Greenspan memoir links Iraq war to US thirst for oil

Agence France-Presse by Antoine Agasse | Sep. 17, 2007 (News Report)

Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan, for years an inscrutable seer on the economy, is causing a stir by alleging in his new memoir that "the Iraq war is largely about oil."

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Greenspan, who as head of the US central bank was famous for his tight-lipped reserve, is uncharacteristically direct, also accusing President George W. Bush of abandoning Republican principles on the economy. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Ara Gregorian - Sep 17, 2007 - 7:20 AM PDT
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Kaizar Campwala
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 by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 1, 2008

This piece, taking information from Greenspan's book, doesn't do much for bringing in other perspectives or offering outside information.

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