war for oil

Just like all those oil contracts in Iraq that were won by Russia and Norway, who played no part in the war. Next up is news for truthers, who like to pretend that the US involvement in Afghanistan was all about its resources...

I have heard it mentioned on many an occasion that one of the reasons the US/UK went into Iraq (especially) and Afghanistan was natural resources - mainly oil in the case of Iraq. Some CTs claim that this is the main reason that the US Government allowed/engineered the Sep 11 attacks. So given...

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/iraqi-auction-disproves-war-for-oil-thesis/story-e6frg6zo-1225811867893 The main winners in the auction were: Russia's Lukoil and Gazprom Malaysia's Petronas Royal Dutch Shell Norway's Statoil China's National Petroleum Corp. Angola's Sonangol.