101Scout
07-31-2008, 08:30 PM
It's as if Mr K is the only Dem Congressman on the Hill who gets it and actually does something. Go K-Man!!!!
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 31, 2008
2:22 PM
CONTACT: Congressman Dennis Kucinich
Phone (202)225-5871
Prevent Oil Profiteering
WASHINGTON - July 31 - In order to prevent U.S. oil companies from financially benefitting from the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq, Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) will introduce the Oil for Iraq Liberation Act today. The O.I.L. Act will prohibit U.S. based oil companies from developing and investing in the petroleum resources of Iraq.
“The invasion of Iraq was about oil, but it didn’t result in more oil or cheaper gas,” Said Kucinich. “It resulted in war profiteering by oil companies who benefitted by keeping Iraqi oil off the market.”
Kucinich added, “Iraq needs oil revenue now more than ever as they try to rebuild their country.”
Yet Congress has passed legislation that requires Iraq to match the U.S. dollar for dollar in reconstruction funds. Iraq’s primary source of reconstruction funds is oil revenue.
The Wall Street Journal recently reported that former Assistant Secretary of Defense, Richard Perle, has been pursuing oil-drilling contracts with Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government.
Mr. Perle resigned from his chairmanship on March 28, 2003 just after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, amid controversy over the potential for his business interests to profit from the war in Iraq.
“This administration wants to siphon money away from Iraq reconstruction, and toward further inflation of big oil profits, while demanding that Iraq bears more of the reconstruction costs. Now an architect of the illegal, unjustified war may be trying to profit from it personally”
“Actions such as this undermine U.S. foreign policy by depriving Iraqis of their constitutionally guaranteed rights to their own resources.”
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 31, 2008
2:22 PM
CONTACT: Congressman Dennis Kucinich
Phone (202)225-5871
Prevent Oil Profiteering
WASHINGTON - July 31 - In order to prevent U.S. oil companies from financially benefitting from the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq, Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) will introduce the Oil for Iraq Liberation Act today. The O.I.L. Act will prohibit U.S. based oil companies from developing and investing in the petroleum resources of Iraq.
“The invasion of Iraq was about oil, but it didn’t result in more oil or cheaper gas,” Said Kucinich. “It resulted in war profiteering by oil companies who benefitted by keeping Iraqi oil off the market.”
Kucinich added, “Iraq needs oil revenue now more than ever as they try to rebuild their country.”
Yet Congress has passed legislation that requires Iraq to match the U.S. dollar for dollar in reconstruction funds. Iraq’s primary source of reconstruction funds is oil revenue.
The Wall Street Journal recently reported that former Assistant Secretary of Defense, Richard Perle, has been pursuing oil-drilling contracts with Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government.
Mr. Perle resigned from his chairmanship on March 28, 2003 just after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, amid controversy over the potential for his business interests to profit from the war in Iraq.
“This administration wants to siphon money away from Iraq reconstruction, and toward further inflation of big oil profits, while demanding that Iraq bears more of the reconstruction costs. Now an architect of the illegal, unjustified war may be trying to profit from it personally”
“Actions such as this undermine U.S. foreign policy by depriving Iraqis of their constitutionally guaranteed rights to their own resources.”