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Titolo: L'Irak Revenue Watch denuncia:

In una intervista alla BBC Hardtalk , il dr. Isam Khafaji direttore del Iraq
Revenue Watch, ha denunciato irregolarita`di assegnazione dei lavori di
ricostruzione dell'Iraq.
Questo che segue e` uno dei casi.
Il dr.Isam Khafaji ha fatto anche notare che i lavori di ricostruzione
affidati in prima istanza "solo" a compagnie della coalizione, vengono
subappaltati a compagnie irachene che si aggiudicano il lavoro per 1/6 del
loro costo, il 5/6 resta alla compagnia originaria senza che questa esegua
nessuna parte del lavoro, altro che quello amministrativo di indire gare di
subappalto.
Estratto da Iraq Revenue Watch
http://www.iraqrevenuewatch.org/
Controlling Iraq’s Skies:
The Secret Sell-off of Iraq’s Air Industry OSI
In this report, part of a series on the restructuring of Iraq’s economy,
Iraq Revenue Watch looks at the national air transport sector, presently
under foreign authority1. The report examines how Iraqis can regain control
of this sector and its revenues. The official story is that American
consultants are working to launch a modernized national carrier while the
industry remains mired in Saddam-era litigation. IRW has discovered,
however, that behind closed doors a contract has already been signed,
selling off 75 percent of Iraq’s air transport sector to a single family
without competitive bidding or public notice. This report serves as a
cautionary case study for other state-owned enterprises whose fates are
being determined in the chaotic aftermath of war.
Il testo completo si rova qui:
http://www.iraqrevenuewatch.org/reports/020604.pdf
A chi interessasse, lo divido in 4 parti perche`e`molto lungo e lo aggiungo
nei miei post attaccati a questo.
Giano
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Introduction After the fall of Saddam Hussein and the lifting of non
military United Nations sanctions, Iraqis expected that the surge of
reconstruction activities and the opening of the country would prompt a
significant rise in air traffic, providing opportunities for the revival of
the air transport sector.Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) air transport
consultants at the Middle East Aviation Finance Conference recently made the
case for increased investment in the air transport sector, arguing that the
millions of Iraqis abroad after years of exile would now want to visit their
homeland, guaranteeing strong trafficgrowthinthefuture. But the reality has
been different. While the CPA and the Iraqi Governing Council formally have
halted privatization, secretly the selling off of Iraq’s air industry is
going forward.Iraq Revenue Watch has obtained a
confidentialdocumentthatrevealsplanstoprivatize Iraq’s air transport
industry despite the CPA’s recent pledge to postpone privatization until a
sovereign Iraqi government is in place. The powerful Khawwam family, which
had close ties to Saddam’s regime, is set to assume control of 75 percent of
Iraq’s air transport industry—bypassing any public bidding process. The
deal, brokered by a senior officialwiththeMinistry of Transport, would
include the assets of Iraqi Airways, the national carrier, which at the same
time is seeking to revive its operations. U.S. carriers are reportedly
looking to partner with these post-war oligarchs-in-the-making. This
agreement is indicative of a larger trend. The CPA has turned a blind eye to
insider deals, threatening to create a new class of oligarchs in post-war
Iraq. The country risks following a similar path as Russia, where rapid mass
privatization in the early 1990s transferred valuable state assets at below
market prices into the hands of individuals well-connected to party
structures. Fearing a possible re-nationalization of their cheaply acquired
companies, many new oligarchs found it more
profitabletostripandselltheassetsratherthaninvestingandbuilding them up.2
They used their wealth to block government reforms that might constrain
their actions.3 Russia’s experience makes clear that privatization should
not take place without firstdevelopingregulatoryinstitutions.The CPA risks
violating articles 53 and 55 of the Hague Convention, which require
occupying powers to protect the capital of the “public buildings, real
property, forests, and agricultural works belonging to the hostile State.”
They must administer these according to the rules of usufruct—they may use
property belonging to another as long as it is not altered or damaged in any
way. As the CPA’s own legal counsel Scott Castle said recently: “We
recognize that any process for privatizing state-owned enterprises in Iraq
ultimately must be developed, adopted, supported and implemented by the
Iraqi people.” These issues raise serious questions about the process of
restructuring Iraq’s economy and require an
officialinvestigationbythenewlyformedInternationalAdvisoryandMonitoringBoard
, the Iraqi Governing Council, and the
OfficeoftheInspectorGeneralfortheCoalition.
