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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: A. Geiche who wrote (481291)	10/25/2003 4:32:33 AM
From: A. Geiche	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Reconstruction or Plunder? The United States said it had already pledged to contribute 20 billion dollars for rebuilding Iraq over 18 months, stressing, however, that it would provide the package half in the form of aid and the remainder in grants and bilateral assistance linked to contracts for U.S. corporations, many of which are linked to developing Iraq's huge oil reserves. The White House also said it expects to channel some five billion dollars a year of Iraqi oil revenues into reconstruction, starting in 2005. It is obvious that the U.S. was only trying to curry favor with its announcement that it would provide its relief packages as grants, and there is no doubt that the White House has plans to plunder Iraq's resources in the long run. U.S. multinational corporations, most of which are controlled by Israeli shareholders, are now trying to exert influence on the Iraqi economy in order to set the stage for Israel to establish a presence in the country. This is in fact the reason why the U.S. is insisting that it should be allowed to supervise Iraq's reconstruction before a constitution is drawn up for the country and free elections are held to establish an independent government. On the other hand, the UN and certain countries, including France and Germany, believe that the donations pledged at the Madrid conference should be spent on Iraq's reconstruction under UN supervision. The Iraqi people are well aware of the fact that it will be impossible to rebuild Iraq before certain fundamental steps are taken to promote stability in the country, most notably preparing the ground for the establishment of a democratically elected Iraqi government. Therefore, patriotic Iraqis will make diligent efforts to ensure that plans to plunder Iraq under the cover of reconstruction projects are doomed to failure. iranmania.com