Kurdish oil upsets Washington and Baghdad
Northern Iraq, the Kurdish region as been somewhat
semi-autonomous since the fall of Saddam Hussein. The Kurds in this region have historically
been allied to U.S. forces and relatively free of the violence plaguing the
rest of Iraq.
The Kurdish region enjoys an abundant supply of oil and has
been pumping it. They have a pipe line
from their region going into neighboring Turkey. The Turks have been getting the majority of
the petroleum from Russia and Iran.
In an effort to diversify their sources of oil, purchasing
oil from the Kurds assists in this effort.
However Baghdad and Washington have issued complaint stating it should be
Baghdad selling the oil. The Kurds and
Turks replied they will pay the thieves Baghdad their legal share of the
revenues.
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