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Provisional Authority, who is yet to be named. Iraq’s air transport industry
currently is being run by foreigners at Iraq’s expense, even though Iraq has
a grounded but potentially operational national carrier and over 2,000 staff
who have been laid off and want to resume work. Iraqi Airways employees
recently staged demonstrations in the streets of Baghdad, demanding to be
reinstated and the return of their airport to Iraqi control.The following
brief summarizes the recent history of Iraq’s air transport industry,
examines the secret developments in the country’s civil aviation sector, and
finally,offersrecommendationson how to restore control of Iraq’s airspace
and air revenues to the Iraqi people.Leaking Revenue The history of Iraqi
Airways mirrors that of Iraq itself. After Iraq invaded Kuwait in August
1990, the UN Security Council imposed sanctions on Baghdad, which included a
ban on operating passenger or cargo
flights.Duringthe1991GulfWar,IraqiAirwaysmovedits17jets to secret locations
in Iran, Tunisia, and Jordan to save them from damage. Until sanctions were
lifted 13 years later, these countries were required to keep Iraq’s planes
at their airports, entailing
significantexpense.Theynowrefusetoreleasetheplaneswithoutcompensation.Therep
atriation of the planes is further complicated by lawsuits
filedbytheKuwaitigovernment,which claims that components of the planes
grounded in Tunisia had been plundered by Saddam’s troops when they invaded
Kuwait. Iran, which was at war with Iraq from 1980 to1988, has repeatedly
insisted that Iraq pay $200 billion in war damages, and says that it
considers the commercial and military planes held in its territory part of
these reparations.While the value of Iraqi Airways’
fleetisseriouslyindoubt,aviationexpertsbelievetheflyingroutesentrustedtoitby
thestatecouldyieldaprofitfortheairlines.Iraq’s airports are state property,
and traditionally have been run by the civil aviation authority, a
subdivision of the Ministry of Transport. In addition, ground support
vehicles, maintenance facilities, and repair and fueling facilities are the
property of the state and have been run by Iraqi Airways, a separate
subdivision of the Ministry of Transport. Royal Jordanian airlines, the only
commercial airline flyingintoBaghdad,currentlyisallowedtouseallthese assets.
The CPA is also using the civil aviation authority’s property, and Iraqi
Airways’ support equipment and facilities without compensation. The staff
salaries and costs of officemaintenance for Iraqi Airways are being paid
from Iraq’s national budget, while the lucrative contracts to service the
working airports have been given to foreign companies. The country’s three
major international airports (Baghdad, Basra, and Mosul) are all under U.S.
military control with minimal Iraqi personnel. DHL cargo delivers to Baghdad
and Mosul. Kellogg, Brown & Root, a subsidiary of Halliburton, handles
Baghdad airport security. Skyline Air and Logistic Support, a
Washington-based company, was awarded a $17.5 million contract from the U.S.
Agency for International Development (USAID) to manage the airports’
reconstruction .
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4 R E V E N U E W A T C H R E P O R T N O . 4 airports. The airports’
reconstruction is being run by Bechtel Corp. Royal Jordanian Airlines is not
paying fees to use Baghdad’s airport, although Saddam’s regime charged $700
per plane. Meanwhile, Iraqi airspace has become an attractive
flyoverdestinationforlong-haulinternational
flights,whichdonothavetopayforitsuse.Althoughtheideaofflyoverfeesisrelativel
y recent, the United States and most other countries have come to charge
them as a matter of course. The CPA in August said it will collect $750 from
each airliner that transits Iraq’s airspace, but it is unclear whether these
fees have been collected on Iraq’s behalf—they do not appear in the accounts
of the Development Fund for Iraq. The CPA, however, easily could secure the
flyoverfees.It hasdeclinedtoanswerqueriesaboutthem.If, as it appears, the
CPA has failed to get flyoverfees,Iraq’scivilaviationserviceislosing a
valuable source of revenue. The Iraqi government is supporting the air
transport sector with Iraqi funds, but earning nothing from the use of its
facilities. Iraq’s air transport industry could be a viable economic
prospect, in terms of revenue and employment generation. At the same time,
opening Iraq’s airports to greater
trafficwouldbeavitalstepinconnectingIraqtothe outside world, particularly in
resuming trade.Security is a legitimate concern in weighing whether to allow
increased traffic,non-military carriers, and local Iraqi workers at Iraq’s s
airports. According to several aviation experts, the air threat in Iraq,
particularly around Baghdad, is said to be increasing,
specificallyfrommanpads(man-portableair-defensemissiles).However,Airserv,DHL
,andRoyal Jordanian are already using Baghdad airport on a regular basis
and, according to USAID, there are up to 50 non-military
flightsadayinandoutofIraq—makingitdifficulttojustifya claim that security
concerns require that Iraqi Airways remains grounded.4 Iraqi Airways is
seeking the right to lease planes to
flyalongthesameroutesastheforeigncarriers,andtobe paid for the use of their
equipment by foreign carriers. There are more than 70 airports in Iraq, some
very small that pose low security risks, and others that can handle
international
flights(Basra,forexample)thatarereasonablysecure.ItispossiblethatanIraqi-con
trolledcarrier could operate with acceptable risks out of these facilities,
especially if it were given the same protections afforded the international
carriers now operating in Baghdad.
