U.S.-Iraq Business and Investment Conference

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http://www.trade.gov/iraq/IraqInvest/index.asp

20-21 October, 2009 - Washington, DC

"The U.S.-Iraq Business and Investment Conference (USIBIC), announced by Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki during his July visit to the U.S., will be held October 20-21 in Washington, D.C. This major international event will offer U.S. companies the opportunity to learn about business and trade opportunities in Iraq’s market of 28 million people..."


Tuesday, July 22, 2008 9:56 AM
New 5-Star Hotel for Baghdad

http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/checkpointbaghdad/archive/2008/07/22/new-5-star-hotel-for-baghdad.aspx

"Two men, one American, the other Iraqi, daubed wet cement on a short stack of limestone bricks and laid the cornerstone for what is to be the first new five-star hotel in Baghdad since the days of Saddam Hussein. A couple dozen people standing in 115-degree heat on a parched piece of land near Zaitun Street and Al Qadisiya Highway, just inside the International Zone, watched the tableau. Most of them understood that the ceremony was a symbol of Iraq's accelerating efforts to transition to life beyond wartime. And the developer's representative spelled it out for those who might not have gotten the message. "This project will be a signal that will go out all over the world that the economy of Iraq is ready for investment," declared Robert K. Kelly, CEO of Delaware-based Summit Global Group..."


CNBC video - interview with Robert Kelley, Global Summit Group CEO
http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1301586405&play=1

"...I think everyday about the soldiers and marines that served in Iraq, some of them gave their lives... to create the new Iraq...what we are doing is trying to come behind them and help create the new Iraq..."

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