Looters SHOULD be dealt with ruthlessly

[Karmadillo]

At least some looters.

http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?ItemID=4397

Looting Iraq by Executive Order
October 25, 2003

George W. Bush is a thief.

On May 22, 2003 President Bush issued Executive Order 13303, “Protecting the Development Fund for Iraq.” This order invoked the “National Emergency Act” to effectively seize Iraqi oil and oil revenues, ostensibly to ensure they are spent on “Iraqi reconstruction.”

But that’s not the way this Order has been used, or the funds spent.

“I hereby order…any attachment, judgement, decree, lien, execution, garnishment, or other judicial process is prohibited, and shall be deemed null and void, with respect to the following: a) the Development Fund for Iraq, and b) all Iraqi petroleum and petroleum products…” reads the kernel of Bush’s decree.

EO 13303 has a singular purpose, now made transparent by recent events – protecting US crony capitalists. It holds The Development Fund for Iraq and US oil corporations above the law by rendering any claim or lawsuit brought against them to be “null and void.” Whoever controls the Fund can do anything they want with the money, such as put it in their pocket.

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