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The Rush for Iraq’s Oil
1 day ago ago from Amauta
Source: CounterPunch The Daura oil refinery is seen on November 5, 2009 in Baghdad, Iraq (Photo by Muhannad Fala'ah/Getty Images Europe) A New Era? by Patrick Cockburn December 14, 2009 Iraq is set to become one of the world largest exporters of oil after international companies accepted low fees to develop the country's vast crude reserves. Representatives of 44 oil companies ignored the recent devastating ...
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7 hours ago ago from Coreys Views
describes the US governments involvement in countries around the world: Iraqi Lawmakers Question Recent Oil Deals http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=82234&hmpn=1 =-=-= Since the invasion of Iraq, Britain and America have taken care to avoid being seen as trying to obtain the country's enormous oil reserves. However, behind the scenes, they have worked hard to ensure that oil multinationals get their hands ...
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18 hours ago ago from Disinformation
Patrick Martin writes on World Socialist Web Site : In a clear signal of the declining influence of American capitalism, even in a country conquered and occupied by the US military, companies from China, Russia, Malaysia and Angola, along with several European oil giants, won most of the rights for exploration and development of Iraq’s oil fields. The concessions were awarded Friday and Saturday by the Iraqi oil ministry, after a ...
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6 hours ago ago from Disinformation
[Note: You can hardly swing a cat without hitting a headline related, according to me, to me The Most Important Issue in the History of the Universe.] The agreement—first reported by Mother Jones on Friday—is a major victory for the plaintiffs, some of the recovered messages could potentially shed light on controversies such as the lead-up to the Iraq war and the leak of Valerie Plame Wilson's covert CIA identity. A Major Victory? ...
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14 hours ago ago from Fog City Journal
Any serious observer of the Iraq and Af-Pak wars knows that these are geo-strategic conflicts based on controlling the world’s oil supply. Anyone in the “news media who tells you otherwise is either unaware of what is actually going on, or is a well-paid propagandist working for the very people who profit off of them. By David DeGraw December 15, 2009 As Obama announced plans for escalating the war effort, it has become clear ...
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