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3 days ago · Iraq’s huge foreign debt, largely accumulated through heavy war expenditures under Saddam Hussein, was reduced in 2004 when the Paris Club, a group of 19 wealthy creditor nations, agreed to cancel 80 percent of Iraq’s $40 billion debt to 19 members. Recent News. July 11, 2024, 2:07 AM ET (NBC)
Jul 5, 2024 · Iraq - Trade, Oil, Agriculture: Before the UN embargo, Iraq was a heavy importer. The chief imports included military ordnance, vehicles, industrial and electrical goods, textiles and clothing, and construction materials. About one-fourth of import spending was on foodstuffs.
3 days ago · In April 1982, at the height of its war with Iran, Iraq needed additional maritime outlets. Syria responded by closing its border with Iraq—ostensibly to prevent Iraqi arms smuggling—and shutting down the Iraqi-Syrian oil pipeline.
Jul 7, 2024 · Twenty years after the invasion of Iraq, former CBS and NBC journalist Chip Reid, who was embedded with U.S. forces when the Iraq War broke out, talks to combat veterans of the 3d Battalion,...
Jun 30, 2024 · In an interview with 60 Minutes Overtime, Pelley revisited his reporting on soldiers who had served in Afghanistan and Iraq over the last two decades, and the impact their deployment and PTSD...
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5 days ago · The Iran-Iraq War complicates the conventional wisdom that chemical warfare is strategically ineffective. In that conflict, chemical weapons were arguably decisive in allowing Iraq to reclaim the upper hand, a resolution also made possible by a weak international response.
Jul 3, 2024 · In Iraq’s latest licensing round, it was mostly so-called technical services contracts for sale under which oil majors get a flat fee per barrel of oil they extract.
