From: TomDispatch
October 7, 2004
"The reason oil prices have been hovering around $50 ( in 2004! ) a barrel now, is that most of these Iraqi exports disappeared just as oil consumption began to skyrocket around the world."

The Iraqis themselves, situated on one of the globe's great oil reservoirs, are at present forced to import gasoline and other ( Read more... )

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