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A New Carrier Hijacked by Saddam-Era InvestorsPlans to launch a new Iraqi
national airline in 2004 were crafted by the well-respected U.S. consulting
firmSimat,Helliesen,andEichner(SH&E).Itisunclearwhethertherecentcontractsign
ed by the Ministry of Transport and the Khawwam family are part of that
design. Frank Willis, the CPA
officialinchargeofaviationmattersinIraq,hassaidtheseplansarenowreadyfor
execution.SH&E, which examined civil aviation dynamics in Iraq, recommended
the participation of a regional carrier as well as code-sharing arrangements
with an international airline for the new Iraqi airline. The new Iraqi
airline, according to SH&E, might be part of a regional group of carriers
that could include Royal Jordanian, Middle East Airlines, and Syrian Air.
The US airline Delta has been mentioned as a possibility for the
international airline. This new airline will not, according to SH&E, be a
resurrection of Iraqi Airways, which it views as too embroiled in Saddam-era
legal disputes to be worth salvaging. It is unclear whether the CPA and SH&E
participated in brokering this deal to establish a new Iraqi carrier, or if
the Ministry of Transport and the civil aviation authority were acting on
their own accord.IRW has obtained a
confidentialdocumentwhichrevealsthatIraqiAirways’assetsmay end up in the
hands of the powerful Khawwam al Abdul Abbas family, which, according to
local news reports, had close ties with the Saddam regime and were oil
smugglers under sanctions. Iraqi Airways’ planes, support facilities, and
route awards were sold without public bidding in a deal where Iraqi Airways
was not even represented. The contract had not been made public as of
January 2004.The document is a contract signed on December 2, 2003, to
establish a joint venture named al Iraqiyya Air. The contract was signed by
the Ministry of Transport, represented by the general director of the civil
aviation authority, M. Fakher Fareg Mohammed, and three members of the
Khawwam family. The ministry’s share in the company’s capital of $25 million
will be less than 25 percent (article 5). This share would be paid from the
assets of Iraqi Airways. It is unclear what role, if any, the CPA has played
in the process of negotiating and signing this contract. Since the CPA has
been working with SH&E to revamp Iraq’s air industry and launch a new
carrier in cooperation with the Ministry of Transport, it seems unlikely
that a contract signed by a representative of the Ministry of Transport to
establish a new carrier would take place without the knowledge of the CPA,
and indeed may be part of those plans. If the Ministry of Transport has
signed a contract selling off Iraq’s state assets and launching a new
aviation venture without the knowledge of the CPA, this raises serious
concerns about the CPA’s ability to manage Iraq’s economy.Since this
contract has been signed with the Jordanian Alia Co., ownership of the
airline is also a potential problem. The ownership structure of this new
airline plays a key role in determining the nationality of the airline in
the eyes of other countries.
