US Advised Iraqi Ministry on Oil Deals - Andrew Kramer, New York Times
A group of American advisers led by a small State Department team played an integral part in drawing up contracts between the Iraqi government and five major Western oil companies to develop some of the largest fields in Iraq, American officials say. The disclosure, coming on the eve of the contracts’ announcement, is the first confirmation of direct involvement by the Bush administration in deals to open Iraq’s oil to commercial development and is likely to stoke criticism.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/30/world/middleeast/30contract.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
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