To give you an update on what has been going on in my life, I have moved to the new place last week. The place is still a mess as I am going rather slowly through my boxes and trying to put everything in place. I think everyone of us has gone through this at one point in time!
On another note, I am really sad to see how the so called democracy in is Iraq showing the real face! Because the Iraqi Parliament passed a new provincial elections law that was not in the interest of the Kurds, the presidency council just vetoed that law sending it back to the parliament so they can pass the "right" law this time. What a joke!
Kirkuk is the price that the Kurds demanded to support the Arab Shi'a in gaining control over the parliament which paved the way to taking over the whole country stiffing up the Arab Sunnis and now it's pay time!
One thing that I would like to VERY CLEARLY say is that I have nothing against Iraqis, the ordinary Iraqis whether they were Arab or Kurds whether they were Sunnis or Shi'a. I really don't. It's just that I'm sick and tired of the politicians, all of them. They are buying and selling Iraq like Iraq is a private property with their names on it! We thought we had a tyrant and we were praying to get rid of him. Now, we have so many of them, I don't know where to begin.
I really am running out of words and will cut it short now! what happened since 2003 has been a series of disappointments that increases in size as time goes by. I really feel sorry for ordinary Iraqis, nobody is looking after them not before, not at present and not in the future.
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Iraqi Oil-The Greatest Robbery in the History of Mankind
As a follow up to my previous post about the oil and the "No Bid" contracts that are about to be given to the big US and British oil companies. I happened to know a bit more about the details of the new contracts that will be signed very soon and some major changes in the policies previously announced by the Iraqi government. I won't comment (I'm sick of the whole thing) but I want to draw the attention to the organized theft led by the US and the UK in collaboration with Al Maliki government:
The following are new notes and observations;
1-Iraq is officially flinging open six of its major oilfields, accounting for half of its known reserves, to foreign investors. According to Iraq's oil minister, the long-term contracts will be signed within a year. While ostensibly under the control of the Iraq National Oil Company, foreign corporations will keep 75% of the value of the contracts, leaving just 25% for their Iraqi partners. That kind of ratio is unheard of in oil-rich Arab Gulf states.
2-According to Greg Muttitt, a London-based oil expert, the assumption up until now was that foreign multinationals would be brought in to develop new fields in Iraq - not to take over those which are already in production and therefore require minimal technical support. "The policy was always to allocate these fields to the Iraq National Oil Company," he said. "This is a total reversal of that policy, giving the Iraq National Oil Company a mere 25% instead of the planned 100%."
I won't comment as I said but will keep you posted on any new updates!
The following are new notes and observations;
1-Iraq is officially flinging open six of its major oilfields, accounting for half of its known reserves, to foreign investors. According to Iraq's oil minister, the long-term contracts will be signed within a year. While ostensibly under the control of the Iraq National Oil Company, foreign corporations will keep 75% of the value of the contracts, leaving just 25% for their Iraqi partners. That kind of ratio is unheard of in oil-rich Arab Gulf states.
2-According to Greg Muttitt, a London-based oil expert, the assumption up until now was that foreign multinationals would be brought in to develop new fields in Iraq - not to take over those which are already in production and therefore require minimal technical support. "The policy was always to allocate these fields to the Iraq National Oil Company," he said. "This is a total reversal of that policy, giving the Iraq National Oil Company a mere 25% instead of the planned 100%."
I won't comment as I said but will keep you posted on any new updates!
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
New Job, New Place.
So I started on my new job last week. So far, I'm in the "honey moon" phase of the job which I'm trying to enjoy. However, I'm flying to Fort Saint John tomorrow cause there is some cock up there as my boss has described it and I need to fly there tomorrow and fly back to Vancouver on Friday night which sucks big time as I'm gonna miss my Friday night activities ;). Fort Saint John is a small town at the North East of British Columbia. Never been there so I'm interested to see how it looked like although I'm told that it is really a dull place but hey, let me see it to believe it.
The work that I'm doing is kinda new to me in terms of the nature of the facilities that I'm designing so I'm looking forward to doing more of it. One other positive point with this new job is the location of the office. It is almost half way through compared to my old job and I'm loving that. One last thing here, there is a lot of nice restaurants and shops around the office which gives me a great deal of flexibility at lunch time. Chicks are not bad either! gotta go, I have signed a new contract for the new place and will need to move out soon so there is a lot of packing for me to do in the next couple of weeks. I hate it but look forward to the new place. I need a change...soon!
The work that I'm doing is kinda new to me in terms of the nature of the facilities that I'm designing so I'm looking forward to doing more of it. One other positive point with this new job is the location of the office. It is almost half way through compared to my old job and I'm loving that. One last thing here, there is a lot of nice restaurants and shops around the office which gives me a great deal of flexibility at lunch time. Chicks are not bad either! gotta go, I have signed a new contract for the new place and will need to move out soon so there is a lot of packing for me to do in the next couple of weeks. I hate it but look forward to the new place. I need a change...soon!
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