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pettyfog · Nov 12, 2009

Cheney advisor stands to make millions in kurd oil

As the scope of Mr. Galbraith’s financial interests in Kurdistan become clear, they have the potential to inflame some of Iraqis’ deepest fears, including conspiracy theories that the true reason for the American invasion of their country was to take its oil. It may not help that outside Kurdistan, Mr. Galbraith’s influential view that Iraq should be broken up along ethnic lines is considered offensive to many Iraqis’ nationalism. Mr. Biden and Mr. Kerry, who have been influenced by Mr. Galbraith’s thinking but do not advocate such a partitioning of the country, were not aware of Mr. Galbraith’s oil dealings in Iraq, aides to both politicians say.

Some officials say that his financial ties could raise serious questions about the integrity of the constitutional negotiations themselves. “The idea that an oil company was participating in the drafting of the Iraqi Constitution leaves me speechless,” said Feisal Amin al-Istrabadi, a principal drafter of the law that governed Iraq after the United States ceded control to an Iraqi government on June 28, 2004.

In effect, he said, the company “has a representative in the room, drafting.”

DNO’s chief executive, Helge Eide, confirmed that Mr. Galbraith helped negotiate the Tawke deal and advised the company during 2005. But Mr. Eide said that Mr. Galbraith acted solely as a political adviser and that the company never discussed the Constitution negotiations with him. “We certainly never did give any input, language or suggestions on the Constitution,” Mr. Eide said.

When the findings based on interviews by The Times and other research were presented to Mr. Galbraith last weekend, he responded in writing to The Times, confirming that he did work as a mediator between DNO and the Kurdish government until the oil contract was signed in the spring of 2004, and saying that he maintained an “ongoing business relationship” with the company throughout the constitutional negotiations in 2005 and later.
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Wait... did I type 'Cheney Advisor'?

Never mind.

Nothing like the $2 Bil stimulus to Brazil Offshore Ltd, Geo Soros major holder, I'm sure.

pettyfog · Nov 18, 2009

AlGore - Synse guy

The almost Clown in Chief explains Geothermal Energy {on conan..fitting!}

People think about geothermal energy — when they think about it at all — in terms of the hot water bubbling up in some places, but two kilometers or so down in most places there are these incredibly hot rocks, 'cause the interior of the earth is extremely hot, several million degrees, and the crust of the earth is hot …
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Not just no... but hell no!
Remember, this is the guy who thinks you can Buy 'anti-pollution'.. as if it's zero-sum.

Clevelandmo · Nov 20, 2009

RE: AlGore - Synse guy

'fog, how dare you question him? Afterall he got the Nobel Prize for his work on this.

The ironic thing is that W, the Evil Man Made Global Warminng Denier, could proabably tell you more about geothermal energy than Al since that is how his Texas ranch house is heated.

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