It would be nice if Bush would do one thing right. But no matter how it
works out America's poor and middle class will pay.
REH
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From: "Keith Hudson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 12:49 AM
Subject: [Futurework] Iraqi Oil Tsar
> In the Washington Post article by Lynch and Behr that Karen posted, it was
> suggested that a western oil executive will be appointed by Bush. ("Allies
> Clash Over Plan to Use Iraqi Oil Profits for Rebuilding" 3 April 2003):
>
> <<<<
> The White House maintains that Iraq's oil revenue is essential to
> financing the country's postwar reconstruction. The administration intends
> to install a senior American oil executive to oversee Iraq's exploration
> and production. Iraqi experts now outside the country would be recruited
to
> handle future oil sales. Industry sources said former Shell Oil Co. chief
> executive Philip J. Carroll is the leading candidate to direct production.
> >>>>
>
> However, there is a different story in yesterday's FT. Here is an excerpt
> from an item by Caroline Hoyos. The last paragraph contains the crux of
> America's problem (which I don't believe they will be able to solve):
>
> <<<<
> US SEEKS MUSLIM TO RESTORE OIL INDUSTRY
>
> The US is considering asking a prominent Muslim to become the most senior
> foreignor to guide Iraq's oil industry after the fall of Saddam Hussein.
>
> US policymakers are struggling to convince the Iraqi people and the Arab
> world that Washington did not go to war to wrest control of Iraq's oil
from
> its people, analysts have said.
>
> To overcome that hurdle, senior Bush administration officials are
> discussing the appointment of a Muslim -- who would come from outside the
> Gulf region but be a respected figure in the oil world -- to help guide
any
> new Iraq oil minister.
>
> Possible candidates for such a job could be Chakib Khelil, Algeria's oil
> minister, who has experience working for Shell and Phillips Petroleum in
> the US. He has also worked for the World Bank for almost two decades, most
> recently as petroleum advisor.
>
> Hassan Marican, president and chief operating officer of Petronas, the
> Indonesian oil company, is another widely rspected possible choice.
>
> However, tapping such leaders would be difficult in the current climate,
> where many Muslims are afraid of being seen as a puppet of the US.
>
> Much will dpend on how much resentment is stirred up by the US-led siege
of
> Baghdad. Any new Iraqi administration would need the support of hundreds
of
> Iraqi engineers, managers and oil industry workers. "These are very
capable
> people, but they are very nationalistic and oil is centrl to that," said
> one analyst.
>
> . . . .
> >>>>
>
> Keith Hudson
>
>
>
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