Exclusive: Cash-strapped Iraq seeks Kuwait war reparation delay

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https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/kZ.XjtQfYRkAkR0OU_PV9w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-12-12T122815Z_1007000002_LYNXMPEABB0ED_RTROPTP_2_CNEW S-US-MIDEAST-CRISIS-IRAQ-KUWAIT-EXCLUSIVE.JPG (https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/exclusive-cash-strapped-iraq-seeks-kuwait-war-reparation-094559852--business.html)By Dominic Evans BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq is seeking to postpone a final $4.6 billion installment of reparations for its 1990-91 occupation of Kuwait, Finance Minister Hoshiyar Zebari told Reuters, as it faces a cash crisis caused by falling oil prices and war with Islamic State. Since Iraq was first allowed to resume oil sales nearly two decades ago it has paid funds into a United Nations body overseeing compensation for looting and damage inflicted during Saddam Hussein's seven-month occupation of Kuwait. More than a million claimants have been paid and nearly all the $52. ...




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