PRIOR & SUBSEQUENT 9/11 WAR PLANNING - PRIOR RESOURCE CONTROL / OIL ONLY -  IRAQ - AFGHANISTAN - IRAN

START 09-11-06  /  FINISH = ???

CONTENTS

Countries - Iraq - Iran
Companies - Hunt Oil - Chevron - Halliburton
Projects - Afghanistan/Unocal-Bridas/pipeline - Cheney's Energy Task Force
Famous people / quotes

PRIOR WAR PLANNING / GENERAL

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/01/09/60minutes/main592330.shtml
Bush Sought ‘Way’ To Invade Iraq?
O'Neill Tells '60 Minutes' Iraq Was 'Topic A' 8 Months Before 9-11
Jan. 11, 2004

http://washingtonmonthly.com/features/2001/0206.marshall.html
Bomb Saddam? - How the obsession of a few neocon hawks became the central goal of U.S. foreign policy
By Joshua Micah Marshall
Washington Monthly

http://www.globalpolicy.org/wtc/targets/1220hawks.htm
The Iraq Hawks
By Seymour Hersh
New Yorker
December 20, 2001
posted at global policy forum

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/11/politics/11DEFE.html?ex=1158206400&en=4e705d181f1d8940&ei=5070
Iraq Is Focal Point as Bush Meets With Joint Chiefs
By ERIC SCHMITT and JAMES DAO
January 11, 2001
New York Times

http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2002/09/05/perle/index.html
The armchair general
He's been beating the drums of war for a decade. Can Beltway hawk Richard Perle finally persuade the U.S. to wage war with Iraq?
By Eric Boehlert
salon

http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/5097
The Military-Petroleum Complex
Nick Turse
FPIF
March 24, 2008

http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=168558
The oily truth about America’s foreign policy
By Gideon Rachman
Tehran Times
Wednesday, May 14, 2008

DOWNING STREET MEMOS

http://www.bigeye.com/fc061305.htm
THE DOWNING STREET MEMO  - ALT
Eric Margolis
Archives > June 13, 2005

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/1
Text of the Downing Street Memo
Submitted by downing
After Downing Street
Thu, 2005-05-26 18:28.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2005/06/14/DI2005061401261.html
The Downing Street Memo - transcript
Michael Smith
Reporter, Sunday Times of London
Washington Post
Thursday, June 16, 2005; 10:00 AM

http://www.tomjoad.org/downingstreetmemo.htm
Downing Street Secret Memo
tomjoad

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8709.htm
The secret Downing Street memo - the actual memo
SECRET AND STRICTLY PERSONAL - UK EYES ONLY
DAVID MANNING
From: Matthew Rycroft
Date: 23 July 2002
S 195 /02

http://www.democracynow.org/2005/6/15/the_downing_street_memo_comes_to
The Downing Street Memo Comes To Washington; Conyers Blasts “Deafening Sound of Silence”
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Democracy Now
June 15, 2005

http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0619-31.htm
What the Hell is the Downing St. Memo -- and Who Cares?
by David Benjamin
by CommonDreams.org
Published on Sunday, June 19, 2005

9/11 - RESOURCE CONTROL - OIL ONLY / SPECIFIC COMPANIES / PROJECTS / COUNTRIES

GENERAL
- PRIOR - 9/11

http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/context.jsp?item=a19911997
Context of '1991-1997: Oil Investment in Central Asia Follows Soviet Collapse' - timeline
posted at cooperativeresearch.org

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Big_Oil%2C_Big_Lies
Big Oil, Big Lies - sourcewatch
www.sourcewatch.org

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0504-06.htm
'US Invasion of Iraq Was a Resource War'
by Melanie Gosling
Published by the Cape Times / South Africa
Published on Wednesday, May 4, 2005

http://www.gregpalast.com/its-still-the-oilsecret-condi-meeting-on-oil-before-invasion/
It's STILL The Oil: - Secret Condi Meeting on Oil Before Invasion
by Greg Palast
gregpalast dot com

Halliburton

http://www.pubrecord.org//nationworld/262.html
The Secret Deal For Iraq's Oil
By Jason Leopold
The Public Record
Friday, August 15, 2008
Published in : Nation/World
Also posted at AfterDowningStreet & Uruknet

