[hiredhand]

I've been racking my brain about this, and as best I can remember, our forces secured the oil ministry buildings because there was a LARGE quantity of cash contained therein.....whereas the other offices had nothing of value.

Can anybody else remember, or confirm this?

[kddid]

The oil industry is Iraq's life blood - it's their whole economy. It would have been a major blunder if we had not secured these facilities - even without cash.