AH YES, THE VAUNTED Arab Solidarity. I find it interesting that OPEC is sitting on its duff when it comes to rejuvenating the Iraqi Oil Industry.

Thamer al-Ghadhban, the (Iraqi Oil) ministry's interim chief executive, also said Thursday in an interview with The Associated Press that he feels estranged from his counterparts in OPEC as he struggles to restore Iraqi oil production to prewar levels.

None of the other 10 members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries has contacted Iraq's oil ministry since al-Ghadhban took over.

Read about it here.