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Oil and Libya

Reader comment on item: What's the Goal in Libya?

Submitted by Fatima Senate (Canada), Oct 17, 2011 at 20:28

I think the Arabs/ Muslims would be much happier if the Western powers were honest about why they attacked Iraq and now Libya.

I don't understand why we can't be honest that our intentions are really to gain access to their oil. As you might know, oil companies from France, Britain and Canada have moved right in Libya to occupy their rightful places. Ghaddafi was a "mad" dictator particularly because he had threatened to nationalize his country's oil resources. What? keeping their resources to themselves? What nonsense! Doesn'tone know what happens to third world nationalists?

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