Iraqis are helping Iran skirt sanctions, U.S. says

WASHINGTON -- When President Barack Obama announced last month that he was cutting off a little-known Baghdad bank from any dealings with the U.S. banking system, it was a rare public acknowledgment of a delicate problem for an administration hoping for a reliable ally in the country where U.S. troops just fought a war: For months, Iraq has been providing economic assistance to Iran, skirting ...