Cheney - Energy Task Force

http://www.judicialwatch.org/iraqi-oilfield-pr.shtml
CHENEY ENERGY TASK FORCE DOCUMENTS FEATURE MAP OF IRAQI OILFIELDS - multiple maps
Judicial Watch
Jul 17, 2003

http://www.nrdc.org/air/energy/taskforce/tfinx.asp
The Cheney Energy Task Force - multiple documents
A review and analysis of the proceedings leading to the Bush administration's formulation of its May 2001 energy policy.
Natural Resources Defense Council

http://intl-news.blogspot.com/2007/07/slick-dick-cheneys-2001-energy-task.html
Slick Dick Cheney's 2001 Energy Task Force Meetings Participants - complet list of participants
Posted by Joe Broadhurst  - at 11:54 AM
intl-news.blogspot.com
Wednesday, July 18, 2007

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cheney_Energy_Task_Force
Cheney Energy Task Force - sourcewatch
www.sourcewatch.org

http://www.rense.com/general76/tsk.htm
What Cheney's Energy Task Force Talked About
Terrell E. Arnold
Rense
4-10-7

http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2004/04/02/iraqoil/
Why so secretive?
by Tim Grieve
Salon
[12:24 PST, April 2, 2004]

http://www.halliburtonwatch.org/about_hal/energytf.html
Energy Task Force
www.halliburtonwatch.org

http://www.commondreams.org/views02/1113-08.htm
Axis of Oil and Iraq
by Maria Elena Martinez and Joshua Karliner
Published on Wednesday, November 13, 2002 by the San Francisco Chronicle
posted at CommonDreams

http://www.projectcensored.org/publications/2005/8.html
Secrets of Cheney's Energy Task Force Come to Light
Faculty Evaluators: James Carr, Ph.D., Alexandra Von Meier, Ph.D.
Student Researcher: Cassie Cypher, Shannon Arthur
www.projectcensored.org

http://www.counterpunch.org/singham07192003.html
Cheney's Oil Maps - Can the Real Reason for War be This Crass?
By MANO SINGHAM
counterpunch
July 19, 2003

http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0113-01.htm
Bush-Cheney Energy Strategy: Procuring the Rest of the World’s Oil
by Michael Klare
Published in the January 2004 edition of Foreign Policy In Focus -[PDF file]
posted at CommonDreams - Copyright © 2002 IRC and IPS

http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=12787
US: Document Says Oil Chiefs Met With Cheney Task Force
by Dana Milbank and Justin Blum, The Washington Post
CorpWatch
November 16th, 2005

http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=2613
US: Energy Task Force Documents Show Industry Influence
by Cat Lazaroff, Environment News Service
CorpWatch
May 22nd, 2002

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/15/AR2005111501842.html
Document Says Oil Chiefs Met With Cheney Task Force
By Dana Milbank and Justin Blum
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, November 16, 2005; Page A01

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2004/04/25/cheney_aide_now_lobbyist_on_energy/
Cheney aide now lobbyist on energy
By Susan Milligan and Maud S. Beelman, Globe Staff and Globe Correspondent
www.boston.com
April 25, 2004

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4830129/
Cheney's day before Supreme Court - Sierra Club, Judicial Watch eye energy task force
By Tom Curry
National affairs writer
MSNBC
Updated: 11:49 a.m. ET April 26, 2004

http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/04/27/scotus.cheney/index.html
High court hears arguments on Cheney task force
From Bill Mears
CNN Washington Bureau
Thursday, June 24, 2004 Posted: 10:26 AM EDT (1426 GMT)

http://newyork.sierraclub.org/rochester/energy_commission.htm
Sierra Club Files Suit Against Cheney's Energy Task Force - ALT
sierraclub

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/09/politics/09WIRE-CHEN.html?ex=1224907200&en=fc1ead409c5960e2&ei=5070
G.A.O. Suit Against Cheney's Energy Task Force Is Dismissed
By The Associated Press
December 9, 2002
posted at the NYT

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/17/AR2007071701987.html
Papers Detail Industry's Role in Cheney's Energy Report
By Michael Abramowitz and Steven Mufson
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, July 18, 2007; Page A01

