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   From: cpd@cat.pan.net   
      
   "David Loewe, Jr."  wrote in message   
   news:ve0fr5trbra97e07h3uaefopj5e21fq14j@4ax.com...   
   > On Sat, 3 Apr 2010 11:16:15 -0500, "catpandaddy"    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>"David V. Loewe, Jr"  wrote   
   >>> On Sat, 03 Apr 2010 14:13:34 +0700, Guido   
   >>>  wrote:   
   >>>>David Loewe, Jr. wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>  > Is Shell an American company?  No, it is not.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>But Shell willingly sells oil in the USA.   
   >>>   
   >>> So does Lukoil.  Does that make *them* a US company?   
   >>   
   >>Tim's original quote said selling to "foreign" companies, ie companies   
   >>outside of Iraq's usual region.  This counts.   
   >   
   > Yet he was responding to my reply about the allegation that the oil (or   
   > contracts thereof) were to be given "Cheney/Halliburton."   
   >   
   >>"The Iraqi government has sold oil rights to foreign oil companies like   
   >>Shell. This comes decades after Saddam took those rights away by force   
   >>from those same companies."   
   >>   
   >>Being able to sell to those companies again /is/ better than /not/ being   
   >>able to sell to them, appears to be the argument.   
   >   
   > No.   
      
   Then if it wasn't the original argument.... is it a good thing in and of   
   itself that Iraq is free to trade oil on the open market again?   
      
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