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Kucinich Condemns 'Blood for Oil' Measure

by Cong. Dennis Kucinich, http://www.kucinich.house.gov

Kucinich Statement on the Iraq Supplemental Conference Report HR 1591

Washington, Apr 25, 2007

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.

http://www.uslaboragainstwar.org/article.php?id=13443