More delays for Iraq’s political process.
By on May 14th, 2007 at 2:59 pm
More delays for Iraq’s political process.
“A parliamentary committee set up to study amendments to Iraq’s constitution has failed to agree on a number of issues and will seek a weeklong extension of its deadline to present a report to parliament.” The LA Times reported yesterday that “the oil law that U.S. officials call vital to ending Iraq’s civil war is in serious trouble among Iraqi lawmakers, many of whom see it as a sloppy document rushed forward to satisfy Washington’s clock.”
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That oil law isnt a sloppy document, its a huge ripoff.
Iraqis will end up with a fifth of their oil and Big Oil gets the rest.
And Big Oil will run the infrastructure, which means they control the oil.
This is why we are REALLY in Iraq. Oil and oil alone.
May 14th, 2007 at 3:05 pmWhy does Iraq hate our troops?
May 14th, 2007 at 3:05 pmThe Iraqi Parliament is doing a good impersonation of Congress.
May 14th, 2007 at 3:12 pmsee if it makes sense to connect the oil law with why wolfie is so determined to stay at the world bank…
unless there’s some big, hairy bush administration initiative that hasn’t been pushed through yet, it’s a puzzlement to me why wolfie would even WANT to stay… i mean, if he does, his effectiveness will be roughly equivalent to that of tits on a boar… my hunch is that the world bank’s full impact on iraq is just in the initial stages, a move that wolfie has pushed hard for, and that, because of the resistance of world bank officials to doing it, will probably be stopped dead in its tracks if wolfie goes…
so, what’s so important about the world bank being heavily involved in iraq…? well, let’s try oil for starters… if the oil law passes with the provisions intact that are so astonishingly favorable to global oil companies and to the u.s., the world bank can back that up with loans for infrastructure development whose terms are also written for u.s. benefit, such as payback being required to come from oil revenues…
both the world bank and the imf have a long and rich history of benign extortion, loaning vast sums of money to underdeveloped and emerging economies with terms that guarantee access to and/or control over big chunks of a country’s resources… in addition, if the world bank becomes heavily involved in iraq, it provides more of a legitimate cover so that it doesn’t look quite so much like the u.s. and the oil companies are the ones really running the show…
just some thoughts…
And, yes, I DO take it personally
May 14th, 2007 at 3:15 pm#4 promarcus, great post…Blessings
May 14th, 2007 at 3:20 pmPlease pass this message onto your member of Congress I live in the UK and I have sent to my Mamber of Parliment ….. Here is the early Day Motion to be carried out in its name
http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=32937&SESSION=885
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The Members of the US Congress who Oppose the War on Iraq [and] Members of the European Parliaments who Oppose the War
Peace be upon you and greetings to you all,
We wish to clarify certain matters relating to events in Iraq for our friends among the members of the US Congress. It is common knowledge that the occupation spared neither the old nor the young, and that Iraq is passing through the most difficult of times because all and sundry are hounding it and covet a share of its riches. We see no good reason for linking the passing of the feeble Iraqi oil law to the withdrawal of the occupation troops from Iraq.
Everyone knows that the oil law does not serve the Iraqi people, and that it serves Bush, his supporters and the foreign companies at the expense of the Iraqi people who have been wronged and deprived of their right to their oil despite enduring all difficulties.
We ask our friends not to link withdrawal with the oil law, especially since the USA claimed that it came to Iraq as a liberator and not in order to control Iraq’s resources.
The general public in Iraq is totally convinced that Bush wants to rush the promulgation of the oil law so as to be leaving Iraq with a victory of sorts, because his project is failing every day and the occupation is collapsing in all parts of Iraq.
We wish to see you take a true stance for the children of Iraq, and we always say that history will remember those who advance peace over war.
With my regards,
Hassan Jum’a Awwad
May 14th, 2007 at 3:21 pmHead of the Iraqi Federation of Oil Unions
Gotta love that Iraqi Parliament. Looks like they may be thinking about the future of Iraq and not the future of the oil robbers. Maybe Chevez is beginning to extent his area of influence beyond the Western Hemisphere.
May 14th, 2007 at 3:21 pmOil Union to Negotiate with Maliki – Northern and Central Unions will Strike in Solidarity
http://www.handsoffiraqioil.org/
May 14th, 2007 at 3:23 pmThe Iraqi Parliament is doing a good impersonation of the 109th Congress.
May 14th, 2007 at 3:29 pm6/ feeble Iraqi oil law line 6
Some are saying Iraq will nationalise its Oil industry when It gets full Sovereignty
Bush let them have full Sovereignty –
and McCain is saying Iraqi Government Can’t Order US Withdrawal
http://rawstory.com/news/2007/McCain_Iraqi_government_cant_order_U.S._0513.html
MR. RUSSERT: But, senator, the Iraqi parliament, a majority of the Iraqi parliament, has signed a petition asking for a date certain for withdrawal of American troops. If the Iraqi parliament wants it, a majority in the Congress want it…
SEN. McCAIN: Mm-hmm.
