Iraq's oil

Ulhas Joglekar uvj at vsnl.com
Fri Oct 11 10:26:54 PDT 2002


Doug Henwood wrote:


> Of course we learn in this morning's NY Times that Bush plans to make
> Gen Tommy Franks the king of Iraq, on the model of MacArthur running
> Japan after WW II. I'm guessing Gen Franks wouldn't be offering too
> many contracts to French oil companies.

King of Iraq? Some foreign policy analysts here are wondering if Iraq would survive as a single unified entity. Would Kurds accept autonomy with the framework of Iraqi state?

Ulhas



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