IRAQ

Globalpoliciy.org: Operation Oily Immunity

During the initial assault on Baghdad, soldiers set up forward bases named
Camp Shell and Camp Exxon. Those soldiers knew the score, even if the
Pentagon's talking points dismissed any ties between Iraqi oil and their
blood. The Bush/Cheney administration has moved quickly to ensure U.S.
corporate control over Iraqi resources at least through the year 2007. The
first part of the plan, created by the UN under U.S. pressure is the
Development Fund for Iraq which is being controlled by the U.S. and advised
by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The second is
a recent Bush executive order that provides absolute legal protection for
U.S. interests in Iraqi oil.