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[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

Guardian, Wednesday June 4, 2003

Wolfowitz: Iraq war was about oil

George Wright

Oil was the main reason for military action against Iraq, a leading
White House hawk has claimed, confirming the worst fears of those
opposed to the US-led war.

The US deputy defence secretary, Paul Wolfowitz - who has already
undermined Tony Blair's position over weapons of mass destruction (WMD)
by describing them as a "bureaucratic" excuse for war - has now gone
further by claiming the real motive was that Iraq is "swimming" in oil.

The latest comments were made by Mr Wolfowitz in an address to delegates
at an Asian security summit in Singapore at the weekend, and reported
today by German newspapers Der Tagesspiegel and Die Welt.

Asked why a nuclear power such as North Korea was being treated
differently from Iraq, where hardly any weapons of mass destruction had
been found, the deputy defence minister said: "Let's look at it simply.
The most important difference between North Korea and Iraq is that
economically, we just had no choice in Iraq. The country swims on a sea
of oil."

full: http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,970331,00.html

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