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Secret US plans for Iraq's oil
The Bush administration made plans for war and for Iraq's oil before the 9/11 attacks sparking a policy battle between neo-cons and Big Oil, BBC's Newsnight has revealed.
Two years ago today - when President George Bush announced US, British and Allied forces would begin to bomb Baghdad - protestors 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.
Secret US plans for Iraq's oil
Greg Palast, BBC News World Edition, March 17, 2005
Fascinating stuff. The link contains video materials related to this research, too.
There were alot of people who brought this up a while back, they just
suddenly disappeared no network wanted to cover it. I find it hard to
understand why people still believe that the invasion was because of
Terrorism