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HipChick

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Sun Jan 22, 2017, 05:01 PM Jan 2017

Iraqis Are Pissed That Trump Said The US Might Try To Seize Their Oil, Again..




TAL ABTA, Iraq — Abu Luay once battled US troops as a teenager in a series of ugly urban battles. Now the 27-year-old says he’s ready to sacrifice his family to fight the Americans again if the US follows through on President Donald Trump’s suggestion on Saturday to take the country’s oil.

“I participated in the attack against the Americans by attacking them with mortars and roadside bombs, and I’m ready to do it again,” said Abu Luay, an Iraqi security official who provided his nom de guerre and said he was not allowed to speak to the press. His is now fighting along the frontlines with armed Shia groups in northwest Iraq. “We kept our ammunition and weapons from the time the Americans left for fighting ISIS. But once ISIS is gone we will save our weapons for the Americans.”

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Iraqis Are Pissed That Trump Said The US Might Try To Seize Their Oil, Again.. (Original Post) HipChick Jan 2017 OP
Ummm yeah..I can't imagine they'd be happy that he said this. TrekLuver Jan 2017 #1
... as anyone would be.... Squinch Jan 2017 #2
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