Iraq Buys US Drones to Police Oil Reserves
<div class='node-body'><p>The US has begun selling unmanned drones to Iraq for its southern oil platforms, as the country tightens security around the fourth largest oil reserves in the world.</p>
<p>"Iraq's navy has purchased U.S. drones to protect the country's oil platforms in the south, from where most of Iraq's oil is shipped," said an official from the Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq.</p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
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