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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Baghdad attacks Turkey oil pipeline plan - FT.com

Baghdad attacks Turkey oil pipeline plan

By Daniel Dombey in Istanbul

Baghdad has hit back at plans for a big oil pipeline with Turkey, in the latest sign of tension between the neighbours and deepening strains in Iraq itself.

The move comes after demonstrators burned Turkish flags outside the consulate in the southern city of Basra over the weekend, and after Nouri al-Maliki, prime minister, described Turkey as a hostile state.

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