When the oil weapon was first unsheathed in 1973, it had a dramatic and lasting effect on the world economy and Western states. As a weapon of economic embargo, no one can deny its success, quadrupling the price of the world's major commodity in the space of a few days. ... However it would be foolish to write off the oil "weapon", even if conventional wisdom tells us that it will not be used again. ... The Arab oil weapon since that date has remained unused in any coherent form. ... "The Power of Oil: The Arab Oil Weapon and the Netherlands, The United Kingdom, Canada, Japan, and The Uni...

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This will then give U.S oil firms access to Iraq's oil resources. ... But the main reason the Bush administration gives for going to war with Iraq was that Saddam Hussein posses weapon of mass destruction. ... Weapons of mass destruction have not been found, yet the Bush administration is adamant they do exist. ... The fact that Madeline Albright believed Saddam Hussein was no threat is concrete evidence that there was no need for war and Bush's motives are oil motivated because she was after all the Defence Sectary just three years ago and if Saddam had weapons of mass destructio...

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If we get control of his oil we would rule the oil industry for as long as the earth lets us. This is true because we haven't even begun to tap into the United States oil supply. So if we use the rest of the worlds oil supply, then we can charge however much we want to the world to use our oil. ... Iraq is a big oil supply in the world and with out Saddam in power we can get their oil for a lot less price. ... Even the threat of those weapons justified our cause to get Sadam out of power because out of all our enemies he would be the first to actually use those weapons first. ...

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This enormous source is known as oil. Oil is plentiful in the Middle East with the two largest holders, Saudi Arabia and Iraq, managing the oil price time bomb. ... German and British oil companies negotiated joint ownership of the Turkish Petroleum Company which would produce oil in Mesopotamia(now know as Iraq). ... Britain knew oil would be crucial and the Secretary of the British Cabinet , Sir Maurice Hankey stated: "Control of these oil suppliers becomes a first-class war aim." ... Hussein also accused Kuwait of illegally pumping oil from Iraq's Rumaila oil field. ...

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His aim was apparently to take control Kuwait's oil reserves (despite its small size Kuwait is a huge oil producer; it has about 10 per cent of the world's oil reserves ). Iraq accused Kuwait, and also the United Arab Emirates, of breaking agreements that limit oil production in the Middle East. ... Furthermore, Hussein claimed that Kuwait had illegally pumped oil from the Iraqi oil field of Rumaila and otherwise conspired to reduce Iraq's essential oil income. ...

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This dependence we have is so strong we have started wars, killed and deceived people for oil. ... There are many environmental problems linked to oil both directly and indirectly such as the often to frequent oil spills all over the world. One cause to this problem is the use of outdated and poorly maintained oil tankers. ... Another would be the close inspection of these tankers yearly by an international authority that could deem them seaworthy or not, kind of like the UN weapons inspectors just ones that inspect these boats. ... We rely on oil for entirely way to many things. ...

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OIL prices, its this and much more that causes me to hate the american government as much as i do! ... Loving wars and blood shed they chase down the Osama Bin Laden, and attack him for his "Acts Of terrorism" But how are the american Seals teams any diffrent, and why is it the americans are aloud to possess weapons of mass desctruction??? ... They attack for fabricated reasons, your current war on Iraq is nothing more then a war over Oil prices, bush wants them down so he bullys the Iraqis, Basicly stating that if you don't obey me and lower the oil prices i'll attack and take over...

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So it made oil soar high in price. ... In October,1998, Saddam failed to let the United Nations weapons inspectors in to inspect. ... Iraq claimed it destroyed all its biological weapons. ... Saddam successfully kept inspectors out of his country and made weapons that could kill thousands. In 2002, Saddam allows the United Nations weapons inspectors to return to Iraq. ...

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The White House says we should invade Iraq to keep Saddam Hussein from using weapons of mass destruction. But, during the 1990s UN weapons inspectors dismantled all of Iraq's major chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons facilities and destroyed nearly all of Iraq's weapons and long-range missiles. ... We should not wage a war for oil. ... Oil. Iraq has the second largest proven reserves of petroleum, and US oil companies, which exercise immense influence over the current administration, are eager to tap into Iraqi oil, which is wrong. ...

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This is an economic reason that has to do with the oil in Iraq. Iraq has long been a source for cheap oil. It is the second largest supplier of the worlds oil. This could be seen as a way to get the faltering American economy out of its recession and could help to boost the economy with the lowered oil prices. ... The last reason why we went to war with Iraq was due to weapons of mass destruction. ...

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Opposing reasons like the greed of oil, the millions of dollars, and if the war is still about terrorism. ... Looking on these opposing ideas, I think this war has nothing to do with the war on terrorism and that its basically for the huge natural resource of oil. ... Many weapon inspectors found that Iraq is no longer a threat of weapons of mass destruction to the United States. Ever since the war in the Gulf, these weapons have been found and destroyed. ... The significance of opposing the war will answer the question whether about the oil, the billions of dollars, and if the war is still a...

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So when Iraq makes aggressive military advances or comes into possession of weapons of mass destruction, the U.S. has to decide what response to make. ... Iraqi president Saddam Hussein declared that the invasion was a response to overproduction of oil in Kuwait, which had cost Iraq over 14 million dollars when oil prices fell. Saddam Hussein also accused Kuwait of illegally pumping oil from Iraq's Rumaila oil field. ... On August 7, U.S. troops moved into Saudi Arabia to protect Saudi oil reserves. ... President Bush has had several reasons for invading Iraq, but the main issue focusin...

