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The Guardian's compare-and-contrast between the CPA's and the UN's respective Iraqi oil scandals. I didn't get around to the reports this weekend, so I can't comment yet.
Tuesday, February 08, 2005
Purpose
The purpose of this blog is to store news articles and other information about Iraq's oil. As the title of the blog suggests, it is written with the philosophical viewpoint that the natural resources of Iraq belong to the people of Iraq, as their rightful inheritance, to be prudently managed in an equitable manner for their benefit. As such, it will focus upon corruption, accountability problems, and indications of system-level shortcomings in the management of the people's oil. As international experience has shown, there is great benefit to be had from natural resources. However, when these benefits are not properly managed for the appropriate interests, wealth of natural resources can lead to intolerable ongoing suffering for those who should be benefitting the most.Related links
- Iraq Revenue Watch
- International Advisory and Monitoring Board for Iraq
- Coalition Provisional Authority - Inspector General's Audit Reports
- There are no 'good guys'
Glossary
- CPA: Coalition Provisional Authority
- DFI: Development Fund for Iraq
- IAMB: International Advisory and Monitoring Board for Iraq
Previous Posts
- Volcker report
- Husain Shahristani on precedent and accountability
- Oil and foreign investment
- Bookmark to follow up
- Bookmark, to do, for later
- Custer Battles: ex-special forces special business...
- IAMB summary report
- Notes for now: SOMO
- Seattle Post Intelligencer
- NY Times article
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