Covert Iraq oil business. Excellent article with many references, by Larry Chin, Online Journal. The U.S. imported 290 million barrels of crude oil from Iraq in 2001, at below market rates, because of U.N. sanctions. The US was "the main market for Iraqi crude" according to the Middle East Economic Survey. It seems a lot like the threatened war is simply an attempt to eliminate Russia, France and China from the competition from the oil there, and to put the U.S. oil companies in complete control of the resources. more > [Ming's Meta Mechanics]

» And Pax Americana becomes clearer still.  I couldn't find it in the article but I'd like to know how much Iraqi oil the UK has imported...