Pentagon neo-cons vs Big Oil execs./State Dept. "pragmatists"

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http://www.newsdissector.org/blog/


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Two years ago today -- when President George Bush announced US, British and Allied forces would begin to bomb Baghdad -- protesters claimed the US had a secret plan for Iraq's oil once Saddam had been conquered.

In fact there were two conflicting plans, setting off a hidden policy war between neo-conservatives at the Pentagon, on one side, versus a combination of "Big Oil" executives and US State Department "pragmatists."

"Big Oil" appears to have won. The latest plan, obtained by Newsnight from
the US State Department was, we learned, drafted with the help of American oil industry consultants.

View Segments of Iraq oil plans
www.gregpalast.com

Insiders told Newsnight that planning began "within weeks" of Bush's first taking office in 2001, long before the September 11th attack on the US.
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