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6 R E V E N U E W A T C H R E P O R T N O . 4 When countries make bilateral
air service agreements, each government has the right to accept or reject
the various airlines able to
flyunderthoserights.Inthefuture,anycountrynegotiatingIraqirouterightswith
the government of Iraq could refuse to accept this new air carrier, al
Iraqiyya, on the basis that it is not
sufficientlyIraqi.Ifeven26percentoftheaircarrierwasheldbyaJordaniancompany,
despite the Iraqi nationality of its owners, many countries would likely
consider the air carrier Jordanian. Hence, the part-Jordanian ownership of
this new airline could very well jeopardize its rights to
flytocertaincountries.The contract also stipulates that the Ministry of
Transport must hand over to this new company all royalties and rights
acquired through past agreements with any international carrier, company or
government. Moreover, the contract protects the new owners share by
prohibiting any new entry or participation into the newly established
carrier, unless approved by two-thirds of Iraq’s general assembly. The new
carrier does not have to pay any debts, obligations, compensations or
salaries owed to Iraqi Airways (article 7), which is a matter of concern
since no representatives from Iraqi Airways were involved in negotiating
these concessions. Finally, the Ministry of Transport takes on the sole
burden of compensating all other parties for any loss due to sabotage that
is not covered by insurance (article 8). An expose in al Mu’tamar, the Iraqi
National Congress (INC) daily newspaper, reprinted documents from Saddam
Hussein’s presidential officeoutliningtheKhawwamalAbdul Abbas family’s
dealings with the former dictator.5 The family was said to run two front
companies, al Huda and Alia, for Saddam’s regime. Al Huda was a partner of
the Iraqi State Oil Marketing Organisation, and was implicated in the
smuggling of oil under the sanctions. U.S. forces in the Gulf in 2000 also
seized an oil tanker owned by the Khawwam al Abdul Abbas family. The
newspaper printed photocopies of documents disclosing how this family was
involved in oil smuggling, bribing of Iraqi and non-Iraqi
officials,andimportingexpiredfooditems to Iraq under the oil-for-food
program.Out in the ColdAs of January 2004, no new national carrier has been
launched, and Iraqi Airways’ employees report no changes.
OfficialstatementsfromtheCPAandtheIraqiGoverningCouncilaboutIraq’s air
industry are ambiguous. Royal Jordanian’s Amman-Baghdad charter
flightscurrentlyprovide the sole commercial service in and out of the Iraqi
capital, along with Airserv, a charter service with two daily
flightsofnomorethan10passengerseach.TheCPAhassuggestedthatthe new airline
will not be a revamped version of Iraqi Airways. Regardless of the CPA’s
position, Iraqi Airways’ management on May 30, 2003, announced it plans to
resume international service. Under Iraq’s existing laws, Iraqi Airways owns
the planes, the commercial name, and the crews’ contracts as part of its
legal status. Despite CPA statements indicating that Iraqi Airways is not
being restored, Iraqi Airways’
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website gives the impression that it is ready to do business. There are
rumors of a possible future deal between Iraqi Airways and the European
Airbus Company, in which the Iraqi company would acquire Airbus jets, most
likely for use on domestic flights.Thisisconfusing,given that Iraqi Airways
is currently struggling for the right to run a few small
flightsandleasesmall planes, which the CPA and the Governing Council will
not grant. Airbus and its rival plane manufacturer, Boeing, have both
expressed interest in Iraq’s air transport sector, however, so it is quite
possible that Airbus is attempting to promote a future for Iraqi Airways,
while the CPA and Boeing envision an alternate Iraqi flagshipcarrier.In a
memo from Iraqi Airways to the Governing Council, the company complained
that since the fall of Saddam’s regime it has been deprived of
financingandsupportthatitcould have received through the reconstruction
funds allocated to the Ministry of Transport.6 Iraqi Airways was denied
these funds under the pretext that its legal status is that of a
“self-financing”
company.7ThestaffofIraqiAirwaysinDecember2003wasinformedthatthenextmonth the
state would pay salaries and that as a
self-financingcompany,IraqiAirwaysnowhad to
findtheresourcestocoveritscosts.Afteranuproarfromemployeesatdozensofsuchself
-financingstateenterprises,theCPA’
sultimatumhasbeenextendeduntilMay2004.Untilthen the central Iraqi budget
will continue to provide for the salaries of those employed in self
financingenterprises.Although it is expected to become self-sustaining,
Iraqi Airways has not been given the freedom to manage its business as a
self-financingcompany,andthevariouscontractsthat it could have
fulfilledhaveinsteadgonetoforeigncompanies.ThememorandumtotheGoverning
Council requested that Iraqi Airways be allowed to use other, potentially
more secure airports in Iraq, such as Mosul, Basra, Najaf, and Arbil, rather
than confiningtheuseofBaghdad airport to certain foreign carriers. Although
Baghdad’s airport is currently classifiedas vulnerable to hostile military
operations and therefore unsafe, it would be possible for Iraqi Airways to
use the numerous other airports in Iraq. Kerbala, for example, is only 110
km from Baghdad, and capable of running domestic and international
flights.Iraqi Airways had requested the right to lease commercial planes to
run flightsfromIraqi airports other than Baghdad’s to transport the tens of
thousands of Iraqis going to Mecca for the Hajj. The Governing Council and
the CPA rejected this offer and gave the business to an American-Kuwaiti
company instead. The concern is that Iraqi Airways is being deliberately
grounded to keep down the price that its future buyers will pay. Other
non-Iraqi companies are now hiring and leasing planes, but the CPA has
prevented Iraqi airways from doing so. Under Iraqi law, a
self-financingstatecorporationcanconcludeagreementsandraisemoney,whichIraqi
Airways was seeking to do in order to lease planes for this year’s
pilgrimage.
