Iraq Oil Report
Friday, 8 May 2009
By BEN LANDO
Iraq Oil Report
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) of Iraq announced Friday it will begin June 1 sending oil from the Tawke and Taq Taq fields to the northern Iraq export pipeline.
The Ministry of Oil in Baghdad has not confirmed the agreement. The ministry, which has sparred with the KRG over the rights to sign oil deals and set oil policy, would need to OK the field’s entry into the export pipeline. Spokesman Assem Jihad told Reuters no agreement has been reached.
These exports have been held up as the central and regional governments dispute the rights to sign oil deals and the mechanisms for revenue to be collected and redistributed, including to the producing companies.
The Tawke pipeline ended in Feshkhabor near the Turkish border as of June 2008, not yet connected. It has since been tied into the export line from Kirkuk. In the background is the metering station which the oil flows through before entering Turkey. (source: Ben Lando)
Baghdad says the KRG’s two-dozen oil deals and regional oil law undermine state authority of the oil sector. Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani has since called the deals illegal and blacklisted companies who signed with the KRG from buying Iraqi oil or signing deals. The KRG says it has the rights under the “new” Iraq’s federalist system.
Iraq exports about 1.8 million barrels per day (bpd), earning more than 91 percent of state income.
The Tawke field, operated by Norway’s DNO, on June 1 will produce “at an initial rate of around 60,000 barrels per day,” KRG Natural Resources Minister Ashti Hawrami said in a statement. “This follows the completion of all the metering instrumentation and the tie-in of the field pipeline with the Iraq-Turkey main export pipeline at the border town of Fishkhabur.”
Another 40,000 bpd is to be added in June from the Taq Taq field, operated by Turkey’s Genel Enerji and Canada’s Addax Petroleum. Until a pipeline is built linking the field to the export pipeline, the crude will be trucked from the field to be loaded into the export line.
“This will be a temporary measure and will continue until a field pipeline is laid between the Taq-Taq field and the Khurmala Station,” Hawrami said.
Hawrami’s statement also claims the quality of the Iraq oil exports will be improved by the added oil from the semi-autonomous three northern provinces that constitute the KRG. There were claims from Baghdad earlier this week the oil would be downgraded by the additional flow.
A ceremony is set for June 1, Hawrami said, and officials from the KRG and Baghdad governments are invited.
Currently, small amounts of oil are produced in the KRG, sold to the domestic market.
Hawrami told Iraq Oil Report last month the KRG could produce 250,000 bpd by the end of this year or early 2010, with plans to build pipelines with a capacity of 570,000 bpd.
http://www.iraqoilreport.com/the-biz/iraq-oil-exports-get-kurdish-boost/1420/
lundi 11 mai 2009
dimanche 10 mai 2009
ABD'den Türkmenlere yakınlık
http://www.kerkuk.net/haberler/haber.aspx?dil=1055&metin=200905106
10 Mayıs 2009, Pazar
ABD askerinden oluşan bir heyet, bugün Irak Türkmen Cephesi'ni ziyaret etti. Heyet, ABD Büyükelçiliği Tuzhurmatu bölge temsilcisi Dr. Wayn yanında bölgede yeniden yapılandırma projesi sorumlusu ve yeni atanan temsilci Bili Hol'dan oluşuyordu.
ABD askerinden oluşan bir heyet, bugün Irak Türkmen Cephesi'ni ziyaret etti. Heyet, ABD Büyükelçiliği Tuzhurmatu bölge temsilcisi Dr. Wayn yanında bölgede yeniden yapılandırma projesi sorumlusu ve yeni atanan temsilci Bili Hol'dan oluşuyordu. Heyet Irak Türkmen Cephesi Selahettin İl başkanı ve Selahettin il meclisi üyesi Ali Haşim Muhtaroğlu tarafından karşılandı. Muhtaroğlu ziyaretçi heyete ziyaretlerinden dolayı sevindiklerini bildirdi ayrıca yeni göreve başlayan temsilciye görevinde başarılar diledi.
Görüşmede Tuzhurmatu'da yapılması planlanan projelerin önünde olan engeller ve o engellerin çıkış yolları masaya yatırıldı. Ayrıca Tuzhurmatu çevresindeki Türkmen Bayat köylerindeki su ve hizmet sıkıntılarını giderecek projeler konuşuldu. Muhtaroğlu: 'Millet bize güvendi oy verdi biz de buna karşılık vermemiz gerekiyor oda vatandaşın hayatında bir değişim yaratmakla elde edilir ve vatandaşlara en iyi hizmetleri sunmakla gerçekleşir dedi. Ayrıca Muhtaroğlu biz 2005 yılından itibaren bir çok köylerde su kuyuları kazmaya kalktık ve bu vatandaşların su sıkıntısını bir nevi giderdi. Görüşmede ayrıca bölgede bulunan ve Kürt partilere ait olan ve resmi olmayan silahlı gruplar, asayiş güçleri konuşuldu.
