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Iraq's Oil Deals Dominate PM Election Campaign
Iraq's oil deals dominate PM election campaign
By Sinan Salaheddin, Associated Press | Google News
Iraq sits atop 115 billion barrels of crude, the world's third largest proven reserves of conventional crude oil. But current production of about 2.4 million barrels per day remains well below levels before the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein.
Al-Maliki's government has vowed, based on developers' promises, to raise output to more than 12 million barrels a day within six to seven years. The production increase would translate into hundreds of billions of dollars in sorely needed revenue for a government that relies on crude sales for 95 percent of its revenues.
Backed by armed bodyguards, international oil executives have flocked to this southern Iraqi city to survey their potentially lucrative prizes: the fields that they hope will one day be pumping out dramatically greater amounts of cheap, plentiful crude.
For their companies, the fields that they won the rights to develop in two biddings rounds last year are their first foray into Iraq's oil sector in over three decades.
For Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, the executives and their investments are a vital part of his bid to win a second term in March 7 elections. Al-Maliki has billed himself to voters as the leader that can ensure the development of Iraq's dilapidated oil sector and bring in billions of dollars to rebuild the country's struggling economy. Read more.
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Oh, THAT'S what U.K. PM Gordon "Shabbat Goy Boy" Brown was talking was talking about . . .
. . . when he said, "It was the RIGHT decision. And it was for the RIGHT reasons" . . .
WARNING: Older kidz only. Disturbing war images in video clip
(link to video - approx. 4 minutes)
"Gordon Brown's Shocking - 'It was the right decision'"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Wmx-iQHI4I
O - Operation
I - Iraqi
L - Liberation
Let's see,
"IT WAS THE RIGHT DECISION" . . . that's 5 words
and
"AND IT WAS FOR THE RIGHT REASONS" . . . that's 7 words . . .
So, that makes 12 words, right . . . not quite 16, huh?
(link to video - approx. 4 minutes)
"16 Words- Margo Guryan"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC4egBpjYsc
You kidz remember the PREVIOUS "War President", Dubya, don't you . . . the "great usurper" himself??? . . ;-)
(link to video - approx. 2 minutes)
"Bush Caught Lying About September 11th"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm73wOuPL60
I guess they are saving syllables for:
O - Operation
I - IRAN
L - Liberation
(clipped headline and link to article)
"It’s time: Declare lies for war with Iran as treason against our soldiers and US Constitution"
http://www.examiner.com/x-18425-LA-County-Nonpartisan-Examiner~y2010m3d8...
Cui bono, kidz? Who benefits?
Well, besides Paul "Dodgy Dossier" Hamill??? . . .
(clipped headline and link to article)
"Dodgy dossier aide now the £100,000 boss of White House lobbying firm"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1256042/Dodgy-dossier-aide-100k-...
. . . by all these "RIGHT" decisions??? . . . ;-)
"I've been in the right place
But it must have been the wrong time
I'd have said the right thing
But I must have used the wrong line
I'd a took the right road
But I must have took a wrong turn
Would have made the right move
But I made it at the wrong time"
- "Right Place Wrong Time" by Dr. John
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