Basra pushes toward financial autonomy
Provincial leaders claim rights to all revenues from two oil fields and a portion of customs fees in an effort to bypass Baghdad's fiscal management.
Sheikh Mohammed Falak, the representative of the marjaiyah of Najaf in Basra, in a sermon on March 18, urges revenues from the Tuba and Nahr bin Umar fields to be spent on service projects in Basra. (ALI AL-AQILY/Iraq Oil Report)
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