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| US Plans To Destroy OPEC Cartel: The Post-Saddam Blueprint |
| 2002-11-04 |
| Source: Dawn The leader of the London-based Iraqi National Congress, Ahmed Chalabi, has met executives of three US oil multinationals to negotiate the carve-up of Iraq's massive oil reserves post-Saddam. That sounds pretty good... Disclosure of the meetings in October in Washington - confirmed by an INC spokesman - comes as Lord Browne, the head of BP, has warned that British oil companies have been squeezed out of post-war Iraq even before the first shot has been fired in any US-led land invasion. Confirming the meetings to US journalists, INC spokesman Zaab Sethna said: "The oil people are naturally nervous. We've had discussions with them, but they're not in the habit of going around talking about them." Wouldn't see why BP would be squeezed out, though I'm not an oil insider... Next month oil executives will gather at a country retreat near Sandringham, UK, to discuss Iraq and the future of the oil market. The conference, hosted by Sheikh Yamani, the former Oil Minister of Saudi Arabia, will feature a former Iraqi head of military intelligence, an ex-Minister and City financiers. Topics for discussion include the country's oil potential, whether it can become as big a supplier as Saudi Arabia, and whether a post-Saddam Iraq might destroy the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. It's been given a few bruises in the past few years. It'd also be a nice way to cut off some of the Soddy cash flow. Without cash, they're no more a problem than Yemen... Disclosure of talks between the oil executives and the INC-which enjoys the support of Bush administration officials - is bound to exacerbate friction on the UN Security Council between permanent members and veto-holders Russia, France and China, who fear they will be squeezed out of a post-Saddam oil industry in Iraq. Although Russia, France and China have existing deals with Iraq, Chalabi has made clear that he would reward the US for removing Saddam with lucrative oil contracts, telling the Washington Post recently: "American companies will have a big shot at Iraqi oil." Guess if you don't play the game, you don't win the prize... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #5 Would MommaBear be correct that Elf/Aquatane is already sucking from Iraq's pumps, bigtime? |
| Posted by: MommaBear 2002-11-05 16:04:06 |
| #4 INC? International Nookie Cartel? I *knew* there was a conspiracy! No wonder Al Bore can't get laid... |
| Posted by: mojo 2002-11-05 13:21:58 |
| #3 I wouldn't believe anything the INC told anybody. They will not have much more say in Iraqs oil than they do now. Chalabis imagination is as big as his mouth. I think he needs to die in the fight to liberate Iraq. |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2002-11-05 08:44:40 |
| #2 BP should be in, and probably Royal Dutch Shell, But Elf/Aquitane (French) can go suck on the Saudis' pump for all I care... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2002-11-05 08:39:10 |
| #1 Nice. Byebye, Osama. Byebye, Al Qaeda. Byebye, Taliban. Byebye, Saddam. And the UN. And France. And now OPEC. I like this more with each passing day. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2002-11-04 20:04:08 |