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The Patriot
04-28-2011, 03:22 AM
Iraq tries to revive ailing date industry - Reuters

04-28-2011 01:04 AM

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Once, before its 1980s war with Iran, Iraq had 30 million date palms producing 1 million tonnes of dates annually. But Saddam Hussein's military campaigns and decades of neglect savaged the industry, cutting the number of trees in half and yearly ...

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