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Iraq's record crop yield threatened by suspicious fires

Iraq's record crop yield threatened by suspicious fires

07/28/2019

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Iraq's record crop yield threatened by suspicious fires

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Iraq's record crop yield threatened by suspicious fires

Iraq is nearing record wheat production this year, even as widespread fires have destroyed thousands of acres of farmland in minority Sunni Arab and Yazidi communities. The Islamic State once terrorized the region in northern Iraq, where disputes over land are common. Yet the government contends the fires were started by natural causes or by accident. Special correspondent Simona Foltyn reports.

07/28/2019

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