[link|http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/oil/irqindx.htm|http://www.globalpol...y/oil/irqindx.htm] Oil in Iraq (incudes comment that future exploration could boost reserves to biggest in the world & cheapest to produce thus creating a 'gold rush')


[link|http://www.iea.org/g8/world/oilsup.htm|http://www.iea.org/g8/world/oilsup.htm] Oil Supply Prospects (nice simple chart in this)

[link|http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/september96/iraq_oil_9-5a.html|http://www.pbs.org/n...raq_oil_9-5a.html] (for those that never managed to grasp the importance of oil - from a 1996 item)
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WILLIAM PERRY, Secretary of State: Our objectives, first of all, are protecting our vital strategic interest, which means protecting our friends and allies in the region, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia--secondly, keeping the flow, free flow of oil from the Gulf, which is a vital national interest to the United States, and, indeed, to the whole industrial world.
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[link|http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/03/18/wioil18.xml|http://www.telegraph...03/18/wioil18.xml] Who consumes the most & how much is that ???
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Gulf nations accounted for 11 per cent of America's daily consumption of 19.9 million barrels.


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gave up adding links - just google on 'oil lifting prices' - be prepared for a flood of what really is bluntly obvious matter regarding the critical importance of oil & who controls it.


Doug M
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