Muhtaroğlu, "Biz bu güçlerin bölgede olmalarını uygun görmüyoruz çünkü burası merkezi Irak hükümetine bağlı bir bölgedir bu yüzden hiç bir siyasi tarafın silahlı milisi olmayacaktır burada. Irak hükümetine sunulan BM raporuyla ilgili Muhtaroğlu 'Türkmen milleti bu rapordan büyük hayal kırıklığına uğradı çünkü bağımsız ve tarafsız olması gereken BM temsilcisi raporda çok açık bir şekilde taraf tuttuğu gösteriyor biz bundan tepkiliyiz" dedi.
Görüşmede ayrıca, Türkmen arsalarına siyasi amaçla yapılan tecavüzler ve bunların bir an evvel kalkması gerektiği belirtildi. Görüşme sonunda yeni temsilci Bili Hol, görüşmeden memnun olduklarını dile getirirken verilen fikirlerin tamamen pozitif olduğunu belirtti.
Milliyet
10 Mayıs 2009, Pazar
ABD askerinden oluşan bir heyet, bugün Irak Türkmen Cephesi'ni ziyaret etti. Heyet, ABD Büyükelçiliği Tuzhurmatu bölge temsilcisi Dr. Wayn yanında bölgede yeniden yapılandırma projesi sorumlusu ve yeni atanan temsilci Bili Hol'dan oluşuyordu.
ABD askerinden oluşan bir heyet, bugün Irak Türkmen Cephesi'ni ziyaret etti. Heyet, ABD Büyükelçiliği Tuzhurmatu bölge temsilcisi Dr. Wayn yanında bölgede yeniden yapılandırma projesi sorumlusu ve yeni atanan temsilci Bili Hol'dan oluşuyordu. Heyet Irak Türkmen Cephesi Selahettin İl başkanı ve Selahettin il meclisi üyesi Ali Haşim Muhtaroğlu tarafından karşılandı. Muhtaroğlu ziyaretçi heyete ziyaretlerinden dolayı sevindiklerini bildirdi ayrıca yeni göreve başlayan temsilciye görevinde başarılar diledi.
Görüşmede Tuzhurmatu'da yapılması planlanan projelerin önünde olan engeller ve o engellerin çıkış yolları masaya yatırıldı. Ayrıca Tuzhurmatu çevresindeki Türkmen Bayat köylerindeki su ve hizmet sıkıntılarını giderecek projeler konuşuldu. Muhtaroğlu: 'Millet bize güvendi oy verdi biz de buna karşılık vermemiz gerekiyor oda vatandaşın hayatında bir değişim yaratmakla elde edilir ve vatandaşlara en iyi hizmetleri sunmakla gerçekleşir dedi. Ayrıca Muhtaroğlu biz 2005 yılından itibaren bir çok köylerde su kuyuları kazmaya kalktık ve bu vatandaşların su sıkıntısını bir nevi giderdi. Görüşmede ayrıca bölgede bulunan ve Kürt partilere ait olan ve resmi olmayan silahlı gruplar, asayiş güçleri konuşuldu.
Muhtaroğlu, "Biz bu güçlerin bölgede olmalarını uygun görmüyoruz çünkü burası merkezi Irak hükümetine bağlı bir bölgedir bu yüzden hiç bir siyasi tarafın silahlı milisi olmayacaktır burada. Irak hükümetine sunulan BM raporuyla ilgili Muhtaroğlu 'Türkmen milleti bu rapordan büyük hayal kırıklığına uğradı çünkü bağımsız ve tarafsız olması gereken BM temsilcisi raporda çok açık bir şekilde taraf tuttuğu gösteriyor biz bundan tepkiliyiz" dedi.
Görüşmede ayrıca, Türkmen arsalarına siyasi amaçla yapılan tecavüzler ve bunların bir an evvel kalkması gerektiği belirtildi. Görüşme sonunda yeni temsilci Bili Hol, görüşmeden memnun olduklarını dile getirirken verilen fikirlerin tamamen pozitif olduğunu belirtti.
Milliyet
samedi 9 mai 2009
Photos of KERKUK by Karakoyunlu82
Photos of KERKÜK by Karakoyunlu82
Please click on the link below:
http://www.panoramio.com/user/1465637/tags/Kerk%C3%BCk
mercredi 6 mai 2009
US soldiers proselytizing in Iraq and Afghanistan (video)
US soldiers' Bible group in Afghanistan - 05 May 09
Extended footage shot by Brian Hughes, a US documentary maker and former member of the US military who spent several days in Bagram near Kabul.
