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Antonia Juhasz, AlterNet: "Last week, ExxonMobil became the first U.S. oil company in 35 years to sign an oil-production contract with the government of Iraq. As I write, several other contracts with the world‚'s largest oil companies are being finalized, and more are expected when a new negotiating round kicks off in Baghdad on Dec. 11."

http://www.truthout.org/1114092


Huge Rise in Birth Defects in Falluja

Martin Chulov, The Guardian UK: "Doctors in Iraq's war-ravaged enclave of Falluja are dealing with up to 15 times as many chronic deformities in infants and a spike in early life cancers that may be linked to toxic materials left over from the fighting."

http://www.truthout.org/1114091



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