Wednesday, May 30, 2007
INM daily summary – 30 May 2007
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- Turkey has sent large contingents of reinforcement soldiers, tanks and armored personnel carriers to its border with Iraq as debate heated up over whether to stage a cross-border offensive to hit Kurdish rebel bases.
- An undated letter issued by Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi army to Christians in Baghdad orders Christian women to veil themselves or face grave consequences.
- Arab officials and commentators said Tuesday they feared the budding dialogue between Washington and Iran could cut them out of the debate over the future of Iraq.
- A Shia militia group is thought to be behind the kidnapping of five Britons in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said that the Mehdi Army, rather than al-Qaeda, could be responsible.
- London-based ORB has received the go-ahead to continue its annual tracking survey of public opinion in Iraq.
- The Iranian Sepah Bank will soon open a branch in Baghdad, according to the counselor for economic affairs at the Iranian embassy in Iraq.
- The Iraqi parliament will vote in weeks on founding the state-owned National Iraqi Oil Company, former Iraqi Oil Minister said on Tuesday.
- Poland’s Bumar arms manufacturer is scrambling aboard the latest trend in the industry, branching out from supplying bullets and tanks to getting involved in services – in this case training Iraqi special forces troops in Poland.
- Hill International's Construction Consultation firm announced that the group has won a $23.6 mn. contract to offer construction management support services as part of the Iraq Reconstruction Program.
- The President of the Electronic Control Security, Inc. (ECSI) said that the company has recently been awarded with a release of $1 million from the $3.5 million contract which was signed for the new Iraqi Airport Program.
- The leader of the Dissolved Entities Commission, Mr. Rasheed Al Nassari said, “Preparations and communications are in progress to hold a large conference for former intelligence service, special security and general security members.”
