Iraqi Blog (Hammorabi)

A Group of terrorist thugs loyal to the tyrant disposed regime poisoned the water supply in some parts of the city of Mosul. The contaminations have been confirmed by the local health authorities. What kind of poisonous insects these thugs? Chemical Ali has used them before to poison the Kurds and Shia

Three Al-Qaida Militants captured in Mosul Monday 1st Dec 2003. This is the first time of capturing such fishes. May be Ab Al Thalag (Aezat Al dorai) Saddam deputy has the link! Where is he?

Amro Mosa the Arabs League Presedent is going to send a team for verifications of the situation in Iraq on 15th Dec 2003. He said his team will meet with all different political parties. He also felt sorry for the Iraqis who are dying by the US forces. He described them as martyrs. Mr Mosa feeling towards the Iraqis is false. He was and still the best supporter to the regime who killed millions of Iraqis. Where was Mr Mosa then? If there are people trying to change the UN into better organization, the Arab League should change into the Arab Non-Democratic League so as to fit very well Mr Mosa and all of his group. Mr Mosa is not popular in many Arab countries not only in Iraq

In his statement to Jordanians King Abd Allah II told them that he likes to see justice, independence and freedom in Iraq. We think that he should allow all these three things to happen in Jordan first. The King of Jordan should release the frozen Iraqi assets and hand the wanted among Saddam regime to the Iraqis

Abd Alaziz Al Hakem become the president of the GC. First time a man with black turban which mean descended from Prophet Abraham from Prophet Mohammed to be the governor of the GC which may mean the country. Mr Hakem is a modest man and he stated that he like democracy and freedom in Iraq. To Mr Al Hakem we say that the GC should not allow those men with turbans to jeopardize the process of democracy by their irresponsible speechs of trying to create a state similar to Iran or praising the outside non-Iraqi parties and states for a very well known reason

225 Iraqi refugees left Rafha Camp in Saudi Arabia after 13 years of hard life in the desert camp

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Monday, December 01, 2003

The blood was never for oil...
There had been a perspective that is widely spread among Arabs and the anti war, even some Iraqis, that America came to Iraq to steal the oil and other natural resources from Iraq (I don't know if anyone supports this idea in the USA) and I’ve got sick of seeing this ridiculous idea written on the walls in Baghdad or on signs held by the supposed peace activists or even being spoken in interviews on al-jazeera or other Arab media by those who pretend that they care for the interests of the Iraqi people.
I wonder how their brilliant, clear thinking got to that nonnegotiable conclusion!!?

Well I found that the answer is so simple, that even a blind man can see...heh.
I have read some statistics about the economy of the USA and I found that the (GDP) of America is something around (11,000 billion) dollars, while that of Iraq is about (18 billion) dollars (regarding the current rate of oil export), which means that the (GDP) of USA = 611 times the (GDP) of Iraq.
Another interesting result is that America can make that (18) billions in only 14 hours!.
Everyone knows that the American forces need about (4 billion) dollars/month for their supplies, operations and reconstruction work.
I find it so naive for someone to think that the USA is spending 4 billions a month to "steal" 1,5 billions.
The USA has already spent (or assigned) over 200 billion dollars, which requires the Americans to wait for over 10 years to get their money back.
What a great investment!!!
And that's only in the case that America is "stealing" all the oil or money of Iraq, while as a matter of fact, all the money that oil yields is spent to provide food, medications and of course to pay salaries to the Iraqis.
The war was never for oil itself, the aims of the war were freeing the Iraqi people, destroying Saddam's WMD's, fighting international terrorism and the spread of freedom and democracy in the M.E.

Some Iraqis say that Iraq is a wealthy country and that America came here to steal our fortune, and I ask them what f***ing fortune? Saddam has driven Iraq bankrupt and even worse, Iraq is now drowning in debts.
Iraq is a (potentially rich) country, that's true. Iraq was once rich, but right now it's a poor country, and in order to make Iraq a rich country once again we need researches, experience, investments and years of hard work. This can not be done by the Iraqis alone, we need help, and we're getting that help.
Saddam wasted most of our fortune on his intelligence and security agencies and his plans to get WMD's and the rest was transferred to the secret accounts of his and his family.

However I find that there is one good side effect of the war that is related to the oil, oil is needed continuously all over the world, and the oil supplies should be maintained to every country, no crazy tyrant like Saddam should be controlling one of the largest reserves of oil in the world, imagine the mess if Saddam, Gaddafy and the mullahs of Iran decided to cease the production of oil, as some Arab countries did in 1973 when Saddam held the slogan (oil is a weapon in the battle).

Anyway I think that -even this side effect- was not in the interest of the USA alone.
Oil, like water; is essential to everyone, and no one should hold it off from the others.

- posted by Omar @ 19:34

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