US, er, "Iraq Government", Gets Serious...About Oil
Iraq Cracks Down on Striking Oil Workers
In other Iraq news, leaders of Iraq’s oil workers strike say the Iraqi government has issued warrants for their arrest. More than six hundred workers have walked off the job to oppose the proposed Iraq oil law and demand better wages. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said this week he would respond “with an iron fist.”
Source: Democracy Now, June 7, 2007
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Uh, right, we're there to bring western-style democracy, including workers rights, to Iraq.
TLC
In other Iraq news, leaders of Iraq’s oil workers strike say the Iraqi government has issued warrants for their arrest. More than six hundred workers have walked off the job to oppose the proposed Iraq oil law and demand better wages. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said this week he would respond “with an iron fist.”
Source: Democracy Now, June 7, 2007
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Uh, right, we're there to bring western-style democracy, including workers rights, to Iraq.
TLC
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