Iraq, China establish business council to boost economic ties

STORY: Iraq, China establish business council to boost economic ties SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 25, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 26, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:43 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. Various of ceremony for the establishment of the Iraqi-Chinese Business Council STORYLINE: Iraq and China announced in Baghdad Saturday the establishment of the Iraqi-Chinese Business Council to enhance trade and investment between Iraqi and Chinese companies. The announcement came during a ceremony held in central Baghdad with the attendance of the Iraqi Minister of Trade Atheer al-Ghurairi, Chinese embassy officials, and Iraqi and Chinese businessmen. During the ceremony, al-Ghurairi hailed the establishment of the business council, hoping it would contribute to strengthening economic relations between the two friendly countries. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Baghdad. (XHTV)

U.S. is a rouge state that creates crises: Iraqi expert

STORY: U.S. is a rouge state that creates crises: Iraqi expert DATELINE: Aug. 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:41 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of views in Iraq 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): ADEL AL-GHURAIRI, Professor, Baghdad University, Iraq STORYLINE: An Iraqi analyst says that the United States is a rogue state that invades sovereign countries and fuels conflicts to serve its own interests. Adel al-Ghurairi says that the behavior of the U.S. often leads to the spread of terrorism, violence, murder, and crime in many parts of the world. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): ADEL AL-GHURAIRI, Professor, Baghdad University, Iraq "When the United States invaded Iraq in 2003, what happened was the looting of wealth and control of oil resources, as well as blackmailing of the Gulf states, by creating an alleged enemy that threatens the Arab region. This is the policy of the United States. What historians and scholars have said is really what the United States used to do from World War I and II to the present. It