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To: GST who wrote (111961)	8/19/2003 8:19:16 AM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) of 281500

You seem to be re-writing UN resolutions now. The UN recognizes the US as an occupying power True. -- not as a liberating power. It says that? No, that's your spin. It's an important point for you but not in the resolution. 1492 deals explicitly with future Iraqi oil sales and here's what it says again: 20. Decides that all export sales of petroleum, petroleum products, and natural gas from Iraq following the date of the adoption of this resolution shall be made consistent with prevailing international market best practices, to be audited by independent public accountants reporting to the International Advisory and Monitoring Board referred to in paragraph 12 above in order to ensure transparency, and decides further that, except as provided in paragraph 21 below, all proceeds from such sales shall be deposited into the Development Fund for Iraq, until such time as an internationally recognised, representative government of Iraq is properly constituted; news.bbc.co.uk Everything the US is doing with Iraqi oil is covered by the UN resolution. I can halfway understand the rationale behind objecting to US actions without a UN resolution but objecting when there is one...

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