WikiLeaks editor-in-chief, Julian Assange, Photo Credit: Andrew Winning/Reuters
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BP releases a report with its findings on the Gulf of Mexico explosion. One the one hand, obviously BP is going to try to shift some of the blame to Transocean and Halliburton… but on the other hand, clearly the three companies share some of the blame. continue reading...
Here is CBS’ 60 Minutes piece on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill which has gone on to become the largest environmental disaster in US history. Built by Hyundai Heavy Industries, owned by Transocean and leased to BP, the ultra-deepwater, dynamically positioned, semi-submersible offshore drilling rig suffered an explosion on April 20, 2010 and the ensuing oil spill has gone on for over a month.
Worth noting just how much the US consumes oil each year to put the size of the oil spill into context, according to this article (published May 31 2010): continue reading...
The Iran Elections and its aftermath have little to do with the elections itself. It boils down to oil.
Because in most Middle East states, power grows out of the barrel of a gun and out of a barrel of oil — and that combination is very hard to overthrow. continue reading...
How did Iraq turn out, Ehud?
Read more. Had Bush II done what everyone told him, he would have forced Sharon to sit down and make peace with Palestinians… once Palestine would have been established, the ire of the Arab Street would have dissipated, and Iraq would have been forced to focus on getting its standing in the world community back. Iran would have largely been less influential than it is today. continue reading...
