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George W. Bush and his advisers’ decision to invade was part of the bitter political contest.
At the centre of these accusations stood Dick Cheney, the former CEO and Chair of the Board of Halliburton, the large American oil services company that received a contract to repair Iraq’s oil infrastructure in the same month the war began.
George W. Bush administration was well versed in oil matters.
Iraq had large, under-utilised oil reserves.
Releasing that potential supply meant both regime change and attracting the international oil majors back into the country.
In Beijing, there were few doubts that the war was oil-motivated.
Post-2003 political instability has been un-conducive to those trying to transform Iraq’s oil industry.
Most of the Western oil companies have, in recent years, either left or reduced their operations, while the Iranian Oil Ministry has set up an office in downtown Baghdad and Chinese firms are ascendant.
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