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(Hold for story by Rich Oppel) Date palm orchards grow across a small river from an Iraqi village May 12, 2006 near the Iraqi city of Najaf. A U.S. sponsored program to help the Iraqi Agriculture Ministry spray orchards with insecticide aims to reverse the toll years of neglect and disease have taken on an industry that once was among Iraq's primary exports.

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Copyright: 2006 Scott Nelson
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(Hold for story by Rich Oppel) Date palm orchards grow across a small river from an Iraqi village May 12, 2006 near the Iraqi city of Najaf. A U.S. sponsored program to help the Iraqi Agriculture Ministry spray orchards with insecticide aims to reverse the toll years of neglect and disease have taken on an industry that once was among Iraq's primary exports.