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2006-10-29 Iraq

Iraq, China to Revive 1997 Oil Deal

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Posted by Steve White 2006-10-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 My feeling is that a lot of money is changing hands under the table. This was one of the big mistakes Bush made. Instead of reworking the country like Truman did to both Germany and Japan, he listened to people who urged him to let Iraqis start running things immediately.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2006-10-29 01:50|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2006-10-29 01:50|| Front Page Top

#2 Actually this could prove interesting for the Iraqi situation, since the Chinese have never hesitated to put several thousand troops on the ground to protect the oil fields that they develop. And believe me, the Chinese give less than a f**k about human rights and all that jazz when it comes to protecting the fields, the pipelines, and the shipping terminals. They will do whatever is necessary to extract information from someone that they feel is threatening their interests, up to and include harvesting organs from living awake individuals.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2006-10-29 02:26|| 2006-10-29 02:26|| Front Page Top

#3 As long as it's not the old 'underwear on the head' torture, Shieldwolf.

Waitaminute! You can't harvest organs from a living awake individuals!

Unless the Geneva Convention doesn't prohibit it, of course.

Posted by Bobby 2006-10-29 07:57|| 2006-10-29 07:57|| Front Page Top

#4 Part of me sez we should make a happy gift to the chinee, like Panama writ large. All happy.

Posted by Shipman 2006-10-29 11:49|| 2006-10-29 11:49|| Front Page Top

#5 But that would be wrong.

Posted by Shipman 2006-10-29 11:49|| 2006-10-29 11:49|| Front Page Top

#6 Also, the Chinese make compatible spare parts for most of the Iraqi Army's ex-Soviet equipment. This could be a twofer for both sides : oil and parts sales for the Chinese, oil field development with security as well as spare parts for the Iraqis.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2006-10-29 18:28|| 2006-10-29 18:28|| Front Page Top

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