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To: Brumar89 who wrote (207288)	10/31/2006 9:12:10 AM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

>> If foreign firms do get allowed into the country, that would result eventually in higher production and lower prices. In principle, I agree and I am in favor of foreign investments. The devil is all in the details, which I do not know of, one way or another. >> it looks like the first foreign oil company to invest in Iraq will be Chinese, not American. China had a signed oil agreement with Iraq before the invasion and Bremer unilaterally cancelled it. So this could be as simple as the Iraqi government honoring its previous contracts.