Iraq Signs Oil Deal With China Worth Up to $3 Billion

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nytimes.com - 8/29/2008

Iraq Signs Oil Deal With China Worth Up to $3 Billion

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BAGHDAD In the first major oil deal Iraq has made with a foreign country since 2003, the Iraqi government and the China National Petroleum Corporation have signed a contract in Beijing that could be worth up to $3 billion, Iraqi officials said Thursday. Under the new contract, which must still ...

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Larger though We Grew in Size, Not a Thing Was Gained
Whiskey Fire — ... Never before today has the utter strategic brilliance of the Iraq war been so clear to me, as I learn that the hundreds of billions spent, the thousands of soldiers killed, and the hundreds of thousands of Iraqis dead have all resulted in a sweet, sweet oil deal for the Chinese government. ...

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Newshoggers.com — ... rather than cash, Iraq signed the country's first oil contract with the Chinese National Petroleum Company (CNPC). Reports further had it that the oil majors, Exxon, BP, Shell, Total and Chevron, were also demanding that they be ...