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Following the bombing of Iraq in 1991, the U.S. wound up with military bases in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman and the United Arab Emirates.

Following its bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999, the United States wound up with military bases in Kosovo, Albania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Hungary, Bosnia and Croatia.

Following its bombing of Afghanistan in 2001-2, the United States wound up with military bases in Afghhanistan, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Georgia, Yemen and Djibouti.

Following its bombing and invasion of Iraq in 2003, the United States wound up with bases in Iraq.

This is not very subtle foreign policy. Certainly not covert...

                                                                                                            William Blum

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The 11-part series on the Business of War.

 Why we'll keep going to war: The Pentagon's New Map

www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?030407fa_fact1

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Oil companies importing Middle Eastern oil :

Shell............................. 205,742,000 barrels
Chevron/Texaco......... 144,332,000 barrels
Exxon /Mobil............... 130,082,000 barrels
Marathon/Speedway... 117,740,000 barrels
Amoco............................62,231,000 barrels

from: Department of Energy 

@ $30/barrel that's over $18 BILLION!

BP...............................................? Barrels

Phillips(76/Conoco/Jet/Kendall/ARCO division of BP)....? barrels 

Hess-Delta...............................? barrels      

Hess---Chairman Kean's Link To bin Laden's Brother-in-law

www.ExxposeExxon.org

These Companies that do not import Middle Eastern oil:

Citgo.......................0 barrels
Sunoco...................0 barrels
Sinclair....................0 barrels

Go Citgo...Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A., the national oil company of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.  Support Chavez, Venezuela, social democracy, and the Bolivarian Revolution.

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"The greatest purveyor of violence on the Earth is my own government."  

                                                                           Martin Luther King Jr. 

"We will export death and violence to the four corners of the earth in defense of this great nation."                                                                             G.W. Bush

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The Hypocrisy of the USA's Foreign Policy:

www.zmag.org/ForeignPol/blumtop.htm

www.foreignpolicy-infocus.org/

www.addictedtowar.com/dorrel.html

www.americanempireproject.com/index.htm

www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Zinn/Empire_PeoplesHx.html

www.empirenotes.org/

Rant Archive 11 U.S. Empire/Foreign Policy

Overthrow: America's Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq

www.johnperkins.org/

Human Rights Watch

www.thirdworldtraveler.com/

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