Ms. Denice Lombard sharply criticized the Bush-Cheney Gang's legislative ploy, via the Iraq Supplemental Funding Bill, to privatize the oil of Occupied Iraq. She said: "We...oppose the scheme that undermines Iraqi national sovereignty and that deprives the Iraqi people of the full benefit of their natural resources." The Bill passed by the U.S. Congress, via its benchmarks, will provide for the privatization of Iraqi oil. It was signed into law on May 25, 2007, by President George W. Bush, after getting rubber stamped by the Democratic-controlled U.S. Congress. It requires the regime in Iraq to pass a law called, "The Hydrocarbon Act." If they refuse to do so over a billion dollars in reconstruction funds will be blocked by the Bush-Cheney administration. The US Labor Against the War group is a coalition of over 150 unions, representing over four million workers. Ms. Lombard spoke at a Capitol Hill press conference, on May 24, 2007, which was called by Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH), one of the leading opponents of the Iraqi oil give-a-way scheme.
For background, check out Ms. Antonia Juhasz's Op Ed piece in the NYT, on March 13, 2007, at:
http://www.bushagenda.net/article.php?id=369
Tags: Denice Lombard US Labor Iraq War Oil New World Order Privatization Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich William Hughes
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