The YouTube channel was unveiled at the end of a visit to Baghdad by Google chief executive Eric Schmidt, who also announced plans by the Internet giant to begin digitizing artifacts and documents from Iraq’s National Museum.<\/p>\n
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki inaugurated the new channel, located at youtube.com\/iraqigov, with a message saying it would allow his government to showcase its achievements to the world.<\/p>\n
“The world has not seen what the Iraqi government has been able to achieve in regard to security, economy, politics and building a federal democratic system,” Maliki said.<\/p>\n
“The government sees in this video technology an opportunity to show our achievements.”<\/p>\n
In a YouTube video, Schmidt said the channel will allow viewers to “discover even more what’s great about Iraq, this new country that’s being built, the resurgence of a new society and the amazing things they have in store.”<\/p>\n