Cheney Task Force Had Eyes on Iraq Oil

[dave502d]

WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney's energy task force appeared to have some interest in early 2001 in Iraq's oil industry, including which foreign companies were pursuing business there, according to documents released Friday by a private watchdog group.

Judicial Watch, a conservative legal group, obtained a batch of task force-related Commerce Department papers that included a detailed map of Iraq's oil fields, terminals and pipelines as well as a list entitled "Foreign Suitors of Iraqi Oilfield Contracts."

http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/news/6335627.htm

[DU9598]

1. Exactly

The reason Cheney has always hid the task force records was due to the fact that they show the war was not due to 9-11 or WMD's, it was to conquer the oil fields.

[eaprez]

2. Not that the information is not relevant...BUT...

...in case some don't notice while reading this the article is dated 7/03

[Socialist Dem]

3. Yep....

President Gore laid it all out in his speech last week. How Cheney melded the energy task force with foreign policy to look for "new opportunities"....as in Iraq.