Pipe Dreams: The Plundering Of Iraq's Oil Wealth
by Erin Banco /
2018 / English / PDF
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When the Bush Administration invaded Iraq in 2003, it was
promised that Iraqi Kurdistan would be developed into one of the
most productive oil and natural gas regions in the world, and the
profits would be used to win the war and rebuild the country.
More than ten years later, those dreams lie in tatters. What
happened to the oil wealth?
When the Bush Administration invaded Iraq in 2003, it was
promised that Iraqi Kurdistan would be developed into one of the
most productive oil and natural gas regions in the world, and the
profits would be used to win the war and rebuild the country.
More than ten years later, those dreams lie in tatters. What
happened to the oil wealth?
Based on exclusive troves of documents and sources in the Iraqi
and U.S. governments, investigative reporter Erin Banco tells the
story of how rampant corruption and gross mismanagement have
sucked billions upon billions of dollars from Kurdistan’s and
Iraq’s oil coffers—and how local people are suffering as a
result.
Based on exclusive troves of documents and sources in the Iraqi
and U.S. governments, investigative reporter Erin Banco tells the
story of how rampant corruption and gross mismanagement have
sucked billions upon billions of dollars from Kurdistan’s and
Iraq’s oil coffers—and how local people are suffering as a
result.