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    Documents: The Embassy of Iraq in Washington sought promotional services

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    Post by Rocky Fri Feb 10, 2023 6:55 am

    [size=30]Documents: The Embassy of Iraq in Washington sought promotional services
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    [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] ” project to cover the activities of Middle Eastern lobbies in the United States between 2010-2022 published information and documents about the lobby of the Iraqi embassy in Washington in 1918, based on a database of the US Department of Justice.  
      
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    The following is the text of the part related to the activity of the Iraqi embassy behind the scenes to obtain promotional services:  
      
    In July 2018, the Iraqi embassy in Washington signed a contract with Gibson Thomas, to provide political lobbying, public relations, investment and media services, and the contract ended on January 31, 2022, and the embassy paid him $273,000.  
      
    On the Iraqi side, the contract was initially supervised by Ahmed Najati Agha, a first secretary at the Iraqi embassy, ​​to change in late 2019 to the Iraqi ambassador in Washington Farid Yassin, and he becomes the signatory of the contracts and the direct delegate to deal with the company, noting that the ambassador holds a Ph.D. The field of physics and previously held several diplomatic and political positions, including his work as Iraq's ambassador to France.  
      
    As for Thomas Gibson, he previously worked as an editor and cartoonist with USA Today, as well as other American newspapers such as The New York Times and The Washington Post, and worked on the White House staff during the term of Republican President Donald Reagan, and then Navigate several businesses related to public relations, healthcare and aviation.  
      
    In 1999, Gibson formed his own public affairs and communications firm, Kirkwood/Gibso, which is mentioned in the contract, and subsequently joined the White House Writers' Group of eminent communications professionals, former White House speechwriters, and others.  
      
    In 2002, Gibson, along with General Ronald Fogelman, former Chief of Staff of the US Air Force, established a company specializing in flight training, of which he was elected president after Fogelman retired and expanded its range of services.  
      
    Except for the Iraqi embassy in Washington, the company does not have any other foreign clients, according to its documents in the US Department of Justice.  
      
    What does the Iraqi embassy want from this contract?  
      
    The contract stipulates, in its stated objective, to provide the embassy with a communications consultant with regard to promoting investment and business in Iraq, health and humanitarian services, drafting written materials and electronic distribution of promotional content related to the aforementioned affairs, as well as issues of combating corruption, regional security, and “combating terrorism.” .  
      
    And it appears from the activities, the company's production of a periodic newsletter, " [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] ", concerned with "economic and social progress in the new Iraq." According to the data, an editorial advisory group of Iraqi Americans contributes to the production of the newsletter, and the materials include [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] by Ambassador Farid Yassin, as well as [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] related to relations between the two countries and security news.  
      
    The company distributes these materials of a promotional nature [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] the Iraqi embassy, ​​and according to the documents, the materials are supposed to be distributed to legislators, officials, government agencies, civic institutions, chambers of commerce, and communities.  
      
    Also according to the contract, [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] to enhance the reach of the Iraqi embassy to American companies and investors, to harness the capabilities and resources in the United States within the purposes of rebuilding Iraq, as well as putting effort into organizing and directing resources to the Iraqi community, whose number in the United States ranges from 500 thousand to one million people, To invest in reconstruction, the company describes the community as having exceptional business acumen, technical skills and reliable communication with family members and potential partners in Iraq.  
      
    Apart from the above, the company did not disclose any political activities in the supplementary materials, most likely due to the nature of its job related to promoting investment in Iraq.  
      
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