Answer:

IRAQ

Answer	Crossword Clue
IRAQ	Baghdad's country
IRAQ	Kuwait neighbor
IRAQ	Country in the news

IRAQ	Jordan adjoiner
IRAQ	Mesopotamia, nowadays
IRAQ	Nation bordering Iran
IRAQ	Basra's nation
IRAQ	Basra's land
IRAQ	Land of conflict
IRAQ	Jarhead setting
IRAQ	Home of the Kirkuk oil field

IRAQ	Kismet locale, today
IRAQ	"Three Kings" setting
IRAQ	Mesopotamia, now
IRAQ	Fertile Crescent land
IRAQ	Kirkuk's place
IRAQ	"Cobra II" topic
IRAQ	2007 Asian Cup champion
IRAQ	Neighbor of Turkey

IRAQ	Talabani's land
IRAQ	Modern Babylonia
IRAQ	Country whose flag bears Kufic script
IRAQ	Desert Storm target
IRAQ	It became independent in 1932
IRAQ	Saudi Arabia neighbor
IRAQ	Basra's country
IRAQ	Mesopotamia's locale, today

IRAQ	Najaf's home
IRAQ	Turkey toucher
IRAQ	Where the Tigris flows
IRAQ	Asian country slightly larger than California
IRAQ	Kirkuk's country
IRAQ	Mosul's land
IRAQ	Where the Tigris and Euphrates meet
IRAQ	Baghdad's land

IRAQ	1990 Kuwait invader
IRAQ	Big oil exporter
IRAQ	Green Zone site
IRAQ	Where Al Sharqiya is broadcast
IRAQ	OPEC founding member