Mohammed Abbas
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New oil platforms, pipes to boost Iraq export
BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraq aims to install four new floating oil terminals and three new undersea oil pipelines that will boost export capacity to 8 million barrels per day from a current 1.9 million bpd, a top oil official said. Full Article
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Saddam's long shadow -- even his victims miss him
In 2004 I was kicked out of a Jordanian taxi, late at night in the middle of nowhere, for criticising Saddam Hussein. "Get out! Traitor! Coward!" shouted the Palestinian driver. In the Middle East, small ... Full Article | Comments [7]
The new Iraq invasion: tacky, boring design
Having escaped the plastic camels and plasterboard Islamic arches of the Gulf's mostly soulless hotels and malls, my heart sank when I saw plans for "new Najaf", to be built next to the holy Shi'ite city ... Full Article | Comments [2]
