There are mixed feelings in Tikrit about foreign oil companies, as there are throughout Iraq, and a conversation with tribal leaders here illuminates an aspect of society’s delicate relationship with their oil.
If foreign investors land lucrative development deals, it is tribes like this they must satisfy, along with the government leaders.
Many of Saddam Hussein’s Albu Nasir tribe, spread throughout Salahuddin province but concentrated in cities of Tikrit – Saddam’s hometown – …
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