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Saturday, July 19, 2003
No blood for oil
redux. Media Log has always found ridiculous the
notion that the war in Iraq was all about oil. No doubt oil had
something to do with moving Iraq higher up the priority list than,
say, North Korea or Congo. But if the Bushies really wanted Iraq's
oil that bad, then how come they didn't grab it 12 years
ago?
But now I'm beginning to think the
"no blood for oil" crowd might have been right all along. ER passes
on this
link to Larry Klayman's
Judicial Watch website, which reports that documents turned over
under court order by Dick Cheney's secret energy task force include a
map of Iraq's oilfields and pipelines, as well as similar maps of
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
The documents are dated March 2001,
according to Judicial Watch. Hmm. Do you suppose Cheney might have
believed the US would have access to Iraqi oil at some point in the
future? Where would he have gotten that idea?
Obligatory weasel words: by itself,
this proves nothing. But there are some pretty serious questions that
need answering.
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Dan Kennedy is senior writer and media critic for the Boston Phoenix.
