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Troops secure the black gold

by C/O Diogenes Wednesday, Apr. 16, 2003 at 2:00 PM

WHAT IS the difference between most government buildings in Baghdad and the Ministry of Oil? All but the Oil Ministry have been looted, burned or destroyed in the past weeks.

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Troops secure the black gold

By a Daily Telegraph correspondent in Baghdad

15apr03



WHAT IS the difference between most government buildings in Baghdad and the Ministry of Oil?

All but the Oil Ministry have been looted, burned or destroyed in the past weeks.

Most other public buildings are unguarded but the huge Oil Ministry headquarters on Palestine St has been ringed by more than 70 US troops.

A dozen armoured personnel carriers guard the site.



That glaring contrast has convinced many angry Iraqis that Washington's invasion was motivated by its own interests and the state of international oil markets rather than its professed concern for the Iraqi public.

Iraqis had long been told by Saddam's regime that any US invasion of Iraq would be motivated by oil, and the special protection of the Ministry of Oil has become a public relations disaster.

Growing scepticism about US motives is now the greatest threat to its chances of installing a new Iraqi government with popular support.

Middle-class Iraqis have complained bitterly over the past week that the looting of ministry buildings will have to be paid for by taxpayers.

Muslims have been deeply offended by the failure of US troops to protect mosques like the 1200-year-old Abu Hanifa Mosque which had its cherished clock tower blasted in a US attack.

People only have to use their eyes to see what the Americans are really interested in, Hayder Daoud Salman said yesterday.

"Everyone is looking around at what the Americans are protecting and what they are leaving to the Ali Babas [looters] and knowing why they came here," he said.

> Salman, a television repairman, was working yesterday as a spokesman for armed Shi'ite Muslims protecting the Kindi Hospital.

"I think it is a message that their only interest is oil," he said.

But Major Paul Kanopka yesterday said the US military had no regrets about its handling of law and order.

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I did not know...

by Diogenes Wednesday, Apr. 16, 2003 at 2:03 PM

...that there were WMDs© (2001 The White House) everywhere but the Ministry of OIL.

The Bush Junta proves themselves the bloody handed Barbarian Invaders that they are.

"People only have to use their eyes to see what the Americans are really interested in, Hayder Daoud Salman said yesterday.

"Everyone is looking around at what the Americans are protecting and what they are leaving to the Ali Babas [looters] and knowing why they came here," he said."

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Oil?

by Got Oil? Wednesday, Apr. 16, 2003 at 9:50 PM

You don't think that they would really invade another country, killing hundreds of people, for Oil do you?

Don't be silly. Of course they did.

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Hmmm

by fresca Thursday, Apr. 17, 2003 at 1:22 AM

""Everyone is looking around at what the Americans are protecting and what they are leaving to the Ali Babas [looters] and knowing why they came here," he said.""

Why would ANY forces from ANY society with the most NOBLE of ideals protect anything BUT these oil fields?

OF COURSE they're protecting them. Jesus, you people are fucking

so

incrdedibly

stupid

some times.

You hang yourselves with the inane things you feel compelled to type.

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fresca

by fresca Thursday, Apr. 17, 2003 at 2:18 PM

Way to go. Whenever we conservatives don't have a valid argument, we can always resort to hurling childish insults. Great job!

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scoreboard

by Darwin Friday, Apr. 18, 2003 at 11:06 AM

fresca 1

EVOLUTION 0

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WMDs©? We don't need no steenking WMDs©

by Diogenes Friday, Apr. 18, 2003 at 4:12 PM

Even Reuters is stating it now.

No WMDs©:http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=focusIraqNews&storyID=2584842

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Explain this to me...

by daveman Friday, Apr. 18, 2003 at 4:17 PM

You wanted six more months of inspections.

We've been there 4 weeks.

Can you do the math, or do I need to spell it out?

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You know better than that davemoron.

by Diogenes Friday, Apr. 18, 2003 at 4:28 PM

The Pretext under which this War was launched was we KNEW he had them and we had the Intelligence to PROVE IT.

The Proof was so good that we were able to use it to INVADE AND CONQUER another country.

It was so good that we should be able to drive up to the Sites with Camera Crews in Tow.

This has not been done.

There are no WMDs© (2001 The White House)

They were LYING LYING LYING. And now it is exposed for all the World to see.

What you are trying to sell is nothing more than an old cold turd.

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An old cold turd?

by daveman Friday, Apr. 18, 2003 at 5:08 PM

Then it's just like the Democratic Party.

By the way, that was sheer poetry. I promised myself I wasn't gonna cry...

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LOL

by fresca Friday, Apr. 18, 2003 at 5:39 PM

"There are no WMDs© (2001 The White House)

They were LYING LYING LYING. "

I can see Dio pounding his fists on his desk and hyperventilating as he tries to backtrack on his oft posted condemnation of our allowing Sadam to import WMD in the first place.

