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Purveyor

(29,876 posts) Sat Oct 19, 2013, 06:42 PM Oct 2013

Iraq Set To Ink New Deal On Importing Iranian Gas

Iraq's deputy prime minister for energy says his country plans to finalize a new contract with Iran on the import of natural gas, Press TV reported.

Hussain al-Shahristani made the remarks on the sidelines of the World Energy Congress in the South Korean city of Daegu on Wednesday, the Iranian Oil Ministry's official news agency, SHANA, reported on Friday.

"In Iraq, we have signed contracts with Iran to import gas for our power generation stations in the central part of the country. We are about to sign another contract to import Iranian gas to the south of the country," Shahristani stated.

"These are short-term contracts just to give us time to run new power stations on gas," the senior Iraqi official added.

"The pipeline that we have already signed for is under construction... it will be ready next month," Shahristani said.

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Iraq Set To Ink New Deal On Importing Iranian Gas (Original Post) Purveyor Oct 2013 OP

Wasn't the US supposed to be responsible for getting power to Iraqi cities? /nt Ash_F Oct 2013 #1

We were also supposed to be greeted as liberators Aerows Oct 2013 #2

Ash_F

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1. Wasn't the US supposed to be responsible for getting power to Iraqi cities? /nt

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Sat Oct 19, 2013, 06:44 PM

Oct 2013

Aerows

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2. We were also supposed to be greeted as liberators

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Sat Oct 19, 2013, 07:18 PM

Oct 2013

and the war was supposed to pay for itself.

The only thing the war paid for was massive salaries for defense contractors, the Carlyle Group and Halliburton executives.

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