O'Neil's report that Bush Planned Iraq Early 2001 - Oil Maps & Contractors

[cthrumatrix]

O'Neill, fired by the White House for his disagreement on tax cuts, is the main source for an upcoming book, "The Price of Loyalty," authored by Ron Suskind. Suskind says O'Neill and other White House insiders he interviewed gave him documents that show that in the first three months of 2001, the administration was looking at military options for removing Saddam Hussein from power and planning for the aftermath of Saddam's downfall, including post-war contingencies like peacekeeping troops, war crimes tribunals and the future of Iraq's oil. "There are memos," Suskind tells Stahl, "One of them marked 'secret' says 'Plan for Post-Saddam Iraq.'" A Pentagon document, says Suskind, titled "Foreign Suitors For Iraqi Oilfield Contracts," outlines areas of oil exploration. "It talks about contractors around the world from...30, 40 countries and which ones have what intentions on oil in Iraq," Suskind says.

In the book, O'Neill is quoted as saying he was surprised that no one in a National Security Council meeting questioned why Iraq should be invaded. "It was all about finding a way to do it. That was the tone of it. The president saying 'Go find me a way to do this,'" says O'Neill in the book.

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http://www.drudgereport.com/flash9.htm


Tell me how do you feel if you have a family member involved based on "false pretenses"....for oil .

[Junkdrawer]

1. Whoa. That would be HUGE if true..

I hope. I hope. I hope. I hope.

[cthrumatrix]

2. Watch 60 minutes.... he says there were memo's and planning

meetings.

What the hell does he have to gain (besides danger) in telling the truth!!!!

[Moderator]

3. Dupe- Locking

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=1003086

Thanks,
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