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06-25-2009, 03:59 AM
This is actually kind of a big deal...
[offsite=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124579553986643975.html#mod=rss_Today%27s_Most_P opular:21er8l29]BAGHDAD -- Next week, Iraqi officials plan a welcome-back party for Big Oil.
The government intends to auction off oil contracts to foreign companies for the first time since Iraq nationalized its oil industry more than three decades ago. If all goes according to plan in the first round, foreign oil companies will move in to help Iraq revive production at six developed fields that have suffered from years of war and neglect.[/offsite:21er8l29]
Lengthy article... but very relevant...
To summarize, next week the Iraqi government will be auctioning off the right to drill/pump oil to the highest bidder... which will most undoubtedly be Exxon, Mobil, Shell, Halliburton, etc...
I guess now, its finally safe to say
http://toxicculture.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/bush-mission.jpg
Coincidentally, also happening next week:
[offsite=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/24/content_11595741.htm:21er8l29]Iraq announces U.S. troops' pullout day a public holiday
BAGHDAD, June 24 (Xinhua) -- The Iraqi government announced a public holiday to celebrate the U.S. troops' withdrawal from Iraqi cities and towns by the end of the month.
Government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said in a statement on Wednesday that the cabinet decided to hold ceremonies on Monday next week, while Tuesday, the day of June 30, will be a public holiday.
The announcement came a few days after Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki described the day of U.S. troops' pullout a "great victory" and called on Iraqi people to celebrate the event.
"It is a great victory for Iraqis as we are going to take our first step towards ending the foreign presence in Iraq," Maliki told a conference in Baghdad on June 20.[/offsite:21er8l29]
Don't ya just love it when a plan comes together?
Not a damn word of it in the news though eh?
Isn't it strange? actually... not really...
[offsite=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124579553986643975.html#mod=rss_Today%27s_Most_P opular:21er8l29]BAGHDAD -- Next week, Iraqi officials plan a welcome-back party for Big Oil.
The government intends to auction off oil contracts to foreign companies for the first time since Iraq nationalized its oil industry more than three decades ago. If all goes according to plan in the first round, foreign oil companies will move in to help Iraq revive production at six developed fields that have suffered from years of war and neglect.[/offsite:21er8l29]
Lengthy article... but very relevant...
To summarize, next week the Iraqi government will be auctioning off the right to drill/pump oil to the highest bidder... which will most undoubtedly be Exxon, Mobil, Shell, Halliburton, etc...
I guess now, its finally safe to say
http://toxicculture.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/bush-mission.jpg
Coincidentally, also happening next week:
[offsite=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/24/content_11595741.htm:21er8l29]Iraq announces U.S. troops' pullout day a public holiday
BAGHDAD, June 24 (Xinhua) -- The Iraqi government announced a public holiday to celebrate the U.S. troops' withdrawal from Iraqi cities and towns by the end of the month.
Government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said in a statement on Wednesday that the cabinet decided to hold ceremonies on Monday next week, while Tuesday, the day of June 30, will be a public holiday.
The announcement came a few days after Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki described the day of U.S. troops' pullout a "great victory" and called on Iraqi people to celebrate the event.
"It is a great victory for Iraqis as we are going to take our first step towards ending the foreign presence in Iraq," Maliki told a conference in Baghdad on June 20.[/offsite:21er8l29]
Don't ya just love it when a plan comes together?
Not a damn word of it in the news though eh?
Isn't it strange? actually... not really...