The Oil Drum | DrumBeat: June 26, 2006

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Prodigal Son on June 26, 2006 - 12:02pm

Interesting indeed. A 'democratic', pliant client state is what this whole Iraq adventure was about.

The insurgency, however, isn't going away. And oil pipelines are vulnerable.

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louGrinzo on June 26, 2006 - 1:32pm

Don't forget the neighborhood. Not only does Iraq have a lot of oil and natural gas, but those permanent bases the US is building there will be ever so handy thanks to their proximity to the Caspian Sea fields.

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