The reality of US troops killing and dying for Iraqi oil hit US public consciousness hard on June 19, 2008, when it was announced that the occupied
government of Iraq intended to award no-bid oil service contracts to ExxonMobil, Shell, BP, Chevron and Total.
 Lee Raymond received roughly $400 million in compensation upon retiring from Exxon where he served as CEO from 1999 through 2005. Exxon has seen
record profits as a result of skyrocketing energy prices, due in part to the ongoing fragility of energy supplies and the threat of further violence
in the Middle East ExxonMobil has accumulated $163 billion in record profits in the five-year war period, not only because of the increase in oil prices but because
of increased sales of petroleum products to the Pentagon, which amounted to $4.2 billion from 2003 to 2007. Shell and BP compete with ExxonMobil for
leadership in Pentagon sales.
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General Petraeus' Fake War
How the Press and Congress Eagerly Swallowed It
Are They Really Oil Wars ?
Has Oil Really Peaked—and Is It Running Out?
War for Cheap Oil?
War for Expensive Oil?
Behind the Myth of "War for Oil"
Link : www.counterpunch.com...
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