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Iraqi Troops Mass Along Iran Border -- News from Antiwar.com

Iraqi Troops Mass Along Iran Border -- News from Antiwar.com: "Tensions are rising at the Eastern Maysan oil field, which straddles the border between Iran and Iraq, and Iraqi forces have massed at a “staging area” just outside the field, awaiting orders."

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