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Summer 2007
Complex war economies are a consistent feature of insurgencies and civil strife. Middle East Report 243 examines the development of the gray economy in Iraq four years after the US-led invasion.
Complex war economies are a consistent feature of insurgencies and civil strife. Middle East Report 243 examines the development of the gray economy in Iraq four years after the US-led invasion.