http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article21325...

Published: 07 January 2007

So was this what the Iraq war was fought for, after all? As the number
of US soldiers killed since the invasion rises past the 3,000 mark, and
President George Bush gambles on sending in up to 30,000 more troops,
The Independent on Sunday has learnt that the Iraqi government is about
to push through a law giving Western oil companies the right to exploit