8 R E V E N U E W A T C H R E P O R T N O . 4 Conclusion While IRW is not
arguing for a new national carrier or for Iraqi Airways to be revived, it is
critical that Iraq begins to receive the revenue and trade
benefitsofarevivedairtransportindustry.Whatever air carrier emerges cannot
resume operations without a sovereign Iraqi government reaching agreements
with neighboring countries on its various air carriers’ legal status, which
includes publicly resolving the status of Iraqi Airways and its stranded
assets abroad. These are not impossible tasks, but accomplishing all of the
above requires that the CPA and the Governing Council are transparent about
their intentions for the industry. Any privatization conducted under the
auspices of the CPA should be subject to a legal analysis. A Congressional
Research Service report recently asserted that the sale of state assets by
an occupying power violates the 1907 Hague Convention on the laws of war,
and that Iraqi law still on the books—which the CPA is allowed to change
only if necessary—strictly limits foreign investment.8 Any plans to go ahead
with privatization by a sovereign Iraqi government should be preceded by a
valuation of the company to determine its worth and the solicitation of
multiple bids before any contracts are signed.The CPA is required by United
Nations Security Council resolutions to act in the best interests of the
Iraqi people and to operate transparently. Yet recent actions do not support
those aims. Ensuring the ability of potentially competitive Iraqi air
carriers to contend with foreign carriers and airline services is in the
best interests of the Iraqi people. Specifically,theabilityof Iraqi Airways
to be truly self-financingisunderminedbytheuseofitsmachineryandthedamage to
its property that occurred when the airport was taken by the Coalition
forces with no compensation to the company.9 Similarly, private deals to
transfer control of Iraqi Airways assets to insiders who
profitedhandsomelyundertheregimeofSaddamHusseinunderminethe goal of
transparent and open competition. Below are several recommendations intended
to ensure the viability of a future Iraqi-based carrier. 1. The current
contract—yet to be disclosed—should be frozen per an examination by legal
experts to determine its validity. A full investigation into the contract’s
awarding procedures by the yet-to-be-appointed CPA Inspector General as well
as the appropriate Iraqi counterpart should commence as soon as possible.2.
Any plans to privatize Iraqi Airways should be preceded by an estimate of
the company’s fair market value. Multiple bids should be sought.
Representatives from the former national carrier (Iraqi Airways) and civil
aviation authority should be full members in any negotiations regarding the
possible licensing of private carriers or the privatization of their
activities.
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3. It is unrealistic for the CPA to demand that Iraqi Airways be
self-financingwhiledenying the company the business basis on which to
achieve this. Moreover, with the United States and other nations
increasingly supporting their own airline industries in response to
increased security needs in the post-September 11 world, it is not
unrealistic to ask the CPA or the Governing Council to help the airline get
back on its feet. At a minimum, the CPA must pay the Ministry of Transport
compensation and fees for the use of and damage to its facilities for the
nine- month period that followed the U.S. occupation of Iraq. Charging
reasonable flyoverfeesforuseofIraq’sairspaceis a resource that is not being
capitalized on at present. As for reparations, American
officialshaveacknowledgedthatCoalitiontroopsvandalizedandlootedtheformerSadd
am International Airport upon arrival, and U.S. estimates of the cost of the
damage and theft “begin at a few million dollars and go as high as $100
million.”104. If airports are deemed safe enough for foreign airlines or
charters to flypassengersorcargo, they should be opened to Iraqi Airways to
flyaswell.Iraq’sairportsandtheirfacilities and equipment are the property of
Iraq’s civil aviation authority. The staff of this authority should be
allowed to run Iraq’s property and gain revenues from these operations.
