Basra leaders threaten independent oil deals

Frustrated by years of economic stagnation, provincial leaders claim rights to contract oil fields independently of the Oil Ministry.

A worker of Iraq's state-run South Oil Company walks past a crude processing facility at the Bin Umar field, Oct. 3, 2011. (ATEF HASSAN/Reuters)

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