12/19/2003

Economic consulting company “BearingPoint was asked [by the U.S government] to prepare a second, more specific report on Iraq’s oil industry in December [19] 2003. The report, ‘Options for Developing a Long-Term Sustainable Iraqi Oil Industry,’ overwhelmingly supports the introduction of foreign oil company participation in the Iraqi oil sector.”

 – Antonia Juhasz, The Tyranny of Oil, Page 351