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Originally posted by JeremySF
Do you really they declared their opposition based on moral reasons or their own self-interest?
You do realise:
1) 25% of Iraq's trade is with the French
2) Numerous French companies have violated sanctions and embargo restrictions
3) French oil giant, TotalFinaElf recently negotiated a contract to exploit Iraq's southern oil fields, worth $40 to $60 billion. Contract will only come to fruition with Saddam in power
4) The long personal relationship between Saddam and Chirac has been documented since the 70s.
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Dick Cheney also had a relationship with Iraq, why isn't he being protested?
According to oil industry executives and confidential United Nations records, however, Halliburton held stakes in two firms that signed contracts to sell more than $73 million in oil production equipment and spare parts to Iraq while Cheney was chairman and chief executive officer of the Dallas-based company.
Two former senior executives of the Halliburton subsidiaries say that, as far as they knew, there was no policy against doing business with Iraq. One of the executives also says that although he never spoke directly to Cheney about the Iraqi contracts, he is certain Cheney knew about them.
in 1998, Cheney oversaw Halliburton's acquisition of Dresser Industries Inc., which exported equipment to Iraq through two subsidiaries of a joint venture with another large U.S. equipment maker, Ingersoll-Rand Co.