BRUSSELLS TRIBUNAL

U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, 4 Star General John Abizaid, Fed boss Alan Greenspan, President George W. Bush, Senator John McCain, Sarah Palin, Bush speechwriter David Frum, key war architect John Bolton, and a high-level National Security Council officer all say that the Iraq war was about oil.

INTERVENTION IRAQ - GENERAL CONTEXT - ECONOMY OIL PERMANENT WAR US NATO WAR

Secret memos expose link between oil firms and invasion of Iraq

by Paul Bignell on 02-04-2013

Plans to exploit Iraq's oil reserves were discussed by government ministers and the world's largest oil companies the year before Britain took a leading role in invading Iraq, government documents show.

IRAQ - GENERAL CONTEXT - ECONOMY OIL UNITED KINGDOM

One of the occupation's consequences ... War on Iraqi crops

by Imad Khadduri on 02-04-2013

"As part of sweeping "economic restructuring" implemented by the Bush Administration in Iraq, Iraqi farmers will no longer be permitted to save their seeds, which include seeds the Iraqis themselves have developed over hundreds of years.

IRAQ - GENERAL CONTEXT - ECONOMY

Protesting oil workers gain political backing

by Ali Abu Iraq and Staff of Iraq Oil Report on 28-02-2013

BASRA - As Iraqi oil workers continue to protest in Basra, their persistence and growing numbers have helped win support from high-profile Iraqi leaders.

IRAQ - GENERAL CONTEXT - ECONOMY IRAQ - GENERAL CONTEXT - RESISTANCE