Iraq In A Nutshell

[Merrill]

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2006-10-29-missing-weapons_x.htm

Saudis reportedly funding Iraqi Sunni insurgents
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2006-12-08-saudis-sunnis_x.htm

http://www.fas.org/asmp/profiles/saudi_arabia.htm

http://nationalpriorities.org/index.php?
option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182


The Corporate Occupation of Iraq (December 11, 2006)
In light of the Iraq Study Group recommendations and their failure to address the real problems facing Iraq, the author of this TomPaine opinion piece advises that the US end the corporate invasion of Iraq. US companies, which were awarded lucrative contracts by the US government following the 2003 invasion, failed to reconstruct war-torn Iraq as intended. The author concludes that “the Bush administration must abandon its plan to remake Iraq into an economic wonderland for US corporations,” and return Iraq to the Iraqi people “to remake as they themselves see fit.”

http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/iraq/reconstructindex.htm

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The longer we stay the higher the price tag in tax dollars. It is in the economic best interest of the USA to bring this Bush admin war for oil to an end. Should USA and British oil firms privatize Iraq oil the troops will not be allowed to come home per se. This alone is going to cause the breaking up of many family homes. Iraq will likely not be a safe haven to ship families. Reducing Iraq and Afghanistan to rubble is not an acceptable goal.

What follows is a list of some of the worst Iraq war profiteers who have bilked American taxpayers and undermined the military's mission:

No. 1 and No. 2: CACI and Titan
No. 3: Bechtel: Precast Profits
No. 4: Aegis Defense Services
No. 5: Custer Battles
No. 6: General Dynamics
No. 7: Nour USA Ltd.
No. 8, No. 9 and No. 10: Chevron, ExxonMobil and the Petro-Imperialists

Read more here:
http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/iraq/reconstruct/2006/0905profiteers.htm

http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/43045/?comments=view&cID=257615&pID=2574112003-04/13du_boff.cfm


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/4354269.stm

http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/article2132467.ece

[welshTerrier2]

1. fantastic post - you gotta love "Petro-Imperialists"

that's such a great phrase ... and this one too: "the corporate invasion of Iraq" ... excellent ...

Has Clinton talked about this in her campaign? Obama? Edwards? Is this the primary understanding leading Democrats have about the REAL REASON we invaded Iraq? or are they just afraid to talk about it because it would hurt them politically? would their campaign donations grind to a halt without the big money boys behind them? is their silence being bought? or do they actually believe "petro-imperialism" is in the national interest? is that why they're not speaking out against it?

at some point, we really need to demand answers to these questions if we are going to support any of these people as candidates.

corporate wars for fun and profit do not serve the national interest and they certainly don't serve the American people. those who support such atrocities are guilty of High Treason. and our candidates? ... the silence is deafening ...