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To: Rock_nj who wrote (7456)7/20/2004 12:17:20 PM
From: Raymond Duray  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 20039
 
Re: Iran is where the oil is, simple as that.

Your point notwithstading, Syria is where Hezbollah and Hamas are......



To: Rock_nj who wrote (7456)7/20/2004 12:23:37 PM
From: Thomas M.  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 20039
 
Just as relations between the U.S. and Iran were beginning to thaw, the Israeli lobby stepped in:

wrmea.com

<<< Conoco recently won a fierce three-year contest with companies from other countries for contracts to develop two offshore fields and construct a natural-gas pipeline in Iran. The company had repeatedly cleared the legality of its bid with the State Department. Yet at the 11th hour the Clinton administration blocked the Conoco bid, and Conoco had to abandon $2 billion in profitable business. The French company Total, which had lost the contract, was overjoyed at our stupidity. >>>

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