Iraq study oil interests
Lots of news today about the Iraq Study group, which suggests that Iraq
privatize its oil industry and to open it up to international companies.
Nowhere is mentioned what author and activist Antonia Juhasz notes:
“Put simply, the oil companies are trying to get what they were denied before the war or at anytime in modern Iraqi history: access to Iraq’s oil under the ground.” I’ll just quote the conculusion of her article but you should read the entire piece :
“Put simply, the oil companies are trying to get what they were denied before the war or at anytime in modern Iraqi history: access to Iraq’s oil under the ground. They are also trying to get the best deal possible out of a war-ravaged and occupied nation.
However, waiting for the law’s passage and the need to guarantee security of U.S. firms once they get to work, may well be a key factor driving the one proposal by the Iraq Study Group that has received great media attention: extending the presence of U.S. troops in Iraq at least until 2008.
As the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group are more thoroughly considered, we should remain ever vigilant and wary of corporate war profiteers in pragmatist’s clothing.”
-- JaneMarsching
