US$19bn Windfall For Iraq?

A US government report suggests that the Iraqi government could in 2008 earn an extra US$19.2bn in revenues because of higher oil prices and the revival of the country's oil industry. The forecast of higher revenues is supported by figures set out in the latest quarterly report from Stuart Bowen, the special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction, who is accountable to the US Congress.

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