Quote Originally Posted by PharmaCan
The neo-cons here can call me an ass-clown and try to protect their venerable traitor-in-chief, but the truth is beyond their childish tactics. The agreement to keep Iraqi oil in the ground is documented historical fact and, if someone wants to claim that the historical facts are fabricated, one need only look at Iraqi oil production - i.e. lack therof - over the years. The hypothesis will prove itself.
First off PharmaCan you won't find that in here.......the days of the flame wars are done. Attack a party, political leader, etc... but attacks on members don't fly. We can have intelligent debate without that.

I'd like to see ya elaborate on this theory though.........I know that out of the 80 rigs there that 65 had to be capped after the invasion due to being in such poor shape. Likewise, there are contracts with firms from Canada and Norway doiing exploration not to mention the ones in negotiation with China, the U.S. and if I recall correctly Japan. In fact, the largest natural gas reserve was recently discovered there. If I recall it stretches from Kirkuk all the way down to the Saudi Border.

During the Saddam years you'll find that the two countries more/less in charge of exploration and active rigs were France and Russia.

Have a good one!:s4: