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Iraq: The Arbil-Baghdad Divide

Nov 26, 2007 | 20:31 GMT

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Summary

Iraq's oil minister has decreed the Iraqi Kurds' oil policies null and void. But protestations from Baghdad aside, the Kurds' strategy — which actually has very little to do with oil — is not about to be interrupted.

Iraq's oil minister has decreed the Iraqi Kurds' oil policies null and void, but the Kurds are unlikely to stop issuing them. ...

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