July 18, 2003
Cheney Energy Task Force Documents Feature Map of Iraqi Oilfields
March 2001, before the domestic terrorism, before Iraq was engrained in the national conscious, before the terms “pre-emptive invasion” and “shock and awe” were a part of the American lexicon, Vice President Dick Cheney and a team of energy executives were determining the state of Iraq’s primary resource and what foreign corporations would need to be appeased in order for US control of them. “Foreign Suitors for Iraqi Oilfield Contracts.”, an innocuos enough term included foreign companies that had current or future contracts with the Iraq regime. These two lists (p1, p2 [pdf]) of foreign contractors is eerily similar to those countries that are part of the “Coalition of the Willing”.
The papers, which were requested by Judicial Watch in April 2001 under the FOIA (Freedom of Information Act), had to be fought over in court and have only recently been released. For those who have claimed that the Iraq War was really about oil, this may not be the smoking gun, but it’s as close as it comes for now.
Posted by Stephen VanDyke at July 18, 2003 02:25 PMWOW! a map of oilfields! holy crap! there must be some kind of conspiracy here. I better turn on Art Bell and yes i want to believe.
It is called a strategic asset people. I am so glad we cant see the new pieline moving through croatia and Kosovo.
The real ‘conspiracy’ was the concerted effort to present the Coalition of the Willing as a few isolated wealthy countries accompanied by a handful of bullied failed states attempting to rip off Iraq’s oil. In fact, the majority of European countries were in the Coalition, and in some cases they were clambering to support the invasion of Iraq before America even called for a Coalition. Respected figures on the right and left of European politics supported the war because Saddam Hussein was a brutal and dangerous dictator, whereas America, Britain, Australia et al are democracies that have been steadfast allies of the democratic forces in many countries that have recently thrown off the shackles of dictatorship themselves.
There is a map that reveals this conspiracy of lies, and indeed it is included in the above post. I have now posted a follow-up on my blog.
May truth and freedom prevail!
Trevor Stanley.
