RFE/RL Iraq Report
30.05.2012
A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about Iraq
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Iraq Launches Oil, Gas Tenders
Iraq has opened its fourth postwar bidding round for oil and natural gas contracts, with dozens of firms hoping to secure rights to develop the country's energy sector. More 
HRW Says Secret Prison Still Operating In Baghdad
Human Rights Watch is reporting that Iraqis are still being illegally detained at a Baghdad prison that the Iraq government claimed was shut down last year. More 
'More Than Half' Of Ashraf Relocated
The United States special adviser on Camp Ashraf, says nearly 2,000 residents of the camp that's served for years as a base for a group Iran calls terrorists -- half the total -- have moved to a transit site called Camp Liberty. More 
U.S.: No Plans To End Iraqi Training
The United States has denied reports that it may shut down a multibillion-dollar police-training program in Iraq, saying instead that it will be downsized at Baghdad's request. More 
U.S. Journalism Museum Honors Reporters Killed In Action
Journalists from Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Pakistan, and Russia are among 70 individuals who have been memorialized at a U.S. journalism museum for giving their lives to their profession in 2011. More |
