VOL. XLVI

No 40

06-October-2003

IRAQ

Congressional Debate Could Delay Iraqi Oil Development As Baghdad Mulls Establishment Of NOC

The rising opposition by Democratic congressmen, and even some Republican legislators, to the administrations Iraq policy could alter or delay the countrys oil reconstruction plans. While criticism has focused on several issues, such as the way the administration has handled the affair of former ambassador Joe Wilson and his wifes CIA association, the lack of weapons of...