First Iraqi oil contracts going to Asian countries not US

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jimservo
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05 Apr 2007, 6:07 pm

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NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Despite claims by some critics that the Bush administration invaded Iraq to take control of its oil, the first contracts with major oil firms from Iraq's new government are likely to go not to U.S. companies, but rather to companies from China, India, Vietnam, and Indonesia.

While Iraqi lawmakers struggle to pass an agreement on exactly who will award the contracts and how the revenue will be shared, experts say a draft version that passed the cabinet earlier this year will likely uphold agreements previously signed by those countries under Saddam Hussein's government.


To be honest, I would have much preferred they signed contracts with U.S. companies, but then again I knew all along that Iraq had the ability to make it's money from whoever it wanted to.

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08 Apr 2007, 7:03 pm

You joker :lol:


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