The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. May 22, 2012 Iraq Buys U.S. Drones to Monitor Oil Reserves ---------------------------------------------- The United States has begun selling pilot-less drones to Iraq to help monitor the country's oil reserves. Iraq says the drones will be used to protect its southern oil platforms from saboteurs. .