IRAQ

General


http://www.ringnebula.com/Oil/Timeline-Iraq_040903c.htm
A Timeline of Oil and Violence - II - Iraq - timeline
ringnebula.com

http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/4399
Slick Connections: U.S. Influence on Iraqi Oil
Erik Leaver and Greg Muttitt
FPIF
July 17, 2007

http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/cachedfiles/whoilpressbrief-wh-cached-042907
Press Briefing by Ari Fleischer - James S. Brady Press Briefing Room - White House press brief
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
March 24, 2003

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1738883,00.html
Playing the Iraq Oil Card
By ROBERT BAER
TIME
Friday, May. 09, 2008 

Prior - 9/11

http://www.judicialwatch.org/iraqi-oil-maps.shtml
Maps and Charts of Iraqi Oil Fields - multiple documents - charts and maps
posted at Judicial Watch

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=33642
White House energy task forcepapers reveal Iraqi oil maps
By Paul Sperry
© 2003 WorldNetDaily.com
Posted: July 18, 2003 5:00 p.m. Eastern

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=ELE20051211&articleId=1444
Did Big Oil participate in planning the invasion of Iraq?
by Thomas Eley - World Socialist Web Site
posted at Global Research
December 11, 2005

http://democracydollar.com/headline_exxon_cheney_cook_iraq_war.html
ExxonMobil, Shell Neck-and-Neck in War Oil Sales
posted at consumersforpeace.com

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/1116-03.htm
Document Says Oil Chiefs Met With Cheney Task Force
by Dana Milbank and Justin Blum
Published on Wednesday, November 16, 2005 by the Washington Post
posted at CommonDreams

http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2004/02/16/040216fa_fact?currentPage=5
Contract Sport
by Jane Mayer
New Yorker
archive/2004/02/16/

http://georgewashington2.blogspot.com/2008/07/cheney-and-oil-bigs-planned-us-war.html
Cheney and the Oil Bigs Planned U.S. War Policy Before 9/11
Posted by George Washington at 1:14 PM
GW Blog
Thursday, July 3, 2008

http://www.commondreams.org/views06/1203-21.htm
The Surreal Politics of Premeditated War
by R.W. Behan
CommonDreams
Published on Sunday, December 3, 2006

Subsequent - 9/11

http://www.countercurrents.org/riggins070607.htm
Democrats And Republicans: Two Peas In A Pod?
By Thomas Riggins
Countercurrents.org
07 June, 2007

http://www.chris-floyd.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1302&Itemid=135
Brass in Pocket: A Chronicle of Blood Money Foretold
Written by Chris Floyd
www.chris-floyd.com
Friday, 05 October 2007

http://existentialistcowboy.blogspot.com/2007/06/grand-theft-country-how-george-w-bush.html
Grand Theft Country: How George W. Bush Looted Iraq - multiple videos / articles
Posted by Len Hart    at 5:49 AM 
existentialistcowboy.blogspot.com
Thursday, June 28, 2007

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/70908.html
Iraqis to U.S. Congress: Back off oil law
Author :  Energy News Editor - Copyright 2007 by UPI
posted at www.earthtimes.org
Fri, 08 Jun 2007 19:08:00 GMT

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/060907A.shtml
Iraq's Workers Strike to Keep Their Oil
By David Bacon
t r u t h o u t | Columnist
Saturday 09 June 2007

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=6596
What Unites Iraqis: Blocking Western Petroleum Companies From Seizing Control of Their Oil
by Joshua Holland
Global Research, August 22, 2007
Alternet.org - 2007-08-09

http://wsws.org/articles/2007/sep2007/oili-s12.shtml
US seeks legal expert to oversee plunder of Iraqi oil
By Kate Randall
12 September 2007
WSWS

http://www.countercurrents.org/glantz090807.htm
Iraqis Oppose Oil Privatization
By Aaron Glantz
OneWorld.net
posted at countercurrents.org

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/08/08/3052
Oil Law Brings US Intentions Into Focus
by Robert Naiman
Published on Wednesday, August 8, 2007 by CommonDreams.org

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/90037.html
Top Iraq MP: No oil law under occupation
General News Editor
EarthTimes
Fri, 03 Aug 2007 20:51:58 GMT

http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2140691,00.html
Good news from Baghdad at last: the oil law has stalled
Jonathan Steele
The Guardian
Friday August 3, 2007

http://www.americanfreepress.net/html/bush-cheney_oil.html
THE BUSH-CHENEY OIL WAR
Administration Plans to Steal Iraqi Oil For Mega-Rich Revealed for First Time
By Richard Walker
americanfreepress.net
(Issue #31, July 30, 2007)

