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Harith al-Qarawee

Harith al-Qarawee

Mar 28, 2014

Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki speaks during an interview with Reuters in Baghdad January 12, 2014. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki threatened on Sunday to cut central government funding for Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region if the Kurds pursued a drive to pipe oil exports to Turkey without Baghdad's approval. The Kurdistan Regional Government said last week that crude had begun to flow to Turkey and exports were expected to start at the end of this month and then rise in February and March. T — Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki speaks during an interview in Baghdad, Jan. 12, 2014. — REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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