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Baghdad sues Iraqs autonomous Kurdistan regional government over $110 billion US energy deal
The Iraqi federal government has taken legal action against the Kurdistan Regional Government. The lawsuit concerns oil and ...
First class graduates from American University of Baghdad, once Saddam’s palace
The American University of Baghdad has celebrated the graduation of its first cohort of students at a campus that was once a ...
Iraq's oil minister has 'reservations' about energy agreements signed by Kurdish region
Iraq's oil minister said that the federal government has reservations about energy agreements signed by the semi-autonomous ...
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Baghdad Backs Down on Accusing Kurdistan of Unilateral US Ties
Baghdad: Iraq’s federal government has softened its stance after initially rejecting recent multibillion-dollar oil contracts signed between the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and two US energy ...
US energy firms' deals with Iraqi Kurdistan 'null and void', Baghdad says
Iraqi Kurdistan announced deals worth $110 billion over their lifetime with U.S. firms HKN Energy and WesternZagros on ...
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Reflecting on the Pentagon's 'shock and awe' campaign that began the invasion of Iraq
For a moment, Steve Ankerstar thought Baghdad, Iraq looked just like any other city he had seen when looking out of a plane window. Then the cruise missiles struck. "Just boom boom boom boom boom ...