Wednesday Morning Briefing: Iran-backed groups corner Iraq's postwar scrap metal market - sources
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February 13, 2019
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Exclusive:Shi’ite Muslim paramilitaries that helped Iraqi forces drive the Sunni IS out of its last strongholds in Iraq have taken control of the thriving trade in scrap metal retrieved from the battlefield, according to scrap dealers and others familiar with the trade. They are taking scrap metal from devastated areas to turn a profit and lawmakers partly blame their business for the slow pace of rebuilding.
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