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Whose Wealth is it Again? (Re: Just Teasing...)
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Thu, 20 Mar 2003 21:30:06 GMT
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"Iraq Oil Wells May Have Been Set Ablaze"
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=535&ncid=535&e=2&u=/ap/20030320/ap_on_re_mi_ea/war_iraq_fire
Even before the war began, the Pentagon (news - web sites) expressed fears
that Saddam Hussein had planned to sabotage Iraq's oil fields by
booby-trapping wells so one person could blow them up.
A loss of oil from Iraq — home to the world's second-largest reserves —
could crimp supplies for importing countries, and deny U.S. and British
governments an asset they hope will help pay for postwar efforts.
Indeed, oil prices jumped Thursday after reports emerged about the well
fires. Earlier, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries had sought
to calm oil markets by pledging to maximize output to make up for any
disruption in crude exports from Iraq.
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"Needless to say, it is a crime for that regime to be destroying the riches
of the Iraqi people," Rumsfeld told a news conference in Washington.
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"...an asset they hope will help pay for postwar efforts."
Uh-huh...keep your eyes on the money trail, people.
Focus. I know it's hard.
-- Hop-Frog
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