Iraq: Amnesty: Iraq Should Use Oil Revenue to Fund Reconstruction of War-Torn Areas

Dec 13, 2018 | Kurdistan 24
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The Iraqi government would be wise to use an expected budget surplus to begin the reconstruction of rural areas affected by the Islamic State (IS) war, specifically the Ezidi (Yezidi) populated region of Shingal (Sinjar), Amnesty International said on Thursday. An extensive report published by the human rights watchdog on Thursday, titled “Dead Land: Islamic State’s Deliberate Destruction of Iraq’s Farmland,” outlines how the extremist group exploited the country’s agricultural lands to generate revenue and sustain itself.