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   Links on Iraqi Oil & American Interests

 
Rumsfeld shaking hands with Saddam Hussein, CNN still & video.
From the National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 82.
www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB82/index.htm
 
Nov. 21, 1983 
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U.S. learns chemical weapons (WMDs) used agains Kurds  (297k PDF)
 
Nov. 01, 1983 
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Shultz learns Iraqis are using chemical weapons almost daily.  (86k PDF)
 
Oil Behind Bush's African Tour
The Guardian
"President Bush's trip to Africa this week signals a recent strategic decision to increase America's military presence to bolster what Washington now sees as two important national interests on the continent - the supply of oil and the struggle against terrorism."
 
Troops to Kyrgyzstan: Oil Next Door  (67k PDF)
The Wall Street Journal Online
U.S. is sending "troops into countries that are disconnected from the global economy." No mention of multi-$B oil initiative. See May 27 and June 20, 2002
 
2001 Baker Report  (337k PDF)
rice.edu
April, 2001. Baker Institute report on Strategic Energy Policy, 100pp. Documents the strategic importance of oil--moderate relative to neo-cons.
 
 
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