| New Oil Law in Iraq Gives Control to Oil Companies |
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| Written by Mazin Qumsiyeh | |||
| Friday, 02 March 2007 09:44 | |||
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The "surge" in US troops in Iraq was calculated to send a message but not to
the insurgency, rather to the Iraqi cabinet and the Iran government (which
is the next target). The follow-up approval by the Iraqi quisling cabinet
of the new US drafted "Iraqi" oil law will take Iraq oil out of reach of its
people (and outside of the OPEC arrangements) and put it in the hands of a
quisling government ministers who are obligated to appoint foreign (read US
and British) company executives to an "Iraq Federal Oil and Gas Council"
which will dictate policy and award contracts. Iraqi national oil company
will thus be reduced to just another company competing for contracts. The
law is posted in Arabic and English at
The Official Draft of the Oil and Gas Law of The Iraq Republic see also "US's Iraq oil grab is a done deal" By Pepe Escobar, Asia Times - http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/IB28Ak01.html The upcoming attack on Iran is (mis)calculated by the same war mongers (perhaps we should start calling it Zionist/military/industrial complex who hijacked the US government and both major parties in the US). They do not know what they will be unleashing but think foolishly that it would save Israeli colonial ventures and their ventures to pillage the natural resources of other countries. For this to succeed, they think military might and the collusion of the mainstream media (were debate is only allowed between establishment elite democrats and establishment elite republicans) are sufficient. They again underestimate people (although obviously far more people need to wake up and realize what is going on; silence is complicity). Thus they created and perpetuated the myth of Muslim support for terror (see www.csmonitor.com ) and in so doing began to awaken the Muslim masses. It is not a coincidence then that puppets like Husni Mubarak and other "Arab rulers" are cracking down on democratic opposition. It is also not a coincidence that Israel is putting the largest remaining Palestinian city (Nablus) under curfew and engaging in pogroms outside of any media scrutiny. But we also see Russia saying it is time to lift the siege on the Palestinian people and support the Palestinian Unity Government. But the European Union which has traditionally succumbed to US (read Israeli drafted) policy is equivocating. ACTION: If you live in the EU, then write to them: http://www.writetothem.com/ In the US, you can write to the media about issues they are not covering li8ke the ones mentioned above and that you now can read all over the Internet. For example, while most media outlets vilified the Holy Land Foundation, there has been almost no coverage of the trial and the fabricated evidence presented (rare story in LA Times: LA Times Story ). It does suggest that high levels of our government, influenced by a clique of racists, are themselves anti-Semitic (anti-Arab and anti-Muslim) liars. They lied about the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, about WMD, about retail terrorism, about Islam, about their intentions and so many other areas while they engaged in state terrorism that is resulting in the deaths of hundreds of thousands (and it seems more to come). Meanwhile our politicians of various stripes duck questions and duck responsibility. Look at these videos and transcripts from http://www.WashingtonStakeout.com of Senator Edwards and Condi Rice duck questions on Israel nuclear weapons and Governor Schwartznegger ducks questions on universal Healthcare: Edwards Won't Acknowledge Israeli Nukes Video at: Washingto Stake OUt Article Transcript Sam Husseini: Follow-up on Iran: You've said that they should be negotiating, but you've also said at the [Herzliya] Security Conference in Israel that all options should be on the table. Isn't that an implied threat that violates international law? That's part one. John Edwards: Oh no, far from it. I think that this is a situation with Iran where the use of diplomacy and the smart use of diplomacy has a significant chance of success. There is no way to know, ultimately, whether it will be successful without doing it. But we need to do it in a very thoughtful and smart way. We need to engage our European allies and the European banking institutions so that we can put maximum economic pressure on the Iranians. And we need to do everything in our power to get the Russians and the Chinese to participate. That will be more difficult than the Europeans. SH: You also said at that same conference: "once Iran goes nuclear other nations in the Middle East will go nuclear, making Israel's neighborhood much more volatile." Senator, doesn't Israel have nuclear weapons? And doesn't that create volatility and doesn't it cause resentment, that's part one. Doesn't Israel's possession cause volatility? And part two: doesn't the U.S. cause resentment by not acknowledging it? The U.S. government has never acknowledged that Israel has a massive nuclear arsenal which it does? JE: What I believe, and what I believe most thoughtful people believe, is that Iran having a nuclear weapon and having a proliferation of nuclear weapons throughout the Middle East, because the odds are high that if Iran goes nuclear that the Saudis, will go nuclear, the Egyptians will go nuclear, the Jordanians may go nuclear, is not a good thing in the most volatile region of the world which is way we need to use a thoughtful diplomatic process to deal with this issue in Iran. SH: But you are not acknowledging that Israel has nuclear weapons! Senator, you're not acknowledging that Israel has nuclear weapons! JE: Excuse me, I can't hear him. I'm sorry. SH: Senator, in your answer You didn't acknowledge that Israel has nuclear weapons, doesn't that cause more resentment? Senator, its an empirical question, Senator. Questioning Rice About Pre-9/11 Statement That Iraq Was Not a Threat Video at: www.washingtonstakeout.com Sam Husseini: Madame Secretary, please. Please just a few short questions. Condoleeza Rice: Sorry. Gotta Run. SH: You can make time for the press. CR: I just did. SH: Well that was some other press. Madame Secretary in 2001 both you and Colin Powell said Saddam Hussein didn't have weapons of mass destruction. You said his military forces have not been rebuilt. How do you reconcile that with your previous with your statements during the buildup of the war? Secretary Rice, please? This is an important question. I don't think you have been asked this question. How do you reconcile? Does Israel have nuclear weapons? Can you answer that? It's a very simple question. Secretary Gates said they did implied it during his confirmation hearings. Please. Please. They're two very simple questions. Schwarzenegger Dismisses Single-Payer Health Care Video at: www.washingtonstakeout.com Arnold Schwarzenegger: Any questions you have? Sam Husseini: How about single-payer? Have you considered single-payer health care in California to really get the insurance companies out of the business to get a Canadian-style model? AS: We have considered everything. When you get into the subject of fixing a broken health care system you think about everything. And its something that people have proposed, but we have put a good proposal together we believe very strongly that we want to do it through he private sector and not have government run bureaucracy in creating another big bureaucracy. I think the important thing in health care is that everyone is insured, number one. That everyone participates and is responsible. And that the insurance companies cover everyone and don't pick and choose. SH: Is their such a thing as a business bureaucracy, governor? AS: Oh yea. SH: Ok. So have you met with Canadian officials? ========== Silence is complicity Mazin http://justicewheels.org http://qumsiyeh.org Add your comment
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