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It was about the oil after all

And this comes from a world-class reputable source - Al Jazeera:

Australia admits oil motive in Iraq
Australia has admitted for the first time that securing the supply of oil is a key motive for its involvement in the US-led war in Iraq.

Brendan Nelson, the defence minister, said "energy security" was one of the main priorities behind his country's support for the war, which is unpopular among Australians.

His remarks add weight to war protesters' arguments that the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 was amied at grabbing the country's oil supplies rather than a bid to counter the threat posed by Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction, which later proved to be non-existent.

Nelson told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that Australia's priorities were set out in a defence and security review being released on Thursday "and resource security is one of them".

Cough(bullshit)Cough Hussein's weapons of mass destruction were trucked to Syria in the days leading up to the war. The first company to benefit from iraqi oil was the French Total/Fina/Elf corporation. Fair and balanced reporting my sweet ass -- unmedicated is more like it... Posted by DaveH at July 5, 2007 10:05 PM