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from Juan Cole



Iraqi oil workers in the southern port city of Basra have gone on strike to protest provisions in the petroleum bill before parliament that may encourage the privatization of the state-owned Iraqi petroleum company and may give too much power and concessions away to Western Big Oil. On Wednesday, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki sent the Iraqi military in to arrest striking oil workers. Al-Maliki has not deployed the army effectively against armed guerrillas. But against unarmed oil workers? Sure! <
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Jim Devine /  "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your
own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.



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