1 0 R E V E N U E W A T C H R E P O R T N O . 4 APPENDIXThe Hague
Convention11 Hague Convention IV (October 18, 1907) Convention Respecting
the Laws and Customs of War on LandRelevant Clauses:Art. 53. An army of
occupation can only take possession of cash, funds, and realizable
securities which are strictly the property of the State, depots of arms,
means of transport, stores and supplies, and, generally, all movable
property belonging to the State which may be used for military operations.
All appliances, whether on land, at sea, or in the air, adapted for the
transmission of news, or for the transport of persons or things, exclusive
of cases governed by naval law, depots of arms, and, generally, all kinds of
munitions of war, may be seized, even if they belong to private individuals,
but must be restored and compensation fixedwhenpeaceismade.Art. 55. The
occupying State shall be regarded only as administrator and usufructuary of
public buildings, real estate, forests, and agricultural estates belonging
to the hostile State, and situated in the occupied country. It must
safeguard the capital of these properties, and administer them in accordance
with the rules of usufruct.
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Notes1. This report has
benefitedfromindustryexpertiseprovidedbyMichaelLehrman,AirlineTransportPilot
,FederalAviation Administration; and MBA, Harvard University.2. Bernard
Black, Reinier Kraakman, and Anna Tarassova, “Russian Privatization and
Corporate Governance: What Went Wrong?” Stanford Law Review, Vol. 52,
pp.1731-1808, 2000.3. Ibid.4. USAID Accomplishments in Iraq: Airports,
http://www.usaid.gov/iraq/accomplishments/airports.html5
 al Mu’tamar,
January 5-7 and January 13, 2004.6. Memorandum by the acting General
Director of the Iraqi Airways to the Governing Council on November 15,
2003.7 Like the centrally planned economies of Eastern Europe and Russia,
Saddam’s government cut subsidies to some state enterprises, so that they
would have to make a
profittostayafloat.Theseenterprises,includingIraqiAirways,were classifiedas
“self-financed.”8 Associated Press, Experts: “Shock-Restructuring of Iraqi
Is on Shaky Ground,” NewsMax.com Wires, November 17, 2003. 9 See Simon
Robinson, “Grounding Planes the Wrong Way,” Time, July 14, 2003. Robinson
goes on to note specificdamage to Iraqi Airways assets: “The airplanes
suffered the greatest damage. Of the 10 Iraqi Airways jets on the tarmac
when the airport fell, a U.S. inspection in early May found that
fivewereserviceable:three727s,a747anda 737. Over the next few weeks, U.S.
soldiers looking for comfortable seats and souvenirs ripped out many of the
planes’
fittings,slashedseats,damagedcockpitequipmentandpoppedouteverywindshield.”10
Ibid.11 
http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/hague/hague5.html
Copyright © 2004 Open Society Institute. All rights reserved.Anthony
Richter, Director, Middle East Initiatives and Central Eurasia Project
Svetlana Tsalik, Director, Revenue Watch Isam al Khafaji, Baghdad Director,
Iraq Revenue Watch Julie McCarthy, Researcher Iraq Revenue Watch monitors
Iraq’s oil industry to ensure that it is managed with the highest standards
of transparency and that the
benefitsofnationaloilwealthflowtothepeopleofIraq.IraqRevenueWatchcomplements
existing Open Society Institute initiatives that monitor revenues produced
by the extractive industries. In many parts of the world, the lack of proper
stewardship over oil resources has resulted in corruption, the continued
impoverishment of populations, and abuses of political power. By prompting
governments to tackle these problems early, the Open Society Institute hopes
to help Iraq avoid this plight.The Open Society Institute currently supports
a recently launched initiative, Caspian Revenue Watch, which monitors the
development of oil production in the Caspian basin. The goal is to promote
transparency, accountability, and public oversight in the management of oil
and natural gas revenues. Iraq faces even greater challenges than the
Caspian region. If Iraq is to become an open, democratic society it will
need to develop transparent accountable institutions for ensuring honest
management of oil revenues.There is an urgent need for Iraq Revenue Watch
given the current occupied status of the country. The Coalition Provisional
Authority and the Iraqi Governing Council should establish rules that ensure
complete transparency regarding Iraqi oil revenues. So doing will foster a
stable, democratic Iraq, and will protect the Coalition Provisional
Authority from charges of misappropriation during this period of trusteeship
over Iraq’s reconstruction.The Open Society Institute, a private operating
and grantmaking foundation based in New York City, implements a range of
initiatives throughout the world to promote open society by shaping
government policy and supporting education, media, public health, and human
and women’s rights, as well as social, legal, and economic reform.