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=6389
Iraq unions vow 'mutiny' over oil law
Global Research, July 21, 2007
UPI - 2007-07-20

http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/3261/iraqi_unions_fight_the_new_oil_law/
Iraqi Unions Fight the New Oil Law
By David Moberg
In These Times
July 9, 2007

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/071207S.shtml
Opposition to American Oil Grab Is Unifying Iraqis
By Ben Lando
United Press International - orig link - http://www.upi.com/Energy/Analysis/2007/07/09/analysis_iraq_near_united_in_opposition/8192/
Monday 09 July 2007

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/07/06/1359232
Founder of Iraq Oil Workers Union Rejects U.S.-Backed Oil Law as "Robbery"
Listen to Segment || Download Show mp3 || Watch 128k stream || Watch 256k stream || Read Transcript
Democracy Now
Friday, July 6th, 2007

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSL1977559020080319
Iraq to pay oil firms to boost its output
Reuters
Wednesday March 19 2008
posted at the Guardian

http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=14983
IRAQ: Forbidden fields: Oil groups circle the prize of Iraq's vast reserves
by Roula Khalaf and Steve Negus
The Financial Times
March 19th, 2008

http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0409/p01s03-wome.html
Basra strike against Shiite militias also about oil - Iraq's oil minister says the assault helped curb oil smuggling.
By Sam Dagher
Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
from the April 9, 2008 edition

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080721/lookout
Disaster Capitalism: State of Extortion
By Naomi Klein
This article appeared in the July 21, 2008 edition of The Nation.
July 1, 2008
also posted at ICH

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/06/28/9953/
It Was Oil, All Along
by Bill Moyers and Michael Winship
by CommonDreams.org
Published on Saturday, June 28, 2008

BRIDAS - UNOCAL / AFGHANISTAN / PIPELINE PROJECT

General

http://www.ringnebula.com/Oil/Timeline.htm
A Timeline of Oil and Violence - Afghanistan - timeline
posted at ringnebula.com

http://liesofbush.com/Afghanistan.shtml
Afghanistan - multiple articles
posted at liesofbush.com

Prior - 9/11

http://www.worldpress.org/specials/pp/pipeline_timeline.htm
Timeline of Competition between Unocal and Bridas for the Afghanistan Pipeline - timeline
This timeline owes a heavy debt to Ahmed Rashid's excellent study, Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil, and Fundamentalism in Central Asia (Yale UP, 2000). Wherever possible, the information has been cross-checked against Unocal and BP Amoco Argentina's archives of press releases, Pratt's Oil Digest, Oil and Gas Magazine, Pravda, Moscow's Interfax News Agency, the ITAR-TASS news agency, the U.S. Department of Energy,
posted at www.worldpress.org

http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/CHI203A.html
Unocal and the Afghanistan pipeline
by Larry Chin
Online Journal , 6 March 2002
Centre for Research on Globalisation (CRG)
globalresearch.ca
March 2002

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/1984459.stm
Afghanistan plans gas pipeline
BBC News
Monday, 13 May, 2002, 10:20 GMT 11:20 UK

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/west_asia/37021.stm
Taleban in Texas for talks on gas pipeline
BBC News
Thursday, December 4, 1997 Published at 19:27 GMT

http://www.theforbiddenknowledge.com/hardtruth/oil_war.htm
War on Terrorism or Oil War? See the Map of the Pipeline! - multiple articles
posted at theforbiddenknowledge.com

http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/natres/oil/2002/0530pipeline2.htm
Afghanistan Aims to Revive Pipeline Plans
By Paul Watson
LA Times
May 30, 2002

http://www.rense.com/general19/oil.htm
The Afghan Pipeline Project - An Oil-Soaked History
Terry Anderson - wstngtymonlyn@msn.com
Rense

Subsequent - 9/11

http://www.ratical.org/ratville/CAH/oilwar1.html
Is Enron Behind The War In Afghanistan? - multiple articles
From Robert Lederman
robert.lederman@worldnet.att.net
5 February 2002

http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/natres/oil/2002/0530pipeline2.htm
Afghanistan Aims to Revive Pipeline Plans
By Paul Watson
LA Times
May 30, 2002

