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8/2/2020
30 Years Later: Saddam Hussein's Fateful Decision to Invade Kuwait
by Guy Laron
It was clear from the outset that this was a desperate gamble that put Iraq on a collision course with Washington. But Saddam believed he had no other choice but to stop Kuwait from dumping oil into a slack market.
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SOURCE: The New York Times
4/19/2020
Ten Years After Deepwater Horizon, U.S. Is Still Vulnerable to Catastrophic Spills
Members of the bipartisan commission created to investigate the spill say Congress and the Trump administration have failed to take safety seriously.
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SOURCE: Tom Dispatch
11/10/19
The Greatest Scam in History
by Naomi Oreskes
Scientists working on the issue have often told me that, once upon a time, they assumed, if they did their jobs, politicians would act upon the information. That, of course, hasn’t happened. Why?
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SOURCE: Washington Post
9/27/19
How war forced the United States to rethink the politics of oil
by Chris Dietrich
A historian explains how President Trump’s approach to oil is a relic of a previous era that isn’t likely to work.
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SOURCE: The Conversation
09/23/2019
Attacks on Saudi oil – why didn’t prices go crazy?
by Scott L. Montgomery
The United States' role in the dramatic shifting of the global oil market over the past decade plays a significant role.
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SOURCE: National Security Archive
6-23-16
U.S., Britain Developed Plans to Disable or Destroy Middle Eastern Oil Facilities
British Plans Envisioned Using Nuclear Weapons as an Option in Iran and Iraq, According to Declassified Documents
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SOURCE: The Conversation
1-28-15
Are crude conspiracies right? Research shows nations really do go to war over oil
Countries producing lots of oil or those with higher reserves (and considerable market power) were more likely to attract military support.
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SOURCE: Informed Comment
10-13-14
Top 5 Ways Lower oil Prices Could Change the World
by Juan Cole
If oil goes lower and stays there for a while, what are the implications?
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SOURCE: TomDispatch
10-9-14
Obama’s New Oil Wars
by Michael T. Klare
Washington Takes on ISIS, Iran, and Russia
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SOURCE: Informed Comment (blog)
6-24-14
Radicalism in Iraq Menaces the World's most Important Oil Fields
by Juan Cole
The Kirkuk fields in the north produce only about 670,000 barrels a day.
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SOURCE: New York Times
10-31-13
Mexico's Theology of Oil
by Enrique Krauze
Nationalization of oil in Mexico is an existential question.
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