Compromise on Oil Law in Iraq Seems to Be Collapsing

[DeeDeeNY]

Compromise on Oil Law in Iraq Seems to Be Collapsing

New York Times

By JAMES GLANZ
Published: September 13, 2007

BAGHDAD, Sept. 12 — A carefully constructed compromise on a draft law governing Iraq’s rich oil fields, agreed to in February after months of arduous talks among Iraqi political groups, appears to have collapsed. The apparent breakdown comes just as Congress and the White House are struggling to find evidence that there is progress toward reconciliation and a functioning government here.

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The oil law — which would govern how oil fields are developed and managed — is one of several benchmarks that the Bush administration has been pressing the Iraqis to meet as a sign that they are making headway toward creating an effective government.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/13/world/middleeast/13baghdad.html?ex=1347336000&en=1f45b74462311c3c&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss

[Benhurst]

1. Gosh, maybe they don't want their oil stolen. That's ingratitude

for you, after all the wonderful things we have done for them.

Some people just don't appreciate Bomb Love.

[atreides1]

2. I don't think that's all of it

Maybe it has to do with the private deal that the Kurds have signed onto with a US oil company recently:


AP 09/10/07
Iraqi oil minister says Hunt Oil deal with Kurd regional government illegal

An agreement announced this weekend between U.S.-based Hunt Oil Co. and the self-ruled Kurdish administration of northern Iraq to explore for oil is illegal, Iraq's oil minister Hussain al-Shahristani said Monday.

[Benhurst]

3. You are right; but it's all part of the criminal conspiracy to steal Iraq's oil.