We don't hear about any of this this in the mainstream media, and we certainly don't hear the politicians mentioning this. Why not? Well, who in the Bush Administration has connections to the oil industry. Uh, just about everyone.Iraqi Oil Workers' Union Founder: U.S.-Backed Oil Law Is "Robbery"
The proposed oil law facing the Iraqi cabinet would allow Western oil companies to take about 50% of all production as their share, an "obvious robbery of the Iraqi oil," says oil workers union heavy.
US lawmakers have demanded Iraq advance the measure before Congress approves additional war funding, but critics say the law would leave Iraq's oil open to foreign takeover. A parliamentary boycott by Sunni and Shia factions is expected to slow the bill's passage.Last month, the Iraqi oil workers union went on a strike to protest the law.
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My husband and I were just talking about this. We think it should be illegal for members of Congress to make money off the war. We think their assets should be frozen and they should give up their "investments" in things like Halliburton or KBR or oil companies. It's a total conflict of interest. How can they make decisions about the troops if they only think about their own pockets. Dick Cheney was the former CEO of Halliburton and makes money off those contracts. He really is a dick. It's wrong... so wrong.
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