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Alan Greenspan claims Iraq war was really for oil
« on: 2007-09-16 13:14:39 » |
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[Blunderov] Finally someone pipes up about the 600 lb gorilla in the room. Will the MSM pick it up? Don't hold your breath.
http://bellaciao.org/en/article.php3?id_article=15691
Alan Greenspan claims Iraq war was really for oil
Graham Paterson – Sunday Times September 16, 2007
America’s elder statesman of finance, Alan Greenspan, has shaken the White House by declaring that the prime motive for the war in Iraq was oil.
In his long-awaited memoir, to be published tomorrow, Greenspan, a Republican whose 18-year tenure as head of the US Federal Reserve was widely admired, will also deliver a stinging critique of President George W Bush’s economic policies.
However, it is his view on the motive for the 2003 Iraq invasion that is likely to provoke the most controversy. “I am saddened that it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows: the Iraq war is largely about oil,” he says.
Greenspan, 81, is understood to believe that Saddam Hussein posed a threat to the security of oil supplies in the Middle East.
Britain and America have always insisted the war had nothing to do with oil. Bush said the aim was to disarm Iraq of weapons of mass destruction and end Saddam’s support for terrorism.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article2461214.ece
Last updated 16/09/2007
http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/article.asp?ID=7191
By : Graham Paterson
September Sunday 16 2007
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