"We saw an increase in the bombing of oil facilities and pipelines [in Iraq] built on the premise that privatisation is coming"

By: Greg Palast - Reporting for BBC Newsnight

The industry-favored plan was pushed aside by yet another secret plan, drafted just before the invasion in 2003, which called for the sell-off of all of Iraq's oil fields. The new plan, crafted by neo-conservatives intent on using Iraq's oil to destroy the Opec cartel through massive increases in production above Opec quotas.

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Secret U.S. Plans For Iraq's Oil

The Bush administration made plans for war and for Iraq's oil before the 9/11 attacks sparking a policy battle between neo-cons and Big
Oil, BBC's Newsnight has revealed. Windows Media.

BBC Newsnight Video Report

Insiders told Newsnight that planning began "within weeks" of Bush's first taking office in 2001, long before the September 11th attack on the US. Windows Media.

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