I think he is implying that the US buys the captured oil to use to power the ships.
I could by wrong here. > -----Original Message----- > From: Angel Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 4:38 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Iraqi oil - from the trenches > > Uhh...this part doesn't make much sense: > > "And while the US Navy was steaming around the Gulf trying to stop the > oil smugglers, guess who was buying all that Iraqi oil? According to an > article by Rick Jurgens of the Contra Costa Times, ChevronTexaco Corp. > grabbed at least 41 million barrels. American companies bought a third > of Iraq's oil, processed it and then sold it to the Navy ships trying to > stop the smugglers. The truth is, everyone was getting paid one way or > another and nobody wanted it to stop or fix it. It was good for everyone > involved. Except the dead crewmen. It was pretty bad for them. " > > So America pays the naval vessels to capture the oil...to have American > companies buy the oil....to sell it back to the Navy ships...to do what? > That doesn't make sense. > > In short..the story seems to be BS. > > -Gel > -----Original Message----- > From: Cantrell, Adam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Interesting little read - > http://exile.ru/168/168010100.html > > Still not about the oil though ;) > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