The ONLY component of this war that is for certain and logically verifiable is that Iraq possesses WMD.

There is no refuting that. And I'd like to thank leftist shills like Dio and Sheepdog for so succinctly pointing that out.

As to where they are, common sense certainly tells us that it's gonna take a little more time than four weeks.

Cry and whine all you can now lemmings, because you're about to look even more foolish and wrongheaded.

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down, set

by hike Friday, Apr. 18, 2003 at 5:47 PM

>he tries to backtrack on his oft posted condemnation of our allowing Sadam to import WMD in the first place.

Exactly.

According to leftist think:

Either the US sold it to them and they have it (as the left has told us how the possession of WMD's by Iraq came about thru the US), or they don't have any WMD's and the argument that the US sold it to them goes down the drain.

Or are they saying that Saddam had WMD's, destroyed them, knew the UN was looking for the evidence they were destroyed but decided not to present it to them?

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t's gonna take a little more time than four weeks.

by lies and distortion Friday, Apr. 18, 2003 at 7:39 PM

lies and distortion for the sake of what, winning and argument?

there was never a call for six months, it was a couple of more months. which would have been the middle of may or the start of June.

The US and UK didn't want to wait, said it was a joke and invaded.

four weeks is a longtime if your position was that you'd had enought proof the start a war. bullocks, four weeks will soon be five weeks, and before you know it the several thousand us mil spec. will have been in Iraq for nearly half the time a couple hundred UN professionals were there. but, be certain. The world's patience is not on the side of an Administration that was willing to wage a geo-political assault for the sake of attacking states with WMD.

just because a bunch of guys inside the borders of the US think this is the case, doesn't make it so. Equally, if WMD are finally found they have to be more than a couple of stupid missiles-- we were talking about a GRAVE THREAT TO THE USA, GOD DAMN IT!

that is what it was BUSH SAID SO!! I WANT TO SEE A REAL THREAT OF NUKE AND BIO CAPABILITY, NOT A COUPLE OF GALLONS OF BLEACH BOMBS, OR BARRELS OF PESTICIDES DAMN IT!! GIVE ME TONS AND TONS OF ACTIVE AGENTS, NOT SOMETHING TEN YEARS OLD AND FROM A THESIS PAPER. paper trails are going to be the proof and it might take a year, jesus christ-- show me the weapons!

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scoreboard

by Darwin Friday, Apr. 18, 2003 at 10:24 PM

fresca 2

EVOLUTION 0

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wmd

by dmw Saturday, Apr. 19, 2003 at 11:34 AM

>there was never a call for six months, it was a couple of more months. which would have been the middle of may or the start of June.

Which France and Germany and Russia would have continued to extend into eternity. Blix stumbles across a thing or two and France says "See, they're making progress. Let's give more time." On and on and on.

>four weeks is a longtime if your position was that you'd had enought proof the start a war.

Considering they wre fighting the first 3 weeks and just started the search for WMD's in earnest, give them time. Actually, it doesn't matter if you give them time or not. The decision is not yours to make.

>The world's patience is not on the side of an Administration that was willing to wage a geo-political assault for the sake of attacking states with WMD.

You don't speak for "the world" ether.

>just because a bunch of guys inside the borders of the US think this is the case, doesn't make it so.

Yes it does.

>Equally, if WMD are finally found they have to be more than a couple of stupid missiles blah blah blah

These decisions are not made by you or people who think like you. In fact, your opinion is irrelevant.

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dmw

by Bush Admirer Sunday, Apr. 20, 2003 at 3:22 PM

Way to go, dmw. Whenever we conservatives don't have a valid argument, we can always rationalize. We can also be hypocrites by labeling opinions we don't agree with as "irrelevant," while assuming that ours are relevant. Great job!

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FBA

by fba Sunday, Apr. 20, 2003 at 3:26 PM

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It's the Oil Stupid

by Mailman Monday, Apr. 21, 2003 at 2:57 AM

Michael Rivero the Webmaster over at WhatReallyHappened.com posted the following comment on his site:

Everyone seems to not want to state the obvious, so here goes. THERE ARE NO IRAQI WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION. THEY WERE NEVER THERE, PEOPLE. DEAL WITH IT! THAT'S WHY THE US HAS BROUGHT IN A MAN WITH A PRIOR RECORD OF PLANTING EVIDENCE OF VX GAS TO HEAD UP THE "SEARCH". This war was about the oil. This war has always been about the oil. Burning oil well, headlines. Burning children, big yawn. Oil wells protected, museums looted. Oil ministry protected, library burned. Oil pipeline to Syria blown up, oil pipeline to Israel opening. Oil, oil, oil, oil, oil. GET IT?

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