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EX500rider

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7. Seems rather shortsighted of the Iraqi's not to have alternate route for their oil..

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun Mar 8, 2026, 04:34 PM

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....that doesn't require the good will of Iran.

A pipeline thru Saudi to the Red Sea or one thru Turkey to the Med would have been a good investment.
From Mosul to the Turkish coast is only 400 miles or so.
From Basrah to the Red Sea about 700m.

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It finances their government EX500rider Sunday #6

Maybe but Iran is not real popular in Iraq EX500rider Sunday #8

Seems rather shortsighted of the Iraqi's not to have alternate route for their oil.. EX500rider Sunday #7

"A pipeline thru Saudi to the Red Sea or one thru Turkey to the Med" BumRushDaShow Sunday #9

Diversifying their distribution would have been a better idea then what they have now EX500rider Sunday #10

Past history has shown BumRushDaShow Sunday #11