The Great Iraq Oil Giveaway

By CHRIS FLOYD

They were still scraping body parts out of the blasted carriages in the London Underground last week when the terrorists brazenly announced a harvest of blood fruits from their murderous campaign. The declaration — bone-chilling in its moral nullity, its brutal cynicism — was made in the fearsome name of Jihad.

That would be Asim Jihad, of course, spokesman for the Iraqi Oil Ministry. Yes, just one day after London’s agony, the state terrorists who perpetrated the ongoing mass atrocity of aggressive war in Iraq celebrated an important victory in their campaign of violence and fear: 11 juicy oil fields are being put up for tender to international investors, AdnKronos International reports.
The corporate cornucopia of these fertile fields in oil-laden southern Iraq — 3 million barrels per day, said Jihad — will surpass the nation’s entire current output of 2.2 million bpd: rich pickings for the oil barons whose branch office in the White House has done such outstanding advance work for them. With oil prices soaring past $60 per barrel — on their way to the $100 mark in the near future, some experts say — the $25 billion ante that the Iraqis are seeking will be a small price to pay for a seat at this game.

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