So am I.
"Officials worry Basra falling behind region’s oil powers; Cite lack of Maliki help, competition from Iran, Kuwait" August 14, 2011|By Ed O’Keefe, Washington Post
BASRA, Iraq - Iraq will supply the world with its last barrel of oil, according to local lore, and that barrel will come from Basra.
Sitting on an estimated 120 billion barrels of untapped crude, this southern province, tucked between Iran and Kuwait, is key to Iraq’s economic future. But local residents and officials worry that they are lagging behind their next-door neighbors, whose infrastructure and oil-drilling capabilities are far more advanced.
As the US military prepares for an end-of-year deadline to leave Iraq, residents here are concerned that the central government in Baghdad will not be able to hold its own against those neighbors, which covet access to the nation’s vast resources and underserved markets.
One of the reasons we invaded, but.... sigh.
In recent months, Basra’s leaders have hosted business delegations from China, Italy, and South Korea that are eager to build in the province, and the United States opened its first consulate here in July in hopes of spurring American investment.
But provincial leaders complain that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s government is more interested in doing business with Iran than in promoting their interests. The two countries last month signed agreements to work together on issues related to culture, science, technology, and transportation, a move that Maliki said signaled “a new stage of cooperation.’’
As the Iraqi and Iranian economies grow closer, however, officials in Basra say Iraqi leaders are allowing Iran to take the lead in extracting oil from border reservoirs accessible to both countries.
That is how the FIRST GULF WAR or the Iraq-Kuwait conflict began!!
And now the Globalist/Zionist power structure is chomping at the bit for a widening war with Iran the main target?
And HERE is just ONE MORE REASON in my agenda-pushing war-promoter called a morning paper!
“The Iraqis were sleeping’’ while Iran started taking Iraq’s oil along the border, said Fareed Ayoubi, a member of the Basra Provincial Council and head of its oil and energy committee. “It’s a lost cause.’’
Oh, NOW IRAN is STEALING IT like KUWAIT DID and IT'S BAD, IT'S BAD!
Only now - years behind Iran and Kuwait - is Iraq signing deals with oil companies Royal Dutch Shell and BP to develop the fields and to provide enough security to deter illegal cross-border drilling, Ayoubi said.
Oh, the WESTERN INVADERS OIL COMPANIES were locked out of the first go-round?
Meanwhile, despite attempts by Baghdad to stop the project, Kuwait is moving ahead with plans to construct a multimillion-dollar seaport on Bubiyan Island, a strategically important location at the northern end of the Persian Gulf. Ayoubi and others say Kuwait’s port will choke off Iraq’s access both to the gulf and to larger ships that could bring business to a similar port planned for the Iraqi fishing town of Faw.
Ready for ANOTHER IRAQ-KUWAIT WAR?!!!
At the current port in Faw, dozens of abandoned fishing vessels litter the shores of the Shatt al Arab River, which links the Tigris and Euphrates rivers to the Persian Gulf.
Nearly 70 percent of Faw’s residents once earned a living from fishing, but increased pollution in the river and disputes with Iranian border guards patrolling the waters are forcing most fishermen to find new work.
Those damn Iranian troublemakers! We are just going to have to invade!
An Iraqi fisherman was killed last month on the river by Iranian guards, the latest in a string of killings or kidnappings since disputes along the border intensified after the 2003 US invasion.
That's the AmeriKan media's account. Most likely he was in Iranian waters like that Brit spy team disguised as fisherman years ago, remember that?
Hussein Ali Kamal, undersecretary at the Iraqi Interior Ministry, said his forces lack the staff to conduct similar border patrols and are hampered by Iraq’s compliance with international border treaties.
Pfft.
Basra’s governor, Khalef Abdul Samed, is a member of Maliki’s State of Law political coalition, but he is frustrated with the prime minister.
Though Samed said he would rather be working to attract more international investment, he’s still dealing with electricity shortages, a chronic problem nationwide that Maliki’s government has yet to solve.
Okay, look, it's been ALMOST NINE YEARS SINCE INVASION, at least THREE YEARS since the SURGE, and the LIGHTS are STILL NOT ON?
All the BILLIONS in "RECONSTRUCTION" and NO POWER?
What the sentence really tells you is we DESTROYED the PLACE, Americans!!
He said he wants Maliki’s government to loosen its grip on daily affairs and allow him to establish a semiautonomous regional government like the one in northern Kurdistan, which enjoys billions in international investment, mostly from Turkey.
Really? As they bomb the crap out of 'em the last week?
And I'm for local autonomy; the smaller the better. F*** central governments.
But Maliki is blocking such attempts, recently charging that those pushing for greater local control “undermine Iraq’s unity and stability.’’
But it is okay up north where ally Turkey and Israeli intelligence are on the ground.
Maybe that is why Turkey is bombing the place, 'eh?
Or -- more likely -- it is servicing the NWO crowd and attacking an ally of Iran.
Yup, WWIII is just around the corner. All the pieces are in place.
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So what is next, something like this to be blamed on them?
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