Kurdish and Sunni Arab officials expressed deep reservations on Wednesday about the draft version of a national oil law and related legislation, misgivings that could derail one of the benchmark measures of progress in Iraq laid down by President Bush. Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala
although there are valid sources representing different groups, the problem i have with this is the lack of details about the oil bill and the annexes itself, and, what is our government's and/or american oil companies' influence and benefits financially from this bill if it is passed. we, the public who are not necessarily knowledgeable about these questions, which have been controversial since the war began, are not given enough information. some bits are hinted at, such as questions about american oil companies having the edge in the bidding and oil companies to be consultants. too many words about the congressional funding bill rather than the oil bill.
