Kucinich Statement on the Iraq Supplemental Conference Report

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Washington, Apr 25 - WASHINGTON, DC — "Following passage of the supplemental conference report this evening, Congressman Dennis Kucinich released the following statement:

This “Supplemental” is a plan to extort Iraq’s oil wealth under the guise of a plan to end the war. Funds for the security of the Iraqi government are contingent upon Iraq giving up control of oil. This legislation is a repugnant, high pressure tactic to force Iraq to pass a “hydrocarbon act” which will effectively privatize the oil wealth of Iraq. The key deception is that the hydrocarbon act, which sounds like an environmental law, lets Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds “share” whatever is left after US oil companies take unconscionable profits. This bill is not a plan for peace. It is blood for oil. It is a guarantee of more war and the continued U.S. occupation of Iraq."

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http://kucinich.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=63687

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1. Thanks for the R's n/t

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2. Iraq's new oil sharing law

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/4/25/84145/9576

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"Both Jarrar and Asia Times warn that people’s view of the process of drafting the law and its skewing in favor of foreign firms may increase tension and violence in Iraqi society. "Union leaders have complained that they, along with other civil-society groups, were left out of the drafting process despite US claims that it has created a functioning democracy in Iraq," says Asia Times."


Monday, April 23, 2007

The New Oil Law Will Increase Violence in Iraq

http://raedinthemiddle.blogspot.com/2007/04/new-oil-law-will-increase-violence-in.html