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Patrick Cockburn on the Real Crisis Facing Iraq – Source – Scott Horton Show (05/15/2020)

Patrick Cockburn joined The Scott Horton Show to discuss Iraq’s increasingly desperate economic outlook as oil prices remain at historic lows. Iraq’s economy, like many of those in the Middle East, is hugely reliant on oil, with millions directly on a government payroll that depends almost entirely on the oil market in order to remain solvent.

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