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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Saddam was believed to have "weapons of mass destruction" and George W. Bush believes Saddam Hussein will use these weapons against America. ... A reason that is often not stated is the US need for oil. The oil reserves in the US are running out and Iraq has the 2nd largest sources of oil. ... In order to achieve this result the US require control of Iraqi Oil. ...

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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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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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One way we can attain this is by gaining much needed support from the oil producing countries. ... oil. ... Unbeknownst to most Americans, oil fields dot northern Afghanistan near its border with Turkmenistan. ... Between confirmed and estimated oil reserves, Kazakhstan is destined to become the world's largest oil-producing nation, and will one day dwarf even Saudi Arabia." ... We have sold them American made technology, which includes weapons, intelligence and personnel training to supplement their own war against the Palestinians. ...

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After backing the Iraqi president out of the fear or the Islamic Revolution spreading to nations like Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, both huge suppliers of oil to the western world, Saddam himself invaded Kuwait, thus causing Operation Desert Shield/Storm. ... During the Cold War, a trend was noticed nearly immediately in terms of the Nuclear Arms Race; as the United States peaked in weapons manufacturing, the U.S.S.R soon followed suit. Not only that, but when the United States ceased or slowed weapons manufacturing, the U.S.S.R once again followed suit. ...

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As Andrew Fiala states in the book, 'The Just War Myth; The Moral Illusions of War', there is neither a clear, nor direct threat from Iraq to justify going to war with them except exaggerated claims of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and only hints of Iraq's connection to Al-Queda (12). This war is being fought to defend an imperial agenda orchestrated by the Bush administration in what I believe is to control all of the oil in the world. ... In my opinion the criterion of "Right Intention" for this war is has not been met simply because revenge on Afghanistan and Iraq's...

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The doctrines also include religious education on the use of weapons as part of their training. ... Azumah (2015) observes that since the oil boom of the 70s and 80s, Saudi Arabia gave many scholarships to Wahhabi scholars so as to fund radical mosques in Africa, Asia and the West. ... With plenty of oil resources, the terror groups ultimately find their way into the rest of the world from where they mete out violence on societies with divergent thought. ...

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