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• Dec. 11 airpower summary AFNS 12 Dec 2009 -- Coalition airpower integrated with ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations Dec. 11 according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.

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United Nations

• Iraq: Kurdish lawmakers confirm support for new electoral laws with UN envoy UN News Centre 12 Dec 2009 -- The top United Nations envoy to Iraq met today with parliamentarians from the Kurdish Alliance Bloc to discuss the recently brokered electoral laws that allow for national elections expected to take place early next year.

Reconstruction Issues

• Contracts Awarded to Russian, Norwegian Firms on Last Day of Iraq Oil Auction VOA 12 Dec 2009 -- The Iraqi government expressed satisfaction with the outcome of major two-day oil auction, Saturday after awarding the prized West Qurna Phase Two oil field to both Russia's Lukoil and Norway's Statoil.
• Russia's LUKoil wins auction to develop Iraqi oil field RIA Novosti 12 Dec 2009 -- Russia's largest independent oil producer LUKoil won an auction on Saturday for a contract to develop one of Iraq's largest oil fields.

Foreign Reactions

• Iraqi FM acknowledges Iran's leading role to bolster regional peace IRNA 12 Dec 2009 -- Iraq’s Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said on Saturday that the Islamic Republic of Iran plays a leading role to restore regional peace and security.

News Reports

• Former UK PM: Saddam's Removal Correct Regardless of Lack of WMDs VOA 12 Dec 2009 -- The actions of Tony Blair have again come under scrutiny in Britain as he admits in a BBC interview that he was behind regime change in Iraq.
• Blair defends Iraq war ahead of giving evidence IRNA 12 Dec 2009 -- Former British prime minister Tony Blair has pre-empted giving evidence to the Iraq war inquiry by insisting he would have found a way to remove Saddam Hussein without weapons of mass destruction that were never found.
• Iraqis Say Many Reasons For Uptick In Deadly Bombings RFE/RL 12 Dec 2009 -- Iraqi politicians and other officials say that interdepartmental rivalries, infiltration by Ba'athists, incompetence, political score-settling, and overworked security personnel are some of the reasons for the recent spike in deadly bombing attacks in the country, RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraq (RFI) reports.