Manscape Posted June 21, 2008 Report Share Posted June 21, 2008 And to think those Iraqi INGRATES didn't welcome us with roses and their most sultry women! http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar...7&bolum=105 No-bid contracts for US oil firms raise eyebrows Four Western oil companies are in the final stages of negotiations this month on contracts that will return them to Iraq 36 years after losing their oil concession to nationalization as Saddam Hussein rose to power, the New York Times reported yesterday. The news is especially troubling to Turkey, as Iraq's Oil Ministry excluded Turkey's state-owned Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) from an April list of 35 companies qualifying to bid in tenders to develop the nation's oil and gas fields. The New York Times said Exxon Mobil, Shell, Total and BP -- the original partners in the Iraq Petroleum Company -- along with Chevron and a number of smaller oil companies, were in talks with Iraq's Oil Ministry for no-bid contracts to service Iraq's largest fields, according to ministry officials, oil company officials and an American diplomat. "The deals, expected to be announced on June 30, will lay the foundation for the first commercial work for the major companies in Iraq since the American invasion, and open a new and potentially lucrative country for their operations," the paper reported. According to report, the US companies were awarded with "no-bid contracts," which are unusual for the industry, and the offers prevailed over others by more than 40 companies, including companies in Russia, China and India. The New York Times stressed: "There was suspicion among many in the Arab world and among parts of the American public that the United States had gone to war in Iraq precisely to secure the oil wealth these contracts seek to extract. 20 June 2008, Friday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted June 22, 2008 Report Share Posted June 22, 2008 And to think those Iraqi INGRATES didn't welcome us with roses and their most sultry women! http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar...7&bolum=105 No-bid contracts for US oil firms raise eyebrows Four Western oil companies are in the final stages of negotiations this month on contracts that will return them to Iraq 36 years after losing their oil concession to nationalization as Saddam Hussein rose to power, the New York Times reported yesterday. The news is especially troubling to Turkey, as Iraq's Oil Ministry excluded Turkey's state-owned Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) from an April list of 35 companies qualifying to bid in tenders to develop the nation's oil and gas fields. The New York Times said Exxon Mobil, Shell, Total and BP -- the original partners in the Iraq Petroleum Company -- along with Chevron and a number of smaller oil companies, were in talks with Iraq's Oil Ministry for no-bid contracts to service Iraq's largest fields, according to ministry officials, oil company officials and an American diplomat. "The deals, expected to be announced on June 30, will lay the foundation for the first commercial work for the major companies in Iraq since the American invasion, and open a new and potentially lucrative country for their operations," the paper reported. According to report, the US companies were awarded with "no-bid contracts," which are unusual for the industry, and the offers prevailed over others by more than 40 companies, including companies in Russia, China and India. The New York Times stressed: "There was suspicion among many in the Arab world and among parts of the American public that the United States had gone to war in Iraq precisely to secure the oil wealth these contracts seek to extract. 20 June 2008, Friday Way to go, USA !!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted June 22, 2008 Report Share Posted June 22, 2008 Way to go, USA !!!! Yeah, way to loot and pillage a nation completely unprovoked! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manscape Posted June 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 Way to go, USA !!!! Got a bunch of Exxon shares, deadender? Pleased that all our trusting military volunteers died, became maimed and RAVAGED a sovereign nation to the tune of maybe a MILLION DEAD IRAQIS (and much more displaced and ripped into partial living bodies) because of the assurance that WMDs and the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein was an imminent threat to the "free" world? And all along the Rush Limpie cult was denying it was about the SEIZING of Iraqi oil fields! Tell you what, deadender.........YOU WIN........and I submit to your dominance and your achievement. I see the light and I want to be on the side of the victor as championed by the Bush regime and his confederates............now tell me..........WHO in your cult can I trust? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dr. Feelgood Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 Got a bunch of Exxon shares, deadender? Pleased that all our trusting military volunteers died, became maimed and RAVAGED a sovereign nation to the tune of maybe a MILLION DEAD IRAQIS (and much more displaced and ripped into partial living bodies) because of the assurance that WMDs and the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein was an imminent threat to the "free" world? And all along the Rush Limpie cult was denying it was about the SEIZING of Iraqi oil fields! Tell you what, deadender.........YOU WIN........and I submit to your dominance and your achievement. I see the light and I want to be on the side of the victor as championed by the Bush regime and his confederates............now tell me..........WHO in your cult can I trust? Dear Manscum, I sense in your posts an anxiety level that may be detrimental to your health. You are apparently suffering from BDS (Bush Derangement Syndrome), a condition that is usually contracted from reading loony left bloggers and watching MSNBC. If you have any chance of recovery you should start watching O'Reilly and dump the Kool-Aid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 2smart4u Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 Dear Manscum, I sense in your posts an anxiety level that may be detrimental to your health. You are apparently suffering from BDS (Bush Derangement Syndrome), a condition that is usually contracted from reading loony left bloggers and watching MSNBC. If you have any chance of recovery you should start watching O'Reilly and dump the Kool-Aid. In the case of Manscum and a few others, Paul and Keith come to mind, their BDS is terminal. It's evident from their babbling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manscape Posted June 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Dear Manscum, I sense in your posts an anxiety level that may be detrimental to your health. You are apparently suffering from BDS (Bush Derangement Syndrome), a condition that is usually contracted from reading loony left bloggers and watching MSNBC. If you have any chance of recovery you should start watching O'Reilly and dump the Kool-Aid. You, deadender, should start reading Jonathan Swift! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Swift Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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