Iraq: Suspicious Oil Deals Dissipate Iraq’s Resources

Feb 2, 2020 | Arab Weekly
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Analysts said they deplored the decision by the resigning Iraqi government to adopt suspicious deals that waste the country’s oil wealth. The move, an apparent violation of the government’s interim powers, was made despite Iraq’s political crisis and the mass protests pressuring the government. The interim government approved a new round of licences, which had first been granted nine years ago by Hussain al-Shahristani, oil minister in the government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. Subsequent investigations claimed the deals were corrupt and unfair to Iraq.