Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich:
"Privatizing Iraq's Oil is Theft!"
7 Minute Video
Rep. Kucinich explained how the proposed Bill, now pending
before the U.S. Congress, via its benchmarks, will provide for
the privatization of Iraqi oil. It requires the regime in Iraq
to pass a law called, "The Hydrocarbon Act." If they refuse to
do so over a billion dollars in reconstruction funds will be
blocked by the Bush-Cheney administration, he claimed. This
measure, which Rep. Kucinich characterized as "blackmail," would
permit multinational oil corporations---many based in the
U.S.--to exercise control over the Iraqi oil. The Democratic
leadership in the Congress is giving its explicit support to
this legislative device. Unless the scheme is stopped, Rep.
Kucinich predicted, we will be looking at an Iraqi War "going on
forever!"
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