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2003-06-10 Iraq

NY Times: Looting Leaves Iraqâs Oil Industry in Ruins

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Posted by Frank G 2003-06-10 11:27 am|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 well the museum story is gone - the powers back up everywhere but Baghdad, and some progress there - waters back in most places - food supplies doing well - main utility problems are phones and sanitation - and progress on sanitation. Looted ministries recovering. They (NYT) have got to complain about SOMETHING. right?

Posted by liberalhawk 2003-06-10 12:32:04|| 2003-06-10 12:32:04|| Front Page Top

#2 "It's horrible, I tell you. 170,000 barrels of oil carried off while the Americans were guarding the archaeological museum!"

Posted by Mike 2003-06-10 13:03:41|| 2003-06-10 13:03:41|| Front Page Top

#3 "Iraq's oil industry, once among the best-run and most smartly equipped in the world"

Until this p.o.s. propaganda, the story was that the equipment was ALREADY run-down and obsolete from 12 years of sanctions and neglect.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-06-10 16:16:57|| 2003-06-10 16:16:57|| Front Page Top

#4 Jeez, Hitler had to pay Goebbels good money to write this sort of thing. Now the NYT does it for free. I predict that soon Uday will sue the US in Belgian court for allowing looters to strip his palaces bare. Hilary will then take up the cause of unemployed Iraqi civil servants.

Posted by 11A5S 2003-06-10 17:46:53|| 2003-06-10 17:46:53|| Front Page Top

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