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2007-08-27 Iraq

Iraq oil industry reels from abductions of top officials

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Posted by anonymous5089 2007-08-27 13:20|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Hire someone like Halliburton to cooperate with a major oil/gas producer like Chevron or Exxon/Mobil, give them a relatively free hand, and allow them to hire mercenaries to protect the oilfields. Give them a 20% cut of the profits. Output will boom, the number of "abductions" and attacks will drop dramatically after the first few prove so disasterous to the attackers, and oil profits will soar. At the same time, let the US start breaking the Iranian oil infrastructure, from Khark Island to Abadan to wherever in the nation it exists. Without oil profits, the mullahs cannot pursue nuke power OR weapons. Break some of their ports and harbors, too, so they cannot import.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2007-08-27 15:48|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2007-08-27 15:48|| Front Page Top

#2 Why don't they put some guns on this? Not the local incompetents, but he hired guys. Spend some goddamned money for Christ's sake, you're talking about billions of $$$$ here!

Posted by bigjim-ky 2007-08-27 16:27|| 2007-08-27 16:27|| Front Page Top

#3 Does seem to be a natural job for a committed team from Blackwater, doesn't it?

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2007-08-27 16:49|| 2007-08-27 16:49|| Front Page Top

#4 Running out of qualified people to govern, while only the corrupt and ruthless remain, is a long term problem even Blackwater can't fix. Ex-pats living in the West should be getting principled leadership and ethical management training to prepare a new top 100 to take over so rampant corruption is squelched.In the meantime, we should be hunting them down and stopping the fianancers and suppliers of all things jihadi their source. We can't afford to not secure those fields NOW!

Posted by Danielle 2007-08-27 18:38|| 2007-08-27 18:38|| Front Page Top

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