MR. RUSSERT: …then why do you stand there and say, “No, you can’t have it”?
SEN. McCAIN: Because it’s my job to give my best estimate to the American people, no matter what the political calculations may be, as to what’s the best in our nation’s national security interest. Young men and women are risking their lives as we speak in, in, in Iraq. And I know that they will be in greater harm’s way if we withdraw from Iraq, as we keep debating over and over and over again. And I know what’s best, in my mind, in my experience, in my knowledge, in my inspiration, as to what’s best for this country. So political calculations such as polls, I understand that if the American people don’t continue to support this effort that we will be forced to withdraw. But it’s also my obligation to tell the American people and my constituents in Arizona that I represent, what the consequences of failure will be; and I believe they will be catastrophic.
May 14th, 2007 at 3:32 pm#1, oil, yes, but not only oil. W had some father issues to work out as well…
May 14th, 2007 at 3:41 pmYeah yeah yeah, we have heard this all before ad nauseam. We don’t give a crap what the fu*k you think McCain. The American people already don’t support this damn war.
May 14th, 2007 at 3:41 pmGreat post #4. The IMF and World Bank will be heavily involved in Iraq if they aren’t already. There system of neo colonialism makes me sick. So Wolfie is one of the architects of the war and then goes off to run the World Bank. Jesus, these guys serioulsy think they run the world.
Tobey Tall- nice quote from brain dead McCain. How exactly is leaving Iraq more dangerous than being in Iraq? This guy has no chance in hell.
May 14th, 2007 at 3:46 pmhttp://www.hightowerdownload.com
Press play on this short movie , Hightower Download: Why We’re in Iraq
May 14th, 2007 at 3:47 pmIm quoting McCain saying
Iraqi Government Can’t Order US Withdrawal
not the rest of his bullshit but the above statement
May 14th, 2007 at 3:53 pmYou know, I got tired of reading Robert Ludlum’s books because he always repeated the same tired conspiracy plot. Bush, Wolfie, etc., are making Ludlum look downright sane. Scary thought.
May 14th, 2007 at 3:55 pmKucinich on Supplemental: It’s about Oil
Congressman Dennis Kucinich’s Office
May 11th, 2007
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 10) – Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH)
released the following statement after the passage of the U.S. Troop
Readiness, Veterans’ Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability
Appropriations Act of 2007:
“There has been a broad deception about the content of the hydrocarbon
law, a deception which has taken in members of Congress and the media.
Misdescribed tactically as a revenue sharing plan, it is in fact a
radical plan to privatize Iraq’s oil.
“The law before the Iraq Parliament contains 3 vague lines about
revenue sharing and 33 solid pages of a complex legal restructuring,
facilitating the privatization of Iraq’s oil resources. The sharing
will not be 1/3 of 100%. The sharing is more likely to be 1/3 of 20%
at most, after private oil interests take their cut. The stage is
being set for theft on a historic scale.
“Iraq may have as much as 300 billion barrels of oil to be tapped. At
a market value of $70 a barrel, the value of its oil may approach $21
trillion.
“In the past twenty four hours the Vice President made an
extraordinary trip to Baghdad to urge the Iraqi Parliament to stay in
session to pass a “hydrocarbon law” which provides for “revenue
sharing.” Today, President Bush explicitly mentioned that he could
come to an agreement if it included a benchmark for “sharing oil
reserves.” This is the tone of the legislation which the House passed
tonight.
“The legislative debate between the Congressional Democrats and the
Republicans misses the point of the key issue regarding the invasion,
occupation and long term US presence in Iraq – - oil.
“The attempted theft of the oil assets of Iraq under the guise of a
plan to end the war will keep the war going long into the future.
“This is the time to be taking steps to end the U.S. occupation,
May 14th, 2007 at 3:58 pmstabilize Iraq, and give Iraqis full control of their oil assets.”
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US says five Americans died today in Iraq and a Danish troop.
May 14th, 2007 at 4:27 pmBoy Bush and shooter Cheney can forget about the Iraqi Parliament signing any oil bill. July is approaching quickly and that’s when the two month Iraqi Parliament vacation begins. They won’t return until September and then before you know it… it will be 2008 and all they have to do is wait. They know the “timeline” for our troops to withdraw. If the 110 Congress hopes to get re-elected, then the troops need to begin redeployment by January 2008 at the very latest. There is no need for the Iraqi Parliament to rush to sign this oil bill. And if the Iraq oil is turned over to the Oil Robbers, then the current civil war will look like a picnic because the Iraqi people will never let these Oil Robbers control their resources.
May 14th, 2007 at 5:57 pmThe US occupation of Iraq was/is about controlling the OIL > PERIOD.
May 15th, 2007 at 12:52 amI always said from the beginning that the Iraqi war was about OIL. I always got commands from the Right Wing Nuts that this was not true. I hope the people of Iraqi will vote NO on this law.
May 15th, 2007 at 8:29 am