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Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK)
July 24, 2020
Zack Kopplin
How Taxpayer Dollars May Have Bought a Kurdish Strongman’s Beverly Hills Mansions
A story of Iraqi politics, Pentagon oil contracts, and an ongoing foreign policy disaster
May 6, 2020
Zack Kopplin
Why Is the Pentagon Still Paying $10 a Gallon for Gas?
Amid a global oil collapse, the military is overpaying politically connected contractors to keep its jets fueled in Iraq.
June 17, 2010
Ian Klaus
Kurdish Promise
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Annia Ciezadlo
Party Foul
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Sulaymaniya Dispatch: Second Front
October 7, 2002
Eli Lake
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