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TexasTowelie

(119,264 posts) Tue Jun 11, 2024, 05:24 AM Jun 2024

Iraq is dying (and that is a global problem) - CaspianReport

Decades of armed conflicts, water scarcity, extreme population growth, and poor infrastructure have pushed Iraq to the brink.

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Iraq is dying (and that is a global problem) - CaspianReport (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jun 2024 OP

Is Iraq one of the few in the region with no oil? brush Jun 2024 #1

I had to look for the answer to your question since I thought the lack of oil was why Iraq invaded Kuwait. TexasTowelie Jun 2024 #2

Thanks. Must be its leadership then as to why the country is in such poor economic shape. brush Jun 2024 #6

Iraq is becoming a failed stated because it cares more about enforcing its state religion than improving people's lives. SunSeeker Jun 2024 #3

Alito wants a Catholic Christian Theocracy. czarjak Jun 2024 #5

But Dick Cheney became a billionaire off of his Iraqi war Botany Jun 2024 #4

brush

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1. Is Iraq one of the few in the region with no oil?

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Tue Jun 11, 2024, 05:30 AM

Jun 2024

TexasTowelie

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2. I had to look for the answer to your question since I thought the lack of oil was why Iraq invaded Kuwait.

Reply to brush (Reply #1)

Tue Jun 11, 2024, 05:39 AM

Jun 2024

The answer was surprising:

Iraq (Federal Iraq and Kurdistan Regional Government) is the second-largest crude oil producer in OPEC after Saudi Arabia and the sixth-largest total petroleum liquids producer in the world.1 It holds the world’s fifth-largest proved crude oil reserves, at 145 billion barrels, representing 17% of proved reserves in the Middle East and 8% of global reserves. Most of Iraq’s major known fields—all of which are located onshore—are producing or are in development.

https://www.eia.gov/international/overview/country/irq