Iraqi Government Fuels 'War For Oil' Theories By Putting Reserves Up For Biggest Ever Sale

Source: Guardian UK

The biggest ever sale of oil assets will take place today, when the Iraqi government puts 40bn barrels of recoverable reserves up for offer in London.

BP, Shell and ExxonMobil are all expected to attend a meeting at the Park Lane Hotel in Mayfair with the Iraqi oil minister, Hussein al-Shahristani.

Access is being given to eight fields, representing about 40% of the Middle Eastern nation's reserves, at a time when the country remains under occupation by US and British forces.

Two smaller agreements have already been signed with Shell and the China National Petroleum Corporation, but today's sale will ignite arguments over whether the overthrow of Saddam Hussein was a "war for oil" that is now to be consummated by western multinationals seizing control of strategic Iraqi reserves.

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He said that if the conspiracy theory that western oil companies egged on US and British governments to invade Iraq were true, the plan could backfire on them and benefit rivals in Asia instead. "It is possible the American army has provided the economic stability that will encourage Malaysian, Chinese and other Asian companies to become involved," he said.


Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/oct/13/oil-iraq

especially since they helped the american public swallow this sham...

They helped the American public swallow this scam as well.

U.S. propaganda

DOD plans to pay U.S. private contractors $300 million over the next three years to produce news stories, entertainment programs, and public-service advertisements for the Iraqi media. The purpose of this effort would be to persuade the local population to support U.S. objectives in Iraq, and also to increase support for the Iraqi government.

http://www.whsv.com/news/headlines/30695799.html

“grey zones”.

All of them have been essentially motivated by private gain.

The distinction between humanitarian non-profit organizations and corporations working for pecuniary gain is also an area which is being blurred by PMSCs.

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=10523

we have become a second world country while the rest of the world will reap the rewards of our demise