Erin Banco on the plundering of Iraqi Kurdistan’s oil wealth

May 29, 2018

Turkey Book Talk episode #65 – Journalist ERIN BANCO on “PIPE DREAMS: THE PLUNDERING OF IRAQ’S OIL WEALTH” (Columbia Global Reports), uncovering squalid deals, unscrupulous foreign oil companies, and rampant corruption among local officials in the Kurdistan Regional Government since the 2003 invasion of Iraq. It also touches on Turkey’s role in fostering Erbil’s independence from Baghdad through oil deals.

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Posted by William Armstrong
Filed in Economy, Interviews, Kurdish issue, Kurds, Middle East, Turkey, Turkey-Iraq relations, Turkish politics
Tags: Economy, Erin Banco, interviews, Iraq, Kurdistan Regional Government, Middle East, oil, Pipe Dreams: The Plundering of Iraq's Oil Wealth, Turkey-Iraq relations

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