The material, which appears to show the Christian soldiers apparently discussing the conversion of Afghans, was obtained by Al Jazeera's Bays, who has covered Afghanistan extensively.
To watch the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbJ63Y4R0dA
Extended footage shot by Brian Hughes, a US documentary maker and former member of the US military who spent several days in Bagram near Kabul.
The material, which appears to show the Christian soldiers apparently discussing the conversion of Afghans, was obtained by Al Jazeera's Bays, who has covered Afghanistan extensively.
To watch the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbJ63Y4R0dA
Human Rights Violations in Northern Iraq
Who Will Say “Stop” to the Human Rights Violations in Northern Iraq?
Khanzad Barwari
21 April 2009,
The USA Department of State has recently issued World Report of Human Rights Violations in 2008. This report included widely the human rights violations in the Kurdish regional administration as well. Hence, it is revealed out once again that this region, which has been presented as "the most secure, democratic and respectful to the human rights", is in fact the area of humanity crimes.
In the part of "Illegal Arrests and Deaths" of this report, it is stated that an innocent young person of 15 years old was killed by the police in July 2008 in the village of Sreshma of Khalifan district; the officials of non-governmental organizations in the region have been prevented from visiting the prisons; torture has been done in the prisons although it is banned by law, and even the methods of torture by electricity and cold water, which causes little scars on the body, have been used. It is claimed that more than 107 people have been tortured in the prisons of the region, but the real number is more than this one as the concerned authorities are not able to pay visits to the prisons.
In the part of "Violation of Press and Political Freedoms", it is indicated that most of the newspapers and magazines have been serving to the ruling parties of KDP and PUK; especially the journalists who criticize the government have been threatened in the Kurdish region -for example Jalal Talabani filed Hawlati newspaper on January 26, 2008 because of its criticisms against himself. It is also indicated that the report of the Union of Journalists also stated that the law enforcement bodies have been using force against the journalists, and the journalist Sharzad Sheykhani has been kept arrested for one month due to the disagreement between himself and the governor of Irbil.
According to the report, there are also efforts to hinder the political freedoms; while there is legal freedom of forming organizations and holding marches in the Kurdish region, these freedoms are violated; the KDP and PUK have been exerting pressure on the citizens in order to make them member of their party; the trade, contractor works and tenders in the region are under the control of the KDP and PUK and the political and economic affairs are conducted through the kinship relations.
In the part of "Racial Discrimination and Human Trafficking", there are also some surprising findings. The report states that chastity murders are very widespread in the Kurdish region. In the period of January-July 2008, 77 women were victims of chastity murders and 211 women of self-immolation. In the period of January-November 2008, 154 women were killed in Irbil. The people in the region are not unfamiliar to the mores murders. In the year of 2007, 528 women were also died due to the same reason. The non-governmental organizations indicate that these numbers are higher than the stated ones and the real number of the cases are concealed by the Kurdish authorities.
This kind of reports reveal, in fact, the real face of the KDP and PUK which claim the leadership of the Kurds, and use all the means of the region to their own benefits and exert any kind of pressure and violence to this aim. Even though the Kurdish regional administration denies these claims, there is a need that the world public opinion and concerned organizations give ear to the voice of the people in the region.
By/ khanzad Barwari
kerkuk.net /özel
Khanzad Barwari
21 April 2009,
The USA Department of State has recently issued World Report of Human Rights Violations in 2008. This report included widely the human rights violations in the Kurdish regional administration as well. Hence, it is revealed out once again that this region, which has been presented as "the most secure, democratic and respectful to the human rights", is in fact the area of humanity crimes.
In the part of "Illegal Arrests and Deaths" of this report, it is stated that an innocent young person of 15 years old was killed by the police in July 2008 in the village of Sreshma of Khalifan district; the officials of non-governmental organizations in the region have been prevented from visiting the prisons; torture has been done in the prisons although it is banned by law, and even the methods of torture by electricity and cold water, which causes little scars on the body, have been used. It is claimed that more than 107 people have been tortured in the prisons of the region, but the real number is more than this one as the concerned authorities are not able to pay visits to the prisons.
In the part of "Violation of Press and Political Freedoms", it is indicated that most of the newspapers and magazines have been serving to the ruling parties of KDP and PUK; especially the journalists who criticize the government have been threatened in the Kurdish region -for example Jalal Talabani filed Hawlati newspaper on January 26, 2008 because of its criticisms against himself. It is also indicated that the report of the Union of Journalists also stated that the law enforcement bodies have been using force against the journalists, and the journalist Sharzad Sheykhani has been kept arrested for one month due to the disagreement between himself and the governor of Irbil.
