[lbo-talk] Iranian Oil Bourse

Colin Brace cwb at lim.nl
Thu Feb 16 03:08:46 PST 2006


Published on 18 Jan 2006 by Energy Bulletin.

The Proposed Iranian Oil Bourse

by Krassimir Petrov

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The Iranian government has finally developed the ultimate "nuclear" weapon that can swiftly destroy the financial system underpinning the American Empire. That weapon is the Iranian Oil Bourse slated to open in March 2006. It will be based on a euro-oil-trading mechanism that naturally implies payment for oil in Euro. In economic terms, this represents a much greater threat to the hegemony of the dollar than Saddam's, because it will allow anyone willing either to buy or to sell oil for Euro to transact on the exchange, thus circumventing the U.S. dollar altogether.

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full: http://www.energybulletin.net/12125.html

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Colin Brace

Amsterdam



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