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The Louis Berger Group, Inc. (Louis Berger) will help the Kurdistan Regional Government start up the Erbil Stock Exchange (ESX) in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, a joint endeavor of the Iraqi government and private sector to build a modern securities market. Morristown, NJ (PRWEB) April 01, 2013 The Louis Berger Group, Inc. (Louis Berger) will help the Kurdistan Regional Government start up the Erbil Stock Exchange (ESX) in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, a joint endeavor of the Iraqi government...

Documentary to show if individual soldiers can put aside the differences of ideology and government PHOENIX, NEW YORK and SADR CITY, Baghdad, Iraq, March 1, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Shai: Arabic for "Tea." Commonly shared by friends when sitting down to speak; an excellent alternative to machine guns. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130301/CG69793) Iraq War veteran Daniel Somers is traveling back to Baghdad in order to meet with his former enemies ("insurgents")...

ARLINGTON, Va., Nov. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In part of his new book, "THE DANGEROUS RIGHT WING," author Richard Fults discloses/documents 'THE WORST CRIME IN AMERICAN HISTORY' from isolated, factual criminal evidence; in the public domain for years but never before connected or investigated by anyone. Fults outlines his findings: 1) In 2002, after 12 months of Bush and his neocons emphatically and repeatedly claiming that Iraq had been involved in the 9/11 attack, and intended to...

NEW YORK, Nov. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- For Darron Wright, a three tour veteran of the Iraq War, America's eight-year campaign to liberate Iraq was a good war fought well. In his new book, Iraq Full Circle: From Shock and Awe to the Last Combat Patrol in Baghdad and Beyond he offers a first-hand analysis of the war. Wright was battalion operations officer for an infantry battalion from 2003-2004 operating in the dangerous Sunni Triangle. In 2005-6 he did a tour as a Brigade Executive...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The United States-Kurdistan Business Council (USKBC) board members received a private briefing from senior Iraqi Kurdish officials about economic development in the Kurdistan Region and the political situation in Iraq. The briefing, chaired by USKBC CEO, General James Jones (USMC-Ret), was with Dr. Fuad Hussein, Chief of Staff to Kurdistan Region of Iraq president Masoud Barzani and Minister Falah Bakir, the Head of the KRG...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A senior delegation from the Kurdistan Region of Iraq concluded a weeklong visit to Washington and New York today, highlighting the successes in Iraqi Kurdistan since Iraq's liberation, and calling on the US government to keep the Region in mind during the growing political crisis. The delegation, which included the Chief of Staff to the President of the Kurdistan Region, Dr. Fuad Hussein, and the Head of the Department of...

LONDON, July 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- On 19th July Mr Martin Kobler, the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Iraq and head of UNAMI, told the UN Security Council: "The [Iraqi] government's patience is wearing thin. I therefore would like to ... urge Camp Ashraf residents to cooperate with Iraqi authorities and to relocate from Camp Ashraf to Camp Hurriyeh (Liberty)". We believe that this gives the green light to Iraq to commit further war crimes and a...

HARRISBURG, Pa., May 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Secretary C. Alan Walker, under the direction of Governor Tom Corbett, today filed a petition with the Commonwealth Court to appoint retired USAF Maj. Gen. William B. Lynch as the receiver for the distressed City of Harrisburg. "We remain focused on the ongoing fiscal recovery efforts and the implementation of the court-approved recovery plan to get the City of Harrisburg...

WASHINGTON, May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Last week, the newly formed United States Kurdistan Business Council (USKBC) held its first briefing in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq with the largest United States congressional staff delegation to ever visit the region. The meet and greet was held at a new five star hotel in Erbil and included U.S. government officials based in Erbil, local USKBC representatives and other U.S. companies operating in Kurdistan. USKBC corporate...

WASHINGTON, April 16, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S.-Kurdistan Business Council (USKBC), a trade group of U.S. companies investing in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, named former U.S. National Security Advisor General James Jones (USMC-Ret) as the council's CEO last week during a reception honoring President of the Kurdistan Region Masoud Barzani. "General Jones is exceptionally knowledgeable about Kurdistan and about the history and importance of U.S. engagement with the...