Detonations at two wells early Wednesday are the latest example of inadequate security across northern Iraq.
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Field is not under threat. Decision by Gazprom Neft protects 100-plus daily tanker trucks exporting the crude.
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The coalition's decision to remove the Iraqi Air Force from air tasking orders highlights ongoing failures to address the dysfunction and corruption that have crippled a multi-billion-dollar fleet of fighter jets.
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An attack near the Swara Tika and Atrush oil fields comes a week after a pipeline explosion blamed on the PKK, and as Turkey pressures leaders in Erbil and Baghdad to confront the guerrilla group.
