Oil for Freedom
Part 1

11 Basra Refinery
Heyder Jabbar turns the valve which begins pumping fuel oil into another tanker truck. They work a 24 hour shift, which is followed by three days off. Workers have asked for gloves, safety shoes and hard hats, but “they give us junk.”

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