Kurds charge Baghdad is withholding oil revenues, threaten to stop production

Special to WorldTribune.com BAGHDAD — Iraq has halted oil revenues to the autonomous Kurdish north. The Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) said Baghdad has been withholding pledged oil revenues since at least October 2011. KRG said it was owed $1 billion for 2011 alone. “Furthermore, not a single dollar has been received for exports in 2012,” […]