Look who is waiting in the wings like the blood sucking vultures they are.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10356508Victors to get spoils of Iraq 'sell-off'
By Philip Thornton
Iraqis face the prospect of losing up to US$200 billion ($290 billion) of the wealth of their country if a US-inspired plan to hand over development of its oil reserves to US and British multinationals comes into force next year.
A report produced by American and British pressure groups warns Iraq will be caught in an "old colonial trap" if it allows foreign companies to take a share of its vast energy reserves.
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The report claims that multinationals entering the Iraqi oil business will expect high returns on any investment - and Iraq will lose between US$127 billion and US$194 billion over a 40-year period.
The world's four oil giants - BP, Exxon, Chevron and Shell - have been desperate to get back into Iraq.
* They were kicked out in the nationalisation of 1972