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Boomtown, Iraq
by Denis Johnson
March 2008 Issue
March 2008 Issue
Imagine a country where Americans are beloved, mini-mansions are springing up, and oil bubbles forth unaided. Denis Johnson reports from the new wheeler-dealer capital of the Middle East and asks, Is this the future of Iraq or just a desert mirage?
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