Poster: War for Oil

by richard myers (rtmyers [at] h2net.net)

Tue, Jan 14, 2003 8:42PM

All five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council-- Russia, China, France, Britain, and the United States-- have oil companies with a stake in who rules Iraq.

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/business/Nightline/NTL_oil_iraq_021004.html

"...the day after Saddam is removed, the Iraqi oil industry is up for grabs..."

One of the best resources for information about war in the Middle East is the website of the Colorado Campaign for Middle East Peace. Its great strength is preservation of media articles to create an up-to-date historical record, particularly about Palestine/Israel and Iraq. The website is here:

http://www.ccmep.org

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