Mission accomplished!!
Iraq oil deal
Mission accomplished!!
BAGHDAD — Four Western oil companies are in the final stages of negotiations this month on contracts that will return them to Iraq, 36 years after losing their oil concession to nationalization as Saddam Hussein rose to power.
Exxon Mobil, Shell, Total and BP — the original partners in the Iraq Petroleum Company — along with Chevron and a number of smaller oil companies, are in talks with Iraq’s Oil Ministry for no-bid contracts to service Iraq’s largest fields, according to ministry officials, oil company officials and an American diplomat.
Adding, with a dose of understatement:
There was suspicion among many in the Arab world and among parts of the American public that the United States had gone to war in Iraq precisely to secure the oil wealth these contracts seek to extract. The Bush administration has said that the war was necessary to combat terrorism. It is not clear what role the United States played in awarding the contracts; there are still American advisers to Iraq’s Oil Ministry.
I noticed that also on its homepage the Times featured this gruesome-beyond-belief photo of a man kissing the lifeless body of his two-year-old son, one of 51 people killed in a bombing in Baghdad yesterday. I'm sure the grieving father is quite excited by news of this oil deal.
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"The Bush administration has said that the war was necessary to combat terrorism. ...." Wait. I thought the Bush administration said the war was necessary beause Iraq had WMD. No, wait. I thought the Bush administration said the war was necesary beause Saddam was a bad, bad man. But good thing that the reason for the invasion doesn't matter anyway, since it was over in "weeks, not months," it was paid for with the Iraqi oil proceeds, it has been a fine example of American charity throughout the Middle East, and American troops were welcomed with "flowers and candy."— Talking point sleuth- Comment removed.
- There we go - batboy steps up once again to show is concern for Muslims. First he expresses his deep outrage when they're move out of photo ops, next he expresses disdain for the entire "Arab world." What a flaming hypocrite.— Talking point sleuth
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- That stupid expression, the sign & the thumbs up help make this a timeless photo. On a serious note, what we've seen from the creeps in this Administration actually make Will's formerly unthinkable post seem quite possible.— yobill626
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- Jeez, that photo just ruining my morning.— RG
The suspicious "parts" of the American public that the NYT is referring to are the kooks on the left that the NYT happens to be part of.— jmc- Comment removed.
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- grrrr liberals this is all their fault /shakes fist— carnyfeet
- Oil, oil, drug companies, drug companies, tobacco companies (wait, I use their products, nevermind), change, hope, change, hope, change, hope change, hope, change, hope A preview of obama's next few months of campaining— Ramon
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