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In a message dated 4/8/2003 9:45:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
lycidas2 at earthlink.net writes:


> Someone ignorant of the oil market wrote: 
> 
> 
> >What if the new "democratic" regime of Iraq were to decide that
> >increasing oil production is not in its own self-interest?
> 
> 

Hey bro, I just asked the question. It wasn't rhetorical. If I
knew the answer I wouldn't have asked. From my state of
ignorance I would suggest, however, that given the current 
state of affairs- from an Iraqi perspective- the oil market works
the way the Anglo-Americans want it to work, or it doesn't
work at all. But, we shall see, shan't we.

respectfully
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