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Iraqi Oil Begins to Flow Again

After months of delays due to sabotage and looting at oil installations, Iraq is exporting oil again -- more than two million barrels of crude each day, worth about $1 billion a month. NPR's Ivan Watson reports.

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Ivan Watson
Ivan Watson is currently based in Istanbul, Turkey. Following the 9-11 terrorist attacks, he has served as one of NPR's foreign "firemen," shuttling to and from hotspots around the Middle East and Central Asia.