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12. By W. Clark

Reply to xocetaceans (Reply #11)

Tue May 10, 2022, 05:05 PM

May 2022

https://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~norman/CurrentAffairs/DeeperNew.html

The Real Reasons for the Upcoming War With Iraq

A Macroeconomic and Geostrategic Analysis of the Unspoken Truth

by W. Clark
January 2003
Independent Media Center
www.indymedia.org

SUMMARY
Although completely suppressed in the U.S. media, the answer to the Iraq enigma is simple yet shocking -- it is an oil currency war. The real reason for this upcoming war is this administration's goal of preventing further Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) momentum towards the euro as an oil transaction currency standard.

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