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The Bush administration manoeuvres to unseat Iraqi government Posted: Friday, March 16, 2007 Despite denials from Washington, there are growing signs that the Bush administration has issued threats to its puppet government in Baghdad to meet US-dictated "benchmarks" or face the consequences. The White House aims not only to end the military disaster in Iraq and open up the country's oil for exploitation, but to fashion an Iraqi regime more supportive of US preparations for aggression against Iran. Associated Press reported on Wednesday that Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki feared the Bush administration would "torpedo" his government if it failed to meet US demands. The article highlighted a US threat to withdraw support from the government if it failed to pass a draft hydrocarbons law by the end of June that would open up Iraqi oil and gas fields to American corporations. Full Article : wsws.org |
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