Oil for Foor in a nut shell

[Lanny_MacDonald]

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This article shows some of the inacuracies that have been promoted and blow some large holes in the predominantly American based story. As well, here's a link that shows American involvement was high.

Capitalism working hard

[transplant99]

The final report by CIA chief arms inspector Charles Duelfer says US oil companies Chevron, Mobil, Texaco and Bay Oil, along with three American investors received vouchers and used them to obtain 111 million barrels of oil between them from 1996 to 2003. The vouchers allowed them to sell or trade the oil.

All three of the individuals suspected of wrongdoing campaigned against the current Iraq war.




Sounds like Germany, France and Russia to me.

Funny how so many who didn't want too see an invasion, were in fact, making billions of dollars off the Hussein regime and their willingness to go around the UN sanctions and programs.

[Agamemnon]

I just breezed through the article, but the point of it seems to be on the futility and useless nature of the sanctions regime to begin with, not justifying the American position of 'legally' attaining oil from Iraq during this period.

France and Russia (and Germany?) delayed and could have prevented the second Gulf conflict, but they underestimated American resolve and support for unilateral intervention.

Funny how so many who didn't want to see an invasion, were, in fact, a lot more willing to trade with Iraq then blow them up. Just like Halliburton under Cheney.

If trading with Hussein during sanctions is 'wrong', should Halliburton have been buying oil, knowing it would go straight into Saddam's pocket?