Does anyone have the link where the US admitted it was for OIL?

[thecrow]

THis war, I mean....
Thanks in advance!

[Jason9612]

1. Um...

I don't remember having ever heard that from our Govt. LOL.

[Whoa_Nelly]

2. Don't know about admission, but will keep looking. Meanwhile from the BBC

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/4354269.stm
Secret US plans for Iraq's oil

[Straight Shooter]

3. Are you referring to Wolfowitz's controversial statement?

At one point he said, (paraphrasing), "We had no choice. Iraq is swimming in oil." His statement ignited a firestorm, but the explanation was that Saddam could hold out forever because they had oil and therefore money and sanctions weren't going to do the trick.

He was at some overseas Asian convention, but I can't remember any more of the particulars.

[Whoa_Nelly]

4. There WAS a Guardian article re: Wolfowitz, but it has since been deleted

from their site.

You can read it here, and a few other places/sites that copied the article before it was deleted.

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.journalism.newspapers/browse_thread/thread/3644c934c68e3509/46298c9362f03ed2%2346298c9362f03ed2?sa=X&oi=groupsr&start=1&num=3

or use this tiny URL:

http://tinyurl.com/9qvv6

[CJCRANE]

5. Wolfowitz admits WMD was "bureaucratic reason":

USATODAY http://tinyurl.com/bx4r3

[Bushwick Bill]

6. Look at the maps.

This was some of the only material released from Cheney's double secret energy task force.
http://www.judicialwatch.org/IraqOilMap.pdf
http://www.judicialwatch.org/IraqOilGasProj.pdf
http://www.judicialwatch.org/IraqOilFrgnSuitors.pdf

A SEVEN-PAGE GLIMPSE UNDER THE DOOR
Last July, after appealing a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for NEPDG documents, Judicial Watch won a small victory with the release of seven pages of NEPDG documents.
They included:
• A detailed map of all Iraqi oil fields (11% of world supply);
• A two-page specific list of all nations with development contracts for Iraqi oil and gas projects and the companies involved;
• A detailed map of all Saudi Arabian oil fields (25% of world supply);
• A list of all major oil and gas development projects in Saudi Arabia ;
• A detailed map of all the oil fields in the United Arab Emirates (8% of world supply);
• A list of all oil and gas development projects in the UAE;

The documents may be viewed online at: http://www.judicialwatch.org/071703.c_.shtml .
http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/013004_in_your_face.html

[bigtree]

7. here's the Bush order authorizing the theft

White House Executive Order, 13303

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_13303

[thecrow]

8. Here's something related

http://www.seen.org/
(Sustianable Energy and Economy Network)

World Bank withdraws support from Chad oil export project


In January 2006, World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz suspended $124 million in loans to the government of Chad, in response to that government's unilateral decision to change the terms of its petroleum revenue management agreement. This action follows years of warnings by non-governmental organizations about this project's potential to fuel climate change, corruption, and repression.

The Chad-Cameroon oil export project, led by Exxon-Mobil, was made possible by over $1 billion in approved loans, credits and insurance from the World Bank Group and other international finance institutions and export credit agencies. The U.S. Export-Import Bank, which approved up to $300 million in loan guarantees for the project, has made no comment since the World Bank's announcement.

"Wolfowitz's decision to suspend payment to Chad is a bit like closing the barn door after the horses have fled," SEEN co-director Daphne Wysham told Inter Press Service. "It's a nice gesture, but is largely symbolic."

"If Wolfowitz really wanted to take meaningful action, he would implement the recommendations contained in the World Bank-initiated Extractive Industries Review. Anything less is inviting similar scenarios to play out in the future -- with the poorest paying the highest price."
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And yes, the Wiki reference was of great help!
Thank you!

.....but I seem to remember reading the article about
this admministraion saying the war was about oil right here on DU....

[B Calm]

9. Hint: In the SOTU speech