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To: Lino... who wrote (2131)	3/23/2003 1:18:23 PM
From: seismic_guru	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 37177

Here we go again, bringing up all the atrocites committed by Saddam as the reason behind this war. Lets face it, that line is only getting airplay now on CNN/american media cause all of the other shit didn't stick to the wall when the US regime tossed it out. First it was his nuclear program, then it was chem/bio weapons, then it was links to Al Queda. Could it be that those opposed to this war see some other reasons for it. Things like US domination of the middle east and/or its vast oil reserves.

To: Lino... who wrote (2131)	3/23/2003 1:20:27 PM
From: Lino...	Respond to of 37177

Reason numbers 1 thru 6 and 6 really sux: According to the CIA World Factbook, France controls over 22.5 percent of Iraq’s imports. French total trade with Iraq under the oil-for-food program is the third largest, totaling $3.1 billion since 1996, according to the United Nations. In 2001 France became Iraq’s largest European trading partner. Roughly 60 French companies do an estimated $1.5 billion in trade with Baghdad annually under the U.N. oil-for-food program. France’s largest oil company, Total Fina Elf, has negotiated a deal to develop the Majnoon field in western Iraq. The Majnoon field purportedly contains up to 30 billion barrels of oil. Total Fina Elf also negotiated a deal for future oil exploration in Iraq’s Nahr Umar field. Both the Majnoon and Nahr Umar fields are estimated to contain as much as 25 percent of the country’s reserves. France’s Alcatel company, a major telecom firm, is negotiating a $76 million contract to rehabilitate Iraq’s telephone system. From 1981 to 2001, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), France was responsible for over 13 percent of Iraq’s arms imports.