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[|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq] //**Report Criteria: __[]__**//
 * **Major Government: parliamentary democracy**
 * **Major Religions: muslim, shia, and sunni**
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 * **Languages Spoken: arabic, kurdish**
 * **Current leader or president:Jalal Talabani**
 * **Brief history of the country including any important people and major wars: The british occupied Iraq in WWI. Several men ruled Iraq until 2003. The last man to rule was Saddam Husayn. Iraq now has a constitutional government which was established in 2006**
 * **Currency: dinars**
 * **Major cultural traditions and (holidays/foods etc..): weddings. culture is influenced by aesops fables and the lliad**
 * **Climate: desert through most of the country. snow melts in the spring which causes heavy flooding**
 * **Population:**29,671,605


 * **Geography: part of the middle east have dustsorms and sandstorms. also floods**
 * **Major Resources: oil**


 * Major tourist attractions and or historical sights: ancient city of babylon**
 * **Median Family Income: 500 dollars a year**

Augustin, Byron. Iraq Enchantment of the World. Canada: Children's Press, 2006
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