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Today, the question hanging over Iraq is whether its natural endowment will be used to help create a sustainable new state, or will instead be managed in ways that reward the cronies and allies of the country whose army toppled Mr. Hussein. Or perhaps both at the same time. That basic question was yanked back to the fore recently when word emerged from Baghdad, in a report in The New York Times, that the Iraqi oil ministry was close to awarding contracts to service its oil fields to some of the largest Western oil companies. While relatively small, these contracts could serve as a foot in the door for much more lucrative licenses to explore widely for Iraqi oil. Some 40 companies from around the world had jockeyed for the contracts, but they were being awarded without competitive bids, the report said. Those about to land the deals — Exxon Mobil, Shell, BP and Total — had held oil rights in Iraq before Mr. Hussein nationalized the fields and kicked them out more than three decades ago. They all came from countries that had either been stalwart allies of the Bush administration or — in the case of France, which is home to Total — had lately increased their support for the American-led campaign to isolate Iran.

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I think they are saying that Iraq is possibly re-thinking their no bid contracts, because the companies mentioned earlier wanted shares in the oil?

We have to have oil to survive. That's the bottom line. We should do what ever it takes to ensure that survivability.

Seriously, you're insane.

If Iran gets even close Israel will destroy all of their facilities. They're already itching to do so and they're not close yet.

Are you kidding me? A further response is requested on your behalf of this outrageous statement...

Iran has made statements recently that have made not only the Middle East but the entire World uneasy, with "Ibrahiminijhad" (Sp?) in power and making absurd promises to destroy Isreal and western civilizations for their illegal occupations of Muslim lands, everyone is on edge. To hope for Iran to achieve nuclear "efficiency" (oh, we have nuc energy, lets make a bomb now... or vice versa) is upsetting to hear from anyone, I know this is a web forum, but wow some people are just uneducated and blind to how scary a situation this would be... You're entitled to your opinion. But I don't like your opinion.

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