Topic: Karim Waheed Hasan

BAGHDAD, June 19 (UPI) -- Al Herman is no diplomat. His choice words are frank, sometimes unprintable, and usually effective.

NAJAF, Iraq, March 4 (UPI) -- Iraqi and Iranian energy ministers inaugurated construction of a power plant in Najaf, part of enhanced ties announced during the Iranian president's visit.

BAGHDAD, Feb. 26 (UPI) -- Iraq's electricity sector workers say a sit-in last week resulted in the power minister's agreement to discuss their demands.

NASIRIYAH, Iraq, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- Workers in Iraq's Nasiriyah power station staged a sit-in, demanding the Electricity Ministry do more to help them keep the plant in operation.

NAJAF, Iraq, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- Iran will start development of a power station in Iraq's Najaf province, a 320 megawatt grant from its neighbor, a provincial spokesman said.

BAGHDAD, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- Gas feeding northern Iraq power generators and supply from Turkey has been cut, hampering an electricity sector also facing regular attacks.

KARBALA, Iraq, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- Iraq's power sector, looking for needed investors, is getting the loudest and most active response from neighboring Iran.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Two of Iraq’s many needs right now are more electricity and more investment. A law currently being drafted would satisfy both, paving the way for foreign and domestic private companies to build power plants, a step toward fully privatizing the entire electricity sector.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- The question is simple enough on the third and final day of a major Iraq energy conference where hundreds of hungry oil men and women broke bread with Iraq’s industry chiefs, politicians and technocrats: when will Baghdad set the ground rules for the international oil community’s long-awaited venture into the largest oil prize on earth?