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    That's a shockingly long list of casualities.

    The Kurdish budget and it's financial struggle make for some depressing reading, just like Iraq's one or the state as a whole. Oil seems to be often more of a curse then a gift, at least in the hands of many unresponsible governments.
    Last edited by Firn; 08-01-2014 at 06:43 PM.
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