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US issues threat to Iraq's $50bn foreign reserves in military deal
Friday, 06 June 2008 00:30
The US is holding hostage some $50bn (£25bn) of Iraq's money in the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York to pressure the Iraqi government into
signing an agreement seen by many Iraqis as prolonging the US occupation
indefinitely, according to information leaked to The Independent.
US negotiators are using the existence of $20bn in outstanding court
judgments against Iraq in the US, to pressure their Iraqi counterparts
into accepting the terms of the military deal, details of which were
re****ted for the first time in this newspaper yesterday.
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