Iraq

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Sat 30 Jun 2007

The real casus belli: peak oil

Posted by Dan Welch under Peakist , Peak Oil , Geopolitics , Iraq
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David Strahan, author of The Last Oil Shock, argued that peak oil was the motivation for the invasion of Iraq in Guardian last week:

In a world of looming fuel shortage, Britain and the US formalised their energy fears with a war… (more…)

Mon 4 Jun 2007

Iraq’s oil boom isn’t delayed, it’s relocated to Canada

Posted by Dan Welch under Peakist , Iraq , New Oil , Climate Change
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Fri 12 Jan 2007

New Oil Law Means Victory in Iraq for Bush

Posted by Dan Welch under Peakist , Geopolitics , Iraq , New Oil
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Mon 11 Sep 2006

US Army Contemplates Redrawing Middle East Map to Stave Off Looming Global Meltdown

Posted by Dan Welch under Peakist , Peak Oil , Geopolitics , Iran , Iraq , Global Warming , production disruption , Saudi Arabia , Climate Change
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Sun 3 Sep 2006

George’s Oil Dubya-speak

Posted by Dan Welch under Peakist , Geopolitics , Iraq
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Fri 11 Aug 2006

A New Oil Regime in the Middle East?

Posted by Dan Welch under Peakist , Peak Oil , Geopolitics , Iran , Iraq , production disruption , Saudi Arabia
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Mon 24 Jul 2006

Act II in the War for Middle Eastern Oil?

Posted by Dan Welch under Peakist , Geopolitics , Iran , Iraq , Russia , Saudi Arabia
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Thu 15 Jun 2006

Oil and Empire - the backstory to the invasion of Iraq

Posted by Dan Welch under Peakist , Energy , Geopolitics , Economics , Iran , Iraq , Saudi Arabia
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Tue 13 Jun 2006

The Neocons, Peak Oil, 9/11, Iraq…join the dots

Posted by Dan Welch under Peakist , Peak Oil , Geopolitics , Iraq
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Tue 21 Mar 2006

Operation Iraqi Liberation (O.I.L.)

Posted by Dan Welch under Peakist , Peak Oil , Energy , Geopolitics , Economics , Iran , Iraq , Russia
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Mon 13 Mar 2006

Three Years on from “Operation Iraqi Freedom” - A Stable Gulf?

Posted by Dan Welch under Peakist , Peak Oil , Geopolitics , Iraq
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Thu 16 Feb 2006

Crude Designs on Iraqi’s Oil

Posted by Dan Welch under Peakist , Peak Oil , Geopolitics , Iraq
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