9/11 - RESOURCE CONTROL - OIL ONLY / SPECIFIC COMPANIES / PROJECTS / COUNTRIES

GENERAL - SUBSEQUENT - 9/11

IRAN

Prior - 9/11
Subsequent - 9/11
Oil Bourse

orig link - http://greatreporter.com/mambo/content/view/1535/1/  -  broken/detected - 10-14-07
alt link - http://greatreporter.com/mambo/content/view/1535/6/
copied from - http://www.politicsandcurrentaffairs.co.uk/Forum/peak-oil-economics-environment/41999-iran-oil-bourse-wont.html
this link - http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/cachedfiles/iranbourse-vanengelen-cached-101407
Iran oil bourse 'won't undermine US instruments'
Written by Angelique van Engelen
Friday, 21 September 2007

Congress

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/052607Z.shtml
What Congress Really Approved: Benchmark No. 1: Privatizing Iraq's Oil for US Companies
By Ann Wright
t r u t h o u t | Guest Contributor
Saturday 26 May 2007

IT'S ABOUT THE OIL - FAMOUS QUOTES / PEOPLE

Alan Greenspan


http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article2461214.ece
Alan Greenspan Claims Iraq War Was Really for Oil
By Graham Paterson
The UK Times
Sunday 16 September 2007
also posted at TruthOut - http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/091707M.shtml

http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/174841
Tomgram: Dilip Hiro, It's the Oil, Stupid
Greenspan's Oil Claim in Context
By Dilip Hiro
posted September 25, 2007 5:12 pm
at tomdispatch.com

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/09/20/3969/
Oil and Betrayal in Iraq
by George Lakoff
Published by CommonDreams.org
on Thursday, September 20, 2007

http://www.counterpunch.org/roberts09202007.html
Greenspan and the Economy of Greed - As the Empire Slips
By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS
CounterPunch
September 20, 2007

Henry Kissinger

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/09/17/3910/
Greenspan, Kissinger: Oil Drives U.S. in Iraq, Iran
by Robert Weissman
CommonDreams.org
Published on Monday, September 17, 2007

http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/september2007/210907_about_oil.htm
Kissinger Admits Iran Attack Is About Oil
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
Friday, September 21, 2007

http://www.rense.com/general77/bilf.htm
Bliderberg Plan - Control Oil, Control People
By Deanna Spingola
NewsWithViews.com
8-19-7
posted at rense

Gen. John Abizaid

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/15/abizaid-middle-east-gas-station/
Former Centcom General: 'Of course' Iraq is about oil
Posted by Matt
ThinkProgress
October 15, 2007 5:18 pm

George Bush
       
http://www.fcnl.org/press/releases/oilcontrol101608.htm   
President Bush Asserts Right to Control Iraqi Oil
Press Room: Press Releases
Friends Committee on national Legislation
For immediate release – October 16, 2008

http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/66/23624
Bush Cites Oil As Reason to Stay in Iraq
By Peter Baker
The Washington Post
Sunday 05 November 2006

Paul Wolfowitz

http://whatreallyhappened.com/WRHARTICLES/aboutoil.htm
Wolfowitz: Iraq war was about oil
George Wright
Guardian
Wednesday June 4, 2003

John Howard - PM of Australia

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/national/howard-links-iraq-war-to-oil/2007/07/04/1183351327508.html
Howard links Iraq war to oil
Brendan Nicholson
Fairfax Digital
July 5, 2007

Chuck Hagel

http://www.inteldaily.com/?c=144&a=3684
Hagel Skewers Iraq War, Defends Greenspan's Oil Comments
By Matt Purple -- http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=/Politics/archive/200709/POL20070927a.html
posted at inteldaily
Thu, 27 Sep 2007 10:35:00

Hans Blix

http://mailstrom.blogspot.com/2008/01/always-war-for-oil.html
Always a War for Oil
posted by ajohnstone at
mailstrom.blogspot
Tuesday, January 08, 2008

Kemal Unakitan

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/173468,turkish-fm-us-launched-war-for-iraq-oil.html
Turkish FM: U.S. launched war for Iraq oil
Ben Lando, UPI Energy Editor
EarthTimes
Posted :  Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:03:04 GMT

James Ellery, Brigadier-General  CBE

http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_3393.shtml
Ex-British Army chief in Iraq confirms peak oil motive for war; praises fraudulent reconstruction programmes
By Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed
Online Journal Contributing Writer
Jun 19, 2008, 00:22

