March 2, 2007

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Pepe Escobar, Asian Times, calls it "no less than the institutionalized raping and pillaging of Iraq's oil wealth." http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/print_friendly.php?p=opedne_allen_l__070228_mission_accomplished.htm ...

With a hat tip to Barkley, let?s check out what Pepe Escobar writes about those Iraqi production sharing agreements:. On Monday, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s cabinet in Baghdad approved the draft of the new Iraqi oil law. …

‘LA Times’ Committed to Books, But… - 3/2/2007 - Publishers Weekly

At last night’s reception in New York City to announce the nominees for the 2006 Los Angeles Times Book Awards, two executives downplayed reports that the paper is planning to scale back its book coverage. Both LAT editor James O’Shea and book editor David Ulin said the paper is committed to providing extensive book coverage, including reviews. But while O’Shea said he had rejected a suggestion from his predecessor that he kill the Sunday book review, he hinted that it may not remain a stand-alone section.

Good. The LATBR has always looked stupid as a standalone section.

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_____________________________________- US's Iraq oil grab is a done deal By Pepe Escobar Asia Times February 28, 2007 "By 2010 we will need [a further] 50 million barrels a day. The Middle East, with two-thirds of the oil and the lowest ...

As Pepe Escobar of Asia Times writes, "[t]he law represents no less than institutionalized raping and pillaging of Iraq's oil wealth...Sixty-five of Iraq's roughly 80 oilfields already known will be offered for Big Oil to exploit. ...

With a hat tip to Barkley, let?s check out what Pepe Escobar writes about those Iraqi production sharing agreements:. On Monday, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s cabinet in Baghdad approved the draft of the new Iraqi oil law. ...

By Pepe Escobar. “By 2010 we will need [a further] 50 million barrels a day. The Middle East, with two-thirds of the oil and the lowest cost, is still where the prize lies.” - US Vice President Dick Cheney, then Halliburton chief ...

As far as they - and the humongous energy interests they defend - are concerned, THE ROVING EYE US's Iraq oil grab is a done deal By Pepe Escobar "By 2010 we will need [a further]...