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His aim was apparently, to take control of Kuwait's oil reserves. ... News) Chemical Weapons Chemical weapons contain certain elements that change into a gas. ... ("Chemical Weapons", Eui-Suk Kim).Biological Weapons Biological weapons contain bacteria, which can be modified to overrun human's immune system. ... ("Chemical Weapons", Eui-Suk Kim). ... Hussein claimed that Kuwait had illegally pumped oil from the Iraqi oil field of Rumaila and had conspired to reduce Iraq's oil income. (" The Persian Gulf War", Don Nardo). ...

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Whereas in 1999, Iraq smuggled only about $3 billion ayear in illicit oil exports. To Syria alone, Baghdad is smuggling something like 200,000 barrels of oil per day. "2 Former chief weapons inspector Richard Butler warns the United States and says, "Iraq remains at work on its WMD program, and that containment is not the answer."3 Lawrence Kaplan and William Kristol also believe that the "Bush Doctrine " will lead to a better Iraq and a better world because the second tenet of the doctrine focuses on: Azor 4 "regime change- that is, the recognition that the United States cannot really coexi...

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Why take their oil from them? ... The U.S. has no proof of Iraq having weapons of mass destruction. ... It is about the oil, the U.S. wants oil. Iraq is a well known country for its oil. It has the second largest reserves of petroleum, and US oil companies. ...

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The preferred weapon of most troops was the AK-47; it was a fast shooting very accurate rifle that could easily be field repaired. The 30-caliber machine gun could easily devour most all infantry carrying these weapons, especially when in a pillbox. ... These weapons could easily take out troops at close range, but for long-range shots they had to resort to something else. ... In 1944 Allied engineers produced a long-range weapon that had high accuracy. ...

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Fight for peace? Please? That's the biggest oxymoron I ever heard! Do you still believe that crap? Saddam Hussein is bad; Saddam Hussein will destroy the world? Saddam Hussein has weapons of mass destruction, that's why we must destroy him before he destroys the world. Here's a little quote for G...

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Defiant to treaties made after the "Gulf War-, Iraq has continued to stockpile weapons of mass destruction. ... Hussein's régime biological weapons have been created and even tested on his own people. ... Hussein is put to death, so he will not hesitate to put his weapons to global use. ... It is claimed that a war with Iraq is a ploy to control the world's oil supply, never has a more laughable claim been made. Not once has the President nor any of his staff made any claims about a concern over the control of oil in the middle east. ...

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When you here his name you can't help thinking about terrorism and death and nuclear weapons. ... Soon he had a firm grip over the infrastructure of the country and he began to control Iraq's oil and industrial enterprises. ... Iran used to make 7 million barrels of crude oil a day until their oil terminals were eliminated by more then 9,000 bombing raids during the Iran-Iraq War thus leading to the tanker War, which lasted three years (1984-1987). ... Repeated Iraqi efforts failed to put Iran's main oil exporting terminal at Khark Islands out of order. ... And that's when ...

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Saddam has been developing weapons of mass destruction and is willing to use them if it becomes necessary. ... Even though he isn't connected to the recent terrorist attacks, he is developing weapons of mass destruction that can be used to terrorize nations. I feel that this is why the focus is on Iraq, because powerful weapons can do much more damage than someone hijacking a plane. I don't think that this is a personal issue(Saddam's attempt to assassinate his father in 1993) or a big issue over oil, this is an issue about disarming a man who uses his power to destroy the liv...

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Then in June 1, 1972 he nationalized all of the oil companies located in Iraq. ... He attacked the oil-reserves in Iran. ... In October he failed to comply with the U.N. weapons inspectors, so it led to a four-day bombing raid by the U.S. ... The U.S. began to initiate a plan to overthrow him in 2002 and he allows the U.N. weapons inspectors to return to Iraq to search for biological or chemical weapons. ... He also told him that Iraq does not have any weapons that go against UN resolutions. ...

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Insofar as "no blood for oil," it is the stated goal of the Bush administration to allow Iraq to retain control of its oil deposits, without the US being involved. ... It should be noted as well that the US had the opportunity to claim Iraqi oil fields in 1991, and chose not to. ... Also, resultant of an effort to devestate America's economy, what is preventing Hussein from supplying terrorist organizations with chemical or biological weapons? ... In a famous example, UN inspectors were alerted in 1995 to extremely high quantities of previously unsuspected weapons programs being de...

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While in Texas, he followed his father's footsteps working in the oil fields and founded his own oil company. Content with his own oil company, he decided to enter his first political race for the U.S. ... He then returned to the oil business, but could not shake the frustration of not being able to achieve the success his father had. ... Some months later he sold his oil business and started helping his father in the 1988 presidential campaign. ... In addition to these successes, he signed a new law into effect that allowed Texas citizens to carry concealed weapons. ...

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Another reason we wanted a stable, friendly Afghanistan was so that we could create oil pipelines (161). ... The weapons were supplied by the Americans, the money by the Saudis. ... Right now, we want to attack Iraq to displace Saddam Hussein, allegedly because he has weapons of mass destruction. ... When the Iran-Iraq War ended, Saddam Hussein killed many of his own people with his terrible weapons. ... Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia. ...

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Reagan began a major campaign to overthrow the Marxists in Nicaragua by supplying training, weapons, money, and supplies to the Contras. ... As a result of the Iranian hostage crisis, congress had marked Iran as a terrorist nation and had outlawed the sale of weapons to the Iranian government. In 1986 newspapers reported that the United States had covertly sold weapons to Iran in order to win the nations support in freeing the United States hostages who were being help by terrorists that were friendly to the Iranian government. ... Newspapers had also revealed that the United States had turn...

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