According to the report, there are also efforts to hinder the political freedoms; while there is legal freedom of forming organizations and holding marches in the Kurdish region, these freedoms are violated; the KDP and PUK have been exerting pressure on the citizens in order to make them member of their party; the trade, contractor works and tenders in the region are under the control of the KDP and PUK and the political and economic affairs are conducted through the kinship relations.
In the part of "Racial Discrimination and Human Trafficking", there are also some surprising findings. The report states that chastity murders are very widespread in the Kurdish region. In the period of January-July 2008, 77 women were victims of chastity murders and 211 women of self-immolation. In the period of January-November 2008, 154 women were killed in Irbil. The people in the region are not unfamiliar to the mores murders. In the year of 2007, 528 women were also died due to the same reason. The non-governmental organizations indicate that these numbers are higher than the stated ones and the real number of the cases are concealed by the Kurdish authorities.
This kind of reports reveal, in fact, the real face of the KDP and PUK which claim the leadership of the Kurds, and use all the means of the region to their own benefits and exert any kind of pressure and violence to this aim. Even though the Kurdish regional administration denies these claims, there is a need that the world public opinion and concerned organizations give ear to the voice of the people in the region.
By/ khanzad Barwari
kerkuk.net /özel
mardi 5 mai 2009
Mulla 'Uthman al-Musili (Musullu Hafız Şaşı Osman Efendi)
http://iraqimaqam.blogspot.com
Hijaz Gazel - Mulla 'Uthman al-Musili
Iraqi Maqam المقام العراقي
Hijaz Ghazel (Hicâz Gazel) Mulla 'Uthman al-Musili (Musullu Hafız Şaşı Osman Efendi) c. 1920, Istanbul, Turkey.
Rare recording of Iraqi musician, Sufi icon, and maqam reader Mulla 'Uthman al-Musili (1854-1923) singing a Turkish gazel in Maqam Hijaz, recorded in Istanbul, c. 1920.
تسجيل قديم و نادر للملا عثمان الموصلي يغني غزل بالتركية على نغم مقام حجاز، تسجيل أسطوانة من اسطنبول سنة ١٩٢٠
Mulla 'Uthman al-Mawsili: blind prodigy, talented poet and composer, Quran recitor and protégé of the great Sufi master Abu-l Huda al-Sayyadi al-Rifa'i and the Ottoman Sultan 'Abdul-Hamid II.
He learned the art of Maqam al-'Iraqi from the greatest Baghdadi musicians at the time, the famed Turkmen virtuoso Rahmat Allah Shiltegh (1798-1872), Hajj Abdullah al-Kirkukli, and Amin Agha ibn al-Hamamchiyya.
He composed dozens of profane and religious songs that can be heard throughout the Arabic and Islamic world; many of these compositions and songs were later unjustly attributed to his students or labeled as "folklore").
Please click on the link below
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJOx3OdvYEA
Hijaz Gazel - Mulla 'Uthman al-Musili
Iraqi Maqam المقام العراقي
Hijaz Ghazel (Hicâz Gazel) Mulla 'Uthman al-Musili (Musullu Hafız Şaşı Osman Efendi) c. 1920, Istanbul, Turkey.
Rare recording of Iraqi musician, Sufi icon, and maqam reader Mulla 'Uthman al-Musili (1854-1923) singing a Turkish gazel in Maqam Hijaz, recorded in Istanbul, c. 1920.
تسجيل قديم و نادر للملا عثمان الموصلي يغني غزل بالتركية على نغم مقام حجاز، تسجيل أسطوانة من اسطنبول سنة ١٩٢٠
Mulla 'Uthman al-Mawsili: blind prodigy, talented poet and composer, Quran recitor and protégé of the great Sufi master Abu-l Huda al-Sayyadi al-Rifa'i and the Ottoman Sultan 'Abdul-Hamid II.
He learned the art of Maqam al-'Iraqi from the greatest Baghdadi musicians at the time, the famed Turkmen virtuoso Rahmat Allah Shiltegh (1798-1872), Hajj Abdullah al-Kirkukli, and Amin Agha ibn al-Hamamchiyya.
He composed dozens of profane and religious songs that can be heard throughout the Arabic and Islamic world; many of these compositions and songs were later unjustly attributed to his students or labeled as "folklore").
Please click on the link below
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJOx3OdvYEA
dimanche 3 mai 2009
Sayin Ersat Hurmuzlu on Al-Arabiya TV
Bugun Saat 10.30 Irak vaktile Al-Arabiya Telvizyonu panorama programina, Sayin Ersat Hurmuzlu'ile yeni kabine degisikligi hakinda bilgi verecek. ilgilere duyurulur.
Saygilar, Afsin Hurmuzlu
Saygilar, Afsin Hurmuzlu
Les Espions de l'Or Noir, par Gilles Munier
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