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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (106085)	1/4/2010 7:27:13 PM
From: Kayaker	Respond to of 116555

<< how come US energy companies were shut out of recent Iraqi oil contracts >> They weren't. As the article mentions, "Only one U.S. company, Occidental Petroleum Corp., joined the bidding last weekend". You are repeating the distortion ("shut out") in the headline which implies US companies were somehow prevented from bidding. That's not the case. They simply declined to bid. I've only seen it described as "shut out" in the US media. Usual media attempt to stir up shit. ------------------------------------------ Definition of "Shut Out".... exclude, officially forbid thesaurus.reference.com ------------------------------------- shut out If you shut something or someone out, you prevent them from getting into a place, for example by closing the doors. shut somebody/something?out (of something) to prevent somebody/something from entering a place google.ca\|en&hl=en&q=shut-out