Soooo... The Iraq War WAS about OIL after all...

[Dave Caputo]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/secret-memos-expose-link-between-oil-firms-and-invasion-of-iraq-2269610.html">Secret government documents reveal oil companies heavily involved with run-up to Iraq invasion in order to get access to Iraqi oil reserves

Story from The Independent of London. Where is the followup in the American media?!?!?

[sakabatou]

1. Yep and we knew about that for years

[HereSince1628]

2. Oh LOOK! The eaglets' mommy and daddy have bugged out!

Hey look over there! Isn't that tornado damage?!

[Mist]

3. Oh, wow, they're ready to let that be known? We'll try not to be shocked.....nt

[Gregorian]

4. I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!

I wonder if the brush removal and fish stocking in the Bush ranch lake is going as cheerfully as it was. I detect some nervous sweating.

[pacalo]

5. Meanwhile, as we're paying $4/gal. for gas, the oil companies are swimming in Iraqi oil...

And, as per Eddie Ryan's budget plan, the Republicans want to give the oil companies further tax cuts!

The 20-year contracts signed in the wake of the invasion were the largest in the history of the oil industry. They covered half of Iraq's reserves – 60 billion barrels of oil, bought up by companies such as BP and CNPC (China National Petroleum Company), whose joint consortium alone stands to make £403m ($658m) profit per year from the Rumaila field in southern Iraq.

Last week, Iraq raised its oil output to the highest level for almost decade, 2.7 million barrels a day – seen as especially important at the moment given the regional volatility and loss of Libyan output. Many opponents of the war suspected that one of Washington's main ambitions in invading Iraq was to secure a cheap and plentiful source of oil.