Oil and the Occupation of Iraq
Washington seeks cover for occupation
US convenes Iraqi council with aim of grabbing oil
By Bill Vann, July 12, 2003
A new “governing council” appointed by Washington’s administrator in Baghdad, L. Paul Bremer, has been hailed by the Bush administration as a step toward democracy. However, numerous...
US tables a transparent plan for plundering Iraqi oil
By Peter Symonds, May 12, 2003
The US, with the support of Britain, has brazenly presented the UN Security Council with a draft resolution on Iraq that legitimises its illegal invasion of the country, sanctions an indefinite US-led...
Washington pushes for interim regime in order to pump Iraqi oil
By Peter Symonds, April 30, 2003
Washington’s military administrator in Iraq, retired general Jay Garner, held his second gathering of some 250 Iraqi delegates on Monday in Baghdad. It had no more to do with the needs and aspir...
US telecom giants and the war in Iraq: It’s not just about oil
By Joseph Kay, February 22, 2003
A growing number of people around the world recognize that the impending US assault on Iraq will be a war of plunder. Focus has rightly centered on Iraq’s enormous oil reserves and the desire by...
Oil and the coming war against Iraq
By Nick Beams, February 19, 2003
In the lead-up to last week’s global demonstrations against the impending US-led onslaught against Iraq, the London-based Financial Times mounted a somewhat desperate attempt to assert that oil ...
Britain: Foreign secretary admits oil central to war vs. Iraq
By Julie Hyland, January 14, 2003
Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has admitted that oil is a key factor in the UK’s willingness to participate in a US-led war against Iraq.
US, British air strikes kill Iraqi oil workers
By Bill Vann, December 3, 2002
US and British warplanes Sunday fired missiles into facilities of the Southern Oil Corporation in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, killing several employees and seriously wounding approximately 20 ot...
