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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 09:18 PM
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Secret US plans for Iraq's oil (Palast / BBC)

Last Updated: Thursday, 17 March, 2005, 15:41 GMT
Secret US plans for Iraq's oil
By Greg Palast
Reporting for Newsnight

... Two years ago today - when President George Bush announced US, British and Allied forces would begin to bomb Baghdad - protesters claimed the US had a secret plan for Iraq's oil once Saddam had been conquered.

In fact there were two conflicting plans, setting off a hidden policy war between neo-conservatives at the Pentagon, on one side, versus a combination of "Big Oil" executives and US State Department "pragmatists".

"Big Oil" appears to have won. The latest plan, obtained by Newsnight from the US State Department was, we learned, drafted with the help of American oil industry consultants ...

The industry-favoured plan was pushed aside by a secret plan, drafted just before the invasion in 2003, which called for the sell-off of all of Iraq's oil fields. The new plan was crafted by neo-conservatives intent on using Iraq's oil to destroy the Opec cartel through massive increases in production above Opec quotas ...
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NEOBuckeye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 09:30 PM
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1. "Big Oil" hasn't won a damn thing in the long run
As Peak Oil is proving, their days are numbered. Unfortunately, the same could very well be true for us, if we don't get deadly serious about forcing development and proliferation of alternatives, tech, natural or otherwise. The greedy oil bastards are so infected by their power that they can only think about the here and now. That shortsightedness is going to prove to be fatal for them in the long run. It need not be fatal for the rest of us.
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Quakerfriend Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 09:33 PM
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2. Well said, NeoBuckeye!
Their shortsightedness astounds me!
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dbeach Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 10:14 PM
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3. Caspian Sea Oil/Gas was related plan..
according to Karl B. Schwarz..the Afghanistan invasion was planned before 9/11.
There is bout $8-10 Trillion that could be a motive for all kind of agendas.

9/10/01 "Those who control the oil routes out of Central Asia will impact all future direction and quanities of flow and the distribution of revenues from the new production" James Dorian,energy expert,Oil and Gas Journal{Quote from " One Way ticket to Crawford" by Karl B. Schwarz}


http://www.onlinejournal.com/Special_Reports/021205Schwarz/021205schwarz.html
"In addition to people coming forward with hard information about Todd Engstrom, a former Bridas Corporation person has come forward as well to fill in blanks and all things point to one thing: 9-11 was staged to take over the Caspian Basin oil and the pipeline needed to get that oil to the oceans. Since we do not play well with Iran, the pipelines and the oil and gas have to come
In short, the goal was to attack Afghanistan and take out the Taliban and the Argentine-based Bridas Corporation, and take over the oil and gas pipeline right-of-way that was needed to get the oil and gas to market."

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kypper Donating Member (191 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 11:08 PM
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4. This is huge
and yet everyone other than DU will ignore it.
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dbeach Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 11:15 PM
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5. few other non-main blogs also have picked up on the Cspian connection.
I am reading the book by Karl Schwarz and his fact checking is mind bogglin..
He also voted for bush in 2000..
his son served in Iraq..his credentials are very good
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