Manipulating Oil Prices For Political Gain

Man, I'm lazy blogging right now. Oh well.

NOTE: This post is reproduced (and edited for updates) from the original post at Bush Out, which prompted hits from the US government departments of Health, Agriculture, Air Force and Army, as well as Australia's Department of Defence, among others. Josh Holland kindly reproduced much of my points in an article for AlterNet. And Josh's original two-part story on Iraq's oil was voted #1 Iraq story of the year at Alternet.

At least I'm going for the gold. No crummy second-rate links.

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