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  • U.S. may seek oil reserve release by Japan if Iraq attacked

    06/21/2002 12:04:44 AM PDT · by grimalkin · 2 replies · 156+ views
    Kyodo via COMTEX ^ | Jun 20, 2002 | Kyodo News
    WASHINGTON, Jun 20, 2002 (Kyodo via COMTEX) -- The United States would want to make sure that Japan and the European Union (EU) would be prepared to release their oil reserves to prevent supply disruptions if it launched a military attack against Iraq, a senior U.S. government official said Thursday. In testimony before the House of Representatives International Relations Committee, Alan Larson, undersecretary of state for economic, business and agricultural affairs, said Middle East oil producers would be unlikely to halt oil supplies to the U.S. in case of a U.S. military attack against Iraq. The administration of President George...