War Architect Richard Perle Looking To Enter Oil Business In Iraq»

link:

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/29/perle-oil /

"Mr. Perle, one of a group of security experts who began pushing the case for toppling Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein about a decade ago, has been discussing a possible deal with officials of northern Iraq’s Kurdistan regional government, including its Washington envoy, according to these people and the documents. <…>

Mr. Perle has attended events promoting the interests of Kazakhstan, an oil-rich nation whose ruler, Nursultan Nazarbayev, is involved in a long-running U.S. investigation of 1990s-era oil-company bribery. Mr. Perle has publicly lauded President Nazarbayev as “visionary and wise,” according to a publication distributed by the Kazakh embassy in Washington.

Perle also “has explored obtaining an oil concession in Kazakhstan in tandem with a northern Iraq deal,” the Journal adds. Perle denied the reports, stating, “I am not involved in any consortium…nor am I ‘framing plans for a consortium.’” But a spokesman for Qubat Talabani, the Kurdish government’s delegate in the U.S. who deals with “investment information,” “confirmed that the envoy had been approached by Mr. Perle.”

Perle’s shady business dealings related to the war are long-standing. The New Yorker’s Sy Hersh reported in 2003 on Perle’s role as a managing partner on the defense firm Trireme Partners LLP, whose “business potential depended on a war in Iraq taking place.” In response, Perle said Hersh was a “terrorist.”

The New York Times revealed recently that the Bush administration “played an integral part” in negotiating no-bid contracts for Western oil companies in Iraq. Despite its devastating security, human, and financial costs on the United States, the Iraq war continues to pay off for the architects and their friends."

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http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/29/perle-oil /

Rape Pillage and Plunder!	Warren Stupidity	Jul-30-08 07:14 AM	#1
War >>> Profiteer	C_U_L8R	Jul-30-08 07:54 AM	#2
Why isn't Perle on some prosecutor's calendar?	DailyGrind51	Jul-30-08 07:56 AM	#3
THANKS FOR THE RECOMMENDS!! This is a story that really, really needs to get out!!	Douglas Carpenter	Jul-30-08 07:57 AM	#4
one kick	Douglas Carpenter	Jul-30-08 09:52 AM	#5
k & r	elizfeelinggreat	Jul-30-08 10:04 AM	#6
k & 5th r	IDemo	Jul-30-08 10:07 AM	#7
one more or so	Douglas Carpenter	Jul-30-08 10:34 AM	#8
one kick for the next shift	Douglas Carpenter	Jul-30-08 05:07 PM	#9
I'm shocked!	yardwork	Jul-30-08 05:09 PM	#10
Warmongering has its payola.	lonestarnot	Jul-30-08 05:14 PM	#11
and another again	Douglas Carpenter	Jul-30-08 09:32 PM	#12
jabba the hut	spanone	Jul-30-08 09:33 PM	#13
What a f**ing PIG!!!	Breeze54	Jul-30-08 09:37 PM	#14