Widespread Looting Leaves Iraq's Oil Industry in Ruins

The New York Times ^ | June 10, 2003 | NEELA BANERJEE

[Kaslin]

I did a search and did not see this posted yet

[SauronOfMordor]

Some Iraqis believe that the looting is deliberate sabotage by people still loyal to the Baath Party rule of Saddam Hussein.

More likely free-lancers hired by the Saudis and other OPEC'ers. A good flow of Iraqi oil will do no good for the Saudis, Iran, the Russians, and a host of other countries, so the list of suspects is long.

[Steely Tom]

Unusual to see the New York Times so concerned about the problems of the oil business.

(steely)

[gitmogrunt]

N.Y. Times Doom and Gloom Alert

[SauronOfMordor]

I have a feeling that "looter control" might be a good mission for Army snipers. Be good practice. Or maybe recruit some of those guys from the midwest who enjoy setting up their varmint rifles by a prarie-dog colony...

[Blood of Tyrants]

Hire a few known loyals to patrol the areas with orders to shoot to kill. Then display the heads on spikes.

People will get the message real quick.

[JudgemAll]

Too bad the NYT unintentionaly forgot that Saddam ordered the looting (sarcasm)

[Lee'sGhost]

OH, cry me a river. The ONE thing that will thrive in Iraqi will be the oil industry.

[b4its2late]

I don't believe one word in this article.

[Kaslin]

Too bad the NYT unintentionaly forgot that Saddam ordered the looting (sarcasm)

You are not surprised are you?

[MizSterious]

So what does this say about all the people who complained that "the US cared enough about oil to guard the oil ministry, but left the museums to the looters"?

[ASA Vet]

QUAGMIRE ALERT!

[Grampa Dave]

I think that most of the so called looting happened in the last years of the $oddomite reign of mass murders and other crimes against their own people.

Also, if looting had happened before and after the Iraqi war, the Opecker Princes and Opecker Thugs in control of other nations probably funded it or had their version of the CIA do it. They have not wanted Iraqi oil on the market to break the Opecker Cartel.

[Dog]

This is going to seem an odd question but did any other Freeper have trouble sleeping last night? It seems a whole bunch of freepers had trouble sleeping.....something in the air??

[Grampa Dave]

Nope! I slept like a log from midnight to about 6:30 am.

[Coop]

I'm still dozing off, even as I ty... zzzz

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Thanks!

[Kaslin]

I haven't had any trouble sleeping