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Iraq Cracks Down on Striking Oil Workers

HeadlineJun 07, 2007

In other Iraq news, leaders of Iraq’s oil workers’ strike say the Iraqi government has issued warrants for their arrest. More than 600 workers have walked off the job to oppose the proposed Iraq oil law and demand better wages. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said this week he would respond “with an iron fist.”

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