HUNT ENERGY OF DALLAS - Ray Hunt pres.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jackson-williams/bush-oil-buddies-divvy-up_b_65361.html
Bush Oil Buddies Divvy Up Iraq (Money Doesn't Talk, It Swears)
Jackson Williams
Huffington Post
Posted September 21, 2007 | 01:00 PM (EST)

http://george.loper.org/archives/2007/Sep/886.html
Let's make an oil deal - ALT
A Bush family friend may be undermining Iraqi peace
By Richard Wolffe and Gretel C. Kovach
Newsweek
posted at george.loper.org

http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2007/09/ray_hunt_elevating_tensions_si.php
Ray Hunt: Elevating Tensions Since 1974
Robert Wilonsky
dallasobserver
Fri Sep 28, 2007 at 09:21:15 AM

http://www.muckety.com/news/092407-Why-Ray-Hunt-is-so-powerful.html?recentPosts
Why Ray Hunt is so powerful
muckety
By Gary Jacobson
September 24, 2007

http://seesdifferent.wordpress.com/2007/09/10/bushs-pals-begin-the-looting-of-iraq/
Bush’s pals begin the looting of Iraq
seesdifferent.wordpress
Monday, September 10th, 2007...12:24 am

http://thenexthurrah.typepad.com/the_next_hurrah/2007/09/the-hunt-for-oi.html
The Hunt for Oil
by emptywheel
September 09, 2007
thenexthurrah.typepad.com

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/09/09/business/main3244774.shtml
Texas Co. Signs Iraq Oil Deal With Kurds
Associated Press Business Writer John Porretto and the AP's Robert H. Reid in Baghdad contributed to this report.
(CBS/AP)
DALLAS, Tex., Sept. 9, 2007

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/27368
Canadian Company Grabs Second Oil Contract in Iraq
Submitted by davidswanson
afterdowningstreet.org
Tue, 2007-10-02 16:51.

http://www.kurdishaspect.com/doc100307BD.html
Hunt Denies His Political Ties Aided Kurdish Pact
WSJ - By Bob Davis
October 3, 2007
posted at kurdishaspect.com

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iXtQstIhz0ZCqIQVOZLiFhqayA8g
Hunt oil deal creating tension in Iraq: US
AFP
Sep 27, 2007

http://www.upi.com/International_Security/Energy/Analysis/2007/10/12/analysis_hunt_state_talked_on_iraq_oil/3128/
Analysis: Hunt, State talked on Iraq oil
By BEN LANDO
UPI Energy Editor
Published: 12, 2007 at 10:18 AM

http://wsws.org/articles/2007/sep2007/hunt-s15.shtml
Bush-linked Texas company signs oil deal with Iraqi Kurds
By Joe Kay
WSWS
15 September 2007

http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKL0865925320070908
UPDATE 1-Iraq Kurdish region signs oil deal with U.S. Hunt
Reuters
Sat Sep 8, 2007 8:41pm BST

http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/140594
Dallas Oil Company Signs Deal With Kurds
Saturday September 8, 2007 9:31 PM
By JOHN PORRETTO
AP Business Writer
Saturday September 8, 2007 9:31 PM

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/industries/energy/stories/101607dnbushuntdeal.34d344b.html
Inquiry urged on Hunt Oil contract in Iraq
Democrats say Bush ties may have led to Iraq oil contract
By DAVE MICHAELS / The Dallas Morning News
dmichaels@dallasnews.com
10:48 PM CDT on Monday, October 15, 2007

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=9510
Bush Iraq Oil Policy: "Crony Capitalism" at its Worst
by Sherwood Ross
Global Research
July 5, 2008

http://www.consortiumnews.com/2008/070508b.html
Bush-Cheney Crony Got Iraq Oil Deal
By Jason Leopold
Consortium News
July 6, 2008

http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/174956/nick_turse_the_pentagon_fuels_up
The Pentagon and the Hunt for Black Gold - The Oil Deal Nobody Wants to Talk About
by Nick Turse
TomDispatch
posted July 17, 2008 09:12 am

Chevron

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=6495
US and French Oil Conglomerates Share the Spoils of War
by David R. Baker
posted at Global Research, August 9, 2007
San Francisco Chronicle

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