Foreign Companies Vie for Profit from Iraq’s Oil

Juan Cole 06/30/2008

Aljazeera English reports on the deals the oil majors are doing in Iraq:

And, Tom Engelhardt reviews the troop escalation or “surge” in Iraq and offers some unconventional wisdom.

About the Author

Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page

Web