For more information, contact:
Iraq Revenue Watch program Open Society Institute 400 West 59th StreetNew
York, New York 10019USAE-mail:
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Non credi a me ne crederesti a lui, quindi, su tutto questo che contesti ti
ho gia`"plonkato" e ripeto solo per chi altro leggesse il mio post  che il
dr. Isam Khafaji, ha denunciato questo in un intervista con David Jessel
alla BBC"Hardtalk" del 11 Febbraio'04.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/hardtalk/3479825.stm
.
Nel sunto che riguarda l'intervista non e`indicato, ma si puo`ancora
riprendere con Real Player la registrazione Video della trasmissione.
Giano

alla BBC "Hardtalk" del 11 Febbraio'04.
Puo' averlo detto anche al Congresso USA, dove e' anche stato, ma se non
porta dei documenti sono mere chiacchere.
-Stefano

 porta dei documenti sono mere chiacchere.
Disse il bue all'asino !.......
Ma che cacchio di documenti credi che tutti debbano portare? Credi che
qualcuno della posizione di Isam Khafaji, si sputtanerebbe in una intervista
alla BBC se non fosse sicuro di quello che dice ?
Nel tuo mondo forse si, ma non nel mio.
Giano

quello che dice?
La BBC non e' quella che e' uscita sputtanata dopo le accuse al governo
Blair?  Si, mi pare proprio che sia quella.  E mi pare che l'intervista
fosse pure precedente alla sputtanata.
-Stefano

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#_Vogliamo scivolare sul presunto sputtanamento dell BBC ? LOL
IMHO ne e`uscita ancor piu`limpida di prima, senza che ci fosse bisogno
delle dimissioni.
Quanto al dirigente della IRW e`*lui* che non si sputtanerebbe mai, non
foss'altro per la sua posizione di controllo dell'uso dei Fondi di
Ricostruzione dell''Iraq....ma nell'intervista accenna anche a qualcosa di
piu`e cioe`:
 " <YOU CANNOT INVESTIGATE THAT>..BECAUSE <IS TIME OF WAR>THEY SAY, WE HAVE
BEEN TOLD < THEESE ARE SECRETS !> "
Per chi vuole ascoltare solo questa parte dell'intervista per risparmiare
tempo online, basta spostare il cursore del Real Player box al minuto ~
12:40 ( il tratto di intervista che riguarda l'utilizzazione dei Fondi)fino
al minuto 14:15.
Riporto:
12:40
D.Jessel_ Could iraqi companies themself take some of the works of
reconstruction ?
I.Khafaji_ In my capacity of member of this organization I'm directing, We
have documented hundreds, if not more, of contracts that iraqi where
applying for & bidding for...and for something like 20% of them (tenders)
they have received the contract.
I know,* NOW*,iraqi companies are taking the same subcontracts from american
comp. for 1/6 of the cost.
You can imagine that 5/6 go to somebody setting like you and me doing nothin
g, yust taking the contract and then handing it to somebodyelse for 1/6 of
cost to do the job......   ......
........
13:38
D.J. _ Let me make straight what you are saying.
         You are saying -the IRW weren't consulted; the contracts were given
to big american        multinational comp. and then subcontracted to iraqi
Co. for 1/6 of the price?-...a scandal isn't ??
I.K._Yes ! But "you cannot investigate that", because they're saying "is
time of war" and we have been told "theese are secrets!"
14:15
Giano

Ricostruzione dell''Iraq....
La sua posizione non controlla un fico secco :)  Men che meno il
controllo dell'uso dei Fondi di Ricostruzione dell'Iraq :)
-Stefano

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Ah! Ma allora se' de coccio !!
Chettepotessirotolaaddormentatoecadedallettocollafaccianervasodanotte.
G.