Kurdistan: Messy Oil Politics | Newsweek The Council on Foreign Relations

Posted By: sound off @ 03/27/2008 7:46:33 PM

Comment: The world is not surprised, confused, over the events in the Middle East. Seeds of the evil current situations are ancient and varied. The most recent, the 1990 No Fly Zone Geographical division of Iraq, before 9/11. The Israel existence 1947. The Persian Empire, ect. back in time, ect back in time.

Increase in Energy Technology, Electric Car, Solar, Others and Nuclear Power would eliminate the struggle for the oil puddle in the Mediterranean, leaving very Red Face Embarrassed Countries about there behavior.

Posted By: JohnGaltlaketahoe @ 03/26/2008 9:19:04 PM

Comment: No weapons of mass destruction were found in Iraq. No mobile biological weapons labs were found. Iraq did not seek to acquire yellowcake uranium. The aluminum tubes were not sultable for nuclear weapons. The lead hi-jacker in the events of 9/11 did not meet with Iraqi intelligence. Iraq did not provide chemical weapons training to Al-Qaeda. There was no relationship between Iraq and Al Qaeda. Hussein nor Iraq was involved in the events of 9/11.

One million Iraqi citizens have died. 2 million have been displaced. Four thousand US soldiers have died. 100,000 have been wounded physically and mentally.

Only the oil remains. The conflicts of interest inherent in this Bush Administration are currently confiscating the natural resources of Iraq.

Should this entire Executive Branch he hung? Should there simply be another election and a new President to continue this nightmare? Only the American electorate can decide what treason and insurrection against the American electorate means.

But make no mistake....this Bush Administration used lies and innuendo to place the US military into Iraq.

Posted By: wgtodd @ 02/13/2008 1:15:05 AM

Comment: Flashpoint: A guard watches over a Kurdish oil field owned by Turkish and Canadian companies,Where does it say USA, The kurds fought againt and were gassed by Saddam, Oh ye of little minds

Posted By: wgtodd @ 02/13/2008 1:14:46 AM

Comment: Flashpoint: A guard watches over a Kurdish oil field owned by Turkish and Canadian companies,Where does it say USA, The kurds fought againt and were gassed by Saddam, Oh ye of little minds,

Posted By: pete1933 @ 02/12/2008 1:24:21 PM

Comment: Any troubles in Kurdistan is being created by g.w. & co's and the C I A.. to protect U.S. oil interests.
neither one care how many die or what harm comes to Kurdistan. as long as the oil is in the reach
of U. S. oil interests.

Posted By: pete1933 @ 02/12/2008 1:13:25 PM

Comment: any troubles in Kurdistan is being cooked up and bought and paid for by the g.w. and the C I A to protect U.S. oil interests.

Posted By: krisofl @ 02/12/2008 9:12:40 AM

Comment: Seems to me, if the oil reserves are under other parts of Iraq beyond the control of Kurdish leaders, then it is obviously "all" Iraqi oil. The time for 'warlords' is over. When one dies, your wealth does not go with you.. So why harm your people in accumulating your wealth? Personal wealth proves nothing, except greed. You are to protect your people, and share what belongs to all your people. This means "all Iraqi". The Iraqi government needs to unite all of Iraq. The one thing I am sick of reading is shi'ite this, sunni that. That is a personal religious belief. It has no basing in government for "all" Iraqi people. Your all human. Your all Iraqi.

Posted By: eddiewhere @ 02/12/2008 4:36:34 AM

Comment: The Central Asian republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan have largely hidden in Russia's shadow since their independence a decade ago. In the week after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, they became integral participants in the U.S. campaign against terrorism. These republics now comprise the northern component of a sustained campaign against terrorists based in Afghanistan, to the region's south. Although the debate in recent years has questioned the extent to which the United States should engage Central Asia and commit resources there, few would dispute the importance of the region to U.S. foreign policy today.
THESE COUNTRIES IN CENTRAL ASIA is the source the nuclear threat.
THINGS HAVE CHANGE AND THESE COUNTRIES HAVE GROWN ANIT U>S.
THEIR GOVERNMENTS ARE HARDLINERS WILLING TO ENCOURAGE THE SALE OF IT"S VAST ARSERNAL

Posted By: horizon07 @ 02/11/2008 3:42:31 PM

Comment: Barzani and Talabani are among the new thieves of Iraq's economy. We used to have one in Saddam, now we have many. Barzani, talabani and their clans are only interested in their pockets and not the Kurdish people that they control. Look at the palaces that they own all over Europe, where did they get that money? The Kurdish people are suffering. They are busy building their private business adventures while Iraqi Kurds languish. What a shame!