>>Step 3 - profit! Is that from the underpants gnomes on South Park?
-----Original Message----- From: cantrl. a [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 5:01 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Iraqi oil - from the trenches >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. Step 3 - profit! >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
