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In spite of the dead zone Friday for the news cycles, and with our big holiday vacationing across the land to celebrate our Declaration of Independence, a big (but hardly surprising) story emerged from the shadows yesterday. Iraq really was all about the oil. Ray L. Hunt is the son of H.L Hunt who founded Hunt Consolidated Oil, and is a key advisor to our fearless Decider. Mr. Hunt also sits on the Board of Directors for Halliburton. Apparently documents unearthed by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform reveal that the rumors about a big oil deal in the Kurdish region of Iraq between Hunt's company and the Kurds are true. The deal flies in the face of trying to strengthen the Iraqi central government. The documents also reveal that the Bush Administration was not caught off guard, as they have publicly proclaimed, by this deal even though it was made in violation of their own stated public policy. You can read about this if interested at this LA Times link. ...
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