts the valve of an oil pipe at south Rumaila oil field, in southern Iraq, Dec. 2, 2009. (Atef Hassan/Reuters)
Iraq's giant oil fields go on auction block
Royal Dutch Shell and Malaysia’s state-owned oil company win the biggest prize, the super-giant Majnoon field.
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq literally rolled out the red carpet for foreign oil executives Friday at a bidding round that auctioned off the rights to develop some of the world’s last known giant reserves of cheap oil.
After the first oil auction in June, when international oil companies were asking up to 10 times more profit what the Iraqi government was offering, Friday’s...
Recent on Iraq:
In northern Iraq, another world
Stephen Kurczy - Iraq - December 12, 2009 09:47 ET
A long way from Baghdad
Claire Duffett - Iraq - December 12, 2009 09:46 ET
Kurdistan is not Iraq, its citizens say again and again.
Opinion: Obama defines the use of war in an age of terror
C.M. Sennott - Worldview - December 10, 2009 11:43 ET
Obama's Nobel acceptance speech was a self-effacing and deeply personal exploration of "just war."
Four bombings rock Baghdad
Jane Arraf - Iraq - December 8, 2009 14:37 ET
Attacks paralyze government buildings ahead of crucial elections.
Iraqi election deal sealed at 11th hour
Jane Arraf - Iraq - December 7, 2009 15:39 ET
Analysis: Lawmakers on Sunday ended months of wrangling over an election law. Now for the hard part.
Analysis: Passing of Iraq election law brings relief
Jane Arraf - Iraq - November 23, 2009 12:52 ET
U.S. officials made unwanted compromises, but can now turn their attention toward troop withdrawal.
Discord as elections loom in Iraq
Jane Arraf - Worldview - October 20, 2009 08:40 ET
Analysis: The country struggles to decide just how democratic it really wants to be.
Iraq's election issues
Jane Arraf - Iraq - October 20, 2009 08:28 ET
Graft the next great hurdle to a 'new' Iraq
Tom A. Peter - Iraq - October 16, 2009 15:43 ET
Worse than the Saddam years? On the topic of corruption, many Iraqis say yes.
Opinion: Isolating insurgents is nothing new
HDS Greenway - Worldview - October 6, 2009 05:42 ET
In the Vietnam era it was called pacification. Today it’s nation-building.
US plays peace broker in Iraq
Tom A. Peter - Iraq - September 25, 2009 10:34 ET
As tensions between Arabs and Kurds grow, and US troops prepare to leave, the race is on to broker a lasting peace.
Behind Baghdad's '9/11'
Jane Arraf - Iraq - September 16, 2009 14:43 ET
Regret, rage and recrimination follow last week's deadly attacks.
Opinion: Slouching toward Baghdad
Joel Brinkley - Worldview - September 6, 2009 08:23 ET
The challenges of building a new democracy in a place that has been resistant to it.
Iraq: In the bunker
Jane Arraf - Iraq - August 20, 2009 08:07 ET
A wave of bombs, a dark anniversary, and a war that won't go away.
A summer of protest. Is anyone listening?
Teri Schultz - European Union - August 15, 2009 11:24 ET
An Iranian exile worries his demonstrations against Iraq fall on deaf ears.
The waiting game
Tom A. Peter - Iraq - August 13, 2009 08:39 ET
Traveling with the US military in Iraq? Best pack a good book.
Meet the economic gangsters
Mark Scheffler - Commerce - August 12, 2009 09:03 ET
Economic gangsters come in all shapes and sizes — they're Asian dictators and Somali pirates.
Your foxhole or mine?
Tom A. Peter - Iraq - August 8, 2009 11:38 ET
For married military couples, being deployed together has its advantages and drawbacks.
Opinion: Let Iraqis go their own way
HDS Greenway - Worldview - August 6, 2009 13:42 ET
Like the Brits in Palestine and US in Vietnam, it is time to get out of Iraq.
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Ordinary Iraqi's Take
Iraq Pundit - Iraq - January 18, 2010 07:49 ET
"They’re in over their heads," said Abou Khalid. The friend was talking about the electoral commission. "They just don’t know what they’re doing." He was talking about the IHEC in particular and the Iraqi government in general.Most Iraqis agree it makes no sense to prevent...
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