Iraq: Kurds May Have Oil To Export, But Buyers Are Harder To Find

Jul 15, 2014 | Jackie Northman, NPR
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Kurdish security forces, the peshmerga, have , in northern Iraq. The fields have the potential to put billions of dollars into the coffers of the Kurdish regional government.

But there's a hitch: Even if the Kurdish government has control of the oil, it doesn't necessarily mean it can export it — thanks to the Baghdad government and the U.S.