Citizens For Legitimate Government 25 June 2009 http://www.legitgov.org/ FBI report: Saddam Hussein 'would have sought security agreement' with US --Iraq leader 'would have cut a deal' with Bush 24 Jun 2009 Saddam Hussein feared Iran's arsenal more than a U.S. attack, and even considered asking ex-President [sic] George W. Bush "to protect" Iraq from its neighbor, once secret FBI files show... Asked how he would have faced "fanatic" Iranian ayatollahs if Iraq had been proven toothless by UN weapons inspectors in 2003, Iraq's ex-president said he would have cut a deal with Bush. "Hussein replied Iraq would have been extremely vulnerable to attack from Iran and would have sought a security agreement with the U.S. to protect it from threats in the region," according to a 2004 FBI report among the declassified files. Without Bush's help, "Iraq would have done what was necessary," he told FBI Agent George Piro in his Baghdad International Airport cell. [Right, but there was the matter of the *oil.* See: Iraqi officials plan welcome-back party for Big Oil 25 Jun 2009.] http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2009/06/24/2009-06-24_former_iraqi_leader_saddam_hussein_feared_iran_more_than_us_secret_fbi_files_sho.html Iraq opens fields; Exxon, Shell seek foothold 26 June 2009 Iraq is set to welcome back foreign oil companies into the war-torn nation to develop the world's third-largest crude reserves three decades after expelling them. Eight of the world's top 10 nonstate oil producers, including Exxon Mobil Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell Plc, are vying for the right to help Iraq develop six oilfields and two natural-gas deposits. More than 30 companies in total are bidding for $16 billion worth of technical service contracts for producing fields that will be awarded in Baghdad on June 29 and 30. "Iraq is the big prize in the region," said Raja Kiwan, a Dubai-based analyst at consultants PFC Energy. http://businessmirror.com.ph/home/world/12333-iraq-opens-fields-exxon-shell-seek-foothold.html Iraq oilfields offered for long-term contracts 25 Jun 2009 Following are the Iraqi oilfields on offer for long-term development contracts in the first bidding round since the U.S.-led invasion of the country in 2003. The reserves the fields hold are larger than those of the United States and Britain combined, according to the following data from consultancy Wood Mackenzie. Over 43 billion barrels of Iraq's 115 billion barrels of reserves lie in the fields. http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE55O47G20090625 US reneges on Iraq withdrawal promises 25 Jun 2009 The United States retracts its initial promise of commitment to withdrawing its troops from Iraqi cities by the end of the month of June. On Wednesday, a spokesman for the US military in Iraq, Brigadier General Steve Lanza, said a number of the country's troops are to remain in the urban areas after the June 30 deadline, Reuters reported. http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=99036§ionid=3510203 more here: http://www.legitgov.org/#breaking_news --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ShadowGovernment" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ShadowGovernment -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
