BENCHMARKS=THE HYDRPCARBON BILL
This is a bill that we are trying very hard to sign off on and the Iraqi government has so far refused to sign, part of this bill shares the current oil revenues among the three groups, the Kurds, the...
View ArticleSen. Feinstein flees Iraq oil theft law question
Video of Sen. Feinstein running away rather than answering question about Hydrocarbon Law Bush is forcing on Iraqis that will give most of their oil wealth to Big Oil. Unfortunately, other democratic...
View ArticleIraq PM Orders Union Leaders Arrest, Army Breaks Oil Strike
In the Southern Iraqi city of Basra, a standoff is developing between striking Iraqi oil workers and the Iraqi military. Iraq PM Nouri Al-Maliki has issued arrest warrants for leaders of the Iraq...
View ArticleThe greatest speech you never heard
One morning a few weeks ago, I flipped on C-Span to hear Dennis Kucinich speak about U.S. efforts to privatize Iraqi oil via the Iraq Hydrocarbon Bill (now one of the benchmarks we are demanding of the...
View ArticleIraq’s Hydrocarbon Law: Not all it’s CrAcKeD up to be
There comes a time when simple ignorance turns into willful ignorance. I believe the latter has become endemic in the U.S. Congress.By now, everyone (at least in the left blogosphere) is aware of the...
View ArticleSunni Council Issues Fatwa on Oil Law
As you are no doubt aware, the Bush (mis)administration has linked success in Iraq to the Hydrocarbon Law, aka the "Oil Law." The Iraqi people have consistently opposed this blantant robbery and...
View ArticleCheney Behind Attempt to Bring Maliki Down
The Iraqi government has not been exactly effective one could say. With difficulty achieving parliamentary quorums, dozens of members living outside the country, and politicians who frequently put...
View ArticleAl Gore: Iraq War about OIL THEFT
Al Gore is honest about an issue few in Congress or running for president (even most Democrats) will touch: that we are in Iraq to give control of its tens of trillions of dollars worth of oil to...
View ArticleOil Revenue Sharing
I got an email response from Senator Patty Murray today, July 9, 2007, outlining all she has done legislatively to bring about the withdrawal of troops from Iraq. Don’t laugh. In the letter she stated...
View ArticleWhat does Madame Speaker know about it?
I recently had the unprecedented (for me) chance to ask Speaker Pelosi a direct question, and with my arm around her waist I was sure I'd get an answer. Now, I'm not sure what I got. I know I got...
View Article5 Nobel Laureates fight Iraq OIL THEFT law
Five Nobel Laureates have gotten together to oppose the Hydrocarbon Law drafted by an oil industry lobbyist to give up to 80% of Iraq's oil income to big oil companies, and that Bush is now forcing on...
View ArticleNYT, WaPo misreport Iraq Oil Law Benchmark
It's unforgivable that both The New York Times and the Washington Post persist in misreporting the key Iraq oil law benchmark. These two leading print news sources, with the resources to have...
View ArticleBenchmark Boogie: A Guide to the Struggle Over Iraq's Oil
AlterNet just ran a really great article which gets to the heart of what's going on in Iraq, and these "benchmarks" that keep getting touted as a way to have peace and an end to the violence in Iraq....
View ArticleNYT Editors, Contradicting Reporting, Assume Iraq Oil Law is "Reconciliation"?
Frequently, a careful reader of foreign policy coverage in the New York Times finds oneself confronted by a headline or lead paragraph which seems to be clearly contradicted by the article that...
View ArticleIraqi Govt: Oil Workers' Unions "Not Legitimate"
On one side of the ledger, we have: more than 3,600 U.S. soldiers killed, and more than 25,000 wounded. The financial cost of the war is now $10 billion a month - three months of the war would pay for...
View Article"Benchmark This!" A Kossack Guide to the Hydrocarbon Law
There have several diaries and/or front page posts here on "the" Daily Kos referencing the legalization of thievery that is known as the Hydrocarbon Law, which is also referred to as the "Iraqi Oil...
View ArticleWhat Unites Iraqis: Blocking The Great Anglo-US Oil Grab
I'm a writer with AlterNet, and I want to bring this piece to the attention of as many people as possible. If you get to the end of the first page and like it, please finish reading it on AlterNet as...
View ArticleGeorge Bush's Diary, August 24th, 2007
Obviously, I was very excited when the President approached me, owing to my association with Ann Coulter, to help him organize his online journal. I understand that readers might prefer the original...
View ArticleQuestion that no DEM asks about Iraqi Oil Sharing program
Ok, it seems to me that CONs and the MSM seem to be in compelete agreement on what is the #1 goal of for political progress in Iraq to create a Jeffersonian Democracy: The Oil Revenue Sharing Program....
View ArticleCongress Never Passed a Benchmark to Privatize Iraq's Oil
If you formed your impressions solely from mainstream media coverage in the United States, it is quite likely you would have the following understanding of the draft "oil law" being considered by the...
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