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And re post-conflict Iraq oil, there is also this: http://www.counterpunch.org/eldar04012003.html The Pipeline to Haifa ----- Original Message ----- From: "ppg" <ppg@nyc.rr.com> To: <casi-discuss@lists.casi.org.uk> Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 6:02 AM Subject: Re: [casi] Iraq oil ownership? > Meanwhile, the US government is already counting its chickens : > > http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/MGBR68G42ED.html > Viewing a rebuilt Iraq through rose-colored lens > > [...] By some reckoning, reconstruction and humanitarian costs could > approach $100 billion. As U.S. forces move into a siegelike struggle for > control of Iraq's urban areas, the rebuilding of Iraq could become even more > complicated by the day. > > > But the director of the Office of Management and Budget, Mitch Daniels, says > U.S. taxpayers fretting about such stupendous costs forget Iraq is still "a > relatively wealthy country'' with a gross domestic product 20 times that of > Afghanistan. > > Because of Iraq's enormous reserves of oil and gas, the second-largest in > the world, there is an "enormous upside potential'' in reconstruction, > Daniels says. "I think the prospects for reconstruction and the resources to > make it happen are abundant.'' .... . . > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "ppg" <ppg@nyc.rr.com> > To: <casi-discuss@lists.casi.org.uk> > Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 5:44 AM > Subject: [casi] Iraq oil ownership? > > > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A15368-2003Apr2?language=printer > > U.S., Allies Clash Over Plan to Use Iraqi Oil Profits for Rebuilding > > > > > > [......] U.N. and British officials said the United States lacks the > legal > > authority to begin exporting oil even on an interim basis without a new > > Security Council mandate. Iraq's oil sales before the war were controlled > by > > the United Nations under its oil-for-food program. > > > > "We're moving into a legal realm that is not clear," said Jan Randolph, > head > > of economic forecasting at the World Markets Research Center in London. > "The > > impression we're getting is that because the Americans are largely bearing > > the [war] costs, they will want to determine what happens next." > > > > David L. Goldwyn, president of Goldwyn International Strategies, said: "I > > don't believe that the U.S. has the legal power under international law to > > seize and sell Iraq's oil absent a new Security Council resolution." > > Goldwyn, who was assistant secretary of energy in the Clinton > > administration, added: "It is extremely doubtful any reputable oil company > > will purchase oil without clear title." But some industry officials said > oil > > companies might be willing to buy Iraq oil if purchases were guaranteed by > > the United States. [......] > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. > > To unsubscribe, visit > http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss > > To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk > > All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk > _______________________________________________ Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To unsubscribe, visit http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk